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I'm writing this to clear some misconceptions and throw my few cents into the hat about the upcoming update and the map expansion that everyone is talking about. I've talked about this topic with few of the people that really know their stuff from technical perspective and some people that know other people that know cousin of the Rockstars Janitor's brother-in-law. Still this is really just a speculation, a speculation dripped slightly with leaks and based on the evidence and the rumors I've heard, but still a speculation so take it with a butt load of salt. I'll be talking about three possibilities regarding the map expansion. I do believe that I won't be just a new interior or building on the current map and it will be, in fact a map expansion. There are few prominent theories about it, but I want to start with the least possible of them - VC, LV and SF. There's NO way they'd create those maps and just casually use them in the GTAO for free. I'll however go back to those however slightly later and I'll take a look at another location that was suggested - San Diego and Tijuana. I'd say that it would be a really cool and unique idea but I doubt something like this would happen, see the above. San Diego and Tijuana, although smaller than LA are still pretty big and I don't think that the team that creates the DLCs have the manpower to create so complex stuff. This is why I'm not going to really going to go into more details about it neither. Let's begin looking at our first possibility: North Yankton. (Side note, I'll be referring to North Yankton as NY, don't get confused with New York lmao) North Yankton would be that classic Rockstar laziness that they are known for. They basically have all the assets ready. The basic map, the pedestrians and the vehicles, all as of yet unused in GTAO. For years they've been constantly reusing parts of the SP, whether it's an interior or majority of content from scrapped DLC *cough* Doomsday Heists *cough*. It could also create a really unique terrain that we only have access to one or twice a year - snow. Snowmobiles would be a really interesting concept. As much of the NY they already have they would need to add about the same amount of stuff to it. Let's be honest, there isn't really much going on in NY. There was the depo that was used in prologue and the church and graveyard. Rest are just non-solid buildings and empty fields. The NY is also suspended in midair slightly above the LS Docks which results in basically it being a mission only place and I think that Rockstar wants to give us more places to go to in Freeroam, more about that later. I'd also say that robbing the same place as in SP as Heists finale would suck ass. Unless they do Doomsday Pt2 and underground facility where there is hidden alien spacecraft or FIB base or some sh*t like that. That was my personal problem with Doomsday, sh*t just magically appeared around the map and I'd rather not go this route again. The fact that it is actually set in different state, far away from LS is also another minus. It would result in the additional lobbies for it, if it was available in Freeroam ofc. All that being said, I feel like a Setup mission where you'd go steal some important MacGuffin from that bank and escape using the Snowmobiles or something like that. It would be kick ass and allow them to use this pretty big although empty map imho. Another highly discussed possibility is the Liberty City. A lot of people point out to a lot of references to GTA IV in recent update. My response to it, Rockstar been doing such things for years. The references to GTA III, GTA VC, GTA SA, Manhunt, GTA IV&EFLC, it really means nothing. Just because they've put QUB3D (best addition to the game from this update btw) and some t-shirts doesn't mean jack really. Maybe there was some reference to GTA IV with CnC, maybe we meet some character from IV and they've decided to add it in for nostalgia sake, we don't know. Also for love of God stop mentioning the Solomon picture with Niko, it's been there since 2013, just a simple Easter Egg nothing more! Really the same problems with North Yankton can be applied here and I'd say that LC has even more problems. Outside if the fact they would have to create separate lobbies for Freeroam (if it had one), they would have to create so much more than compared to Yankton. With Yankton they at least had Peds ready, here they would have to create so much more than just few more, due to fact how different the LS and LC (and LA and New York) the communities are. Jews, Russians, Italians, Jamaicans and so much more are non-existent in LS as pedestrians, they would just have to add em and they would result spending a big money on the voicework alone especially during the quarantine. They could reuse a lot of voiceovers and models from GTA IV, but would you really like to get the same content that's 13 years old at this point? It would feel like they'd put GTA SA models back to V, bad and outta place. And no you can't just plop the There is also a problem with radio (which is really expensive), pathfinding for NPCs, different weather and endless things of other stuff that you don't really think about such as underwater tunnels (that aren't possible with the GTA Vs water engine) and seabed that would have to be made from 0 to small things such as police radio chatter that would need to be redone completely. There is also a possibility of them using a part of the LC similarly to the North Yankton, but really where would be fun in that. I'd say it would really suck if we had like 3 streets and 2 interiors for us to actually explore. I think it would defeat the purpose of setting the Heist there at all. Also there is also the fact that what is there to rob in the LC? There is Liberty Bank, but we already robbed it, there is BAWSAQ and LCN, but I don't think robbing it would be kinda pointless, there are no real assets there and robbing stocks is useless. There's also a prison but we already have Prison Break heist. There is also a museum, but I'd say robbing the Kortz Center or Galileo Observatory would be more interesting than LC Museum. Maybe you could come up with something, I personally can't really. All that being said I do believe that they'll add LC to GTAO at some point in time, just not now. It's quite obvious that they want it to go as long as possible and I feel like after they update the engine to actually support the map expansions (cuz currently it's near impossible, they increased TXD limits and game can casually sh*t itself from time to time) the gates for LC might be open. In fact I feel like we will get VC *cough*and other map(s) that will be coming with it*cough* to GTAO if you own GTA VI and vice versa. They wouldn't really sperate it from GTA V for no reason after 8 years of support. It's quite obvious what their plans are. But that's kinda off topic right now And finally we left the most possible for last; Santa Catalina Island. In my opinion this is what we will get in December. It has pretty much everything you'd want from such a place. It's big but not too big, it only has two cities (well one small city and village), places to rob, it is close to LA and it wouldn't have and so much more. First of all - radios. Guess what: Santa Catalina receives radio from LA. They also have two (from the research I've conducted) stations of their own. I'd say Rockstars would definitely go with an option to add only one or two new stations over adding 5-10 for new region, whether it would be LC or something else. Pedestrians? Reuse 'em from LS, the climate is exactly the same so they won't look outta place. It would be perfect addition for the Freeroam, it would give boats and aircrafts (because there's an actual airport in there) a new life. If we'd get a new homes there, whether villas or just regular houses, we could easily transport our cars from LS to SC, because irl the ferries go from LA to SC. They could easily remodel one of the pretty much unused warehouses that crowd the LS Docks into the Ferry terminal. Going back to the "places to rob", Santa Catalina has a sh*t ton of luxury houses (which I believe will be the main part of the Heists), it has small but pretty casino that also hosts art gallery, museum and they might add some other made-up place because unlike two candidates before it this is pretty much empty canvas. There's also something you can't steal - beautiful views. As much as I love LC I don't think it has views like these: I feel like there is literally no better candidate for map expansion than it. I'd take it over a small part of LC or forever frozen Yankton any day. TLDR: This will be map expansion, no VC, LV or SF, Yankton is too boring of a place imo, LC would need too much attention, overall Santa Catalina knockoff is most likely.

