YouTube’s ‘Beyond Dreams’ has shared a video, showcasing STALKER 2 running in 8K on an NVIDIA RTX 4090 with Reshade Ray Tracing. To be more precise, the YouTuber used the Complete RT 1.5 Mod to tweak and enhance the game’s graphics.
Going into more details, Complete RT 1.5 brings better global illumination and ambient occlusion to the game. Moreover, there’s an improved color grading, as well as some tweaks to the LODs.
The biggest improvement, in my opinion, is the grass shadows. By default, the grass does not have any shadows, making it seem flat at times. Thanks to Reshade, though, you can add some better AO and grass shadows to the game.
As for the ReSTIR G.I. solution, which is being implemented with the Complete RT 1.5 Mod, I’m not really that impressed. You see, STALKER 2 uses Lumen, and its GI already looked great. Not only that but by playing the game in HDR, you’ll get visuals comparable to what is being shown here. Seriously, the game in HDR looks miles better than in SDR. The skylight, in particular, looks way, WAY better in HDR.
To get STALKER 2 running at 8K, Beyond Dreams used an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090. Naturally, the YouTuber also used DLSS 3 Quality as it’s impossible to run the game at Native 8K. Still, even with DLSS 3 Quality, you’ll get the benefits of 8K, even when playing on 4K (or even 144p) monitors.
STALKER 2 came out last week and has already sold one million units. To be honest, though, this is a really buggy game. I totally understand the difficulties that GSC GameWorld faced. However, this feels more like a beta. The game has a lot of bugs, as well as numerous balance issues. The spongy mutants, and in particular the chimera, will be a big issue for a lot of players. We also have enemies that will be spawning right next to you. And then we have an endless amount of bugs. I’ve played Cyberpunk 2077 at launch and, at least in my opinion, STALKER 2 is worse than it.
Anyway, speaking of STALKER 2, you can also download two great mods for it. The first one will remove the inventory weight limit, whereas the second will make the Bloodsuckers and Poltergeists less tanky. Also, be sure to read our PC Performance Analysis.
Enjoy and stay tuned for more!
![[8K] STALKER 2 Heart of Chornobyl : RAY TRACING Mod | Complete RT | RTX4090 Ultra Realistic Showcase](https://www.dsogaming.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-youtube-lyte/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F7h29pMFpPlc%2F0.jpg)
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Is this worth playing now? I'm waiting for updates but I want to know how it comapres to anomaly.
Is this worth playing now? I'm waiting for updates but I want to know how it comapres to anomaly.
Wait for patches. Key rebinds are missing and/or not working properly. Enemies pop in and can glitch. Missing hardware RT e.g. no shadows from flashlight. Terrible English voice acting, best play with Ukrainian and English subs.
I've Just tried It. The mod improves RT Shadows including those coming from flashlight, skylighting and color grading
This is terrible English voice acting? Then what was Metro Exodus?
This exactly. Play some dragon's dogma since it's cracked till they patch Stalker and nexus comes out with a proper collection. Today the first 3 collections arrived.
After the hundreds of paid/fake reviews, the real reviews are finally starting to show, and apparently, this game is a major downgrade (what a surprise) compared to the first games.
It wasn't "bugs", like all fake reviews and developers claimed.
The gameplay is simplified for consoles, it has no depth, tons of missing mechanics, etc.
I'm a true fan of the series, and I'm excited about the game. There are ALife issues, and that's not surprising with a 60km map, but nothing unplayable. Incredible game
"Let's ruin the mood and cut the performance more than half" STALKER 2 showcase!
Yeah…this game is going to be ready end of next year
Stalker 2 graphics are not impressive. They wouldn't even have been impressive a decade ago.
Everyone can take photographs and turn it into a realistic 3D environment with photogrammetry tools.
The only thing that might still impresses me in terms of graphics in games is good lip syncing. On-the-fly lip syncing in any language is impressive when games do it. All the rest has already been done.
Tetris is said to be perfectly optimized
EVERY GAME looks better with Reshade, 300+ ive played, add Vibrance and DELC_sharpen, if Delc is too much for you try CAS or FastSharpen, This will make the colors pop and texture detail actually viewable . Trust me try it….
i never used reshade
try it with just those 2 on and get back to me. it does SO MUCH more then RT. Colors and texture, clarify( when a game overdoes Fog). A fantastic tool.
Can't you post before and after shots ?
bunch of terrorist losers https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fb79o3tlhqq2e1.png%3Fwidth%3D300%26format%3Dpng%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3Dd94e0505379d43917eb3f6c5fbf9ab16cc83fd52
just the fight with the bloodsucker in the cave near the mill where Squint was and the atmosphere there is better and more engaging than any fps game i've played since metro 2033. Stalker 2 has an amazing atmosphere and in 15 hours of playing i have not encountered any bugs that i noticed. No bad spawns, a life seems to be working, no crashes, no enemies stuck in walls, game just works. Im playing on 5800x3d and 1808ti and i get 110 frames lowest i got was 70, 1080p hdr high+ details.
Well, stalker2 is not technically perfect, but comparing it to cyberpunk on launch, seriously? Just a reminder, it was so unplayable, that was removed from sales and refunded. I spend about 20 hours in game, and it is really greate. Despite the problems with optimization and chunky alife, which, i believe, will be fixed in few patches.
These new large sized games and bloated non optimized play are a hard pass until a year or two decide to get some new equipment or hopefully on to a much more productive hobby don't bother going back to vgames.
it looks very good, I think I gonna try Complete RT for this game and for Indiana Johns