Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Editiondid not release as many thought it would, containing numerous bugs and glitches not present in the original games. Rockstar Games has started rolling out updates to fix many of the games' issues, one in particular aimed at theGrand Theft Auto Trilogy’s distracting rain effects.
For its time, the original PS2Grand Theft Autotrilogy offered an impressive day and night system with convincing weather effects like rain and fog. Anyone that has been following the status ofThe Trilogyremaster will have likely seen theridiculous rain effects, one of the most egregious and hard to miss problems of the game at launch. The effect was a storm of bad parts: the density, intensity, and color of the rain would make the game unseeable, and there were layering issues causing the rain effect to appear in places where it clearly shouldn’t have been. Rockstar Games apologized forThe Trilogy’s state and has been working to fix it as soon as possible.
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Rockstar Games improved the rain in a handful of more specific instances as well, mostly in places where it would be falling while indoors. For example, in the cutscene for theGTA 3mission “Cutting the Grass,” the rain could previously be seen inside the mansion. Other areas the update addressed include also inGTA 3"an issue where the rain appears under water when falling," and inSan Andreas"where rain drops did not appear on the water surface," throughout the city. Besides the rain through, the update fixed many of the remasters' other issues like theRockstar Games pool inVice City,and a litany of the typos on signs that the AI texture upscaling had misspelled.
Update 1.02 dropped for theGTA Trilogyremasters on November 20, which brought a lot of immediate fixes to the game, so to see another big update like this so soon is a good sign for Rockstar Games and those looking to enjoy these games. As time goes on, and the game becomes further stabilized, the updates will become less frequent, though this process will remain a heavy reminder for Rockstar Games about shipping an unready product. Fans won’t be forgetting about this anytime soon.
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Editionis available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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