Small addition, these are comparing the loss of artistic details in the actual road (like the tire / driving lines and cracks and such) because of the intense normal maps or whatever is amping up the roughness of the surface too much and playing off the headlights to create all that noise.
Headlights off: https://imgur.com/knM8lEF.jpg
Headlights on: https://imgur.com/7CtPyFi.jpg
Headlights off: https://imgur.com/j7sC1Dr.jpg
Headlights on: https://imgur.com/kQE3fZG.jpg
You can actually see more detail and what the road surface is really like in the total darkness. Wild.
The other workaround for this wonky glitch that may never be addressed is to just turn off your headlights at night and crank up the game's brightness instead.
Would suggest everyone who can't take the excessive visual noise and shimmer and unnatural movement of the road surface at night while using headlights give that a shot. Less ugly than disabling AF for sure, especially in the wet/rain.
I don't need to increase the brightness, search here for a topic called "summer nights" 😂...
