Only when you take a close look like this the true insane levels of detail in GTA can be realised, It's crazy that inidivual people made these thousands of niche assets 99% of players wont give a 2nd thought about.
What's crazy to me is that they have such big teams AND they take so long to develop. I'm not the biggest Rockstar fan in the world, but there is nobody doing what they're doing in the industry today. I'm super curious to just see GTA 6 and the scope of its world.
Mate... this guy is just doing a great job at looking at real stuff and looking at details. the creators just copied and pasted what real life has to offer... stop glazing on good but not THE PERFECT game.
For people familiar with LA, a lot of the locations in GTA5 are downright uncanny. Of course the major buildings are represented, but I even recognized many of the intersections you show in the video.
You reminded me of San Francisco in Watch Dogs 2. I heard that's SUPER accurate to the real city. I've only played one game that recreated a place I lived. It really is wild to just see places digitally that you've actually visited in real life.
The map feels uncanny regardless like how you feel so small walking when the city is like 80% road and the hoods cut into the business district so abruptly or that the map is literally composed mostly of empty warehouse but I suppose it is things they make fun of La for.
I was born and raised in Los Angeles so seeing the world brought to life in such a way has always been a treat. As excited as I am for Vice City, I know I'll miss Los Santos.
Im from long island and i hope they return to liberty city one day and go way overboard on the surrounding areas. Id be thrilled to find a district modeled after the hamptons where ive worked or something like that.
GTA 4 was originally supposed to feature where you are but they decided to just do the city instead and make that extremely detailed.@@thefinalkayakboss
How nice of Pretzel to bring attention to such a small indie game as Grand Theft Auto V. Snark aside, my "weird hidden detail" experience I had with this game back in the ps3 version was walking in a Shopping street near one of the hospitals/train/bus terminal (the one where you control Chop in a mission). Each shop has those advertisings on the awnings with phone numbers you can actually call (in-game) and get different responses to. One of them has a nice elevator music that got me entertained for a few minutes.
Use to live in cali in 2011 I was surprised when gta 5 released it felt like a real 1 for 1 scale of LA, rockstar really nailed the west coast feel and look with the tech that was available
I find it so strange. The world of GTA looks so realistic so detailed to such a absurd extent but it only takes a little looking to find a underbelly of intense parody and comedy on real life. I like it.
That's something I kinda forgot about until my most recent playthrough, about how in-your-face it is with it's parody and satire. I wonder how much GTA6 will lean into that as well...
Not to mention about the parodies of brands, commercials, and radio station commentaries that lighten up the dark, criminal underbelly of the GTA world.
I never really realized how cool and detailed the in-game internet is. I love how Rockstar devs put so much effort into their games, I really cant wait to explore GTA VI and discover all the new things in there also, really cool video, it was well written and very interesting to watch
God, I loved this video. I didn't think many people just stopped and appreciated Rockstar's immaculate world design. You should do RDR2! There's so much detail in even the furthest of places, it's so impressive.
It’s a miracle that this game could run on an Xbox 360. They originally planned to have more trees and nature/details, but had to cut and minimise them due to hardware limitations.
And oddly enough, even though they improved the vegetation, not even the PS4 or PS5 version had the original nature/details from the first trailers. Kinda sad... but i bet there is PC mods for that.
1:28 This is something I would do occasionally in IV and V. I love to take in the city vibe because I do that IRL too. IV is arguably more interactive for pedestrians because some buildings are enterable immune V, but V has a much brighter tone (considering the theme of the game isn't as depressing as IV). I'm excited for VI and I can't wait to explore Vice City on foot (and rumors claim it will have more enterable buildings than previous GTA).
I was thinking “he needs to come back and do the fake internet” and then you did it. I’d love to see another video on this game the details are wild. Even tide is simulated.
Really? The wiki has a trivia section saying: "The addition of the bank's interior after the Heists Update marks one of the only occasions in which a newly added location in GTA Online has become available in GTA V as well. This allows the bank to be one of the few new GTA Online locations to be readily accessible in Director Mode." Is that just a lie?
