Grand Theft Auto Series Megathread V5 - Weekly Threads

[Shotz]

I'll add a crashing/performance FAQ later for the PC version.

[U][B]GTA V PC FAQ[/B][/U]

[B]Q) I HAVE X GPU AND X PROCESSOR, CAN I RUN THE GAME?[/B][B]A) [/B] [URL="http://www.gamersnexus.net/game-bench/1905-gta-v-pc-fps-benchmark-graphics-cards"]USE THIS WEB PAGE AS A REFERENCE
[/URL]STILL WIP

(Still copied and pasted from the old thread)

Previous Megathreads
[URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1158724"]Grand Theft Auto Series Megathread V1 - Zedicus Mann[/URL]
[URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1250426"]Grand Theft Auto Series Megathread V2 - Give Me (GTA V) PC[/URL]
[URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1446212"]Grand Theft Auto Series Megathread V3 - Did somebody say delay?[/URL]
[URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1460212"]Grand Theft Auto Series Megathread V4 - 3 and 1/2 Years in the Making: GTA V PC[/URL]
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[B]What is Grand Theft Auto?[/B]

Grand Theft Auto is a series of games developed by Rockstar North (formerly known as DMA Design up until approximately 2002) and published by Rockstar Games. It is an anarchistic knock at American life where you can play as a criminal in several fictional cities around America and you can do whatever the fuck you want, since the games are primarily open ended; steal a car, shoot up things, do some side missions or just simply advance the story, whatever, it's all up to you.

The games use a lot of pop culture references and can (and will) proceed to take the piss out of everything; every subject is fair game.

It also features some awesome music relevant for whatever time period the game is in.

[QUOTE] The Games

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2D Era

[B]Grand Theft Auto[/B]
Release: October 1997
The first game of the series to hit the shelves for the Playstation 1, PC and Gameboy Advance. It's about as basic as you can get, but still a classic and it came with two mission packs.

GTA (and GTA2) is available for free download on Rockstar's official website, as well as Steam (but you have to buy it as part of a collection there).

Mission Packs
Release: April 29 1999 [GTA: London 1969]
June 1 1999 [GTA: London 1961]
These two mission packs were the first expansions for Grand Theft Auto, and set about expanding the core gameplay and changing the main locale to London instead of the United States.

Grand Theft Auto 2
Release: September 30, 1999
For the PC, PS1, Dreamcast and Gameboy Advance. It offered an improved version of the original GTA and allowed you to do work for seperate gangs.

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3D Era

Grand Theft Auto 3

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Release: October 22, 2001
Hailed the granddaddy of all open world 3D games, GTA3 was released for the PS2, Xbox and PC. The silent protagonist (revealed in later games to be Claude) is betrayed by his girlfriend in a robbery, and you set out to gain revenge on her through moving up in the crime ladder. It set the precedent for all the future 3D GTA games and was very amazing and controversial for its time, as well as establishing Liberty City (the first arguably well known city in the GTA series).

It was rereleased later for the iOS and Android phones on its anniversary, as well as being available on the Playstation Network.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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Release: October 29, 2002
Vice City was released for the PS2, PC and Xbox. It is set in the fictional Florida settlement of Vice City, and takes a lot of inspiration and flair from the 80s, as well as loosely following the Scarface theme for the story. Features a lot of rad music, colourful scenary and motherfucking helicopters, as well as introducing the first talking protagonist Tommy Vercetti.

It was rereleased later for the iOS and Android on its anniversary, and is also available on the PSN.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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Release: October 26, 2004
Released on for the PS2, PC and Xbox, it is the largest GTA game to date in the 3D Era. It features a whole state, San Andreas, instead of just one city, with three cities loosely based off Los Angeles (Los Santos) and San Francisco (San Fierro) of California, and Las Vegas (Las Venturas) of Nevada. It is seen to be the most popular GTA game still today, as it bought a lot of new features to the table. The usefulness of these features (the rpg style elements primarily) is hotly debated amongst many fans. Also introduced Carl 'CJ' Johnson, make of him what you will.

