GTA V PS4/Xbox One Ports Doesn't Have "Tree Animation, Issue With Ocean Rendering"

Grand Theft Auto V on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One looks quite impressive, although a remaster, it's still one of the best looking next-gen title available right now on retail shelves. The game features completely reworked texture, highly detailed character models, 2 times better draw distance and many other graphics/visuals improvement.

[kassler]

It would be interesting to hear what Rockstar says about this, is it a bug?

[GarrusVakarian]

It's either a bug, or Rockstar flat out lied. This is what they said in an interview with IGN:

"Its something as an art team we focus on a lot break up the hard edges, break up the straight lines and you get something much more real. We then updated all our bushes, plants and trees with much, much more detailed equivalents and then worked on a much more advanced wind system so the branches and leaves blow more realistically."

Guess we'll have to wait and see. It's only a small thing, but it definitely effects immersion for some people, myself included.

[RedSoakedSponge]

yeah. considering that quote, it must be just a bug. tbh i didnt really notice, but id imagine with this feature fully working, the game will look even more incredible! hopefully Rockstar are on top of it and bring out a patch asap :)

[MasterCornholio]

Funny thing that the other day i was looking at the trees to see if they moved and they did.

[Tempest317]

I havent paid any attention to the trees, but ocean animations work great for me...ive taken jets and helis across the water and they all animate the way theu should

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

I don't think most people will care.

How's the rest of the game running? Thinking about getting it, but my plate is full as it is and i'm not worried about tree animations at all.

[Stardust260]

There's pop-in, outside of that, it runs as advertised.

[MasterCornholio]

The worst pop in has to be where the fence is for the military base. Other than that it isnt bad at all.

[CernaML]

The frame rate dips are pretty bad when driving around the city.... Kinda weird it only happens during the sunny clear day times. Nights and stormy weather look really nice and run a lot smoother.

[Ps4andxb1]

Xb1 doesnt have framerate drops like the ps4 does.

Its because the xb1 architecture is better at streaming textures.

This is an area where the faster ddr3 comes into play. Gddr 5 is slower at streaming.

[CernaML]

Uh no... The X1 suffers frame dips at driving AND gun fights. If it was a texture streaming issue then the PS4 version wouldnt run a lot smoother during night time driving, driving outside of the city or even in rainy weather. But good job showing how much you dont know what youre talking about.

[Kivespussi]

Pretty noticeable framerate drops on PS4 when driving around fast or flying in helicopters or planes. Same thing on Xbone, not as bad though.

[Nekroo91]

funny thing is that the xbox actually reaches lower framerates even with less vegetation. Go to digital foundry

[Kivespussi]

Eh, since either one of them can keep a stable 30fps it doesn't really even matter.

[1nsomniac]

I'm almost sure that I sat & watched the tree animations on the PS4 when it first released. Some of the views in that game are staggering. Either way I'd be interested in what Rockstar has to say.

[ps5fanboy]

Sure it will be patched.
... games these days,are like a pair of jeans in the 70's....

[Tempest317]

In the 70's they sold pants with holes in them, only to send someone around to peoples houses to patch them up?

[RedDeadLB]

I noticed this in one of the comparison videos between last gen and current gen.

It's most definitely a bug, it'll be sorted out soon.

[josephayal]

i can't wait to play gta tree animation dlc

[Kivespussi]

Hey, don't laugh. Dark Souls 2 will soon release "graphics and more players in multiplayer" -DLC. Tree animation DLC isn't that far fetched.

[susanto1228]

You know the funny thing is that if Skyrim came without tree animation a modder would come in and shoot out a 3 line code to fix this....there is no reason why tree animation should of not been added day one. Call me picky but I noticed this immediately after the first videos of the game surfaced

[WeirdShroom]

Oh fudge, no tree movement??? FOREVER RUINED!

[Psychotica]

Never would have noticed unless someone pointed it out..

[WheatBread]

Im in the backyard and my trees aren't moving either. I guess I need to dl a patch.

[MonkeyOne]

Maybe tree animations kill framerates and developers have to balance features and performance to give users a good overall experience.

Maybe a 1.6 GHZ CPU can't perform miracles.

[McGruff]

You could be right, I was thinking the same thing and with the trees moving that means the shadows from the trees and other vegetation have to be moving as well,probably causing a big performance hit. Hoping that's not the case.

[MonkeyOne]

I would love to see somebody take a PS4 or Xbox One and overclock the CPU from 1.6 GHZ to 3.0 GHZ or higher to see how much more FPS can be pushed at 900p or 1080p

There's been too much emphasis on memory speeds and GPU architectures and not nearly enough discussion of how 1.6 GHZ CPU's can be severe bottlenecks in many cases.

[McGruff]

3.0 Ghz would be sweet but I'm afraid it would probably be too unstable and the Ps4 especially wouldn't be able to cope with the heat generated in that small case, the X1 might fair better but not by much. I would like to see more journalists and articles putting pressure on Sony and MS on the subject of increasing cpu speeds (if only slightly) or at least freeing up more resources for gaming purposes. These console makers also need to drop the idea of these ''all in one'' media center/game consoles and focus more on making a beast console. Sony and Ms should have gone with a fast quad core cpu instead of the slow ass eight.

[Paprika]

Well forget it then.... no tree animation.... refund time! Seeing as its totally impossible to patch this... I'm out!

[McGruff]

I'm very annoyed by it too, maybe they are aware of it and are trying to figure out how to make it work. I have been posting this issue on Rockstar support with no answer. Head over there make some noise about it.

[Ps4andxb1]

This is why consoles are better than pc when it comes to optimisation.

Tree animation is turned off to keep decent fps.

Lets face it, who really even noticed this?

I didnt even know what i was watching until i just went back to read the article.

PC games dont do things like this. All you get is frame drops and microstutter.

Console optimisation for the win.

[Paprika]

That's not a good way to argue for consoles lol, "they just turn it off". Optimisation is key, but static trees are kind of.... bare basics. It will be fixed I'm sure.

[MajorGecko]

i dont understand why they couldnt add animals in GTA Online, I wana go hunting with my friends!!!