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GTA IV mod makes incredible graphical overhaul

Parts of the above trailer for the ICEnhancer 1.2 GTA IV mod look as though they could come from a GTA V. The fan made update, spotted by RPS, builds on a selection of GTA IV mods, like RealityIV and DKT70 road textures, and then adds updated shaders to make this three year old game look as though it could be coming out next year. Improved lighting, weather effects, depth of field and more combine to transform GTA IV into the video you see above.

Emilio_Estevez5439d ago

It's does. I am usually not impressed by these GTA mods, but that one is amazing.

JLeVRT5439d ago

It looks sexily real at night.

I cant wait to see what R* does on next gen consoles and PC specs.

Dee_915439d ago

my computer overheating just playing this video :O

RedDragan5439d ago

I think Rockstar has a lot to answer for.

Considering the budget they had, they did a terrible job with the graphics and it is highlighted all the more when you see people create mods that do this.

This is amazing, it looks $100M... do you hear that Rockstar?!

YogiBear5439d ago

@ RedDragan

They made the game three years ago. Technology has a way of advancing in that amount of time.

vortis5439d ago

@YogiBear

How long ago was Crysis made?

Pwned.

kingdavid5439d ago

Crysis was made exclusively for PC only whilst GTA was an enhanced (used loosely) port of a console game..

saladthieves5438d ago

Wow....this looks very sweet!

..and console fanboyz keep on wondering why the PC is the superior race. Well, because of stuff like this!

Razgriz185438d ago

@ egidem:
'superior race'? Wtf dude... We all know PC's are way more powerfull and have more capabilities than consoles, but you're starting to sound like a freaking Nazi :p

ABizzel15438d ago

This is the kind of leap I'm expecting for Next gen consoles. So they can wait a couple more years until they can run this.

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rabidpancakeburglar5439d ago

Agreed it looks pretty realistic, for the most part.

Gray-Fox-Type05439d ago (Edited 5439d ago )

holy! that looks insane and powerful...at times wish i had a powerful PC but more of a console gamer but how do modders do a better job then developers !. Now how will GTA5 compare to this... and love the mods with real cars.

one question.. do the cars deform same as before? I want to see those real cars crash.

Solid_Malone5439d ago

yeah looks very impressive and i gotta agree with Gray-Fox, we need to see if it looks as good when they deform from collisions.

FragMnTagM5439d ago (Edited 5439d ago )

I have every car replaced with a real car on my version of GTA on my PC, and yes they crash just like the normal models do. Oh and with the trainer that I have on with my mods, I can set it to no damage and no wanted level and all kinds of crazy crap. I can add neons to cars at will, push a button and the nearest car explodes, change my character, and more all from within the game.

You can have a lot of fun with mods on GTA4.

bozebo5438d ago

Because a lot of mods are made by developers and students etc. Also the developers are limited by the decisions of cashflow...

Crazyglues5439d ago (Edited 5439d ago )

yeah really does, this makes me want this on my PC...

Really nice job... and if you think that was amazing you got to check out when he goes around the city.. Looks stunning...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

oh and then check out the random walk.. OMG!! Awesome - http://www.youtube.com/watc...

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zootang5439d ago (Edited 5439d ago )

Will I be able to play this with an Amd Phenom X4 with a GTX460, 4GB Ram?

nskrishna25439d ago

yeah it should work..:P

lol here I am worried that it might not even work on my Core i5 and GTX 560...:P

The Creep5439d ago

do u think a 5850 and AMD X4 965 can run this?

subtenko5439d ago

wow, looks way better than the xbox360 version! I dont have gta4 on pc but Im not sure how smooth it would run with this mod as I cant try it out since I didnt buy it on PC :( hopefully R* really focuses and puts everything they can into gta5.

and a side note, I want a JustCause3! (I know it isnt made by rockstar)

the_best_player5439d ago (Edited 5439d ago )

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Andronix5438d ago

That truly looks fantastic. If not for the camera and car movements it could pass for real. Imagine if GTA V looked liked that!

matey5438d ago

Type r600 in youtube and look at a real city that looks real and makes that look dull

showtimefolks5438d ago

best gta 4 mod i have seen everything looks so real

great job

Jdub895O5436d ago

lol someone doesnt think it looks good....wonder what hes seen lol

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Prcko5439d ago

you need very good computer to run this,and i don't have that much money!
ps3 version ftw!!!

BeastlyRig5439d ago (Edited 5439d ago )

So basically don't have much money ftw? meh

PCFTW!! LA Noire, Arma3, Rage & Skyrim mods need to be made by theses people!

I will like to see how gta 5 looks compared to this!

