Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Swings Onto PC: Ray-Tracing, Ultra-Wide Support, and More!

The wait is over—Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is finally making its way to PC, bringing Insomniac Games’ blockbuster adventure to a whole new audience. Thanks to the talented team at Nixxes, the game has been enhanced with cutting-edge graphical options, making this the most visually stunning Spider-Man experience yet. Whether you’re looking for immersive ray-traced reflections, high-performance gameplay, or ultra-wide monitor support, this version delivers it all.

If you’ve been eager to don the suits of Peter Parker and Miles Morales as they take on Venom, Kraven the Hunter, and a rogues’ gallery of villains, here’s everything you need to know about the PC version launching on January 30.

Ray-Tracing and Visual Enhancements for the Ultimate Spider-Man Experience

One of the standout features of the PC port is its enhanced ray-tracing options, offering a level of realism that truly brings Marvel’s New York to life. Nixxes has included customizable ray-tracing settings to suit various hardware configurations, ensuring that players can tweak their experience to balance performance and visual fidelity.

“Ray-traced reflections quickly catch your eye in the skyscraper-filled city of Marvel’s New York as you swing along its many glass surfaces,” explains the development team. “We’re offering ray-traced interiors, shadows, and ambient occlusion options that add an additional layer of believability.”

For those with high-end GPUs, increased ray-tracing geometry detail means that reflections will now include more intricate details, thanks to the use of higher-quality meshes. This, combined with the ray-tracing object range slider, allows for a greater number of objects to be processed for ray-tracing, further enhancing realism.

But that’s not all—NVIDIA DLSS Ray Reconstruction takes things to the next level by improving the way light interacts within the game world.

“By combining denoising of the ray-tracing features and upscaling of the entire frame, ray reconstruction keeps more useful information over multiple frames,” says Menno Bil, Graphics Programmer at Nixxes. “This allows for more detailed ray-traced reflections and better-defined ray-traced shadows, especially when viewing ray-tracing effects at steep angles.”

If you’re running an RTX 40-series GPU, you’ll also have access to an improved DLSS Ray Reconstruction model, which delivers even greater image stability.