You can also swim in this one, finally.

It is available on PSN and XBLM.

Grand Theft Auto: Advance

Release: October 25, 2004
Developed by an independant studio (Digital Eclipse) for the Game Boy Advance. Features a new main character called Mike who does criminal work in Liberty City. Considered by some to be the weakest link in the series.

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

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Release: October 24, 2005
For the PSP (and a year later on the PS2), this is a spinoff to GTA3 (set three years before) putting players in the shoes of capo Toni Cipriani, who rises through the Leone ranks in Liberty City and earns the trust of his boss Salvatore Leone.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

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Release: October 31, 2006
Also for the PSP (and again ported to the PS2 only), this is the earliest canon GTA game in the 3D era and is set two years before Vice City, showing how dishonourably discharged army private Victor Vance rises through the criminal underworld in Vice City just to survive (and dealing with Lance.. fucking Lance). Features a lot of pastel coloured suits, more 80s music and the return of swimming.

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HD Era

Grand Theft Auto IV

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Release: April 29, 2008
The most detailed game ever released in the series, Grand Theft Auto IV hit the shelves for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. It details the journey of Niko Bellic, an immigrant fresh off the boat from Europe inspired to start a new life after reading his cousin's many letters about how awesome America is. However, once he gets there he finds out that Roman was just telling bullshit stories and is forced to work his way through the shady dealings of Liberty City to secure some money and deal with his past at the same time.

This is set in a completely new universe (with references to the 3D era but no reappearances of the old characters) and features some really amazing physics and graphics, and keeps the overall classic GTA gameplay. Just be weary of getting persistent phone calls from all your friends.

There's also the PC port, notorious in its ability to work in technologically impossible ways on every machine as well as being bundled with GFWL, but as of a few patches, GFWL has been removed completely and the game optimised.

Episodic Content

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Release: 17 Feburary 2009 [TLAD]
29 October 2009 [TBOGT]
The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony were released as two-parters to GTA4, part of a deal with Microsoft Games for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. It fixed up a lot of the criticisms with GTA4 and interweaved the three protagonists stories together (Niko Bellic, Johnny Klebitz and Luis Lopez) into an interesting and satisfying experience, also offering new weapons, cars and a whole bunch of stuff to do.

TLAD also requires you to be confident of your sexuality.

You can buy GTA4 + TLAD and BOGT in a complete bundle called 'Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City' in retail or on Steam.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

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Release: 17 March 2009
Released for the Nintendo DS, and a few months later for the PSP and iOS, it is the second game (not counting the episodic content) to be released in the HD era and follows the story of Huang Lee through Liberty City. It received impressive reviews for a handheld game.

[B][U]Grand Theft Auto V[/U][/B]

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Release: September 17th 2013 (PS3 and 360)
November 18th 2014 (PS4 and Xbox One)
April 13th and 15th 2015 (PC)

The fifteenth game in Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto series tells the stories of three playable protagonists; Michael, a former robber and troubled family man who is now living the high life in Los Santos and unsatisfied with his life, Franklin, a member of Grove Street who is looking to get out of the hood and earn himself more cash than all the awful gang related errands he runs and Trevor, Michael's former partner-in-crime, living in Blaine County way out in the sticks. The stories of the three characters intertwine frequently and outside of missions the player can freely switch between them.

PC Screenshots
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PC Specifications:

          
Minimum specifications:
 OS: Windows 8.1  64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1, Windows  Vista 64 Bit Service Pack 2* (*NVIDIA video card recommended if running  Vista OS)
 Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs) / AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs) @ 2.5GHz
 Memory: 4GB
 Video Card: NVIDIA 9800 GT 1GB / AMD HD 4870 1GB (DX 10, 10.1, 11)
 Sound Card: 100% DirectX 10 compatible
 HDD Space: 65GB
 DVD Drive

 Recommended specifications:
  OS: Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1
  Processor: Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2GHZ (4 CPUs) / AMD X8 FX-8350 @ 4GHZ (8 CPUs)
  Memory: 8GB
  Video Card: NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB / AMD HD7870 2GB
  Sound Card: 100% DirectX 10 compatible
  HDD Space: 65GB
  DVD Drive

[B][I][U]GTA Online Crew[/U][/I][/B]
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[URL="http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/crew/facepunch/"]Currently being used by 1000 Facepunchers, across Consoles and PC is the Facepunch Crew.[/URL]

Just request an invite and one of the representatives (or higher) will accept you.
Note: There are multiple Facepunch crews on the Social Club, but the only active one is the one I have linked. The others were abandoned when they raised the crew limit from 100 members to 1000.

