GTA V Leaked Info

it has recently been brought to our attention that a poster over on
the official GameSpot forums have posted a massive list of unreleased
information about the future title, Grand Theft Auto V. Through a post,
that has since been deleted by the forum moderators over on the GameSpot
forum, along with the poster, a user by the name of Gloggle has
revealed that he is a friend of an ex-RockStar employee that was fired
for misconduct. Now, it seems that the ex-RockStar employee now has the
intentions of leaking information on GTA V.
As for the information that was listed, you can find the post as a whole below or you can view a Google cache version www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/29093844/gta-v-info+29093844/gta-v-info" class="postlink" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here.

Warning: Number 8 on the list contains spoilers of past Rockstar titles.

<blockquote>Hello!

I am a friend of someone who recently got sacked from RockStar North
for general misconduct. Because one contract to RockStar covered
everything, including secrecy, and his contractual obligaton was now
removed, he was legally allowed to spill the beans on Rockstar's
upcoming GTA V. And he is making damn sure everyone knows about it.

Here is the info you really want:

1. The protagonist will be one character, and one character alone.
His name is (as some rumours said) Albert De Silva. He's a half hispanic
man who was once part of a crime family in Vice City. He decided to
settle down and have kids in Los Santos. He has one son called Kevin De
Silva who is your stereotypical CoD player. He's lazy, useless and
shouts racial abuse online and is really into FPS games. Kevin does
admire his Dad though.

2. Multiplayer will hold 32 people on the Xbox and PS3. I wasn't told
how many were able to be on the PC. Just like in RDR, players will be
able to form Gangs. These gangs are not ranked through XP anymore, but
via Reputation. Instead of gang hideouts, you can do jobs that range
from robbing a launderette to breaking into a military base and stealing
state-of-the-art weaponary. The Gang leader has much more control over
his or her gang by being able to rank members of their gang and setting
more specific objectives to specific members of their gang. Gangs can
have their own terratory but this only applies to areas inside the city
of Los Santos.

3. The map is about 5x as large as the GTA IV map and the City of Los
Santos takes up just under half of this area (so it's a bit bigger than
2 GTA IV Liberty Cities).

The map is (like most GTAs) seperated into three different sections.
4. Planes are flyable, they range from World War 2 fighter planes to
Private Jets.

5. Cars and guns are customisable to an extent, for example, you can
cusomise a gun to have a supressor on it and you can install nitrous
into cars.

Here's some stuff you might like:

1. The protagonist is the "rich guy" from the GTA V debut trailer.
You get to learn more about this man in the second when he talks about
his troubles. You only see the protagonist twice in the trailer. First
time is the side of his face and second time is when he is driving a
Deceptor (Audi R8). The people robbing the jewellery store are just with
the protagonist. He is driving the van ready to get away.

2. Gunfights are more realistic. When you are shooting a gun out of a
window of a car, depending on how fast it's going you will have
troubles aiming due to shaking cameras.

3. The game is due in May 2013. A more specific date has not been
decided because the game is still needing 6 months to be fully
developed. They will have a playable demo at E3.

4. Police chases are now way more than either running or driving.
Depending on how wanted you are, police may bring out riot shields and
flash bangs. 5. When someone reaches 4 star wanted level, there will be a
radio warning on some stations.

6. Radio stations now do traffic reports that are actually correct.
So if you don't know what route to take, you can check the traffic
reports on your phone or the radio. 7. The in-game TV now has many more
channels

8. The protagonist DOES NOT die unlike in the last two Rockstar games.

9. The underworld actually has a working economy that you can
contribute too by buying and selling drugs, weapons and illegal cars in
single player.

10. The protagonist can take drugs which will have some effects. But
smoking weed on the streetwalk will lead to getting a one star wanted
level.

11. Police cars will go after you if you're obviousely breaking the
speed limit. Having high speed crashes will also damage your health.

Wanted levels:

1 star - police follow you on foot and try to make an arrest. No sirens, no car chases (unless you are speeding).

2 star - police will still attempt to make an arrest. If a weapon is
drawn then the police will begin opening fire. Police will use stun guns
if a weapon is not drawn.

3 star - Chases begin and the police don't care how they stop you, they just want to do it.

4 star - road traps, radio stations and much more hostile police.Even
when you have evaded them, they will still search for 24 in-game hours
for someone matching your description.

5 star - shoot to kill, arrest only if it's made very possible. Even
when you have evaded them, they will still search for 48 in-game hours
for someone matching your description. Few missions become unavailable
if you are wanted.

6 star - military vehicles come after you. Even when you have evaded
them, they will still search for 72 in-game hours for someone matching
your description. Some missions become unavailable if you are wanted.

</blockquote>

Reading through the information, you will notice that it is very
comprehensive, as all of the details and features listed seem to make
sense and would work well in the next installment of the GTA franchise.
But, since this information is not at all confirmed, this should still
be taken as a rumor, so take it for what it is and nothing more.