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I have converted GTA 5 from crime sim to train sim

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I have converted GTA 5 from crime sim to train sim

Los Santos Customs modder is attempting to reshape GTA 5 into a train simulator, or at the very least, a step closer to GTA 6. The modder views personal automobiles as a corrupting influence, favoring trains as a more communal, rational, and state-planned mode of transportation. By installing Los Santos Metro Driver, the modder transformed GTA 5's protagonist, Franklin Clinton, into a train driver.

This transformation turned the game into a train simulator, or tram simulator. The mod is almost alarmingly realistic, requiring meticulous attention to avoid overshooting platforms, applying the emergency brake inappropriately, and running over passengers. Despite the challenges, the modder finds it rewarding, earning driver XP, receiving a wage, and experiencing train magic that interferes with teleportation. Driving trains is a difficult task, but the modder finds it a pleasant, newfound freedom.

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