25 Interesting Map Facts You Probably Didn’t Know in GTA Online… 

My dude just called James fucking Bond "British John Wick" 💀💀💀

The San Andreas flag has a beaver because “beaver” is slang for a vagina. It’s another example of Rockstar’s sexual humor.

3:00 In 2009 BMW and Audi had sort of a Billboard war in Santa Monica with Audi writing "your move BMW" and BMW writing "Checkmate" both Posters containing their new Models.

So about that vase, GTA V actually doesn't have real-time reflections like you see in most games. It uses something called "cube map reflections" which basically means the developer takes a screenshot of a low poly version of the enviroment and that gets turned into a six square texture, this texture is applied to reflective surfaces around the general area to make it look like it was a reflection. That's why reflections in GTA V do not show stuff like characters, cars, trees or other props, it's because they do not exist in that cube map. The only way to see legit reflections in the game is with Fidelity Mode and even that mode has it's restrictions

The Audi v.s BMW thing was a reference towards an actual billboard rivalry happening in real life, I forgot what is said but if you look it up you can see what it’s about

9:17 The Octopus ship is a different ship from the Platypus, and both of them appeared in GTA IV. The Platypus was anchored in the Broker port while the Octopus can be found in Alderney's port. So it isn't a reference to Niko's ship per se, but it is the same ship that appears in GTA IV.

The stream with the deer drinking out of is realistic, if you go exploring in the wilds and search for sources of rivers (at least in the UK) you'll find it's just a trickle out the side of a mountain that eventually flows down to a lake or river

As for the floating lines outside of the Maze Tower, it's just a mistake made by the devs when applying that texture. They do not paint over the ground texture to put those lines in, they are two separate textures layered on top of each other but whoever applied the lines texture probably messed up and applied it just a few inches above the ground, pretty common to see around Los Santos since there's tons of textures that are applied like this

2:37 Audi started to be luxury in the 90s-early 2000s

Back in 2013, the police were able to get up Mount chilad, but they weren't very effective at driving, so most of the time, they just drove off the mountain. Back in 2013, there were some cases of trains duplicating, meaning that trains would just drive through each other, and they didn't have any collision.

dude has a room temperature iq lol

I broke my arm today at school

The dozer is not given its earned. You can obtain it by playing arena wars! Just like the taxi and the rusty tractor and the space docker.

1:10 The beaver on the flag is just opposite of that "thing" you're talking about in front of tire shop. 😜

1:36 you don't know about game development too much indeed. It's pretty easy to add a real reflection, except it would put its toll on a performance (if you want it to look as smooth as a fake one), which is simply unreasonable to do for such a minor object.

the tinkle building is based off the AT&T Switching center in Downtown LA

When you find all movie props, you unlock and receive the big-head alien suit. ( Not the arena wars alien suit). Is only way to unlock it

Did you know water is wet in gta5 type video 😂

“i’m pretty sure it’s easy to add a reflection” ok buddy

Title should be: 25 Interesting Map Facts I Probably Didn't Know in GTA Online...

Have you ever wondered how streams of water actually DO start? Answer: From nothing or just a spring, like the ones on the GTA map! When you use a machine gun on a RL vending machine, they also stop working.

The dozer is actually an arena unlock

10:50 most likely UFO sightings, i've seen that image somewhere before. it's a really cool easter egg that they added considering that this base is supposed to be based on Area 51.

Bro is talking out of his ass.

Half of the things this guy mentions, he has absolutely no clue about. Who on earth doesn’t know James Bond!? And then Americans wonder why everyone makes fun of them?

Do u really not know what James Bond is

"Its pretty easy to add a reflection" all the game devs watching this video: .....

Rivers DO appear out of nowhere. I have personally seen many cases where out of nowhere the ground starts getting wet and, as you follow it downhill, it becomes a stream. Its just ground water coming out of the ground

4:13 have you heard of the parachute ?😅

at 1:02, you can also see it at Vinewood sign. there's tower behind it and if you combine it with two O, you get.. yeah you know what i mean.

1:40 It's not pretty easy to add an reflection because the only way it would be possible to do it would be with raytracing and that method needs a lot of computing so developers usually just use preset textures for reflections.

