YouTube’s ‘Cycu1’ has shared a comparison video between Grand Theft Auto 6 and Grand Theft Auto 5. This early graphics comparison video will give you an idea of how much better the sequel to GTA5 will be. So, go ahead and take a look at it.
In this video, the YouTuber compared the PC version of GTA 5 with the recently released in-engine trailer of GTA 6. The PC version was running at 4K on Max Settings. Moreover, Cycu1 has used scenes that look almost the same.
Now as we can see, Grand Theft Auto 6 is a next-gen visual upgrade over the PC version of GTA5. From the lighting to the amount of NPCs, everything looks better in GTA6. And I know, PC gamers can make GTA5 look even better with mods. However, no amount of mods can make GTA5 match the quality of GTA6.
Here is an example. Take the following video that showcased a heavily modded version of GTA 5, running on an NVIDIA RTX4090. At first glance, and while not driving, GTA5 on PC looks great. However, once the player starts driving, everything falls apart. From major pop-ins to various flickers due to Reshade, the modded version of GTA5 cannot catch up to what current-gen games can achieve. Don’t get me wrong, it still looks amazing. However, it’s nowhere close to GTA6.
As we’ve already said, the bad news here is that GTA 6 will skip PC at launch. And yes, we called it way before the publisher revealed the platforms for which this new GTA would come out. And I’m certain that a PR statement would read something like this: “We need more time for the PC version so that we can release it in a polished state“.
This sounds like a big pile of crap though. Keep in mind we’re talking about Rockstar here; a team with a lot of resources at its disposal. This isn’t a small dev team. Seriously, this sounds similar to the excuse 2K Games and EA made for not porting the current-gen versions of their sports games to PC. So let’s be honest, we all know the real reasons why GTA 6 will not come out on PC alongside its console cousins. And while we’re at it, what happened to the Ray Tracing effects of GTA5 that are still exclusive to consoles? Riiiiiight.
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Obviously quite a difference. For gamers that eye candy is most important it will satisfy nicely.
Also obvious to almost everyone is the why of the staggered release. I can look back on the release of GTA V 10 years ago. I was mostly on PCGamer at the time and I can tell you that there were many, many people that owned a gaming PC and a console saying that they would buy the game on console immediately and when/if it came out on PC they would buy it a second time. There were quite a few that didn’t own a console that planned to buy one just to be able to play the game. They said they would return it or sell it after playing the game.
There will be no “if” in the equation this time around. It will come out on PC but not for a while.
I tought GTA V revenue was biggest on PC, am i correct? I think the tactic is to maximallize revenue on consoles with the FOMO audience, and when it dies down, switch to PC for online money farming.
Or at least that’s the standard tactic they always use, not sure it will make sense as it did back then, because people know how much of a cash cow online PC gaming is and already expect the game on it, as opposed to when they where unsure due to piracy, etc. (like RDR1 which still didn’t get a PC release).
I’m the wrong person to ask for a breakdown on units sold by platform or how much of the 8 billion USD generated came from Shark Cards. That info is probably out there somewhere on the internet but I am certain of several things:
The base game will be $70
The expanded version will probably be $100 or more
Tens of millions of gamers will double dip
I played about half of GTA IV and about half of GTA V as well before just losing interest. I have no plans of playing GTA VI at all which puts me in a very small minority. My only interest in GTA VI is whether it will turn out to be another gold strike for Rockstar. I’m thinking it will but time will tell. The business side of gaming and tech hardware interests me.
I actually think it makes no difference whether people pre order or not justar going to do what they decide sells more anyways so getting mad about it coming to pc a year or two later isn’t really warranted imo. Consoles are a more restricted platform and also more curated ie you have to play it the way the devs want you to play it, minimal to no mod support, graphics are locked in w very little tweaking etc so consoles are a proving ground first then pc later. I mean it’s gta of course it’s going to sell like crazy, meantime pc online gta still doing the money printing thing etc
Ppl were alot more liberal with money 10y ago.
Mainly because the average cost of living was so much lower than today’s.
So many will certainly buy a conslow to play GTAVI, but i bet my money on it, not half as many as in 2013s.
Why don’t you follow Rockstar lead and stop coverage of this game until it is announced for PC John?
He wants cheap clicks. It’s impossible to get a decent sponsor for a site like this.
Maybe this site should be more like PCGamer? They only have 6 articles on their front page about GTA VI now including one titled: GTA VI Players Fall In Love With ‘Bikini Girl’
Now there’s some real journalism right there. /s
So the choice is between dumb article (PC gaymer) vs captain obvious article (old game have worse graphics than new game). Excellent!
I was hoping to make you aware that GTA VI is big, big news even though it’s not coming to PC at the same time as on console. You are going to witness a mountain of coverage on it. Might as well get used to it. This is just the tip of the iceberg.
What is or isn’t news is what the owner of this site decides to publish. He wants to whine about GTA VI instead of reporting on actual games being released on PC right now, so be it.
Why not, we dont want to be second class citizens. We want full coverage especially the bikini girl. Better gta news than the glorious ue5 crap and John’s obsession to play with naked characters. I bet he always plays naked.
ah a fellow redditer. I see u
Never visited Reddit or consulted anything from them but I guess I’m still a Redditer whatever that means.
this “/s” is a common thing over there.
