Mario Kart 8 Lighting

purehilarity

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone could quickly shed some light (hehe) on how they achieve the GI lighting look in games like MK8?  Example below.

http://3ebd2a0c0ea48a333aea-1f531def8e8befb67be56667ce3edd11.r77.cf1.rackcdn.com/147fd8fb8d90e36af0d2cff06ac32bfb7dc4005c.jpg__620x349_q85_crop_upscale.jpg

Would this just be similar to the lighting in Marmoset for example where it's driven by a texture and changes depending on the level?

I like how stylized the game looks while still having some realism and I want to try to emulate this with a project in unity. Thank you!

Sam

AtticusMars

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leleuxart

Considering it's a Wii game, I have a feeling there's nothing dynamic going on. It's probably either baked GI, a global cubemap of the scene, or an ambient fill color.

PolyHertz

Picture posted is a render, not a screenshot.
Here's a better example: http://thezeroreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MarioKartPoster.jpg

leleuxart said:

Considering it's a Wii game

It's a WiiU game, not a Wii game.

AtticusMars

edit: nevermind, not really sure

Panupat

Lighting looks nice and soft. Since the AO along the fence looks a bit pixellated, I guess those were baked. The key light is probably real time. That's my guess.

Obscura

Looks like lightmaps and a cubemap.

purehilarity

Thank you guys.