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Since I haven't seen too many videos (if any) about driving in the most treacherous road conditions (heavy rain at night), I've tried it myself. It is filmed with my cell phone, so the quality is acceptable, but not really representative of what I'm seeing on screen. Still, I think it is good to get an impression of the thrill of driving at night, blinded by the opponents' spray.
At 2.57 you see me locking up and ending in the grass; that was a scary moment. I love the new driving dynamics and this game overall! FM5, eat your heart out.
Copied from the video description:
My impressions:
- Driving in rain is really rewarding; it is necessarily to be constantly be on the edge of concentration to keep the car on the road.
- Driving without ABS is perfectly possible, even in the worst conditions like these. With standard brake balance (5 front, 5 rear), it is the front tyres that lock up first. This is a huge improvement over Gran Turismo 5, where it was needed to really dumb down the rear braking balance. Trailbraking is also possible now, but with care.
- The spray effect is just as blinding as in this video, making races really, really exciting. I was on the edge of my seat on the straight @ 300 km/h (186 mph) seeing absolutely nothing.
- AI on hard difficulty and 10 agressiveness (set in the options) is very eager to get by. Many times they've tried to pass me by coming up to the side and outbraking me. In this video, you see quicker cars like the CLK Le Mans car overtake me on the straights without hesitation (and I'm not holding back).
- During gameplay there are no noticable framedrops. In replays from the track camera views, there are framedrops and the screen gets choppy, especially when there are a lot of cars and spray visible on screen.
Great!!!!
No noticable framedrops->best news ever for me!
also, look at 4:45 in the video, that orange lights reflecting on the hood... very very nice lighting engine in this game