[URL="http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/crew/facepunch2"]WARNING: The old crew filled up! Too many of us, so now you need to use the new crew for new members, join HERE[/URL]

[URL="http://steamcommunity.com/groups/fpheists"]ZeroTimesCookie made a Steam group for Heisting with Facepunch members.[/URL]
[URL="http://steamcommunity.com/groups/gta5fp"]Here's another Steam group for GTA 5 PC as well[/URL]
[URL="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-cMJwunKrsPIdqrSUfql0GjZhn6CgfuTJIiLJZqNy6E/edit"]Here's a heisting spreadsheet, put your deets down here[/URL]

[RockSushi]

Well that was fast.

[Chaotic Lord]

How long you guys figure this one will last?

[halfer]

Some FAQ should be added too, like "what do you press to instantly ragdoll?"

[NoRegard]

[QUOTE=Chaotic Lord;47544186]How long you guys figure this one will last?[/QUOTE]

till 5000 posts!

[Warship]

I really wish the snapmatic photos were just regular picture files, just like how it worked in fucking GTA: SA with the camera.

[Alyx Zark]

I really like Snapmatic myself. My first thing I did upon unlocking director mode? Play a hipster chick who walked around taking selfies with copious filter and border usage!

[Scratch]

[QUOTE=war_man333;47544194]till 5000 posts![/QUOTE]

5001!

[Brochacho]

[QUOTE=Chaotic Lord;47544186]How long you guys figure this one will last?[/QUOTE]

Launch hype is over so this one will probably last 2 weeks instead of 1

I can't believe I already have 20 hours in this and I'm only just doing the blitz heist, I haven't even been playing online at all

[Scratch]

[QUOTE=halfer;47544193]Some FAQ should be added too, like "what do you press to instantly ragdoll?"[/QUOTE]

OP said that it'll come

Needs ragdoll button, Activitiy Result Camera Pause Fix, [URL="http://download852.mediafire.com/o14s6aicb1qg/6xwie1ra7in0axn/GTA+V+Picture+Converter.zip"]Snapmatic Converter[/URL]

Link shit to the PCGamingWiki if needed

[IlluminatiRex]

My first time using the Rockstar Editor. Didn't come out too badly IMO (If you've got Chrome, it'll be 60fps as long as you're watching it in HD).

[video=youtube;XNqE9IJO8ww]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNqE9IJO8ww[/video]

[steven]

~4 hours later i have gotten gold on all the flight "school" bullshit challenges. i even got spot 1 in FAPS on collect the flags!

[General J]

How does Autoaim work on PC in terms of multiplayer and skill balance?

Is it not that good, is it sometimes disabled based depending on the game, etc?

[Scratch]

[QUOTE=bdd458;47544226](If you've got Chrome, it'll be 60fps as long as you're watching it in HD).
[/QUOTE]

Don't you hate it when people post lies on the internet?
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[Jauho]

how the hell to fix the horrid texture pop in

[Scratch]

[QUOTE=TomZa;47544262]how the hell to fix the horrid texture pop in[/QUOTE]

Someone mentioned chaning the CPU affinity to high

[Alyx Zark]

[QUOTE=General J;47544237]How does Autoaim work on PC in terms of multiplayer and skill balance?

Is it not that good, is it sometimes disabled based depending on the game, etc?[/QUOTE]

Don't even know if it exists. If it does, there's MP lobbies geared for each targeting mode. Simply put, if you want it on, you'll be in a room full of players with it on. If it's free-aim, everyone is on free-aim.

