Grand Theft Auto V: Gas Stations Refuelling

It may not come as a surprise that the new Grand Theft Auto will require cars to be refueled.

[iamnsuperman]

This can't be true. It reminds me of the malaria gameplay mechanic of Far Cry 2 and the eating mechanic of GTA San Andreas. Both annoying gameplay mechanics.

[US8F]

It makes it a little bit more realistic, with all the craziness you can do in that game. I want that news to be true so bad.

Edit: I would like to add that it also depend on how often we need to refuel. I would like to travel around the map at least once before I need to worry about the gas. Again it comes to balance on how fast it depletes

[pedrof93]

According to Rockstar and a few more game companies, Gas Stations are just to explode and not actually to re-fuel.

[TotalHitman]

I wouldn't be surprised if it is true. R* were thinking of adding this mechanic in San Andreas before they decided against it.

[b163o1]

This make sooo much sense IMO, cause before you go rob that liquor store, knock that bank off, you'll need to check that gas tank. Imagine knocking off a bank and your almost Scott free and your car runs out of gas, and the police catch up with you. That my friends is so real that its life like, you can see these stories in the news and the Internet. It's just another step towards realism....

[dmeador]

Yeah, and they should make it where you have to stop and take a piss after having to eat! That way its more real. (sarcasm) There is a reasons some things shouldn't be in a game. Unless it adds to the immersion or game play, I say leave it.

In a survival game, such as a "Last of Us" type setting, I can see it. But I feel thats a little much, and after the second time would be a chore every time you have to gas it up

[b163o1]

I also look at this as you'll be more careful with your cars and not just trash them as you did before, I.E. leaving a car cause you see a car you want to drive in front of you. I wouldn't be surprised if you'd be able to pay to have your car restored, and I'm not talking pay n spray repaired. I'm talking if you drive your car into the water, car blowns up, or just beat up so bad it won't start anymore, you'd be able to have someone pick up and repair your car and have it returned to your garage after some time has passed. IDK R* will surpise us, you can bet on that...

[nveenio]

I wouldn't care if this were true, because new cars are just a gunshot away.

[Northtouch]

Im all for refuelling cars. I would sometimes pretend to do it in GTA4. Sad but true.

[xander70769]

Realism is only good to a certain extent. If this game was really realistic, then once your car ran out of gas an the cops caught up to you, you would be arrested. Then for the next year every time you turn on the game you are sitting in jail until finally you get your day in court. Once convicted, for the next10 years whenever you turn the game on its just your character sitting in a prison cell. You can do push-ups, read books, and take group showers. Because realism.

I'm sorry, but realism is not a good argument for game mechanics all the time. This sounds like it would be nothing more than an annoying nuisance. No thanks.

[DAS692]

CVG says that in an interview with Leslie Benzies they asked and he said no.

[alien626]

Mafia 1 had this and i didnt mind it. it adds to the realism

[Baylex]

In the options menu:
Gas on/off

It should do wonders.. Everyone's happy!! :D

[BLAKHOODe]

Realistic is nice, but if it's down to every detail, why bother playing a game? Just go outside. Although, I guess it would be kinda funny if I robbed a bank, is being chased by the cops in a high speed chase.. and suddenly my car's fuel light comes on and it starts stalling on me, leaving me no choice, but to take on the cops in a grisly gun fight.

[Scholla]

THIS WOULD BE HUGE!!! One of my Top requests for GTA along with windshield wipers and umbrellas.

[SilentNegotiator]

Video games are about fun game mechanics, not realism.

What other impediments should GTA5 have? Toilet breaks? Emission tests?

[Mounce]

It would at least mean that if you're not observant and you're being chased by police and haven't escaped from one vehicle and into another or any sort then your car will run out of gas and make you have to run on foot or get caught.

Definitely adds an awesome sense of realism. That and we know Tow-trucks exist in the game, so if you ran out of gas in the middle of a public road I'd think a tow truck would take it away if you couldn't get a portable jug of gasoline with you in the trunk.

