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"GTA upgrades confirmed"

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/454/454117p1.html

Summary:

*Better sound
*Better graphics
*Custom soundtracks

Ah right! Okay.

I would imagine they'd of done that anyway to some extent - All xbox games use the hard drive to help with loading times and game worlds. Ever noticed that when you first load a new game - A file is created that is like 8 blocks in size? That's saved to the hard drive instead of the memory (which is what the PS2/Gamecube do) meaning it's a lot faster.

Obviously not everyone's good with technical information (like myself) so i'm not entirely sure if this is right.

And TV's only have a resolution of like 640 x 480 I think.

Looking forward to Xbox GTA?

I am.

I mean if they actually started using the hardrive, installing certain components and such like, much like Morrowind does with it's save system, then you'd find the game would be able to run with higher resololtions and more detail.

At the moment the game will be loading everything off the DVD, like it did on the PS2. I'm not completly up on all of the technical crap, but I'm pretty sure that if there were large files installed on to the hardrive, the Xbox would have more memory to be able to push more detailed textures, better lighting and all that kinda stuff around a lot easier.

Erm? eh?

Give us an explanation Tiltawhirl - What you talking about?

"Then you say it still looks like an old PS2 game."

You know what I mean. They look like old PS2 games, not brand spanking new PC games.

Even with the upgrades they still look pants compared to a lot of PC games.

Considering the amount of city and things the console has to load in all at once, it's not really suprising that the game is a bit of a minger.

Until they start making proper use of the Xbox's hardrive, me thinks it'll probably stay this way.

Thats the conclusion I got too GoatBoy.

MoJoJoJo wrote:
> While it (and VC) was better than the PS2 version it DID still look
> like an old PS2 game.
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So your saying that the PC version was better than the PS2 version, fair enough.
Then you say it still looks like an old PS2 game.

Soooo, that means GTA & VC on the PS2 looked like an old PS2 game?

Still, a gold star for effort is deserved. :D

*Better sound
*Better graphics
*Custom soundtracks

They said that about the PC version.

While it (and VC) was better than the PS2 version it DID still look like an old PS2 game.

Yes any reference to Dolby Digital and Xbox usually brings up one name doesn't it?