Iconic RPG Fallout: New Vegas is getting a dramatic visual overhaul on PC, with a fan-made project seeking to breathe new life into the game using cutting-edge visual techniques. The in-development mod aims to bring improved lighting, textures, material quality, and more to Fallout: New Vegas.

Released in 2010, Fallout: New Vegas is widely regarded as one of the best Fallout games created thanks to its deeply explorable world, exceptionally well-written plot lines, rich faction mechanics, and post-apocalyptic Western-inspired Mojave Desert setting. Despite its aging visuals and technical limitations, Fallout: New Vegas remains popular even a decade and a half after launch. While Obsidian and Bethesda remain tight-lipped on the prospect of a Fallout: New Vegas remaster or sequel, an active modding community on PC continues to support and expand the beloved RPG.

Modder and YouTuber skurtyyskirts has undertaken the task of updating Fallout: New Vegas’ graphics with an ambitious Nvidia RTX Remix mod, aiming to heavily modernize the Mojave Wasteland visually. Built using the same toolkit behind Half-Life 2 RTX, this in-progress mod introduces fully path-traced lighting, realistic PBR (Physically Based Rendering) materials, and nearly complete texture overhauls for Fallout: New Vegas. Interior shots, like those of the Goodsprings saloon, already showcase visible enhancements, with neon lights creating dynamic glows and surfaces reflecting with renewed depth.

Features of the Fallout: New Vegas RTX Mod

• Fully path-traced visuals, including physically accurate shadows, reflections, and global illumination.
• Comprehensive PBR (Physically-Based Rendering) material overhaul for nearly every in-game asset.
• Hand-remastered “iconic” weapons, armor, and terminals using Substance Painter.
• Dynamic “sun-shafts” through broken rooftops and per-light volumetrics to make interiors feel dustier and more atmospheric.
• High-fidelity details, such as irradiated water puddles reflecting the ravaged environment and cracked asphalt roads with complete height-map details.
• Pip-Boy and certain active computer terminals exhibit subtle Nvidia green accents and glows, nodding to the technology behind the mod.

According to skurtyyskirts, the Fallout: New Vegas RTX mod is currently in full production following strong community backing, and there are no intentions to use AI-generated textures; each asset will be crafted manually to ensure quality and authenticity. However, some aspects do not translate perfectly. Some players have expressed disappointment regarding the absence of Fallout: New Vegas’ hallmark orange-brown color palette—a result of its pre-baked lighting and post-apocalyptic artistic direction. While this enhances realism, the more polished and photorealistic style may detract from some of the original game’s atmosphere, particularly in outdoor settings.

Fallout: New Vegas RTX is also part of ModDB’s RTX Remix contest, featuring a $50,000 prize pool, which has spurred similar visual enhancement projects for _iconic PC games like Quake, Manhunt, and Max Payne. With no official remaster or sequel to Fallout: New Vegas in the pipeline, skurtyyskirts’ RTX mod might well be the closest fans will experience to a modern rendition of Obsidian’s timeless RPG, albeit exclusively on PC.