[Ripco_Keller]

How many of you actually keep a car intact long enough to worry about fuel anyway?

[Lulz_Boat]

it's fake, and there ONE SIMPLE REASON FOR THAT.

AIRPLANES

[bunfighterii]

....

ALIENS

[Gster]

I think it does add to the realism, but I don't think R* will make it a frustrating experience for the gamer. They will simulate it so when you do put in a full tank of gas you'll get a few hundred miles before you gotta go back.

[jlukee]

There might actually be some truth to this. If you look at the recent online gameplay trailer and pause it at 2:15 it shows a wesbite for purchasing aircraft, in this case the 'Shamal.'

The description reads:
"At current gas prices, you can fly a shamal coast to coast for just $50,000..."

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

In CVG's recent interview of the Rockstar North President. Leslie Benzies was asked about re-fuelling cars.

How do you decide where to draw the line?

"I'm trying to remember what we did with (filling cars up with petrol). I remember thinking, "Should we do that?" maybe six months ago. I think it just sat in a list of 'Will we do that?' We do all the stuff we have to do first, and then see where we're at; if we get time. But that's such a change for the game that it would take a bigger discussion. It would take a lot more people in the company to decide if something like that was going to go in, because it would change the whole dynamic."

3rd page halfway down
http://www.computerandvideo...

It doesn't look like it, but it you never know!

[Digital-Devil]

Ugh, I hope this is not true. I want to play a videogame to unwind from the real world not having to worry about my videogame car running out of videogame gas. If I wanted the driving mechanic to be more realistic I'd just go out for a drive and waste my own gas.

If it is true then hopefully it won't deplete as fast. Seriously, this gas depletion and weapon degradation mechanic have to go.

[3-4-5]

I bet certain cars have better gas milege

[josephayal]

Re-filing gets boring and repetitive. I am thinking about canceling my GTA V pre-order

[k2d]

I don't know whats more sad - the fact that YOU pre-ordered GTA V or that this will make you cancel said pre-order.

[llMurcielagoll]

Im gonna have to disagree with you on this. I don't mind filling my car with gas every now and then, gives the game a little bit more realism to it, and the suspense of forgetting to refill and being on a mission chased by the fuzz and you're almost out of gas.

[OpenGL]

In Mafia II you had to refuel your car but the frequency with which you had to do it was so rare that it was not an issue.

[kingPoS]

So GTA 5 happens to get a dose of reality in the manner of needing to pump gas. Is that so bad?

[RenegadeRocks]

Lame ! Let us have fun R* ! Why make a fab open world if we can't go crazy in it ????

[showtimefolks]

iamnsuperman

GTA:SA was a lot of fun, you eat more you get fatter and if you run more your gain more stamina

i for one had a lot of fun with that

[Tzuno]

oh the thrill when you are chased by cops and you run out of gas and you must exit the car and run.

[BallsEye]

I'd welcome all the changes to make it more realistic. GTA cops don't give a damn untill it's their car that gets his by you, in any other cases you can just do anything and they'll pass by like nothing ever happened. Fix that!

[sak500]

At all above who are saying it's unnecessary hassle and will not help in immersion. I have a V8 6.0 car in real life and i'm worrying about filling it up every week. If i need more worrying i should start robbing banks in real life not in game.

[-Gespenst-]

This was great in Deadly Premonition, but I'm just not sure how fun it'll feel in GTAV. Deadly Premonition's tone and world just kind of supported all that mundane stuff, and made it fun. Unless GTA has as much character as DP had, I don't know, the refueling thing just seems kind of pointless and annoying.

[Ozmoses]

Deadly Premonition and Mafia II both had fuel gauges and required refills... Mafia II also had speed limits.

I thought it was perfect...

I honestly have envisioned a GTA where the cops actually do cop activities... You know like chase you if you run stop signs and/or red lights... and other various things..

I know with some cars it's hard to obey the rules of the road... but, it would totally add an element if they registered things like speeding and other violations.

