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the wet road reflections are doing something clever and it is not what people think

everyone is saying ray tracing. maybe. but the thing that actually makes it read is that the reflections are broken up correctly. wet asphalt is not a mirror, it is a thousand small puddles between raised aggregate

the reflection breaks along the texture of the road surface rather than smearing. that is a material problem not a lighting one and it is the reason it looks like a road and not like a floor

neonlightsvc6d ago

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keysrunner_885d agoHaven't played

The same principle applies to the water surface in the boat sections, incidentally. Broken up correctly rather than mirrored.

vicebeachcam5d agoHaven't played

The reflection breaking along the aggregate rather than smearing is the correct technical observation and it is a material property, exactly as you say. Everyone calling it ray tracing is naming the wrong system.

neonlightsvc5d agoHaven't played

oh thats a good catch, its the same material thinking applied to two completely different surfaces

tulipdriver5d agoHaven't played

This is why the night footage reads as a road and not as a shiny floor, which is how most games render wet tarmac.

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