Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition
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| Developers | |
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| Originals | Rockstar North |
| Definitive Edition | Grove Street Games LLC |
| Publishers | |
| Rockstar Games | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 4 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 11, 2021 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 49 |
| OpenCritic | 53 |
| IGDB | 47 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Open world |
| Vehicles | Automobile, Bus, Flight, Naval/watercraft, Street racing, Tank, Train, Transport, Truck |
| Themes | Contemporary, North America |
| Series | Grand Theft Auto |
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Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition is a compilation of three remastered games from the Grand Theft Auto series including Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
The Definitive Edition release was very much similar to the original's, but with redone and AI upscaled textures and improved lighting. Data miners found that it was most likely based on the mobile ports of the originals, which feature numerous bugs, like broken bicycle physics in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Upon release the game received severe criticism for its visuals, grammatical errors in upscaled textures, poor performance and technical issues. Compared to the original versions of the games, the custom soundtrack functionality from all three games[1][2] and custom player skin fuctionality of Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City were removed.
The games were released on the Rockstar Games Launcher on November 11, 2021 although they were made unavailable and unplayable a few hours later[3] after data miners discovered uncompiled source code[4] and unlicensed music from the original versions.[5][6] The games were made available for purchase again four days later.[7] More than a year later on January 19, 2023 the games were also made available on Steam.[8]
The original versions of the games released on the Rockstar Games Launcher featured an unencrypted archive allowing for mod support, though this was shortly thereafter changed to an encrypted archive. The games also received several updates correcting grammatical errors and fixing floating objects.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Epic Games Store | |
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| Steam | |
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- All versions require Rockstar Games Launcher DRM.
- The games can only be purchased in a bundle and cannot be bought individually.
- The games can be installed independently of each other.
Series
| Game | Developer | Publisher | Released | OS | |
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Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition | Rockstar North, Grove Street Games LLC | Rockstar Games | November 11, 2021 | |
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition | Rockstar North, Grove Street Games LLC | Rockstar Games | November 11, 2021 | |
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition | Rockstar North, Grove Street Games LLC | Rockstar Games | November 11, 2021 | |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA III Definitive Edition\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA Vice City Definitive Edition\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas Definitive Edition\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/817628/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA III Definitive Edition\Profiles\<user-id>\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA Vice City Definitive Edition\Profiles\<user-id>\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas Definitive Edition\Profiles\<user-id>\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/817628/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
- Uses Rockstar Game Launcher's savegame cloud sync function.[11]
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | See the individual pages for details. | ||
| Multi-monitor | See the individual pages for details. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | See the individual pages for details. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | See the individual pages for details. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | See the individual pages for details. | ||
| Windowed | See the individual pages for details. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the individual pages for details. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the individual pages for details. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the individual pages for details. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the individual pages for details. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | See the individual pages for details. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the individual pages for details. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the individual pages for details. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Sliders for SFX, Music, and Dialogue. | |
| Surround sound | Plays up to 6.1.[12] | |
| Subtitles | Optional accessibility features, such as adjustable font sizes for subtitles and hint text, are available. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | Referred to as "Pause On Focus Loss". Can be toggled on or off. |
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| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Arabic | Fan translation, download. | |||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Portuguese | Fan translation, download. | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Slovak | Fan - GTA3 ⠀ GTAVC ⠀ GTASA | |||
| Spanish | ||||
| Latin American Spanish |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
- Direct3D 12 can be forced via the command line argument
-dx12.
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-6600K AMD FX-6300 |
Intel Core i7-2700K AMD Ryzen 5 2600 |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 45 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon R9 280 2 GB (Nvidia), 3 GB (AMD) of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 570 4 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (817628) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ The GTA Definitive Edition Trilogy will not allow for custom User Tracks/ Radio Stations - last accessed on 2021-11-11
- ↑ Is there seriously no custom MP3 radio in this trilogy or am i missing settings somewhere? - last accessed on 2021-11-12
- ↑ Twitter - @RockstarSupport - last accessed on 2021-11-14
- "...GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition is unavailable to play or purchase as we remove files unintentionally included in these versions."
- ↑ Twitter - @NationalPepper - last accessed on 2021-11-14
- "They included uncompiled main.scm with dev comments."
- ↑ Twitter - @Ash_735 - last accessed on 2021-11-14
- "...San Andreas contains all the cut music! It's just disabled by script!"
- ↑ Twitter - @Ash_735 - last accessed on 2021-11-14
- "...ALL of Flash FM is here except for Track 03, Billie Jean. (yes even Running With the Night)"
- ↑ The remastered GTA trilogy is available to buy on PC again - Engadget - last accessed on 2023-01-20
- ↑ Twitter - @RockstarGames - last accessed on 2023-01-25
- "Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition is now available to purchase on Steam and Playable on Steam Deck."
- ↑ GTAForums - last accessed on 2021-10-22
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-01-25
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-01-20
- Get prompted on first launch of the game by RGL if you want to use its cloud save functionality.
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2021-11-17
- Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter in conjunction with Razer Surround.