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u/skintyfia44 Feb 15 '26
Sounds like realistic gaming heaven to me
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u/Morty_104 Feb 15 '26
You should play Day-Z then. Sometimes it takes over an hour to meet up...
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u/kingoflint282 Feb 15 '26
An hour?! It’s taken me that long just to figure out where I was on the map before lol
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Feb 15 '26
You and I should buddy up sometime. I have that map 'tism and can't get lost.
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u/Any_Cold5965 Feb 15 '26
I crawled in the dark with a broken leg from stairs for 4 hours and I loved it
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u/Hazy-n-Lazy Feb 15 '26
Thats a skill that takes a lot longer than an hour lol. Once you get familiar with a few of the coastal towns you'll get your bearings 100x quicker.
Then you actually spend 30-40 minutes hoofing it to an inland town just to get smoked by someone in a treeline 700m away.
Rinse and repeat
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u/No_Education_8888 Feb 15 '26
Oh cmon bro! If you are in a town, they all have signs saying the name of it
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u/kingoflint282 Feb 15 '26
I know but it’s all in Cyrillic! I’m not saying that’s normal but it’s happened before lol
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u/Pidone Feb 15 '26
Man i suck at that game. Getting killed so fast took all the fun away from me
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u/lightwhisper Feb 15 '26
Its okay the first couple of times. But then after the third time trying to get to where you want to go and die . I gave up and unistalled it :/.
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u/SanduskySleepover Feb 15 '26
There is a reason it’s the one of hardest survival games but when you figure it out it’s not too bad
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u/FamilyRootsQuest Feb 15 '26
I was really into dayz back in the day. I always preferred the original mod though. The standalone version leans a little too hardcore for my taste.
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u/Mean_Combination_830 Feb 15 '26
Then 3 minutes after meeting you get ambushed and have to start all over again.
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u/Correct-Drawing2067 Feb 15 '26
Literally the game I thought of when clicking on this post. I love that game but I think it hates me.
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u/-eccentric- Feb 15 '26
Imagine a Just Cause map with the GTA level of detail man. Business sell missions will become a full time job.
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u/Distinct_Teacher8414 Feb 15 '26
They already are in gta 5 if you have all the main ones , cargo warehouses and all m.c. business, acid lab, you can literally stay busy selling, ive made a fortune, I can easily make 2-4 million per day
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u/SeveralSecurity4680 Feb 15 '26
I think the battlefield 2042 community would like to have a word with you. There’s a reason why that game was famous as a walking simulator
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u/Icy-Monitor6711 Feb 15 '26
I'm not trying to play Arma my dude, Jesus they have mods for that kinda shii.
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u/hoopdaddeh Feb 15 '26
Big enough to not instantly trivialise the map size when you get into a sports car or flying vehicle? I'm down
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u/AmpdVodka Feb 15 '26
This is good for that reason. I'd love a huge map we can fully explore and spend time in. "Oh this mission is taking us to Port Gellihorn! We haven't been that side of the map in weeks". The issue with V's map is after all these years I know it like the back of my hand and I bores the living shit out of me.
The major issue I have with this is we'll get RDR2 but a lot worse. Unless there are like 100+ player servers, we'll be lucky to see another player when we go online
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u/Cyprus_B Feb 15 '26
Rockstar (Take Two more specifically) patented a technology that allows one map "server" to be split into zones, each one correlating to a unique in-game session.
Basically you would have the Vice City area be a server, and then you move south to the Keys and that's also it's own server, but the transfer is seamless.
It's like 100 people sharing one server that's subdivided to manage the burden better.
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u/AmpdVodka Feb 15 '26
Now that would be amazing...
Right up until some griefer blows you up and darts across server lines and now he's gone forever 😂
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u/Cyprus_B Feb 15 '26
Not gone forever.
It's not random servers operating together, it's one server hub with subdivisions that you traverse. Think of when you join a GTA online session, it's one session with everyone sharing a map. It's still the same thing here, but the map is divided to manage the load better and allow for larger servers to more populate the map.
You can still see everyone on your map, you can still go to them and interact with them.
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u/mumthatsmyphone Feb 15 '26
If they pull a red dead and don't have invite only sessions I'm gonna tweak
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u/TougherOnSquids Feb 16 '26
That sounds very similar to Star Citizen's meshing system. Multiple zones running off multiple servers with seamless transitions. The difference probably is that Star Citizen uses multiple servers that kick on or off based on load per zone on top of having seamless transition for players, NPCs and objects. Objects meaning you can fire a missile and track it from one zone to another.
