Eh, it was like a year ago, but i had that discussion.
to be fair, the game probably could look a little closer to it if they just changed the house with existing assets... that grass exists in a lot of uglier areas, those garbage pins exist (even in that same area during a mission), a lot of those signs exist, and if they were more trees in that area the same 'type' of shadows could be cast... a big part of the change is you don't really have trees there for those shadows... i mean, below is how it looks like at both sunrise and sunset, so i'm not sure if they staged the shadows or that area just used to have bigger trees, the arc of the sun used to be different, etc
but the lighting still helps a little because you gotta compare at the same time of day, not just location...
you can see the lighting really can't even be the same because the angle of the sun and the trees to cast shadows are just different now (or were specifically staged for that vid)... the house can have a few decent shadows cast on it but not the same as the trailer. rest of the stuff like the grass and trash is normal in-game (at other places)... just not dude hammering away at the sign.
still not the same but the house still looks pretty decent in motion, like the video i post before
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r60DefwbRW8
lighting is ok, the rock on the house looks nice, flower LOD and blowing in the wind is nice... still not the same but i think the house looks better if you've got some shadows on it and you can see the lighting and weather in motion... not as 'busy' as the trailer 1 screenshot but i still think it looks nice... especially consider it's basically 1 of over probably 500 generic houses that are mostly all unique... you almost never even visit this entire area
except for 1 heist prep mission and even that could be on a different street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXDw2-gXkOc&feature=player_detailpage#t=200
haha pure coincidence i didn't even realize i stole the trash truck literally exactly in front of the same house... i didn't even know where that trailer 1 house was at the time... lol you can see at 3:20 i stopped the trash truck literally right in front of the same house... 100% coincidence, just realized it now as I checked the vid ;p