@@PretzelYTit does work in director mode, yes. I remember when I was younger I'd play director mode and pretend to Rob the Pacific standard bank, used to record and edit it, I was obsessed.
I'm waiting for a nice discount on the game + the expansion. It's definitely on my radar though! It seems super cool these days, especially with all the patches its had.
This might be an unpopular opinion but i think R* truly did a stellar job with the map given the limitations of the PS3 and Xbox 360.Such a shame they didn't give us more interiors later on with new versions of the game though.
Please keep doing these deep dive videos into the unseen backstreets and unnoticed minutiae. You have me hooked lol I can't wait for your gta 6 videos 😊
I love how meta your approach is. You literally capture the video-watching and audio-only segments. I put your videos on while I'm playing the games you talk about just to listen to your commentary in the background. Sometimes I'll window switch over to the video for a specific segment, but most of the time I just have you playing in the background with the game tracks backing you and the main game music muted.
Los Santos has a strong resemblance to LA and Santa Monica in real life. You can tell its a super condensed though, lots of streets and places are missing but when you drive on a street that is from GTA 5 you instantly recognize it. Rockstar did such a good job with actually creating a mini LA
You actually can enter the lobby when normally completing the mission, when you leave the lifeinvader office you can exit through the lobby and the receptionist will even buzz you out. I've always done this in my playthroughs because its a quicker exit from the stairs than the back exit.
Finding out gta 6 is dropping so soon is really making me appreciate and love los santos more than ever, it actually feels like im proper moving citys soon
I think what’s so weird about the dog picture at 9:00 is that the floor and wall in the picture line up with the table and wall, making it look like an empty frame with a dog in it
I did the same thing. I would turn on first person mode and just walk and walk around the city, especially kinda suburban residential areas, and look around.
I love this video man. I thought i was the only one who stops and just walk around, slowly take in and notice things about the world, the environment and sound design. Noticing unique uninteresting/obscure areas
This video deserves a part 2, because there are so many more both iconic and less glamorous locations you didn't cover. Iconic: the pier, the sidewalk of fame with names of famous actors imprinted on them, Vespucci canals, the one pedestrianised street in all of Los Santos, etc. Less glamorous: homeless gathering spots like the area beneath the highway 4-way interchange, a commune at the northern tip of the map with explicit anti-capitalist messaging, the "beam me up" hippie commune in Blaine county, etc.
Was the door to the vault locked on 360/ps3? I thought the glitch was only needed in Online? Stand on top of the vault "cage", accept a job from a contact (like Simeon), or just join Titan of a Job, and then quit out and you spawn inside the cage. I thought it was just unlocked in story mode.
I never even knew about Pacific Standard! 10 years later and this game STILL has new content for me. That's why I love GTA V. I've been playing it on and off since a few months after it came out ( I was like, 4 ) and nearly each and every time I boot it up there's SOMETHING new.
UA-cam’s algorithm has worked wonders in pointing me to your channel. As a long time lover of GTA I’ve completed III, VC, SA and V but I skipped IV. I haven’t played anything in about a decade though, however this stopped today after delving into your channel a bit deeper. I’ve restarted GTA SA on iPad so I can play it on my breaks at work.
This is one of my favorite things to do in any GTA game, so seeing such a detailed and thorough video about it pop up in my recommended feed was cool. I love the detail on the corkboard in the LifeInvader office; that's one of my favorite little details. It really makes the world seem more fleshed out and "lived in", and I love that.
Interesting! I watched your Garrys Mod video almost exactly a year ago, and love this type of explorative essays, focusing on sometimes overlooked details; unfinished out of bounds or underappreciated areas in e.g. Cyberpunk or Half-Life; essays on architecture, employment rates, or e.g. woodworking in Skyrim. And hour long quiet night walks or drives through virtual worlds, too! I'm not sure if someone else had a commented "Virtual Sightseeing" tour just like this one, but might've been you. I made sure to subscribe this time, cause I noticed I got a lot to watch! Really lovely, cozy content, and thank you so much! Greetings from my couch with a blanket and hot cocoa, snowy lands behind the window. This is just perfect for that mood.
