Codemasters introduced at this time that F1 25 will be a part of the extraordinarily elite membership of video games supporting path tracing. Identical to with all of the others (Cyberpunk 2077, Alan Wake 2, Black Fantasy: Wukong, Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle, Portal with RTX), the characteristic is a PC unique.
On the topic, the developer stated:
Increasing on Ray Tracing expertise and out there as a brand new “Extremely Max” possibility within the graphics settings, mild now follows each bounced path, together with that from oblique lighting and a number of reflections. Shade, mild, and colors dynamically shift as they’d in real-life, whether or not you’re racing below the 1000’s of lights in Bahrain or navigating the fortress part on Baku at sundown.
When you’ve got a PC able to experiencing it, Path Tracing is essentially the most life like simulation of sunshine on observe that we’ve ever delivered.
These aren’t the one visible and technical enhancements that followers will discover in F1 25. Tonemapping and lightweight steadiness enhancements promise a extra dramatic impact in all sorts of climate, with higher illustration of adjustments in cloud cowl. There are additionally some enhancements to the observe floor shader, which now shows extra pronounced tyre and lock-up marks in addition to bodily adjustments primarily based on different collected real-world knowledge.
The addition of sunshine detection and ranging scanning (LIDAR) makes tracks way more correct total. LIDAR additionally helped timber and foliage higher match the species, placement, dimension, and form of their real-life counterparts, with new additions reminiscent of cherry blossom timber in Suzuka.
Codemasters additionally launched NVIDIA Audio2Face. This expertise (already seen in STALKER 2: Coronary heart of Chornobyl) improved the facial animations that gamers will see throughout modes reminiscent of Profession and Braking Level. The reintroduced press interviews now seize drivers delivering their responses in a extra genuine vogue, with this expertise extending to facility heads in My Staff. Lastly, PS5 Professional console customers will get pleasure from split-screen racing at 60 frames per second on this yr’s version of the official F1 racing sport.
Codemasters hasn’t shared the system necessities for path tracing utilization on PC, however we’ll let you understand as soon as it does. F1 25 will probably be out there on Could 30 throughout PC and consoles.
