GTA San Andreas: The Definitive Edition Physics & Details Comparison

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Music:Retro by Wayne jones

[FacuGonz]

It's ironic but the extremely low draw distance in the original game added sense of 'remoteness'. Now you can clearly see how SMALL the whole map is just by looking at it lol it looks kinda weird honestly.

[KyleLeeman]

Man that draw distance really kills it for me. I remember as a kid exploring the world for what felt like MILES. Getting lost around Chiliad in the woods, and exploring the expansive desert. Hunting for bigfoot and the serial killer in the shack. SO many cool legends that were made believable by how big and varied the map felt. Now it feels tiny and weird. Really kills the magic of the originals.

[hanzfranz]

The high draw distance makes the entire map look like a diorama or like the model of a landscape. I think the GTA 5 solution with some fog would have been a great compromise.

[maiko]

The fog is the main reason why I crashed my plane in one of San Fierro's tallest sky scrapers. It's how I discovered the city too on my first playthrough

[anthonyreynolds]

The fog made the game. Made driving around the map feel like an entire road trip. They should give us an option to bring it back!

[Bunni_boi]

This proves how u can't improve on perfection.
Removing the fog actually makes the world feel smaller.
While on the OG version less is more.

[fkstar]

The old graphics have vibes, the hear haze, the fog, the feeling of actually being in one smal town at a time not in the whole map at once. Original has vibes that we as san andreas lovers know 😃

[AlbanianGovernment]

The original one will always be in my heart

[Madelong]

The fog gave it such 90’s feeling. Remastered version feels so empty, like a void. They can in fact update it, it’s crazy how all that gta 5 milk doesn’t let them do better

[TirtaLeonardi]

the old rainy weather version has a soft spot in my heart, it has that lofi feel to it that I truly fond of

[adamcosta]

Just gotta love how chilled everyone when there is rain or sand storm

[Alskie]

I used to love the wind and rain in the original. I would stand under a porch in the woods and watch the rain. It felt to atmospheric and a little spooky at times.

[MrIIINOODLESIII]

Man the fog in the original made the map look a lot bigger than it really was.

[B.M.Skyforest]

The huge draw distance really ruined everything. Original game feels huge, even judging by this video. Now you can even snipe someone in San Fierro from LS tower XD

[PeterLiuIsBeast]

The lack of fog really makes San Andreas feel like its really remote in the middle of the ocean. It used to feel as if it was a massive island like Greenland or something but now it just feels like its the size of Alcatraz or something small. Like in the real world you can't see San Fran or Vegas from LA.

[sunnyrozario]

I played GTA SA for more than 50+ times and still would say the original is still best than the D.E. in terms of gameplay, texture, the surrounding vibes with weather changes, specially during sandstorm which defined the real world, like you barely see anything in sandstorm in real, it isn't difficult but challenging which I always like, glad I saved my bucks investing in the original earlier rather than the NOTHING BEATS THE ORIGINAL, THE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES 😌

[cowsaysmoo]

The fog/hase actually give the illusion that the graphics are more realistic

[Jo-Wilbe-Dina]

*R.I.P. Fog*
*2004 - 2021*

The very thing that creates the Pleasant Atmosphere of San Andreas, is now gone.

[cainelesimcer]

I kinda like the fog in the classic GTA. it doesnt look realistic seeing 2 whole cities just staying on a building

[adishadzo]

I used to run a sa-mp server years ago. There was a trick with weather, I forgot what weather, after which you were able to see entire San Andreas map without the fog. You could see Las Venturas from top of that skyscraper in Los Santos.