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after seeing how many of you enjoyed the
Liberty City mod I decided to take
things a step further and make it even
better and you guys gave me a ton of
awesome ideas in the comments of the
last video if you don’t know what this
mod is yet you should definitely check
it out first to get caught up but for
now let’s Jump Right In first off let’s
talk about what I think is one of the
most important upgrades bringing back
GTA 4’s iconic handling physics there
are a few mods that try to do this but
the one that really stands out is called
drive five by permission to land he
spent over 5 years and more than 2,000
hours fine-tuning the physics and
testing it to make every vehicle feel
unique and honestly it’s incredible for
example heavier cars like the emperor
now have a slight delay between when you
steer and when the car actually reacts
it gives it that authentic 70s Cadillac
Vibe soft heavy and not exactly quick to
respond trucks and buses finally feel
like the massive rigs they are and you
can really feel the weight on the other
hand sports cars have stiff suspensions
and snappy handling which feels so much
better better than the floaty physics
from 4 and the attention to detail here
is crazy cuz for example taxis have less
precise steering and weaker brakes
compared to police cars reflecting the
wear and tear you’d expect from high
mileage Vehicles another big improvement
with drive five is how it increases the
force of vehicle damage crashes now feel
much heavier and more impactful with
damage levels that are much closer to
four look out
now one important thing to note here is
that the mod only covers GTA 5 vehicles
so it doesn’t change the handling of
cars driving around Liberty City but the
cool part is that according to one of
the authors the cars in Liberty City
already have handling closer to GTA 4 so
with this mod you now get Force handling
on almost all the vehicles in the game
no matter where you’re driving another
important thing is that this mod Works
alongside the inverse power script it
adds a little boost to your car when
it’s sliding so there’s an actual sense
of power in cars that should have it
muscle cars for example now
realistically burn out their tires when
you accelerate quickly so now with Drive
5 and inverse power running together
driving in GTA 5 feels closer to four
than ever before next up let’s talk
about another mod I added to make the
game feel even more immersive the GTA 4
carjacking this one brings back that
classic carjacking mechanic we all
remember if you aim a gun at someone
while they’re in their car they’ll
actually get out and raise their hands
most pedestrians in the game react this
way but not everyone some will still try
to run you over to keeps things
interesting and it’s not just about
carjacking if you aim your weapon at
someone on foot they’ll throw their
hands up too just like in the previous
installment it’s such a great feature
and honestly it’s kind of weird that
Rockstar decided to abandon it in the
first place hello there when I say you
suck I mean you really suck but there’s
more when it comes to bringing back
features from GTA 4 and another great
one is made possible with the four style
exit vehicle mod the way it works is
super simple it lets you keep the engine
of your vehicle running when you step
out but if you hold down the exit key
the engine will shut off and honestly
this is yet another feature I feel
should have been kept in five it’s nice
to have that choice whether you want to
keep the engine running for a quick
getaway or turn it off to save gas well
not literally but you know what I mean
and the list doesn’t stop there because
there’s no way I could skip mentioning a
mod I recently talked about in one of my
videos the GTA 4 or driveby animation
I’m sure a lot of you missed that badass
drive by animation from four where your
character hangs out the side window of
the car while shooting at enemies and
well thanks to this mod we can now have
it in five the mod works really well but
there are a few things to keep in mind
right now it only works for standard
vehicles and the right passenger seat
and the aiming can feel a bit off since
GTA 5 doesn’t allow full 180° seat
movement like GTA 4 did also sometimes
the animation Clips through the car roof
that said it’s still awesome to see this
feature back in the game it’s something
I didn’t realize I missed until I saw it
in action again it just feels right for
Drive buys now let’s talk about textures
specifically Road textures even though
I’m using the HD version of the Liberty
City preservation project the roads
don’t look drastically different from
the original and that’s where the
Liberty City Road overhaul mod comes in
if you’ve ever modded GTA 4 you might
recognize these textures they’re
actually from the dkt 70 road texture
mod which has now been ported from 4 to
5 and yeah I know some of of you might
not love the change since it replaces
the heavily worn cracked roads and
Pavements with cleaner almost freshly
paved ones in some areas but honestly I
think it looks fantastic the original
author did an amazing job creating these
textures for GTA 4 and now that snoozie
has ported them to five they really
shine on the newer rage engine but it’s
worth mentioning that this mod doesn’t
replace every single Road texture in
Liberty City in four some of the road
textures were stored in the GTX archive
and that’s the file most Road texture
mods replaced replacing every Road
texture across the entire Liberty City
Map is way more complicated it would
require digging into separate files for
