You Won't Believe How Mind-Blowing GTA IV Looks With Custom HD Texture Packs & Mods

DSOGaming writes: "GTA V is almost upon us and while the PC version – alongside the Xbox One and the PS4 versions – will feature better visuals than its original version, it’s still unclear whether GTA V vanilla will be able to beat GTA IV modded. And today, we bring you some new images from GTAForums members that will leave you speechless."

[NukaCola]

Looks great. I want to see this on GTA V. IV was so terrible, all the polygons in the universe couldn't save it.

[scark92]

I really enjoyed GTA IV, I completed it twice :O

[BattleReach]

Me too.

Great story, fun shooting and driving, realistic graphics at the time (except for the animations and NPC models).

[AliTheSnake1]

The game didn't come out yet (on PC).
Brace yourselves. Remember how many annoying articles about GTA 4 and skyrim's texture packs and skin mods we've been getting ? well, they're coming back, big time.
The funny thing is that every time one of these article pops up, which still happens every week. The title is usually very similar to this.

[mattdillahunty]

"You won't believe how many articles on GTAIV mods dsogaming has posted since they have nothing else to talk about."

a more accurate headline.

[JackStraw]

still looks like the same old dull gta 4 city, just with more detail. wow!!!!!!

[psman012]

@BattleReach

I found the animations in IV to be fantastic, thanks to NaturalMotion's Euphoria engine. I think IV was one of the first games to actually use it.

As for the mod, the texture quality and water shaders are fantastic, but it's lack of proper lighting and shadows makes it very flat looking.

[Feralkitsune]

Ballad of Gay tony was worlds better than nico's story.

[Alex_Boro]

I loved GTA V but IV was okay. Missions were annoying and repetitive in IV.

[Software_Lover]

Yet it's still ridiculously hard to get over 30fps with this game. Rockstar really did a disservice to the pc community.

[AKS]

This isn't the first time a Rockstar PC game has had some problems.

Max Payne 3 was fine, but most of the GTA games are disproportionately demanding. I had a lot of bizarre resolution problems with some of the older GTA games as well. It seems like there isn't much effort put into optimizing the PC versions of many of their games.

[XtraTrstrL]

Talk about photorealistic.

[xX-StolenSoul-Xx]

Looks pretty damn solid

[ajax17]

Wow. I can't wait to see what they can do with GTA V

[Spotie]

Yes, yes. Mods.

[Paprika]

All this peasant talk Is epic. A guy working in McDonald's can sink 5k into their PC.... while a lawyer owning a ps4 makes him a peasant lol.

Last I was checked, PC's are just over powered with nothing to truly use it with 7 years on and gta 4 looks great sure. I love these images. However I am a gamer, I am in awe of current PC visuals, today.... I am in awe of ff9 on ps3 for looking so good still on my 60" TV.... I still love Mario tennis on n64 over any other pick up and play sports game....

GTA 4 was epic 7 years ago on ps3/360... its been modified by an open platform years later....great! Consoles will always supply sufficient visual prowess for the current time, and will consistently bring classic experiences to us.

[SharnOfTheDEAD]

No Pedestrians though.... looks like a lifeless baron world.

[Dynasty2021]

Mod for a game released years ago makes the game look better than almost any game coming out, and all console games.

*sigh* PC. How I love thee.

[GamingTruth]

all console games? lol

[Daniel_Potter]

Good job, you lost an argument, decided to make up stuff and spread misinformation, insulted me, and blocked.
http://imgur.com/mnXnYcO

[GamingTruth]

misinformation? or truth turned lie by way of pc internet logic and pc internet truth? i'd vote the latter.

[solar]

LOL that is priceless Daniel_Potter!! +1

[wannabe gamer]

i dunno why ppl say this game has performance issues. Ive played it on 4 different PCs i built myself and it always runs fine. with and without mods also i have never had performance issues. this is on low to ultra high end machines too so its not like every PC i tried it on was a Beast.

[marioJP87]

Daaaaaaaamn :-0

[user7402931]

serious question: is this possible on next gen consoles? like a fallout with these graphics?

[GamingTruth]

to me these graphics dont look that great so id say very much so

[Vegamyster]

Probably if you don't mind the game looking like a slide show :p

[Akarogg]

Absolutely.

[Kingdomcome247]

I, admittedly don't know all that much about the technical side of graphics. I,know the terms but I don't have knowledge of their implementation. I, want to learn, but can't get anyone to explain these things. When I say that I can't tell the difference between a native 1080p resolution vs. an upscaled one it's the truth. I, acknowledge there's a difference, but my eyes haven't been trained to see it, nor do I know what to look for. This is akin I imagine to someone who has never had quality beer or wine they don't truly appreciate the difference because their taste buds haven't been trained. These screenshots looks incredible to me, but no-one else seems to be impressed. Why? What am I missing? I'd really appreciate it if someone would explain it to me.

[Jrmy84]

Highly doubtful.

[psuedo]

I did not like the story of GTA 4 that much, but I did like the realistic driving physics. Fun was to be had online.

[user5669510]

Yo you have to admit even though KionicWarlord222 is a troll he's funny as f#ck

[MadBo]

Made me chuckle, especially how quick people are to bite!

[thricetold]

Yes yes its very pretty. Still doesn't change a drab game into some masterpiece. It's no fact but the majority of fans on most forums thought it was a dull boring game. Updated pixels haven't changed it.

Really excited for 5 on pc though, with the improved gameplay I can't wait to see how mods transform the world.

[gigoran]

This story, and more, here LIVE on.... "STUFF WE KNEW 3 YEARS AGO!"

[IVIRxTOMBSTON3]

What I never got was that how can these random modders make the game look THAT GOOD, but R* can't? Why can't they make it look like this on release? I'm very confused =P

[wannabe gamer]

its not that they cant. its that these results you see are not something that can be achieved on any machine so to make it like this would really eliminate a huge amount of customers. plus even if you can run it that doesn't mean it will be stable. pushing the limits like this make crashes and glitches and just overall stability more of a problem. not saying that it cant be played at this quality but its just harder and requires usually a really good PC.
ever wonder why you see screenshots but usually not video of the same thing in action?

[bunfighterii]

Screenshots, but is the game playable like this?

That'd be amazing.

[RondoMachete]

If this is how gaming is going its pure mind blowing...