So, we’re talking GTA 6 and hydroplaning. Hydroplaning! In a game where you can hijack a jet and parachute into a tank. Now, apparently, we’re supposed to care about tire treads and rain splashes because, you know, realism is the new black. I mean, sure, the idea of weather affecting driving sounds immersive, but did anyone actually ask for this? Seriously? Who sat down one day and said, “You know what GTA needs? Not more chaos or better heists, but some good old-fashioned tire slippage.”
Don’t get me wrong. I love a good rain scene as much as the next guy, but can’t we leave the wet physics to actual race simulators? Think about it. We’re going to have players whine about not having enough currency to buy the perfect rain-resistance tires while others mod their rides into amphibious vehicles just to avoid this nonsense. I wonder if they’ll start selling virtual tire insurance for when your overpriced sports car does a pathetic slip-slide into a lamp post.
But then again, maybe I just don’t appreciate “innovation” anymore. Perhaps, somewhere on this site, someone is excited about folks losing races or getting late to missions because Mother Nature threw a monsoon their way. Whatever.