every district and while there are some
mods like that for GTA 4 porting them to
the Liberty City preservation project is
a much bigger challenge but that doesn’t
mean it won’t happen in the future the
good news is that the texture and model
names in the Liberty City preservation
project are the same as in the original
GTA 4 which makes porting mods like this
much easier so I’m pretty confident
we’ll see more texture mods like this
popping up eventually let me know what
you think about these Road textures do
you prefer the original gritty look or
do you like the cleaner more polished
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Vibe but the texture improvements don’t
stop there because badass baboon has
also released a brilliant mod called The
Definitive Edition for Liberty City it’s
still a work in progress but even in its
current state it replaces a ton of
textures and adds some amazing upgrades
the mod replaces Textures in a ton of
areas like hve beach Firefly Island boao
Dukes Park Hatton Gardens Church
happiness Island Middle Park West vuchi
University actor Park and more and it
doesn’t just stop at replacing old
textures it uses Parallax textures to
create a 3d effect on surfaces even
though they’re actually flat this makes
everything look way more detailed and
it’s such a clever way to improve
visuals without killing performance it
also adds grass fur shaders for more
realistic grass in locations like Middle
Park Port tutor happiness Island Outlook
Park Bohan wellam Park and suffk Church
plus it upgrades all the Cobblestone
roads in Algonquin with Parallax
textures and gives HD makeovers to signs
around the city there’s a lot going on
here and it all comes together to make
Liberty City look absolutely stunning
all right so now that we’ve talked about
improving the city’s visuals let’s shift
back to something just as important
physics one thing that really stood out
in GTA 4 was the ragd doll physics it
was a huge part of what made that game
feel so Dynamic and unpredictable but
let’s be honest GTA 5 took a big step
back in this area even though both games
use the same Euphoria physics system it
feels like Rockstar toned down the
settings and the results are well a lot
more boring the crazy exaggerated
reactions we loved in GTA4 are just
missing and it makes accidents shootouts
and other chaos feel way less fun
luckily there’s a fix for that Bas
dragon’s Euphoria ragd doll overhaul
this mod doesn’t try to make things
ultra realistic instead it focuses on
bringing back that over-the-top style we
saw in GTA 4 as well as Red Dead
Redemption 1 and max pain 3 head-on
collisions are much more dramatic now
you can actually see the force of the
impact NPCs react better when they’re
shot stumbling and falling in ways that
feel way more satisfying falling off a
building is totally unpredictable again
and jumping out of a helicopter or plane
finally brings back that chaotic energy
we’ve been missing the best part is that
you’ll notice the changes everywhere
whether it’s car crashes shootouts
explosions or just random accidents the
physics feel alive again NPCs don’t just
fall stiffly they collapse in
exaggerated unpredictable ways that make
every encounter feel unique and
explosions now send people flying in
ways that are just so much more
satisfying to watch honestly after
playing with this mod for a while I
can’t imagine going back to the default
physics it completely transforms how the
game feels ragd doll reactions were such
a big part of what made GTA 4 special
and having them back in five thanks to
this mod makes every chaotic moment so
much more enjoyable and of course what
would Liberty City be without Nico
Bellic one of the coolest things about
Nico is that he and the protagonists
from GTA 5 all exist in the same HD
Universe in fact Nico has mentioned
multiple times throughout GTA 5 story
there was a an Eastern European guy
making moves in Liberty City but uh yeah
he went
quiet so adding him as a playable
character doesn’t break the game’s
continuity at all it just feels right
the best Nico mod out there is made by
the NG Clan and let me tell you it’s not
just some basic Port his model along
with all his clothes and accessories has
been fully remastered to fit GTA 5’s
World perfectly and he looks just as
badass as he did in GTA 4 running around
Liberty City as Nico just feels so
natural like it’s exactly what he was
meant to do I won’t lie though while
exploring the city as Nico I couldn’t
shake this slight feeling of unease like
my phone was about to ring and well you
know what happens next n it’s Roman want
to go
bowling and since Liberty City is based
on New York City I thought it would be a
great idea to add the World Trade Center
to complete the skyline and I’m not
going to lie seeing the tower surrounded
by the much shorter buildings of Liberty
City is absolutely stunning
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but unfortunately the mod itself isn’t
perfect and it’s mainly because it
wasn’t originally created for the
Liberty City preservation project it was
made for a different map Port and
because of that there are a lot of
issues like some parts of the building
flicker there are clipping problems and
yeah cars will straight up drive through
the building so it looks like we’ll have
to wait for a proper mod that’s fully
designed for the preservation project
that being said I still think we’ve done
a great job improving Liberty City
overall with these mods there might
still be some other mods out there worth
adding so if you’ve got any suggestions
let me know in the comments down below

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