NVIDIA RTX Remix is simply a modding level for RTX AI PCs that allows modders to remaster classical games by adding afloat raytracing, enhancing textures, adjusting lighting, moving biology objects, and adding DLSS 4 to amended representation prime and performance. RTX Remix released successful March this year, and determination are already much than 350 progressive projects utilizing it and much than 100 released mods.
To showcase the improvements this exertion makes possible, NVIDIA is hosting a contention featuring 23 user-created mods for a wide scope of classical titles, including BioShock, Portal 2, and aggregate Need for Speed, Star Wars, and Call of Duty games. These mods volition look disconnected successful 4 categories with a expansive full of $50,000 up for grabs, with winners announced astatine gamescom connected August 18. The categories are: Community Choice RTX Mod, Most Complete RTX Mod, Best Use of RTX successful a Mod, and Best Overall RTX Mod.
- Community Choice volition beryllium determined by instrumentality vote, and the victor volition get $10,000. Fan voting has concluded, but the victor volition beryllium announced connected August 18.
- Most Complete is for the astir afloat playable remaster with precocious prime throughout. The victor volition get $10,000.
- Best Use of RTX is for the astir awesome ocular improvement, utilizing effects similar atmospheric fog, smoke, shadows, and dynamic lighting. The victor volition get $10,000.
- Best Overall is what it sounds like, the mod that combines everything — awesome visuals portion besides being an fantabulous playable acquisition — into the champion package. The victor of this class volition get $20,000.
The categories are not mutually exclusive, truthful 1 mod tin instrumentality location aggregate wins. You tin spot the contention listings for each 23 entries here, and we’ll see a little statement for each below. Each introduction volition beryllium linked to its idiosyncratic page, wherever you tin find elaborate information, images, videos, and reviews:
Call of Duty 2 RTX Remix of Carenten by tadpole3159
This is simply a implicit remake of the Carenten representation from Call of Duty 2, with fundamentally each plus and aboveground redone. And creator tadpole3159 went supra and beyond to bash it, photograph scanning existent World War 2 combat covering and kits and putting them successful the crippled via a process called photogrammetry. You tin perceive him sermon the improvements helium made and the process helium utilized to execute them successful this video. The mod besides adds dynamic lighting changes arsenic the prima moves crossed the sky, arsenic good arsenic six player-controlled upwind conditions that you tin alteration with the property of a fastener successful the mediate of a match.
Star Wars Republic Commando RTX by automata.
This is simply a hybrid Star Wars: Republic Commando mod that uses RTX Remix for its path-traced renderer portion besides modding the underlying crippled to grow the usage of RTX Remix. Blaster bolts person go shadow-casting lights, the commandos and their arsenal person been rebuilt with 4K physical-based rendering (PBR) textures, and lighting has been redone to bring the crippled much successful enactment with the look of the remainder of the Star Wars universe. You tin spot the effect of the mod team's enactment successful this examination video.
Skurtyy’s Portal 2 RTX PBR Pack by skurtyyskirts
Dramatic lighting improvements are the sanction of the crippled for this mod, which updates 2011’s Portal 2 utilizing RTX Remix’s volumetric system. The dilapidated trial chambers person been enhanced with customizable fog effects, floating particulate bunnies, and precisely controlled lighting. Sunbeams present radiance done breached ceilings without dampening different airy sources.
Fallout: New Vegas RTX by skurtyyskirts
This is simply a afloat graphical overhaul of 2010’s Fallout: New Vegas with afloat raytracing, PBR materials, and enhanced assets without sacrificing the game’s archetypal aesthetic. Everything from the godforsaken prima to the neon-soaked New Vegas Strip to interiors of abandoned Vaults person been redone to supply close shadows, reflections, and planetary illumination. Weapons, armor, and terminals person been remastered, and determination are caller high-fidelity details similar irradiated h2o puddles.
Need for Speed: Underground RTX by alessandro893
One of 2 mods connected this database for the Need for Speed: Underground series, this 1 is simply a transformative reimagining of the original. A batch went into this one, including a afloat rework of China Town and the Lock Up sprint contention track. There are 500 caller textures, 30 caller high-poly 3D models, 26 archetypal meshes, caller vegetation, and terrain smoothing. You tin spot the improvements successful enactment successful this video.
Manhunt Remixed by gabdeg
This mod remasters each 20 levels of 2003’s Manhunt, adding afloat path-traced lighting and high-resolution biology and quality textures. Since the archetypal game’s lights weren’t compatible with path-tracing, they were each removed and manually replaced. Emissive graphic effects and reflections person besides been added connected things similar windows, monitors, and signs. You tin spot what a quality these made successful the mod's merchandise trailer.
Need for Speed: Underground 2 Remix by UncleBurrito and team
This is simply a monolithic overhaul of 2004’s Need for Speed: Underground 2, with everything handmade by the mod’s creator. That includes caller models for vehicles, extended texture replacements, remade postulation signals and thoroughfare signs, tons of lighting changes, and a wholly remade skybox. The astir caller video details the latest updates and shows the advancement mod creator UncleBurrito and their squad person made.
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines - RTX Remaster by Safemilk
This is Part 1 of what volition beryllium a full, asset-by-asset remodel of 2004’s Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. That means everything is being re-created, each the mode down to carpets and the labels of snacks connected store shelves. And that’s successful summation to sweeping changes to the lighting and reflective surfaces. It’s a immense undertaking.
Painkiller RTX Remix by Binq_Adams and team
This mod retextures, relights, and rebuilds ample portions of 2004’s Painkiller from the crushed up portion keeping its archetypal gothic fearfulness aesthetic. Lighting effects person been dramatically improved, textures of surfaces look overmuch much detailed, and 2D biology objects person been replaced with elaborate 3D models. The latest trailer shows disconnected however overmuch betterment has been made successful the mod's astir caller update.
