[LordVonPS3]

Guys,

Suggestion for you here. I've noticed quite a bit of tearing & the odd stutter in this game, particularly when pulling up, diving or flying through clouds and have an idea or two for how you might like to have another go at fixing...

1. A few bits and bobs...
- Move all back face culling / triangle culling routines to run on CELL SPE's.
- Use what main executable RAM you have remaining to add & store oft-used textures, then copy these from main RAM to VRAM instead of loading / streaming those from the HDD (assuming you do use the HDD during game play and don't just load all the textures in per level)!
- Make smoke trails dissipate a little faster, no-one will notice.

2. Triple buffering & maintain v-sync (assuming enough memory).
Render an additional frame and hold it in reserve so that instead of displaying a torn frame the reserve is displayed instead. For a good example of how to do triple buffering effectively - see Uncharted 2 / ask Naughty Dog who will help you.