The GVBP ReShade injects Vice City with improved lighting, shadows, and other effects that give the game a much more modern look. It was made by the GTA Vice City Beautification Project (hence the name) for use with several other graphic mods to achieve the best-looking Vice City possible.

1. Download Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Deluxe mod for Windows to add realistic vehicles, new maps, and more to GTA: Vice City. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Deluxe mod has had 0 updates within the.
2. Mods for GTA Vice City (iOS, Android): various mods, weapon mods, CLEO scripts, global mods, programs, texture mods.
3. Modder ‘Muhammad Waqas’ has released VC HD Remake 2020 Mod for Grand Theft Auto Vice City. As its title suggests, this is a full port of Vice City, running as a DLC. I Hope You Like: GTA Vice City Ultimate Trainer v3.0 For PC.
4. HD Textures Collection For GTA Vice City is a mod for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, created by InvernoNuclear. Description (in author’s own words): I extracted all the HD textures from the ' VRTP 1.5 ' and ' Vice Cry ' mods, and mixed them up.

Despite still being an amazing game to play, Vice City hasn’t stood the test of time so well.

I mean, we’re talking about pushing almost 20 years here. And open-world games have only been getting more impressive lately.

But with modding, anything is possible.

We’ve covered a lot of the best overall mods for GTA: VC, but let’s cover some of the graphics-focused ones.

This way you can make the game even sharper that you seem to remember!

10. Substitution Effects

GTA: Vice City can look spectacular at times, with those big explosions and huge fires you like so much.

But with GTA5 as a competitor, we need to step it up.

If you want Vice City to look as spectacular as Grand Theft Auto V, or as close as possible, download the Substitution Effects mod.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - HD Textures Collection For GTA Vice City V.1.1

This replaces effects like fire and explosions to make them look much better than they do in the vanilla game.

This mod isn’t all about violence, though, as it also improves water surfaces and flares. So you do not need to go all-out to reap the benefits of this bad boy.

9. The Sun Effects

Like the Substitution Effects, The Sun Effects mod can make Vice City look almost as good as GTA5.

If you play the game at the lowest possible setting, that is.

Jokes aside, Sun Effects improves some of the lighting effects of the game. This includes street lights and the sun glare, so they look more realistic and much better than they do in the vanilla game.

It’s not ray tracing, that’s for sure. But we’ll take it all the same, thank you very much.

8. GTA VC Icenhancer

The Icenhancer mod should rightly be called the GTA VC updater. Why?

Because it updates everything!

This mod is definitely among the best ones you can download to make the game feel more modern, as it updates the post-processing shader, lights, shadows, and reflections.

Gta Vice City Graphics Mod

The end result is even better at nighttime, so much that you may become a nocturnal creature just to boot up Tommy Vercetti.

7. Remastered HUD Interface

The Vice City interface was good enough in 2002. But as time went on, it started looking quite dated.

Let’s change that.

With the Remastered HUD Interface, you can say goodbye to the old vanilla interface.

This mod upscales older icons and introduces newer semi-HD ones lifted from more recent titles like San Andreas. Used in conjunction with other mods, Remastered Interface will turn the original Vice City into an almost proper modern remaster.

Almost…

6. Widescreen Fixes

Contrary to its name, widescreen wasn’t all that widespread back in 2002.

Few could afford those shiny new TVs coming with the new aspect ratio, and so developers continued to stick with 4:3. It was the PS2 default for most games.

This means that Tommy Vercetti and his goons can look like they had a little bit too much to eat lately if the game is played on a widescreen ratio (without an update, of course).

With the Widescreen fix, however, they’ll get back their proper look, and start committing crimes again as if the 1980s would never end.

5. Vice City Trails

Cut content is never a good thing.

Especially if they ruin the 80s atmosphere. Never touch anything from the 80s!

Vice City Trails restores the brighter and slightly blurrier graphics seen in the PlayStation 2 versions of the game that made it look almost like one of those shows from the 80s.

Well worth installing just for that classic aesthetic. Get ready to blast some tunes as well.

4. Vice City Retexture Project

Years pass, resolutions increase, but some games remain unchanged.

This can include low-quality textures which were great back in the day, but are extremely lacking nowadays.

