I have a question: I haven't tried Genesis 8.1 yet but in some renders, I've noticed that the model hands are better than Genesis 8 (which are terrible). Now, is it just me, or are the hands actually better? I might start using 8.1 just for this reason. Or as usual, is it just the custom models that have better features?
As far as I know nothing new was done to 8.1 hands so I think they are exactly the same as 8.0.
You will notice a difference related to morph packs, HD morphs, sub-d level etc. I hate the hands too, mostly how the thumbs don't grasp properly.
G8(.1) hands are all atrocious. The rigging of the thumb is just pure and utter garbage and almost unusable. Some CCs do at least decent materials for the hands, especially Kayleyss' earlier models for Tara, Aurore and Michelle are all great, from his G8.1 models Jacqueline is good as well. Doesn't hold a candle to his G8 models though. https://www.renderhub.com/razzledazzle3d/handy-dandy-hand-morphs is the only tool I found to customize hands. It's cheap as chips and totally worth the money. If you guys insist I will post it here.
@ColdBeer31 I agree with the thumbs. They really should have changed the bone structure as the movement is just terrible and you generally need to screw around with moving the mesh of the body in order to make some grips look realistic since the thumb movements are just terrible.