Grand Theft Auto San Andreas Nextgen Edition Aims To Rebuild The Full Classic Inside Grand Theft Auto V
With Grand Theft Auto 6 still roughly a year out, the community is once again looking to classic Rockstar entries for that open world crime sandbox fix, but with modern visuals and smoother gameplay feel. A new modding project now wants to take that nostalgia and put it directly into the newest version of the RAGE pipeline available to the public through a Grand Theft Auto V overhaul that recreates an entire legacy game experience.
Revolution Team, the modding group behind the Grand Theft Auto Vice City Nextgen Edition project, has revealed Grand Theft Auto San Andreas Nextgen Edition, a Grand Theft Auto V total conversion style overhaul designed to bring the full PlayStation 2 era campaign into the Grand Theft Auto V engine. The goal is ambitious and very clear: main story missions, side activities, and the broader San Andreas experience playable inside Grand Theft Auto V, effectively turning GTA V into the delivery platform for a full scale return to Los Santos.
At the moment, details are limited, and that restraint appears deliberate. The team says it plans to share information more cautiously this time, which reads like a direct response to what happened to the Vice City effort. Earlier in 2025, that project reportedly faced heavy legal pressure and takedowns tied to Take Two Interactive, forcing the team to pivot in how it distributed and positioned the work to keep it alive. That backdrop matters because it shapes expectations for how loudly any new Nextgen project can market itself, how quickly it can publish builds, and what form a release could take to reduce risk.
What we do have is a first look video that signals the tone and intent of the project and gives fans something concrete to track while waiting for official Rockstar news.
The big competitive question is timing. Can Grand Theft Auto San Andreas Nextgen Edition ship before Grand Theft Auto 6 lands. Revolution Team is not committing to any dates, and with the history of takedowns, timelines could remain intentionally vague. Still, for players who want a modernized return to CJ era Los Santos without waiting for official remasters, this is the kind of community project that can dominate the conversation heading into 2026, assuming it survives long enough to launch in a playable state.
If this actually releases, would you rather replay San Andreas with GTA V era visuals and systems, or keep the classic feel untouched and wait for Grand Theft Auto 6 to define the next generation?
