Grand Theft Auto V's Mundane, yet Weird Map Details

[@arabidllama]

For people familiar with LA, a lot of the locations in GTA5 are downright uncanny. Of course the major buildings are represented, but I even recognized many of the intersections you show in the video.

[@PretzelYT]

You reminded me of San Francisco in Watch Dogs 2. I heard that's SUPER accurate to the real city. I've only played one game that recreated a place I lived. It really is wild to just see places digitally that you've actually visited in real life.

[@tonyhinojosa666]

I live in LA and I LOVE this game for that uncanny feeling. Especially the bridge to the side of Lester's factory that goes back to the city

[@Chrissba]

@@tonyhinojosa666yess it’s cool knowing i lived by those bridges irl

[@mauricehamilton4025]

i live in NYC gta 4 is the same way there are things only people from NYC would notice

[@CryptidBuddy]

The map feels uncanny regardless like how you feel so small walking when the city is like 80% road and the hoods cut into the business district so abruptly or that the map is literally composed mostly of empty warehouse but I suppose it is things they make fun of La for.

[@Grrt]

Only when you take a close look like this the true insane levels of detail in GTA can be realised, It's crazy that inidivual people made these thousands of niche assets 99% of players wont give a 2nd thought about.

[@PretzelYT]

What's crazy to me is that they have such big teams AND they take so long to develop. I'm not the biggest Rockstar fan in the world, but there is nobody doing what they're doing in the industry today. I'm super curious to just see GTA 6 and the scope of its world.

[@lobaandrade7172]

Didn’t expect grrt here

[@kayagorzan]

@@PretzelYTI’d love to just walk around Vice City and take in all the atmosphere when it launches

[@johannesg8959]

Mate... this guy is just doing a great job at looking at real stuff and looking at details. the creators just copied and pasted what real life has to offer... stop glazing on good but not THE PERFECT game.

[@imaroadcone6207]

Grrt jumpscare

[@PolarisCastillo]

I was born and raised in Los Angeles so seeing the world brought to life in such a way has always been a treat. As excited as I am for Vice City, I know I'll miss Los Santos.

[@thefinalkayakboss]

Im from long island and i hope they return to liberty city one day and go way overboard on the surrounding areas. Id be thrilled to find a district modeled after the hamptons where ive worked or something like that.

[@Euro.Patriot]

Miss? We've been trapped here for 10 fucking years.

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

GTA 4 was originally supposed to feature where you are but they decided to just do the city instead and make that extremely detailed.​@@thefinalkayakboss

[@MentalParadox]

Have you ever played True Crime: Streets of LA?

[@Leon14000]

Raised in Broward and then moved to Miami/Dade for a few years before moving up to New England. Very excited to go back to Miami!

[@unionman1328]

I find it so strange. The world of GTA looks so realistic so detailed to such a absurd extent but it only takes a little looking to find a underbelly of intense parody and comedy on real life. I like it.

[@PretzelYT]

That's something I kinda forgot about until my most recent playthrough, about how in-your-face it is with it's parody and satire. I wonder how much GTA6 will lean into that as well...

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Not to mention about the parodies of brands, commercials, and radio station commentaries that lighten up the dark, criminal underbelly of the GTA world.

[@JanyaAndromedaGalactic]

@@PretzelYT that will never happen again, cancel culture and sensitive whiny internet snots everywhere gonna ruin the company if they tried!

[@RyKaB17]

I never really realized how cool and detailed the in-game internet is. I love how Rockstar devs put so much effort into their games, I really cant wait to explore GTA VI and discover all the new things in there also, really cool video, it was well written and very interesting to watch

[@gabrielmartines3510]

​@@GalacticFoxCat It will, 1 to almost 2 years after the console version, but it'll.

[@SammEater]

My favorite in game website is the one with that woman that can read the future, there are some funny dialogues with all 3 protagonists with her.

