How long is a year in GTA V?

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HELLWOLF06 9 years ago#1

is a property im interested in but my guide book says wont start making profits from it (getting your money you spent on it back+ extra) until after 2 years

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HELLWOLF06 (Topic Creator)9 years ago#2

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FluffyKidJoe 9 years ago#4

730 days. Seriously.

Objectively those properties aren't worth buying.

Smallville_Fan 9 years ago#5

FluffyKidJoe posted...

830 days. Seriously.

Objectively those properties aren't worth buying.

In a game where minutes pretty much equals seconds, 2 in game years takes longer than 2 actual years? Somehow I don't think so...

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mark_98 9 years ago#6

Smallville_Fan posted...

FluffyKidJoe posted...
830 days. Seriously.

Objectively those properties aren't worth buying.

In a game where minutes pretty much equals seconds, 2 in game years takes longer than 2 actual years? Somehow I don't think so...

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magemaximus 9 years ago#7

let us do the math my friend. we must first know how much time IRL is a day in the game.

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Demigod_Elessar 9 years ago#8

I don't think anyone has actually managed to play for two years in-game time yet, TC.

Calculate how long 1 in-game hour takes, and how long it took in real time. Then do you some math to get to two in-game years. I would help you, but I was poor at math in school, and quite frankly, don't care that much.

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pj44055 9 years ago#9

If it's anything like other GTAs, 1 real-life minute = 1 in-game hour, no?

That would mean that 24 minutes equals one day. 365 days in a year * 24 minutes a day = 8760 minutes for a single year. Multiply that by 2, and you get 17520 minutes for two in-game years to pass.

That's 292 hours, which is 12.166-repeating days.

That's 13 days of leaving your console on, unpaused, before that business returns a profit.

DISCLAIMER: My math may be way off.

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allyc31 9 years ago#10

If 1 in game minute lasts 2 seconds then I have 14 days for 2 years

That doesn't seem right.

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Time is an element in the Grand Theft Auto series featured in nearly all games since Grand Theft Auto III.

Description

2D Universe

Until GTA III, in-world time in GTA games remain static, with all locales in Grand Theft Auto and the Grand Theft Auto: London expansion packs taking place in the day, while Grand Theft Auto 2 can be set to be played in a perpetual day or night at the player's choosing (this applies to the PC and Dreamcast versions only; the PlayStation version takes place only in the day). Grand Theft Auto Advance is the only GTA game after GTA III that follows the same arrangement, being set in a permanent day.

3D Universe

How long is a year in GTA V?

In the 3D Universe, time moves at a rate of one second in real time is one minute in-game, making one in-game hour a minute and one in-game day 24 real time minutes. The 24-hour clock is used, with a day beginning at 0:00 and ending at 23:59. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas introduced days of the week to the series (a feature which later returns in the HD Universe). The game tracks days and months of the year, but this is rarely used in actual gameplay.

Time incurs a large atmospheric impact, with both the physical and visual atmosphere of Grand Theft Auto cityscapes changing radically with the rising and the setting of the sun. Arguably, carrying out missions can be considered easier during daylight hours as visibility is increased; however, certain missions can only be initiated at certain times of day.

In the 3D Universe, some missions can only be triggered between certain times of the day, such as those for Joey Leone in GTA III and Sweet Johnson in GTA San Andreas.

Saving the game will advance the in-game time six hours ahead, or six real-time minutes.

HD Universe

One of the major differences in the HD Universe is that time now moves at a rate of one in-game minute for every two real-life seconds. Therefore, one in-game hour is now two real-life minutes and one in-game day is now 48 real-life minutes.

GTA IV and GTA V

As time advances in the game world, many changes to the environment can occur. These changes are most prominent in Grand Theft Auto IV and include changes in traffic flow (generally more dense during the day, particularly during the "rush hour" periods), pedestrian density and pedestrian type. The shifts in pedestrian types vary throughout different Grand Theft Auto games and different districts within their environments. During the night, commonplace pedestrians such as businesspeople, shoppers and tourists will rarely spawn, and the density of homeless people, prostitutes and gang members will usually increase in more deprived areas.

In Director Mode, time can be "fine tuned", adjusting time by 10 minutes per 0.5 seconds. Time can also be set to pre-made options, such as "Dawn", "Pre-Dawn", "Morning", "Midday", "Afternoon", "Evening", "Sunset" and "Midnight".

Grand Theft Auto V rectified the issue of having to wait until a certain time to trigger a mission. When the protagonist steps in a mission marker, a brief time-lapse video will play before the mission begins.

GTA Online

In GTA Online, the time corresponds to every player in the session. Therefore if the time in one player's game is 22:00, then every player's game will be at 22:00. The time also remains live in GTA Online, so if one player leaves a session but returns ten minutes later, the game will have progressed by five hours.

The time of day can be altered in GTA Online missions, races, captures or an LTS. In certain missions, such as A Titan of a Job, Humane Raid - Deliver EMP, Humane Raid - EMP, The Pacific Standard Job and The Humane Labs Raid, the time will remain static.

How long is a month in GTA 5?

Every GTA day is 48 minutes. 1440/48=30. So, every GTA day is 30 times faster than a real day. So, one month in GTA is about one day in realtime.

How long is a GTA V day in real life?

Therefore, one in-game hour is now two real-life minutes and one in-game day is now 48 real-life minutes.

How long is 3 in

1 GTA V minute=2 seconds in real life. so 1 GTA V hour is 2 minutes in real life. Since a real life day is 24 hours,a GTA V day is 48 minutes.

How fast does time pass in GTA 5?

GTA 5 and GTA Online have a persistent in-game time passage system. Two seconds in the real world equal one GTA 5 minute. Time can be checked from the Pause Menu or from a player's Cell Phone.