In brief: Alan Wake fans were overjoyed to find that a remaster of the chilling survival horror lands on Oct 5. It was thought that the new version would support ray tracing and HDR, but developer Remedy Games has confirmed this won't exist the case. What it will accept, nevertheless, is back up for Nvidia DLSS.

Lighting plays a large part in Alan Wake, then the inclusion of ray tracing and, to a lesser extent, HDR would have been exciting additions. Unfortunately, Remedy Games in an FAQ said that adding the features would have been besides fourth dimension consuming and taken resources away from other critical areas.

"We are confident the game looks great even without ray tracing / HDR support," the company said.

The proficient news is that Alan Wake Remastered will include support for Nvidia's DLSS, so owners of supported cards will be able to upscale to higher resolutions if they wish. Elsewhere, ultrawide-monitor users can play the game in their display's native 21:9 attribute ratio, though cutscenes volition still be 16:9. In that location's also the usual slew of graphical options sectional to the PC.

The minimum PC specs for Alan Wake Remastered are generous, merely then it is a revamped version of an 11-year-onetime game:

Minimum specs

  • CPU: i5-3340 or equivalent
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Equivalent. 2GB VRAM.
  • RAM: 8 GB or college
  • Bone: Win ten 64-chip

Recommended specs

  • CPU: i7-3770 or equivalent
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Equivalent. 4GB VRAM
  • RAM: xvi GB
  • Bone: Win 10 64-bit

When asked why this is a remaster rather than a remake, Remedy said it wants to innovate the game to new audiences rather than remaking it entirely. Thankfully, we know that the copious amount of production placements in the original game have been removed.

Alan Wake Remastered arrives on Oct 5 for PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series 10/S, and Xbox One. Those playing on a PS4 Pro will be able to cull betwixt functioning mode (60fps) or quality style (4K at 30fps). The standard PS4 will be express to 30fps, while the PC has an unlocked framerate.