[@kushlord9042]

Use to live in cali in 2011 I was surprised when gta 5 released it felt like a real 1 for 1 scale of LA, rockstar really nailed the west coast feel and look with the tech that was available

[@Unavailable_Username.]

7:00 No, this interior was always accessible in the game. It was just only actually utilized much later when the original heist update came out

[@PretzelYT]

Really? The wiki has a trivia section saying: "The addition of the bank's interior after the Heists Update marks one of the only occasions in which a newly added location in GTA Online has become available in GTA V as well. This allows the bank to be one of the few new GTA Online locations to be readily accessible in Director Mode." Is that just a lie?

[@luftenorospu5984]

​@@PretzelYTit does work in director mode, yes. I remember when I was younger I'd play director mode and pretend to Rob the Pacific standard bank, used to record and edit it, I was obsessed.

[@sierra_112]

​@@PretzelYTidk, I do remember seeing this bank before the update. Gotta look for some footage

[@sierra_112]

​@@PretzelYT There's a 10 year ago footage of Pacific Standard. Update did drop 2 later kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJq5gnuYqL6qjposi=ITeUjokTPRfx9tjv

[@s7robin105]

@@PretzelYTIf you search 2013 enterable bank GTA 5 or something along those lines you will find examples of it before the heist update as well

[@AFT_05G]

This might be an unpopular opinion but i think R* truly did a stellar job with the map given the limitations of the PS3 and Xbox 360.Such a shame they didn't give us more interiors later on with new versions of the game though.

[@Cralist]

100% agree

[@Greybell]

1:28 This is something I would do occasionally in IV and V. I love to take in the city vibe because I do that IRL too. IV is arguably more interactive for pedestrians because some buildings are enterable immune V, but V has a much brighter tone (considering the theme of the game isn't as depressing as IV). I'm excited for VI and I can't wait to explore Vice City on foot (and rumors claim it will have more enterable buildings than previous GTA).

[@Greybell]

*enterable unlike V. Keyboard autocorrect got wayy off

[@TheFloodFourm]

I was thinking “he needs to come back and do the fake internet” and then you did it. I’d love to see another video on this game the details are wild. Even tide is simulated.

[@MatthewGoat91515]

Cyberpunk 2077’s Night City is incredible too. Would love a video on that

[@PretzelYT]

I'm waiting for a nice discount on the game + the expansion. It's definitely on my radar though! It seems super cool these days, especially with all the patches its had.

[@MatthewGoat91515]

@@PretzelYT I’ve got both. Even on low end hardware it’s still pretty good (SSD required tho)

[@nottoofast]

@@MatthewGoat91515 No one can stop me from running the game on a hard drive

[@MatthewGoat91515]

@@nottoofast It’ll run, but for Phantom Liberty the system requirements ask for an SSD

[@logansmith3513]

This dude makes my day when he uploads. Kudos Pretzel

[@CrazyBrosCael]

It’s a miracle that this game could run on an Xbox 360. They originally planned to have more trees and nature/details, but had to cut and minimise them due to hardware limitations.

[@SuperGeronimo999]

And oddly enough, even though they improved the vegetation, not even the PS4 or PS5 version had the original nature/details from the first trailers. Kinda sad... but i bet there is PC mods for that.

[@DrSpaceman42]

@@SuperGeronimo999 that's rockstar for ya..

[@crispy_bongomapping2344]

Terrific video. Quality Rockstar map analyses are disappointingly sparse on KZbin. Glad I found your channel, right up my alley!

[@D0Samp]

12:34 Which is surprising since Trevor complains during a (side?) mission that he can't even get pizza delivered out there.

[@YourPal69]

I love Pretzels videos the way he takes it slow and looks way to much into even the smallest details or just a 1 time NPC.

[@CallofFreaky]

Yeah it’s so relaxing

[@aaronjoosepsepp]

I like them too but the AI voice is uncanny

[@brown-eyedcheese5440]

@@aaronjoosepseppis it an ai voice?

