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

6. The Highest Point Of An Endless View

This is far from the highest point of elevation one can reach, by land or aircraft, in San Andreas. Mt. Chiliad or a jet plane would bring us much closer to heaven than a helicopter. All the same, this view shows off the upgraded draw distance quite nicely. Heck, you can see straight through those microscopic gaps between the girders in that skyscraper under construction. All the little trees and rooftops have a detailed representation on the ground below and the ashen blue silhouettes of skyscrapers look solid and firmly defined on the horizon. Hopefully, a better frame-rate will make this notoriously clunky vehicle class shine a little brighter. The unforgiving, lumbering controls of GTA's helicopters never bothered us too much, as it has always definitely been our fault whenever we've messed up a landing. It's even more our fault when we're...

5. Ghost-Riding A Propeller Plane

I don't think Trevor is suffering from any hesitation here, but it wouldn't be out of character for him to just lounge on the wing of a stalling plane before casually stepping off. He seems to be wearing a parachute this time. We can now see vehicles on the road from a significantly greater height, meaning showroom car collectors will have an easier time hunting from the air. Notice how the sunlight cuts definition across the individual slats that make the body of the plane. Everything from the crisp, battered paint job to the improved environmental lighting makes this propeller plane look less like a toy and more like a heavy, man-made machine. Of course, simple tasks like falling out of the sky only require simple aircraft. Otherwise, you want...

4. A Personal Military Fighter Jet

If you ever managed a successful fighter-plane hijacking, GTA V let you park it in a personal aircraft hanger and save it for later. You'd think the military base you yanked it from would have put a tracking beacon on it or something. We no longer have to worry about buildings, trees, signs and other environmental details failing to load at the speed of flight. Less pop-in will mean fewer accidental wipeouts on environmental obstacles and, side note, greater distances from which to snipe. With the surrounding landscape so razor sharp in every direction, we're even drooling over...