Love the fancy graphics of Grand Theft Auto IV but hate the dearth of neon colors and cheap, plentiful cocaine? Keep an eye on Team RAGE's "Vice City Rage" mod -- which brings the Miami flavor to GTA IV -- due this Christmas. Happy birthday, Jesus. We got you a rocket launcher.
Love the fancy graphics of Grand Theft Auto IV but hate the dearth of neon colors and cheap, plentiful cocaine? Keep an eye on Team RAGE's "Vice City Rage" mod -- which brings the Miami flavor to GTA IV -- due this Christmas. Happy birthday, Jesus. We got you a rocket launcher.
Reader Comments (49)
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 10:19PM mguniverse said
OMFG YES.
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 10:30PM Gmail Calendar Rep said
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 10:30PM Doctalen said
I read "GTA 5 GOES TO VICE CITY" then i re-read and was sad. This is cool though
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 10:57PM TheRepublic said
@Doctalen
At this point, GTA5 could be in Amish towns or nursing homes and I would still be super excited...
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At this point, GTA5 could be in Amish towns or nursing homes and I would still be super excited...
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 2:42AM Stevetrop Man of Mystery said
@TheRepublic
A Grand Theft Amish would be pretty sweet.
All the excited me of stealing horse drawn carriages, kicking over butter churns, or looking at racy pictures of girls ankles in the game.
This ain't no Amish Paradise....
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A Grand Theft Amish would be pretty sweet.
All the excited me of stealing horse drawn carriages, kicking over butter churns, or looking at racy pictures of girls ankles in the game.
This ain't no Amish Paradise....
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 6:20AM (Unverified) said
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 10:31PM Paulthewall said
Awesome!
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 10:35PM 2late2die said
Haha, that is awesome. Now just give it the same graphical overhaul as that other game and it'll be perfect :D
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 3:20AM Cole Phelps said
@2late2die Maaan, nearlife graphics in Vice CIty would make me drool all over my tastatur. Siden dere ikke kan norsk er det jo alltid morro og slenge på litt så dere kan lure ;)
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Posted: Sep 7th 2011 10:37PM Wompdevil said
Wow! Just... wow!!
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 10:38PM Entegy said
This sort of thing is why I always get GTA on PC. Really wanna try this.
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 11:01PM HighFiveJesus said
@Entegy
Same! Modding new shiny high resolution cars, text changing names to the actual names of cars, streets, neighborhoods ect they clearly are a parody of, and plenty of other stuff always makes that decision easy.
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Same! Modding new shiny high resolution cars, text changing names to the actual names of cars, streets, neighborhoods ect they clearly are a parody of, and plenty of other stuff always makes that decision easy.
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 10:45PM Gibbeynator said
This sounds awesome... but then I remember the driving physics of GTA4, and I just don't want to do that to Vice City...
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 11:04PM PedoJokerBear said
@Gibbeynator
Whats wrong with the driving physics?
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Whats wrong with the driving physics?
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 4:47AM PN04 said
@Theneverendingsoda
There's nothing wrong with the driving physics they just enhanced the level of detail to the same level as the world around them. it still feels like GTA just with the added flavor of being ejected through the front window of your car in a high speed crash. You want to talk about crappy handling, go play Driver: San Francisco then comeback, you'll long for GTA4's physics.
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There's nothing wrong with the driving physics they just enhanced the level of detail to the same level as the world around them. it still feels like GTA just with the added flavor of being ejected through the front window of your car in a high speed crash. You want to talk about crappy handling, go play Driver: San Francisco then comeback, you'll long for GTA4's physics.
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 6:26AM (Unverified) said
@PN04
i too love my GTA IV the way it is. And there still is Saints Row for "arcadey over the top" stuff
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i too love my GTA IV the way it is. And there still is Saints Row for "arcadey over the top" stuff
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 10:46PM stupidmop said
Is it just me or does that look like the exact same graphics from the original?
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 4:50AM PN04 said
@stupidmop
That's cause they are... you dont think they actually went and remodeled and reskinned the entire game for free do you? That'd be ridiculous! It's basically "Vice City HD"; same geometry and textures just rendered at high res in the GTA4 engine.
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That's cause they are... you dont think they actually went and remodeled and reskinned the entire game for free do you? That'd be ridiculous! It's basically "Vice City HD"; same geometry and textures just rendered at high res in the GTA4 engine.
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 10:22AM Dick Socrates said
@PN04 Hi-Res? The oroginal on PC already ran in high resolutions. The only thing doing this does is improve the lighting. But overall, it looks worse because the enhanced animations look out of place in that PS2 era world, and the transitions from low detail to high detail buildings is actually worse than it was originally.
I wonder how far into the project they were before they realised it was pointless?
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I wonder how far into the project they were before they realised it was pointless?
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 10:51PM DanteSparda504 said
If only it was San Andreas....
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 11:04PM ansalon929 said
@DanteSparda504
http://emgn.com/626/the-gta-iv-mod-that-makes-it-san-andreas/
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http://emgn.com/626/the-gta-iv-mod-that-makes-it-san-andreas/
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 11:15PM ansalon929 said
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 11:04PM (Unverified) said
You had me at Cutting Crew.
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 11:10PM XeroAF said
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4n068_snl-i-just-died-in-your-arms-tonigh_fun
reminded me of this SNL clip right away, haha.
reminded me of this SNL clip right away, haha.
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 11:12PM FippyX said
These graphics look just like the original...
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 12:21AM GundamMKII said
@FippyX Thats because if you look closely, it's the same textures from GTA: Vice City for PC.
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Posted: Sep 7th 2011 11:31PM Mr Hett said
♫ And so this is Christmas... ♫
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 11:42PM The 7th Number said
Wait a minute, everyone complained that Rockstar took all the fun out of GTA when they made GTA IV. So people are excited about a boring version of the original Vice City?
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 1:46AM DougKaplan said
@The 7th Number
I hated the new engine in GTA 4, it made it way too realistic, I love the graphics but gameplay was so much better in the GTA 3 series of games so I'd rather go back and play those than a GTA 4 version of Vice City (or San Andreas) with the much better controls
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I hated the new engine in GTA 4, it made it way too realistic, I love the graphics but gameplay was so much better in the GTA 3 series of games so I'd rather go back and play those than a GTA 4 version of Vice City (or San Andreas) with the much better controls
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 2:17AM nerdydesi1 said
God bless mods.
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 4:51AM (Unverified) said
Awesome!
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 7:57AM LuckyFlaming said
Glad to see that the grand theft auto mods community is still alive.
Who knows what they will come up next?
Who knows what they will come up next?
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 8:52AM Samutz said
This will probably end up dead like all the other "we put the city and stuff from GTA____ and put it in to the GTA____ engine". Very few mods have actually gotten as far as converting missions, traffic, ped paths, etc. This video appears to just have the map and cars done. You don't see any traffic, peds, or weapons. That may be the Christmas 2011 goal, but then you just have a map to drive around in with the GTA4 engine.
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 9:10AM blacksad said
Wicked awesome mod! Good job! :D
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 9:59AM noodless said
for me, i prefer the vice city settings more than the modern liberty city settings. it just feels right and so relaxing. i dunno, mayb i just miss the past. how i love the 80's. now i feel old.
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 10:03AM Thiago123 said
Looks cool, but the music for the trailer should have been Flock of Seagulls. That was an epic commercial for the original.
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 10:28AM Dick Socrates said
Pros:
- Improved lighting
- Improved animations
Cons:
- Glitchy low to high detail transitions on buildings, worse than in original game
- Higher detailed animations look out of place in this era PS2 world
- Improved lighting looks out of place in this era PS2 world.
- Removal of the seaplane as it's not supported by the GTAIV engine
Did they stop to think at all before they started if there was any point in doing this? Using ENBSeries already improves the lighting. This mod serves quite literally no purpose and introduces new problems. An improved texture mod would have been a far better use of time.
- Improved lighting
- Improved animations
Cons:
- Glitchy low to high detail transitions on buildings, worse than in original game
- Higher detailed animations look out of place in this era PS2 world
- Improved lighting looks out of place in this era PS2 world.
- Removal of the seaplane as it's not supported by the GTAIV engine
Did they stop to think at all before they started if there was any point in doing this? Using ENBSeries already improves the lighting. This mod serves quite literally no purpose and introduces new problems. An improved texture mod would have been a far better use of time.
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 10:39AM The Albatross said
You know what's not going to come out this Christmas?
This.
And when it does come out, it will probably just be a map with spawnable cars.
The San Andreas Rage project looked the most promising, but again, probably will never be released.
This.
And when it does come out, it will probably just be a map with spawnable cars.
The San Andreas Rage project looked the most promising, but again, probably will never be released.
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 5:09PM reed1234500 said
@The Albatross They have released a beta and patch #1 for GTA IV San Andreas...
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Posted: Sep 8th 2011 10:53AM onlyonthurs said
"Happy birthday, Jesus. We got you a rocket launcher."
this line is filled with win.........
this line is filled with win.........
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 6:39PM Frez said
It looks like they just imported all the models and such straight out of Vice City. Which you know, would be illegal to release.
I don't see this lasting.
I don't see this lasting.
Posted: Sep 8th 2011 10:37PM mrlewis said
yo dawg i heard you like gta so i put gta in yo gta so you can crash cars while you crash cars.
