GTA V New-Gen Release Date And 16 Hyper-Detailed Screenshots

12. Selfies With Sports Cars

Oh, great! Our perfect picture is ruined by that stupid, photo-bombing cat. Wait a minute... domestic house cats have never been in Grand Theft Auto. Rockstar, you cheeky easter-eggers, you! At this point, you probably noticed the realistic leather sheen on Michael's jacket and the many other examples of light making certain textures look appropriately like denim, suede, rubber, glossy finish on metal, and hard, red stone. The car's edges are silky smooth and those minute variances in the candy apple red reflections are hypnotizing. But those bushes! Oh, those spongey hedges on the driveway wall! Those might even be prettier than...

11. Old-School Gangster-Mobiles On The Boulevard

They're easy to miss, but those warped architectural reflections on the front of those wheel-covers are super clear! We don't remember a ride quite like this in the original game. If that cop is pulling Franklin over for anything, it's for driving too sexy a car. The mucky gutter on the side of the road is even sharper than the insanely detailed streets we saw in last-gen GTA. The draw distance holds up here, as you can make out the individual windows in that background skyscraper. The smallest details matter when you're talking about scale, especially when they capture...

10. The Weight Of A Car With Color And Light

GTA V's technical prowess was made all the more impressive in a massive open-world. So many of its details are more fully realized and physically more authentic than similar elements found in more focused games. Its physics systems are perhaps the most refined in the industry. Check out the clarity of the license plate and, again, the direct reflections in the gloss above. This car looks as good as it would in most modern racers, but Grand Theft Auto's gameplay obviously encompasses so much more than the grand thieving of automobiles in a hot pursuit or last-ditch escape. You can catch a getaway in all kinds of ways, by committing...