RAGE 2 is being developed using Avalanche's APEX engine, not id Tech 6

[WYP]

The APEX engine has changed a lot since Just Cause 3.



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[Dicehunter]

If it's anything like their Avalanche engine for Mad Max it should be amazing.

 

[hwoodiwiss]

I would imagine id had a hand in some alterations made for the first-person parts.

 

[MacLeod]

I wonder why? Id Tech 6 worked great for Doom. Ran smooth as silk and looked great. Why change engines?

 

[ImprovizoR]

I wonder why? Id Tech 6 worked great for Doom. Ran smooth as silk and looked great. Why change engines?

It's probably not suited for large open-world areas. Whereas Avalanche makes gigantic open-world games and their engine is perfectly suited for that task. Besides, as developers of that engine, they're familiar with how it works so they didn't have to go through the process of learning how to develop for a new engine.

 

[AlienALX]

It's probably not suited for large open-world areas. Whereas Avalanche makes gigantic open-world games and their engine is perfectly suited for that task. Besides, as developers of that engine, they're familiar with how it works so they didn't have to go through the process of learning how to develop for a new engine.

Yup exactly that. If you want to see how that engine fares in larger worlds simply try Wolf 2 and you can clearly see the issues it has.