S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 to Support Ray Tracing on Xbox Series X

[Tsing]

Image: GSC Game World



The Xbox Series X may be the most powerful console ever created, but how well can it handle ray tracing? GSC Game World is going to help us find out. According to an official listing on Xbox.com, the developer’s highly anticipated S.T.A.L.K.E.R. sequel will support the demanding rendering technique, which should allow for some particularly creepy visuals thanks to lifelike shadows and lighting.



We’re genuinely afraid of what this could mean for the console version’s performance, though. Even NVIDIA’s flagship GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GPU struggles with ray tracing, so how is the Xbox Series X and its weaker hardware going to cope with that...

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[Zarathustra]

Interesting.

So this game is actually happening, huh?

Huge boots to fill. This is one of my favorite series from the last decade+

I played through the List Alpha mod withassive graphics mods a few years back to see if I could regain the magic. The Lost Alpha mod was pretty impressive work, but eventually I got mired in details and list interest.

I'm looking forward to this one.