Future map additions

[ivarblaauw]

 

 

Ot: that island is awesome ^^ is it UK or Ireland? (Made me think of Sons of Anarchy, which is an awesome series btw)

 

 

I've been watching Sons of Anarchy lately. That show could be used as a basis to develop a whole Northern San Andreas storyline and atmosphere. They have some vivid gangs and many of them parallel to GTA gangs since both are based on real-world figures.

 

• SAMCRO parallels to the Angels of Death mostly likely. Both seem to be based on the Hell's Angels. We already have some background on that R* could build off of from Liberty City Lost and the Damned: http://gta.wikia.com/Angels_of_Death
• 1-niners = Ballas, control of Oakland (didn't feature in GTA:SA and I think that was a huge omission, since Oakland is a crime-ridden center of NorCal, and should be in NSA. Bay City would be a good name for Oakland).
• The Mayans would be represented by the Aztecas
• For the Nords, we might have to reach into Manhunt lore for the Skinz
• The IRA are already in GTA, as Derrick McReary's backstory includes the IRA: http://gta.wikia.com/Derrick_McReary
• The Triads are represented in both as well

Regions of control would map out that the Triads run much of San Fierro's underworld, the Ballas control much of Oakland, the Aztecas control the East Bay south of Oakland and then you have the Angels and Skinz operate out of strongholds in the East Bay.

 

The McReary family becomes a potential connection between Liberty City, Los Santos and San Fierro/North San Andreas if you incorporate these gangs.

Yeah would be really neat! Especially because all of it fits so perfectly. I know that GTA V is partially inspired by Sons of Anarchy, Breaking Bad and quite a lot of other series which I unfortunately haven't seen yet.

 

Ofcourse the entire GTA series is loosely based on a lot of different gangs, drugs and different cities. The success of Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy surely inspired GTA V and also boosted the sales of GTA V quite a lot. A lot of missions are also based on some events in these series.

 

This said; Northern California is a perfect setting for the next part of GTA V. Because Northern San Andreas could feature so many stuff from its real life counterpart, it fits in perfectly in the vibe of GTA.

Also we know that San Fierro is the home of the Angels of Death and also features more smaller gangs. San Fierro is a very nice city for gta because it has the potential to capture the real vibe of gta. Imagine the car chases!

 

I also see Rockstar implement a city based of Oakland, Fresno or Sacramento in Northern San Andreas. Maybe all three, although it seems far fetched. However, Oakland, Fresno and Sacramento or small cities in comparison to San Fransisco and especially Los Angeles.

 

The cities of Oakland, Fresno and Sacramento gta's counterparts could be about the size of San Fierro in GTA San Andreas. Not too small but definitely way smaller than the major cities.

 

EDIT:

The city of Long beach is implemented in gta as a part of Los Santos.

 

I personally find it weird that we do see San Fierro but no city based of San Jose. I have no idea how Rockstar will implement this, my guess is that San Fierro will feature some influences of San Jose and San Fransisco. Well we will see I guess ;-).

Edited July 21, 2014 by ivarblaauw

[Zidnex]

Well I just finished reading the entire thread (went to sleep at 4 am ;~; )

 

Anyway, first and foremost to the "let's no have a bridge, ferries" dealy, I disagree. What I was thinking is have the bridge. Make it long. I wanna drive on it for 2 minutes But anyway, what I think is yeah, have the bridge. But at the point in which an animation appears (I'd rather just drive it myself, but this is more possible), make the people who didn't buy it not be able to pass. This would be similar to how Arma 3 did their Karts DLC. People who did not buy it can see the karts and such, but they themselves can't hop in one. You see it, you get jealous, you buy it.

 

Another option would be based off of what was said WAY earlier in the threas. Someone wanted a long @ss bridge and the change to be seemless, with cell loading doing all the work. This also works in my opinion, and this is what I hope happens! What they could do in this case is in the halfway point where the new map slowly loads up with cell loading, let the non-buyers not pass. Simply a no pass, imaginary wall. I think that would be perfect and hilarious xD

 

On the subject of snow: I was wondering what was up with that car with the skis. I thought maybe they were gonna bring Yankton or put snow on chilliad or somethinf, but North SA sounds more likely. What they could do is all the ski resorts, or maybe if we're lucky they at one point bring in a South Lake Tahoe kind of thing? If anyone knows that town, basically it's on the armpit of California (the border where Cali and Nevada have that one angle) and it's a really pretty town (And I'm not just saying that cause i live there ). More importantly, it's a ski resort town, and a very popular one here throughout Cali (well, even in the US!). If you go to LA or wherever and you talk to someone and say "Oh i like to go up to Lake tahoe to ski" they'll know what you're talking about.

 

I personally just want Liberty State already. That place was a home to me, and the apartments could be featured there!!

 

Maybe R* could even make it so the main city of the gane is NOT LS? Maybe there is no main city, GTAO is just the country (and eventually, the world)! Meaning that you don't have to live in LS. Like, people who prefer SF live there. the locals to LS live there. People who want LC live there. And then you have the people spread out! It would be awesome because if you want to see a friend, you can do a road trip or fly across the GTA-verse to see them!

 

Just my 2 cents, what does everyone else think?

Edited July 21, 2014 by Zidnex

[ivarblaauw]

Well I just finished reading the entire thread (went to sleep at 4 am ;~; )

 

Anyway, first and foremost to the "let's no have a bridge, ferries" dealy, I disagree. What I was thinking is have the bridge. Make it long. I wanna drive on it for 2 minutes But anyway, what I think is yeah, have the bridge. But at the point in which an animation appears (I'd rather just drive it myself, but this is more possible), make the people who didn't buy it not be able to pass. This would be similar to how Arma 3 did their Karts DLC. People who did not buy it can see the karts and such, but they themselves can't hop in one. You see it, you get jealous, you buy it.

 

Another option would be based off of what was said WAY earlier in the threas. Someone wanted a long @ss bridge and the change to be seemless, with cell loading doing all the work. This also works in my opinion, and this is what I hope happens! What they could do in this case is in the halfway point where the new map slowly loads up with cell loading, let the non-buyers not pass. Simply a no pass, imaginary wall. I think that would be perfect and hilarious xD

 

On the subject of snow: I was wondering what was up with that car with the skis. I thought maybe they were gonna bring Yankton or put snow on chilliad or somethinf, but North SA sounds more likely. What they could do is all the ski resorts, or maybe if we're lucky they at one point bring in a South Lake Tahoe kind of thing? If anyone knows that town, basically it's on the armpit of California (the border where Cali and Nevada have that one angle) and it's a really pretty town (And I'm not just saying that cause i live there ). More importantly, it's a ski resort town, and a very popular one here throughout Cali (well, even in the US!). If you go to LA or wherever and you talk to someone and say "Oh i like to go up to Lake tahoe to ski" they'll know what you're talking about.

 

I personally just want Liberty State already. That place was a home to me, and the apartments could be featured there!!

 

Maybe R* could even make it so the main city of the gane is NOT LS? Maybe there is no main city, GTAO is just the country (and eventually, the world)! Meaning that you don't have to live in LS. Like, people who prefer SF live there. the locals to LS live there. People who want LC live there. And then you have the people spread out! It would be awesome because if you want to see a friend, you can do a road trip or fly across the GTA-verse to see them!

 

Just my 2 cents, what does everyone else think?

That would be awesome, also exactly what I meant. I mean having different apartments spread over multiple cities.

 

About the bridge. An invisible wall would be most likely. You go through the tollgate and if you have the dlc; you can drive through the gate, also in high speeds. For people who doesn't have it, they just crash in the tollgates (like in San Andreas). Big car crashes inbound here xD.

 

When you try to fly there and you or a passenger doesn't have the dlc, your aircraft will be destroyed and fall out the sky. Boats will sink. People with the dlc could swim to the shore; others will simply die like now.

 

So most likely like this. Otherwise an instant 5 stars which can't be escaped in the dlc area is likely.

[NubcakeVII]

There's a portuguese island in the Azores archipelago, and it is very similiar to GTA 5 map.

Wow that is really really similar.

 

Interesting.

[Heists]

That would be awesome, also exactly what I meant. I mean having different apartments spread over multiple cities.

About the bridge. An invisible wall would be most likely. You go through the tollgate and if you have the dlc; you can drive through the gate, also in high speeds. For people who doesn't have it, they just crash in the tollgates (like in San Andreas). Big car crashes inbound here xD.

