Comparison of GTA 5 Enhanced with Other Versions

OPla G

12 Mar 20:30

The day after the release of the new version of GTA 5 for PC, NVIDIA rolled out fresh drivers 572.70, which include Game Ready support, compatibility with RTX 5070 graphics cards, and a fix for the black screen bug.

To understand how ray tracing works in Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced, you can check out this page, where various locations in the game world are shown with different ray tracing settings applied.

A more traditional way to compare with the Legacy version is through video reviews on YouTube. These clearly demonstrate the changes.

Explosions now feature more fire, smoke, and even blast waves, which were previously absent.
More splashes in water, both from vehicles and weapons.
Improved lighting reveals previously hard-to-notice details.
Shadows now finally cast from headlights.
Reflections in puddles and on various surfaces.
Too many shards fly out when shooting at glass (we’ll consider this a downside).

And just for fun, here’s another comparison — between the very first and the latest versions. Just to appreciate the progress made by developers over nearly 12 years.