Brother I love your videos and have just subscribed! I really dig your style, you seem to have class and you're not trashy and generic in any way. I love how you keep using Final Fantasy music too, mostly from VIII. It would be great if you could make a video on the PS1 era Final Fantasy world maps. The world maps from 7, 8 and 9 have great little areas. Secret caves, draw points, dig points? I think you could make a great video!
I switched accounts to one I can actually comment on because I’ve been binging all your videos on my other account and your production quality is insaaaaaaaaane, Really brilliant stuff pretsel fr
It's interesting you point out the gas station doors as having that iconic look with the stickers and shutters. Ive only ever been in one gas station that looked like that in my entire life, but I know the look is commonplace for cities as seen in movies and other media.
I went to america in 2020 and the LA airport was the last place I saw before leaving (for obvious reasons), and I remember after coming home I loaded up GTA and went there and it was super surreal now haha
I stopped playing that game around release when my roommate accidentally deleted my save and the only save I could revert to was like 20 hours behind 😭 I need to give it another chance someday. I'm not a HUGE western fan, but that game does have some attention to detail that's hard to ignore.
The LAPD uses the LSPDFR Mod to train their dispatchers. I can tell you from personal experience the mod nails it... some of the dispatch codes do work in the IRL software.
Another interesting spot downtown is the hospital that opens for one side mission as Trevor, it's only a few rooms and the location stays open for a very short period of time, still fun to explore
It is truly insane just how detailed this game is, *especially when you consider that it was originally released for game consoles released in 2005 and 2006.
Salt and Sauce is a reference to Edinburgh, where Rockstar is based. Unlike the rest of the UK, where “salt and vinegar” is the default for your fish and chips, in Edinburgh you’ll be asked if you want “salt and sauce”. The sauce is like a mix of HP brown sauce and vinegar. Obviously in the UK we have salt and vinegar as crisp flavours, but not salt and sauce, so the inclusion in the vending machine is obviously a little nod to the local delicacy.
Thanks so much for uploading this. This stuff is right up my alley and you even include subtitles, it's amazing. Again, thank you. Also I'd try the big cheese chips cus that's what I call my bf lol
I had thought about including that section of the map, but decided to really focus on the urban vs rural areas. Both the bottom and upper half of the city kinda fit that "urban streets" vibe compared to the desolate and spread out Blaine county. Now that you bring it up though, I feel bad leaving Franklin and his side of the map out of it😭 It does have a vibe that the area around Michael's house and Trevor's house don't. If I make another video on the game, I'll give him justice.
In Michael's bathroom, there is a toothpaste with the brand "CJ's Toothpaste" likely just an easter egg to GTA SA, but the lore implications of this indicates that CJ started a Toothpaste brand
I'm surprised you didn't mention the weird architecture of Michael's house. There are windows on the front of the house, just right of the front door, but inside, there aren't? There should be windows where the books are in the living room. There's actually almsot enough room for another whole room between the windows and the booksshelf, but there's no door?
Pretty crazy that we're less than a week away from seeing GTA 6 after 10 long years. Can't wait to see how much detail they packed into it compared to GTA 5, hopefully another huge leap for open world titles.
This one was pretty disappointing when I came back to replay it a couple of months ago. The bank was one of the few places I discovered that I hadn’t before. The lack of things that you can interact with in this game is the main problem. Not just the same cut and paste mini games spread everywhere through the map but I miss the interiors, street vendors, buskers
The reason that Sandy Shores is so dilapidated is that it resembles the Salton Sea area of SoCal. Check out some of the stories about the rise and fall of the Salton Sea as a resort area.
Trevor's trailer changes during the games story. I think it's the only room that has the most changes beside Trevor's apartments and Jimmy's and his sisters room.
The thing I can't get over is that while this game came out in 2013, it was designed to be able to run on systems which came out in the mid 2000's. The fact that it's as good as it is despite that speaks to how talented Rockstar is.