I just wanna say that, back in 2014/2015, Rockstar was working on a single-player expansion that would have introduced three episodes, on top of the rumored Liberty City map expansion, each episode would have featured drastic changes to the environment or the scenery, one would alter the map to make it look a zombie apocalypse is happening, the other is the same ordinary set but with new buildings like the Casino opening, another was said to feature an Alien invasion. In addition to all that, you had PS4/X1/PC versions of the game in development. I don't know about limitations, but Rockstar was going nuts.

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I'm back now and with a new PC. I bring something new for IV, about the new GTAO summer update. 80's Canis Seminole Frontier

Here's the unpopular one for ya. Grand Theft Auto as a franchise, is degrading. It's fading away. Maybe I'm just getting old, being 'nostalgic' , senile, or just having a stroke, who gives a f#ck what it is. People who built the franchise are dispersing. Fast. Business is booming more than ever, but the spirit is sailing away somewhere. Even faster. Or, maybe it has already sailed, but no one informed us on that. Yet. There's an all around feeling that Grand Theft Auto is becoming the very same thing it used to mock in its commercials; a fast vibrating dildo "3000" all the fan girls need in the moments of dispair. And, that's what sells. " But wait, there's more", that's not all, it can even talk and better yet, it can even listen baby.. What ever happened with the ideas of the 'open' and 'free' world? Sheeit, that sounded too literal.. It is beeing rebelious, game-changing and inventive about as the same as those investor-suit c#nt$ who lobby for it to make their margins fatter. This industry as a whole has become one cesspit of suits infested, greedy, always wanting more, rat sons of w#ore$ that don't give two f#cking s#its about the game itself, gameplay and things that made Grand Theft Auto what it is in its reality; the inspiring playground of the 'free' and 'open' world gameplay where you aren't alone. A living, breathing world of gang bangers, psychopaths, crocked cops, all other kind of ruthless scum we have to deal with that doesn't bend under the weight of credit cards from some fifteen year old moms. Something that doesn't prey on our love for the franchise. Something that wants to give us challenge, freedom and fun. Unconditionally. There's a feeling that it is sailing away fast and all they care is money and their business f$cking models..

