Well, even full screen, it looks legit to me. The red "US Air Force" and no other insignia is odd, though. Is Strike Fighters 2 a known game? To me, it could be any aero or "ten best" type of site.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_Fighters_2Yes, it's a known game.
You added some clues after I posted this, but, like, you know, "too flat" and "too that" aren't too definitive. I thought airfields were supposed to be flat.
I'm not a video analyst either, I've just seen lots of computer graphics. Really, saying things like "too flat" is because there's probably some specific term for the effect, I just don't know it and "too flat" is the easier way to tell. If I was an analyst I'd probably be able to express the differences more.
Here's a real picture:
Note how different sections of the pavement look, well, different. Different shades, different imperfections, etc... The pavement in the video is a constant 2 colors, really, and those 2 colors are pixelated. The bubble screen, now that I look at it, is a constant diffuser, not a variable one like curved glass with the sun hitting it would be. The smoke looks painted in. Same deal with the buildings in the background - not enough detail for the resolution, what details are there are too sharp, the rest is too flat. By 'too flat' I mean that there's not enough variance. It's like somebody supposedly painted a popcorn ceiling with matte paint, but when you look, they painted a flat ceiling with high-gloss paint. You get the exact same shades across a wide area - when if you look at real images, there's a small but constant difference.
Same deal with the plane itself. No tail number, no AF symbol, not enough different colors on it, etc...
No offense intended, but it's really freaking obvious to those of us 'in the know' that it's computer graphics, not a real life video.
As Andiron said, it's pretty good graphics though I've seen much better.
I didn't try to analyze each individual putt and roil in their characteristics, though.
At least for me, I didn't need to. At least for me, there's enough clues that it pretty much slaps me in the face. All the bullet points I listed is me going back and trying to express *HOW* I could tell.
Look at the pavement in the B-52 video I posted. It has an uneven patch and other imperfections. The smoke travels different paths, and even color shifts a bit. The clouds move. Things like that.
