Grand Theft Auto 6 is a tough nut to crack. The game has supposedly been in development for a long time now, but Rockstar Games hasn’t had much to say. However, one of the best clues as to the progress in this game’s development comes from a patent recently filed by Rockstar Games’ parent company Take-Two. While it’s not confirmed that the patent has anything to do with Grand Theft Auto 6, its contents seem highly applicable to the franchise. If it doesn’t have anything to do with GTA, it’s almost wasteful. If it is a clue for the new game, however, things are looking up for players who love a car chase.
The patent involves a vast overhaul of NPC programming. Take-Two explains in the patent how traditionally NPCs are simplified and have their behavior limited due to the technical constraints of consoles. Although plenty of games are streamlined enough to produce sprawling cities with lots of NPCs, Take-Two argues that comes at the cost of realism. NPCs on most technology are ultimately simple and predictable. There’s only so many actions that various types of NPCs know how to take — they aren’t very flexible. More advanced NPCs simply aren’t possible on most consoles.
That’s what Take-Two’s patent aims to improve. It sounds like Take-Two has found a way to greatly expand on the AI that drives NPCs, making them adapt their behavior to their environment. Specifically, its system vastly improves NPCs’ navigation on roads, spurring reactions to neighborhoods, weather, and so on around the NPC. There’s other factors like density of drivers in certain areas that the patent manages. Overall, it sounds intended to create vastly more realistic roads in the games that use it. Grand Theft Auto is all about navigating around these kinds of NPCs, so it would make a world of difference.
That’s especially for the sake of driving under pressure. If NPCs behave differently in different parts of Grand Theft Auto 6‘s setting, players will have to take that into account while the police or other criminals are after them. Players’ pursuers are sure to be affected by this technology too. They’ll chase differently in sun or rain, and take different routes in quiet areas versus areas dense with drivers. It could mean some really intense chase scenes that outclass even Need for Speed‘s legacy of top-tier racing. It’d be impressive if GTA 6 can outperform a game that’s specifically designed for chases.
Escaping the police in a heated chase sometimes leaves something to be desired in Grand Theft Auto games. Citizens of the franchise’s cities drive slowly and aimlessly all around the map, making them fairly easy to navigate around. The police drive with hilarious intensity in contrast. Any GTA fan can probably attest to police flying after them with reckless abandon. Technology like what this patent professes would remove some of the sandbox quality of driving and introduce more nuance and realism to racing and chases. The difficulty would ramp up, but Need for Speed has long proven that intense chases are good fun.
Of course, even a patent is worth taking with a grain of salt. It’s hard to say if this professed technology can actually deliver on its promises. Overhauling NPCs so drastically is hard to imagine, even with the power of the PS5 and Xbox Series X. Take-Two’s idea might be good on paper but could run into unforeseen obstacles in development. While fans should certainly keep their eyes on this patent and see what comes of it, they would be wise to treat it carefully. It might not even have anything to do with Grand Theft Auto 6. Even if this technology doesn’t go as far as it hopes to, though, it’s worth testing in Grand Theft Auto 6. If it works out, this long-awaited game could prove just what next-gen platforms are capable of.
Grand Theft Auto 6 is rumored to be in development.
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