You might need watched the brand new Grand Theft Auto VI trailer a couple of instances because it was launched in December 2023. Possibly you even paused it a few times to identify a element. However I guess most of you haven’t sat down and spent a couple 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’d like that type of factor, properly don’t fear, somebody has performed the be just right for you.
If you’re 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 revealed 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 automobiles. It seems actually good! I’ve watched it a couple of instances and seemingly many others have too, based mostly on what number of views it’s racked up on YouTube.
However do any of you bear in mind the individual making use of sunscreen to a girl in a bikini on the 21-second mark?
On January 3, as noticed by PC Gamer, Reddit consumer 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 wished 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 additionally entails components 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 might count on that day.
![A screenshot showing one of the figures created for the big sunscreen report.](https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_60,w_645/14e3661faf8dc518c1343eaccde0898d.jpg)
In spite of everything this, assuming the NPC seen within the trailer is somebody who follows all of the really helpful pointers, ficerc discovered that the SPF of the sunscreen used within the GTA 6 trailer was possible between 8-14. Lastly, we are able to all cease fascinated about this and get on with our lives.
To be clear: ficerc’s put up isn’t simply extraordinarily detailed, but additionally very humorous. That is possible a joke taken to the acute. For years and years, GTA followers have been offered 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 another factor to investigate in GTA 6’s first (and up to now 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 consumer to the put up. Which…okay, truthful. That is certainly numerous work for a joke. But in addition, I might have saved ficerc numerous time. It is a Rockstar recreation. So the SPF might be simply 69. There you go.
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