in July 2023 , the version remains accessible to players who need it for performance or mod compatibility. Why Switch to DirectX 11?

Now go. Escape the city. And thank DirectX 11 later.

: As of 2026, you can still access this version by right-clicking the game in your Steam Library, selecting Properties , going to the Betas tab, and choosing dx11_non-rt .

Instead of relying on Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO), which cannot see objects off-screen or behind the camera, we use a simplified Ray Marching approach within the depth buffer, combined with a temporal accumulation for stability.

The term "new" in this context is multifaceted. It refers to several recent developments as of 2025-2026: