Recently, the promoter @GTAVI_Countdown released the picture quality comparison of "GTA: Crime City" (2002) and "GTA6" (2026), and players can clearly feel the evolution of the fictional city "Crime City" over the past 24 years.

In the comparison picture, the "Sin City" scene at the top shows the classic island landscape in the 2002 game.However, due to the hardware and technology at that time, the game screen seemed rough.Although the island in the picture has basic buildings, trees and water bodies, the details are blurred, the texture is simple, and the water surface effect is single, and the overall appearance is presented in a low-poly style.

In sharp contrast to this is the "GTA6" scene at the bottom.The same island scenery has made a qualitative leap in the details of the picture.The building style of the house is more modern and varied, with lush vegetation and lifelike details of coconut trees and shrubs.The water body presents a realistic light and shadow effect, and the sparkling sea surface and transparent sea water make people feel like they are in a real tropical island.In addition, modern elements such as yachts and swimming pools are added to the scene, and the overall atmosphere is more vivid and open, showing R-star's ultimate restoration ability to the real world.

In terms of map design, although "GTA: Sin City" is based on Miami, the map is small in scale and limited in content."GTA6" returns to the setting of Sin City, and is expected to significantly expand the scale of the map, integrating more modern elements and interactive content.Players can experience new mechanisms such as swimming and yacht driving in the game. The addition of these functions is undoubtedly a breakthrough in the limitations of the era of "Sin City".

From "Sin City" to "GTA6", R-Star's advancements in technology and design are obvious.When "Sin City" was released in 2002, it had a development budget of $5 million and a marketing budget of $13.2 million, making it one of Rockstar North's most expensive projects at the time.As the next-generation game to be launched in 2026, the development cost of "GTA6" has reached hundreds of millions of dollars.