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Codemasters giving PC a free HD texture pack at release of their new grid game.

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This is the taste of developers that have pride in their art work.

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lol everyone iis piling on the free PR courtesy of the Ubisoft situation. :D

 

Edit, no they aren't this is over 50 days old..

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Isn't this something that companies used to do for free without saying anything? Bioware did it with Dragon Age II, United Front Games with Sleeping Dogs, and hell, even consoles - the Xbox 360 - got this with the Battlefield series.

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Why didn't they simply just implement it in the game?

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lol everyone iis piling on the free PR courtesy of the Ubisoft situation. :D

Edit, no they aren't this is over 50 days old..

Oh shit you are right.

didn't check lol now I feel bad

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Why didn't they simply just implement it in the game?

File size and some users can't even run games with those texture packs. So, basically, impatience and poverty.

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Isn't this something that companies used to do for free without saying anything? Bioware did it with Dragon Age II, United Front Games with Sleeping Dogs, and hell, even consoles - the Xbox 360 - got this with the Battlefield series.

 

From what I recall, the only reason the Xbox 360 got an HD texture pack was because of its reliance on normal DVDs for game storage. They had to include the HD pack on the second disc along with multiplayer or as an optional online download owing to storage constraints which they had no issue with on the PlayStation 3 owing to BluRay discs having more than 5 times the capacity. :)

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From what I recall, the only reason the Xbox 360 got an HD texture pack was because of its reliance on normal DVDs for game storage. They had to include the HD pack on the second disc along with multiplayer or as an optional online download owing to storage constraints which they had no issue with on the PlayStation 3 owing to BluRay discs having more than 5 times the capacity. :)

Which also applies to PCs too since some people might not have the space for it. Yes, they could delete unnecessary stuff, but you know how some people are.

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This while Ubisoft takes away all the proper texture and lighting effects. 

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Metro series all should have had the same thing done for it ...  FREE .. or if need be as fairly affordable DLC

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This while Ubisoft takes away all the proper texture and lighting effects. 

Yeah we all know how low quality the textures are in Watch Dogs. I'm sure nvidia users would love an ultra+ texture pack, that would need 4GB of vram :lol:  

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File size and some users can't even run games with those texture packs. So, basically, impatience and poverty.

I like the way you put it, "Impatience and poverty", hahahaha

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Why didn't they simply just implement it in the game?

 

To quote what they wrote in their blog:

 

If you play on PC you’ll have access to the first piece of additional content the moment GRID Autosport launches; an HD texture pack that will increase the visual fidelity of the liveries and car exteriors. We wanted to make the pack optional as the 4K textures included will be a small hit on your performance, so instead of bumping up the minimum specs for everyone we thought we’d leave the decision in your own hands.

 

source: http://blog.codemasters.com/grid/06/launch-day-is-almost-here/

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“The thing about being PC-lead is that in the past we'd think 'Oh we can't do that on console' so we wouldn't do it,” says Kettlewell. “Whereas now the reaction now is 'Oh we can't do it on console but let's do it on PC.'

 

About time a dev acknowledged this shit.

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the title implys that a hd texture pack should cost money in the first place.

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The article also mentions the size of the textures compared to the base installation of the game. The game is 11GB including the standard textures. Before they compressed the high resolution textures, they were 30GB.

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Well done, Codemasters. Well done.

 

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I don't get the unappreciative guys, in such circumstances, Codemasters are doing a fine job.

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Praise you, Codemasters

 

If only every publisher had this approach. Don't completely skip features because XBO/PS4 won't support them!

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Skyrim had free texture packs too... If only more companies were like Bethesda.


 

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