Extracting GTA 3's sun path from game files and comparing it to New York's real sun
MaxLenormand · x · 2026-10-21
The author pulled the sun's path directly from GTA 3's game files and compared it against the real solar path over New York (the prototype of Liberty City) to find out just how realistic the game's sun actually is. A hardcore, file-digging technical investigation with results presented in video form.
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