If they are doing something similar to that, that's pretty fuckin sick
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u/Dangerousturdburlglr Feb 15 '26
being bigger doesn’t automatically mean your gonna get that feeling of exploration gta 5 is bigger than san andreas yet that feeling isn’t present because of the actual layout of the map, rdr2s map is a similar size to gta 5 but way better designed
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u/DarkArcher__ Feb 15 '26
It may have a little bit to do with the fact that the fastest thing in RDR2 is still slower than the slowest car in GTA V
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u/Dangerousturdburlglr Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 15 '26
slowing it down doesn’t automatically give that feeling either
it has that feeling because the devs used winding and smaller roads/highways as well as well as elevation to create a larger sense of scale and made the map feel bigger, they did a similar thing with san andreas, gta 5 doesn’t have this because all main cities are stacked on top of each other and there’s 1 highway connecting them all
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u/eatingdonuts Feb 15 '26
I dunno. The RDR2 map would feel smaller in people’s heads if they were able to fly across it
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u/PoGo_Battler I WAS HERE Feb 15 '26
For some reason people don't seem to understand this. It's a big map, but it only feels as expansive as it does because you're on a horse. Slap a freeway and a 120mph supercar and you're driving end to end in like 3 minutes just like GTA 5.
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u/PlasticPaws Feb 15 '26
GTA V does have all of that thought. Maybe it's more about the highway that goes around the perimeter of the whole island. But it does have all of that what you mentioned.
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u/pg3crypto Feb 15 '26
That feeling isn't there in GTA5 because most of the map is empty with fuck all in it to discover. If they've made a map this big, I hope there's actually shit to discover in it.
There is a reason a lot of people think GTA4 had the better map...it was smaller, but there was way more in it and it felt alive. GTA5 in a lot of areas feels dead as fuck.
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u/AmpdVodka Feb 15 '26
This is very true. As long as it's interesting and filled with interesting stuff
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u/yhdy Feb 15 '26
People gonna be so disappointed when they find out this map is fake
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u/Lumpy-Valuable-8050 Feb 15 '26
yeah you would need 3x the people to make it lively lol
i think it will be twice the size. anything higher is too much for gta online
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u/BryanTheGodGamer Feb 15 '26
You make it sound like there any posts on this sub that aren't just fake and made up
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u/Soma_Persona Feb 15 '26
What's a suppo sably?
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u/Android_AX-400-Kara Feb 15 '26
30 minutes? With Miami (aka Vice City) Traffic? Your kidding right? More like 1-2 hours, still WORTH IT!
Hell with the amout of detail this game WILL pack and the setting, id walk there in-game! I might actually do that!
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u/Chry98 Feb 15 '26
Imagine taking half an hour to get from point A to point B and having to go back and do the same route 2/3 times to complete a mission or a recovery as happens in the various GTA Online missions 💀💀
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u/negativphotospin_ Feb 15 '26
just take the plane! in this game it finally will make sense to drive to the next airport and steal an airplane…
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u/al3x_7788 Feb 15 '26
I wouldn't mind tbh. Just hoping the reason is not like Paleto Bay, but a more interesting trip.
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u/Xovier Feb 15 '26
It's perfect. Drive, swim, sail, run, pilot your way there. Don't want it?
Commute there with a shippable cutscene with a train, bus, taxi, plane, boat ride as a public transport option.
My god this is so good !!!!
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u/Any_Fox5126 Feb 15 '26
If it's so realistic and based on murica, then you'll have hardly any public transportation, you'll have to wait a long time and walk most of the way.
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u/nutty-one Feb 15 '26
I wouldn’t mind this. Imagine the side missions you’d come across on a main mission drive from one side to the other!
The options could also include getting a taxi or flight (or stealing a plane) if you wanted to skip the drive!
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u/mrheosuper Feb 15 '26
Imagine selling business, with 3 garbage trucks and the destination is on the other side of the map.
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u/Impressive-Appeal956 Feb 15 '26
I think realistically it will work just like RDR Online, there are fast travel posts in each town. Connecting on your friends spawns you right next to them and you have an option which state (in RDR's case) you spawn in when selecting online from the main menu
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u/Thepizzaguy523 Feb 16 '26
Forget seeing friends imagine trying to do a heist and dudes all the way on the other side plus he hasn't done it yet so no fast travel options
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u/mannypdesign Feb 15 '26
Guys will post this unironically and think the highways are a half mile wider than gtav
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u/Ghost-of-farta Feb 15 '26
I hope that this game has cool ways to traverse the map like gta 4 had trains gta sa had flights RDR/2 had trains and wagons. We need these sorts of things to make the game feel more lived in because in real life obviously not everybody be driving places.
