My god, we are agreeing a lot lately. I agree. Consoles I don't think had anything to do with the very minor downgrades. The planet colours certainly wasn't, the terrain was to do with other issues like holes that you could fall through etc. Asteroid belts look great at the moment, possibly better then ever.
Wait what? We agree on something? Blasphemy! Wash yer mouth out with sandsoap and a wire brush and rinse with neat bleach.
No seriously though...consoles really dont work that hard with elite...not when compared to other games. It works hard enough in a scrap or sometimes in the core, but overall, there are a slew of console games that handle a helluva lot more complex textures and gameplay without so much as breaking a sweat. Its just that games of this nature...as in ED being ported from a pc platform, is fairly unusual if not unique. That may...maybe might may...have caused a few compatibility flaws. But currently, this games graphics are very average in many respects. The ships are cool but they are just skins that cover a hitbox when all is said and done...no different than a pimp my ride low rider in GTA5 in terms of mechanics.
Get down to planetary level and the bone literally falls asleep. As buggy as fer example mass effect andromda was/is, the planets are amazing and thats an fps at heart. Its a bit depressing when comparing those examples with what we have in this game which is akin to a bulldozed wasteland or desert.
That being said...one does like some the newer station interiors. Aint seen them till recently and ye...more of that please. Asteroids look good...not brilliant just good and one has many selfies while drifting in belts. Asteroids to my mind would vary is size from the size of smart phones to the size of small countries...currently its like a sack of spuds. Thats potatoes fer any yanks wondering what spuds are ^
