Star Citizen laat je videokaart smelten

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Star Citizen, het spel dat zich afspeelt in de ruimte en het record in handen heeft voor meest opgebracht crowd-funded project, ziet er erg goed uit in de nieuwe trailer. Ontwikkelaar Chris Roberts heeft altijd al gezegd dat hij van plan was om hardware tot het uiterste te drijven.

In de trailer is een gevecht tussen twee ruimteschepen in een asteroïdeveld te zien. Het gevecht is "100 procent in-engine" en is gerendered op 4K resolutie.

"We're pushing the limits with Star Citizen, and this commercial is our best example yet," Roberts said.

"It's rendered 100 per cent in-engine in real-time at 4K resolution. We scale everything for the super high resolutions that will be the basis of tomorrow's gaming experience; our assets are designed with high polycounts instead of having details baked into their textures. That's a big part of why Nvidia and AMD have been demoing Star Citizen at 4K!"

"The next generation of CPUs and GPUs will make this kind of experience possible in gameplay, and we are building Star Citizen to be ready. With the Hornet commercial, we wanted to give our backers an early look."

Chris Roberts kondigde ook aan dat Star Citizen ondertussen al 24 miljoen dollar heeft opgehaald. Dit betekent meteen ook dat Star Citizen een 'public transportation system' krijgt. Hiermee kunnen spelers in het spel van zonnestelsel naar zonnestelsel reizen en voorwerpen vervoeren.

"A public transportation system may not seem as sexy as a new bomber or a cruiser, but it speaks directly to the goal of making Star Citizen an immersive, world-building experience," aldus Roberts. "Instead of having a simple 'fast travel' option like an MMORPG, Star Citizen will feature a living, breathing system to support that gameplay requirement... a system that will be impacted by the economy and player actions in all sorts of exciting ways!"

"Thank you for your continued support. I hope you take as much pride as I do in the fact that you aren't only bringing back PC games and taking a shot across the bow at big publishers, you're taking Star Citizen to new frontiers. The team at Cloud Imperium can't wait to show you what's next!"