[@aaronjoosepsepp]

@@brown-eyedcheese5440yes, by the way there is no characteristics in the voice and how the mic quality is too good for such a small channel.

[@attaboy7729]

@@aaronjoosepsepp Wtf are you saying, that's just his cadence, it's clearly a human talking lol Also, you can go watch his old videos and hear his voice on different mic qualities but still, wtf does that have to do with anything? I can have a good mic and 0 subs or vice versa.

[@6z0]

Los Santos has a strong resemblance to LA and Santa Monica in real life. You can tell its a super condensed though, lots of streets and places are missing but when you drive on a street that is from GTA 5 you instantly recognize it. Rockstar did such a good job with actually creating a mini LA

[@ZadXander]

Finding out gta 6 is dropping so soon is really making me appreciate and love los santos more than ever, it actually feels like im proper moving citys soon

[@wep_vs]

I did the same thing. I would turn on first person mode and just walk and walk around the city, especially kinda suburban residential areas, and look around.

[@beyondobscure]

I never even knew about Pacific Standard! 10 years later and this game STILL has new content for me. That's why I love GTA V. I've been playing it on and off since a few months after it came out ( I was like, 4 ) and nearly each and every time I boot it up there's SOMETHING new.

[@TheFloodFourm]

It wasn’t in the original release of the game it was added in expanded and enhanced

[@laprueba6521]

@@TheFloodFourm no it wasn't, i've been there playing on ps3

[@rockhound3.14]

2:00 technically beautiful ❤️😂😂 LMAO. Had me laughing way to much. It IS beautiful sir. Certainly a marvel of gaming history ❤❤❤🎉

[@francskgp]

I love this video man. I thought i was the only one who stops and just walk around, slowly take in and notice things about the world, the environment and sound design. Noticing unique uninteresting/obscure areas

[@CallofFreaky]

18:39 I love the Lost MC member posting about Johnny being killed

[@jaymac7203]

Please keep doing these deep dive videos into the unseen backstreets and unnoticed minutiae. You have me hooked lol I can't wait for your gta 6 videos 😊

[@ChkthDeats]

It's interesting you point out the gas station doors as having that iconic look with the stickers and shutters. Ive only ever been in one gas station that looked like that in my entire life, but I know the look is commonplace for cities as seen in movies and other media.

[@Rubix003]

The LAPD uses the LSPDFR Mod to train their dispatchers. I can tell you from personal experience the mod nails it... some of the dispatch codes do work in the IRL software.

[@ZenShroud1]

Exploring the map in first-person is really great.

[@KevilTjnz]

It's always a good day when my favorite type of bread uploaded

[@Adriethyl]

Rockstar has had a suprising amount of experience with LA • LA Noir is in LA (duh) • Midnight Club: LA (is also duh)

[@TakeNoShift]

5:36 You missed a random, unused hidden room to the right there, after the "Yoga Zone"

[@RainyDayDance]

You actually can enter the lobby when normally completing the mission, when you leave the lifeinvader office you can exit through the lobby and the receptionist will even buzz you out. I've always done this in my playthroughs because its a quicker exit from the stairs than the back exit.

[@wyattwilliams9087]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the weird architecture of Michael's house. There are windows on the front of the house, just right of the front door, but inside, there aren't? There should be windows where the books are in the living room. There's actually almsot enough room for another whole room between the windows and the booksshelf, but there's no door?

[@mazda9624]

It is truly insane just how detailed this game is, *especially when you consider that it was originally released for game consoles released in 2005 and 2006.

[@officerspooder]

that’s what always makes me think sony saying ps5 is near its life cycle sound total bull

[@DarnTootn]

Pretty crazy that we're less than a week away from seeing GTA 6 after 10 long years. Can't wait to see how much detail they packed into it compared to GTA 5, hopefully another huge leap for open world titles.

