Mod author BadassBaboon has released Reality Redemption 2, adding multiple hardware ray tracing effects to Red Dead Redemption 2. The mod primarily improves global illumination, shadows, ambient occlusion, and water reflections.
Reality Redemption 2's ray-traced global illumination supports up to three light bounces by default, while also using ray tracing for shadows and ambient occlusion. The mod also adjusts water effects, making planar reflections and screen-space reflections clearer and more detailed.
Players can increase the number of light bounces, adjust the intensity and color of global illumination, and enable or disable individual features to balance visual effects against performance impact.
Currently, only a few effect screenshots have been released. There are no before-and-after dynamic video comparisons, nor has information been provided on installation requirements, compatible versions, GPU performance, or frame rate data under different settings. Its stability, visual consistency, performance cost, and compatibility with other graphics mods remain to be verified. This project is a third-party visual enhancement mod, not an official update from Rockstar, so please check the installation instructions and version requirements before downloading.