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GTA 6 and RDR2 Screenshot Comparison Shows Rockstar’s Stunning 8‑Year Leap in Graphics

A side-by-side comparison of GTA 6 and RDR2 shows how far the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine has come in the last few years.

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With Grand Theft Auto 6 just a few months away, fans are comparing the latest screen captures from the upcoming game to Rockstar’s last major release, Red Dead Redemption 2.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 launched close to the end of the PS4 and Xbox One era in the fall of 2018. The game was a visually-stunning masterpiece at the time and it still holds up incredibly well on modern PCs and the current console generation. That said, setting the game side by side with what we’ve seen of GTA 6 so far still reveals just how far........

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