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Whoops, Nissan Mistakes PS4 Racer Driveclub's Graphics for Real Life

Innovation that excites maybe a little too much.

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Though Sony's PlayStation 4 racing game Driveclub sputtered at the starting line upon release last year, one thing was never in question: the game's gorgeous graphics. Now, a representative for one major car brand--Nissan, whose cars are featured in the game--has mistaken the racer's visuals for real life.

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A Twitter user named Chris shared some in-game Nissan car images from Driveclub recently with the Nissan USA account, using the caption "Innovation that excites." This, of course, is Nissan's slogan.

The person running the Nissan Twitter account replied, "Awesome shots! Did you take these photos?" It didn't take long before other users pointed out the mistake.

Check out the screengrabs below to see how it all went down.

There's no question that Driveclub's graphics are great. But some believe video game visuals are set to get even better. Both Star Wars studio Industrial Light & Magic and Unreal company Epic Games have said game graphics will be indistinguishable from reality in the next decade.

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I don't know why I ever bother coming back to Gamespot from time to time, the comment sections are even more toxic then before.

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Haha, photo realism that's good.

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that means that the team behind driveclub has done something right. kudos to them.

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@eli4greg: Or that the people are Nissan are morons because anyone with half a brain can tell that those are not real life. lol

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I like the game because it looks great and is "not" a sim. Now if it just had powerups like blur id be set for the year:(

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@sleepnsurf: So by putting 'not' in quotes you're saying that it IS a sim?

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@sleepnsurf: I miss blur

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There's a Hashtag for Driveclub... Driveclub is a gorgeous game, but even I can distinguish between Reality and game Screenshots.

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@xenocraigmorph: To be fair, if someone who isn't up-to-date with modern graphics and isn't paying attention, it's pretty easy to mistake those pictures as real photos, especially if he's viewing it through his smartphone.

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is nissan's PR an A.I because hes clearly never seen real life.

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Edited By shakensparco

The title should really be "Whoops, Nissan's PR intern mistakes Driveclub for real life."

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They look real when they're tiny. Plus, racing games to tend to have some of the best graphics. So if the resolution of the images was pretty poor, I don't think the Nissan guy was being stupid/blind at all.

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Driveclub Is a gorgeous game on PS4! Advise racing fans to check out .somthing to do until NFS

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What kind of moron thinks those are real graphics? Was the person using an iPhone 4 or something hand saw it at the size of a postage stamp?

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Please tell me, how stupid do you think we are. I mean is this marketing trick, obvious only to me , or is it only to Sony boosting their sales, by making a Nissan representative mistake their game for real life. Or is both brands being involved just a coincidence....

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@badmanog: Racing games are generally static, hell I have gta 4, let alonr gta 5, mods that easily afford ohot realism with respect to cars. I have arma 3 screenshots that have EASILY fooled others. Im sorry that youre not accustomed to great graphics.

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I made the same mistake with GT3 back in the day. But hey, a game ain't worth anything if it is a mediocre game.

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Wow, do these comments ever remind me of schoolyard arguments. Within 10 seconds of scrolling down the page, I had already seen two mega-fanboy-comments-wars.

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I wonder if "Chris" apologized for saying he took the photos.

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Edited By xbhonner

warning!!!! pc gamers rage in the comment section!

pc gamers, they are really angry if someone praise a console game's graphic. gamespot should be careful not to poke them with this article, they are really really sensitive about graphic.

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@pcmasterrace60 said:

@xbhonner: You're the biggest piece of shit I've ever seen. I won't defend the Xbox One or criticize it but you have to be awful spineless to be Sony's puppet going around whining about how there are people out there who bought an Xbox. Me being a PC gamer, I can tell everyone that we don't give a **** if a console has good graphics, because if it has a PC version it will be better. Go die choking on Sony's corporate cock you self absorbed slimebag.

i was meant to say that gamespot should be carefull with this kind of article. Everytime someone complement a console game's graphic, pc gamers always replying in anger, they are MAD! and sensitive about graphic. we better be carefull not to give any good commentaries regarding console games graphic quality. Because if we do, they'll be very very angry. Remember that they dont like other people to praise console games graphic, and we should respect it

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@xbhonner said:

warning!!!! pc and shitbox rage in the comment section!

especially pc gamers, they are really angry if someone praise a console game's graphic. gamespot should be careful not to poke them with this article, they are really really sensitive about graphic.

Just read through the first page of comments, you're the only person trying to start a console war.

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@hdnphr34k said:
@xbhonner said:

warning!!!! pc and shitbox rage in the comment section!

especially pc gamers, they are really angry if someone praise a console game's graphic. gamespot should be careful not to poke them with this article, they are really really sensitive about graphic.

Just read through the first page of comments, you're the only person trying to start a console war.

then re-read through previous page

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@xbhonner: It appears you are highly biased, because you already mocked Xbox's name in your comment.

And the second part of it made you wrong from the get-go, you can't simply generalize people like that. I wouldn't be right if I said that humans were stupid - yeah, I can find one, two, ten, thousand or million dumbasses but that doesn't mean anything when there are many non-dumbasses left in the group. The same with virtually every group. If a few PC gamers are so blatant and arrogant, don't think all of them are like that.

