A curb is enough to reveal how motorcycles have changed across GTA games. A video brings together Vice City, San Andreas, Vice City Stories, GTA 4 and GTA 5 to focus on suspension and the way wheels react to uneven ground. The comparison spans 2002 to 2013.
Instead of a race, the footage concentrates on small situations. Motorcycles meet changes in height, climb obstacles and shift position as their riders move forward. Those moments make the wheel movements easier to notice.
The differences are in the details
The footage shows how each game represents contact with the ground, motorcycle lean and movement at the front and rear. A rising wheel does not necessarily mean the whole bike must move in the same way, and the clips highlight those differences.
Different vehicles and situations appear in each game. This is a visual comparison of the selected scenes rather than a precise measurement of which title has the most realistic physics.
An easily overlooked part of riding
Anyone who rides across Los Santos knows how much a curb can change a trip. The video draws attention to what happens between the tire and the rest of the vehicle, a detail that is easy to miss during a chase.
The comparison ends with GTA 5. For a detail already spotted in the next game, see the GTA 6 motorcycle compared with the FCR 1000.
