For what it’s worth, Lotus customer care UK confirmed through an email that the recent pictures on their driving academy site are of DV.
I was quiet impressed by their response time and the fact that they even entertained my question.
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DARK VERDANT!?
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I was quiet impressed by their response time and the fact that they even entertained my question.
Well on the face of its I'm glad I'm not going completely mad then (until proven wrong again..!)
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You went too far; biased everything too much towards blue. The caliper is barely red, the corner of the tail light is now orange, and his shoes are hardly even brown.
Adjust your monitor!
Just kidding! Its a quick hack so not perfect, but the factory is now grey as it should be as is the car!
Not blaming you. Unfortunately this looks like one of those cheesy cell phone HDR images. They screw up the saturation and color balance in favor of trying to give it a dramatic high-contrast, and unfortunately pretty much destroy the overall color accuracy. If you try and fix one area, everything else gets even worse because of what the HDR algorithm in a cell phone does to the image.Adjust your monitor!
Just kidding! Its a quick hack so not perfect, but the factory is now grey as it should be as is the car!
All of this just contributes to the argument that Dark Verdant is special. Scientifically, it is also the fastest and most comfortable of the 6 First Edition colors.
Must also add to the argument that DV owners are dillusional?
Another word for "special" !Must also add to the argument that DV owners are dillusional?
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This picture shows exactly why I switched from DV to Nimbus for my locked-in spec...you just can't see the gorgeous and curvaceous details, even in this bright daylit shot...I so wanted a BRG, but this is too dark for me.
I think @virtualmacho has it right. DV cars fly under the radar, while cars like Magma and Hethel attract radar. Overall DV cars are faster than Magma and Hethel cars, because those cars spend more time on the side of the road after being pulled over by the police.
Nimbus cars aren't as fast as DV, not because they can't be, but because they're trying to blend in. Driving fast would make them stand out.
Shadow Gray cars are almost as fast as DV cars, except they tend to slow down when going through shadows... some kind of self-identity thing.
Now Seneca cars are special, but being blue, they tend to be moody; so on an overcast day they slow down. In the bright sunshine they do well, although they like to socialize, so stop a lot to chat with others. They like lots of praise and the comfort of affirmation hugs.
As for DV cars being more comfortable... not sure on that one. DV cars are for the drivers, so their focus is on the road. DV owners do appreciate proper etiquette however, and will cheerfully wave at every other color Emira as they pass them by.
Nimbus cars aren't as fast as DV, not because they can't be, but because they're trying to blend in. Driving fast would make them stand out.
Shadow Gray cars are almost as fast as DV cars, except they tend to slow down when going through shadows... some kind of self-identity thing.
Now Seneca cars are special, but being blue, they tend to be moody; so on an overcast day they slow down. In the bright sunshine they do well, although they like to socialize, so stop a lot to chat with others. They like lots of praise and the comfort of affirmation hugs.
As for DV cars being more comfortable... not sure on that one. DV cars are for the drivers, so their focus is on the road. DV owners do appreciate proper etiquette however, and will cheerfully wave at every other color Emira as they pass them by.
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I think they pulled all the yellow out of the shot selectively, because their web UI uses yellow as an action color on buttons and the center caps were distracting in the high contrast super warm color filter they chose for the scene. Note that the caps are essentially white/monochrome. They edited it out because of the bottom left accessibility button, I think:
Anyone else find themselves scrolling through their photos and thinking they’re actually on this forum?
Anyone else show their friend or significant other the pics and have them ask questions about why the same photo keeps getting changed along with the possible (or impossible) validity of the pics?
No? Just me? Cool. Cool.
#ForThePics
Anyone else show their friend or significant other the pics and have them ask questions about why the same photo keeps getting changed along with the possible (or impossible) validity of the pics?
No? Just me? Cool. Cool.
#ForThePics
Had my call this morning, sounds like I'm now due in August. They confirmed that the pics on the Driving Academy page are indeed DV. So ignore absolutely everything I've said, I have no idea what I'm on about it seems...
They did say that they'd release full pictures of all colours, without filters, in studio lighting by the end of next week. Sounds like they've had a big old photo shoot, I'll believe it when I see it mind you.
Another fake DV pic for giggles.
They did say that they'd release full pictures of all colours, without filters, in studio lighting by the end of next week. Sounds like they've had a big old photo shoot, I'll believe it when I see it mind you.
Another fake DV pic for giggles.
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