Even in the original, Red Dead Redemption 2 looks impressive. A new video from the YouTube channel Digital Dreams now illustrates the magnificence that is possible with the help of graphic mods.
There have been many tunings in this style, but rarely with such strong results: Red Dead Redemption 2 shines in high 8K resolution and uses graphic mods with reshade and raytracing technology.
It’s best to see for yourself what comes out of it. Switch the video on the cogwheel to the maximum resolution of your monitor and use the full screen function:
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RDR 2 am Limit
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The Reshade technique in the video improves sharpness, coloring and shadow display. We see different scenes from lush green plains to highly detailed cityscapes to a wide view of the tranquil landscape.
The abundance of details, rich colors and razor-sharp contours are particularly evident on a 4K monitor. All in all, RDR 2 looks like a next-gen game and continues to approximate the predicate of photorealism.
In order to be able to play Red Dead Redemption 2 so nicely, it needs a beast from a PC as expected. Digital Dreams claims to use a Geforce RTX 3090 as a graphics card, which represents the latest in graphics performance for game PCs – at a high price.
In the video description there are links to the Reshade mod Nexusmods and for ray tracing fun on the Discord-Server by Digital Dreams.
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