Red Dead Redemption 2 PC Launch Trailer, Screenshots and no RTX
- by Nick Cohen
- in Industry
- — Nov 5, 2019
The Red Dead Redemption 2 release date on PC has been set for Tuesday, November 5. If you're looking to play early, you've still got a bit of a wait ahead.
The hype being created for Red Dead Redemption 2 and the expectations of the passionate fan-base made a part of me believe that Rockstar Games could never deliver on all of their many promises. Still, it was good to dream, wasn't it?
NVIDIA has confirmed that Red Dead Redemption 2 will not have any real-time ray tracing effects on the PC. The rendering horsepower required is quite vast and there's a trade-off when it comes to frame rates, but it can make quite a visual difference when gaming.
Though given the trend of publishers abandoning Steam for their big releases like Activision with Destiny 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Rockstar could follow the same approach and keep Red Dead Redemption 2 off Steam. Features include increased draw distances for better navigation, higher quality global illumination and ambient occlusion for improved day and night lighting, and higher quality snow trails. If you've seen any of the trailers, you'll know it looks fantastic on the platform, though it is missing one feature some people expected: ray tracing. It's also available on the * a href="https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/red-dead-redemption-2/home?utm_source=GoogleSearch&utm_medium=Performance&utm_campaign=an*Internal_pr*StoreRDR2_ct*Performance_pl*GoogleSearchBrand_co*US_cr*&utm_id=7216023007&utm_subcampaign=RDR2_Broad_EN&utm_content=PrePurchaseCTA&utm_term=%2Bred%20%2Bdead%20%2B2&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxeKYoNjR5QIVURx9Ch2D6wPlEAAYASAAEgIaRfD_BwE" *Epic Games Store, available at the same time.
