Sadly, those that do boot up Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition won't be able to access some things. Fortunately, all save files should be compatible for newer players and those who don't own just the base game or the Episodes from Liberty City DLC will be upgraded to the Complete Edition after a simple update. Unfortunately, a significant chunk of the game will no longer be accessible, as the online modes have been cut.Īs Rockstar's Steam post confirms, the version that will be available on Steam after March 19 is Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edtion, which comes with all of the game's DLC and is also available on Rockstar's proprietary launcher. More than a month after its initial removal, Rockstar Games finally announced that GTA IV will be coming back to the online games marketplace on March 19. Limiting the FPS from the graphics card's control center may reduce stutter in cutscenes.Grand Theft Auto IV is one of the most influential games of the 2000s, which is why it was sad to see it removed from Steam in January.Reducing Texture Quality helps reduce stuttering in some cases.View Distance and Detail Distance should not be too high.Shadows should be kept at High instead of Very High for increasing framerates without a decrease in quality.The graphics settings option in GTA 4 (Image via a, Steam Community) Some tips for maximizing FPS It should be turned off to maximize performance. VSync (Impact on Performance - Varies): This setting is broken in GTA 4, and players should use their graphics card's control center instead.
Vehicle Density (Impact on Performance - Medium): Increases car density.ĭefinition (Impact on Performance - Negligible): Turning it on makes the game look sharper. Increased draw distance negatively affects performance.ĭetail Distance (Impact on Performance - High): This determines the detail of faraway objects. View Distance (Impact on Performance - High): This should be a no-brainer. It can be set to maximum without much FPS drop. Texture Filter Quality (Impact on Performance - Very Low): Another name for anisotropic filtering. The difference between low and very high is hard to tell apart. Night Shadows (Impact on Performance - Medium): Controls dynamic lighting and shadows. Turning this off greatly improves performance. Shadow Quality (Impact on Performance - High): One of the most important settings in any game. Water Quality (Impact on Performance - Medium): As the name suggests, increasing this means better waters. Turning this down doesn't make a huge difference in graphics. Reflection Resolution (Impact on Performance - Medium): This changes the resolution of reflection textures on objects and vehicles. Texture Quality (Impact on Performance - Varies): Modern systems should encounter no problem in increasing this setting if there is enough VRAM available. Reducing it to 5:4 increases performance, but at the cost of the screen getting stretched. Widescreen resolutions usually have an aspect ratio of 16:9. This would only be acceptable in case of severe lag.Īspect Ratio (Impact on Performance - Medium): Aspect ratio is determined by screen resolution. Lower resolution yields greater performance, but players are suggested not to reduce it below the monitor's resolution. Video Mode (Impact on Performance - High): This determines the game's screen resolution. Here are all the settings available in GTA 4 and their performance impact on the hardware:
0 kommentar(er)