Decided to see what Brawny Underweight looked like seeing as the potions are half off at Harriet's... What do you think?

my worthless $0.02 on the tees, since i seen people talk about how it hints to a lc map expansion or whatever because those are gta iv brands; i think that those tshirts were a part of cops & crooks dlc (and/or its dripfeed). note that: -cops and crooks was a multiplayer mode in gta iv. -lcpdfr, a very popular mod that lets you roleplay as a police officer, originated in gta iv. what i'm trying to say is; those tshirts, and qub3d even, are a throwback to the game where it all began. obviously since the dlc didn't happen, it's all out of context now. i don't think it has anything to do with a lc map expansion at all. so to add on to the lc talk, i don't think they're adding it to gtao anytime soon, if ever. it would be nice to have, but there's no way it's gonna work

Long time I didn't take photos of my character Hope we can have a better way to take photos in the future

It's not looking good for R* I want something new.

Yeah I definitely think its gonna be a new island built from the ground up. Same lobby but just way far away from Los Santos. LC just seems way too huge to add in.

nice post. well thought out

Yeah, I won't waste my special crew color + all the other upgrades just for a trick I would barely even use (since I haven't done a biker sell in years). But thanks for the tip! Naah, it worked normally for months if not years after release. Until people started posting pictures here and on reddit. Funny enough I was one of the first people who did it. I sill have the pic. A week later they made a change where they blocked the entrance. But R* being R*, they probably forgot about the stock version of the plane. What other reason would they have to mess around with that vehicle? I'm almost sure it was an intentional "glitch" that they never fixed for a reason. Tho its possible its just a huuuge coincidence that worked in their favor. So your argument is that if LC dosn't have literally all the connect and all the businesses from LS at day one people wouldn't want to visit it? Cmon... you know that ain't true. Even if they added only couple missions and races at first people would still spend most of the time in LC cause its a new place. Also from what I remember RDRO at first was pretty empty and people still played the sh*t out of it just to mess around. Same would be with LC even if they added an empty map with nothing in it. Cause it would be a new place after 7 years of sitting in the same city that everyone knows like the back of their hand. Simple as that. And nah, the argument about North Yankton was that it would be the most boring solution out of all the other possibilities. It had nothing to do with the content they could add there. A huge majority would still go to LC no matter what, and thats all that matters. R* wouldn't care that 0.1% of players wouldn't want to visit LC until it has the same amount of content as LS. Obviously they would keep adding more and more with every single dlc. Imagine if to every new dlc they would port 2 old businesses to LC. That would surly be enough to keep people interested for years. Bruh it was a small teaser... In a post about rdro... Why would they say what it is right away when they have like... a half a year or more before release? R* dosn't do that. And (not to say they know what they are talking about) if you haven't noticed Yan, Fun and all the mods/admins in here also think its gonna be a map expansion of some kind. Not necessarily a city tho, but still, a map expansion. But I do agree with most people in here that a small island is the most likely scenerio. So not a "city" but a "small town" probably. edit: Maybe its time for a new poll? Lets place some bets about the "entirely new location"

The magic of lighting (i love the detail in the pupils) Oh im so sorry to hear that I hope one day we can use the camera inside buldings Solitary dude in the back Still not sure if i should edit the face

I feel like GTA Online is going to get it's retina's burned out if it hasn't already, because it's been standing under the f*cking spotlight for 5 years now at least. There is no way we are getting Guarma in the next few weeks. I wouldn't expect map expansions of any sort for Red Dead Online until the next-gen versions of the games are released. And if we did, I'm personally hoping it would be Mexico.