I only have a PC, but when I evaluate games, I don't give a damn about the platforms they're on, but only about their quality. If a given game sucks, it sucks regardless of the platform, same with titles that rock. If I don't have that exclusive console on which that game is released, it's my "fault". Hating on a game just because you can't have it is childish.

Console wars and thinking that you are warriors of the two factions, Green and Blue, is really dumb. You are only consumers, you buy that hardware for yourselves.

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@th3soldier said:

@xbhonner: It appears you are highly biased, because you already mocked Xbox's name in your comment.

And the second part of it made you wrong from the get-go, you can't simply generalize people like that. I wouldn't be right if I said that humans were stupid - yeah, I can find one, two, ten, thousand or million dumbasses but that doesn't mean anything when there are many non-dumbasses left in the group. The same with virtually every group. If a few PC gamers are so blatant and arrogant, don't think all of them are like that.

I only have a PC, but when I evaluate games, I don't give a damn about the platforms they're on, but only about their quality. If a given game sucks, it sucks regardless of the platform, same with titles that rock. If I don't have that exclusive console on which that game is released, it's my "fault". Hating on a game just because you can't have it is childish.

Console wars and thinking that you are warriors of the two factions, Green and Blue, is really dumb. You are only consumers, you buy that hardware for yourselves.

i was meant to say that gamespot should be carefull with this kind of article. Everytime someone complement a console game's graphic, pc gamers always replying in anger, they are MAD! and sensitive about graphic. we better be carefull not to give any good commentaries regarding console games graphic quality. Because if we do, they'll be very very angry. Remember that they dont like other people to praise console games graphic, and we should respect it

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But he did make the photos....with photo mode! ;)

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@czlapaj2 said:

But he did make the photos....with photo mode! ;)

Too true =)

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Too bad graphics is the only thing going for this game. It still burns that I purchased this on launch lol. Once you play Forza, you'll never go back.

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@xbhonner: Lmao ****** you wouldn't know a good game if it stopped your daddy from beating you at night you fucking degenerate

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@xbhonner: You know what's funny? You are a Sony fanboy and yet you are one of the gears of (console) war :).

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@th3soldier said:

@xbhonner: You know what's funny? You are a Sony fanboy and yet you are one of the gears of (console) war :).

you know whats funny? you have a point there, yes..it makes sense. Sony fan are not usually being the gears of (console) wars. Mostly they are pc fanboy and xbox fanboy here in gamespot, maybe its the first time for a long time that you see a sony fan trolling.

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@xbhonner said:
@th3soldier said:

@xbhonner: You know what's funny? You are a Sony fanboy and yet you are one of the gears of (console) war :).

you know whats funny? you have a point there, yes..it makes sense. Sony fan are not usually being the gears of (console) wars. Mostly they are pc fanboy and xbox fanboy here in gamespot, maybe its the first time for a long time that you see a sony fan trolling.

Delusional pony.

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@xbhonner: Good lord the butthurt is strong within you young one o,O~

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@sonypony4eva: That's not true.

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So because a dumb arse can't tell the difference between a console's graphics and a photograph probably looking at it on a phone quickly anyway, this was worth an article?

If they mistook this for real life , they would be floored by Project cars on PC.

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@deviltaz35: yes, graphics are only good on pc -_- fucking mustard race

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Graphics in Driveclub are absolutely nothing to write home about. It's not a super ugly game, that's it.

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@Ripper_TV: You are:

A. A huge graphics whore who will never be satisfied

or

B. The owner of a really crappy TV set.

The game is gorgeous!

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@LightAng3l: or an xbox fanboy

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Eddie you should go write for a sports team.... YOUR favorite sports team because for a gaming journalist you are one of the biggest fanboys I have ever known.... In such a diverse industry with multiple main stream consoles, handhelds and pc's and all you ever do it glorify PS.... I like PS too but you r a journalist, your supposed to be unbiased.....

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@skiggy34: There is no such thing as an unbiased journalist.

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Driveclub graphics ARE good, but the game SUCKS...... its like Ridge Racer. Horrible handling and it just feels waaay too arcady. I'd take the SLIGHTLY less graphical, and I mean slightly but much more in depth Forza 5 any day over this. I finally downloaded the free version and its just a horrible racer... Graphics do NOTHING for the fun factor of this game...

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@skiggy34: I agree and disagree. Driveclub wasn't ever stated to be a driving simulator. The arcade feeling of the game is exactly the draw in my opinion. I absolutely see why people expecting a simulator would be disappointed, but Project Cars is your answer for that need.

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Waiting for GT7 the graphics & gameplay will be awesome.

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What they need is

First to Last ====0 Latest ====0==> Not Eddie -option for the news and comments.

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Not to be the millionth person to rib Eddie for his stories, but Gamespot and all gaming website alike should cordon off part of their sites for actual news and maybe a sidebar that lists these notable blurbs. This "article" isn't exactly news, but it certainly entertaining information that I would have otherwise missed.

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WARNING: Pointless whining located below.

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