Having gone about playing the Grand Theft Auto 3 story in the past week or so, I have found that mods are an implicit requirement for even navigating Grand Theft Auto 3's menus. On one hand, I can completely understand why this has happened: GTA3 is an old game, and R* have had other things to focus on - but on the other hand, it should be a crime to allow this to happen to a classic!

This is where GTA3 Simple Pack comes in. GTA3 Simple Packs sets the standard for two collections of mods, a base pack, and an extended pack. In using either of these packs, you should be left with a vastly improved Grand Thef Auto 3 experience than you previously had. Doing this, while retaining the look and feel of GTA3, just making that slight bit more compatible with modern hardware, as a lot has changed since GTA3's launch.

The base pack simply defines a collection of mods which will ensure that you can have an experience of which you can go about playing GTA3 as it was designed, not adding in any extra features.

• Ultimate ASI Loader[github.com]
  
• Silent Patch + ddraw[www.gtagarage.com]
  
• SkyGfx[gtaforums.com]
  
• Widescreen Fixes + frontend[thirteenag.github.io]
  
• Road Reflections Fix[www.gtagarage.com]

The extended pack, extending on the base pack, defines a collection of mods which will benefit some, but not all. In the spirit of keeping the essentials, and the non-essentials serperate - I kept them so.

• GInput + classic textures[www.gtagarage.com]

I made this guide with Grand Theft Auto 3 1.1 in mind - because of this, a number of mods that I would have included I couldn't use, and experience. From having a look at the mods, and their functionality, I would recommend the following if you use 1.0:

• LimitAdjuster[github.com]
  
• Project 2DFX (includes LimitAdjuster)[thirteenag.github.io]

You may also want to go about installing Liberty City Leftovers[gtaforums.com] if you have both the time and patience required to install it.

I am a big fan of older games, they tend to focus more on gameplay, and story than graphics - like games do today. Many of these games, like GTA3, require mods to play nicely with modern hardware.

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