27-year-old GTA 2 gets full path tracing and 60 FPS frame generation via RTX Remix

Modder gebdag released GTA2 RTX Remix, adding full path tracing and dynamic time-of-day lighting to the 1999 classic Grand Theft Auto 2. To overcome compatibility issues with DirectDraw and early Direct3D, the creator developed a custom Direct3D 9 wrapper using two DLLs to translate legacy rendering calls for RTX Remix. This technical achievement enables real-time path-traced lighting for explosions and car fires, while providing 60 FPS frame generation, as showcased by NVIDIA's Jacob Freeman on X.