{"id":1149054,"date":"2026-02-07T21:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2025-grand-theft-auto-5s-pc-rt-enhancements-hint-at-gta-6-features"},"modified":"2026-02-07T21:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:06:14","slug":"grand-theft-auto-5s-pc-rt-enhancements-hint-at-gta-6-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/grand-theft-auto-5s-pc-rt-enhancements-hint-at-gta-6-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Theft Auto 5&#8217;s PC RT enhancements hint at GTA 6 features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/grand-theft-auto-5s-pc-rt-enhancements-hint-at-gta-6-features.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/grand-theft-auto-v\">Grand Theft Auto 5<\/a> on PC has finally received the RT upgrades to achieve feature parity with the current generation console versions, almost three years since they arrived on Xbox and PlayStation consoles. The wait was worth it as scalability is impressive and the game also includes the ability to toggle ray traced global illumination &#8211; which may well hint at the kind of RT features we can expect to see in the upcoming <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-everything-we-know-so-far-9357\">Grand Theft Auto 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2025-grand-theft-auto-5s-pc-rt-enhancements-hint-at-gta-6-features\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2025-grand-theft-auto-5s-pc-rt-enhancements-hint-at-gta-6-features\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Theft Auto 5 on PC has finally received the RT upgrades to achieve feature parity with the current generation console versions, almost three years since they arrived on Xbox and PlayStation consoles. The wait was worth it as scalability is impressive and the game also includes the ability to toggle ray traced global illumination &#8211; which may well hint at the kind of RT features we can expect to see in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6. 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