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Announced less than 2 weeks ago, Quake II RTX is now available for download on Steam or directly from Nvidia. Unfortunately, at the time of writing, binary versions don't seem to be available in Germany.
Nvidia has said that they've re-worked basically every visual aspect of the original game. This includes: high quality textures, particle animations, time-of-day effects, multiplayer, and ray tracing (of course). The catch being, that you will need an Nvidia graphics card with the appropriate hardware to really experience this reimagining of Quake II. That means an Nvidia GTX 1060 or higher but you'll really want an RTX card for a proper experience.
If you've got the hardware ready, you'll be pleased to know that in the typical shareware fashion of the '90s, the first 3 levels of Quake II RTX are free. And if you have a full copy of the original Quake II, you'll be able to experience the entirety of the game by simply pointing the new installer to the original Quake II files.
Nvidia has also released the source code on Github, for any developers that want to see a actual implementation of ray tracing.
Check out Nvidia's full announcement for more details.