Trying to give Vice City a well-needed uplift is the Retexture Projects, which aims to replace all of the game’s textures with high-quality ones. The project is still supported to this day, so there is truly no end to the improvements for this beloved game.

3. Project 2DFX

Vice City is about to get bigger and better.

And without destroying your graphics card!

Project 2DFX is a compilation of plugins that increase object draw distances, and add LOD effects to make Vice City look like a real city.

The regular level of detail wouldn’t look too great with the expanded draw distances. But with this mod, anything is possible.

Better yet, this mod also works with GTA III and GTA San Andreas, which shouldn’t be a surprise if you’re a diehard fan of the series. They share the same game engine, after all.

2. SkyGfx

SkyGfx has got nothing to do with improving the game’s sky.

But it has got everything to do with improving the game’s graphics as a whole.

SkyGfx is a massive modding project that started out as a way to restore the PlayStation 2 graphics to the PC version, but later expanded in scope to recreate the Xbox version graphics. And it even reproduces some of the enhanced effects included in Vice City Stories.

The end results? Amazing, as expected.

1. Vice Cry Reborn

The death and rebirth of Vice City has happened. And we should all rejoice for it.

Never before has the game looked this great.

The Vice Cry Reborn mod is an amazing graphical overhaul that improves all, and I really mean all, textures in the title.

How?

By introducing new HD versions of all of them, blended with VRTP and enhanced with artificial intelligence(or some kinda algorithm). What does this all yadda yadda mean, you say?

It means the game will look amazing at a very high resolution without requiring a particularly powerful computer to run.

Ah, the joys of modding!

Grand Theft Auto 3: Vice City
Beautification Project 1.0
by Tore Andersen

The GTA 3 Vice City Beautification Project is a small enhancement guide with step-by-step instructions for modding the 6th Grand Theft Auto game. It will fix a lot of issues with regards to newer computer systems, and significantly improve both graphics & effects. Grand Theft Auto 3: Vice city is not designed to be modified, but it's still possible with the use of some editing tools. The game was released in 2003, and the graphics and mechanics are very far from current day GTA games. With this modification guide, Vice City will get first person view, better textures, improved vegetation, better lighting and a new custom shader.
1: Vice Cry
2: Mods
3: Screenshots
4: Game Art

1 - Vice Cry 1.8
A very well made graphical overhaul by Kov.

As Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was not designed to use mods, I highly recommend backing up the game before starting. That way, if something goes wrong, or if you want to tryout different renders, then you don't need to install the entire game again.
1: Backup (Optional)
Make a backup. Create another folder and copy all files from within the Vice City game-folder to it.
2: Vice Cry 1.8 (LINK)
*This will be the base improvement of GTA 3: Vice City. It updates all textures and adds vegetation. Don't worry that it overwrites the 'gta-vc.exe' file. It's needed to extend some memory limits that otherwise would cause problems with the HD textures.
Download the file and install.
3: Vice Cry 1.8 Hot-Fix (LINK)
Download the file and install.
After installation, open the Vice City game-folder and delete the file 'CLEO.asi'.

2 - The G.V.B.P. Mod-List

The following mods need to be installed one by one, in the order they are listed. This is important, as some mods overwrite files from others.

Mods 1: Game Fixs & Tools

ASI Loader (LINK)
Download the file matching you version of Windows.
Unpack into the Vice City game-folder.
*This mod is needed to load ASI files from other mods.
Cleo (LINK)
Download Cleo for GTA VC.
Unpack into the Vice City game-folder.
*This mod is needed for other mods using cleo-scripts.
Frame Limit Adjuster (LINK)
Download and unpack to a temporary folder.
Copy the files from with the 'Gtavc' folder into the 'Cleo' folder inside the Vice City game-folder.
*The limit is set to 60 as default. If your monitor has a different limit, just rename the two files, so the number reflects your monitors refresh-rate.
E.g.: If your monitor is using 75hz, rename the files to: '75vcframelimiter.cs' and '75vcframelimiter.txt'
*90 being the highest number.
Mod Loader (LINK)
Download the latest version, and unpack into the Vice City game-folder.
*This tool is not necessary to install for the mods in this guide. However, it's a really useful tool for installing/testing mods. I highly recommend it, especially if you want to add some custom cars to the game.
SilentPatch (LINK)
Download both 'SilentPatchVC' and 'DDraw Component'.
Unpack both files into the Vice City game-folder.
Widescreen Fix (LINK)
Download both files and unpack to a temporary folder.
Move the files from within 'GTAVC.WidescreenFix' and 'GTAVC.WidescreenFrontend' into the Vice City game-folder. Overwrite.
HD Radio Icons (LINK)
Download and unpack to a temporary folder.
Move 'fronten2.txd' into the 'models' folder inside the Vice City game-folder. Overwrite.
Windowed Mode (LINK)
Download and unpack to a temporary folder.
Move the 'III.VC.SA.WindowedMode.asi' into the 'scripts' folder inside the Vice City game-folder. Don't copy any other files.

