The mind-boggling work that went into Red Dead 2's incredibly lifelike horses

[Jabalous]

As titled, an article written by PCGAMER on Rockstar North's Tobias Kleanthous talk at GDC 2021 about R*'s approach in creating the horses of Red Dead Redemption 2.

 

Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/the-mind-boggling-work-that-went-into-red-dead-2s-incredibly-lifelike-horses/

[smokeless6]

Good article, thanks for sharing it.

[LeonVegaSuarez]

RDR2 really has the and most realistic horses ever. Very impressive to have 19 breeds and each one is easily recognizable. Ghost Of Tsushima is a beautiful game but the way the horses look kind of annoyed me

[Emmi]

The entire game is a technical marvel. This is far and beyond the most complex video game created to date.

[videotech_]

The full presentation is now up on the GDC Vault site!

 

https://gdcvault.com/play/1027113/AI-Summit-Making-the-Believable

[videotech_]

cc @Spider-Vice

[videotech_]

WE HAVE A FIRST ACTUAL DEBUG SCREENSHOT USING THE GTAV RECULAR MAP! sorry for the caps, this is huge!

 

[ant_sh]

There's a man in space suit on psychedelic "R* is hiring" ad. What could that possibly mean?

 

Edit: My take. This presentation was supposed to be held in Jan 2020 but was postponed. Spaceman + psychedelic 60s is a reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Towering 3D letters look like city buildings. So this ad hints to future remaster of GTA III which was released in 2001.

Edited August 14, 2021 by ant_sh
Added possible symbolism