GTA 5 to look way better on PC.

[Red Storm]

Couple of questions:

How do you drop a grenade while driving? I like to zip around on a bike and drop nades into congested traffic, but I only know how to throw them forward, not drop them down...

How do you use the scope in third person? I can get the scope working in first person, but I assumed that even in 3rd person it should still take me to a scoped in view when I use it, but that doesn't seem to work.

 

[Childs]

I have not had the game mess with my camera settings. It always goes back to first person when on foot, and always maintains the same 3rd person cameras in cars. I think it works perfect. I love the first person view. Even if it has a small FOV.

I'll mess with the settings again, but I think I locked it when I first started playing the game. All I know is I set it to first person, and after awhile I'm in third person.

You seem to have an extreme dislike of having a changing world. I'm a big anime fan but my biggest problem with anime is no one ever changes outfits. Character design never changes in a series. So I am all for the characters automatically changing outfits when i haven't used them. The only one that annoys me is when I need trevor and he has stripped to his jimmies and miles from his safe house.

Btw I had no even realized that the characters had actively growing beards. I gave franklin a neatly trimmed beard when I started and noticed he had kind of a 5 o'clock going but was just thinking that was just part of the original cut. That is just even more awesome though.

When Michael's outfit changes its usually a the same polo and shorts. Franklin its always a hoodie. Trevor is always a black hoodie and pants, and recently the orange tshirt. The world isn't all that dynamic. The next logical conclusion would be to let the player select the wardrobe items, or just have a faster way to switch it. I could have sworn in previous GTAs you could go into any clothing store and have access to your closet.

Whats strange though is that a character will come into a cutscene, and he might be dressed the way you dressed him, or he might not. But then switch to him later and he might be dressed the way you want. Its the inconsistent nature that stands out to me. More than likely its to accommodate the cutscenes they set up, but it makes it stand out even more since you have character customization options. Why put the time into customizing when it just gets randomly changed?

Not sure if this helps, but you can lock the perspective into each mode (driving and on foot).

I prefer on foot to be First Person, and driving to be 3rd Person. With the independent perspective on, these settings stick.

I thought I already did it, but I'll double check tonight. I was playing on vpn for the first few days, then when I closed the connection and started playing again I downloaded a couple of patches. I dont know if its related, but maybe the patches reset some options.

The one thing with first person and the limited fov is that it is harder to see some things. I linked a gameplay video earier when I was trying to break into Michaels house. I went on the roof in first person and didn't even see the window I was supposed to go into. In 3rd person it was a clear as day. I might give that fov mod a shot.

 

[chubbyfatazn]

Does anyone else have an issue where your FPS drops significantly right after a cutscene? I'll be cruising along at 50+ FPS, go into a cutscene, and then come out of the cutscene below 30 FPS. I've turned off all eye candy for now, which seems to help a bit, but the issue isn't completely resolved.

 

[JeffMD]

chubby, it seems the ati drivers are pretty buggy, and one of the issues is the vsynch gets locked in to half (30fps) at scene changes. A number of things you can do reset it but nothing prevents it. Thats generally been the reason for sudden persistent fps drops mid game.

 

[clamum]

That very well could be it. I will check when I get home, thanks.

I don't see any Cinematic Mode. The only semi-close one under "Camera" in Settings is "Allow Independent Camera Modes" and I have it "Off."

 

[Red Storm]

First time I tried to fly a plane I crashed into a bridge. 2nd time I was a LOT better thanks to all those hours in Planetside 2.

 

[futurefields]

Does anyone else have an issue where your FPS drops significantly right after a cutscene? I'll be cruising along at 50+ FPS, go into a cutscene, and then come out of the cutscene below 30 FPS. I've turned off all eye candy for now, which seems to help a bit, but the issue isn't completely resolved.

when that happens, go to settings, disable vsync, apply settings

then reenable vsync, and apply settings

should bring your fps back up to normal

 

[escrow4]

For some strange reason a BIOS update for my X99 board seems to have cured the crashes. Need to test further. Odd. Performance is still rock solid though. This game certainly wants CPU.

