Grand Theft Auto 5 and GTA Online PS5 and Xbox Series X/S New Features Revealed

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Grand Theft Auto 5 and Grand Theft Auto Online are both coming to new-gen systems on March 15 and today Rockstar Games has detailed a list of enhancements coming to its long-running blockbuster when it arrives on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

In a new blog, Rockstar revealed that all the expected next-gen enhancements will come to GTA 5 and GTA Online, plus more. Both GTA 5 and GTA Online can be pre-purchased and pre-loaded on new-gen consoles from March 8. Physical releases wll follow in April.

Starting with GTA 5, here’s a rundown of new features.

Grand Theft Auto 5 will support three new graphics settings for players who want specific things from their games. Fidelity Mode will run at the highest visual settings, native 4K with Ray Tracing at 30 FPS, for both PS5 and Xbox Series X. Xbox Series S will support upscaled 4K resolution.

Performance Mode will target 60 FPS at upscaled 4K resolution for PS5 and Series X and 1080p on the Series S.

Finally, Performance RT is a hybrid of Fidelity and Performance mode which will run GTA 5 at upscaled 4K with Ray Tracing and target 60 FPS. This mode is only available on PS5 and Xbox Series X.

GTA 5 will also take advantage of the DualSense controller on the PS5 with haptics and other Adaptive Triggers feedback and will include Tempest 3D audio for PS5 and Spatial Sound on Xbox Series X/S. Boht console versions will take advantage of SSDs for faster loading times.

Rockstar promises "high-end PC visuals" on console, including "increased population and traffic variety, increased vegetation density, improved lighting quality across shadows, water reflections, and other elements. Plus improved anti-aliasing, motion-blur, highly detailed new explosions, fire, and much more."

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