



The safest approach would be to download GTA Vice City through a legitimate source such as the video digital distribution service Steam. Additionally, the web tools may infect your device with viruses. However, they are neither safe nor legal.

Again, I’m likely preaching to the choir at this point, but whether you have a Steam Deck or not, don’t bother.GTA Vice City is available for download on PC/ laptop for free via several web tools out there. This Steam release, then, isn’t so much a redemption moment for GTA Trilogy – Definitive Edition as it is one, hopefully last attempt at recouping its costs. GTA III, the oldest and ugliest, actually sputtered below 30fps a few times. Those Low/30fps champions I had in mind were along the lines of Elden Ring and Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, not half-hearted spit'n'polish jobs on three games that didn’t look particularly great two decades ago. It's not clear what causes these drops, though I doubt it’s the Trilogy’s overall fidelity. It’s bafflingly common for these oscillations to occur several times in the time it takes to drive through a single city block. The GTA Trilogy can run smoothly enough that activating SteamOS’ built-in 30fps cap feels like leaving good frames on the table, yet that smoothness might only last for a few seconds before another 50% drop. The issue here isn’t just the bigness of the numbers – to own a Steam Deck is to come to terms with the fact that 30fps can be playable, and some of the best Steam Deck games can only reach that level on their lowest settings. Then climbing to somewhere in the 40-50fps range, then collapsing again, then jolting upwards again, and so on. On Low quality, they’re capable of hitting 60fps, but will often suddenly lurch down to 30fps. On the Deck, all three of the GTA Trilogy’s component games now deliver exciting new ways to be disappointed, particularly though their wonky performance. Watch on YouTube James recently bought a load of unusual Steam Deck accessories from Etsy before asking Liam to review them.Įxcept perhaps that’s understating it.
