Grass and Dirt in MLB The Show 25 discussion

[breakfastcat]

I wanted to start this thread so we can keep any discussion of the new graphical enhancement for 25, the grass and dirt, all together with lots of examples. To start it off I took a lot of captures from the most recent video about RTTS and I have to say it's a little hit and miss for me.

There are definitely some shots where the grass looks a lot better from close and medium distances, but I feel like from further distances is loses its depth and goes back to looking like a splotchy flat texture.

As for the dirt, I think it leaves a lot more to be desired. There are some shots where it looks decent, mainly super zoomed in, but from most angles it looks just as flat and low res as it has in the past.

Now I fully admit this could be due to youtube compression, not to mention the game is still a WIP, but I just thought I should bring it up, and show plenty of examples of both the grass and dirt both looking good and bad.

First up, examples where I think the grass looks pretty good:

[breakfastcat]

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Examples of where I think the look of the grass is lacking, mainly in wider, zoomed out shots, where it looks like a simple flat texture with no depth:

[breakfastcat]

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Shots where the dirt looks pretty good:

[breakfastcat]

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Shots where the dirt still looks bad:

[MiracleMet718]

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Screenshots aren’t really going to show anything because with the lighting system they use, it’s all about how it looks in motion. We won’t be able to tell how improved it is (if at all) until we actually get our hands on the game.

[LastActionHero]

Grass and Dirt in MLB The Show 25 discussion

I’m positive we will see some good improvements otherwise they wouldn’t have mentioned it. If it’s at a level we are all hoping for I don’t know but we really have to see it in motion in 4k on our own tv’s before we can really say something about it.

Furthermore I must say the dirt has always been different per stadium where in some it looked decent and in some pretty bad.

Check these from The Show 22




And lets also give the team some praise because I always love the panning shots from the crowd. I think almost anyone could mistake these for actual pictures.

[Ghost Of The Year]

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I assume I have low checklist bar to clear but:
A) Is the grass green?
B) Is the dirt brown?

A&B, check and check.

For me, anything more is extra icing on the cake.

[breakfastcat]

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I’m positive we will see some good improvements otherwise they wouldn’t have mentioned it. If it’s at a level we are all hoping for I don’t know but we really have to see it in motion in 4k on our own tv’s before we can really say something about it.

Furthermore I must say the dirt has always been different per stadium where in some it looked decent and in some pretty bad.

I've found that the time of day also has a big effect on how the dirt looks. When the sun is high in the sky or its night time it tends to look very flat (not just lighting wise, but literally like a flat ps3 texture) and when its lower around the 4pm mark it can look better with more depth and detail. I believe that's why your first pic from 22 looks so good.

The color is also wildly inconsistent, for example it looks good at T-Mobile Park with that vibrant tan color, but Great American Ballpark for instance has a weird splotchy, almost grey color that doesn't look right.

[LastActionHero]

Grass and Dirt in MLB The Show 25 discussion

I've found that the time of day also has a big effect on how the dirt looks. When the sun is high in the sky or its night time it tends to look very flat (not just lighting wise, but literally like a flat ps3 texture) and when its lower around the 4pm mark it can look better with more depth and detail. I believe that's why your first pic from 22 looks so good.

The color is also wildly inconsistent, for example it looks good at T-Mobile Park with that vibrant tan color, but Great American Ballpark for instance has a weird splotchy, almost grey color that doesn't look right.

Yeah Great American Ballpark looks off..

[LastActionHero]

Grass and Dirt in MLB The Show 25 discussion

I assume I have low checklist bar to clear but:
A) Is the grass green?
B) Is the dirt brown?

A&B, check and check.

For me, anything more is extra icing on the cake.

RBI 94 already checked all your boxes then [emoji6]

[Ghost Of The Year]

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RBI 94 already checked all your boxes then [emoji6]

lol , But it doesnt check the important boxes MLBTS does.

[jcar0725]

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RBI 94 already checked all your boxes then [emoji6]

Now that was pretty funny .

[MattyIce]

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Yeah Great American Ballpark looks off..

I came here to say this exact point. I’m a Cardinals fan and I’ve always felt there’s a few teams in the game whose infield dirt isn’t even close to the real life shade. Reds and Cardinals are what comes to mind for me. The dirt just doesn’t have the same glow like it does in other stadiums in game like Padres and Yankees


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[Jeffrey Smith]

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RBI 94 already checked all your boxes then [emoji6]

Cold, ice cold.😂

[brrmikey]

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I came here to say this exact point. I’m a Cardinals fan and I’ve always felt there’s a few teams in the game whose infield dirt isn’t even close to the real life shade. Reds and Cardinals are what comes to mind for me. The dirt just doesn’t have the same glow like it does in other stadiums in game like Padres and Yankees


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I'm from Cincinnati and I'll have to say I'm sure it's pretty hard to get the lighting right from pictures I've found online. I play offline only with the Reds and go crazy trying to adjust my tv settings depending on the time of day/weather conditions...i'll have it perfect for grass/dirt but then the skin tones are off for players...lol. I now just stick to playing home games 1pm, 7pm with partly cloudy and sim the rest lol...4pm overcast isn't too shabby either.