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So, the real question is, why not have it in more games? I wouldn't necessarily say its down to hardware these days.... well depending on how realsitic you want it to look anyway. I want to show you two comparison
shots, one from Delta Force 2, which was released back in 1999, and the more recent Fifa 2006 that pretty much has grass that actually sticks out from the ground