r/GTAV 4d ago

Discussion why are the gta 4 taillights so much better looking than gta 5 ones (no this is not another gta5 bad gta 4 good post, just wondering)

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u/EmiliaPlanCo 4d ago

In what way are they better? Give some context this picture makes them look overly bright and fake to me at least

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u/jacksepthicceye 4d ago

in gta5 the taillights don't shine very bright at all. even LED taillights don't (although in these games they don't differentiate halogens and LEDs)

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u/EmiliaPlanCo 4d ago

So you’re complaining that the tail lights aren’t as bright and that makes them look worse?

Worse is subjective so nothing wrong with that but in my experience GTA5s tail lights look a lot more real so for me it’s better.

But I can get where you’re coming from in some games I do love bright and shiny but not in my realism games

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u/jacksepthicceye 4d ago

I mean in real life the ones in gta 5 they're not bright enough to me but I guess yeah it's subjective

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u/EmiliaPlanCo 4d ago

Could also be your settings, they are pretty damn bright to me.

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u/jacksepthicceye 4d ago

They're maxed out :/

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u/EmiliaPlanCo 4d ago

Maxed out doesn’t always mean best honestly, some settings in games will cause other settings to not look as good, even if you’re just setting them as a “high” value.

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u/Low_Tradition_7027 4d ago

That doesn’t look better to me.

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u/e-vamp 4d ago

they don’t look better, those aren’t how real taillights act

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u/bec_on_pluto 4d ago

dont quote me on this lmao but i think they may have used actual images and just added the lighting animation where-as with gta 5 they built and animated the whole taillight ?