Hi,
I love ID software, if you ask me what is the best game software house ever I know it for sure, ID software!
I really like John Carmack and all his innovation, he is a genius and we thanks him for all he brings to the game industry, I'm really convinced that ID tech 5 will be the next standard in terms of evolution, megatexture is the new technology from a good known genius and we know the benefit that this tech can bring to the game industry, but wait a moment.

What's this?
http://www.dpsoftware.org/host/RAGE/1.png
http://www.dpsoftware.org/host/RAGE/2.png
http://www.dpsoftware.org/host/RAGE/3.png
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http://www.dpsoftware.org/host/RAGE/6.png
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http://www.dpsoftware.org/host/RAGE/8.png
http://www.dpsoftware.org/host/RAGE/9.png
http://www.dpsoftware.org/host/RAGE/10.png
http://www.dpsoftware.org/host/RAGE/11.png
http://www.dpsoftware.org/host/RAGE/12.png
http://www.dpsoftware.org/host/RAGE/13.png

I know that Rage is experiencing some problem with texture due to its "auto balancer" and so I tweaked the config file to improve the situation,
I followed this guide:
http://www.geforce.com/News/articles/how-to-unlock-rages-high-resolution-textures-with-a-few-simple-tweaks
the situation improved but the above was the result.

My system:
Windows 7 64bit + nvidia latest 285.38 driver
Intel i7 2600 (4 cores - 8 threads)
NVIDIA GTX580 SLI
8GB RAM
every other components are high end components.

Ok not every texture is so low res, but the world is full of low res texture and the high res one isn't so high res.
What are the reviewers that wrote that RAGE has an amazing graphics? Is this the amazing graphics?

I'm really, really incredulous, is this the latest game from ID software?
Something must be wrong, I can't belive it!

Please give me an answer.

I any case I'm sure that you will fix the problem and if not I'm sure that DooM 4 will be THE ultimate game. I'm really confident in ID.

A fan of yours,
Davide.

The original game was 150GB they had to compress most of the textures in order to put it on disks and make it bandwidth friendly for the users who buy a digital copy.

Look at the pictures in http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238007-when-to-expect-high-resolution-texture-pack/ post - thats not only a problem of compressing - and if this lasts so -
why can other developers do this better in other current games!? RAGE is a very big graphic misstake - not more!!! Sorry!

P.S.: The game is 21 GB big! 21!

The'll fix the textures with a patch. But I am really sick of the ports anymore. ID focus on PC only , screw the consoles.

Except for some close objects it looks very good on my system and mine is not as good as yours.

I'm a really devoted fan like you but I'm not stupid, so I don't protect my loved "brands" in a silly way.
The graphics of this game is incredibly crappy.
There are some room when you can see a good graphics but most of the game I can see low res texture only.

Have you seen what Crytek done with 10GB in Crysis2 + texture pack?
RAGE is 21GB.

I'm an ID fan, I will continute to buy their game without reading reviews, I trust them, I love their work, good or bad, but this is bad.

Let′s see if you′re still saying this once you get your problem solved.

Crysis 2 was'nt even that all impressive , Its Playstation 3 graphics dude.. Look at Crysis warhead that even looks more real then the cartoonish looking crysis 2 ..... It''s $$$$$ that talks and consoles have a ton of users.. Remember if it can be played on a console im not impressed , sorry...

I cant speak for all but I quite like those screenshots. I have a masters degree in art, and I think those images are strong. I like stylised graphics, yes they could be sharper but then the world could be flatter etc etc. I am not happy though at the footage they used to sell the game, as it was obviously not the same build we will be playing. (getting game at weekend) no im not cancelling, even with an ati setup.

OMG LOL. I thought there was something really wrong with my GTX460 but it seems this game has really ugly graphics. It looks fantastic in all trailers. But this..........

Actually it reminds me of graphics in Duke Nukem Forever. Still waiting for a real jump forward. Unreal Engine 4. It will probably destroy id Tech 5 just like UE3 did with id Tech 4.

Duke Nukem Forever LOL, They killed that game bad lmao

What problem are you talking about?
Sincerely I can't see any problem during game except that I can't use my second GPU and I don't think that a SLI improve graphics.



We are not talking about art we are talking about computer graphics and that graphics is a crappy graphics.

Megatexture is just a [censored] technology. There's no future in it. DX11 already looks at least ten times as good, and runs a lot smoother.

