The Complete List of PC Ray Traced Titles with Classification

[Davros]

I can haz raytracing question:
ray-traced shadows and ray-traced reflections are talked about like they are somehow separate from ray-tracing this makes no sense to me maybe thats because I'm looking at it from the pov of physics and not computer graphics
If you ray-trace you know where the rays are, and if you know where the rays are you also know where the rays are not and shadows are just where the rays are not. Reflections, we see things for 2 reasons they either emit light or they reflect light . If your rays didnt reflect the only things visible would be light sources where the rays have a direct path from light source to camera.

 

[itsmydamnation]

I can haz raytracing question:
ray-traced shadows and ray-traced reflections are talked about like they are somehow separate from ray-tracing this makes no sense to me maybe thats because I'm looking at it from the pov of physics and not computer graphics
If you ray-trace you know where the rays are, and if you know where the rays are you also know where the rays are not and shadows are just where the rays are not. Reflections, we see things for 2 reasons they either emit light or they reflect light . If your rays didnt reflect the only things visible would be light sources where the rays have a direct path from light source to camera.

sry but i couldnt help myself

my general experience while playing not searching for effect is is RT GI is a big visual improvement , reflections are nice and I generally struggle to see the improvements to shadows

 

[trinibwoy]

If you ray-trace you know where the rays are, and if you know where the rays are you also know where the rays are not and shadows are just where the rays are not.

That’s true if you’re tracing direct lighting e.g. RTXDI. Most games do not. Otherwise you still need to draw shadows separately. You can do that the old fashioned way with shadow maps or with RT.

Reflections, we see things for 2 reasons they either emit light or they reflect light . If your rays didnt reflect the only things visible would be light sources where the rays have a direct path from light source to camera.

Reflections seem to get special treatment because they require more precision to produce a convincing effect. So you end up casting more rays and running more accurate shading on highly reflective surfaces compared to diffuse GI.

If you were running a pure path tracer then you get reflections and shadows for “free” but nobody is doing that.

 

[Davros]

then you get reflections and shadows for “free”

That's what I always thought

 

[DegustatoR]

Until Dawn PC features and specs revealed, out October 4

Experience the horror of Blackwood Mountain for the first time on PC.

blog.playstation.com

UE5 though so who even knows what they mean by that at this point.

More on that from Nvidia's blog:

THRONE AND LIBERTY, Until Dawn, Starship Troopers: Extermination & The Axis Unseen All Launching With DLSS

RTX and DLSS delivers the definitive experience for GeForce RTX gamers in over 600 games and apps, including this week’s batch of big hitters.

www.nvidia.com

Rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5, Until Dawn also offers PC gamers the opportunity to further enhance fidelity with ray-traced reflections and ray-traced ambient occlusion effects.

 

[DavidGraham]

Added Tiny Glade, a software ray traced game using Vulkan RT to do ray traced global illumination and shadows.

 

[DavidGraham]

Predator Hunting Ground received a new patch that enables ray traced reflections.

The Predator: Hunting Grounds Ninth Generation Update is available for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC! These players will be seeing improvements to graphics, textures, and lighting, with a new ray tracing feature!

Home - Predator: Hunting Grounds

predator.illfonic.com

 

[DavidGraham]

Silent Hill 2 launched with ray traced reflections and lighting (Hardware Lumen).

Silent Hill 2 тест GPU/CPU | Action / FPS / TPS | TEST GPU

Мы выполнили тестирование игры Silent Hill 2 на максимальных настройках графики с новейшими видеокартами серий GeFo

gamegpu.com

Unitl Dawn Remake launched with ray traced reflections and ambient occlusion.

Until Dawn Remake тест GPU/CPU | RPG/Role playing | TEST GPU

Мы выполнили тестирование игры Until Dawn Remake на максимальных настройках графики с новейшими видеокартами серий

gamegpu.com

 

[DegustatoR]

Unitl Dawn Remake launched with ray traced reflections and ambient occlusion.

They don't really work though.

 

[DavidGraham]

They don't really work though.

Raytracing works, even if only later in the game. After leaving the start area, the settings are then adopted

Until Dawn Remake: Die PC-Version startet mit technischen Problemen

Das Remake von Until Dawn ist am Freitag mit technischen Problemen auf dem PC gestartet. Erste Tests zeigen: FSR 3.1 und Raytracing zicken.

www.computerbase.de

Also.

Until Dawn im Benchmark-Test

Sony bringt Until Dawn als Remake auf dem PC. Im Benchmark-Test zeigt sich eine solide Basis, die noch von Problemen geplagt wird.

www.computerbase.de

 

[DavidGraham]

Powerful examples of the difference between software and hardware Lumen in Silent Hill 2 Remake.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1842805957941744065

Also, Ray Reconstruction can be modded in Silent Hill 2 Remake for a big image quality boost.

 

[DavidGraham]

Unknown 9: Awakening is launching with ray traced shadows.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1844092445572706461

 

[GhostofWar]

Also, Ray Reconstruction can be modded in Silent Hill 2 Remake for a big image quality boost.

Any idea if the performance hit we are seeing there is because maybe they are only replacing 1 other denoiser or because it's a mod? It does really clean up all that fizzling noise though, although the newspapers on the windows is having an issue.

 

[DavidGraham]

Any idea if the performance hit we are seeing there is because maybe they are only replacing 1 other denoiser or because it's a mod?

I think it's a bit of both. The game needs an official implementation badly.

 

[DavidGraham]

Delta Force: Hawk Ops demo is released, it uses ray traced reflections on Unreal Engine 5.

Delta Force: Hawk Ops Demo тест GPU/CPU | MMORPG / Онлайн-игры | TEST GPU

Мы провели тестирование Delta Force: Hawk Ops Demo на максимальных настройках графики, разблокировав трассировку лучей

gamegpu.com

 

[DavidGraham]

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead launches with hardware ray tracing on Unreal Engine 5.

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead тест GPU/CPU | RPG/Role playing | TEST GPU

Мы выполнили тестирование игры A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead на максимальных настройках графики с новейшими видеокартами

gamegpu.com

 

[Albuquerque]

Also, Ray Reconstruction can be modded in Silent Hill 2 Remake for a big image quality boost.

The RR makes a pretty significant difference in visual fidelity, at about a 15-20% performance cost... It's not like Silent Hill is a twitch shooter, so it's probably worth it...