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Originally Posted by Jaws2002

The "new sun" is clearly very badly implemented. There's way too much glare during times of day when the sun light we see is greatly reduced like dawn and dusk. Way too much and the sky looks very poor and low resolution. ...........

That screenshot is taken very close to sunset or sunrise. We all know how the sun looks during those times. A lot less bright and orange redish. The closer to the horizon the easier it is to look straight at it, without the blinding glare, because the light has to pass through a lot more air.

you might be wrong there, depending on the exact geographic location the screenshot was taken (eg how far north it is, and how close to the arctic)

on the southern tip of australia (close to the south pole) the sun at dusk can get very bright and sharp (as it does on the Argentinian tip of south america). the bright sharpness of the sun is potentially very dangerous when driving (causes many accidents). the bright sunlight strikes you directly in the eye's (just under the car visor ) and is so bright and strong it can completely blind you unless you have good sunglasses on and are prepared for sudden the disruption it causes to your normal vision. without good sunglasses on you'd be in danger of killing yourself or others, or running off the road. the evening sun phenomena is well known here, and some local radio stations warn of it during the traffic updates or weather reports when the effect is particularly strong on certain days.

maybe a similar effect is at play close to the arctic circle up north

then again, maybe this is just another problem in their old gfx engine (presuming Moskow is to far south to be affected by the phenomena i described)