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Are you on PC or console? The reason I ask is that I came across somebody running an invincibility cheat earlier on Xbox One. He tried to insist it was so he could have fun with his friends and not get killed but I did something I don’t normally do, and reported him. Once that sh*t starts to infest this game I’m out for good.

Good thing you are on Xbox, whenever you want to sell, use the Deathstar aka "Test NAT Type" to get rid of everyone in the lobby, so you can safely sell your product.

I found the Katata Elk in freemode. Another player was nearby and motioned as if he was going for it, but saw that I was chasing after it and stopped, nodded and rode away. I really wanted to thank him, almost felt like offering him the Elk due to his politeness before he disappeared. Moments like those can be few and far between though. I make an effort to wave to anyone I pass by, though I also make a point of trying to give other players 3* cougars etc. Most folk ride away though, they must think I'm coming to attack them.

@Furnica22 To quote that quote I quoted you the 2nd time Get it the 2nd time? If you ask me again I'll just ignore you now. I'm not trying to be rude here but it seems like you can't read or smth Anyways, This will be fully reviewed later over on

people saying lc cannnot be done on this gen for limitations it is a task but hard impossible . need to look at the bigger picture here rockstar have got away with the same map on this gen how long do you think they cannot milk online on next gen with lc and vc alongside the current map. my theory is with the crunch of rdr 2 and the cost of that and gta v in sp alone and the success of online some investment and the return it has and potential of online. rockstar did reboot gta 6 from what it was probably on a scale of rdr 2 downsized to to more a gta 4 scale which dont forget still cost 100 million to make so gta 6 wont be cheap. a maybe smaller map and story with the purpose of porting it to the new online hence why i say on the gta 6 forum keep expectations low. as for lc it is a hd map not even half the size of the current one and it would cost time and money to say scout catlina island and remake it from nothing so the idea of porting a hd map to the current gen is not that mad in contrast especially on a project that has been in development in 2014 . whether with get lc in the winter update its 50/50 a map expansion i am certain but they might save lc for the next gen but like i said in previous posts what a selling point it would be to get people to buy the new online if it had lc as well as the current map lc if it comes in the winter update will be barebones anyway likely a place for the heist and thats it . and last point there will no gta online 2.0 thats rubbish so the whole reason of standalone online is it will be the online for next gen so if there are doing vice city from nothing why would not reuse the most used gta city already hd in online and the next update biggest update ever new location hints in last two event weeks of lc rest my case .

Today's Kanjozoku themed car meet

I'm starting to go back on what I said, I feel like the Collector is less likely to be the receiving end. I don't know, I have mixed feelings about it. Whatever it is, it should be at least big enough. GTA Online is getting a map expansion, and we are getting "extensions and augmentations" on an existing role. It feels like history is repeating itself, GTA Online is once again gonna take the spotlight.

God mode players all over the map!!!!!!!! F*ck this broken ass f*ck game. F*ck IT!!!!!

In today’s late-night episode of RDO, I have invited the entire session to my moonshine shack so I can get the 4 customers served daily challenge. Well, four people came, all low-levels, and only two were intelligent enough to figure out I was downstairs, though it took them a while. I’m lead to believe the two players were teenage girls, judging by their usernames, and friends since they interacted with each other quite frequently. After serving them four times, they started serving each other, getting drunk and all that. I went to play with the band, they still stayed drinking and hugging/slapping each other, and then finally taking interest in dancing and playing instrument with me before they went on their merry way. It was a fun and heartwarming 15-minutes, wish nothing but the best for those two.

I feel like my Intruder really fits these. Previously it was the case of tuner wheels feeling to small, while sports wheels feeling too big. But these new wheels with more "rim" around them make things look much better, even if they are actually the same size as tuner or sports wheels.

Lol yeah... "All that stuff is for PS5, Xbox X and PC and will be the summer update 2021 for them". Imagine... the heist is just a teaser.

This is the most sober, mature response so far to all the map expansion speculation. Thanks.

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Sandking XL farming has been a thing for a veeeeery long time...

Getting disconnected so fast today, can't even make a stew before getting kicked. 4th attempt in 10 minutes and counting...... f*ck this game in the weekends.

