Map Size Thread

[Eutyphro]

 

Looks small to me. The red staple is the same lenght on both pictures.

 

You are drawing lines like your name is Choco Taco. You must've missed the last 100 pages of this thread.

 

Edit: Seems GTAaLEX117 felt the same way..

[Marty892]

Have you guys considered that all things look small from high up, you know? That if there were people walking down there, WE WOULDNT EVEN SEE THEM! THINGS FROM FAR AWAY LOOK SMALLER OMG 

 

Exactly, look at this shot. Keep in mind that the Broker/Dukes island is the largest in the game. And also by the looks of it, this isn't at all as high up as that GTA 5 skydive shot, I couldn't take it from higher up or else the far end glitches out.

Can you do the same shot, but in GTA 4:SA mod?

[PoliceFarm]

Have you guys considered that all things look small from high up, you know? That if there were people walking down there, WE WOULDNT EVEN SEE THEM! THINGS FROM FAR AWAY LOOK SMALLER OMG 

 

Exactly, look at this shot. Keep in mind that the Broker/Dukes island is the largest in the game. And also by the looks of it, this isn't at all as high up as that GTA 5 skydive shot, I couldn't take it from higher up or else the far end glitches out.

Looks small to me. The red staple is the same lenght on both pictures.

 

Try moving the same red line over Liberty City so it comes into contact with the end of the airport, and look at how much more of the map it stretches across. It's still not the correct scale, but it's just to show how much difference distance and perspective can affect the perceived size of these maps. I really don't think you understand just how big that area is.

[Billy the kid]

I tried to make the red staple on the maps to measure the size. I did this in paint so its not 100% accurate so no hating please. Anyway judging from the pictures above the cities.

 

[GTAaLEX117]

 

I tried to make the red staple on the maps to measure the size. I did this in paint so its not 100% accurate so no hating please. Anyway judging from the pictures above the cities.

 

http://oi41.tinypic.com/de195i.jpg

You realize now how wrong that looks?

Or do you think that's actually...accurate? (which would warrant another )

Edited August 14, 2013 by GTAaLEX117

[HitGta]

Billy, just stop. You are really dumb if you think you can measure like that. If you are trolling, then... stop.

[Eutyphro]

Lets abandon the road width, car size and tennis court method. There's eye balling and drawing big lines in picture method now.

[sanex4]

I tried to make the red staple on the maps to measure the size. I did this in paint so its not 100% accurate so no hating please. Anyway judging from the pictures above the cities.

 

lol'd.

[YukiEiri]

Hopefully Billy-the-Kid just tried to show how ridiculous that previous "red line" comparison is.

Well, that he proved nevertheless..

[HoboDealer]

Billy the Kid is taking this topic's pessimism to new heights

[FranklinDeRoosevelt]

Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing the new "Choco Taco", BIIIILLLY THHEEEEE KIIIIIID!

[hhamzah99]

I tried to make the red staple on the maps to measure the size. I did this in paint so its not 100% accurate so no hating please. Anyway judging from the pictures above the cities.

 

 

 

seriously thats so off.

[Ferocious Banger]

I tried to make the red staple on the maps to measure the size. I did this in paint so its not 100% accurate so no hating please. Anyway judging from the pictures above the cities.

 

@Billy the kid - You literally are doing calculations like a...kid. This is so wrong that it isn't even funny.

 

 

[xzxxsicko]

seeing how tiny , tiny , tiny but cute los santos and blain country is , im now 110% sure that las venturas and san fierro will be in GTA V.

[Eutyphro]

Guide on endlessly being flamed on GTAForums -----> Act like a bad Choco Taco rip off in the LS size topic.

 

Edit: Let´s start over again.

 

Hey guys! Check out this awesome new pic that shows a part of GTA V! Ain´t it pretty?

Edited August 14, 2013 by gtaxpert

[Negan]

seeing how tiny , tiny , tiny but cute los santos and blain country is , im now 110% sure that las venturas and san fierro will be in GTA V.

