DSOGaming writes: "Quake 2 RTX Patch 1.5 adds support for ray tracing using the `VK_KHR_ray_query` extension API which promises to improve performance."
I decided to try the possibilities of ray tracing here at my leisure, but in 2020, even before the deep crisis of the video card market, a difficult one forced me to buy the first video card from AMD – the Radeon RX580 8 GB (instead of supporting at least...
Modder 'diolator' is currently working on a new HD Texture Pack for Quake 2 RTX that will bring to it new/improved PBR textures.
While at CES 2020 a booking with NVIDIA allowed some discussion in regards to remastering classic games with a RTX update in the future.
I hope this is true, I don't think they games will be "better" but it definitely renews my interest in playing the games again. Minecraft RTX is one of the impressive uses of real-time global illumination and reflections yet.