 

When you try to fly there and you or a passenger doesn't have the dlc, your aircraft will be destroyed and fall out the sky. Boats will sink. People with the dlc could swim to the shore; others will simply die like now.

 

So most likely like this. Otherwise an instant 5 stars which can't be escaped in the dlc area is likely.

 

I would prefer this for trying to fly/swim/boat in, more realistic. Send in the military with 100% auto aim/difficulty to make sure you can't get far.

I like the idea of a tollbooth at the beginning/end of the bridge.

Or what could be more of a simpler option, which if it does happen and get released on last gen is have different servers with the map or without it.

Edited July 21, 2014 by tfroam

[MarcusDaze]

I'm so exited for the map addition that WILL come. R* said so before launching GTA V.

[Heists]

I'm so exited for the map addition that WILL come. R* said so before launching GTA V.

Try not to get your hopes up just in case, well for a northern san andreas anyway:)

In my opinion LC and NY are a given, but its just the timing that no one knows.

[Zidnex]

 

That would be awesome, also exactly what I meant. I mean having different apartments spread over multiple cities.

 

About the bridge. An invisible wall would be most likely. You go through the tollgate and if you have the dlc; you can drive through the gate, also in high speeds. For people who doesn't have it, they just crash in the tollgates (like in San Andreas). Big car crashes inbound here xD.

 

When you try to fly there and you or a passenger doesn't have the dlc, your aircraft will be destroyed and fall out the sky. Boats will sink. People with the dlc could swim to the shore; others will simply die like now.

 

So most likely like this. Otherwise an instant 5 stars which can't be escaped in the dlc area is likely.

I would prefer this for trying to fly/swim/boat in, more realistic. Send in the military with 100% auto aim/difficulty to make sure you can't get far.

I like the idea of a tollbooth at the beginning/end of the bridge.

Or what could be more of a simpler option, which if it does happen and get released on last gen is have different servers with the map or without it.

 

I would prefer that this isn't the case. Simply because there will always be modders/ hackers who put themselves in God Mode.

Edited July 21, 2014 by Zidnex

[Otsd4rv4]

Bridge Wars sound awesome.

[MarcusDaze]

 

I'm so exited for the map addition that WILL come. R* said so before launching GTA V.

Try not to get your hopes up just in case, well for a northern san andreas anyway:)

In my opinion LC and NY are a given, but its just the timing that no one knows.

I'm pretty sure we will see new maps etc on next gen

[Cally]

Before we even talk about new maps, add-on's etc. We should be hoping/pressing Rockstar to add more then 16 players in one lobby.

 

It simply gets to boring with so much map and very few players I'd like to see 32 players minimum in a public lobby.

 

Is this even possible..?? I have no idea. !

[MarcusDaze]

With next gen and PC power, yes!

[ZHPbim]

If they add san fiero all R* has to do is add a decently long bridge and in order to access SF you have to buy citizenship to live there. This citizenship will cost real money as a DLC and once you buy it you get a decent apartment and you're allowed to live there. If you don't buy it, the officer at the toll booth won't give you access.

 

Pretty simple.

[scoobsterinc]

I would like to see a real north yankton (Even if it was small) but I doubt rockstar would do that. If they added new locations I feel it would only be a small island or a building in blaine country

[Maxxeine]

A map that we really need for GTAO is New England. It would be perfect because it would be a perfect mix of cities, wilderness, and overall scale.

 

Surely it won't be added for a while, but once again, it could be accessible by plane.

 

Pictures for hype:

 

[Zidnex]

A map that we really need for GTAO is New England. It would be perfect because it would be a perfect mix of cities, wilderness, and overall scale.

 

Surely it won't be added for a while, but once again, it could be accessible by plane.

 

Pictures for hype:

 

Looks awesome bro! Love the way back country looks, feel it'd be really awesome to do some offroading there!

Edited July 22, 2014 by Zidnex

[EaglesFan1825]

I just want Liberty City in V, know what I mean? I'm a city person and I find all the country side in Los Santos boring even though it's just a video game. That stuff just doesn't appeal to me. I've always felt like GTA is more of an Urban feel too.

