Image Quality setting

[phosphor112]

Has anyone figured out what "Image Quality" does in the display options setting do?

There is "Normal," "Flicker Reduction," and "Sharpen."

What does what?

 

[MidianGTX]

One reduces flicker... one sharpens the image... the other...

 

[Nitrius]

Do any of them have any big impact on the game?

 

[zork123]

i was curious about this too. They need a setting to get rid of those terrible shadows!

 

[Mortuus]

Didnt notice any difference really.

 

[danowat]

I was hoping the "sharpen" option will clear up some of the blurry cockpits, but it didn't, infact I did notice any change.

 

[phosphor112]

So no one knows? I put it on sharpen, i THINK it has less jaggies, but more screen tear and lower FPS. I can't be sure though without a capture card.

 

[hardvibes]

Didnt notice any difference really.

Same here.

 

[ZaraZa]

I played on normal. Then after reading this thread, i put it on sharpen. I have not noticed anything

Hope someone finds a way to measure it and gives us the ultimate answer!

 

[ZaraZa]

anyone?

 

[tomo 427 S/C]

Sharpen made a fair difference for me, everything is a fair bit clearer

 

[MidianGTX]

I think it's likely to depend on your screen. Some TVs/monitors are naturally less sharp than others, some exhibit a slight flicker. The options in GT5 are merely to combat issues people sometimes experience when gaming with their setup, if you don't have them, you don't need the options.

 

[InSight]

It's like a bon jovi song: "It's all the same, only the names will change".

 

[novcze]

Don't know about GT5, but in GT Academy demo "flicker reduction" removed temporal SSAA (active in "normal" mode ) which can cause flicker and/or image can appear more blurry. Maybe it's same in GT5.

edit: and actually yes, it's same http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1497964&postcount=1009

 

[Trucker_Sean]

I've tried messing with them but nothing fixes the visual problems like the stretched textures in cockpits or the horrible car shadows.

 

[gers1978]

Over at AV Forums (UK) some folks are suggesting using Flicker Reduction and a lot of them are saying it's so much better they can't believe it's not the default setting.

They also suggest "Small Theatre" for sound settings if you have a 5.1 setup, rather than "Living Room", again saying it makes a huge difference.

 

[JamieH76]

I cant help messing around with the settings and I can definitely say Flicker Reduction has made a nice difference. It all just feels a tad smoother? Even though its meant to be running at 6ofps anyway???

 

[ComposerRyan]

Is there proof of this though because I can't notice a difference between the two at all. lol I just don't see ANY difference.

 

[JamieH76]

Is there proof of this though because I can't notice a difference between the two at all. lol I just don't see ANY difference.

You may well be right.. Digitalfoundry have published their analysis and claim no difference at all.

Damn you placebo effect!!!!! Conned me again!!!

 

[nioxic]

Check this out

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-gran-turismo-5-tech-analysis?page=6

http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/articles//a/1/3/0/4/5/7/0/normal2.jpg.jpg

http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/articles//a/1/3/0/4/5/7/0/flicker_reduction2.jpg.jpg

http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/articles//a/1/3/0/4/5/7/0/sharper2.jpg.jpg

As far as i can see, the normal picture looks best.. the flicker reduction has a bug on one of the fence poles in the left side of the pic

 

[Slash]

Sorry for the major bump, but in those links, it said it's supposed to improve SD image quality not HD....

 

[GTPorsche]

The "Sharper" example looks shopped.