Los Santos will look lovelier than ever before later this month, as Rockstar adds raytraced reflections to the Fidelity Mode of Grand Theft Auto 5’s sumptuous PS5 remaster. This feature will be available across the single player campaign and multiplayer mode GTA Online, which is also getting a raft of quality of life improvements of its own.
Among the incoming tweaks are some player requested features, like the ability to filter contacts on your iFruit smartphone and receive purchased vehicles much quicker. In addition, Casino Story Missions will be available solo, as the juggernaut developer looks to make the uber-popular multiplayer mode more inviting overall.
The label is also rebalancing the release’s economy, and boosting the value of Shark Card purchases by 20-25 per cent, meaning you’ll be getting much more virtual bang for your real-life buck. And, later this month, a massive multi-part update will plot the return of “familiar faces and a new troupe of entrepreneurial misfits on a mission to expand the minds of the citizens of Los Santos”. More on that “very soon”.
[source rockstargames.com]
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The funny thing is, even without upgrades, GTA 5 still looks better than most games from today. (Same for games by Naughty Dog of course, but GTA is even older)
Would rather have an official GTA 6 announcement/teaser tho..
Wish Red Dead could just get a next gen update so it’s all shiny and running 60fps. I could game on that until Diablo 4 and Starfield come out in 2023. Looking at Red Dead 2 at 4K on PC is almost life like compared to the One X and PS4 Pro versions.
@Green-Bandit RDR2 would still destroy any game at 720p.
Back in 2013 I thought we would have been close to the release of GTA7 by now, or possibly playing it by now.
So RDR2 died for Ray Tracing reflections? In all seriousness I haven't tried the ps5 version yet so itl look nicer when i do. I gave online a quick go to make sure my character was still there and got my online trophies I earned but didnt stick around long enough to take in the scenery lol
@TheArt it is a beauty for sure. I just so badly want it running 60fps, even if that means waiting for the pro model PS5 & Series X to make it get there. It just seems like Red Dead don’t get loved by Rockstar the same way us fan’s do. I get it GTA prints money, but it ain’t like Red Dead won’t make your cost back 10X over rockstar haha
Bring 60 FPS TO RDR2 you greedy *****!
this graphics update is GTA6 guys 💀💀
unbelievable 😂😂
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This should have been there day one.
Red Dead needs more improvements than just 60fps patch.
Let's start at h....o..........w............s...............l......o.................w............i..................t............................i...........................................................................................................s. Work our way from there.
I mean, obviously RDR2 deserves something juicy upgrade wise, even though it looks phenomenal anyway, they did some number with art design and lighting!
But honestly I see this GTA update news and really it makes me sad that it's not GTA 4 that could have taken off so big and been supported so much. GTA 5 looks nice and all, it's kind of fun in parts too, but it doesn't make me want to replay the story and therefore benefit from these shiny upgrades. GTA IV made me replay it a bunch without any technical upgrades to it.
GTA V I played exclusively on PS3, never played on PS4, and merely loaded in to have a quick look with the PS5 version, and had no real drive to play more than a few missions.
Where do I want to go with shiny tech upgrades???
To Albany Avenue!!
@Green-Bandit I always say I think it's easy to get creative with GTAO in its modern setting as opposed to 1899, and not them not caring about RDR2. You can't have flying bikes or midair race courses in RDO. They can create all the cars irl, horses stay the same.
@Ravix agreed RDR2 deserves a juicy upgrade. I mean if Sony is already bringing Horizon Zero Dawn to the PS5, Rockstar can bring out a PS5 & Series X version of RDR2. Then later down the line bring out a redone RDR1. I own both consoles so i have RDR1 on Series X via back compatibility. But PS5 users get the shaft with PS3 games, so Rockstar should be giving PlayStation users a better way to play the first game. Sorry i am just passionate about the series, it’s my all time favorite series and i feel like Rockstar is kinda messing with it to make sure GTA is in a good spot and i understand that cause it’s a cash cow, but the way they handled some of GTA isn’t even all that well done.
I just want 60 FPS RDR2...
Translation: I should wait on playing GTA 5 until this new patch has been released, thanks for the heads up!
That might make fidelity mode actually worth playing in GTAV, as is its kind of pointless. As others have said RDR2 really should get the next gen treatment and have a 60fps option and they could also move the resolution away from the PS4 Pro's rather lacklustre presentation and sharpen it up a bit
If its not newer updated versions of RDR1 and RDR2 I'm not interested. Would rather play those two over GTA any day.
@Green-Bandit same. I want to do a replay but it feels pointless when you know that, almost definitely at some point, they'll do it.
but when!?
