Photorealism, Luxcorerender or another?

[MrCedric11111 (Cedric)]

I left 3dsmax for Blender and I’m delighted, but I had a great renderer, Maxwell. I say great because my projects have to be photorealistic and Maxwell is the best at that, but unfortunately he doesn’t exist for Blender .

So I dug around a bit and it looks like Luxcorerender is also based on the same realistic philosophy. It seems to handle caustics just fine, and some reflections that even industry heavyweights don’t. The problem is that its updates are rare, however it is made by incredible and talented volunteers.

All this to ask you if I’m wrong or if there is equivalent or better elsewhere?
I put you 2 examples, one with caustics, and the other showing the reflections created by a metallic material, these 2 “realistic” effects being almost non-existent in the competition, tell me if I’m wrong? (Pictures from the youtube link below)

Blender Caustics Comparisons | Cycles, AMD ProRender, Octane Render and LuxCore

[joseph]

This thread might be worth a look:

Photo realism with Blender?

Disclaimer: I’m NOT yet a 3D artist, i’m still at the stage of choosing the software I’ll be using. I nailed down my choice to either Blender or Cinema 4D. My preference goes to Blender but… There is something I notice and wish to know if there is some substance behind the observation or is it just subjective “green pasture” syndrome. Fact is, most C4D render images I stumble upon look incredibly photo-realistic. And lots of Blender images don’t look good… they look like bad 3D and not realis…

[MrCedric11111 (Cedric)]

Interesting yes! I’m actually making very nice things with Cycle too…Did you have a look on my link, it shows different render and luxcorenderer is clearly outstanding for caustics…