Or at least that’s what it looks like in the side-by-side video featured below. It puts footage from an actual lap of the famed Laguna Seca track alongside a virtual variant of the same, shot in the upcoming racing game Project CARS.

And the title isn’t even an understatement; it really is hard to tell which is which thanks to superb textures and believable reflections on the game’s part. However, if the developers are still not content with the look, they have until the recently announced November launch date to make the necessary improvements.

You obviously need a pretty beefy PC to be able to run this at such a high level of quality, at least on par with what the YouTube uploader lists under his specs.

So what do you think: is it bordering on photorealism? Voice your thoughts in the comments section below.

By Andrei Nedelea

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