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Have you ever thought about the traffic lights inGTA 3?

Me neither, but former Rockstar developer Obbe Vermeij shares some interesting tidbits about developing them.

A character walking down the NYC streets in GTA 3

This is why, even if the light was knocked over, cars still obeyed the light.

Map artists just placed the lights, ran the game, and it all workedno extra setup needed.

Simple, but it still worked this way in [GTA] 4."

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They’re all smoke and mirrors, illusions that give the impression of reality.

It’s equal parts impressive and funny.

There’s a lot of detail in GTA games, eventheir power lines are mapped outfairly realistically.

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Going back to driving properly, that’s something Vermeij wanted the game to actually enforce.

“This was not popular with the team.

I quickly removed it.”

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