Im 110% sure you are mentaly disabled.

[josephene123]

I give Billy the kid a for making me laugh, come on guys that was cute even if he is trolling

[Eutyphro]

He entered this topic with an inflated ego and an infected eyeball. Worst strategy possible.

 

so no hating please.

LOL

 

Oke that was my last joke about it sorry..

Edited August 14, 2013 by gtaxpert

[Choco Taco]

To put things in perspective...

 

Based on Magic_Al's latest estimate, the width of the middle of Los Santos from the beach to the mountains is the same as the red line below.

 

[josephene123]

Looks about right imo

[thugzmansion]

damn i love this thread

[Juzt]

That is not far off the entire map...looking small !

u could sky dive in just cause 2 and the land below would look small. wait untill your on the ground

[PoliceFarm]

The still aerial shots of GTA 5 will never fully get across just how large map is. We can partly tell how far something is just by how small it looks, but unless we can watch the whole travel towards those distant locations, it's hard to tell the full scale.

The very top corner of SA in this shot looks small, considering how large those hills actually are, but they still don't look as far away as how it felt while playing the game. But to travel in a Hydra, from where this shot was taken, right into the hills at the very corner would take about 1 minute and 40 seconds. Staring at those hills for over a minute and a half while you're speeding towards them in a Jumpjet makes the would feel huge, even if it does look small in a single frame.

[Gangxxter]

Btw GKP, take a look at this:

 

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r597/AlexXD94/SA-V2.jpg

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r597/A.../runwayLSLS.jpg

 

I think this works very well with the previous Los Santos size scales when compared to LC when you compare SA to LC based on this scale.

Is this scale accurate? I'm very interested in comparisons of 3D-era San Andreas to HD-era Los Santos/Blaine County.

[GTAaLEX117]

Btw GKP, take a look at this:

 

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r597/AlexXD94/SA-V2.jpg

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r597/A.../runwayLSLS.jpg

 

I think this works very well with the previous Los Santos size scales when compared to LC when you compare SA to LC based on this scale.

Is this scale accurate? I'm very interested in comparisons of 3D-era San Andreas to HD-era Los Santos/Blaine County.

I don't see why it wouldn't be accurate unless the car widths are different but even then this is quite close.

[sdracerr1]

This was posted in the mapping thread...

 

 

This may help measure whole map.

 

*edited by TheTruthOnly updated posts...that distance is the to and from that checkpoint, so take each value in half and that's the distance between the checkpoints.

 

The distance measurements start at 2:23 on the Online Gameplay

Edited August 16, 2013 by sdracerr1

[FenderFlix]

So that would make the desert airstrip almost 1 km in length

Edit: nvm, the post above does not properly show how the race measurement works, so the airstrip is probably significantly shorter than 1 km

Edited August 16, 2013 by FenderFlix

[lxr]

Latest estimate (see here):

 

 

(...) I get something totally different, 8km x 10km.

(...) Magic_Al's estimate of the map segment below was 1,600 by 900 meters.

 

1,600 meters is 1 mile, and that would make your map 7 by 9 miles (~ 11.25 by 14.5 km).

Actually, when you try to match the satellite images a bit more precisely -- assuming Magic_Al is just about right, and they are 1 mile (1609 m) wide -- that would make your map 9.6 by 12 km. In other words, the north-south distance would be twice that of GTA SA.

 

See below for a comparison with GTA IV.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 16, 2013 by lxr

[Sneak47]

I tried to make the red staple on the maps to measure the size. I did this in paint so its not 100% accurate so no hating please. Anyway judging from the pictures above the cities.

 

 

 

seriously thats so off.

Made lol

[FloridaGatorPride]

I tried to make the red staple on the maps to measure the size. I did this in paint so its not 100% accurate so no hating please. Anyway judging from the pictures above the cities.

 

 

 

seriously thats so off.

Made lol

Hahahaha WOW! Made my day