Originally Posted by: GeneralGarric69 
Originally Posted by: EpicEvan777 
Unfortunately if you have an SDR display, you're screwed. That's the sad reality. You'll have to deal with terrible lighting. Professional calibration will help a little but the in-game SDR calibration is horrific.
Stuff like this makes no sense to me, surely the majority or at least a significant amount don't have HDR displays.
Yes, I'll second Evan's comment - it makes no sense to me either because that's not really a solution, and absolutely no excuse at all. Why does the game that's on a One-X have bright orange/almost white brake lights? This is not a SDR vs HDR thing - I'm playing close to 2 dozen games on my One-X made for HDR displays, and I have no lighting issues at all in any of those games. The colors look as expected and about as natural as you can expect from a game.
We don't need explanations but rather the developers doing something about it. It comes down to laziness and not performing enough testing. That should not be "a thing" in this day and age and downright unacceptable.
It's the same in FH4 under certain lighting conditions and night driving - the brakes are just washed out. I can never seem to have that satisfying deep red glow that you see in FH2, FM5 and FM6. None of those are HDR games by the way....
Originally Posted by: EpicEvan777 
As I've said many times, most of the lighting issues is down to really poor HDR and SDR calibration. If you have a HDR display, you can fix this:
Also if you run a HDR or SDR display, make sure you get it professionally calibrated. This will make any game, video or movie look instantly better.
Unfortunately if you have an SDR display, you're screwed. That's the sad reality. You'll have to deal with terrible lighting. Professional calibration will help a little but the in-game SDR calibration is horrific.
Evan, I admire the insights and advice you provide everybody in regards to issues with the game. But it sounds to me like you;'re partially blaming the TV for the lighting problems in this game. Let me point out again: I have zero issues with any game in my collection or TV shows, OR movies for that matter. The blacks, whites and greys look as they should. The reds, blues and greens look as they should. My screen is not 'professionally' calibrated because it doesn't need to be and does not have as many options for calibration as many modern TVs do. However, I have calibrated the heck out of it, using professional calibration software (like Avia II and the like, among others), as well as patterns available on YouTube, AND the display settings internal calib app. I'm getting about the same results with all of them and quite satisfied. It doesn't get any better on my TV and I do find the colors jaw dropping in every game I play - GOW4 or SOTR e.g. - downright amazing.
This is not a calibration issue or a TV issues but 100% an issue with the game's lighting engine - I've played enough PC games to know that. I'm dead certain it's some kind of auto-exposure feature not working properly which looks the brake lights on nearly every car look so wildly inconsistent in a variety of track conditions.
To reiterate: ZERO issues in any of my games, most of which are HDR.
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