5 GTA V mods that need to be made

GTA V is about to be released on PC, and the modding community is chomping at the bit to get stuck in. Here are ideas for a few great mods

One of the most appealing aspects of PC gaming is modding and transforming the base game into a brand new experience. With the upcoming release ofGrand Theft Auto 5 on PC (fingers crossed that it won’t get another last minute delay), the modding community is itching to get stuck into Los Santos and Blaine County.

GTA V is a fantastic base for modders to work and improve on. Mods are a great way to reinvigorate games by creating new features, missions or items – see Skyrim’s mod Frostfall– so the possibilities for modding GTA V are near endless. Here are some mod ideas that would work perfectly in GTA V:

1. Free roam crew members

Causing chaos in a large free roam map is one of the Grand Theft Auto's calling cards. Free roam havoc was perfected by GTA. One way it could be improved by modders would be the ability to call up and hire crew members to ride shotgun during your wild escapades. You can already call up the other playable characters – Michael, Trevor and Franklin – but it would be cool if you could call up additional henchmen too.

GTA: San Andreas had this feature, as you could mount up with the Grove Street OGs to paint the town red with Balla and Vagos blood. Rolling in style with your gang buddies took free roam crime sprees to the next level so it would be a perfect mod in GTA V.

2. Weapons

GTA V does have some awesome weapons, particularly ones added by DLC like the Flare Gun, Musket, and Firework Launcher. Despite this, V is lacking some of the classic weapons of the older games, like the Katana, Chainsaw and, of course, the fifteen inch purple dildo.

While the weapons in the base game are good enough, it would be nice to have some of the more unusual and amusing weapons from GTA games of the past. Dual wielding would also make a perfect mod – the two sawn-off shotties from San Andreas were the best way to mow down your gangland enemies.

3. Gang warfare

Although it was a bit of a pain when you were on the other side of San Andreas, the gang warfare aspects of GTA: SA brought the gangland vibe of early 90s LA to life. In San Andreas, Los Santos was split up into loads of territories owned by the Ballas, Vagos or Grove Street Families. Territories were won or lost by fighting back waves of gangsters, until the area yields to the attackers.

The gangland aspect wasn’t really expanded on in GTA V. The three gangs from San Andreas were all there, but you can’t do much more other than fight them in the streets. They have their own territories that they like to stick to, but it would be nice to see a mod that adds a bit more variation and action with them.

4. Graphical Enhancements

If you keep up with the modding scene you will undoubtedly have seen the incredible work by expert modder Hayssam Keilany – the GTA IV mod iCEnhancer. It’s no exaggeration to say that iCEnhancer makes GTA IV’s graphics almost lifelike in quality. Provided your PC is powerful enough to handle the mod at a decent number of frames per second, Liberty City will be transformed into a seriously realistic urban environment.

GTA V already looks phenomenal based on the screens of the PC version that Rockstar have released. But then, so did GTA IV for its time. With a modder as talented as iCEnhancer's, Los Santos and Blaine County could be given a level of graphical enhancement that would push even the most powerful PCs to the limits.

5. Liberty City

Everyone can admit to being a bit disappointed that GTA V only had one main city. That’s not to say that Los Santos was bad at all (far from it), it would just be awesome to be able to fly a plane or get a boat ride across to a whole new city to wreak havoc in.

It’s probably quite unlikely that modders will be able to put the whole of Liberty City into GTA V as it would be ridiculously heavy on resources and you would need a seriously powerful rig to run it. But still, going for a nice relaxing drive as Trevor through the groups of pedestrians in Middle Park with middle finger flying would definitely be fun.

What mods would you like to see?