[@demon-goat]

I went to america in 2020 and the LA airport was the last place I saw before leaving (for obvious reasons), and I remember after coming home I loaded up GTA and went there and it was super surreal now haha

[@ElectricheadPt1]

My favorite place you never go to in the story at all is the full college campus that’s in the north west of Los Santos.

[@SammEater]

My favorite spot in GTA V is a small waterfall in the green area of the map.

[@ThisSteveGuy]

The thing I can't get over is that while this game came out in 2013, it was designed to be able to run on systems which came out in the mid 2000's. The fact that it's as good as it is despite that speaks to how talented Rockstar is.

[@TheSwilkos]

I want you to know that you are genuinely funny and are entertaining as well as informative Love this style of video!

[@andreaspeyrath-scharff8824]

Dude your videos are the chilliest thing on KZbin

[@ketaminepoptarts]

the end with the pile up was hilarious, especially the cars driving off the highway like lemmings

[@gabe4738]

I think you should definitely do a video like this for red dead 2! Rockstar really put an incredible amount of detail into its map

[@PretzelYT]

I stopped playing that game around release when my roommate accidentally deleted my save and the only save I could revert to was like 20 hours behind 😭 I need to give it another chance someday. I'm not a HUGE western fan, but that game does have some attention to detail that's hard to ignore.

[@viniciusaguiar8979]

funfact: that exact pisswasser poster at 04:08 is on the GTA IV manual.

[@AnneFrankthe2nd]

This one was pretty disappointing when I came back to replay it a couple of months ago. The bank was one of the few places I discovered that I hadn’t before. The lack of things that you can interact with in this game is the main problem. Not just the same cut and paste mini games spread everywhere through the map but I miss the interiors, street vendors, buskers

[@GoobsNYC]

18:59 without context this sounds wild

[@PretzelYT]

😭😭💀

[@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457]

He sounds like a psychopath.

[@jackzheng20]

Trevor's trailer changes during the games story. I think it's the only room that has the most changes beside Trevor's apartments and Jimmy's and his sisters room.

[@yungvolio7853]

As someone who lives in the middle of the Oregon desert, I can confirm we live off only Donuts, Tuna, and Mayonnaise

[@PretzelYT]

Glad we have a first hand confirmation on that. Thank you for the on-the-ground reporting 🫡

[@ondraspendlik9759]

Other interesting and weird places: the completely empty tunnel that cuts through Mount Chilliad, connecting roads on which, as far as I know, no NPC ever drives on the hills around Mount Gordo (the one with the ghost), there are a bunch of hiking trails here, I think some NPCs sometimes walk there, other than that, nothing of interest the abandoned mine shaft the sewage tunnels under the city the huge sea cave on the west side of the map, a small cave in one of the mountains various empty islands in the ocean the bottom of the ocean (ship wrecks, plane wrecks, a UFO, remains of constructions, but also underwater life, etc.) the Altruist camp the Lost MC clubhouse the accessible Tequilla-La bar the Playboy mansion Franklin's mansion changing over the game, full of boxes after he moves in, later with stuff unpacked, pictures hanged, etc. along with the Internet, there's also the radio, TV and movie theatres, all full of different content so many details, such as names of businesses and other funny signs There's way more, the game has an insane amount of details.

[@TwigTheThird]

Salt and Sauce is a reference to Edinburgh, where Rockstar is based. Unlike the rest of the UK, where “salt and vinegar” is the default for your fish and chips, in Edinburgh you’ll be asked if you want “salt and sauce”. The sauce is like a mix of HP brown sauce and vinegar. Obviously in the UK we have salt and vinegar as crisp flavours, but not salt and sauce, so the inclusion in the vending machine is obviously a little nod to the local delicacy.

[@TwigTheThird]

Saul Tyres being another one on the gas station, with a a Scottish “saltire” flag behind it.

