{"id":1250,"date":"2015-04-25T17:08:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T16:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samanthajohnson.co.uk\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2015-04-25T17:10:59","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T16:10:59","slug":"ets2-is-sometimes-too-realistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samanthajohnson.co.uk\/?p=1250","title":{"rendered":"ETS2 is great for Photographers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u00a0ETS2 is a place to be Creative! Especially Landscape photographers.<\/h1>\n<p>Just pull over your Truck and shoot a sunrise!<\/p>\n<p>I took this snap as I like Bridges, my favourite being the Tamar Bridge of course and this reminds me of the countless times I traversed that.<\/p>\n<p>In this instance I made the shot Black and white and added a graduated filter to the top (burning in) and what we have here is a double take.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.samanthajohnson.co.uk\/?attachment_id=1245\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1245\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1245\" src=\"http:\/\/www.samanthajohnson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ets22015-04-15_00044.jpg\" alt=\"Is ETS2 getting too real?\" width=\"600\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.samanthajohnson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ets22015-04-15_00044.jpg 649w, https:\/\/www.samanthajohnson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ets22015-04-15_00044-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes this is actual game play and not a pre-game video sequence. A round of applause for SCS! [who make the game].<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Is this a real photograph of a bridge or is this a game that is so real you can play it? Usually saturated &#8216;blown-out&#8217; colours give the &#8216;game&#8217; away [GROAN, Sorry!], but when you go monochrome B+W we only have the content and look a bit closer. This truly is the direction gaming should be going, I have seen it with Second Life, from the glossy water to the shadows, more realistic skins and sculpted prims and mesh. Gaming with the addition of say the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oculus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oculus Rift<\/a> will change the landscape forever. We are &#8216;this close&#8217; (pinching fingers together) to totally immersive gaming, as long as you have a damp cold wash cloth for the back of your neck as many say the slight lag can send your brain into overdrive.<\/p>\n<p>Exciting times&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0ETS2 is a place to be Creative! Especially Landscape photographers. Just pull over your Truck and shoot a sunrise! I took this snap as I like Bridges, my favourite being the Tamar Bridge of course and this reminds me of the countless times I traversed that. 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