Other interesting and weird places: the completely empty tunnel that cuts through Mount Chilliad, connecting roads on which, as far as I know, no NPC ever drives on the hills around Mount Gordo (the one with the ghost), there are a bunch of hiking trails here, I think some NPCs sometimes walk there, other than that, nothing of interest the abandoned mine shaft the sewage tunnels under the city the huge sea cave on the west side of the map, a small cave in one of the mountains various empty islands in the ocean the bottom of the ocean (ship wrecks, plane wrecks, a UFO, remains of constructions, but also underwater life, etc.) the Altruist camp the Lost MC clubhouse the accessible Tequilla-La bar the Playboy mansion Franklin's mansion changing over the game, full of boxes after he moves in, later with stuff unpacked, pictures hanged, etc. along with the Internet, there's also the radio, TV and movie theatres, all full of different content so many details, such as names of businesses and other funny signs There's way more, the game has an insane amount of details.
Only when you take a close look like this the true insane levels of detail in GTA can be realised, It's crazy that inidivual people made these thousands of niche assets 99% of players wont give a 2nd thought about.
What's crazy to me is that they have such big teams AND they take so long to develop. I'm not the biggest Rockstar fan in the world, but there is nobody doing what they're doing in the industry today. I'm super curious to just see GTA 6 and the scope of its world.
Didn’t expect grrt here
@@PretzelYTI’d love to just walk around Vice City and take in all the atmosphere when it launches
Mate... this guy is just doing a great job at looking at real stuff and looking at details. the creators just copied and pasted what real life has to offer... stop glazing on good but not THE PERFECT game.
Grrt jumpscare
For people familiar with LA, a lot of the locations in GTA5 are downright uncanny. Of course the major buildings are represented, but I even recognized many of the intersections you show in the video.
You reminded me of San Francisco in Watch Dogs 2. I heard that's SUPER accurate to the real city.
I've only played one game that recreated a place I lived. It really is wild to just see places digitally that you've actually visited in real life.
I live in LA and I LOVE this game for that uncanny feeling. Especially the bridge to the side of Lester's factory that goes back to the city
@@tonyhinojosa666yess it’s cool knowing i lived by those bridges irl
i live in NYC gta 4 is the same way there are things only people from NYC would notice
The map feels uncanny regardless like how you feel so small walking when the city is like 80% road and the hoods cut into the business district so abruptly or that the map is literally composed mostly of empty warehouse but I suppose it is things they make fun of La for.
I was born and raised in Los Angeles so seeing the world brought to life in such a way has always been a treat. As excited as I am for Vice City, I know I'll miss Los Santos.
Im from long island and i hope they return to liberty city one day and go way overboard on the surrounding areas. Id be thrilled to find a district modeled after the hamptons where ive worked or something like that.
Miss? We've been trapped here for 10 fucking years.
GTA 4 was originally supposed to feature where you are but they decided to just do the city instead and make that extremely detailed.@@thefinalkayakboss
Have you ever played True Crime: Streets of LA?
Raised in Broward and then moved to Miami/Dade for a few years before moving up to New England.
Very excited to go back to Miami!
How nice of Pretzel to bring attention to such a small indie game as Grand Theft Auto V.
Snark aside, my "weird hidden detail" experience I had with this game back in the ps3 version was walking in a Shopping street near one of the hospitals/train/bus terminal (the one where you control Chop in a mission). Each shop has those advertisings on the awnings with phone numbers you can actually call (in-game) and get different responses to. One of them has a nice elevator music that got me entertained for a few minutes.
I am proud to give upcoming indie developers the platform their games deserve 🫡
Use to live in cali in 2011 I was surprised when gta 5 released it felt like a real 1 for 1 scale of LA, rockstar really nailed the west coast feel and look with the tech that was available
I find it so strange. The world of GTA looks so realistic so detailed to such a absurd extent but it only takes a little looking to find a underbelly of intense parody and comedy on real life. I like it.
That's something I kinda forgot about until my most recent playthrough, about how in-your-face it is with it's parody and satire. I wonder how much GTA6 will lean into that as well...
Not to mention about the parodies of brands, commercials, and radio station commentaries that lighten up the dark, criminal underbelly of the GTA world.
I never really realized how cool and detailed the in-game internet is. I love how Rockstar devs put so much effort into their games, I really cant wait to explore GTA VI and discover all the new things in there
also, really cool video, it was well written and very interesting to watch
@@GalacticFoxCat It will, 1 to almost 2 years after the console version, but it'll.
