Grand Theft Auto Trilogy: The Definitive Edition had a weird and rocky release schedule coming out quite underdone on consoles and PC, before releasing for mobile last year on Netflix with that release having better lighting and other gameplay improvements that the console versions didn’t get.
Rockstar has now dropped an update for the game on consoles that significantly improves visuals as well as a bunch of other fixes. This includes a new Classic Lighting Mode that can be toggled on, but there’s also a heap of other improvements that haven’t yet been detailed officially, that fans are noticing.
GTA SA Defintive Edition after the New Patch
Left old Right New pic.twitter.com/kxBij35K4z— Besk (@BeskInfinity) November 12, 2024
Visual effects for rain, fire and fog have all been improved, and animations for the game including when you’re running with a gun has also been totally fixed, and there’s a bunch of other little fixes including the ability to view your position on the world map.
Rockstar hasn’t detailed these changes yet, but the below image/videos show off how different the classic lighting mode is, totally capturing the look of the original game, rather than what was presented originally.
I can't believe I'm saying this but with the new Classic Lightning and the GTA Trilogy DE Patch
I'm on Vice City and it looks absolutely gorgeous. pic.twitter.com/EjI4YRqE07
— Besk (@BeskInfinity) November 12, 2024
GTA DE New Patch has FINALLY fixed the aiming running animations across all guns in GTA 3 and VC DE which used to be extremely broken. This is by far the best fix for me.
Left Old Right New pic.twitter.com/PnG6LJX7m8
— Besk (@BeskInfinity) November 12, 2024
I highly recommend heading to the Beskinfinity Twitter page who has highlighted a bunch of other minor changes that most people probably won’t notice but still can be appreciated regardless.