 

[Whitestar127]

Speaking of first person....Im oddly finding that I prefer third person even while on foot in this game. First person just feels too claustrophobic even with a high FOV setting to me.

Yeah I favor the 3rd person viewpoint as well.

Same here. Get more overview in 3rd person. Although sometimes I take a stroll in first person view through downtown just to suck in the city atmosphere.

I'm not a big fan of high FOV. I don't like how the geometry gets all screwed up with that fisheye-effect.

 

[DeadFred]

Okay, so I was driving around the desert last night after elk hunting with Cletus and was listening to the Rebel Radio station when I recognized a distinctive voice from a couple of documentaries I'd watched a few years ago. (The Dancing Outlaw and The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia) I googled it just to be sure and yep, the Rebel Radio DJ is the dancing outlaw himself, Jesco White.

Turns out there is an easter egg in the game that will get ol' Jesco to dance for ya. ROFL

http://gta.wikia.com/Jesco_White

 

[Oyeve]

Okay, so I was driving around the desert last night after elk hunting with Cletus and was listening to the Rebel Radio station when I recognized a distinctive voice from a couple of documentaries I'd watched a few years ago. (The Dancing Outlaw and The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia) I googled it just to be sure and yep, the Rebel Radio DJ is the dancing outlaw himself, Jesco White.

Turns out there is an easter egg in the game that will get ol' Jesco to dance for ya. ROFL

http://gta.wikia.com/Jesco_White

Yeah, I caught that a couple of years ago when I played it on the 360. At the time I had no idea who he was but it was entertaining regardless.

 

[DeadFred]

Yeah, I caught that a couple of years ago when I played it on the 360. At the time I had no idea who he was but it was entertaining regardless.

All this is new to me since I don't play on any of the consoles. Am I right to assume the PC version is identical to the other versions other than graphics quality? It's a shame I had to wait 2 years to get it on my platform of choice, but thankfully they did a much better job this time around compared to GTA4.

 

[Nebor]

Slugging it out with the cops is a far less viable option in this game than it was in Saints Row 4.

 

[TechBoyJK]

That very well could be it. I will check when I get home, thanks.

I think it's an ingame trigger... not sure, but I can remember setting it off a few times before I rekeyed my controller.

 

[Udgnim]

got to Trevor

I don't know why people say it doesn't look as good as they expected considering it was originally designed around XB360 / PS3 hardware

if there was a new Fallout game released, I'd be very happy for it to look similarly to Trevor's country area

 

[Atomic Playboy]

There's a Strangers and Freaks mission with Trevor where you go hunting with Cletus up near Paleto Bay. At one point in the mission, you're free to go anywhere on the map, and there will be no people nor will you get a wanted meter from doing anything... so you can stroll on into the military base and steal a fighter jet without having to worry about getting shot down by the Army. Pretty handy. It's a "glitch" (in a matter of speaking) that's existed from the PS3/Xbox360 release, but I didn't try it out until a couple days ago, and it still works like a charm. Now I've got a P996-Lazer for Trevor to break out whenever it feels like a good time to lay waste to everything.

Speaking of that mission, having foliage/vegetation on Very High makes hunting so much harder; it's so easy to spot the elk when there's basically nothing for them to hide behind.

 

[lilrayray69]

I've gotten a few crashes that say like "Failed to initialize" something, it also says "ERR_GFX_D3D_INIT"

I think it has something to do with the VRAM. Does it less when I have lower settings.

 

[ZGR]

Anyone streaming? Whenever my desktop streams GTA V, the fps will be locked to 50 fps after I disconnect and try to play locally. I have to disable and re-enable Vsync to get 60 fps back.
oh, the humanity!

 

[chubbyfatazn]

All this is new to me since I don't play on any of the consoles. Am I right to assume the PC version is identical to the other versions other than graphics quality? It's a shame I had to wait 2 years to get it on my platform of choice, but thankfully they did a much better job this time around compared to GTA4.