My favorite in game website is the one with that woman that can read the future, there are some funny dialogues with all 3 protagonists with her.
God, I loved this video. I didn't think many people just stopped and appreciated Rockstar's immaculate world design. You should do RDR2! There's so much detail in even the furthest of places, it's so impressive.
It’s a miracle that this game could run on an Xbox 360. They originally planned to have more trees and nature/details, but had to cut and minimise them due to hardware limitations.
And oddly enough, even though they improved the vegetation, not even the PS4 or PS5 version had the original nature/details from the first trailers. Kinda sad... but i bet there is PC mods for that.
@@SuperGeronimo999 that's rockstar for ya..
Terrific video. Quality Rockstar map analyses are disappointingly sparse on UA-cam. Glad I found your channel, right up my alley!
This dude makes my day when he uploads. Kudos Pretzel
1:28 This is something I would do occasionally in IV and V. I love to take in the city vibe because I do that IRL too. IV is arguably more interactive for pedestrians because some buildings are enterable immune V, but V has a much brighter tone (considering the theme of the game isn't as depressing as IV).
I'm excited for VI and I can't wait to explore Vice City on foot (and rumors claim it will have more enterable buildings than previous GTA).
*enterable unlike V. Keyboard autocorrect got wayy off
I was thinking “he needs to come back and do the fake internet” and then you did it. I’d love to see another video on this game the details are wild. Even tide is simulated.
7:00 No, this interior was always accessible in the game. It was just only actually utilized much later when the original heist update came out
Really? The wiki has a trivia section saying:
"The addition of the bank's interior after the Heists Update marks one of the only occasions in which a newly added location in GTA Online has become available in GTA V as well. This allows the bank to be one of the few new GTA Online locations to be readily accessible in Director Mode."
Is that just a lie?
@@PretzelYTit does work in director mode, yes. I remember when I was younger I'd play director mode and pretend to Rob the Pacific standard bank, used to record and edit it, I was obsessed.
@@PretzelYTidk, I do remember seeing this bank before the update. Gotta look for some footage
@@PretzelYT
There's a 10 year ago footage of Pacific Standard. Update did drop 2 later
ua-cam.com/video/FiVQHbsYwX8/v-deo.htmlsi=ITeUjokTPRfx9tjv
@@PretzelYTIf you search 2013 enterable bank GTA 5 or something along those lines you will find examples of it before the heist update as well
Cyberpunk 2077’s Night City is incredible too. Would love a video on that
I'm waiting for a nice discount on the game + the expansion. It's definitely on my radar though! It seems super cool these days, especially with all the patches its had.
@@PretzelYT I’ve got both. Even on low end hardware it’s still pretty good (SSD required tho)
@@FluffyGoat91515 No one can stop me from running the game on a hard drive
@@nottoofast It’ll run, but for Phantom Liberty the system requirements ask for an SSD
This might be an unpopular opinion but i think R* truly did a stellar job with the map given the limitations of the PS3 and Xbox 360.Such a shame they didn't give us more interiors later on with new versions of the game though.
100% agree
GTA IV had a fake UA-cam called ElectricTit. And they even made fun of the Viacom vs UA-cam thing that basically gave us the Content ID System.
Please keep doing these deep dive videos into the unseen backstreets and unnoticed minutiae. You have me hooked lol I can't wait for your gta 6 videos 😊
2:00 technically beautiful ❤️😂😂 LMAO. Had me laughing way to much. It IS beautiful sir. Certainly a marvel of gaming history ❤❤❤🎉
I love how meta your approach is. You literally capture the video-watching and audio-only segments. I put your videos on while I'm playing the games you talk about just to listen to your commentary in the background. Sometimes I'll window switch over to the video for a specific segment, but most of the time I just have you playing in the background with the game tracks backing you and the main game music muted.
Los Santos has a strong resemblance to LA and Santa Monica in real life. You can tell its a super condensed though, lots of streets and places are missing but when you drive on a street that is from GTA 5 you instantly recognize it. Rockstar did such a good job with actually creating a mini LA
There’s actually a secret storage room you can go inside at the lifeinvader office
You remind me of Chef John with Foodwishes here on UA-cam. Your enthusiasm and character bring these videos to life!
