Bristol is unrecognizable to me

You mean these ones?

What you are looking at is photogrammetry data. It looks fine from altitude, but not when zoomed in.

Here is what it looks like with Photogrammetry turned off:

Here are some comparison shots from above, one with PG, one without:

Really we have three choices:

  1. Existing LIDAR photogrammetry
  2. Autogen with building archetypes
  3. Handcraft everything.

2 Looks best close up, 1 gives a sense of realism if you don’t zoom in too far, and 3 is for Slartybartfast.

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