The demo for the total conversion mod for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, GTA Carcer City, was meant to come out yesterday. However, at the last minute, the demo has been delayed by a month. As such, Grand Theft Auto Carcer City is currently planned to come out on April 10th.
Grand Theft Auto Carcer City aims to have the biggest and most detailed city ever seen in the 3D-era GTA games. The story follows a former police officer who gets pulled into Carcer City’s dangerous criminal world. The city is falling apart—businesses are closing, important systems are failing, gangs are taking control, and staying alive is never guaranteed.
Going into even more details, the mod drops players into a completely reimagined world inspired by Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and the dark levels from Manhunt. Every street will show signs of struggle, from broken factories and dangerous back alleys to glowing neon bars trying to survive in the ruins. The story takes place in 2001 and features an original plot set in the harsh, violent world of Carcer City. You’ll explore a city filled with gangs, corruption, and people fighting to get by. In this broken place, the only way to rise is to be tough enough to take every chance you get.
For what it’s worth, Take-Two and Rockstar have not sent him a DMCA yet. So, this delay is not related to a possible takedown notice. At least to my knowledge.
From what I’ve seen so far, this mod has not caught the eye of Take-Two and Rockstar. So, I’m almost certain we’ll get the mode in April. Again, I don’t know why the demo has been delayed. The modder has been showcasing it for over a month. And, since this is a demo and not the full version, you’d expect him to release it as soon as it was ready. Perhaps this delay is so that he can build ever more hype about it? Who knows. If that’s the case, it is a risky plan.
The reason I’m saying this is because Take-Two has shut down similar mods. Back in August 2023, they shut down a story-driven mod for GTA 5. Let’s also not forget that they attempted to shut down FiveM. But wait, there is more. In July 2022, they tried to take down the VR Mods for Red Dead Redemption 2, GTA 5, and Mafia. On top of that, they took down GTA Underground and other GTA San Andreas & Vice City mods.
Speaking of GTA: San Andreas, here are some other cool mods for it. Multi Theft Auto is an open-source software project that adds full online support to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Modders are also experimenting with RTX Remix Path Tracing. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Mission Maker is another cool mod that lets you create your own missions. And then we have the SA_DirectX 3.0 Beta Overhaul Mod that adds SSR, SSAO, and Rain Drops. Finally, you can download this mod that allows you to play it in VR.
Stay tuned for more!
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.”
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