[lemonhead118]

I believe it has been brought up before, but what I would love to see is for R* add to the map to eventually produce something similar to the Crew's map:

 

[JetsRLove]

Someone said buying citizenship as like buying a dlc. That doesn't make alot of sense because it wouldn't matter if you have citizenship in one place but your an illegal in the gta 5 map.

[Zidnex]

With GTA VI confirmed to "most likely" come out in 2017, what could this mean for GTAO? Would they incorporate current GTAO characters and such to new gen, or a complete restart?

[Maxxeine]

With GTA VI confirmed to "most likely" come out in 2017, what could this mean for GTAO? Would they incorporate current GTAO characters and such to new gen, or a complete restart?

A restart is unlikely, so I imagine any characters from new GTAs to be incorporated into GTAO.

[MaxxyB]

With GTA VI confirmed to "most likely" come out in 2017, what could this mean for GTAO? Would they incorporate current GTAO characters and such to new gen, or a complete restart?

Well they did increase rank from 999 to 8000 so I guess we'll keep our characters and all progress through out the years

Edited July 24, 2014 by MaxxyB

[InfernalOutcast]

I believe it has been brought up before, but what I would love to see is for R* add to the map to eventually produce something similar to the Crew's map:

 

 

I know we're just all speculating here but that seems way too far-fetched.

[earlofsandw1ch]

With GTA VI confirmed to "most likely" come out in 2017, what could this mean for GTAO? Would they incorporate current GTAO characters and such to new gen, or a complete restart?

"confirmed to most likely", riiiiiight.

[AndyC-M]

I believe it has been brought up before, but what I would love to see is for R* add to the map to eventually produce something similar to the Crew's map:

 

 

this would be incredible for gtao, every city all together finally to explore at your own leasure, it would be immense, san andreas, vice, liberty...

 

but impossible and rockstar arent that skilled to pull something like this off

[Dorney23]

Do any of you put the countryside to any use? I only ever pass through it to go to either Fort Zancudo or Sandy Shores Airfield to steal an aircraft to return to, you guessed it, the city, they should bring out something to put the country to some use for players, put some rare vehicles hidden there, crates, I don't know but they need to come up with something because 60% of the map is being wasted

[Heists]

 

I believe it has been brought up before, but what I would love to see is for R* add to the map to eventually produce something similar to the Crew's map:

 

 

 

this would be incredible for gtao, every city all together finally to explore at your own leasure, it would be immense, san andreas, vice, liberty...

 

but impossible and rockstar arent that skilled to pull something like this off

 

I'd imagine this is there long term goal for the distant future though. For GTA Online at present this can only be achieved by only loading each individual map on to one server at any time. I do hope this will begin to take shape soon though with the addition of LC at least.

[Dorney23]

Would you all be happy if they pulled the exact same LC as GTA IV and put it on GTA:O or do you want additions/changes to it?

Personally I wouldn't mind it to be the exact same once it comes quickly

[Maxxeine]

 

I believe it has been brought up before, but what I would love to see is for R* add to the map to eventually produce something similar to the Crew's map:

 

 

this would be incredible for gtao, every city all together finally to explore at your own leasure, it would be immense, san andreas, vice, liberty...

 

but impossible and rockstar arent that skilled to pull something like this off

 

Aren't skilled? Every game Rockstar has made has been a masterpiece, and GTA 4 and GTA 5 got 1010 from reviewers. GTA V IS also the most sold game of 2013. How are they not "skilled"?

[NubcakeVII]

 

 

I believe it has been brought up before, but what I would love to see is for R* add to the map to eventually produce something similar to the Crew's map:

 

 

this would be incredible for gtao, every city all together finally to explore at your own leasure, it would be immense, san andreas, vice, liberty...

 

but impossible and rockstar arent that skilled to pull something like this off

 

Aren't skilled? Every game Rockstar has made has been a masterpiece, and GTA 4 and GTA 5 got 1010 from reviewers. GTA V IS also the most sold game of 2013. How are they not "skilled"?This is pretty controversial, but sometimes game companies give money to reviewers to boost ratings.

 

That's probably why some reviewers rate every new COD a 10/10.

 

Not saying Rockstar did this though. I just don't want people to go believing stuff that may not even be true, at least for certain companies.

Edited July 25, 2014 by NubcakeVII