GTA V aims to change this by letting you customize everything from your character, to the weapons you're carrying. This time around, money will have a real purpose in the game, and you will have a reason to save it.Ĩ - Customization - In GTA IV, the only thing you could customize was your clothes, and even then the selection wasn't that big. In GTA IV, there really wasn't anything to spend your money on except some clothes, guns and food. Something along the lines of 'I went through all of this to make all this money and now I'm going to spend it on this crazy item.' - Dan Houser. We are still working on the economy but it will be a strong element in the game and players will be eager to make money to spend money. I was surprised to see a rectangular minimap instead of the usual circular, by now, we've become quite accustomed to the radar-esque ellipse, so it's a welcome change.ĩ - The Economy - 'You will be able to spend money to buy interesting and fun things like expensive toys. Here are ten ways it's better than GTA IV.ġ0 - The UI - The new UI in GTA V is great.

Now GTA 5 aims to bring back those features, and then some. But while GTA IV was an incredible game, it lacked many features of the previous game, San Andreas. The GTA series has come a long way, and each game brought something unique to the table.