Black Mesa Remixed - POC - Inbound by xoxor4d and team
2020’s Black Mesa primitively started arsenic a fan-made remake of Half Life, truthful what amended mode to update it than with a fan-made mod? This features melodramatic improvements to lighting and textures, peculiarly connected the inbound tram ride. There are besides much than 40 materials built from the crushed up and 100 materials created from the archetypal colormap. The trailer shows disconnected these improvements, and the level of item is impressive.
Codename Atlantis RTX by xoxor4d
This mod shakes things up a spot by fundamentally adding a caller minigame to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare successful summation to custom-made weapons and interactable objects. The standout caller customized limb has a built-in oculus that looks astir realistically, and the caller minigame tasks you with uncovering 20 Suzannes (named for the Blender “mascot”) earlier clip runs retired portion h2o dilatory rises. The h2o effects are caller additions and tin dilatory you down and alteration gravity depending connected however precocious the h2o has risen. You tin spot the caller limb and gameplay from the minigame successful this video.
Max Payne: Remix by Noodle
The existent mentation of this mod is the archetypal measurement successful a larger program to afloat modernize 2001’s Max Payne. As of now, Roscoe Street Station has been remodeled with hand-crafted PBR materials, and hand-placed RTX lighting has been added to astir of the game. In the future, it is expected to grow the PBR materials to the remainder of the game, amended models and assets, and hole bugs.
SCP Containment Breach RTX Remaster by Inward 3D and team
A ocular remaster of 2012 indie fearfulness crippled SCP – Containment Breach, this mod adds raytraced lighting, shadows, and PBR materials. Rooms person been relit, determination are AI upscaled and remastered textures, and quality models person been improved. You tin spot the improved look and updated quality models successful this video, which features much than 8 minutes of gameplay.
BioShock RTX by skurtyyskirts and team
A ground-up restoration of the 2007 classical BioShock made by 2 people, this mod adds afloat real-time way tracing and a full PBR plus revamp. More impressively, it besides solves motor issues that plagued the archetypal game, making everything tally much smoothly portion besides looking prettier.
Morro RTX by 3DNomad
This mod updates 2002’s Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, improving airy sources successful the Imperial situation ship, Seyda Neen, and Balmora. It besides adds PBR materials based connected the archetypal textures and updates the geometry of much than 300 models. You tin get details connected these improvements from the mod's creator, 3DNomad, successful this summary video.
DuoPrincess Remixed by Etokapa and team
Perhaps the astir niche rubric connected the list, this mod remixes the textures, lighting, and meshes of each level successful 2003’s Duo Princess. Every 3D texture has been upscaled and retouched, and the lighting has been wholly redone. The archetypal lights person been replaced, caller lights person been added, and determination are caller emanation maps and particulate particles. This video summarizes the improvements and shows immoderate side-by-side gameplay with RTX connected and disconnected truthful you tin spot the difference.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein QHD by LuciansDiner
This mod shows immoderate emotion to 2001’s Return to Castle Wolfenstein, improving limb models, lighting, and textures. High-res texture replacements instrumentality vantage of the displacement provided by parallax occlusion mapping, portion emissive lighting has been added to torches, airy bulbs, and signifier lights. You tin spot those enhancements successful this video.
UnrealRTX by mstewart401
This mod modernizes the 1998 classical Unreal with improved lighting, PBR materials, and biology models. It adds afloat raytraced planetary illumination, dynamic shadows, volumetric lighting, and emissive effects. Vegetation has been replaced and writer added to outdoor areas to heighten fidelity, and surfaces present respond to light. This video gives you astir an hr of gameplay to spot the mod successful action.
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast RTX REMIX by ArjaanAuinger
This mod is listed arsenic a tech demo for Jedi Knight II with 1 playable level. That level has been relit, its textures person been upscaled, and there’s a premix of generated and hand-crafted PBR materials. The lightsaber has besides been improved and present really emits light. This video shows respective minutes of gameplay, on with commentary from creator ArjaanAuinger, who walks you done the mod's features and however to instal it.
I-Ninja Remixed by g.i.george333
Platformer I-Ninja gets a facelift with this mod that’s designed to heighten the visuals portion keeping the archetypal stylized look. There are a full of 2,000 caller textures, acknowledgment to a operation of recently created ones and upscaled originals. Volumetric fog and particulate particles person been added, and surfaces person been updated with added geometric detail. The mod's trailer includes gameplay and video comparing scenes with RTX connected and off, and the quality is obvious.
Sonic Adventure RTX Legacy Version by Ver11
This mod is an update to Sonic Adventure DX: Director’s Cut, the enhanced larboard of the archetypal Dreamcast crippled Sonic Adventure. It adds brand-new lighting, remastered PBR materials, caller h2o effects, and writer to astir each levels. This video includes 10 minutes of gameplay that showcases the improved look.
Colin McRae Rally 3 RTX Remix Mod by budgiegamesindie
This mod is mostly focused connected UK Special Stage 1 and the Ford Focus car successful 2002’s Colin McRae Rally 3. Retopology has been utilized connected the car’s windows, wheels, and hood, and its textures person been upscaled with AI. The signifier has caller lighting, a caller skybox, volumetric fog, and higher-quality trees. This trailer shows the monolithic quality this mod makes erstwhile RTX is connected vs. off.
Star Wars: Republic Commando RTX by Chaos007
Not to beryllium confused with the erstwhile mod of Star Wars: Republic Commando, this 1 is an aboriginal demo physique that covers the intro cinematic, prologue, and archetypal level of the Geonosis campaign. It introduces afloat raytraced lighting, enhanced textures, upgraded models, caller structures, particle improvements, and UI enhancements. This video showcases conscionable however important the improvements are.