You actually can enter the lobby when normally completing the mission, when you leave the lifeinvader office you can exit through the lobby and the receptionist will even buzz you out. I've always done this in my playthroughs because its a quicker exit from the stairs than the back exit.
Finding out gta 6 is dropping so soon is really making me appreciate and love los santos more than ever, it actually feels like im proper moving citys soon
Mate you are my favorite new channel. I don't know when you started, but I mean new to me... Very classy!
I think what’s so weird about the dog picture at 9:00 is that the floor and wall in the picture line up with the table and wall, making it look like an empty frame with a dog in it
I did the same thing. I would turn on first person mode and just walk and walk around the city, especially kinda suburban residential areas, and look around.
I love this video man. I thought i was the only one who stops and just walk around, slowly take in and notice things about the world, the environment and sound design. Noticing unique uninteresting/obscure areas
12:34 Which is surprising since Trevor complains during a (side?) mission that he can't even get pizza delivered out there.
you deserve way more subs. these kinds of slow paced map exploration videos are super relaxing for me. i could actually sleep to these.
This video deserves a part 2, because there are so many more both iconic and less glamorous locations you didn't cover.
Iconic: the pier, the sidewalk of fame with names of famous actors imprinted on them, Vespucci canals, the one pedestrianised street in all of Los Santos, etc.
Less glamorous: homeless gathering spots like the area beneath the highway 4-way interchange, a commune at the northern tip of the map with explicit anti-capitalist messaging, the "beam me up" hippie commune in Blaine county, etc.
6:45 This bank has been in the game since 2013. It was discovered through a wall glitch.
Was the door to the vault locked on 360/ps3? I thought the glitch was only needed in Online? Stand on top of the vault "cage", accept a job from a contact (like Simeon), or just join Titan of a Job, and then quit out and you spawn inside the cage. I thought it was just unlocked in story mode.
I never even knew about Pacific Standard! 10 years later and this game STILL has new content for me. That's why I love GTA V. I've been playing it on and off since a few months after it came out ( I was like, 4 ) and nearly each and every time I boot it up there's SOMETHING new.
It wasn’t in the original release of the game it was added in expanded and enhanced
@@TheFloodFourm no it wasn't, i've been there playing on ps3
this kinda has the coziness of a video by The Librarian
A fellow Librarian fan in the wild?
@@mr.xavioryes :D
UA-cam’s algorithm has worked wonders in pointing me to your channel. As a long time lover of GTA I’ve completed III, VC, SA and V but I skipped IV. I haven’t played anything in about a decade though, however this stopped today after delving into your channel a bit deeper. I’ve restarted GTA SA on iPad so I can play it on my breaks at work.
The narration on this video is great. Really enjoyable to watch
Came here to say this!!!
This is one of my favorite things to do in any GTA game, so seeing such a detailed and thorough video about it pop up in my recommended feed was cool. I love the detail on the corkboard in the LifeInvader office; that's one of my favorite little details. It really makes the world seem more fleshed out and "lived in", and I love that.
5:36 You missed a random, unused hidden room to the right there, after the "Yoga Zone"
It's always a good day when my favorite type of bread uploaded
I want you to know that you are genuinely funny and are entertaining as well as informative
Love this style of video!
Exploring the map in first-person is really great.
18:39 I love the Lost MC member posting about Johnny being killed
Dude your videos are the chilliest thing on UA-cam
Interesting! I watched your Garrys Mod video almost exactly a year ago, and love this type of explorative essays, focusing on sometimes overlooked details;
unfinished out of bounds or underappreciated areas in e.g. Cyberpunk or Half-Life;
essays on architecture, employment rates, or e.g. woodworking in Skyrim.
And hour long quiet night walks or drives through virtual worlds, too!
I'm not sure if someone else had a commented "Virtual Sightseeing" tour just like this one, but might've been you.
I made sure to subscribe this time, cause I noticed I got a lot to watch! Really lovely, cozy content, and thank you so much!