I will say that the wide-open spaces in RAGE look pretty good by DX9 standards. But if you get close enough to anything it's just a big blur.

for sure it's beautiful

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8066/2elh2rl.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHnMRzRe_Wc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP_SyQOryiA

When running properly, and after we as gamers do the developers work.... (ridiculous I know), the game actually looks amazing. Its a [censored] iphone cam, but the texture detail is insane when you adjust the config to allow more memory for the textures... i mean it is beautiful.

You know, if I actually got graphics like that the game would be at least playable.

what settings are you talking about?

seta com_videoRam "1536" //sets the Video Card memory Set this to the amount you have in MBseta com_maxfps "60" //limits the frames to 60 can be changed to what you desireseta image_anisotropy "4" //Using the highest setting here but you can set as 2, 4 or 8seta image_usecompression 0seta image_filter "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR" //filtering for light mapsseta image_preload "1" //Use preload images when ever possibleseta image_lodbias "-1" //LoD settingsseta image_ignoreHighQuality "1" //Sets up for using HQ gfxseta image_ignoreLowQuality "0" //ignores the low texturesseta image_useCache "1" //Enabled Cache to allow the textures to load properly without poppingseta image_cacheMegs "125" //Cache size in Megabytesseta image_cacheMinK "50" //Cache minimum size in kilobytesseta r_swapInterval 1 //VSYNC 1 enabled, 0 diabledseta r_useHighQualityPostProcess "1" //Fore High Quality post proccessingseta r_shadowsHighQuality "0" //Fore High Quality shadowsseta r_displayRefresh "0" //keep it so the engine doesn't double render a frameseta r_renderer "best" //highest rendering optionsseta r_multiSamples "2" //Set this to 16 or 8 if you're having low-fps as 32 is the Max Multi-samplingseta r_useHBAO "1" //Ambient occlusionseta r_useRenderThread "0" // 0 Disable or 1 Enable threaded rendering useful for newer cards to increase performance.seta r_visDistMult "1"seta r_useMotionBlur "1" //use blurseta r_skipBump "0"seta r_skipSpecular "0"seta r_skipNewAmbient "0"seta r_shadows "0"seta r_cgFragmentProfile "best"seta r_cgVertexProfile "best"seta vt_lodBias "-1" //LoD settings//below is cache settingsseta vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly2 "8192"seta vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly "8192"seta vt_pageimagesizeunique "8192"seta vt_pageimagesizevmtr "8192"seta fc_maxcachememoryMB "1024"seta vt_maxPPF "16"seta com_allowConsole "1"seta com_skipIntroVideo "1"seta cg_usecompression "0"seta cg_useprecompressedtextures "0"

I tried the settings above and there is no improvements.

they should release a DLC pack with the full game, uncompressed. ide download 150gb to see this game unrestricted. could be epic

What's 50 or 60 dollars every 5 years on a company that you've enjoyed their products? I agree with this, it's just that catering to the console was a miscue on id's part.

id: "ohnoes, we can't fit out game onto 3 blue rays, damn us for making a game with 99.9% of UNIQUE textures, lets just make'm LOOK the same by dumbing them down into 1% of their uncompressed forms"
community: "wtf - this game looks worse than commander keen"
community: "wow, you can even LOAD the game, keeps crashing"
...
...

you get the point. <3 id, disappointed in this release.

please see the lase screenshots I posted in the first post, the number 9 for example,
probably I understood why of this crappy graphics, is a port from the iphone version?

RAGE looks just like Borderlands, and Borderlands is on Unreal 3 engine. id tech 5 is suposed to offer what features compaired to the Unreal engine ?

don't try to advocate rage game, and ID software. too late. this game is just unacceptable. it has no texture details, no physics, no dynamic sky changing, no depth of field, no dynamic light effect, and so on. and 21GB. Deus Ex Human Revolution is only 8.5GB but has very good detail, high textures, good light effect, physics (you move almost many object or destroy), other modern graphic effect. overall quality is 100 times better than Rage. 7 years old ID tech 5 engine can't handle them. making with openGL is a big mistake. what a pity.

OpenGL is the father of CG graphics, the problem isn't in OpenGL.
Games mostly runs on DX11 because its faster and easier to use, OpenGL is left to genious like Carmack.

Very good? Post screenshots and I'll demonstrate you that your concept of "very good" is really bad.

No, it doesn't. Borderlands is made using toon shaders. It's a completely different story from Rage. If you consider Rage being a Borderland like game (graphically wise), please quit this discussion. You haven't technical knowledge to distinguish a shadow from a texture.