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Resident Evil 2 PC upgrade patch will raise minimum required specs

The Resident Evil 2 PC upgrade will bring it, along with Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil 7, in line with current-gen consoles by adding ray tracing and other enhancements - but it's also changing the system requirements. After the patch goes live, the survival horror game will no longer support DirectX 11 drivers and will only be playable on DirectX 12, Capcom said in a short update on Steam.

It will tweak a few other system requirements as well. The minimum specifications will no longer include Windows 7 and 8.1 (64 bit). You'll need Windows 10 (64 bit) or Windows 11. Resident Evil 2 currently supports Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 and AMD Radeon R7 260x, but after the update, you need at least GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 460.

Capcom gave no indication when it expects the update to go live, but some eagle-eyed internet users have already spotted the franchise's updates on Sony's servers. It's caused a bit of speculation that they may arrive sometime after the publisher's June 13 summer showcase.

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(Text updated)Update on system requirements

An upgrade patch will be releasing soon and system requirements will also be updated.

【Update on system requirements】
The system requirements will change with the arrival of the upgrade patch. The new minimum requirements are listed below alongside the previous specifications no longer supported under this upgrade patch.

Minimum requirements:
■OS
Before：WINDOWS® 7, 8.1, 10 (64-BIT Required)
After：WINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT Required)

■DirectX
Before：Version 11
After：Version 12

■Graphics
Before：
NVIDIA® GeForce® GeForce GTX 760
or AMD Radeon™ R7 260x
After：
NVIDIA® GeForce® GeForce GTX 960
or AMD Radeon™ RX 460

【How to toggle automatic updates OFF】
Follow the following steps before the patch goes live.

1. Right-click the title under your Library, and select "Properties..."
2. In the "UPDATES" tab, change Automatic Updates to "Update only when I launch it"
3. Press "Steam" in your steam client, and select "Go Offline"
4. Press "Play" to start the game.

※Please switch to "Go Offline" every time you play this title.
※Please be aware that once the upgrade patch has been applied, the game cannot be restored to the previous version even if the game is uninstalled.

You can now play Resident Evil 7 and Village in fully-immersive VR on PC

The prolific modder who brought both Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 remakes to VR has gone to even further lengths to bring the Resident Evil universe to a virtual reality headset near you. This time around, Praydog has updated and added to a handful of already impressive mods to bring Resident Evil 7 Biohazard and Resident Evil Village to PCVR, with full 6DOF.

Rather than the flatscreen experience, Praydog has integrated full 6DOF VR support for each game, full VRIK (so you're no longer a pair of floating hands), and motion controller support. Motion controller support is still a work in progress according to the mods Github page, but as it stands, the new controls already work to make the experience even more immersive.

These motion controls now allow players of Resident Evil 7 and Village to use their hands freely in their gameplay. You can go about waving your arms wildly in front of your own face, or anyone elses, to your hearts content. This also amplifies how immersive combat can be, so fleeing from Lycans is going to be all the more chaotic.

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