Several community projects aim to overhaul the game's visuals:
“There's a mod called "Vice Cry" that is aiming to take all the textures, cars, and handling, and update them to be more realistic. Combined with ENBSeries, it looks amazing.” Reddit · r/GTA · 12 years ago gta-vice-city-ultra-realistic-graphics-free-download
: A classic texture and model overhaul that aims for realism while maintaining the original vibe. Several community projects aim to overhaul the game's