Yeah, it seems that they've really advanced in its integration with XV (I was/am a bit worried about the main programmer leaving a while ago). Maybe they've reach a point in which they don't need him anymore, but that's wishful thinking.
Anyway, the game looks like a beast. Yeah, not the best looking game around at all, and you can see several problems (it seems to be sub-1080p
, has aliasing, weird car movement...), but fuck, it has to be one of the most beautiful games I've ever seen, from the textures, lightning, animations, pyshics (dat hair). They have at the very least a year to work on it, so I expect it to be even better (basically remove or minimize most technical problems and specially, the resolution).