[Jeff257]

I too have sometimes wished that the cops were programmed to look out for that kind of stuff. We get the random drivers in GTA IV sometimes just busting through traffic and nothing happens. Also I get tired of trying to keep a car in good order by going with traffic instead of just driving through it and then get honked at by other cars at a red light. Their could be some extra consequences to getting in trouble with the cops in the game. If you do a lot of little things the cops start to know who you are and it will cost you more money to get out each time you get busted. Also with the need in GTA V to recruit more members for heists, how many times you have been busted and for what could be used to sway people one way or the other on whether they work with you or not and how much more it may cost if they think it is high risk.

[Tzuno]

dude your avatar is the most repulsive i have ever seen on this site. no offense.

[josh14399]

Im pretty sure in recent interviews the devs said that this isn't a feature. They said they toyed with idea but didn't implement it.

[Prcko]

i think this feature is in game,because you can steal gas from cars.
anyway, we will find out soon :)

[MidnytRain]

I think players are just gonna jump out and jack a new car rather than find a gas station.

[TrevorPhillips]

I like the idea of this, adds a depth to the game :)

[Prcko]

realism ftw!

[TrevorPhillips]

Exactly! And since money plays a huge role in this, why not use it for filling up petrol am I right :)

[ginsunuva]

Not realism, but it makes sure dumb@sses can't just drive around for hours on end anymore without making money.

Though I suppose they'd just run over people for that.

[NYC_Gamer]

This feature would make the cop/car chases more fun in my opinion

[user7402931]

goddamn right

[vishmarx]

i admit i hadnt thought about that...
highway 100m/h 4 stars and youre running outta gas and nobodys retarded enough to let you carjack either...
yore only option is to either call a friend with a helicopter(f16 should be fine too)or jump right into the ocean filled with sharks and piranhas.....

damnnn....cant come any sooner

[AiirJordann23]

i really don't think this is true, but i would love to have this as a feature. how would you know how much gas you have left? there is no indication in game in car either. so how do you know that you could refuel cars?

[US8F]

I think you would have that on your HUD when driving a car? maybe you can zoom into first person when driving and look at your fuel meter?

[AiirJordann23]

i think that would be alot of work, maybe they customized the HUD, so you couldn't see it

[Prcko]

maybe some hud,who knows
rockstar is always full of secrets

[Hufandpuf]

kinda pointless. And could be annoying. I hate stopping at the gas station in real life, so how's it going to be fun for me in the game?

[SpideySpeakz]

Yep, same thing I was thinking. I wish I had unlimited fuel in my car.

[Bellcross]

This is great, too bad I'll be spending time jacking cars instead of paying for gas lol.

[PFFT]

Make sure to have that tank full before you provoke the cops. Cause running out of gas in between a 5 star cop chase is gonna be a real bitch!

[younglj01]

Lol it would be funny to run out of gas during an heist or police chase...

[Gamesgbkiller]

Mafia II had it.

But I only filled once during the whole game.

I hope its not too realistic.

[manchesterman22]

i can see both views towards this, but in all honesty i would love to have the uncertainty in the game, could you imagine you've just robbed a store, you are running away then you see a car to rob, you get in and its really low on fuel (do you drive with the bit you have, and hope. Or do you get out and run again) I personally don't think it will be in the game but could be a cool feature if it was.

[mr.selfdestruct]

I always thought it would be cool to have a gas amount in my car, but then again my cars usually only last for a few mins before i reck them and blow them up,then jack a new one. soo, really i would hardly ever need to gas up. if they added gasing up the car, it would be cool but not used very often.

[Cyfyxtfg]

YEEESSS I CANT WAIT!!

[Discod99]

Has this been cofirmed? This is the first I'm hearing of it.

[Jeff257]

This could tie into the heists missions. When setting up your escape routes with the getaway vehicle you need to make sure it has plenty of gas to make the trip.

[pr0t0typeknuckles]

I kind of dont like this,it seems annoying by making the game more realistic instead of a game.

