I dunno... I've been seeing some REALLY cool stuff. I mean... FEAR and HL2 on GOOD machines is REALLY cool. We're talking rendered on the fly rather than pre.

That game though won't be. The game doesn't require a  highres FPS engine. It needs one made for RTS games. The requirements for those 2 are totally different and usually... the FPS engine will do better for cut scenes like that.

Cars looked awesome. It was some of pixar's best work.  It may not have looked realistic, but it's a cartoon, it wasn't meant to look realistic. It's like saying dogs aren't cool, because they don't meow.