The remastered versions of the classic
GTA Trilogy games have just gotten a big update. It took 3 years and 1 day after launch but
Rockstar Games have issued fixes to GTA The Trilogy Definitive Edition. This patch brings a highly requested change and more.
The update is now live on Xbox, PlayStation and all PC storefronts: Steam, the Rockstar Games Launcher and the Epic Games Store. In terms of download size, the Rockstar Games Launcher version has the GTA San Andreas update at 18.44GB, GTA Vice City at 8.83GB and GTA III at 4.15GB. On PS5, Vice City’s update is 1.657GB. These numbers will vary depending which storefront you got it from.
Now for the main, requested addition to these highly controversial remasters. When this pack came out 3 years ago, fans complained about the lighting. When they
released on mobile last year in partnership with Netflix, Rockstar Games announced a Classic Lighting mode. The studio said turning on this mode “restores the look and feel of the sky in the original games.”
Since these mobile ports came out in December last year, fans of these classic games have been asking Rockstar to bring over this feature to the console and PC versions. It has taken 11 months but it is finally here. In the pause menu, click options, then select the graphics tab. There, you’ll find the Classic Lighting setting with an Off or On option. By default, it is set to On.
Below is a side-by-side comparison of the mode on and off. Click on the images to view and full resolution. The in-game settings are all maxed out on PC in these images.
If you subscribe to GTA Online’s GTA+ membership, you get full access to the GTA Trilogy on PS5 or Xbox Series X|S. Learn more
here.
