Grand Theft Auto 5 - Ray Tracing update

[Trunks0]

Free Upgrade for Grand Theft Auto V on PC Coming March 4 - Rockstar Games

On March 4, Grand Theft Auto V on PC is getting a free upgrade featuring sought-after enhancements previously only available in the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions of GTA Online — including all the latest vehicles and performance upgrades available at...

www.rockstargames.com

Technical Enhancements​

Depending on hardware support, GTAV players on PC who upgrade will be able to enjoy:

• Ray tracing features only available on PC such as ambient occlusion and global illumination — plus ray traced shadows and reflections first debuted on consoles
• Support for AMD FSR1 and FSR3, and NVIDIA DLSS 3
• Faster loading times using SSD and DirectStorage on supported devices and configurations
• Enhanced support for higher resolutions, higher aspect ratios, and higher framerates
• DualSense® controller support, with adaptive triggers
• Enhanced audio with support for Dolby Atmos and improved fidelity of speech, cinematics, and music

Price: This update is FREE
Pre-Load: (2/27/2025)
Release Date: March, 4th, 2025 (03/04/2025)

 

[Sasquach]

Did they really say an RX6400 is the minimum for this ray tracing update? lol

 

[koralis]

They didn't say you'd be HAPPY with it, just that it was the minimum.

 

[Trunks0]

The RT looks and plays really nice. Its a pretty subtle change, as it it doesn't change the art style, but so far it has made every scene look just a little nicer

Also you can enable a 2nd light bounce to the RTGI. It looks a little weird imho, but worth playing around with

How to enable Secondary RTGI bounce

• Find the settings.xml. Should be located in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTAV Enhanced\
  • (Reference: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V_Enhanced#Configuration_file.28s.29_location)
• Open and edit the settings.xml file with a program like notepad
• Look for <RTIndirectDiffuse_SecondBounce_Enabled value="false" />
• Change "false" to "true"
• Save, close the file and boot up GTA V Enahanced.

 

[pax]

Wonder if it works with any of the fancy high quality mods...

 

[Trunks0]

Not my shots, but comparison between RT on vs Off. Little ways down on this one compares 1 bounce vs 2

GTA 5 Enhanced RTGI/RTAO Comparisons

Comparisons of the new graphic settings exclusive to GTA 5 Enhanced on PC.

compare.l7y.media

Another that is just difference between regular and the extra bounce tweak above.
https://imgsli.com/MzU1NDEy

 

[Trunks0]

Closer look at settings and comparing them. They also provide a pretty decent set of optimized recommendations.