Did they made a mistake with NFS:Most Wanted and the Shadows??

[CHfan4ever]

Anyone notice this?

When you set shadows to medium, they look more realistic than at high setting,and frame rate is better .

When you set shadows to high, they look fake, unrealistic and it take 2x more juice.

WTF?

EDIT:Now with pics for comparison


Med Shadows...look more realistic, take less juice

High Shadows...no shadow difference between car and tree, take 3x more juice

 

[Cristatus]

Pics for comparison?

 

[CHfan4ever]

Dont have time to provide pics, but if you can download the demo, you can compare both set of shadows.

1-Medium Shadow.Let say a building is casting shadows on my car, well the shadows cast on my car look a bit weaker than the shadow the car my car cast on the ground.It give it a more realistic shadow feel

2-High shadow.All the shadows look darkers, but have some animations.The reason why it take lot of juice, but the overall look is not as good as medium shadow.You have to compare both set to really see which one you like.

If i have time later, i will post pick to compare both

 

[CHfan4ever]

Edited Bump in my OP, i added some pics

 

[shamrock1313]

I do think medium looks better/more realistic. Trees do not cast such a perfect shadow that outlines every opening in the tree and every bare spot.

 

[CHfan4ever]

Originally posted by: shamrock1313
I do think medium looks better/more realistic. Trees do not cast such a perfect shadow that outlines every opening in the tree and every bare spot.

But dont you agre that the intensity of the shadow cast in the high setting are a bit over -exagerated compare to medium? Its where i want to go with this story.

 

[CHfan4ever]

Double post ooPS

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: CHfan4ever

Originally posted by: shamrock1313
I do think medium looks better/more realistic. Trees do not cast such a perfect shadow that outlines every opening in the tree and every bare spot.

But dont you agre that the intensity of the shadow cast in the high setting are a bit over -exagerated compare to medium? Its where i want to go with this story.

Yes, that is quite true actually, never noticed that before.

edit: I see the pics are in widescreen? How did you get the game to play in widescreen?

 

[dxkj]

No, it just looks like the sun is brighter 🙂

 

[CHfan4ever]

Originally posted by: logic1485


Yes, that is quite true actually, never noticed that before.

edit: I see the pics are in widescreen? How did you get the game to play in widescreen?

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2276

Its a res changer. 🙂

Enjoy

 

[yobarman]

Technically they are more realistic because they are displayed at a higher resolution, so it accurately depicts the geometry that is casting the shadow. The med-shadows are done at a lower resolution but perhaps with a larger filter to soften them out, required less resolution then the high-qual ones.