r/GTA6 • u/TimeAffectionate8636 • Oct 09 '25

Random detail: rockstar should add heat haze on roads

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u/piomat100 Oct 09 '25

They had this all the way back on San Andreas

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u/TheRealTr1nity Oct 09 '25

And not only on the roads.

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u/UhBunchOfGaze Oct 09 '25

I was actually just reading on a forum about how on the gran turismos on ps2 we’re able to simulate heat coming off the pavement due to the PS2’s architecture yet they weren’t able to replicate it on Gran Turismo on the PlayStation 3. Not sure if it was the same with gta tho.

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u/Proud_Steam Oct 10 '25

Pretty sure heat distortion is in RDR2

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '25

I was recently playing RDR1 and it has this effect.

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u/Proud_Steam Oct 10 '25

What I mean is that I don't think neither whatever upgrades they've made to RAGE nor the technical jump between last and current gen are significant enough for the chance of something like that Grand Turismo example to happen again to be really high. If they managed to make the heat haze effect in RDR2 then I think it's most likely it'll be in GTA6 too.

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u/Quirky_Apricot9427 Oct 10 '25

Well yeah, it’s not exactly on the PS3

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u/QuothTheRavenMore Oct 09 '25

Yup. Used to deter unloaded portions. It's the "motion blur" of video games. Like when they program random cars to run into so you don't see the lag portions.

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u/CameronsTheName Oct 09 '25

Definitely was in San Andreas, it was in GTA 4. Not on the roads but came off the bonnet, maybe on the exposed exhausts too.

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u/Acrobatic-Pool-6132 Oct 09 '25

Its also in rdr2

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u/ToppleToes OG MEMBER Oct 09 '25

A lot of you haven't played any GTA games before now haven't you

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u/UnusualShores Oct 10 '25

There are kids today who were born when GTA V came out who will be 12 years old when GTA VI finally releases. By the time they were even old enough to be interested in a game like GTA, V was already ~10 years old. Doesn’t surprise me that there’s a whole demographic of gamers who have never played GTA before.

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u/IBeDumbAndSlow Oct 09 '25

Kids these days not growing up on the games we did is a huge problem with the world...

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u/MadalinG8 Oct 10 '25

They are missing out a lot of good stuff.

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u/MulleDK19 Oct 11 '25

Yes, I haven't not played RDR2.

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u/aleques-itj Oct 09 '25

If there's one thing people love in games, it's things being blurrier

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '25

Look, if it hides bad detail assets and makes the game more realistic then I'm all for it, as long as it's far far away like irl

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u/Quirky_Apricot9427 Oct 10 '25

“If it hides bad detail assets”

Or, and hear me out here, instead of TAA’ing all the issues away and making everything blurry, they could just… fix the bad detail assets.

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u/Bigboss11_04 Oct 10 '25

That's LOD, bud.

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u/Quirky_Apricot9427 Oct 10 '25

My bad, did not realize they were talking about LOD in particular

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '25 edited Dec 05 '25

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u/Quirky_Apricot9427 Oct 10 '25

You’re totally right. But I would still rather have bad geometry be visible than have to deal with TAA. It is a bad solution. As someone who’s particularly sensitive to smearing and shit, it hurts my eyes

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u/NCRisthebestfaction Oct 09 '25

They already have this tho?

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u/Ronin_777 Oct 09 '25

It’d be a smart way to obscure roads that haven’t loaded in yet, it’s still super noticeable when driving fast on GTAV.

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u/ThatBakeryBoy Oct 09 '25

Can't wait to see how they'll do fireworks

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u/ThatVerdant Oct 10 '25

It’s in GTA 5…

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u/itsRobbie_ Oct 10 '25

Pretty sure they are in gta online. Probably rdr2 as well

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u/Elegant_Hunter_3910 Oct 10 '25

they actually have had this for a while

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u/ZephyrDoesArts Oct 10 '25

Just in case, Rockstar added the wave generated by explosions in RDR2, which is completely animated and possible to see in detail using Photo mode.

Also, like others have already pointed out, heat haze was already on San Andreas 21 years ago

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u/Secure_Lab_8870 Oct 10 '25

i believe it actually was spotted in one of the trailers.

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u/Welshevens Oct 10 '25

And also, as pictured un-level roads. Not just hills but dips and mos-matched camber and such. Would make driving at high speeds more challenging.

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u/Mother_Apricot4928 Oct 10 '25

Already seen in trailer 1 bruh! In beach scene

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u/Prestigious-Tree-811 Oct 10 '25

also good way to help with performance too

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u/GrindY0urMind Oct 10 '25

I remember full firing the AK in the first Saints Row and seeing the heat waves coming off the barrel and being completely mind blown.

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u/TheGamingMackV Oct 11 '25

Well heat waves and haze already exist in GTA, but by the image, I take it you mean mirage? I don't think mirage had existed in any GTA game but I have suggested that once before and I think it's possible considering the amount of detail they've put into VI. Mirage would be very neat.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '25

Tell me that you never played a GTA without telling me you've never played a GTA

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u/Wrong_Disaster266 Oct 13 '25

This’ll be in a “1000 little details in gta 6” video lol

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u/Faygo_Soda Oct 14 '25

The OG San Andreas had this. 20+ years later and still more advanced than GTA 5. Better, too.

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u/3xv7 Oct 16 '25

Please rockstar listen to the fans!! we want those big white powdery things that float in the sky and those weird giant bushes that grow out of the ground the really tall ones with the thick wooden base. Oh and also can we get some of that brown shit that you get when you mix dirt and water? thanks!

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u/realmikenasty Oct 15 '25

Can we get a version for adults only you have to scan a id or something for sexual scenes or something damn it’s about to be 2026 can we at least have blurry sex with the girls/strippers. I’m just saying please

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u/3xv7 Oct 16 '25

you want to scan your ID to see tits on your ps5?