Sector3 testing new graphics engine...

LTC_Mike · Mar 15, 2016

Just stumbled upon this in the sector 3 forum:

As the sector3 CEO Chris Speed states, they "have a very small team investigating and evaluating newer technologies for the future" and this seems to be from some actual tests with the Unreal Engine. Very promising I think.

Rodent · Mar 15, 2016

The FFB patch and now this? S3 are stepping up!

Granted I can't imagine an engine transplant can be done in a few weeks but color me excited.

Piotrek Blaszczak · Mar 15, 2016

https://forum.sector3studios.com/index.php?threads/in-response-to-the-so-called-leak.4459/
What do you thing ??

Andy_J · Mar 15, 2016

Piotrek Blaszczak said:
https://forum.sector3studios.com/index.php?threads/in-response-to-the-so-called-leak.4459/
What do you thing ??

Is it April the 1st already?

Piotrek Blaszczak · Mar 15, 2016

Maybe in Sweden

.But i find info about new job

http://www.sector3studios.com/#jobs

Martin Larsen · Mar 15, 2016

I hope this mean dynamic daylight and dynamic weather that they told no to before... And when sector 3 dont even mention soon then I guess we dont see this in 2016 atleast...

azkaratevil · Mar 16, 2016

Andy Jackson said:
Is it April the 1st already?

Nop they said that this preview is a very very early work yhey just started working on it

Emerson Meyer · Mar 16, 2016

RaceRoom Beta 2?

Lars Hansen · Mar 17, 2016

Martin Larsen said:
I guess we dont see this in 2016 atleast...

Don't even hope.
Not only do they have to re-program the entire engine to Unreal, they haven't even procured the rights to it yet (least far as I know).
It's one thing to do some in-house development, quite another to gain the distribution rights.
Not to mention that even if S3 thinks it's a good idea, they're not calling the shots.
The company (and all its IP) is owned by KW.
So while I'm just as excited about a possible change from the rather dated engine they're using now, we're talking way, WAY, down the road.

James Cook · Mar 17, 2016

I'm pretty sure Sector3 wouldn't be undergoing these evaluations without authorisation from the parent company. A very small team of 10-15 people cannot afford to divert resources away from the main project unless it's something they are deadly serious about.

A switch to UE may also help them recruit new programmers, something which they have found difficult to do.

I get the impression UE will happen but how far off...who knows? I don't think it will be a 'R3E 2' though. R3E will be one of those long term projects like iRacing i.e. they continue to upgrade the game while selling new content.

2scoops · Mar 17, 2016

News coming from Sector 3 that they are experimenting with a new graphics engine, being Unreal Engine 4. Screenshot of a BMW Z4 GT3 at the Spa-Francorchamps during a night race.

Erik Springelkamp · Mar 17, 2016

Lars Hansen said:
Not only do they have to re-program the entire engine to Unreal, ..

Not the entire engine.

Many modules can probably be plugged into the backend of the engine.

I think that they only intend to use the Unreal engine for rendering, but in principle all of the physics and AI parts can probably be carried over.

Kenny Paton · Mar 17, 2016

2scoops said:
News coming from Sector 3 that they are experimenting with a new graphics engine, being Unreal Engine 4. Screenshot of a BMW Z4 GT3 at the Spa-Francorchamps during a night race.

I've merged these 3 threads together to keep the discussion neat.