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I'm not entirely convinced that any of the trinkets, with the exception of the borderline useless x2 oregano/thyme/mint trinket, actually work, or that if they do, the benefit is so small that it isn't noticeable. Like you, my pelt quality doesn't seem to be affected, my weapons seem to need cleaning more often if anything and the Cob I bought after getting the trinkets didn't seem to bond more quickly either. I like the idea of trinkets, but the benefits need to be buffed.

I wouldn’t go back to an LS lobby if an LC lobby was added.

People put their belief in what they want

That's still works; you just can't have any modification other than Armor, Engine, Handling, Respray on your Bombushka.

Lol I never said it was... I literally said the same thing you did, that it probably started as GTA IV remake for 10 year anniversary but later they canceled it for whatever reason. And if thats true, its very likely they would want to reuse those assets for gtao later on. And finishing a project like that would surly take 4+ years to finish (especially if only a small team was working on it). That could also explain why all of the existing content for gtao was so... mediocre at best even tho its the best selling game ever. Its like part of the team was working on something else for the last couple of years. And also its not like all of gtao content would be available in LC from the start, right? They would probably spend couple years re-releasing all the old content on the new map (bikers, bunkers, ceo office etc). Just think how much money would they make. Less then 10% of the original effort for more than 2x the original profits. I think if they did gave us LC, they would start simple. Couple apartments, garages, couple missions and thats it. Yes. Oh no... all that existing content that they would dripfeed by slowly porting it to the next map for the next couple of years... as I said, less then 10% of the original effort for more than 2x the original profits. And just as you said, at first there wouldn't be enough of content there so people would still go back to LS to make money. So you still would have those griefers they need. Also they have more then enough players for two maps... now they have more players than ever before. And when they start releasing businesses on the new map, the griefers would fallow. Not to mention they were already testing different lobby types in the past according to Fun. That wasn't a mod. Portfolio of someone who works at R*. Still, it might be a fan project of his. But if that was the case, I don't think he would waste his time remaking all the buildings in the background as well. And if he did, he would surly focus on them more instead of releasing a single picture of the park where you barely can even see the stuff in the back. I agree that it could be a hint for Catalina island. But NY was an isle that disappeared since R* patched the glitch. "Isle" as in chunk under the map that you had to fall on to to get there. So in a way it was "a secluded isle" surrounded by nothing. The hangar will be filled with FZ soldiers and scientists. Theres no reason for merryweather to be there. FIB? Sure. But not merryweather. Also you deliver those parts to Omega (the guy from SP). My guess is the reword will be nothing more than a different skin for the alien outfit (the same outfit you get from Solomon). We already found different texture variants in the files

Bombushka had that ability. Until they "patched" it cause people were using it transport cargo delivery faster... At least we have Avenger I guess But... didn't you just say that they were probably already working on remastering LC (basing it on that old portfolio leak) but the project was canceled? If it was canceled, I'm sure they would still want to reuse those assets one way or another (just like they kept reusing unused assets from canceled sp dlcs for gtav). Lets say they remade 40-60% of the LC map before they realized there are some problems with the code so they canceled it. Or they canceled it because of the success of gtao. Either way - I'm sure they would rather not waste all that effort and time by simply canceling it and never using it again. I think its more likely they would just put it on the back burner to release it later for gtao (cause they calculated that would give them way more money then re-releasing gta IV for its 10y anniversary). And doing that would be a great way to convince people to buy gtao once again (for the 3-4x) on next get consoles. After all nostalgia sells. Also I remember reading that GTA V was made with the intentions of supporting map expansions (beta hunt threads). What engine limitations have to do with this topic if the map would be loaded in a separate lobby? It would be like loading a separate game, a new version of gtao with a different map. And it would probably run way smoother then the current version of gtao. Tho I still agree that a small island is far more likely scenerio. But that dosn't mean we can just rule out LC forever. Sure its not a likely scenerio, its a pipedream. But it still makes sense when you think about it. I agree with most things that you said but when they gonna make gtao 2.0 / gtaVIonline I'm 100% they won't let you port all of your belongings. The best case scenerio will be the ability to recreate your old character in the new game. Thats it. Theres literally no way they would let you port all of your old belongings and money. After all they want you to buy sharkcards. Not to mention that most of that content would look outdated by the time gta VI is out. Yeah... cause everyone wants to play in the same outdated engine for 20 years... When they make GTA VI it will look as good (if not better) than RDR2 compered to GTAIV. Theres no way people will want to play the old outdated game forever when a newer and better version is out. Your idea sounds as silly as releasing RDR2 but adding RDRO thats based on RDR1 engine instead of RDR2 engine. Or releasing GTAV with a multiplayer based on GTA SA-MP. They learned that they can make the most profitable game in history while still making it the most broken online experience that ever was and not caring about it at all* Having "just a small team" for the thing that makes you the most amount of money dosn't seem like the smartest idea. Sure, they working on future projects in the meantime. So one of those projects might as well be LC. We simply don't know. But the "portfolio leak" could be a proof that they did work on it in the past. Maybe a small team was working on LC ever since they "canceled" the remastered version. We don't know. Literally not a single person in here thinks they would put LC next to LS in the same map... Have... you read the name of this thread?