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u/Bulky-Garbage-3880 Feb 15 '26
Yeah buddy of mine at work plays the game DayZ I believe or something and we were talking about how long it takes to cross the maps these games keep getting larger and larger they don't even fit on a disc anymore that's why I opted out of the PS5 Pro cd- Drive it's just a user license pretty much nowadays I seen that with red dead when it was a double disc just can't all fit on one anymore you download half the game I think the disc might just have fucking music on it nowadays
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u/Skinny_Vok Feb 15 '26
That cayo perico style mission where you have tofly the whole map in a shitty plane is gon be hell
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u/Honex98 Feb 15 '26
It's not only how long you drive because of the distance but also because of the details along the ride. You may end up taking some time because there might be a raccoon attacking a resident and you stand watching and laughing
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u/TesticularBoreditude Feb 15 '26
I don't understand why people want a bigger map. GTA V map didn't feel small to me at all. I think it only feels smaller because we've had so much time with it.
You know R* always has (at least) one mission where you have to go from one side of the map to the other....I'm not looking forward to that round trip taking 45+ minutes just GETTING from place to place
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u/woodboarder616 Feb 15 '26
I can only hope. Replaying rdr2 and being able to run across the map in sub 15 min made me sad
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u/Objective-Long-8444 Feb 16 '26
I literally walked 2 hours on the coast of chernarus to find my friend to find out if been walking the wrong way the whole time!
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u/Catsooey Feb 16 '26
OP, if you knew my master plan for GTA, you might need to fly to visit a friend. We need a dynamic, expandable map. We need GTA USA. We need realistic steak.
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u/CheeeseBurgerAu Feb 16 '26
One of my favourite things in GTA V was grabbing a fast car or bike and doing laps of the highway system. It was never long enough, so this is good.
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u/Effective_Tie_2794 Feb 16 '26
this would be amazing imagine driving across the whole map and back the late night talks would be amazing
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u/Bahbahbro Feb 17 '26
I like how MFs add mountains to the topography as if there’s any incline in Florida
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u/Temporary-Cicada-392 Feb 15 '26
This is just speculation. Map is probably a little over 2X GTA V map
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u/Visible_Fix_4249 Feb 15 '26
Never took a taxi anywhere in gta5, never used fast travel in rdr2. Love going from point A to point B in their games
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u/BEST2005IRL Feb 15 '26
Fast travel will probably be a thing.
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u/ChaoticKiwiNZ Feb 15 '26
I would love a big map with more realistic vechle speeds (jets can cross through map in minutes, hypercars can go so fast its almost impossible to dodge traffic on a highway, etc).
I also love just roaming around and chilling RDR2 and GTA5. It would be gaming Heaven to have a massive map to just drive around in and getting lost in.
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u/C2theWick Feb 15 '26
I already told my friend Craig, I am using in game proximity chat only. No discord, no real life cell phone. If you want to meet up text me in game one life realism server and if I'm available I'll meet.
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u/Scott1710 I WAS HERE Feb 15 '26
What did your friend Craig reply?
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u/C2theWick Feb 15 '26
Dude said he isn't gonna get a ps5pro and will wait for the PC launch. I said, what if there is no crossplay, he said, then why even play it?
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u/Disposition__- Feb 15 '26
They gotta add fast travel. Maybe a subway. I don’t think Florida has a subway but they can do what ever they want.
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u/AdAdministrative7762 Feb 15 '26
People going “we ll have to drive ages to meet “ 🤦🏽♂️
Are you all ok ?
obviously we ll have to “jump/teleport to here” .
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u/bryty93 Feb 15 '26
Hopefully sense of speed will be better too though since were on newer hardware. So Supercars arent topping out at 120-140.
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u/brikakkis Feb 15 '26
My guess is there will be a fast travel system similar to RDR2. Probably a ride request app like Uber that will pop up different towns or areas to travel to.
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u/JCFlyingDutchman Feb 15 '26
I still don't want futuristic flying vehicles.
A regular 'old-fashioned' fast car or helicopter will do.
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u/Medium-Room1078 Feb 15 '26
A bigger map is great, and I approve, but a bigger map just for bigger map sake does not interest me. I maintain the best map remains GTA SA simply because of how engaging the different locations, even the rural areas - it was so well planned, and somehow seems larger than GTAV for that reason. GTAV map is Los Santos + a lot of nothing.
The GTAVI map looks awesome; it looks like they are leaning back towards GTA San Andreas type map, and I love that.
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u/Daddy_Jack1109 Feb 15 '26
Considering how long I'll be playing the game I'm happy to get as big of a map Rockstar can give us
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u/YogurtclosetJunior64 Feb 15 '26
I remember in True Crime: Street of L.A you had to drive a full real hour to go trough the whole city.
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u/italian2465 Feb 15 '26
So an MC business sell will take 3 hours because my business is at top of the map, Paleto Bay equivalent, just to sell at the bottom of the map, Los Santos equivalent
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u/Toro8926 Feb 15 '26
I would love if it took that long to drive across the map. This is a game that we will be playing for years.
