MrMateczko 3,426 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 For III, I keep them on. For VC, I turn them off. VC doesn't have a trails option on PC, about PS2, I dunno. On PS2 it does have a Trails option. You can restore it in VC on PC by using this program. Link to post Share on other sites
Th3MaN1 2,862 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 For III, I keep them on. For VC, I turn them off. VC doesn't have a trails option on PC, about PS2, I dunno. On PS2 it does have a Trails option. You can restore it in VC on PC by using this program. Now that's something new for me. Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakerhead. 635 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 If you play on PC and want the true III experince, I reccomend getting/doing: 1. A PS3 controller. 2. Motion In Joy. 3. III (lol) 4. Put in your PS3 controller into your computer via USB Cord. 5. Then turn on motion in Joy. 6. Then go on google and type in "Motion in Joy GTA settings" 7. Go to motioninjoy "profiles" 8. Put in the same settings as the motion in joy settings photo. 9. Name your settings something like "GTA SA/VC/III", I have mine named this. 10. Click enable. 11. Run III 12. Go into the controls settings, and change it from standard to "classic" 13. Put in the corrosponding settings you want. "Like clicking accelrate with your mouse in the change controls setting, then clicking on your controller will make the accelerator." 14. Turn on trails. 15. You are finished! Link to post Share on other sites
ClaudeSpeed1911 3,523 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 On.By the way, what is Trails? Its an effect that can make the game feel more gritty and blue. Link to post Share on other sites
Node 224 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Personally I've always played with them off. Maybe I'll fire up the exe again and bash a sesh out with trails enabled. Link to post Share on other sites
stef_92 965 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 My personal oppinion - always off. This is the worst effect in all GTA games - it looks bad and slows down the FPS on PCs with slow videocards. That's why Rockstar removed it in Vice City. Evil empire 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ham. 0 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Here's the difference in graphics with Trails on/off (screenshots taken from Steam): 1. Trails ON vs. Trails OFF 2. Trails ON vs. Trails OFF As you can see, with trails OFF, the colors appear more washed out. I think I prefer it this way though - it has a nostalgic blue tinge to it. Also the opening cut scene is so much better when it's OFF. The motion blur is terrible... Link to post Share on other sites
Ham. 0 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Trails off = no GTA 3 Yeah, I agree. It's a big part of the atmosphere in the game in my opinion. What do you mean by this? Link to post Share on other sites
Ham. 0 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 (edited) On, like all the others said, it creates a green/blue tint (depending on the weather) that really adds to the atmosphere. Trails also looks better on the PC version of Vice City than on PS2. Doesn't off (trails off) create thee green/blue tint? *confused Edited December 5, 2012 by Ham. Link to post Share on other sites
pomor 4 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Definitely off for me, as I cannot stand any kind of motion blur or depth of field in games, first thing I do after installing any game is disabling them, usualy without even checking how does it look like. Link to post Share on other sites
Irrational 852 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 On the Xbox version, everything looks too white-ish/washed out with trails turned off, so there, the game looks better with trails turned on. Link to post Share on other sites
OmeXr 197 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 you can have whatever color tint on the screen only via timecycle editing. just edit the last "000 000 000 000" in every line. First three "000" is for RGB color tinting. And the rest is for motion blur value. (This will only effect when you play without trails on. btw, trails option only corrects the gamma level of the display. nothing more. Link to post Share on other sites
Ham. 0 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 you can have whatever color tint on the screen only via timecycle editing. just edit the last "000 000 000 000" in every line. First three "000" is for RGB color tinting. And the rest is for motion blur value. (This will only effect when you play without trails on. btw, trails option only corrects the gamma level of the display. nothing more. No I think it definitely affects motion blur. Watch the opening scene with trails on and then off and you'll see the difference. Link to post Share on other sites
Lioshenka 1,198 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Never knew that option was there. Always played with trails on, bt off looks just as nice, just more purpleish. Link to post Share on other sites
Acetaminophen 1,048 Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 Very old Topic. Just wondering if opinions have changed and wanting to know others thoughts. Link to post Share on other sites
gts. 2,344 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 I play GTA3 with Trails enabled on PS2 and PC, is just a fantastic thing the touch of nostalgia that the Trails effect does to the game in my opinion. The same thing and way better in Vice City. So, yeah, I play with them enabled. DEALUX and Acetaminophen 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Filip 434 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Exactly man. It is the best way in which GTA3 should always be played. Link to post Share on other sites
mde2 1,189 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Filip said: Exactly man. It is the best way in which GTA3 should always be played. In a game with different graphical options there is no way it “should be” played. You tweak and play it how it suits you. Evil empire 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Filip 434 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 If we want to be smart enough, then: should =/= must Acetaminophen 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Evil empire 2,815 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 I always disable the trails. Link to post Share on other sites
Kiss My Fart 5 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 most of peoples are turning off the trails on gta 3, while me since first time i played gta 3 long time ago until now i always keep the trails turn on both in ps2 and pc and never turn it off for the rest of my life Link to post Share on other sites
vcfan1991 154 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) I've always played with trails: OFF However after reading the preceding poasts in this thread I will play with em ON next time I play [plae] to get that nostalgic look. Edited December 25, 2020 by vcfan1991 Link to post Share on other sites
Fake Lilina 568 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 I always have the trails on. Link to post Share on other sites
afxtwin 49 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 On. Really helps bring the drab and gritty atmosphere of Liberty City home. However, the blur is quite annoying, which is why (when I play on PC) I just resort to using sharptrails. Link to post Share on other sites
PsyWarVeteran 33 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Off. Looks pretty ugly. Link to post Share on other sites
REVENGE777 5,532 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 I’ve tried playing with trails on, but I just can’t f*cking see anything when I do. It feels like I’m playing wearing dirty glasses. Link to post Share on other sites