Tinkle tower/ 4 integrity way is based on the AT&T Madison Complex Tandem Office in real life it doesnt have the coloured stripes but still has the giant ornamental looking mast. Just look up the buildings on gta wiki! Top tip for the floaty office markings outside... Arcadius is the better office tower to use 😏 overall access is better, the garages especially seem to suit the round shape better and you don't get a nosebleed going up to the roof 🤣

5:14 that building exists irl and I think it was featured in fast and furious and got partially destroyed

1:20 as someone who’s been doing game development for 6 years whilst I’m still no expert I think I have enough knowledge to answer this question. So adding reflective differs from game engine to game engine, some have them more optimised then others, however most games don’t actually do reflection but fake it, however they instead used a baked cube map texture into a shader that mimics that of a reflective surface however is just a texture image, so it’s usually low poly, no post processing effects, and kinda odd to save resources on your hardware. This can also be seen perfectly in Forza Horizon 5 if you look into the any mirror Edit: The Parking Lines also is simple to explain, so any texture like those lines, road marking, graffiti are just what’s called decals, all they do is simply project a texture onto a surface, this combined with what I’m assuming is a road building tool they’d have, can sometimes get the projection wrong, as it does usually require complex math

Why do they even patch wall breaches? 99% breaches are not game breaking and are just for fun. Also I do love how you end most facts withe "idk..." :)

1:32 I am a game developer and it is save to say the thing only has this reflection because rockstar optomized their time and game. When you make a static reflection (like this) you have to "bake" the room into it, what creates a reflection of the room. The other example you showed is a dynamic reflection what is just too expensive task to compute only for a nice vase. It is more efficient that way they made it. It is possible to make a "material" for every variation (furniture, color exc) but creating 50 vase options for this is also inefficient timewise.

I love that you left the Helicopter Crash in the video then continued "as i was saying" , not even breaking momentum in the conversation lol

You get a alien suit when you collect all props

I had a feeling that dirt road near the prison slowed you down more than normal, but now it's confirmed. I'll make sure to avoid it from now on.

If you collect all 10 movie props you get the green alien outfit that you can see in a couple missions in gta 5 story mode, such as Michael Grass Roots and his LSD trip

Great video bro👍

1:47 actually very common across the entire map. A lot of markings float so much that it's easily visible.

"I'm pretty sure it's pretty easy to add a reflection" lol

The movie prop collectathon unlocks the alien costume that resembles the aliens Micheal fights during the story mode.

3:25 my friend and I use the pacific standard bank for our own game mode called King of the bank, what we do is PvP myself and him and first person to 20 kills wins the game, so much fun and 95% of the time it’s a cop free zone. Meaning if you kill a player in here most of the time the cops won’t come for you!

3:53 I’m so glad I’m not the only one who ever noticed this 😂

1:16, they used a cube map basically a object that houses a fake reflection and and mirrors that fake reflections on the props that have that shader in a 3d environment, and the cube map takes images in the 3d environment (real time) during the first bake, after the first bake it will not mirror anything else that wasn't originally their unless its re-baked with all the props their. So it doesn't reflect real time.

You can get the bulldozer from pegasus, you just need to earn it with arena war

Your videos are the best educational gta videos❤

The building you’re referring to is the AT&T building building has an AT&T tower on top

5:43 The blue in the flag of San Andreas could be a satirical comment on red and blue states. But I think it's rather another hint at the Epsilon Program being behind everything since the symbol of the EP is also in the seal of SA. Absolutely no idea about the beaver though

Thanks learned couple new stuff even tho ive been playing for over 10 years

Theres an abandoned house near sandy shores wich has a fuse box, if you jump against that, you will get electrocuted. But its the only house i think

Audi has always been a respectable luxury brand 🥴🥴🥴 since the 60s the billboard are a direct reference to a real life bmw/audi billboard rivalry 😅. You reeeeeeeally have to do some more research before you make these vids lol like truly my guy