Greetings from my couch with a blanket and hot cocoa, snowy lands behind the window.
This is just perfect for that mood.
That is the IDEAL situation to enjoy a Video Game World Tour in. Props to you for that 🤝
Brother I love your videos and have just subscribed! I really dig your style, you seem to have class and you're not trashy and generic in any way. I love how you keep using Final Fantasy music too, mostly from VIII. It would be great if you could make a video on the PS1 era Final Fantasy world maps. The world maps from 7, 8 and 9 have great little areas. Secret caves, draw points, dig points? I think you could make a great video!
You can actually just bump into the vault door and it will open a little, enough for you to get inside
I switched accounts to one I can actually comment on because I’ve been binging all your videos on my other account and your production quality is insaaaaaaaaane, Really brilliant stuff pretsel fr
Pretzel* my bad
Thank goodness you've uploaded. Looking forward to this!!!
It's interesting you point out the gas station doors as having that iconic look with the stickers and shutters. Ive only ever been in one gas station that looked like that in my entire life, but I know the look is commonplace for cities as seen in movies and other media.
I went to america in 2020 and the LA airport was the last place I saw before leaving (for obvious reasons), and I remember after coming home I loaded up GTA and went there and it was super surreal now haha
I think you should definitely do a video like this for red dead 2! Rockstar really put an incredible amount of detail into its map
I stopped playing that game around release when my roommate accidentally deleted my save and the only save I could revert to was like 20 hours behind 😭
I need to give it another chance someday. I'm not a HUGE western fan, but that game does have some attention to detail that's hard to ignore.
My favorite place you never go to in the story at all is the full college campus that’s in the north west of Los Santos.
funfact: that exact pisswasser poster at 04:08 is on the GTA IV manual.
the end with the pile up was hilarious, especially the cars driving off the highway like lemmings
The LAPD uses the LSPDFR Mod to train their dispatchers. I can tell you from personal experience the mod nails it... some of the dispatch codes do work in the IRL software.
Another interesting spot downtown is the hospital that opens for one side mission as Trevor, it's only a few rooms and the location stays open for a very short period of time, still fun to explore
As someone who lives in the middle of the Oregon desert, I can confirm we live off only Donuts, Tuna, and Mayonnaise
Glad we have a first hand confirmation on that. Thank you for the on-the-ground reporting 🫡
It is truly insane just how detailed this game is, *especially when you consider that it was originally released for game consoles released in 2005 and 2006.
that’s what always makes me think sony saying ps5 is near its life cycle sound total bull
I love mundane, yet weird map details! What luck!
Guys wake up, Pretzel uploaded
Wake up, mr. freeman
literally the first thing i saw after i just woke up lol
My favorite spot in GTA V is a small waterfall in the green area of the map.
Salt and Sauce is a reference to Edinburgh, where Rockstar is based. Unlike the rest of the UK, where “salt and vinegar” is the default for your fish and chips, in Edinburgh you’ll be asked if you want “salt and sauce”. The sauce is like a mix of HP brown sauce and vinegar. Obviously in the UK we have salt and vinegar as crisp flavours, but not salt and sauce, so the inclusion in the vending machine is obviously a little nod to the local delicacy.
Saul Tyres being another one on the gas station, with a a Scottish “saltire” flag behind it.
Thanks so much for uploading this. This stuff is right up my alley and you even include subtitles, it's amazing. Again, thank you. Also I'd try the big cheese chips cus that's what I call my bf lol
I'm loving these videos, please do GTA 4, I'm always amazed by it's design when I play it on a chill level
Not sure how many ppl have asked (or havent), but i'd love to see one of these vids of Night City, Cyberpunk 2077! Love ur style of content
You avoided Franklin's house and all the urban low income areas.
I had thought about including that section of the map, but decided to really focus on the urban vs rural areas. Both the bottom and upper half of the city kinda fit that "urban streets" vibe compared to the desolate and spread out Blaine county.
Now that you bring it up though, I feel bad leaving Franklin and his side of the map out of it😭 It does have a vibe that the area around Michael's house and Trevor's house don't. If I make another video on the game, I'll give him justice.
