Look, you know as well as I do that as much as you whine and moan aboutGrand Theft Auto 6, you’re going to play it. Maybe not on day one – maybe you’ll sit on it for a year or so and pray for a sale, or maybe you’re going to wait god knows how long for it to come to PC, but you’re going to play it. It’s the most anticipated game of the decade:its second trailer got almost half a billion views in a single day.
That’s how I know that you’re going to play it even if it runs at, god forbid, 30 frames per second, which it very well might. An insider has claimed thatGrand Theft Auto 6 will be able to hit 60fpson thePS5 Pro, but as of right now, is able to hit 60fpsonlyon the PS5 Pro. This makes sense, of course – it’s the most powerful console on the market.
GTA 6 might prove to be a system seller after all, despite launching well into this current generation of consoles. Apart from being able to play older titles at higher resolutions, there haven’t been a lot of reasons to buy a PS5 Pro, but GTA 6 at 60fps will be as good as it gets for some people.
But for the rest of us who can’t afford to shell out$700 for a mid-gen upgrade, we’re going to be stuck with 30fps. People will complain about this at length.At least one person has said they’re training their eyes so they can get used to the lower frame ratebefore the game’s launch. The complaints are for nothing, though – we both know you weren’t going to play it in performance mode even if it had one.
Grand Theft Auto 6 Is About The Details
What makes Grand Theft Auto 6 a generation-defining game? Obviously, I can’t give you a definitive answer – I know as much as you do. We know what Rockstar and its most recent games have been praised for, though: intense, perhaps overwrought attention to detail, pushing the boundaries of graphics, and gripping, dramatic plotlines.
Those first two things are front and center in the trailers, and it’s what everybody has been most excited about. There might still be things Grand Theft Auto 6 hasn’t figured out how to do realistically, likeeat and kiss, but fans who happily spend their free time poring over the trailers and analysing them frame by frame have highlighted how impressively detailed the game appears to be, like howyou can see bubbles moving inside carbonated drinks.
These details aren’t there for nothing – they’re there because fans of Rockstar gameslovedetails. They love seeing the horse’s balls shrink when it’s cold. They love watching food disappear off a plate while an unremarkable NPC has dinner. This is what they’re here for.
You Don’t Need Performance Mode For GTA 6
So why on earth would you be playing in performance mode? There are, obviously, games where you’d want to have higher frame rates – first-person shooters, for instance. I understand a lot of players are sensitive to frame rates after getting used to playing with souped up PC rigs, but in order to get this kind of visual fidelity in Grand Theft Auto 6, something has to give. That something is frame rates.
And GTA 6 is not the kind of game where you’d want frame rates over visual detail, because again, that’s not the point of it. GTA 6 isn’t a game that tests reflexes and skill checks players, it’s as mass-market a game as games get. It’s supposed to be a fun criminal romp, not a game you have to be good at, and performance mode is for being good.
While there are some people who will balk at the idea of having to play at 30fps, the majority of casual gamers simply do not care about frame rates. However, theydocare about visual fidelity, which is much easier to pick up on with the untrained eye. Rockstar is going to appeal to these people. Sorry. Maybe the PC port will give you what you want.
Grand Theft Auto 6
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