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They better call it Test Drive Ferrari: Bloom edition.
Damn..

No kidding.. looks like GRID

The game would look better if the bloom would be less than it has right now… its gonna hurt on the eyes after playing 30 minutes or so…

Far too  much bloom!

Wonder how it drives.

I had the same impression, just couldn’t put an engine behind it ;)

It’s clearly a console oriented title… Pretty but will there be something more ?
Test Drive has never been about the driving, though, I won’t hold my breath… Unless it’s really SMS who develop it… I could be mistaken but looks to me SMS is not too keen on working for capitalists again…

ugh

Very arcadish HUD and colors, Horrendous Bloom… damm, I really hope this game will get a graphic overhaul before release, Bloom is so yesterday… ;-)

Way too much bloom.  Seems like it’s very Shift like

With such amount of bloom, I bet that DICE is the developer.

sry double post

I hope can be modded (just file structures), at least the physic! If the physic will be arcadish I will modify by myself for sure!

Hopefully this will be successfully ‘nailed’ for the general motorsports public.  In turn that once they hunger for more, they will become part of our sim racing community.   

Presumably an arcade-fest. Nonetheless it’s great to see a 1974 312 B3 given what I think is the first appearance of a mid-70′s F1 car in a game, if you discount the Lotus 72, which lasted for several seasons. 

Looks promessing, I would love to drive those classics.
I’m not a fan of new ferraris though.

i wish companies would stop using so much bloom…….
IMO,  when im racing with good physics and in a close heated race…..everything gets blurry all on its own……..

There is a trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N_DDDpE1tLY 

The developer of this is Slightly Mad Studios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_DDDpE1tLY

Yup SMS is developing this. I hope they give the option to adjust bloom and disable blur.

Bloom and Blur is not the same thing.

There is indeed a lot of blur in those picts but for me bloom (similar to HDR) level is acceptable.

10-4
thanks for the clear up:)

If SMS are Developing the title can we see those circuits in pcars too?

Cars look very nice, physics don’t.

Seems like they have taking a long of content from Shift 1&2, along with his engine (and phsyics for sure) mix it with a bunch of Ferrari cars and get a product with the Ferrari name that will sell a lot of copies. That’s the impression of a game that will come out that soon when we know about it’s existence since a few weeks ago.I don’t dislike the graphics, as long as we can turn off bloom, i guess.

If they make decent physics and handling, can be a good game, for example Dirt 2 was arcade as hell but with perfect control and a good FFB. I don’t expect an ISI or Simbin like game, but hope they make decent control…

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I was being sarcastic on my comment, it was a reference to Battlefield 3 overdone effects.

But I didn’t know that SMS was involved on this. Good news then.

I just saw a video, its not overdone like those shots. Looks way better 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_DDDpE1tLY

Testarossas, 288 GTOs, F40s… this game are so gonna rock! gonna be one sweet arcade racer!

If it sounds as good as it looks, I wouldn’t mind playing a good-old keyboard racer again. Could be quite addictive as long as physics are predictable and fun.

Looks great apart from the ridiculous dashboard blur. I recently took a BMW 135i up to nearly 250km/h on the autobahn just outside of Munich, when I glanced at the speedo it was crystal clear. Worst graphical effect I’ve ever seen in a racing game.

One would hope that SMS has learned a few things with pCARS and at least the handling will be more similar to it than Shift.

I couldn’t tell in the video but if you race a vintage Ferrari formula 1, do you do it in a field of identical cars or at least you get to race against some of the cars of the era? Could anyone tell?

I’m not too sure that SMS needed to “learn” about handling from pCARS… they are mostly the same team that developed GTR2, after all. I’m fairly sure Shift’s physics were the result of executive meddling.

Indeed… Wow. I’m in shock. Traitors ! ;)

Great news in fact… 

> The website claims that Sligthly Mad Studios are responsible for the development of the upcoming title <

As I remember SMS was in developing this game ("Project Ferrari" or somewhat) some years ago, even before Shift 1 or may be between Shift 1 and Shift 2
So don't wait a simulator from this game – wait a Shift with Ferraris…or Test Drive Shift Ferrari

YOU R BELONG TO US !

Resistance is futile ! 

etc. ;)

Ferrari has made good choices in sim, lately, look at FVA based on nKP !
I’m not sure how much implication Ferrari will have in this development though…

Crossing fingers ;)

Hope Its uses the new input system from pCARS.

Shame we cant get more info out of SMS, damn NDA…..

SMS started developing this in 2006 indeed. I wouldn’t hold my breath for CARS physX engine either ;)

From watching the video the input is taking from the Shift series and has nothing to do anymore with the behaviour of pCARS.

Indeed. I’m sure if EA weren’t in the picture, Shift 2 would have been quite a bit more ‘sim’ than it is.

looks like rF will be getting new content….lol

agreed

Anyone else thinking along the same lines as me, as in this looks to be the modern day equivalent of the classic NFS:Porsche 2000/Unleashed?

Some nice shots in there, would loved to know how photoshopped/pre-rendered they are…

That is definitely the Madness Engine at work here.

Funny how dev teams and publishers still find blurry pictures appealing

wouldn’t mind GRiD physics, I would have plenty of fun still.. As long as it doesn’t get shift physics ;)