GTA V Realism - No Mods Required

A stroll through the late afternoon/dusk/early nighttime world of GTA V PC, showing how life-like the sights and sounds of the game can be. Filmed entirely in 1st person, nothing to break the realistic ambiance & atmosphere. Standard GTA V PC, no mods or filters. Settings below.
**Note: The original high quality MKV file for this video can be downloaded here (4.4GB):
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The settings I used for this video, and which I use for normal gameplay (requires mid-high end recent GPU to run smoothly - I'm using an RTX 3070):
IN-GAME SETTINGS:
FXAA: On
MSAA: X2
TXAA: On
Pop Density: Max
Pop Variety: Max
Distance Scaling: Max
Texture quality: Very High
Shader quality: Very High
Shadow quality: Very High
Reflection quality: Ultra
Reflection MSAA: X4
Water quality: Very High
Particles quality: Very High
Grass quality: Very High
Soft Shadows: Soft
Post FX: Ultra
Motion Blur Strength: 1/8th of slider
Depth of Field Effects: On
Anisotropic Filtering: X16
Ambient Occlusion: High
Tessellation: Very High
Long Shadows: On
High Resolution Shadows: On
High Detail Streaming: On
Extended Distance Scaling: Max
Extended Shadow Distance: Max
Frame Scaling Mode: 3/2 (x1.500)
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[@thangnguyenuc5352]

Beautiful 😩😩

[@EXPERIMENTONGOD]

The first time I played this game I just walked around the streets to soak in the atmosphere. This is the most immersive game ever created in my opinion. By the way, if you use a gamepad you can use the analog sticks to walk and make smooth camera movements for more immersion (but in that case the video would probably be 1 hour long :D).

[@tweakguides]

Fortunately it's still selling incredibly well, apparently 20m copies of GTA V sold in 2020 alone, so they've been rewarded for their hard work. The bad news is that GTA VI is rumoured for release in 2025!

[@АлександрГоготов-д7ь]

Why do you use "Soft" value of "Soft Shadows" rather than "NVIDIA PCSS" or something like that?

[@tweakguides]

NV PCSS doesn't look right to me, and never has in this game, so I've never used it. Soft shadows fits the overall look when combined with the other settings I've selected.