Geralt5439d ago

If GTA5 is on the current consoles it will not look as good as this. If it's on next-gen console, perhaps it will. Here's hoping they put some extra effort into the PC version for those with high-end rigs though!

@Prcko
That's the great thing about PC gaming - it keeps most of the kiddies away because they can't afford it. If anyone has a job, even minimum wage, they can afford a great gaming PC after saving for a little while.

Ranshak5439d ago

@geralt

Actually if kiddies had a clue how much cheaper PC gaming is compared to PC, they would be flocking toward PC.

The amount of extra people spend per game on console is enough to make a great PC gaming rig in 2-3 years time. Imo any hardcore gamer should consider a PC gaming rig.

@Prcko

A 500usd PC would blow make the PS3 version look last gen. PS3 version isnt even HD and runs at a meager 25fps with low res blurry texures.

koh5439d ago

Geralt, you say that it is a good thing to keep kiddies away from PC gaming, but complain when a developer forgoes PC versions of games and PC original titles. Mods are great and all, but if PC gamers want great, up-to-date new games they need larger numbers.

CommonSense5439d ago

if sheeple were wise consumers and not complete corporate tools, they'd focus more attention on PC gaming and developers would go back to proper game-making and community support.

it's the fault of the consumer...

bozebo5438d ago (Edited 5438d ago )

What CommonSense said.

People should only buy open platforms and titles on open platforms.

Consoles only exist for the benefit of Sony, MS and Nintendo. The whole point in a console these days (u know, since it's no longer expensive to get gaming hardware in a general purpose machine like the 80s and early 90s...) is to create a unique market base for the platform provider to make royalties from sales.

Also it's so damn expensive to develop a title for consoles that developers are going bust all around us because their publishers don't let them make PC games.

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FragMnTagM5439d ago (Edited 5439d ago )

A 500 dollar computer could run that easily. I should know, as my computer costed just a bit more than that and I can run it with no problems and a bunch of mods all at once.

Troll harder.

Ranshak5439d ago

500usd computer would easily run in in 1080p stock with no mods, ps3 version wouldnt stand a chance.

vortis5439d ago

What's your specs by the way? I got a ATI HD 4870 2gig video card, 4gig of RAM, Intel Quad-Core for $350.

I'm still trying to figure out if I should upgrade or not for Battlefield 3. I know a lot of newer cards seem to be cheaper (or alternative) versions of existing cards, like the 560ti or the 480ti.

So even if I did decide to upgrade I'm a little stumped on what to upgrade to.

curtis_boy5439d ago

thats called failing

You wont be running any mods on consoles

liore5439d ago

Why do people wait 2 years to make gta games thIs realistic

FragMnTagM5439d ago

It takes some time to mess around with mods. 2 years? Don't you mean 4 years? GTA IV came out in 2007.

FragMnTagM5439d ago

Yep your right, sorry, was off a year. Still people have been modding it for 3 years, not 2.

silvacrest5439d ago

jeez, has it been more then 4 years since GTA4? if someone told me on launch day that i would have to wait more then 4 years for a sequel......

CommonSense5439d ago (Edited 5439d ago )

quality sequels can't be churned out every 1-2 years. that's why COD never makes any progress. in fact, by PC standards a decade ago...COD2 was the only true sequel..the rest were just expansion packs. new engine = sequel, same engine = expansion or mod.

look at the Half-Life series.

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bozebo5438d ago (Edited 5438d ago )

Actually they have it fairly spot on compared to real life. The shaders are set up to make it appear as if shown through a camera, not eyes.

CrimsonEngage5439d ago

I don't know what's more sad, the fact that the professional developers over at R* couldn't make the game look this good or the fact an amateur did.

EazyC5439d ago

I wouldn't call an amateur making this 'sad', more so 'rediculously impressive'!

Solidus187-SCMilk5439d ago

GTA4 was made for consoles and they cant look like that. PC version was a console port, not made for PC from the groud up.

Also, R* created an entire game, Its not like these people that mod are creating a game from scratch, just adding details to a game already made.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies760d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken760d ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing69760d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker760d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo760d ago (Edited 760d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing69760d ago (Edited 760d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos760d ago (Edited 760d ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt760d ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken760d ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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purple101902d ago

We be getting these posts All week now lads. Someone noticed a number plate ... Someone noticed a billboard... I can see it now

Just go on YouTube and watch one of the many videos dissecting the whole 1minite 30secs worth.

This site supposed to be for news.

roadkillers902d ago

These updates on N4G are going to ruin whats rest of this site. Unfortunate since I was one of the first members.. The site shows unsecure when i login as well.