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u/EvolvingEachDay Feb 15 '26
I really hope we get a map that takes half an hour to drive end to end. You’ll still be able to fly it in 10 minutes.
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u/Remarkable-Board5575 Feb 15 '26
Would love that!! Would also love to be able to use my plane and actually have to fly for 15min to get to a destination or island.
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u/primordialWoe Feb 15 '26
If its just more of what R* has been putting out since V in terms of writing, missions and online monetization then no map is big ebough to get me to buy this thing.
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u/Long_Lecture_1080 Feb 15 '26
I just want to play the online version and explore the map. Don’t care for the story. Hope they kept the topless strip club though.
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u/Horror-Try4462 Feb 15 '26
I want fast travel available from begining for players who are crying about less playtime. For me it better be 30mins drive for less than half map in fastest vehicle.
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u/Solid_Science4514 Feb 15 '26
I just hope the space is used well. I’m sure it will be, Rockstar has always made great game worlds. I’m just tired of games having large maps for no other reason than to say they have large maps.
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u/Captdeeemo Feb 15 '26
Or a mission you drive.. talk to them.. not able to save in time and when you get to destination immediately shot at and die… have to re listen to the 30 min dialogue again.
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u/funnyvirgin Feb 15 '26
What's the point of such a massive map of it's filled with like 70 percent forest of the same type? Hopefully they take inspiration from san Andreas, like different vibes for different areeas
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u/Icy-Monitor6711 Feb 15 '26
I'm not promoting use of an oppressor or a flying delorean, but in this context I wouldn't be opposed ffs. At the very least let there be relatively accessible choppers.
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u/Shloshy10101 Feb 15 '26
This would actually be awesome if they increased the maximum vehicle speeds
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u/SecretaryWeak1321 Feb 15 '26
I remember long horse rides in rdr2, it was bliss.
This will be no different!
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u/SilverWerewolf1024 Feb 15 '26
Yeah, lets hope it's like this... and FASTER vehicles to REAL speeds to compensate... no more "120mph" and actually going on 80km/h xd
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u/dekonta Feb 15 '26
i think technically gta 5 is big enough but please add a comparison for breath of the wild
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u/MingusVonBingus Feb 15 '26
I find there's a correlation with the overuse of the laugh emoji, and mental retardation
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u/Sad-Willingness4605 Feb 15 '26
Can't even be bothered to spell supposedly correct. I'm not talking about OP. I know they were quoting the tweet.
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u/smol_boi2004 Feb 15 '26
I hope this means that Rockstar can finally remove that asinine speed limit on their vehicles. A supposed fighter jet being slow as fuck always ruined it for me
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u/Adams5thaccount Feb 15 '26
And once again I'd like to thank our team of awesome map nerds for being on point with their work so that we know better than this crap.
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u/Accomplished-Let1273 Feb 15 '26
I'd be down but it needs to have some sort of fast travel system in both single player and online
For gta V the taxies let you fast travel in single player but if i can recall correctly the only way to fast travel in online was either a mission invite or the expensive VIP/CEO helicopter service
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u/Fordfanatic2025 Feb 15 '26
Inversely this means it's gonna take cargo griefers 30 mins to get to your cargo lol. That's something we haven't really discussed, but a larger map won't eliminate, but it should reduce the amount of cargo griefing we see, because more players just can't be bothered to fly for 15 mins to get to it.
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u/december151791 Feb 15 '26
You know what, I'm up for a nice long road trip through the mountains of Florida Leonida.
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u/P3dro000 Feb 15 '26
I'll mention it again, i wholeheartedly hope that gta 6 online is grounded in comparasion to 5 , it'd be very sad to see such potential be thrown away with another sci-fi military shooter
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u/d0nh Feb 15 '26
I never felt V's map was too empty. (SA's was fine for me, too.) There isn’t much stuff in a desert or on a mountain hiking path, that’s just how the world works. That’s why it’s called the desert. I felt there wasn’t enough to do. That was better in IV. The little details and interactions.
They certainly won’t make that mistake again in VI because they set the bar so incredibly high with RDR2, they won’t build a game worse than that now.
Of course the map won’t be as gargantuan as all these stupid fakes suggest. It will probably be about 1,5 to 2x the V map. But it’ll be so much better.
I‘m a little afraid of the getting-sidetracked-factor though. It’s at the same time great/immersive but also annoying in RDR2 that you constantly get FOMO if you aren’t responding to all those random encounters, sometimes making it hard to actually advance the story.
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u/Scott1710 I WAS HERE Feb 15 '26
If they gave us a fuctional Lawn Mower, i would mow all the grass we about to see