We’re several years into the ray tracing generation, which means 3D graphics’ biggest innovation for decades now has a solid pile of games actually using it. If you’ve been wondering why every triple-A since 2018 has forced you down streets full of neon signs and puddles at night at every possible juncture, ray tracing is the answer.
Nvidia’s marketing bluster around the graphics card giant’s RTX technology was quite confusing at first, but now that we’ve all seen it in action and got ourselves hyped up, RTX has become a bit of a byword for advanced graphics. It’s not just that you’ll see super-detailed reflections in the puddles, although you absolutely definitely will. RTX-enabled titles tend to come with a suite of impressive rendering features that push the overall fidelity up to the kind of levels that almost make you feel ok about having spent a grand on a graphics card.
