Quote - @JenX : If you want to see it that way. My point is what's best for the average Poser user:
A "down to earth" realism that is fast and fun (like in games), or that kind of "technogeek cutting edge brainwanking" that folks here seem to prefer ?

I hope they don't dumb down Poser to the average user.  I'm tired of everything being made 'simple' for those who find  thinking too difficult.  If I want game rendering, I'll buy a game (or a game engine... how about  you look up licensing costs).

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Look at those cars in the game renders I posted.
They are laser scanned to get the shape perfectly right and have more "built in" detail than many Poser cars.

Cars are a much easier to get to look realistic than human figures -- mesh and materials.  Even then, they still need materials tweaked to look real.