In Michael's bathroom, there is a toothpaste with the brand "CJ's Toothpaste" likely just an easter egg to GTA SA, but the lore implications of this indicates that CJ started a Toothpaste brand
I'm surprised you didn't mention the weird architecture of Michael's house. There are windows on the front of the house, just right of the front door, but inside, there aren't? There should be windows where the books are in the living room. There's actually almsot enough room for another whole room between the windows and the booksshelf, but there's no door?
Rockstar has had a suprising amount of experience with LA
• LA Noir is in LA (duh)
• Midnight Club: LA (is also duh)
I actually did a lot of wandering around on foot in GTAV:O, there's something quite enjoyable to doing that.
love these vids. hope you do more on the other GTA’s, and maybe even other Rockstar games
Pretty crazy that we're less than a week away from seeing GTA 6 after 10 long years.
Can't wait to see how much detail they packed into it compared to GTA 5, hopefully another huge leap for open world titles.
I used to do copious amounts of psychedelics and just walk around LS in first person all night. You would be amazed how easily it feels real
Ahhh I adore videos like this. Good job ❤
thanks pal🤝
The "salt and sauce" chips are a nice little reference to Edinburgh where Rockstar are HQ'd :)
"My daily routine. Wake up, be awesome, go to bed." Truly, words to live by
This one was pretty disappointing when I came back to replay it a couple of months ago. The bank was one of the few places I discovered that I hadn’t before. The lack of things that you can interact with in this game is the main problem. Not just the same cut and paste mini games spread everywhere through the map but I miss the interiors, street vendors, buskers
I always lovedd exploring the little area of LS.
Man, I love these kinds of videos
I do wanna see one of these for cyberpunk 2077’s night city! If not the whole city, at least a district
That was a great video!
I would love to see you cover the other gta games
The reason that Sandy Shores is so dilapidated is that it resembles the Salton Sea area of SoCal. Check out some of the stories about the rise and fall of the Salton Sea as a resort area.
this shit deserves so much more views
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just know i'm pestering everyone i know to come and see this lol
It’d be really interesting seeing how you’d react to gta 4 the density of that game for a 2008 game
Trevor's trailer changes during the games story. I think it's the only room that has the most changes beside Trevor's apartments and Jimmy's and his sisters room.
I love the thumbnail and this video!!😂 ❤
The bank reminds me of the one in John Carpenter's "They Live" where the famous line, "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass..."
🤔 Now that you mention that, I kinda see it.
About fucking TIME
How would "About" fuck Time itself...?
The thing I can't get over is that while this game came out in 2013, it was designed to be able to run on systems which came out in the mid 2000's. The fact that it's as good as it is despite that speaks to how talented Rockstar is.
I look forward to seeing this kind of video for gta vi, I bet they use KI instead of Lorem ipsum
I've played gta 5 since it came out and yet i still find neat little areas i just haven't explored before
Underrated channel
such a cozy video, loved it!!!!
Other interesting and weird places:
the completely empty tunnel that cuts through Mount Chilliad, connecting roads on which, as far as I know, no NPC ever drives on
the hills around Mount Gordo (the one with the ghost), there are a bunch of hiking trails here, I think some NPCs sometimes walk there, other than that, nothing of interest
the abandoned mine shaft
the sewage tunnels under the city
the huge sea cave on the west side of the map, a small cave in one of the mountains
various empty islands in the ocean
the bottom of the ocean (ship wrecks, plane wrecks, a UFO, remains of constructions, but also underwater life, etc.)
the Altruist camp
the Lost MC clubhouse
the accessible Tequilla-La bar
the Playboy mansion
Franklin's mansion changing over the game, full of boxes after he moves in, later with stuff unpacked, pictures hanged, etc.
along with the Internet, there's also the radio, TV and movie theatres, all full of different content
so many details, such as names of businesses and other funny signs
There's way more, the game has an insane amount of details.
Great video! Is there a chance of doing Blue Shift and Half Life 2 + Ep1/2?
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There are loads of hidden buildings and enterable interiors in the airport as well
They were teasing vice city since a long time!
Man I would absolutely demolish a bag of Phat Chips Supersalt and then go straight into cardiac arrest