This may just be me or I may be remembering incorrectly, but the rate of how quickly the cops hone in on you and their effectiveness at finding you when you're wanted seems to have been relaxed in the PC version.

At least, I remember it taking me longer to find a hidey hole on the 360.

 

[cmdrdredd]

There's a Strangers and Freaks mission with Trevor where you go hunting with Cletus up near Paleto Bay. At one point in the mission, you're free to go anywhere on the map, and there will be no people nor will you get a wanted meter from doing anything... so you can stroll on into the military base and steal a fighter jet without having to worry about getting shot down by the Army. Pretty handy. It's a "glitch" (in a matter of speaking) that's existed from the PS3/Xbox360 release, but I didn't try it out until a couple days ago, and it still works like a charm. Now I've got a P996-Lazer for Trevor to break out whenever it feels like a good time to lay waste to everything.

Speaking of that mission, having foliage/vegetation on Very High makes hunting so much harder; it's so easy to spot the elk when there's basically nothing for them to hide behind.

Each of the 3 characters have one parked in their hanger on my game. Michael and Franklin also have a tank parked there. Sometimes I just feel like rampaging.

 

[JeffMD]

This may just be me or I may be remembering incorrectly, but the rate of how quickly the cops hone in on you and their effectiveness at finding you when you're wanted seems to have been relaxed in the PC version.

At least, I remember it taking me longer to find a hidey hole on the 360.

The length of time to clear is definitely not shorter. Sometimes it really is annoying just how long it takes for it to clear. Otherwise how many police you encounter and their difficulty is entirely dependent on where you are.

I would have to say it is exact... there DOES seem to be a difference in the times the markets react. I just did the first franklin/lester mission and the stocks now reach close to max peak/bottom instantly rather then needing to wait a couple days.

Also it appears there are new audio tracks that were not in the original ps3/360 release. This is probably due to the way tracks are licensed by rockstar. As we saw with the android ports, things happen in the music biz and just cause the original game had a track under license does not mean you get the license to use it in a port.

 

[Childs]

This may just be me or I may be remembering incorrectly, but the rate of how quickly the cops hone in on you and their effectiveness at finding you when you're wanted seems to have been relaxed in the PC version.

At least, I remember it taking me longer to find a hidey hole on the 360.

Instead of out running them now I just get out of sight asap and then hide in a bush or climb on a roof. Even switching cars seems to work OK. Although sometimes they still find you, especially if you get off the road and just break line of sight but stay in your car. They get out on foot and just walk over to where you are. Kinda BS, but its not as bad as I remember it in GTA4.

 

[cmdrdredd]

The major problem I have with the police in this game is when you are in the desert with no police around and you snipe someone with a suppressed(silenced) rifle you can still have cops on you in seconds. It's like they GPS to you which is lame. Now if they did a proper search with dogs or something that would be cool.

 

[DeadFred]

There's a Strangers and Freaks mission with Trevor where you go hunting with Cletus up near Paleto Bay. At one point in the mission, you're free to go anywhere on the map, and there will be no people nor will you get a wanted meter from doing anything... so you can stroll on into the military base and steal a fighter jet without having to worry about getting shot down by the Army. Pretty handy. It's a "glitch" (in a matter of speaking) that's existed from the PS3/Xbox360 release, but I didn't try it out until a couple days ago, and it still works like a charm. Now I've got a P996-Lazer for Trevor to break out whenever it feels like a good time to lay waste to everything.

Speaking of that mission, having foliage/vegetation on Very High makes hunting so much harder; it's so easy to spot the elk when there's basically nothing for them to hide behind.

Well crud, I already did the hunting mission. Wondering if I should go back and grab some military equipment before I go any further? :\

Edit: I see that I can replay that mission, guess Ill try that before I load an older save point.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Each of the 3 characters have one parked in their hanger on my game. Michael and Franklin also have a tank parked there. Sometimes I just feel like rampaging.

Does the Hydra show up anywhere in Single Player or is that Online exclusively? I'd rather have that, but I wasn't able to find one scouring the military base.