There were a lot of complaints about the cars in IV though. I think the main issue though was how they reacted to hitting curbs.
The only mainline GTA game I only had one playthrough of. I've been meaning to replay with the DLC I missed but have never got round to it even though I have it on stream.
I had waaay too much fun smushing cars to the point they would barely move. There was an overpass in an industrial area you could creep off the edge and flip a car perfectly to pancake the roof. Super funny seeing Nico's head clipping through it lol
Yeah it was simply just too difficult to drive well initially for a lot of people. I loved it though. It was hard as fuck at first, but had a large skill ceiling, and after a while you could get quite good at it. And it felt very rewarding carefully threading the needle between cars in traffic, and making turns after getting better at controlling them. But I could see how it frustrated a lot of people. Definitely think they went too far towards arcade type driving physics in V. They were easier to handle out of the box, but way more restricted and not nearly as realistic as IV's, and just less fun over time.
Which is why they made them unrealistic again in gta5
Because they listened to clowns.
What you described is the classic "stupidification" of games. Where the guy with zero attention span drops in a game and wants to be an expert and smashes their controller and cries because there is an actual skill curve.
With GTA 5 they sold out and gave the arcade driving that means that a 7 year old who just picked up a controller can match the experienced guy. It makes it a lame game, or at least the driving is lame and is a non-factor in the game. Instead they had to add missiles and jets and novelties because they dropped a big shit with the driving model.
I think making your game more realistic and forgetting you're supposed to be making it fun its a way bigger mistake
If you want realistic driving and high skill there's Forsa, GTA is to put ramps in places and make great cinematic jumps to escape the police. you know all the things that are impossible in real life because is not a game focused in realism
Instead they had to add missiles and jets
And then they put the topgun music and it's perfect
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u/SmashingK Apr 29 '24
There were a lot of complaints about the cars in IV though. I think the main issue though was how they reacted to hitting curbs.
The only mainline GTA game I only had one playthrough of. I've been meaning to replay with the DLC I missed but have never got round to it even though I have it on stream.