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[Jiroe]

[CHALLENGE 4-12-05] Flaw in Hi-Res Image?

[noideaforausername]

look at the light reflections and the people in the background, and the slightly visible polygonal edges on the car.
it's a freakin' awesome render, but it's not a genuine photo

[Jiroe]

Very true, but given the quality of the rest of the image, this one part sticks out. It looks like it was added to cover something up.

[noideaforausername]

so do the floodlights reflecte in the side, almost look stuck on.
but to clarify my earlier statement, the headlight you can see isn't perfectly rounded, and the tarmac under the car doesn't look right

but yeah, on closer inspection, i think i see what you mean, the reflection just stops, like a block's been stuck over it.
weird:-\

[noideaforausername]

hey, at the left of that box-that-looks-like-it's-been-stuck-on, anyone else see a reflected half 'x'?

i'm probably reading too much

[Jiroe]

Yup, I noticed that as well.

[noideaforausername]

[Cranford]

Ok, so if it's there to cover something up, how do we go about taking it away. It really looks like it was just placed on there with the two different shades of red and whatnot. Also, would there be any significance with the image being named "1426.jpg". I'm trying to connect the 1426 to something but I'm drawing a blank. You guys got any ideas?

[noideaforausername]

nothing beyond speculation there, but i would swear blind that it's been stuck over something. but the obvious nature of it would surely be to point to something, as whoever's behind this can surely afford to render off another shot without the offending item, or blend those seams a little better

[Jiroe]

[noideaforausername]

[evilknny9]

definitely photoshopped

[Darktower1]

might it be in the individual images? Maybe if we look at he pieces and put them together we can see what was covered. I have seen the composite image but that was before i saw the glaring touchup in the final version.

[harrisonh1]

I don't know if anybody cares, but I found in the source when it was created

[syzygy]

Okay, I'm going to assume a couple things:
1. This game will wind up having something to do with X-Box 2, X-Box Next, X-Box 360, whatever.
2. This is a render for a racing game that will be a launch title for said machine.
Having played nearly every racing game on the x-box, including PRG2, I'll be willing to wager that that is the position where the player can place a sticker from a car part manufacturer. I would guess that they did not yet have the rights to reveal their relationship with said manufacturer and so had to photoshop the sticker away. Either that, or this is a render that will be used in advertising and they did some slick thing like have the game's name reflected on the car.
I don't think that the absence of information is worth digging into. We already don't have plenty of information. I'd focus on the information that is there. But who knows? Maybe you'll find some clue some where; I'm just guessing.