Despite its increasing age, there’s no doubt thatGrand Theft Auto 5has left a major impression on fans, and continues to reach new players even now. With its advancing age comes the transition to a new series of gaming consoles with the upcomingGTA 5Enhanced and Expanded Edition for Xbox Series X/S and PS5.
Although ateaser trailer forGTA 5’s Expanded and Enhanced Editionlaunched several months ago, not much has been revealed about the refreshed version. Courtesy of a recent data leak, however, fans can now at least take a look at what new paint jobs their cars will be rocking in the future.
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As revealed by MrBossFTW,GTA 5’s Enhanced and Expanded Editionwill gain at least 16 chameleon paint jobs. This pearlescent paint shifts colors depending upon which angle the viewer is looking at it from, plus current lighting conditions. While the next-genGTA 5re-release is still a few months away, it seems Rockstar Games may be testing out some of the new additions, as these paint jobs were recently added to the files in the base version ofGTA 5.
The intensity of the color shifting on thenext-genGTA 5paint jobs varies significantly. As demonstrated in the video, the Monochrome paint job, as one might expect from its name, simply shifts between brighter and darker shades of silver. However, designs like Chromatic Abberation and Temperature are much more striking in their shifts, moving through a variety of colors and shades.
The discovered paint jobs include Chrome, Monochrome, Chromatic Aberration, Night & Day, The Verlierer, Sprunk Extreme, Vice City, Sunset, Temperature, Synthwave Nights, Four Seasons, The Seven, Maisonette 9 Throwback, Bubblegum, Full Rainbow, Kamen Rider, and It’s Christmas! MrBossFTW was able to apply these color gradients as the base, secondary, or trim colors, though it remains to be seen if Rockstar Games allows for this level of flexibility, or if it’s simply a facet of the mod he’s currently using.
While some pointed out thatGTA 5’s Expanded and Enhanced Edition seems to lack certain modern day gaming features present in other driving games, likereal-time mirror reflections, these new paint jobs show that the game will be taking advantage of the improved graphical capabilities of next-gen gaming systems. Of course, the PS5 and Xbox Series X line can do a lot more than color-shifting textures, soGTA 5should be able to offer a lot of new visual improvements that are likely to be shown off in the months to come.
Grand Theft Auto 5Expanded and Enhanced is set to release in March of 2022 for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