Also the amount of snowflakes and downvoting is crazy.
It’s full of americans that get triggered over the slightest thing and apply passive aggressiveness to anything.
It’s been common thing online for decades. I can recall seeing it back in the early 90s.
Edit: As for your edit. I’ve never downvoted anyone on the internet. I don’t see the point in it really. Yes, I am an American but nothing triggers me except one pedophile that was asking for cybersex with 13-14 year old girls on Yahoo Games back in the late 90s. If you ever have a daughter then you will understand why.
That’s not a paedophile.
I don’t need to have a kid to understand why. I understand why there are death sentences and chemical castrations and NO, no one is ok with sick sht like that, that deprives kids of their future. We were once kids as well.
Anyway, you’re of the 1% that think straight, you’re probably in your 40s and that’s why. Most ppl on the internet today are acting as a mindless hive. They see sth, and they do certain things unintentionally, mechanically almost.
only amaricans can get triggered over that, most countries have age of consent of 15yr and some like Japan had 13yr until literary 2023. I had s3x first time when i was 14 or 15 like most of my friends, its always someones daughter no matter the age so you may as well try and prohibit her having s3x ever because sooner or later someone is going to rail you daughter. Of course predatory behaviour or grooming are whole different story thats big no. You also need to look up whats paedophilia because that guy would be judged for soliciting minor and thats completely different crime with much lesser punishment as minor is not equal child.
did u even read what he wrote? YOU HAD SX WITH SOMEONE YOUR AGE!
As per what you’re doing right now, analyzing words based on laws:
1. Clearly you’re a kid to me prolly in ur 20s and dont have one, so u don’t understand as you’re deprived of sensibility and compassion, at least that’s what you show thru your statement.
2. A minor and a child are still considered kids to the society we live in.
Also wtf dude, why would you say sht like this to someone?
“sooner or later someone is going to rail you daughter.”
You little fking keyboard warrior. You would’ve never said that sht to someone standing 5ft from u.
I’m afraid it’s a little too late to save my daughter from s*x. She’s 38 with 3 kids of her own and on her second marriage.
The pervert that I was referring to in Yahoo Games said numerous times that he was in his 30s when asking for cybers*x with 13-14 years old and that’s just wrong no matter what country he lived in or how socially acceptable it is to be s*xually depraved there. It’s not ok here.
then visit reddits for content you want like kotakuinaction where you can talk almost as freely as here and everyone hates wokeism, overall garbage design of everything etc.
I’m an avid redditor for the past decade and i don’t like what it has turned into. Fking snowflakes downvoting and reporting everywhere.
It’s the cancel culture that wants to suppress other opinions. Just like Communism.
Clearly you have no idea what’s going on on reddit or you’re one of them.
Cuckstar has always been one of the most anti-consumer developers on PC.
I expect it will run like sh*t and come with a layered cake of every invasive DRM in existence, not to mention microtransactions up the wazoo.
That’s why I never buy Cuckstar games and only pirate them. Though I should stop doing that too because RDR2 was some of the most pretentious, restrictive garbage I’ve ever played and it wasn’t worth the time I put into it.
I blocked this Youtuber’s channel, thanks.
This is a bizarre article after the rant about not supporting justar because it isn’t releasing it’s load onto pc anytime soon. Even though ironically that highly curated and likely half cgi movie of a trailer was done on pc primarily so the console versions are currently unknown as to how they’ll look IRL. So the whole thing is complete rubbish.
And it looks like this likely paid justar employee or consultant used med-low console settings for GTAV, which makes no sense. A game that is released 10 years later had better look better with the cost of hardware compared to then etc etc etc So a more realistic example might be far cry 3, 2012 vs far cry 6 2021 if it’s just graphics. The story and other stuff like qol etc matters more really, which have gotten more brave new world metropolis since then in various ways, garbage.
Honestly, nobody asked for this comparison. Useless
Its gonna be downgraded same as RDR2 they gonna pull again same sh*t as usual
Let the ficr rest. GTA games have allways been overhyped trash. And this screams Woke POS garbage, as it’s political right huh!
Let the retarded console bois keep this sh*t exclusive for a while. Who really gives a Sh*t Johny boy. Better get back to your regular self and post about UE5. Promise you will feel better, and stop dreaming about this Woke garbage okey!
Honestly mate after playing a few “console exclusives” i gotta say we aint missing much as pc gamers.
True buddy, we dont and we all know this garbage will come annyway to pc + nextgen console trash and then Pc once again as the Ultimate Version!
They surely knows how to milk their garbage, and the retarded cult followers will happily cash out again and again!
Sorry but i am not impressed as other people do.
Why?
1. The time gap between the release dates of these two games is at least 12 long years. Not to mention GTA V wasn’t the most photorealistic graphics game of its time. It was never a Crysis 3 or Battlefield IV.
2. It’s clear that the footage from this shiny-fancy eye candy trailer created by the graphic engine of the game, but we don’t know how much of it was taken from gameplay or from real-time cutscenes, or from pre-rendered videos.
3. There is such a thing as a downgrade which is a familiar concept for every gamer. The fact that it won’t come to PC in 2025 makes me sceptical. Is it possible that what we see in the trailer are the graphics of the PlayStation 6/next Xbox version?
The footage might well have been captured from a pc with 4090 on it for all we know. Who is to tell at this stage.