Indiana Jones and the Great Circle early access missing full ray tracing… why?

What’s going on with this game?
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I saw something on a forum about this. Apparently, the full ray tracing (or path tracing) won’t be ready for early access. Seems like there’s a driver issue or something. The game will still have basic ray tracing, just not the full version. Wish they’d just called it path tracing to avoid confusion.

@Marlo
Ray tracing is a big setting, and path tracing is just one part of it. It’s also the most demanding feature.

@Marlo
So is the game still going to run like crap?

Quinlan said:
@Marlo
So is the game still going to run like crap?

Pretty much. Most people with average setups are going to struggle to hit decent frame rates, even with upscaling. It’s cheaper for them to push it out now than spend more time optimizing. Reviewers won’t complain since they’re all on high-end rigs anyway.

@Finley
A 3060 can handle it at low settings in 1080p without upscaling. Maybe even 1440p with DLSS Quality.

@Finley
System requirements actually show native resolution targets, and it’s not as bad as people think. Some cards are managing over 60fps at 4K with max settings.

@Finley
Even an RTX 2060 can get 1080p at 60fps on low. That’s not too bad.

@Finley
Bet a lot of people will still call it unoptimized though.

Quinlan said:
@Marlo
So is the game still going to run like crap?

You’re not wrong. You can’t even turn off ray tracing in this game.

Is this just to make streamers look good when they play during early access?

West said:
Is this just to make streamers look good when they play during early access?

It’s more likely because the drivers aren’t ready.

West said:
Is this just to make streamers look good when they play during early access?

Something feels off about this launch. Guess we’ll find out soon enough.

Vesper said:

West said:
Is this just to make streamers look good when they play during early access?

Something feels off about this launch. Guess we’ll find out soon enough.

Not really, reviews so far are really positive.

Vesper said:

West said:
Is this just to make streamers look good when they play during early access?

Something feels off about this launch. Guess we’ll find out soon enough.

I’m betting it’s a mess.

@Arlo
Actually, reviews are great. Looks like it’ll be a big hit.

Orin said:
@Arlo
Actually, reviews are great. Looks like it’ll be a big hit.

Fanboys are too quick to praise.

Orin said:
@Arlo
Actually, reviews are great. Looks like it’ll be a big hit.

It might be decent, but I doubt Indiana Jones has enough hype for a hit game.

Orin said:
@Arlo
Actually, reviews are great. Looks like it’ll be a big hit.

Paid reviews are meaningless.

Arlo said:

Orin said:
@Arlo
Actually, reviews are great. Looks like it’ll be a big hit.

Paid reviews are meaningless.

Most major publishers don’t do paid reviews anymore.