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  1. Posted · Edited by TreeFitty
    Fixed most of the images.     · Report reply

    here are my comparisons between RDR2 and the real life

     

    Oak Alley Plantation (la vacherie, LA)

     

    The House:

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    The Alley (1):

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    The Alley (2):

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    Oak Alley Plantation in fire  in "interview with a Vampire" :  (movie reference?)

    FPdvEmG.jpg

     

    Pitot House (new Orleans bayou)

    kShfiRy.jpg

     

    Shirley Plantation (Virginia)

     

    the house:

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    the plantation in game :

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    the plantation IRL:

    DYqHdgJ.jpg

     

    St Denis


    Canal Street:

    Crescent Billiard https://i.imgur.com/IrjwT3R.jpg (already posted here)

    Vintage buildings 1: https://i.imgur.com/7gN7vZD.jpg (already posted by Dupzor, Thanks!?)

    Vintage buildings 2 : https://i.imgur.com/IWM1WMd.jpg

    Giani building https://i.imgur.com/Q6xordT.jpg

     

    French Carré

    Pontaba Buildings (Jackson Square)

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    William Henry Jackson's works

    https://i.imgur.com/THnpG41.jpg

     

    A hypothesis: i guess the "Bastille Saloon" is based on "R'evolution restaurant"
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    the house i haven't found in real life. Do you have an idea?

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    PS: It's a shame, I don't understand how to display images on igta5 forum. Not for all the links of this post, but just one, sometimes.

     

     

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  4. Posted · Edited by koeklin · Report reply

    18 hours ago, TreeFitty said:

    edit: And while making up new countdown cards for twitter, I noticed this street "sign" next to the beggar for Courtenay St (which France has two locations named as?

     

    Courtenay street is a reference of Bourbon street.

    Courtenay and Bourbon were two branches of the Capetian Dynasty (French Royal House)

     

    i think the pharmacy building in the game is the bourbon pub at Bourbon and St. Ann Crossroad 

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  5. Posted · Edited by koeklin · Report reply

    Hi Treefitty
    Just a nuance: I don't think the building in the background of this robbery shot is H. B. Stevens & Co building with a bit of the Crescent Billiard Hall, I think it's the Crescent Billiard Hall:

    1. it seems to have a pediment, so it's maybe a two-story building
    2. same embellishment of the second floor
    3. Columns of glass per window from left to right: (2) 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 (2)
    4. in 1900, the second floor had a balcony in the front.

     

     

    https://i.imgur.com/IrjwT3R.jpg 

     

     

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    The map is beautiful and useful for the countryside but i have unwillingness :

    Making a map is not easy. A part of imagination is allowed for the countryside in the present state of our knowledge, but not for the city Los Santos. The buildings layout is very approximate (pier at Vespucci beach, Beverly Center between Vinewood and Downtown, Sunset Strip to the west from the golf course etc. So many mistakes. And I don't write about los Santos Streets... I also regret that he draws items he didn't see (e.g. west coast roads).

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    MichaelsHouse.jpg

    The building behind Michael's mansion is based on Luckman Plaza (also known as 9200 Sunset), not on the Sunset Medical center

    Before 2006, these two buildings had nearly the same skin and colors reflexions (blue and brown). RockstarGames shows it at one step of its renovation (~ 2006-2009) : it is why this building has its old skin and we can see a crane near

    9200su10.jpg

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    99% certain that's the mile high club behind it so this building is much closer to Downtown in GTA V than real life and on the wrong side of the Coliseum.

    GTA5 coliseum is very round and may be a mix of L.A. Memorial Coliseum and Inglewood Forum

    and the forum is not so far from Los Angeles Airport Hilton Hotel, Sheraton Hotel and Slauson Super Mail, IRL and in GTAV.

    Inglewood seems to be the part of Los Santos between downtown and the port.

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    New theory I'm looking at

    I don't know if you are right but I like this theory.

    • same kind of buildings
    • same kind of wide street with same grass strips in the middle

    This is not the first time I read something about the similarities of these buildings in both trailers. In addition, after the first trailer, a member of GTAforums noted similar roofs in the "balcony scene" in the south of LS (to the right from Michael) so it was a possible location of chase scene.

    I don't agree with the road 2 in the first trailer but it doesn't matter, it's minor.

    I made a "synthesis" of your theory on the image below not to force people to watch the original screenshots to understand.

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    Seeing both Ocean towers in this screenshot was a big surprise for me in july because I think they're also the inspiration of the small buildings to the left from the balcony guy (somewhere near Marina Del Rey).

    datail10.jpg

    About this screenshot too, I can't imagine Rodeo Drive without Wilshire Beverly Hotel :

    wilshi14.jpg wbhote10.jpg rodeod13.jpg

    Wilshire Beverly Hotel (WBH) - WBH & Rodeo Drive - Rodeo Drive layout

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    Thanks treefitty

    I've seen that you've updated the page about "GTA 5 Landmarks and Other Buildings"

    I've noticed 515 S Figueroa St,

    515figueroa.jpg

    It isn't easy to see and you may be right but I think it's rather the 600 Wilshire (just a guess) :

    600wil10.jpg

    So we can have in the same street of L.S. Downtown four buildings of Wilshire Blvd : 600, 811, Grand Hotel and 800.

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    I'm starting to think that the building in the pier shot may be Constellation Place (MGM HQ) which I had mistaken originally as The Century. Although questions still exist regarding position and height differences. Might work on this more tomorrow.

    I agree.

    mgm10.jpg

    Edit : but which building of Century City do we see from the Golf course ? the century or The MGM? In the golf image, I see a left rounded corner and a right straight corner as the MGM building.

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    If you are correct, then the following is likely true:

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    On the golf image, we can see that the golf course, the city Group center, and the Us Bank are ligned. The Century is close to this line.

    On the pumpjack image the US Bank hides the city group : the course is behind the US Tower, this second building you notice is probably/surely the century : it has the shape and the expected location.

    golf course, the city Group center, and the Us Bank are aligned with the pumpjack (Signal Hill?)

    This would probably make the pointy building left of 100 Wilshire to be a take on 225 Santa Monica Blvd:

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    Nice found! I noticed this magnificent Building of Santa Monica Boulevard with Google map and I couldn't believe Rockstar discards it. I hope you're right. R* seems change its location (a little...).

    Have you identified The buildings of Marina Del Rey on this image too? I can't.