[@Maddiedoggie]

I think GTA 5 still holds up 10 years later, ignoring the nonsense that is the online portion of the game. The only real gripe I have is that the FOV in first person is limited between 45 and 55 degrees, which is laughably pathetic compared to any other FPS game which lets you go all the way up to 120 in many cases. Also there are a few inconsistencies with the interiors. In Michael's house, the skylight seen above the staircase is nowhere to be seen from outside the house, and in the Life-Invader office, the door to the cafe leads to right where the staircase should be. It seems that whoever designed the staircases in a few of the interiors really did not care about consistency.

[@ArthurDavey-ru8sz]

I switched accounts to one I can actually comment on because I’ve been binging all your videos on my other account and your production quality is insaaaaaaaaane, Really brilliant stuff pretsel fr

[@ArthurDavey-ru8sz]

Pretzel* my bad

[@TheRealPOTUSDavidByrd]

The bank reminds me of the one in John Carpenter's "They Live" where the famous line, "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass..."

[@PretzelYT]

🤔 Now that you mention that, I kinda see it.

[@NickolasNameolas]

You avoided Franklin's house and all the urban low income areas.

[@PretzelYT]

I had thought about including that section of the map, but decided to really focus on the urban vs rural areas. Both the bottom and upper half of the city kinda fit that "urban streets" vibe compared to the desolate and spread out Blaine county. Now that you bring it up though, I feel bad leaving Franklin and his side of the map out of it😭 It does have a vibe that the area around Michael's house and Trevor's house don't. If I make another video on the game, I'll give him justice.

[@JWBails]

Great video! Is there a chance of doing Blue Shift and Half Life 2 + Ep1/2?

[@DevilAlpacca]

They were teasing vice city since a long time!

[@aux13morone]

this shit deserves so much more views subscribed and i'd love to see more videos related to rockstar open worlds! 👍

[@PretzelYT]

You better keep an eye on your subscription feed in 2 weeks 👀

[@aux13morone]

just know i'm pestering everyone i know to come and see this lol

[@waketp420]

I cannot wait to explore gta 6 Gta 5 is 11 years old and the detail of even the base game back then were incredible. GTA 6 is going to be something special.

[@sydrah2]

I do wanna see one of these for cyberpunk 2077’s night city! If not the whole city, at least a district

[@elementalb3m957]

There is another spot to put the bus on an on ramp above the storm drain where the cars will just drive off continuouisly without even aiming at them

[@kaylas.9797]

About fucking TIME

[@YourPal69]

How would "About" fuck Time itself...?

[@cosmonauthal7651]

Details in games like this are much like Bass in a rock song. Sure you probably won't notice it but if they were not there it wouldn't be right and you would notice.

[@TheRageLivesOn]

love these vids. hope you do more on the other GTA’s, and maybe even other Rockstar games

[@SalusFuturistics]

GTA 5 is a massive World, partnered with the serene Background Music and is always a Joy to traverse. 12:10 Do I have to PAY 20$ to get to spend the Night on it, or do I GET 20$?

[@churlissh_7680]

Back in 2013 when I was 12, I would dead ass go around the map and look at little assets and would tell myself “The developers really hand placed this asset exactly right here” 😂

[@hexxymaniac5125]

The email at 4:40 seems to be a rather garbled ad for a "male enhancement product". It's too low-res to tell what much of it says, but I can make out stuff like "...want to be big and strong for your (????) lady", "Use our product and you will be huge in the sheets, and the joy of the woman in your life".

[@Thron2111]

I look forward to seeing this kind of video for gta vi, I bet they use KI instead of Lorem ipsum

[@Watermeloncatismyopp]

Rockstar games is the only company that could squish an entire fully detailed platform that is about the size of San Francisco inside a 2005 xbox 360.

