What's great about this map is the length of the highways. I'm looking forward to taking a hot car and really opening it up on a coastal highway at 160 mph during a sunset- hopefully with the top down and Michael's hair flying in the wind. That's if I don't get side-swiped by a numb-skull npc in a pick-up! I guess racing will be far more doable in this game than it was in IV (online) which was a disappointment for me.
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*Spoiler* Grand Theft Auto V map leaked *Spoiler*
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HalfwayOrb
Member
Whoa, bigger than I expected.
whogottricked
Neo Member
Yeah. It'd be awesome to cruise around the highways. I just imagine myself driving around the PCH equivalent (Great Ocean Highway, I think) a week from now.
Man, I can't wait.
Rockstar weren't bluffing when they said that it was bigger than SA, IV and RDR combined looking at the properly-scaled comparisons.
I will be picking this up in the future when I have the time, I can wait because it looks like it'll be something special.
I'll lose my mind if the first next gen GTA goes back to the 80's Vice City.
I will be picking this up in the future when I have the time, I can wait because it looks like it'll be something special.
I'll lose my mind if the first next gen GTA goes back to the 80's Vice City.
TheContact
Member
City looks surprisingly small
Can.
Not.
WAIT!
compared to that countryside...
Can.
Not.
WAIT!
OddworldBOY
Neo Member
I wonder how long it'll take to walk up the mountain?
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thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
That definitly needs to be replaced with the San Andreas comparison in the op. The one in the OP scales it to allow one GTA 5 city block for every 4 San Andreas city blocks. This one looks about right
And it is a big difference. The original comparison made GTA5 look 8 times bigger, not just 2.
See You Next Wednesday
Banned
Good eye on that.
Chezzymann
Member
The people that think the city is small are probably thinking the grid streets are the only streets. They're the major streets. Each grey square is an entire block, if you look closely there's a shitload of more, smaller streets.
See You Next Wednesday
Banned
He is about right. This is actually the correct size comparison of V, RDR, IV and SA:
Made by Magic_Al at GTAForums. He put a lot of work and effort into scaling the maps correctly.
EDIT: This should be included in the OP instead of the wrong size comparison.
GTAIV looks freaking tiny.
Ploid 3.0
Member
Yeah that GTASA picture made me think GTAV was gigantic. I think I still like the way GTA:SA is done, though it's last gen map will not compare to a current gen game well. It made the game have more variety while moving through the world, it's map look like a checker board with flavors shaken/stirred together. GTAV looks like a map split down the middle like a book, one side city, the other country.
See You Next Wednesday
Banned
JETS MOTHERFUCKER, JETS!!!
You could pass all 3 GTAIV Islands in seconds with a helicopter, the extra space is going to make jet dog fights epic.
Rad looking map.
This is my most looked-forward-to, to-do thing in GTAV: driving sensibly, following road rules from the safe house in a car I legally acquired to the golf course and playing a round of golf.
This is my most looked-forward-to, to-do thing in GTAV: driving sensibly, following road rules from the safe house in a car I legally acquired to the golf course and playing a round of golf.
Ploid 3.0
Member
Good point, Jets will have room to stretch. Harrier was my favorite aircraft in GTA:SA, hope Euphoria is kind to it and it controls well.
yellow submarine
Member
How does the map size compare to Sleeping Dogs?
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
Next, I think they should focus on density instead of purely being large. Did they actual handcraft the whole thing?
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Can't fucking wait, this is gonna be AWESOME!
Earthquake
Well then, surprise cameo.
MGSxGTA
Net_Wrecker
Member
Much, much bigger than Sleeping Dogs. SD wasn't very big at all, but it had solid atmosphere, great nighttime look, and seemed very interactive due to the fighting system and context sensitive environmental moves.
They did city density in IV. Now they've spread it out a bit while offering more of everything. it's the best of both worlds. And yes it's all hand crafted.
Here's a comparison I just did of the leaked map compared to LA. I used the scale at the bottom of the leaked map considering 1 mi. = 5280 ft. and Google Map's legend for LA. It's actually pretty big, I'll do a proper San Andreas comparison if I find an accurate scale.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5527/9719224031_fbec9a3edf_o.jpg
Edit: Woah, the map is as wide as the distance from the 405 freeway to PCH on Santa Monica Blvd. or Wilshire. Here's the San Andreas comparison:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5527/9719224031_fbec9a3edf_o.jpg
Edit: Woah, the map is as wide as the distance from the 405 freeway to PCH on Santa Monica Blvd. or Wilshire. Here's the San Andreas comparison:
timetokill
Banned
It's a contrivance that helps ensure they can more easily wall you off from getting "outside" the map.
Based on the name it's based on the Salton Sea, which is currently not a natural lake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea
It was recreated in 1905 when the Alamo Canal overflowed and nearly diverted the Colorado River permanently into Souther California. If they hadn't stopped it it would have been one of the biggest ecological disasters in history.
They thought it would just dry up, but it never did. Opportunists tried to turn the lake into a resort, but the stagnant nasty water didn't catch on. Now it's surrounded by ghost resorts.
As for natural lakes, Tulare Lake was even bigger:
It was the biggest freshwater lake west of the Great Lakes. The rivers that fed it were all dammed up, so it doesn't really exist anymore. Sometimes heavy rainfall can cause it to return.
CouldBeWorse
Member
Goddamn that Leonardo gif is maybe the best thing to ever come out of GAF.
Gozer the Gozerian
Member
The same reason every game past 3 was set on an island(s)
EdReedFan20
Member
Argh! I so want to get this at launch, but I just know they will release next gen versions. I guess YouTube videos will sustain me. I think I'll love the transition from urban to rural. I hope they have a decent and realistic depiction of suburbs in between.
weekend_warrior
Banned
Dark_AnNiaLatOr
Member
I can't wait to find some scary stuff in the woods and underwater. My most looked forward to thing almost.
Now that I think about it, it kind of disturbs me for some weird reason.
Dark_AnNiaLatOr
Member
Lol. You will be very impressed come Tuesday then.
Rastafarian42
Member
Fuck that map is huge as fuck. ;_; can't wait to explore
ZedIndyLil
Member
Great info, RagnarokX. I won't have time for this game for a while (hoping for a next-gen port, actually), but I love the world-building involved.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
its funny he thought those pictures were from the real world they were from one of the gta trailers
SPACECADET
Member
hide and seek in this game is going to be intense.
Krappadizzle
Member
Looks great. It's going to be so fun to play this co-op.
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