GIANTS Engine 10 improvements for Farming Simulator 25

GIANTS Engine 10 improvements for Farming Simulator 25

GIANTS Engine 10!

Some interesting Engine updates are coming out of FarmCon24. A new generation is bringing a more immersive experience to Farming Simulator 25, including Distance Fog, dynamic weather effects, ground deformation, and more.

Improved Fog

The new Giant Engine 10 system improved and fully controlled the fog. Sunlight effects, sun shadows, and dynamic accumulation in valleys or water were integrated as a new feature. More effects:

• Non-uniform density
• Dynamic accumulation in valleys, water
• Changing with weather, time of day.
• Volumetric lighting with sun shadows
• God rays
• Volumetric lighting for local lights
• Vehicles, street lamps, etc

Dynamic Shadows

Cloud shadows change on the fields below with the wind conditions, so it will feel like a much more realistic environment. More features are listed below:

• Cloud shadows
• Fully dynamic based on actual clouds
• Shadows of the vehicle lights
• Merged shadows lights

Weather Effects such as:

• Rain effects on vehicles
• Water droplets on machines
• Tire color darkens when wet
• Sticky mud on the tires
• Unlike dirt, it is reduced when driving
• Improved rain visuals
• Rain splashes
• Wet look: darker color, more reflective

Vehicles features:

• Interactive water simulation
• Clear coat layer

Terrain features:

• Higher terrain resolution (1m), runtime compression
• Displacement mapping (12,5cm)
• Displacement mapping for fields
• Influences physics simulation
• Dynamically adjusted from tires and gameplay

More performance

• Double-sided rendering
• Fewer vertices for thin objects
• Geometry size compression
• Automatic internal compression reduces vertex data
• Example data size: Giants Engine v10 reduces geometry size from 8MB to 4.5MB
• Reduces slot count
• Virtual texturing for terrain: 1mio x 1mio pixels, stored in 4-16k textures
• Cheaper terrain rendering (especially displacement and parallax mapping)
• Projected decals
• There is no geometry for streets

Want some more? You can watch the first gameplay below. Here, you will see how the new Giants Engine has changed the game. Moreover, we update news and analyze the latest Farming Simulator 25 features daily. Stay with us!

Farming Simulator 25 will be released on November 12, 2024, for PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.

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