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GTA 5 mods: better graphics, iron man, zombie hordes and so much more

 The best GTA 5 mods can do anything from adding a graphical overhaul, to creating a whole new game by adding superheroes, zombies and loads more. There's a community of GTA 5 mod makers out there creating everything from subtle shifts and tweaks to core gameplay and looks, through to complete and radical overhauls. 

Become Iron Man 

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Mod: Script Hook V / Iron Man Script 2.0

“I am Iron Man” said Iron Man in Iron Man, and you can say it too if you install this forever popular mod on to your GTA 5 save. True to its word, the mod hooks you up with a fully operational Iron Man suit, complete with boost thrusters, repulsor beams, and that oh so satisfying “eeeeeyooooop” blaster sound that any Marvel fan will be familiar with. 

You can even customise it with different versions of the suit, including the beefy Hulkbuster armour that swaps agility for raw strength. Tony Stark would be proud. 

8. Return to Vice City

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(Image credit: Rockstar/YouTuber Lunchxbles)

Mod: Vice Cry: Remastered

GTA: Vice City holds a fond place in many players' hearts, but even with the updated versions released by Rockstar it's still looking rather dated in 2020. Not so in Vice Cry: Remastered, a port of the popular Vice Cry mod for Vice City, which gives the fictional Miami a beautiful makeover complete with rippling waters and shimmering sunsets.

As well as proper mapped roads, car generators, and working traffic lights, there are new missions dropping which make this so much more than just a cosmetic makeover. It's definitely worth popping on a Hawaiian shirt and heading back to the '80s to check this one out.

9. Pretend you’re playing Blade Runner in a neon-soaked Los Santos 

Mod: Intensity ENB

Blade Runner 2049 has been and gone, and we’re still a ways off from CD Projekt Red’s open world Cyberpunk 2077, but you can at least enjoy Grand Theft Auto 2013 by dressing it up in a neon aesthetic with this visual mod. 

Intensity ENB dials up the contrast between colours to 11, lending this ethereal, miasmic quality to Los Santos that’s drenched in atmosphere, especially when it also happens to be drenched in rainfall. The game’s lighting effects have been intensified too, meaning you’ll often feel like you’re in a J.J. Abrams movie just as much as a cyberpunk flick.

10. Create an underwater megalopolis by triggering a tsunami 

Mod: No Water + Tsunami + Atlantis

All the best cities are underwater. Think about it; Atlantis, Rapture, that one from The Phantom Menace… okay, maybe not all the best cities, but a fair few of them at least. So what’s stopping you from seeing whether Los Santos fares any better once submerged beneath ten thousands tonnes of H2O? 

Seriously, you can try it now with this mod, which brings in a Tsunami to unleash waves of salty sea water upon the town, where only the highest skyscrapers can be seen above the surface. It’s an in-game natural disaster that has to be seen to be believed.  

11. Take realism to a whole new level 

Mod: GTA Realism

If you’re someone who likes to obey every traffic light and speed limit sign as you drive across SoCal, this hyper realism mod will be right up your alley. It adds a host of small but clever details to GTA 5 that are designed to make everything feel that little bit more tactile and naturalistic. 

Pedestrians drop wallets, weapons have to be physically picked up, there’s bleeding effects when you’re shot, cops act more strategically, you can replaced flat tires with spare ones in the trunk, bullets have projectile drops, and tons more. It turns the Grand Theft Auto experience into a full on crime simulation, and it’s rather brilliant. 

12. Turn airplane pilots into psychopathic killers 

Mod: Angry Planes (cleaned)

This mod has rightly had a stigma attached to it since 2015, in which it was discovered that the coding contained dangerous malware hidden within. Since then, though, it’s been cleaned up by some decidedly less malicious modders and is available as a clean, malware free update online. 

But what does it do? Well, every airplane pilot in the sky is now out to hunt and crash into you at whatever cost to themselves. Naturally, pandemonium ensues, so make sure your gaming rig is powerful enough to withstand a decent framerate with all those explosions.

13. Become a knock-off Rico Rodriguez with Just Cause 2 gadgets 

Mod: Just Cause 2 Eject + Parachute Thrusters, Just Cause 2 grappling hook mod

While GTA has always been great for causing all sorts of mayhem, it never quite comes close to the sort of sandbox madness you can generate in equally outrageous open world series Just Cause. 

But thanks to this unofficial crossover, you can now enjoy Rico Rodriguez’s grappling hook, parachute thrusters, and more in GTA 5, using these bespoke Just Cause flavoured mods. It even makes cars explode whenever you jump out of them, which is great for dealing with all those pesky roadblocks. 

14. Cross the fence and play GTA from the cops’ perspective 

Mod: LSPD First Response

They say the best way to defeat the enemy is to know the enemy, so why not sign up with the Los Santos Police Department and walk a mile in the shoes of a local cop for the day? 

There are detailed missions, police-themed weapons and vehicles, and customisation options for you to tuck into to get the full LSPD experience. Who knows, maybe you’ll end up preferring it your previous life of crime? 

15. Pay for your crimes the hard way by going to prison 

Mod: Prison Mod

Speaking of police, how come you never get to see what happens between the time you’re busted and the moment you walk out of the hospital or police station as a free man? I know Grand Theft Auto has a loose conception of the notion of justice, but surely some judicial system is in place in Los Santos? 

This prison mod has the answer, incarcerating you whenever you’re caught by the police, whereby you’re able to walk around the jailhouse, interact with NPCs, and even try to break out. Or, you know, you could just serve your time and try to come out a changed man? Nah, that sounds boring; prison break it is! 

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