NaturalVision Enhanced, the next graphics mod from Razed, is coming to Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced on May 15. It will build on the upgraded PC edition's ray tracing to give Los Santos more detailed lighting and shadows.
The release falls on the fifth anniversary of NaturalVision Evolved, Razed's earlier visual overhaul for Grand Theft Auto V. The new mod for the Enhanced edition is called NaturalVision Enhanced.
The new GTA V graphics mod will be available for free to all users.
The announcement was made on the modding team's official Discord channel on Tuesday, April 29.
Razed revealed that the GTA V mod will feature an "improvement in overall visual quality" thanks mostly to expanded support for Ray Tracing Global Illumination effective distance and stronger Ray Traced Ambient Occlusion.
For players returning to GTA V while waiting for Grand Theft Auto 6, the draw is a more convincingly lit city, rather than just sharper textures.
The original NaturalVision and GTA V Enhanced preview posts are linked below.
Razed announced plans for GTA V Enhanced support back in March, following an update to NaturalVision Evolved for Grand Theft Auto V Legacy in the same month.
NaturalVision Evolved, otherwise known as NVE, is one of the most popular GTA V mods and considered one of the best graphical upgrades that you can get for GTA V on PC, provided that your PC can support the upgraded graphics.
The modding scene has been quick to explore GTA V Enhanced since its release in March, even though Rockstar Games still has quite a few kinks it needs to work out. Multiplayer compatibility is a separate question: FiveM's recently announced PC Game Pass support applies to GTA V Legacy, not Enhanced. Our FiveM setup guide explains how to get started with custom servers.
With NaturalVision Enhanced scheduled for May 15, one of GTA V's best-known graphics-mod projects is preparing to make the jump to the upgraded PC edition.
Unfortunately, there's still no word about when Rockstar plans on addressing the issue with the update's lack of Linux support and the misleading Steam Deck compatibility description.
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Speaking of Grand Theft Auto, the next two weeks are about to be huge for the franchise. After Gearbox Entertainment confirmed that Borderlands 4 will be releasing early with a State of Play showcase scheduled for April 30 (Gearbox's CEO swears it has nothing to do with GTA 6) and with Mafia: The Old Country being showcased at PAX East on May 8, previous statements made by Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick about the company marketing their games closer to their official release date no longer seem to hold true.
All eyes (and ears) are now on the next Take-Two earnings call on May 15 to see if it will reveal positive news about GTA 6.
Videotechuk_ and RDRRemastered shared the NaturalVision and GTA V Enhanced posts on X: one update, another videotechuk_ post, and @RDRRemastered.