@TheArt i get that to an extent. My concern is why did the game have 3-4 currency options? You had to pay to get a job, then once you did it paid peanuts and you couldn’t grind enough to get just little for your efforts. No real bank vs robbers, no outlaws vs cowboys, etc etc. it just felt tacked on, regardless the era. Sure GTA lends itself to more settings and vehicles. But rockstar never got the Wild West even close to right. Most of us hardcore fans would have taken DLC story add on’s over a directionless mess of the online.
@LordAinsley i know exactly how you feel. I am waiting myself and i have a whole new surround sound and a way better TV, i first played it on a Sony LED, i now have a LG OLED. But i just want to hold off to play the better version. As for when, i am afraid to say i think it’s further off than any of us wish it was.
@Green-Bandit also see, my bloodbourne replay, my Witcher 3 replay (at least this one is soon!)
@LordAinsley Sony needs to find a way to remaster Bloodbourne, it’s a fan favorite and would get a lot of excitement for fan’s. It’s not a game for me, but i want it to come out to make the fans happy, at the end of the day this industry is about making people happy and have something to enjoy, not just care about what I like or something for my play style. I really hope ya’ll get this remaster at some point on PS5. Witcher 3 update looks fantastic and its free which means fans should be all over this when it drops.
@Green-Bandit
at least bloodbourne is more understandable with the rights/publisher/exclusivity sort of being a bit confusing
RDR2, the PC version exists already and they entirely own the game and did a GTA5 update recently. Please Rockstar
@LordAinsley exactly, making it even that much more frustrating for us RDR fans. Plus Sony and MS aren’t killing it with must haves left and right in the 1st two years of the next gens, would have been a perfect time for this to launch. Now MS and Sony along with other 3rd party’s are about to start crowding the calendar with big games. Making an updated older game even as popular as RDR2 seems like a backlog update. At least thats my take on it 😊
@Green-Bandit Red Dead Redemption 2 DESERVES a next gen patch or hell I'd even take a remake of the damn game but the performance of RDR2 on PS5 is abysmal to say the least. The game is technically the PS4 pro version running on PS5. The game looks good graphically but it's so DARK like hard to see dark and it doesn't matter how bright I turn my TV it doesn't matter my HDR settings nothing fixes it. I'm playing on a 2021 OLED TV that uses HDMi 2.1 so I don't think that's the issue and from what I've read online a lot of people experience the same issue.
GTA5 looks phenomenal on PS5, I absolutely LOVE replaying the story and the load times are Soo much better than before! Can't wait till we get an announcement or update on GTA 6 cuz as it sits I only play GTA online when there's a significant update.
@cali_kush70 i agree with you on all that. I also have a LG oled C1, and while i do play RDR2 on Xbox Series X, it is running the One X version which is a little better than the PS4 Pro, but still hardly next gen. I agree with you, if Rockstar wants to remaster it and sell it, then so be it, but right now all hands on deck are working on GTA6, which i understand. Man i haven’t played GTA online in so long i am sure it’s all so different. I would like to see them remake RDR1, so the PS5 would have it, cause right now i think RDR is gone from PS. They took it off the streaming option i believe.
@Green-Bandit I absolutely agree they should remake RDR1 for PS5 because as it sits it's NOT playable at ALL on PS5. It was never brought to PS4 and they removed it from the PS+ Premium streaming service meaning the only way to play it on PlayStation is via a PS3 console which is mind boggling. I'm glad all hands are on deck for GTA 6 but I think they should have another studio at least do a remake (I actually love the GTA trilogy remaster on PS5, it got tons of hate but it's been patched and now offers the best PS2 era GTA experience). If they had another studio remaster the series there's no doubt in my mind it'd be a massive seller. On the topic of remasters, I recently downloaded GTA 4 on my XSX and damn it was a great game. It's another GTA property that I believe deserves to be remastered. The core game & it's DLC are fantastic, especially the DLC for me was phenomenal.
GTA online is pretty cool on PS5. The load times are so much better than before & the Dr Dre missions were pretty awesome. Playing them solo is just as rewarding as playing them with a friend. Happy gaming ✌️
@cali_kush70 i loved GTA 4, always thought it was the forgotten gem in the series. I am really hoping they get GTA 6 right cause i am sure it will be out for a long time before they do another game. Yeah the way RDR1 is handled at the moment on PS isn’t great. But that’s mostly due to the PS3 BC issues. It’s time to fully remake that game in my opinion. It would sell huge numbers and keep the series in full on both Xbox and PS. I still believe down the road we will see RDR2 get next gen update, but they have stated it isn’t anytime before GTA6 releases.
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