《极限竞速》新作在本周的微软发布会正式公布，并放出了带有光线追踪的演示。本作创意总监后来在官方直播节目中强调，游戏在实时游玩的时候也有光线追踪的支持，而非仅仅在录像回放或照片模式中出现。创意总监克里斯·江崎（Chris Esaki）在直播节目中说：光线追踪就在这。它就在赛道上，而且最重要的是，是实时游玩（可用的）。我真的想说清楚，当我们说『在赛道上』，不是指只有在回放或者是照片模式里，我们不是在玩这种文字游戏。我们没有试图误导大家。当你在比赛、在游玩的时候，光线追踪都是运作着的。我们想把这件事说得更清楚一些。不过，针对发布会展示片段中的完整全局照明（计算光线从物体表面反射到其它物体表面的照明效果），江崎坦承这种效果只会用在一些「非游玩」的部分。实时光线追踪技术能够在游玩过程中模拟出类似现实环境的光线传播与反射，
The new work of extreme racing was officially announced at the Microsoft press conference this week, and a demonstration with ray tracing was released. The creative director of this work later emphasized in the official live program that the game also has the support of ray tracing when playing in real time, rather than only in the video playback or photo mode. Chris Esaki, creative director, said in the live program: ray tracing is right here. It's on the track, and most importantly, it's real-time play (available). I really want to make it clear that when we say "on the track", we do not mean that we are only playing word games in playback or photo mode. We are not trying to mislead everyone. When you are playing or playing, ray tracing works. We want to make the matter more clear. However, for the complete global illumination in the presentation clip of the press conference (calculating the illumination effect of light reflected from the object surface to other object surfaces), Kawasaki admits that this effect will only be used in some "non play" parts. The real-time ray tracing technology can simulate the light propagation and reflection similar to the real environment during playing,
