If you ray tracing is present in Forza Horizon 5, it was until now only available through the Forza Vista tool and not in real gameplay sessions. So far…
As you can see in the video above, some resourceful people have developed a small mode to activate ray tracing on all of Forza Horizon 5 and, therefore, not only in Forza Vista. The method, presented by Digital Foundry, does not seem very complicated, but it involves using the CheatEngine tool.
Limited framerate drop
CheatEngine is distinguished by its many trainers to simplify the life of PC gamers. If solo, we “enjoy” the game how we hear it, online the use of cheat tools is strictly prohibited, and even if it is to activate ray tracing, banishment remains a possibility. Offline mode and therefore caution.
Digital Foundry details the changes made. We benefit in particular from a system of reflections that is both richer and more realistic. On the other hand, Digital Foundry insists on the fact that the ray tracing here only makes it possible to reflect the different parts of the car, not the environment itself which keeps the same system of reflections with / without the activation of the ray tracing.
In terms of performance, the drop is "not so terrible" and Digital Foundry mentions a drop of more or less 7% on a machine equipped with a Core i9-10900K / GeForce RTX 3080 in 4K with the details at maximum... and the ray tracing enabled. If you are interested, it is possible to get the mod for the Steam version of the game or for its Windows Store version.
