Graphic mods for GTA 4. Rays of GTA 5 The stars of GTA 5 - Reflection chromium from GTA 5 - 3D effect of the clouds - Light balancing (at night in the dark, the day not light) - There is a bug with the red sky - Reflections from GTA 5 - Headlights from GTA 5. Quite an age-old retexture of Overdose Effects v1. 5, which turns these effects into GTA V effects. Perezaliv through Mod Loader, and also without the terrible Particle. Authors: - Function-X-The Original Overdose Effects mod. Justin Apple-GTA V-style retexture. To install Mod Loader.

Few games can claim to be as long-lived as Rockstar’s hyper-famous Grand Theft Auto V.

Something both Skyrim and GTA5 have in common is massive, active modding communities producing content nonstop. And when it comes to replayability, you just can’t beat having thousands of mods at your fingertips for free.

We’ve covered some of the best overall mods, but let’s look into a more specific area: realism in gameplay.

If you want to make this open-world sandbox experience more realistic, take a look at these mods and see what catches your eye.

20. Sitting Mod

Characters in GTA can run, drive, pilot planes, and survive shootouts with the army.

But they can’t sit down and enjoy the moment.

Modders have a lot of experience fixing this specific issue in games, and creator Jedijosh920 was quick to release the Sitting Mod to solve this mistake.

Now you just need to press the E key while next to a bench, and your character will proceed to rest their butt on it. As comfortably as space allows, anyway.

19. Extreme Difficulty Health Realism

While getting shot or otherwise injured in GTA5 is definitely harmful, it’s a lot less gruesome compared to how it would be in real life.

Creator SoB tries to make injuries in GTA5 more lifelike with his Extreme Difficulty Health Realism mod.

Now, different weapons will cause different injuries.

You’ll also start losing strength and speed as you lose health, becoming disoriented. Seems realistic, right?

This will make calling the paramedics more a “need” than a fun little thing you never really do.

18. Real Paramedics

Speaking of calling the paramedics… Have you ever noticed how they seem to only respond to calls for the show of it?

Thanks to Real Paramedics by Jedijosh920, you can make them actually earn their pay, instead of just walking away from injured civilians.

If the injury is bad enough, they’ll even carry their patient back to the ambulance.

Next time you accidentally run over an old lady, stop and take the time to call the paramedics. You’ll have the most immersive car accident you could imagine, all within GTA5.

17. Dismemberment/Gore

But even the paramedics will be entirely at a loss when they come across a slaughter resulting from you trying out the Dismemberment/Gore mod by Jedijosh920.

Instead of a half-assed scream and a bloodied shirt, characters will get visibly wounded and even dismembered by both melee weapons and high-impact firearms.

Whether it’s a machete, a katana, or emptying an AR’s clip into someone’s arm, this mod provides several ways to brutally maim your enemies – just like you would in real life, I suppose.

16. Better Deformation

If you care about making bodily harm more realistic, why not go ahead and make the damage done to cars much more lifelike too?

This mod by Corinarh greatly increases specific in-game stats so that cars will get deformed with much less damage, while also increasing the car’s durability.

What you’re left with is a gradually-deforming car that works, until receiving some truly major damage.

This extra durability is especially noticeable on planes and helicopters, which can now take quite a bit of deformation before blowing up.

15. Fuel Script V

Elv elektronik driver. One of the most unrealistic aspects of vanilla is how every car, no matter how or where you obtain it, is always 100% full of gas.

Not to mention, it never runs out. What world is this guy living in?

Creator Sakis25 brings us the Fuel Script V mod, which adds fuel consumption to vehicles in GTA5. The mod also adds a fuel measurement bar over the minimap to keep you posted on your juice situation.

Run out, and you’re going to need a tow truck.

It’s a bit impractical, sure. But one cannot deny that having to stop every few hours for a quick gas refill is as much a fact of life as death and taxes.

14. Realistic Gun Sounds

For a game with so much gun mayhem, firearms in GTA5 don’t sound real to me.

Realistic Gun Sounds is a compilation of mods created by Xenort and some other contributors to improve sounds on revolvers, SMGs, vintage pistols, and everything else under the sun.

Even Tasers got a new sound clip!

Gunfights will sound considerably more realistic, adding to the enjoyment. And adding to the probability of scaring your neighbors late at night.

13. Disarm

Some people need lessons just to learn how to hold a gun.

It stands to reason that most people couldn’t hold onto their weapon if it was glued to their hands… and yet, the NPCs in GTA5 do.

Well, not anymore.

Thanks to modder Jedijosh920, so much as a scrape on their hands or arms will make the average NPC drop their weapon. This allows you to sweep in and take them out swiftly.

This mod is especially recommended for those who’re used to previous GTA installments where disarming was still present without mods.

What a weird thing to leave out…

12. Ambient FX

Besides sounds and gameplay mechanics, a game’s graphics are an essential aspect to improve if you want a more realistic experience.

Graphic updates are huge in GTA5, but this mod takes graphics more towards the realist side of things.

The Ambient FX mod by Dilapidated helps us achieve this by increasing the details in fire, smoke, and smog effects. Guns now emit smoke more naturally whenever you fire them, and smoke trails are visible from blocks away.

Considering it comes at little-to-no performance cost, there’s no reason to skip over this atmospheric mod.

11. Lively World – Traffic Stuff Update

There’s no point in having a sprawling open world if you can’t make it feel alive.

The best way to achieve this is by putting as many random events as possible into the game. You know, keep things exciting.

The Lively World mod pack by Eddim adds several such scenarios all around Los Santos, explicitly focusing on events affecting traffic.

Once installed, drivers will overtake each other, get into arguments, and more.

You’re free to interact with these scenarios or keep going. But whatever you do, you have the choice – and that’s as real as it gets.

10. Open All Interiors

One of my first encounters with software limitations was realizing I couldn’t enter every building in GTA: Vice City.

Luckily, I don’t have to put up with that anymore.

This mod by NewTheft opens every possible interior in Los Santos, adding fully functional doors and even elevators where needed.

It’s great for exploration, and it’ll also make shootouts more dynamic to boot.

9. R*hancer Photorealism Mod

You know how GTA5 screenshots on forums always look like they were taken with a more… realistic graphics engine?

It’s probably thanks to this mod by creator Xilantro, which retouches almost all aspects of GTA5’s visuals to provide an upgraded look.

And a realistic one, at that.

Among other things, it completely reworks the weather. The enhanced rain leaves more detailed puddles, and reflections off wet surfaces are much more realistic.

Another big focus of this mod is providing more natural lighting to Los Santos.

This makes the game look more vivid, and al

Gta 5 Graphic Mods