[itsRehabTime]

this is fake: Leslie Benzies said so in a interview.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[TrevorPhillips]

The GTAV theme song http://youtu.be/kAwps4bbnIg

[TripC50]

I clicked on the youtube link and then surfed youtube for over an hour without even noticing. Just commenting to let you know that you inadvertently wasted an hour of my life with music,singing dogs, fails and flying rainbow pop tart cats. Thanks a lot.

[TrevorPhillips]

huh? what have you been smoking dude :/

[NaughtyGods]

Wow, is this is real: what a crap song seriously. Oo

[TrevorPhillips]

It's been edited from the original song which sounds better

[MrSwankSinatra]

Retarded, sorry but just because its more realistic doesn't make it good gameplay mechanic.

[HardCover]

It's cool if you don't like it, but don't act like your perspective necessarily matters.

Besides, all they need to do is enable a cheat or toggle in the options. Boom. Problem solved. Everybody can deal with it. Go fuckin' figure.

[MrSwankSinatra]

how about you stop being an ass, if my perspective doesn't matter neither does yours.

[grs20031]

Are you serious? Why do these crap articles make it to N4G? Nothing is wrong with speculation, but to pawn this crap off as factual information is absurd. All of the best info to date has come from R*.

[TheMrMalro]

It's not true. CVG asked Leslie Benzies in an interview and he said it would change the game WAY too much.

[laijka]

I read that article and no, he said nothing to either confirm or deny it.

He did say that it would be a gamechanger, that part you got right, but he only said that because it is a gamechanger it would take a bigger discussion to decide about. He said nothing about it being too big of a change to implement.

[Red_Devilz]

I think it will be FUN! Imagine you are being chased by cops at 5-star wanted level, and - dang - no gas. (of course, for those who want, there is always a cheat code)

[LAWSON72]

Might actually be cool when you think about it. You will be using more cars and having an extra factor that really could change the game for the better. Online multiplayer would be funny, "Hey we need to stop for gas", pulls into gas station then boom some random guy will shoot one bullet and you blw up lol

[DarKnightDave]

What if you could use the gas stations to make molotovs like in chinatown wars. that would be be cool.

[Steezo]

Think I've read an interview recently verifying that this isn't true, although personally, I like the idea as long as there's a balance and it doesn't have to be done too often.

[bromtown]

This isn't true at all. There was an interview with a senior designer at Rockstar and he mentioned refuelling cars, he basically said while it was something they'd considered doing, it would take the player out of the game for example stopping for gas in a police chase would suck and it wouldn't be very GTA-like. However, cars have fuel tanks and can leak petrol.

[laijka]

Unless you're referring another article than this http://www.computerandvideo... he said nothing like that. He said that it would take a bigger discussion to decide whether it should be implemented or not but nothing about it not being GTA-like.

[HarryB]

After a few minutes of yoga I had to put gas in the car....

[fractured74]

Its a good job it's set in america as we would be skint if it was uk fuel price

[Donnywho]

If it's true, it's a bad move. It's not true though.

[Bathyj]

Why are people worried about this. Chances are you'll trash the car and ditch it before it runs out of fuel. Or it will be a drive in automatic thing like spraying cars. I just hope they let you shoot gas tanks again like vice city

[STEWIE_PLAY_PS4]

You know what miss feature? Do respect law traffic???? -_-

[AllroundGamer]

thank god it's fake, too much realism in games make them boring... just like real life :P

[MasterCornholio]

Meh no big deal.

If i run out of gas i will just jack another vehicle.

Problem solved.

But it isnt true so no biggie.

[CocoWolfie]

I doubt itll be that common if its ture and if it is, just steal another :')

[TXIDarkAvenger]

Wow, I hope this is in. I mean, I don't mind if it isn't but it would be awesome if it was. I believe their is a couple of mods out there for GTA IV for fuel.

[TheBurger29]

well considering the way i play i wont have the same car for too long haha

[jjb1981]

Knowing you're running on fumes and being chased by the cops adds to the excitement, just steal another one

[jocomat9]

What if they just made it so when you run out of gas they took money out of your pocket while driving and refueled your car automatically? So you didn't have to physically go to a gas station but it was optional to do so. I think that would work. That way you couldn't drive endlessly but as to how much cash you had on you?