The Vase reflection is a pre-rendered Texture using a Reflection mapping texlchnique, it is common in many older video games from the Mid 2000s to mid 2010s that gives the illusion of real time reflection, probably if you watch the vase throughout the game's day cycle, it most probably do a time skip Texture setup instead of real time setup. The other method that is more likely the case is real time static reflection mapping, this is more with vehicles in GTA 4 & 5 as the vehicles reflect the world around you but only the static meshes, all dynamic meshes such as vehicles, people, signs, lamps etc do not reflect.

about the octopus and platypus, it's the same ship (just enhanced and changed a tiny bit) so yes it's a clear refrence

all texturing like lines dirt tracks on the road and other things in that sort of area are floating if you go on some of the roads near sandy you can see the textures floating but not as badly

A stream appearing out of nowhere is "rushed for sure"? That's how rivers work in real life dude.

2:53 There's another billboard like that by the beach. That one has a guy hanging out of it with a gun.

"British John Wick"... Fucking hell, do I feel old now...

The Bulldozer is able to be owned. You have to unlock it through the Arena War tiers at like 50 or 75 I forgot exactly what level.

5:00 That building is an AT&T switching center in downtown LA. Located at 434 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90014.

I wish they opened up all the places you could go inside in missions at least because they all have interiors

you can win the bulldozer as a arena war reward, the you can call it in using pegasus

1:38 my guess is the texture is "baked". Baking an object is basically pre-rendering the reflections. This helps the performance significantly if used properly

To get in franklins house you can go against the back window by his room and hug the wall and start up ace liquor and quit as soon as you get in and your are in his house

9:08 That could be a real life accuracy thing. Sometimes old signs stay up. Or how some signs keep up outdated look, like fire truck crossing signs depicting old fire trucks instead of modern ones.

9:33 not a pus expert?😂

James Bond has been around since the 60s, My dad grew up watching the movies

Discovering an actual human hasn’t seen James Bond

at 5:12 that building is based on the AT&T building in downtown LA at 417 S Olive St

If you colect all of the movie props you will get one hunded and 50 thousand dollars and it will have a chest in sollomens office and once you open the chest you will get the space allien outfit that you have in director mode

I’m pretty sure you can drive a boat up that stream that comes from now where too

7:18 I actually had two trains on the map. There is a video on my channel. They were stuck in each other and it had really funny effect.

Maybe that map of the continental United States could be a missing 411 easter egg.

Bro said it’s easy to add a reflection???? Those are EXTREMELY hard to add. Not to mention extremely taxing

4:38 in PS3/X360 versions of GTA 5 the cops actually come to Mount Chiliad when you have an wanted level or simply call them

Love you bro but audi has always been one of those car companies. But you have a point

I remember nonstop playing parkour back in 2015😢

Btw your question to answer, is yes it does take a lot of resources and effort to include reflections. It's why newer games dont even do it. An example is the newest Dead Island.

If there is any other location for Bottom Dollars property its going to be J’s Bonds

highest IQ rockstar fan

5:11 The building is based on the real life AT&T Switching Center in Los Angeles. In real life it lacks the red part however.

@10:30 it's the Missle Silo's in the U.S.

Managed to get into Franklin's house in Online once.

I'm eating a pizza watching this while seeing a level 9 getting orb spam while watching this

The bulldozer can be unlocked as a Pegasus vehicle level 50 arena war

back in the day on 360 i had a glitch happen with multiple trains getting spawned in story mode

Just parachute off the mountain or just use one of the dirtbikes that are usually nearby...

Fun fact bully scholarship edition you could break gravestones

You can actually get the bulldozer, It's just take a ton of grind in arena war

The building is the ATT tower in downtown LA

3:48 This is actually how the sources of creeks/streams look a lot of the time. They usually just gradually blend into the ground until there's no identifiable origin point. Especially on a hill like this, they are usually formed by runoff.

4:57 as a resident of Los Angeles, that building is inspired by this location 417 S Olive St Los Angeles, CA 90013 United States

Well of course it's not going to work after shooting the vending machine THINK.

"pretty sure the octopus is more aquatic than a platypus"

I think in Freemode it’s 2 trains They just will never hit each other that’s how rocketstar have it setup

you can destroy grave stones in chapter 7 or 8 in max payne 3 i think

5:10 that building does exist. It’s the AT&T Switching Center.

bro tire nutz im dead