"What if London existed in the Grand Theft Auto universe?" One fan has answered with a GTA-style map of the city

What if London existed within the Grand Theft Auto universe? A GTA-style map of the city has been created by YouTuber CityEd, answering both the question of a GTA game set in London and what the map would look like. Using their Patreon, CityEd shares the map and a PDF copy. They imagined how the map would look, transforming place names into GTA-style names.

For example, Kings Cross becomes Dukes Cross, Angel becomes Saint, and the whole city is reimagined as Trafalgar. The map adopts Rockstar Games' signature satire, exaggerated landmarks, and cartography, inspired by the studio's past games. Although the real-life cities and places exist, CityEd creates fictional names by finding something historically or culturally associated with the location, exaggerating it, and using that instead.

Rockstar's previous attempt at a London map, GTA: London mission pack, was released in 1999, before they began reimagining city names in fun ways. Therefore, CityEd's version had to start from scratch. The 30-minute video provides insights into CityEd's process and how they used the real-world history of certain locations to inform their map.

The next actual Grand Theft Auto map is expected to be released with GTA 6 in under two months, spanning a sizeable area.