The invention discloses a ray tracing-based optical camera simulation imaging method and system. The method comprises optical system simulation, and imaging and photoelectric system simulation, wherein the optical system simulation comprises optical system modeling, camera distortion modeling simulation, camera defocused spot modeling simulation and camera stray light modeling simulation; and the imaging and photoelectric system simulation comprises a spectrum response analysis module, CCD photoelectric conversion modeling simulation, analog circuit modeling simulation and digital-analog quantification modeling simulation. According to the method and the system, influence factors of an optical system and a CCD imaging system of a remote sensing camera to an imaging result are comprehensively considered; a detailed and complete remote sensing camera parameter database is established; a simulated image and a real image have higher close degree; and relatively high simulation precision is achieved.