Fast forward four weeks and we can now finally see how the new shadows look in the forthcoming Shadowlands expansion. Before this week we already reported the new NVIDIA Game Ready Driver additional support for the looming new feature in Shadowlands, and several Beta/PTR players have now shared several screenshots comparing Shadowlands together and without the Ray Traced Shadows enabled.
According to Blizzard, the newest option within Shadowlands utilizes DirectX Ray Tracing 1.1 (DXR 1.1) along with a DXR 1.1-capable driver is required to utilize Ray Traced Shadows.We've included the common contrast screenshots down under. As may be seen in these shots, and as may have been anticipated, the ramifications of Ray Traced Shadows are not that clear but do appear to be more powerful in darker areas with low lighting.