This is a feature of the id Tech 5. The Engine automatically adjusts to your hardware to ensure the best performance and graphics the hardware can provide.
For example: You have a video card with 512MB VRAM, 4GB of normal RAM and a decent processor. Now the id Tech 5 adjusts the quality of the Level of Detail to the available resources. If you have twice the RAM the engine scales dynamically up to it, improves the textures and objects in the far look sharper and more detailed. At the same time the engines tries to keep running at 60 FPS even though this is not also possible – dependent on the situation.
RAGE: There’s a coop and a rally mode in the multiplayer. Especially the latter one would be a great opportunity for global ladders. Is something like that included?
There are ladders but Tim couldn’t say if they are globally. Unfortunately the multiplayer team wasn’t reachable because at the time of asking it was around 3 o’clock in the morning in Texas. We’re still in contact for an answer though."
Source:
http://www.idgames.de/showthread.php/12896-idGames-Exclusive-Interview-with-Tim-Willits---
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