I installed a mod that adds building interiors to GTA 5, at the low cost of deleting most of the map’s exterior
A PC Gamer writer has installed a mod for GTA 5 that adds building interiors to the game’s world, though at a substantial trade-off: the modification removes most of the map’s exterior spaces. The mod addresses what the writer identifies as a key limitation of GTA 5’s world design—its lack of explorable interior spaces compared to the upcoming GTA 6, which is being marketed as a hyperrealistic recreation of reality.
The article is part of an ongoing series where the writer experiments with daily GTA 5 mods with the goal of either transforming the game into a PC equivalent of GTA 6 or deliberately breaking it. According to the piece, GTA 5’s Los Santos feels artificially theatrical—essentially a Hollywood set where the world primarily consists of exterior spaces with inaccessible building interiors. The unnamed mod (referred to as “Open World In…”) attempts to correct this by making interiors explorable, though the game engine’s limitations apparently force a compromise: enabling interior spaces requires removing a significant portion of the exterior map.