Most likely because Rockstar has never used that kind of wording just for a new building to rob (doesn't necessarily mean anything of course), and maybe cause Rockstar hyped the Winter update up quite early.

Yes. Installation will be very simple. The only disadvantage will be quite a large download size.

while i dont think LC is coming any time soon(december) i think they may add it once they abandon currentgen and move to exclusively update nextgen. having that map expansion or a way of getting to liberty city will make a great selling point for the stand alone gtao

I get patching every last god-mode glitch will be a big task to undertake and when you patch one, another 5 vulnerabilities will rear their ends, however when half of the playerbase consists of toxic players using GM It just goes to show how pathetic and immature they are. The game is probably full of 25+ year old players who are grown people who spend their days hiding in god-mode building up their pointless K/D no one but themselves could give a damn and believing this makes them the hot sh*t about and then as you've probably seen in another recent post of mine when called out on being god-mode they flip the tables and accuse YOU of actually being the one in god-mode (My PS4 DVR would argue otherwise). As I've said previously "using god-mode must really screw with their braincells really good". The game was never intended to play played this way, the real so called "pussies" in my opinion will forever be god-modders, not the people running away from their toxicity crap. I don't care if you glitch money you can stick it to Rockstar however much you like as in a way they've encouraged this behavior however when you spend your time hiding in god-mode because you really dropped to the level of pathetic and you ruin the game for others, that's when I have a problem. I wish Rockstar would still take player reports seriously however I don't believe they ever have, If on console you'd be better off sending Footage to Sony & Microsofts moderation team compared to Rockstar because I'm sure even outside of GTA Online engaging in that sort of behavior and level of exploiting is a bannable offence in their TOS or EULA. C*nts at this point deserve to have the banhammer dropped on them and lose their precious accounts contents. Maybe then It'll be a punch to the face and a good wake up call to stop acting like a c*nt online. Oh and before I close this post off, I'm still annoyed how certain old-god-mode glitches remain, ones that are 6-12 months old still exist and work fine and well according to other places on the Internet. BDW those will be fixed only in your dreams. My rant on the situation is over.

I see whole lotta of Dukes, not whole lotta of Beater Really i want Vigero Beater now. It is really cool idea overall, but I'd prefer to see it as an barn yard find or something. If I was in charge at R* the Solomon collectables would take a backside to finding parts in a barns for this thing and getting it as a reward for free.

Have to laugh, I whistled for my horse whilst in Strawberry and it knocked over and killed an NPC and I'm the one wanted for the murder.

Don't confine your disdain to only the weekends!!!

switching to dedicated server is way too much work. i mean the whole game is build on P2P. the entirety or online is build on it and even parts of SP. they would basicly need to re-write the ENTIRE network code from scratch for dedicated servers. and that would be way too much work, and then they would need to test basicly how they did online during V development. testing Every single aspect regarding content, synch etc. like during V development they had a long time the issue that a player would shoot once but was seen by other players shooting 3 times. it would basicly be re-developing online and network side of the game from scratch.

It's very possible the old Liberty City portfolio leak was also a remaster project that got canned. I'm almost sure we're not getting LC this Winter tho lol

I play on console, but on a desk, on a 27-inch monitor. I find it to be better than playing on a TV like 10 feet away, but that's just my preference. Games just look better on monitors.