Update Speculation thread

FidelityFX and DLSS are different approaches to the same solution. DLSS uses real hardware cores to run a deep learning AI algorithm, producing a very good upscaling result. This improves FPS greatly by allowing the user to render at a lower resolution with little to no loss in quality. However, because it requires specific hardware, it's not compatible with anything but new cards with that hardware. It's also harder to implement the software (iirc), limiting its immediate potential.

FidelityFX also upscales the image, allowing better FPS for the same reason, however it uses more traditional upscaling methods, albeit improved upon what exists already. This means more cards are able to be supported due to it not requiring specific hardware, but the quality isn't as "good" as DLSS. It's also much easier to implement, as it's already built in to beta branches of Unity and Unreal engine, two very popular game engines.

All this to say neither is necessarily better, but have different use cases/ users in mind, to come to the same solution. It's possible .drive could implement FFX, which would mean a possible FPS boost for those with newish (last couple years) cards.

 

i think one bit of WCUSA that might get more attention is that industrial area near the race track. there's an intersection that just leads straight into a fence, which makes me think there might be a new bridge or something. im sure you guys have seen it.

 

Obviously not every post by a dev is development, but still...

First testing of a scratches system, and dynamic / localized windshield damage? (also wiper damage?)

 

wasn't aware of that- what mod?

 

Oh okay, my bad.

 

would be cool if real
as an update

 

music for future updates???

 

Did you find this from the game's files or did you get this from gabester's soundcloud?

 

The two tracks in your zip are Passive Yearning and Principality from gabesters soundcloud

 

gabester makes music not just for the game, you know.

Judging by the file names, it's from soundcloud.

 

Anyways, congratulations @gabester, this is fire !

 

yea 8 years old seems pretty new to me

 

I once again forgot to update my spreadsheet so here it is late after the party. It's been 2 updates that the devs managed to release a big update in less than the usual 120-130 days. Maybe they reorganized internally to work faster or maybe a ton of other reason but I think we can expect to see updates faster than we're used to (that's why the estimated date isn't an accurate date because the average time span is higher than what we can expect, so I reduced the estimation date).

 

Let's wait to see teasers of 0.24!

 

I personally added 100 days from the 30 June to the next update (because the last two update were released 104 and 93 days after the previous one) and we get 8th October...
So yeah, I'd say that 0.24 is coming on the first half of October, except if it's a specifically huge or small update

 

This thread is starting to become kinda a joke you guys. It went from actual speculation to 'CK did a thing that means it must be coming to the game in an update' and 'I want XYZ'. I some time back literally posted new files talking about career mode and what looks to be another scenario coming, and no one blinked because the bolide butt looked a bit different in a beamng background. Does anything anyone post here have much more than 'I want to believe/have it, so it must be so' to it?

 

It always has been a joke to be honest. There is some strange mentality "if there is nothing new speculations to discuss we need discuss about anything DUH" but when someone start a new thread to discuss something it barely get any attention.

I don't want blame anyone, but in my opinion this is the result of "soft" moderators. I mean, this is so far only forum where everyone hit "quote" button... to first post... on thread without any replies. Not to mention threads full of offtopic (like this one). "General Discussion" is flooded with "HELP game is BROKEN after X patch" where it should be in "Troubleshooting" section or "I WANT X CAR MOD PLZ" where it should be in "Content Creation" etc. What's the point having that box with posting guideline when nobody won't correct people who don't follow them? That's just basic stuff.

 

to be fair, we're in that grey area after a new update hit and there's nothing to speculate with, and when that happens, EVERYONE loses the plot fast