LOD

Can you spot the difference?

Of course you can, but the thing is that from a distance the cars look pretty much the same. This would be convenient if you have multiple viewing ranges, where as you zoom out the higher polygon count models will switch to the lower polygon model. This is called "Level of Detail" or lod models.

This way you could render way more cars on screen or make more room to render the larger environment.

From a distance, the low poly version even reads better, because there is less detail that will start 'jittering' and some elements have been emphasized to enhance the look from far away.

anyway, maybe for next post ill make something new... or maybe not...