You may need watched the brand new Grand Theft Auto VI trailer a number of occasions because it was launched in December 2023. Perhaps you even paused it a few times to identify a element. However I wager most of you haven’t sat down and spent a number of hours researching and writing a 1500-word report on the sunscreen seen in a one-second little bit of the trailer. However if you need that form of factor, nicely don’t fear, somebody has carried out the be just right for you.
In case you are studying Kotaku.com, I assume you already know that Rockstar Video games lastly gave the world the primary official trailer for GTA 6 final month. The trailer was printed forward of schedule after a minor leak and confirmed off a extremely detailed digital recreation of Miami, full with weirdos, gators, criminals, and sports activities vehicles. It seems to be actually good! I’ve watched it a number of occasions and seemingly many others have too, based mostly on what number of views it’s racked up on YouTube.
However do any of you keep in mind the particular person making use of sunscreen to a lady in a bikini on the 21-second mark?
On January 3, as noticed by PC Gamer, Reddit person ficerc posted a 1500+ phrase report on the GTA subreddit devoted to showcasing all of the analysis they’d put into that transient sunscreen second. Particularly, ficerc needed to determine the SPF degree of the sunscreen seen within the trailer.
To do that, they labored out the NPC’s pores and skin tone utilizing varied strategies, together with the Von Luschan chromatic scale and a few math. However that wasn’t sufficient. Figuring out what SPF degree to make use of isn’t nearly your pores and skin tone, but in addition entails elements like how lengthy you’ll be out within the solar. So ficerc used maps and shadows to pinpoint what time of day it’s after we see the sunscreen being utilized and factored in what number of hours of daylight are left—utilizing much more information and analysis—to find out the utmost quantity of solar time the NPC may count on that day.
In any case this, assuming the NPC seen within the trailer is somebody who follows all of the advisable tips, ficerc found out that the SPF of the sunscreen used within the GTA 6 trailer was possible between 8-14. Lastly, we will all cease excited about this and get on with our lives.
To be clear: ficerc’s publish isn’t simply extraordinarily detailed, but in addition very humorous. That is possible a joke taken to the acute. For years and years, GTA followers have been introduced as sickos who will intensely analyze and doc each screenshot or video Rockstar places out. We’ve seen devoted followers even recreate the maps for GTA video games earlier than they’re launched. So it appears ficerc is having some enjoyable with the group whereas additionally discovering yet another factor to research in GTA 6’s first (and to this point solely) trailer.
“As you scroll, the unhappy realization that this should have taken hours to make begins to overshadow the satire of it,” replied one person to the publish. Which…okay, honest. That is certainly plenty of work for a joke. But in addition, I may have saved ficerc plenty of time. It is a Rockstar recreation. So the SPF might be simply 69. There you go.
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