Sure, Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V is the shiny, new open-world game for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but it cannot compete with the Grand Theft Auto IV on PC after adding some mods.
Screenshot expert Raphael Smith used a handful of mods and cranked up the resolution to get the most realistic GTA IV screens yet, and he explained to us exactly how he did it.
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“I have a Steam version of GTA IV which I modded with Better City Textures, GTA IV Road Textures by Fonias, Supreme Vehicle Conversion Pack-140 vehicles, Traffic Control System V1.0B, DKTronics70 Vegetation, and a first-person mod by C06alt,” Smith told GamesBeat. “I then used IcEnhancers beta 1.25 ENB for the lighting.”
Smith took the above shots at a resolution of 3840-by-2160. When he took these screens, he said his system could only handle around 5 frames per second.
“I have since upgraded my system but have yet to test out my FPS at that resolution,” he said. “At 1080p, though, with these mods I get around 30 fps to 50 fps.”
For a detailed guide to achieve the 4K resolution, Smith followed instructions he found on gaming message board NeoGAF.
Now, let us hope Rockstar is working on a PC release for GTA V.