[RaTcHeT302]

I've made this thing but I'm not sure if I should keep on updating it with better examples, seeing as it's already out.
[url]http://community.pcgamingwiki.com/page/blog/_/features/port-reports/pc-report-grand-theft-auto-v-r181[/url]

I still need to figure out what the shader setting does, but the long loading times, and the fact that you need to restart the game every time you want to apply the setting is making things a bit more difficult.

PS: This thing came out a bit earlier than it should have, right now it's filled with placeholders and stuff. The current examples are okay though.

PSS: To go into ragdoll mode on a controller Jump, then Reload (Square + Circle on a PS3 controller)

[Giraffen93]

UN DOS TRÉS QUATRO

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x47NYUbtYb0[/media]

[NoRegard]

easily the best worst song in GTA of all time

[Someone4956]

Why the fuck couldn't they actually add a purpose to stealth mode like it making you invisible on the radar or something. The thing about people randomly killing is because 90% of the time you can't fight back, and you can literally never ever take anyone by surprise to combat them.

[King]

[QUOTE=RaTcHeT302;47544278]I've made this thing but I'm not sure if I should keep on updating it with better examples, seeing as it's already out.
[url]http://community.pcgamingwiki.com/page/blog/_/features/port-reports/pc-report-grand-theft-auto-v-r181[/url]

I still need to figure out what the shader setting does, but the long loading times, and the fact that you need to restart the game every time you want to apply the setting is making things a bit more difficult.

PS: This thing came out a bit earlier than it should have, right now it's filled with placeholders and stuff. The current examples are okay though.

PSS: To go into ragdoll mode on a controller Jump, then Reload (Square + Circle on a PS3 controller)[/QUOTE]

It's jump and melee. Space and R. Square and Circle. X and B.

[Someone4956]

[QUOTE=RichyZ;47544322]stealth makes you invisible on the radar in death matches/lts modes
you can pay lester 500 to keep yourself invisible for a minute[/QUOTE]

Part of me thinks that a lot of problems could be solved if session grouping actually worked on ranking instead of fuck all. That way dudes couldn't just load up on tanks and APCs and killing everyone while having no chance to fight back.

[Alyx Zark]

[QUOTE=RaTcHeT302;47544278]I've made this thing but I'm not sure if I should keep on updating it with better examples, seeing as it's already out.
[url]http://community.pcgamingwiki.com/page/blog/_/features/port-reports/pc-report-grand-theft-auto-v-r181[/url]

I still need to figure out what the shader setting does, but the long loading times, and the fact that you need to restart the game every time you want to apply the setting is making things a bit more difficult.

PS: This thing came out a bit earlier than it should have, right now it's filled with placeholders and stuff. The current examples are okay though.

PSS: To go into ragdoll mode on a controller Jump, then Reload (Square + Circle on a PS3 controller)[/QUOTE]

I love the guide. It's more explanatory and visual than anything I've yet to see in GTA. Helped me figure out that I can drop the grass quality for performance and what settings matter.

[Zakuvo99]

Just refreshed the page a saw a this new thread about gta is Shotz the flash undercover or what?

[Archangel125]

So I just blew through the Humane Labs heists with randoms, who are now good friends. I am now also the proud owner of a Hydra. RIP wallet.

[DeathFrogg]

Online is fun

[img]http://i.imgur.com/lEqLcHg.jpg?1[/img]

(Taken mid-explosion)

[The Janitor]

Anyone up for some heists feel free to add me.

Social Club Name: Chazwasa

[EddieLTU]

[QUOTE=Giraffen93;47544299]UN DOS TRÉS QUATRO

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x47NYUbtYb0[/media][/QUOTE]

it's funny that you've spelt Quatro properly

also i've done editing and re-rendering my short film, should be up on youtube in a hour or so

[King]

[QUOTE=DeathFrogg;47544362]Online is fun

[img]http://i.imgur.com/lEqLcHg.jpg?1[/img]

(Taken mid-explosion)[/QUOTE]

I wish it rained more ingame, looks incredible when it rains.