What is ray tracing and should you turn it on?

Ray tracing makes lights and reflections in games look dramatically more realistic. The trade-off is your console works harder and you get slightly lower frame rates, but most people think it's worth it. Try it on for a game you love.

Ray tracing is a graphics technique that makes light behave realistically by bouncing off surfaces, creating proper reflections, and casting realistic shadows. Turning it on makes games look noticeably prettier, but your console works harder so you get fewer frames per second. For most games the difference is worth it.