What is up with the cars?

[Crabby 20]

Anyone else notice when watching some of the sample play over the last year, there are like next to no cars on the road while you are driving as V? I thought it was just one video but I have seen several now. What is up with that?

[Cripto 20]

I believe this was mentioned not too long ago on a live stream of the game. When you are driving around, less cars will appear on the road just to prevent the roads from being too packed and congested. 

[Hantaro 28]

8 minutes ago, Cripto said:

I believe this was mentioned not too long ago on a live stream of the game. When you are driving around, less cars will appear on the road just to prevent the roads from being too packed and congested. 

To me, it didn't seem like it was during game play at all. When you see them going through a cut-scene the streets look busy but outside of that, I just don't see a reason why they would reduce the amount of cars just for the sake of you driving your car.  

[Neon 33]

Yeah it was indeed mentioned that the cars aren't as apparent when you are in a car. I am guessing this serves as not only a game mechanic (to make it easier to drive and get places) but also to reduce frame rate issues on current gen consoles. 

[KyleZ 32]

Maybe it is a function with purpose, maybe not. I feel like they did take a bit too much away to have it feel like the real city streets. If you ever lived in a city, you know the streets are almost entirely active 24/7.

[RiotRaven 26]

They remove some of the cars on the roads as well as children NPC characters. If you look at some of the more recent footage, it isn't a bad thing. I think it was smart to do both.

[Twizted 39]

20 hours ago, RiotRaven said:

They remove some of the cars on the roads as well as children NPC characters. If you look at some of the more recent footage, it isn't a bad thing. I think it was smart to do both.

For sure with the children. There was no way of avoiding accidents or players purposelessly targeting them for laughs. I didn't think the streets were too crowded though in terms of cars when you aren't in one.

[Beanbag 24]

I thought at first they did this for the sake of showing and testing the game but I looked into it more and the people who said they purposely remove a lot of the cars on the road is true. When you access your vehicle (get in or on it) you will notice a lot of cars seem to vanish but you will still see enough on the roads for it to feel lively. 

[StarrShooter 29]

Not a big deal for me if this is the case. I want to be able to enjoy driving around and not worry about other cars bashing into me or making it hard to do missions where I need to be on the road.

[ElfWarrior 40]

On 10/16/2020 at 8:02 PM, Crabby said:

Anyone else notice when watching some of the sample play over the last year, there are like next to no cars on the road while you are driving as V? I thought it was just one video but I have seen several now. What is up with that?

As mentioned by a few others, they reduce the amount of cars on the road to create a more enjoyable driving experience for the player. Not much more to it I'm afraid. Nothing to worry about though, you won't notice it as much playing the game.  

[FearBoz 27]

On 10/21/2020 at 8:43 PM, StarrShooter said:

Not a big deal for me if this is the case. I want to be able to enjoy driving around and not worry about other cars bashing into me or making it hard to do missions where I need to be on the road.

Same.

I feel like it is only standing out because people are really looking at every detail when they show video footage, game play, and pictures of the game. 

[Crabby 20]

On 10/22/2020 at 11:18 PM, ElfWarrior said:

As mentioned by a few others, they reduce the amount of cars on the road to create a more enjoyable driving experience for the player. Not much more to it I'm afraid. Nothing to worry about though, you won't notice it as much playing the game.  

I hope you are right. I don't want to be driving and it feels like a ghost town when the city life, especially at night, is mean to be vibrant and active as heck. 

[GBlack 32]

The game is meant to be running on 8 different systems. Let that sink in for a sec.

This is likely why they do things like this. To ensure the game runs well on all platforms.

[ElfWarrior 40]

On 10/24/2020 at 2:48 PM, Crabby said:

I hope you are right. I don't want to be driving and it feels like a ghost town when the city life, especially at night, is mean to be vibrant and active as heck. 

Trust me. You will not notice. When the game does finally come out and you are playing it, you won't even be thinking about it. It is more noticeable because we aren't playing or able to play.