[SaffronCurse]

I like the idea of this when I'm roleplaying. But like on missions, it would just be an annoyance.

[Godlovesgamers]

It's crazy to me that this makes it up to "Hottest" here on N4G. I mean 'refueling cars' is it really that newsworthy?

[bromtown]

Especially since the game almost certainly won't have refuelling. I'd like to see sources because the CVG interview with Leslie Benzies (R* North President) says this on the topic of refuelling

"I'm trying to remember what we did with (filling cars up with petrol). I remember thinking, "Should we do that?" maybe six months ago. I think it just sat in a list of 'Will we do that?' We do all the stuff we have to do first, and then see where we're at; if we get time. But that's such a change for the game that it would take a bigger discussion. It would take a lot more people in the company to decide if something like that was going to go in, because it would change the whole dynamic."

[shadowst17]

please tell me they added indicators as well? i would love that!

[DxTrixterz]

Yeah we need indicators. I remember I had indicators mod for GTA SA. Maybe it was little thing but still awesome. OH and how about getting chased by police when you drive through red light. That would be amazing.

[DxTrixterz]

Finally. This is a great feature. Finally there is a point of gas stations in the game. This definately makes GTA5 little bit more realistic. Now what I would like in GTA 5 is a sitting animation where with a press of a button your character can sit down on any chair,bench,sofa etc. Would be cool to sit down on a bench and look around at pedestrians interacting with each other and watching them drive.

[cunnilumpkin]

can't wait to mod it out of the pc verison

[titans9999]

I wouldn't panic, Just Cause 2 had gas stations, you didn't need to fill up, instead you just needed to blow them up!

[modesign]

its funny people want realistic graphics but they dont want realistic situations, (refualing a car, EATING, SLEEP, Going to the bathroom).

[JunioRS101]

People must have forgotten that GTA games have cheat codes in them... I always use cheats when I'm sandboxin'. I'm sure they will have another all-purpose cheat such as "refill gas, armor, health, ammo, +$100,000"

[alexkoepp]

Probably not required, if you go to a gas station though there is probably a refill animation if you want to do it.

[e-p-ayeaH]

This makes sense adding up in the upcoming Mad Max game but not in a GTA game.

[Truth]

As long as its better than the system in Mafia II then I would be good with it. In a game like GTAV which is continuing in the vein of GTAIV's realism, this makes sense. Plus they could easily turn it off in the settings... Like you could still get gas to add to the experience if you wanted too, but it wasn't necessary.

[claud3]

So not true, makes no sense

[evilhasitsway]

doesn't bother me if true cause I use a mod in gta4 for the same thing just adds more realism to the game.

[2pacalypsenow]

just like Mafia 1 i like this concept

[tweet75]

this would be a cool feature that can be optionally turned on. Maybe something unlockable through finishing the game or through a code.

[TheFamous1]

"There are gamers which want their gaming experience to be as realistic as possible."

Since when the fuck has GTA ever been realistic?

[thinktwice]

it would be cool if there was an inside cockpit view to u swtich to besides the back view of the car while you drive a vehicle. the shit out of that they should add unbrellas windshield wipers the gas idea but have a choice in the in .game options if you want to turn that on or off

[Dfooster]

Prediction: this will be a negative point in gta5 and won't be seen again in gta6

[Galaxy_Legend]

If it is included at all , there should me an option to turn it on/off when ever required.
So that during the story there should be no inturruptions and during random free roam it can be turned on

[InTheZoneAC]

bigger vehicles should have long lasting tanks because their tanks are huge

sportier cars should have smaller tanks, have to refuel more often

I don't mean drive a few blocks and refuel, but have a set trip mileage for each vehicle and make all vehicles have random amounts of fuel, so every car has a random amount of fuel.

definitely would add to pursuits/chases/missions, even force the refuel on enemies.

[shadowmist13]

My cars will explode before I even reach half full hahahah.