Remember Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Nextgen Edition? You know, the fan remake of this classic GTA game in the RAGE Engine that Take-Two and Rockstar attempted to take down? Well, there is now a mod for it that allows you to play in first-person mode, and it looks super cool.
For those unaware, GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition brings all the missions, the whole map, and content from the original game to the RAGE Engine. This is an incredible project that all Vice City fans will appreciate.
GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition has an improved version of the city – and weapons – from the Definitive Edition. All the cars from the Xbox version of the original game will be present here. Additionally, all the models of all characters and peds will be from the Xbox version. From what we know, there are no plans to increase their polygon count. However, all 3D characters will have better textures.
All the original radio stations will also be present in this unofficial remaster. And although the project will have the cut-scenes and the style of the original game, it will also pack better particle effects and some lighting improvements.
Although Rockstar attempted to take it down, you can easily find links to download it. Not only that but in the past couple of weeks, we saw some cool mods for it.
One of them is the first-person mod. With this mod, you can play this unofficial remake in first-person mode. This is such a cool mod that I highly recommend downloading from here.
Then we have an 80s vehicle pack. Plus, you can download this mod to improve the handling of pretty much all vehicles.
Another cool mod is VC Ped Variety. As its title suggests, this mod brings more variety to the game’s NPCs. As such, you won’t be seeing the same NPC over and over again. Then we have this mod that allows you to sprint inside interiors. Oh, and let’s not forget the ProjectLights Mod. This mod fixes and enhances a number of light sources.
So, as you can see, there are already a lot of cool mods for GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition. And yes, I highly recommend trying them.
It’s a shame how Rockstar treats its modding community. This fan remake of Vice City is so cool. It’s also WAY BETTER than its official 2023 remaster. So, perhaps Take-Two and Rockstar are kind of embarrassed by it? Perhaps that’s why they are doing everything they can to take it down? If that’s the case, then more power to the modding team.
Finally, you can find a video below that showcases all of the mods I mentioned in this article. So, go ahead and watch it.
Enjoy!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
Contact: Email