We continue to study early builds of various parts of the GTA series. Today we will remember the classic Vice City. It was released on PlayStation 2 on October 29, 2002, but on the 2nd, the developers put together a preliminary version of the game. In this article, you will learn about the main differences between the build and the project that eventually went on sale.
Grand Theft Auto Vice City Nextgen Edition is a large-scale modification by the Russian team of enthusiasts, Revolution Team, offering a different vision of the remaster of the classic 2002 game. The modders transferred Vice City onto the «rails» of the fourth part and offered fans an unprecedented level of visual and gameplay enhancements that Grove Street Games could not provide in the official remaster, The Definitive Edition. Despite numerous challenges and legal battles with Take-Two Interactive, the publisher of the Grand Theft Auto series, the modification was released at the end of January 2025. In this review, we will look at the history of the modification, its improvements, and answer the main question of why the unofficial remaster looks and plays better than the official GTA: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition.
LibertyCity modder MIXAIL_K creates cool vanilla vehicles for GTA Vice City. You can add these new cars to the game without replacing the original ones.