Imagine what the Liberty City from Grand Theft Auto IV would be like with mod tools. The return of the Digital Dreams team.
The team of modders Digital Dreams has gone one step further in their quest to turn Grand Theft Auto IV into a video game with next-generation graphics. As if it were a remastering for PS5 or Xbox Series X | S, its new video allows us to see the Liberty City of GTA IV in 4K resolution and with Ray Tracing GI (Ray Traced Gobal Illumination), which allows the result to be simply splendid.
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In addition, it has improved the modeling compared to the last version and has more detailed shadows. Details on how to apply these mods on high-end computers and with the game originally purchased and installed are provided in the attached video.
The mod community: focused on improving Grand Theft Auto games
Last year 2020 we already echoed the surprising work of Digital Dreams, a team specialized in this type of task, which already managed to surprise us with a graphic mod that turned Grand Theft auto IV into a true new generation game. The most realistic Liberty City we have seen so far.
In this other mod they imagine all the protagonists of the Grand Theft Auto saga remastered with a current graphic engine and state-of-the-art technical details: Claude Speed (from Grand Theft Auto III), Tommy Vercetti (from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City), Carl Johnson (from GTA: San Andreas) and Niko Bellic (Grand Theft Auto IV). Finally, Vice City lovers can check out the fan-made version of GTA Vice City: Remastred here.
Grand Theft Auto IV was originally published in 2008 for Xbox 360 and PS3, it later came to the computer, where all these mods are applied. Since March 2020 the one known as GTA IV The Complete Edition is available; can be purchased on Steam and Rockstar Games.
From Rockstar they are already thinking about the future and, although they have not announced anything related to new installments of the series, they do work on advanced artificial intelligence techniques. His latest patent deals with an NPC technology that seeks “a realistic experience”.
