I used to be cautious with changes too, but lately I've going crazy... Dare to take the plunge, dive in headfirst! 🥳
Well, mate... I did... I did the dive... and my game looks better than ever, no issues so far... But I don't know if I fit the average user. I always play with the interior camera, FOV adjusted, steering wheel hidden on screen, total focus on physics, sounds and car behavior, endlessly calibrating and adjusting .lut and .ini files in search of maximum realism behind the wheel. So I owe a debt to those who notice that a certain shadow or headlight reflection is inadequate or imperfect... thanks to their feedback and the magic of guys like Boese, Ilja - and so many others, impossible to mention all the beloved wizards of AC -, this simulator wouldn't be so beautiful and AC1 wouldn't be the true and legitimate AC Evo every day. The undisputed number 1.
There is NO difference in performance between the Highres and Lowres version of Pure! You just have lowres textures then. The lowres version was just made to support GPUs with super low VRAM. Always use the Highres version! You will have no difference in fps!
You´re right. Many thanks. Aside from that, consider a suggestion that might help everyone, devs and users: the first screen, both, in Pure and CM as well, could be as simple as possible:
1. presets slider (hi, mid-hi, mid, mid-low and low settings for example),
2. a second slider for performance/quality option, and
3. a checkbox for "advanced mode" which, when activated, would open access to all other sliders and options, but with a warning.
I remember that in the beginning I used to explore all those options without knowledge, the game got worse and many times I didn't know which change had caused the problem (which still happens sometimes and the reset button is still very hidden lol), I believe this would avoid many of the issues that simply arise from these "messing around".
