The long awaited GTA 6 Game Informer cover story is here. We have brand new details on the game’s advanced weather systems and more directly from senior Rockstar Games designers. Let’s take a look at the most important new bits of info from the 14-page cover story found inside of Game Informer issue 382.
Weather System Info
As per Game Informer, GTA VI features a brand new re-engineered, localised and persistent weather system based on what we saw in Red Dead Redemption 2. It is not the same but rather an evolution.
There’s a big emphasis on rain. For example, it can create rainbows, persistent puddles and wet surfaces will remain long after a storm has concluded. Tropical storms and hurricanes are confirmed too.
Speaking of wind, Rockstar have crafted a new wind system that provides offshore breezes, convectional updrafts and wind occlusion from buildings to affect hair, debris, water surfaces and vegetation. One part of the map you are not in may have torrential rain whilst where you, the player, are is sunny. Furthermore, there is the dynamic clouds we saw from Red Dead 2 moving across Leonida and to help generate different weather conditions and lighting.
Map Size And Details
Leonida is Rockstar’s biggest map yet. Art Director Aaron Garbut says GTA VI’s map it’s about twice the size of GTA V’s map, with far more detail, density, interaction, and interiors. Confirmed activities include:
- Base jumping
- Billiards
- Gyms
- Kayaking
- Mini golf
- Scuba diving
- Street and off-road racing
- Zoos
- Air boating
- Jet skiing
The map contains:
- ATV trails
- Mud parks
- Demolition derbies
- Mountain biking
- Motocross
- Farms
- Ranches
- Golf
- Bass fishing
- Swamps
- Beaches
- Abandoned tourist attractions
- Industrial areas
- Northern countryside.
GTA VI Wildlife
GTA VI features more than 170 animal species. This includes over 60 types of birds and more than 30 land mammals. Confirmed species include:
- Alligators
- Manatees
- Flamingos
- Pelicans
- Sharks
- Whales
- Rays
- Turtles
- Jellyfish
- Iguanas
- Macaques
Certain animals can be tracked and come in Rare, Discoverable, and Legendary categories. Rockstar are currently keeping their identities secret. Animal fur, feathers, and movement have also received extensive visual and simulation work.
Issue 382 of Game Informer is shipping now to subscribers and bookstores/newsstands; delivery expected in the coming weeks. You can read the digital version right now. This Game Informer article came with 12 new screenshots of the game. You can view all of them here.
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