beta patch atmosphere & lighting at altitude

[Ekar]

Even if the blueish haze is somewhat of an allover effect, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Normal light during daytime is tinted blue in reality, so this is more realistic than what we had before. If CloD were a sim about sitting on the couch at night with only a desktop lamp to light the scene, the light would realistically be tinted a warmer colour.

I think the lighting we have now is miles ahead of what it was before. It may be hard to appreciate that through the image comparison in the original post, but running through the replies in the beta thread, it seems that most people really like the new lighting. This isn't a step backwards, not at all.

[philip.ed]

You'd never see a Hurricane like you see in that first picture. Look at those rivet and panel lines; you'd barely see them at that distance, let alone when standing right up next to the plane, so in this sense the new patch is a considerable improvement. The colours of the Hurri look a lot better too (IMHO the colours in general are far improved)
Yes, the bare metal doesn't seem to have the same level of lighting detail, but IMHO this is a small insignificance compared to the tangible improvement of the patch itself.