Fan-made GTA: San Andreas Unreal Engine 5 remake blows Definitive Edition away

A reimagined Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in Unreal Engine 5 makes the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy Definitive Edition fiasco look even worse.

[porkChop]

Wow that looks far better than what we actually got.

[ClayRules2012]

Indeed, it does.

[Eidolon]

They didn't give us a remake, just a trash remaster.

[Retroman]

It's a "Damn" Shame fans make games "Better" than developers lazy SOB.
Other day on YouTube fan remade Need for Speed Mostwanted (2005)
Beautiful, just beautiful.

[darksky]

My prediction is that even GTA6 won't look as good as this.

[ClayRules2012]

Hmmm, I’m thinking your prediction won’t come true. Rockstar’s engine and their work on display in the likes of RDR2 can still compete and in some areas beat other open world games nowadays, alongside story driven linear games.

This does look amazing, as did RDR2 in Unreal Engine 5 (that one was unbelievable) but when the time comes, I believe (even though I don’t much trust Rockstar as of late, for various reasons) that they’ll still deliver an incredible looking, living/breathing world, that blows are expectations outta the water with GTA6. Visually speaking and with attention to detail.

Now, whether Rockstar go weak in the knees and pull back on offending anyone and everyone (as they’ve done with GTA’s in the past) that I’m worried about and think they might dial it down, which is sad to see. But time will tell.

[ABizzel1]

Rockstar has been iffy. We see where the Rage Engine can be pushed with mods with every release, but Rockstar builds their games to run on a slightly lower than console spec so that their games can sell and appeal to tens / over a hundred million gamers.

As much as GTA is a game, it's also a benchmark for scalability, so Rockstar could very well push GTA6 to be a huge improvement over the decade long GTAV releases, but it also could be on par with best of cross-gen graphics. There are things here that the base console simply can't replicate in a full open-world game (mainly the quality of texture work in some scenes), but overall they should very well be able to produce something that's similar in quality, less in some areas (Weather effects / RT reflections), and much better in others (character models / buildings).

[porkChop]

Eh... GTA V was a huge jump from GTA IV. RDR 2 was an even bigger jump from GTA V. I think skipping an entire gen, and with raytracing and all the other new tech there's no way GTA VI isn't a massive jump graphically from GTA V. Rockstar may take far too long to release games but no one can deny their attention to detail and pushing the technological boundaries with each new game.

[ClayRules2012]

Well said. Really, when looking at the jump from GTA5 to RDR2, I’m in disbelief, because that jump is mind blowing. RDR2 still blows me away today, with the rich details in animation, world detail, the living breathing world, and the dialogue that NPC’s have with Arthur or one another.

Trying to pinpoint how the team will evolve this and possibly “Revolutionize” the industry forward AGAIN lol, I just don’t know. I question if they can (knowing some big names have left, but I also do know there’s still some insanely talented people there. But still, I just don’t know.

I wanna see real destruction (with like Tornadoes or Hurricanes) not sure how they’d go about that in terms of story etc...but a weather system that could really damage the world around you, all in real time, that’d be awesome and frightening haha. Your in a car chase and 75-85 mile an hour winds blow you all over the road, possibility of your car flipping, run for cover, but the open area becomes dangerous now...BAM Stop sign to the face “WASTED”😂😂

Just something that makes the player use strategy in those situations, as you would in real life, but make it fun and interesting, since we are playing a game after all. But real life elements to some degree come in.

[ABizzel1]

@Clay

The reason why it's such a big jump is because GTAV has had so many releases that people forget at it's core GTAV is a PS360 game, not a PS4/XBO. And it's SIGNIFICANTLY easier to render impressive-looking forested environments than it is to render impressive-looking urban environments.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

1000x better than the official product in my opinion

[MrChow666]

it's not even a product...just a couple of static models

[SierraGuy]

Even then it looks meh.

[XxINFERNUSxX]

At this point I rather give money to fans, than the actually devs. As usual the fans always get it. I wouldn't even take GTA: The Trilogy Definitive Edition for free torrent or if it was given to me. This is what the Definitive Edition is worth: 💩💩💩

[frostypants]

No fan is actually going to remake the game like this. You got fooled by clickbait.

[moongrim]

it's easy to make a video showcasing a few characters walking around doing absolutely nothing with zero gameplay

[ApocalypseShadow]

Agreed. But DAYUM! That looks good.

It's too bad you can't take old games, throw them into a new game engine, sprinkle a little special sauce, cook for 15 minutes and it comes out all brand new and current.

I'd throw Syphon Filter and Tenchu in there right quick.

[SierraGuy]

In slow motion none the less 😂

[frostypants]

Making a fake trailer in UE5 is not a "remake".

[badz149]

I now have kinda uneasy feeling that with more and more devs opting for UE5, games graphics are going to look very similar again between games just like it was during the PS3/360 gen with UE3. tell me if this graphic is not something you haven't seen from somewhere...the new Saints Row comes to mind

[Flawlessmic]

I definitely understand ur concern there, i was dissapointed to hear cdpr switched to ue5 instead of upgrading there red engine.

At the very least its safe to say sonys games will run on in house engines as usual, as will majority of ms games hopefully.

But yea 3rd party wise i can see a lot of devs using this hence like u said a lot of games looking all thr same.

[SierraGuy]

Not only do they look the same...they feel the same.

[Ninver]

Shame this will amount to nothing. All glamour and glitz. No full game with improved gameplay mechanics

[DreadfulHero]

Well, the Definitive Edition WASN'T supposed to be a remake, so the comparison is silly. It was a remaster, which meant it was still going to be the original PS2-era looking game. What it wasn't supposed to be was a broken mess with textures pulled straight from the mobile versions with a bunch of songs missing because of expired licensing deals.

[TheColbertinator]

I like the remakes that fans make but I always find 3 problems

1. The floors and streets always look super wet.
2. The animations and motions are never updated
3. When they are close to releasing even a portion of the fan remake, Rockstar Games orders a cease and desist

[got_dam]

This looks way too good to believe T2 won't club it in the cradle with the mightiest of banhammers.

[MocBistro]

My PC smoked just from watching this video

[Lionsguard]

Well duh, the official definitive edition looks like was it quickly put through some sort of AI to sort out and was packed off to make a quick buck from all the suckers. It's the only explanation as to how stupid some of those bugs that made it into the game. This took actual work, something Rockstar is not keen on doing for a cash grab.

[Brutus83]

Yes, its very easy to make a nice little pre-rendered, pre-scripted 2 minute trailer for an awesome game when you already have the models, maps etc. to build on and refine. Try making it work in actual gameplay with random events happening etc. It even frame dropped at the end when it was panning to the 'gameplay'

Its a nice looking trailer and that's about it.

[RosweeSon]

Course it does as that actually gave it some time and effort that definitive edition was a joke glad I’ve not bought it just dabbled through ps+ glitchy as beep and broken they should be ashamed

[M3talDiamond]

Although it looks impressive the creator of this video doesnt deserve full credit because the Carl Johnson character model and environment assets were created by other 3d artists. Just saying

[SDuck]

Damn, it even includes an easter egg for the Trilogy remake at 0:55! (I'll spare you, it's trash)