Why this doesn't look like photo realistic in Vray?

[Sherm]

water is somewhat ok, but not too realistic. and the floor is just like a cartoon, I used a texture for the displacement map as well for the rock floor but still cartoon like :sob: , I'm using V-ray exterior default preset as the settings.

and where to find good photo realistic materials such as brick walls, wood flooring, tiling, grass etc to be used with vray?

[peerman]

Hi, displacement only works when you assign the displacement texture to a group. But beware of longer purge and render times. It is also advised to subdivide your planes for better displacement. There are a couple of tutorials about this (please google it).
The water looks unrealistic because it has nothing interesting to reflect. You can use a background image in the environment tab or use a domelight with an hdri to show a background. And last you can find textures through google imagesearch or multiple sites like textures.com. Good luck and keep us posted!

Regards,

[Sherm]

Thank you for your reply I'll add things you stated.