[@_TedKaczynski]

The Pacific standard bank was in game before online ever even released

[@d4n737]

It's weird to hear him talk about how "It's so strange, just walking around the town as a normal person, aimlessly" when GTA-RP exists. That "Mode" was made specifically because people got tired of GTAOnline's constant power creep and wanted to return into a simpler, more grounded reality, where they participate in gang wars and drive with proper traffic. There's also a LOT of stuff in the game that are easy to miss, like how you'll hear a trumpet playing at sunrise near the military base. Or all the animals you come into contact with out of town Edit: I also love how well they've depicted Mike's house as its own character. Sure it's nice and ideal. It's not "Their" house, it's been given to them by witness protection. Tracy isn't just a girl with pink in her room, she's a valley tramp. And Jimmy isn't just a gamer either, he's a pathetic no-life who tries to suck up to Franklin because he thinks being a gangsta' is cool. Edit2: You didn't mention the WTF bar, so I will. That is my favorite location in the game, maybe except for Mt.Chiliad. I love when a restaurant has a gimmick, and a bar that serves weird alien food is SO up my alley, I would 100% go there.

[@Cecnorthernohio]

Most of the churches and some other buildings (ulsa university, the vineyard, the kortz center) have bells that chime on the hour Also i thought the alien place was like ripleys believe it or not

[@waynepayne9875]

I love listening to Tucker Carlson talk about GTA V

[@paperclip9558]

I genuinely cannot wait to discover how R* tackle its virtual internet in GTA 6, considering based on its trailer, and our current internet culture where short videos app is the current trendy thing, compared to just a text & picture based social media in early 2010's, how ambitious they'll emulate the whole thing?

[@PretzelYT]

Yeah I wonder if there'll be a tiktok-like app where you can scroll through a bunch of 5-10 second bespoke "videos" like we see in the trailer. That'd be super neat.

[@LexusLFA554]

After you really liked this I'd like your opinion on Chicago from Watch Dogs :)

[@hamsterlover2864]

I love the thumbnail and this video!!😂 ❤

[@nottoofast]

Those Life Invader desktops are running Windows Vista in 2013 lol

[@niekgozer26]

Im surprised you didn’t look at the lil quaint town of paleto bay

[@onikrux]

Wild to think some squeaker on ps3 playing this game for his tenth bday when it was new- is now 20 years old awaiting the next game..

[@Witoree]

such a cozy video, loved it!!!!

[@wolfmarian]

many hours in this game, and i´ve never seen the metro!

[@adamlach6572]

To this day the best city in gaming (okay one might argue night city is a good contender, also first two watchdog games and mafia 3)

[@PhoenixDening-cz5wd]

I love how he just turned gta v into l a tourism simulater

[@FlaccidFella]

Great video. I came.

[@kepler6484]

Amazing video

[@lucassaueressig1411]

Very cool video

[@rattmcpossum]

You should do GTA IV next if you haven’t already!

[@tjwwe]

Can you make a video for San Andrea’s’ map? 🙏🏻

[@GoobsNYC]

Okay this one hits hard.

[@mxdrid77]

You should review the Dead Rising game

[@Big_Banes]

what is the sauce in salt and sauce

[@Y_hass]

You haven't been to NY nor LA...are you in the midwest?

[@natsume5372]

I hope you make San Andreas next.

[@mihailos8701]

Thanks for a nice video

[@2ricky]

11:44 : I was literally eating a tuna mayo sandwich 🥪 😮

[@CallofFreaky]

17:27 he @‘ed her 💀💀

[@moneygum]

I'd try the rib-flavored chips🤓

[@kotencja3]

I wonder if youll ever do payday 2? it has some interesting maps imo

[@Vulenkus]

Glad I got recommended this, I was actually looking for a video like this on GTA V a few days ago. I enjoy looking at these small details in games

[@kalashniben9005]

nice, makes me want to play gta5 again but nice and slow

[@meantcabbage711]

It be cool if you explore GTA SA. That map has a lot to offer

[@somnollent]

Can you survive?!

[@Pinned.by.Yourself]

Gta4 next?

[@PretzelYT]

I might cover another Grand Theft Auto in the foreseeable future... 👀

[@Pinned.by.Yourself]

@@PretzelYT I'll get the popcorn