{"id":197515,"date":"2022-07-25T09:37:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T07:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=197515"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:34:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:34:04","slug":"gta-v-hidden-dev-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/gta-v-hidden-dev-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Stolen yachts and floating trucks &#8211; some hidden dev secrets in GTA V"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Game development is a modern form of digital wizardry, and game devs are nothing short of real-life wizards. The pristine playthroughs that we see are &#8211; in many cases &#8211; illusions created by the absolute chaos going on under the surface. Recently, a GTA V player has dug into the game\u2019s code to uncover an example of the trickery involved with game development, and it&#8217;s quite a scream reminiscent of the<strong> train hat incident from Fallout<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"GTA V\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-logo-xl,f_auto\/p\/b3d17a4e-96bf-11e6-a0d8-00163ed833e7\/1148015448\/gta-v-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">GTA V<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/gta-v.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/gta-v.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you enjoy GTA V, you\u2019ve likely played a good deal of the game\u2019s protagonist-specific missions. GTA V player <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LucasIsPersonal\/status\/1548293552546885644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"LucasIsPersonal\">LucasIsPersonal<\/a> noticed a peculiarity during one of Michael\u2019s early missions, Father\/Son. The mission centers around Michael and fellow protagonist Franklin attempting to recover Michael\u2019s <strong>stolen yacht<\/strong>, and his delinquent son who trapped himself in the yacht\u2019s bathroom after trying to sell the yacht without his dad\u2019s permission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GTA V makes use of two flying, normally invisible trucks playing back vehicle movement as cinematic cameras.<br><br>unhiding them produces an amusing result <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hBqIXWt3SX\">pic.twitter.com\/hBqIXWt3SX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; lucas &#8211; (@LucasIsPersonal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LucasIsPersonal\/status\/1548293552546885644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To no one\u2019s surprise, the sale did not go to plan and the prospective buyers elected to simply load the yacht onto a truck and call it a day &#8211; after quite an exciting chase across the Del Perro Freeway.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While controlling Michael\u2019s Wife\u2019s Sentinel during the chase, LucasIsPersonal noticed the most peculiar air traffic &#8211; an inverted 18-wheeler truck cabin floating above the thieves\u2019 truck. As the chase intensifies, LucasIsPersonal notices an <strong>additional truck cabin<\/strong> skimming over the pavement, pointed at the thieves\u2019 truck. This is something you definitely shouldn\u2019t see on the road, unless there truly is a glitch in the matrix.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The explanation for these peculiarities is simple, however. In the stock GTA V experience, these trucks are meant to be hidden. LucasIsPersonal dove into the game\u2019s code to \u2018unhide\u2019 these assets. But why are they there in the first place? The answer is simple; perspective. During the mission, you have the option to switch to a <strong>cinematic camera mode<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this mode, the camera angle is exactly where these trucks are positioned. As it turns out, the developers behind GTA V used these <strong>truck assets as cameras<\/strong>. This is because the truck asset was already loaded into the game as that\u2019s what the thieves drive. Therefore, it saves memory to use a repeat asset for more than one purpose &#8211; in this case, additional camera rigs. No pun intended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Floating trucks aren\u2019t the weirdest thing to strike Los Santos though. The latest update to the game will introduce a record-high heatwave and surging gas prices.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Gas prices soar in GTA Online\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/f_auto,t_article_cover_xl\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/07\/Gas-prices-soar-in-GTA-Online.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Gas prices soar in GTA Online<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/gta-v.en.softonic.com\/articles\/gas-prices-soar-in-gta-online\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/gta-v.en.softonic.com\/articles\/gas-prices-soar-in-gta-online\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game development is a modern form of digital wizardry, and game devs are nothing short of real-life wizards. The pristine playthroughs that we see are &#8211; in many cases &#8211; illusions created by the absolute chaos going on under the surface. Recently, a GTA V player has dug into the game\u2019s code to uncover an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/gta-v-hidden-dev-secrets\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Stolen yachts and floating trucks &#8211; some hidden dev secrets in GTA V&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9222,"featured_media":197520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[2409,1617],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-197515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongta-v","tag-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323476,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197515\/revisions\/323476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197515"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=197515"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=197515"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=197515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}