Mods 2: Game-play Changes

First Person View (LINK)
Download and unpack to a temporary folder.
Move the 3 files into the Vice City game-folder.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Winter Mod V.3.0 (Updated 2018 Build)

Mods 3: GVBP ReShader

GVBP ReShade (LINK)
Download and unpack into the Vice City game-folder.
*If you use Steam overlay, there is a chance that the display will have way too much contrast. If that happens, just disable the Steam overlay and run the game once. After that, enable the Steam overlay again, and everything should be fine.
Make sure that 'Trails' are set to 'Off' in the game options menu. See image:

*Note for Windows 10 users:
The Creators update for Windows 10 introduced a wide variety of problems, especially for games with custom renders like ENB or ReShade. If you encounter problems like messed-up graphics or extreme slowdowns, then follow the steps in number 4 here: (LINK) *Pay special attention to the RivaTuner settings.
If this doesn't work, then Windows is somehow still blocking it. Search Google for alternative ways of forcing Windows 10 to use custom d3d files. If you are unable to fix it, then you will have to uninstall the ReShade and play without. Just delete the d3d9.dll file but keep everything else.

Mods 4: New Cars

There are literally thousands of car replacement mods for GTA 3 Vice City.(LINK) or (LINK)
Replace as many or as few as you like. Follow installation instructions for each mod. *Use the Mod Loader mod, and trying new cars will be fast and easy.

End of Mod-List

Grand Theft Auto 3: Vice City is ready for launch
*If the game crashes on the very first launch, don't worry. CTDs sometimes happen at the very first launch after file changes. Start the game again, and everything will be fine.

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3 - GVBP 1.0 Screenshots

Original Game Screenshots (For comparison)

4 - GTA 3 Vice City Artwork

Fan Art

Brief info about Grand Theft Auto 3: Vice City

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is the 6th game in the popular game from RockStar Games. The game was developed and originally released in 2002 & 2003, with a re-release for android in 2012. It uses the same engine as GTA III, but is played in Vice City, a fictional place based upon the real world Miami. Vice City has a distinct 80's theme to it, which matches the game and graphics extremely well. The story follows Tommy Vercetti after he is released from Prison. He is part of a traditional Italian mafia, but seeks personal expanding and control during the game. Beginning from scratch, he builds his empire and gains territory and reputation. Just like the previous game, GTA III, the game is an open-world action-adventure. The player can roam freely at any time, even though the main story-line is linear. There are plenty of side-quests and other things to do, that make the game seems 100% open. The two main influences of the game are Miami Vice & Scarface, but most places and people are based on the real world. The 1980s drug epidemic, The biker gangs, the Cuban & Haitian's, the glam rock and of course the classic Italian Mafioso's.
Upon release, the Vice City received extremely good critics and praise from both the industry and fans. The music, game-play and open world design was simply some of the best seen at the time. GTA 3: Vice City became the best-selling game of 2002, with over 17 million copies sold, and is considered one of the most significant titles of the early 2000s. It won several 'Game of the Year' awards from gaming publications, sites and magazines.

Grand Theft Auto 3: Vice City - Map

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is played in third-person, and consists of action on foot and in various vehicles. In 1986, the loyal former member of the Forelli Family, Tommy Vercetti, is released from prison after serving 15 yeas for the family. Sonny Forelli, his former boss, promotes Tommy and sends him to Vice City as the buyer in a cocaine deal for the Forelli's. The deal was a setup, and Tommy barely escapes with Ken, a crooked lawyer, but they loose the Forelli's money and all the cocaine. The plot is set. Tommy needs to find out what happened and who was behind the setup.