GTA 4 has been (mostly) replicated in GTA 5
GTA 4 has been (mostly) replicated in GTA 5
BEHIND THE SCENES: Rockstar Intel gives a behind the scenes look at development of The Liberty City Preservation Project
I was skeptical at first, I've seen a lot of attempts over the years, but holy shit, it works (and on Linux I might add).
Links to download are in the article. It's not seemless, but the world is "alive". Drove around, got a 5 star wanted level, died and respawned, people out walking around, rode the subway, it was great.
Things noticably not there - spawn locations of your favorite cars/helicopters, and of course no story stuff - but I spent a few hours having a blast.
Think I'd actually prefer it the other way around. GTA5 with GTA4 physics would slay.
Still, a lot of effort here!
Yeah, I much prefer GTA IV to GTA V physics, GTA V just feels too arcadey.
All I really need is the swing set glitch.
that's in there
Sold.
GTA 4.5
I was actually more interested in it's compatibility with FiveM, but it seems it'll only really be an option for servers open to pirating (basically none of English ones) and an owner or team with at least one skilled person (a rarity)