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Ray Tracing in GTA 6

Analysts read fully ray-traced global illumination and selective ray-traced reflections in GTA 6 footage, with screen-space fallbacks. None of it is official.

Global illumination: Fully ray-traced (DF analysis)
Reflections: Ray-traced on small water; screen-space elsewhere
NPC shadows: Screen-space (DF analysis)
Evidence: Trailer 2 + hidden website flyover clip
Status: Analysis

Ray tracing is the strongest technical thread in expert reads of GTA 6 footage, and none of it comes from Rockstar. The studio's only claim is that Trailer 2 was captured in-game on a base PS5; the lighting detail below is analyst interpretation of official material.

Digital Foundry's read

According to Digital Foundry's analysis of Trailer 2, GTA 6 uses a fully ray-traced global illumination system. Ray-traced reflections appear on smaller bodies of water, while large water, glass and plastic surfaces fall back to screen-space reflections, a practical split that spends the ray-tracing budget where it shows most on console hardware. DF's Oliver Mackenzie also flagged screen-space shadows on NPCs and suggested Rockstar uses ray tracing or parallax tricks to fake three-dimensional rooms behind windows, a technique unpacked on the graphics analysis page.

The Ferris wheel tell

HotHardware's frame analysis of the hidden website flyover clip (June 21, 2026) reported ray-traced global illumination plus one telling omission: the bayside Ferris wheel casts no reflection in the adjacent water. The outlet reads that as a distance limit on ray-traced reflections, with reflections traced near the camera and culled further out, a standard console performance compromise.

Status

Confirmed: the footage itself is official, captured in-game on a base PS5.
Analysis: ray-traced global illumination, selective ray-traced reflections, screen-space fallbacks, screen-space NPC shadows, and the reflection distance limit.

Cost matters too: the heavy lighting stack is central to Digital Foundry's doubt about a launch 60fps mode. See performance modes and our Trailer 2 technical breakdown.

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