What are some games that have impressive physics nowadays? I remember being very impressed with Half-Life 2 back in the day, seemed like a leap. All spectacular looking games with crude physics nowadays remind me of those hi-res ports of old console titles, in an ajar way.
Outer Wilds has some impressive physics in that the whole game takes place in a miniature solar system where the planets orbit the sun, have their own gravity, day/night cycles, and so on. There are various weather phenomena, such as one planet that has floating islands tossed into space by storms before crashing back down, and a pair of planets named the "hourglass twins" that transfer sand between each other. You can fly out in your ship and watch these things happen at a macro level, or get right into it (like walking around one of those islands as it's being tossed into space, or getting yourself crushed by rising sand levels). It's really impressive, and I'm probably not doing it justice with this description. Worth checking out.