There’ll be a new in-game retailer exclusive to the next-gen version of GTA Online, as previously teased. Hao’s Special Works auto shop will allow you to upgrade a total of ten different cars at launch: five new ones and five existing ones. Once modded, these cars will allow for “elite driving performance that takes full advantage of the upgraded power of new console hardware”.
This means, in essence, they’re going to go really fast. As you probably know, the PlayStation 5 uses an uber-fast SSD, which means that game data can be streamed in faster than on the PS4 and PS3. It ultimately means that Rockstar can boost the top speed of select cars, as there will be fewer bottlenecks in the game engine when you put your foot down.
Are you looking forward to setting some new lap times around Los Santos?
[source rockstargames.com]
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Oh wow! Hope they charge full price for this! Rockstar love their fans! What an extra! Cars can go faster because PS5 is faster. Please charge me for this Rockstar, you deserve it! Don't you dare update free your 9 year old game you've made multi-millions from!🤞☺
Online gunk. Lovely. Make some additions to offline and we can talk.
@riceNpea Loving the sarcasm 😂 but yeah it’ll definitely not be a free upgrade, Rockstar have put a lot of effort into it. I just hope it’s not full price like £50/£60 as I think £25 at the most is more reasonable. Also existing owners should get a discount seeing as some of us have already double dipped.
@MaccaMUFC 😁 I just glad Witcher 3 is a free update. I bought the game again and all the DLC digitally just because of that (cost peanuts).
We all know R* are going to charge top price for this because they took us for chumps with the remasters and even had the CEO pretend they'd sorted out the one glitch he acknowledged existed..but...but if they weren't totally greedy about it and asked for a tenner I'd say fair enough and probably even bite.
I hope Hao replaces Moodymann and Sessanta. Dreadful characters.
Prominent "next gen exclusive" things like this are what I worry about w/ buying the PS4 version of HFW to save $10 instead of the PS5 version. I mean sure, rationally, I know Sony wouldn't want to screw over it's core fanbase by making some of the DLC next gen exclusive like Sqeunix did w/ the FF7R Yuffie DLC for no good reason that I've ever seen, but in the pit of my stomach the feeling is there - they'll find a way to make me regret it. 🤷♂️
I still haven't paid for the upgrade or DLC for Ghost of Tsushima, the way they handled that w/ the "Director's Cut" never sat right with me. 😝
Sounds like the PS4 / Xbox one version will now become the PS3 / Xbox 360 version where it doesn't get the new updates , so I suppose the pc won't get this either seen as not all pc's are using ssd
I sure hope the airplanes will operate faster too. The map needs faster traverse for all that grind. I also hope they make Underhood adjustments to game and add features, rewamp quick menu. Let us customize the phone and contacts the way we want. In general I just hope for a better experience for all that grind. I love GTA and GTA online is great, but I literally have everything in game so I am looking for something that would keep me engaged.
@rjejr afaik if you buy the ps4 version of h:fw you get a free upgrade to the PS5 version so it still works as if you had bought the PS5 one.
@riceNpea it is free for the first 3 months.
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