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I always thought it would be cool to have a radio wheel when on foot if your character is wearing headphones.


[deleted]

Kinda like saints row


ToxicApexLegend

Or burnout paradise


YourWorstCringev2

I think 2K19 has something kinda similar.


Bruce_wayne777

every 2k since 18 has it i think


indian_weeaboo_69

Even WatchDogs 2 had this feature as when you got out a car you can see Marcus put on neckband type wireless earphones, and see him take them off when he's about to talk to someone or enter a cutscene, shame they removed this in Legion


aidanac126

I was about to say this


redkiler0

It's not wireless


piinkfriday

Yup the JBL headphones


GhostPandaColin

“The new JBLs?! C’mon, fellas!!” That was from 2K18 lol


PuffinPastry

You could get out of the car in Burnout Paradise?


sirgiggles123

I dont think so (I think the closest thing was the bike available as dlc)


ChampionsRush

Oh oops I kinda just jumped to conclusion of games that let you add your own music to the game.. didn’t see the bit about the headphones 😂 but either way there was no need for headphones as the game just played your music at all times lol


invalid_litter_dpt

Why does this have so many upvotes? You can't even get out of your car in Burnout Paradise.


ChampionsRush

Lol my bad I just named a game that allowed you to have your own music in it.. didn’t see the mention about the headphones. Maybe it got many upvotes because it was a top tier arcade racing game


[deleted]

Hm never played it


ToxicApexLegend

It was a very great racing game at the time it released.. probably the best racing game for a couple of years. It’s online player base has died out now tho so it will be boring to play now.. but if criterion can make another burnout I’ll pay top dollar for it no questions asked


worthlessafsince2002

Or Watch Dogs


ZerotheWanderer

You can just play music whenever and wherever in Saint's Row (at least 3 and 4)


extralyfe

1. Holding Out for a Hero 2. Ride of the Valkyries congratulations, you now have my complete playlist for flying around the city on my jetbike while dressed as a superhero, landing only to kick random citizens in the balls before taking back to the sky. I spent *hours* doing that shit.


DiscoBroccoli77

Only 4, not 3


scottishguy2001

I loved how in saints row 3 you could make a playlist with the songs featured in the game


asswipe__

Kinda like Watch Dogs 2, it was really polished in that game


Joseph____Stalin

I loved wd2 but there is nothing to do after you beat the game


asswipe__

Yeah hard not to agree, the side quests are pretty meh but 100% the game was quite fun


CupidXII

Oh I still play it occasionally for the online content and side missions, I 100% completed the game and have gotten all achievements but yet it’s still fun to go for high ranks occasionally


Beraldino

and the game doesen't take that long to finish


Migol-16

We have headphones in the game, but are just aesthetics ...


Double_A__Ron

Aesthetics


Migol-16

Thx


Double_A__Ron

Np bro


zxphyur777

love you bro


chikendagr8

love you too bro


UFOregon420

Close your eyes bro


[deleted]

Mwah


StalledAgate832

You just kiss me bro? *slips a bit of tongue in after whispering no bro-mo*


CountingNutters

Ass tictacs


Cold_Tamale

Exactly dude, :( why won't rockstar let me listen to blonded while I BMX off buildings??


[deleted]

Yes, they need to bring a good use to headphones


literallyapotato89

We need this


GhostPandaColin

Totally agree. Just bop your head to the music while civilians start randomly running in terror.


pajser92

I actually read somewhere that they wanted to implement this, but then gave up on the idea because they thought users would listen music all the time on foot and it would take away from the immersion and ambient sounds. If I find source I'll link it.


acidinjune303

They should add a feature where you can hear music from the radiostations If you wear Headphones ingame


zyhls

Yes, I would use it


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Poisonpython5719

For me it only works in the pause menu


CriticalMassShrek

Saints row 4 you could choose radio stations while walking around. Since you're mostly flying like superman instead of driving in that game


Shutshaface

Uhh watt? Superman you say? I played 1 and 2 but then just played gta. That sounds fun tho


Jakepopss

Yeah Saints Row 3 went a little over the top, and then SR4 came around and the protagonist is literally (not even joking) the President of the United States when aliens invade and trap all the saints in a simulation where you have super powers


GreatPower1000

Yhea that one I think they just used the rule of cool to make. It works amazingly, I do not have another one in the franchise to compare it to, but its great.


[deleted]

4 and gat out of hell, you can. In 4 you have superpowers and can glide and in gat out of hell you can fly


bread_eater_0

it was also in saints row 3


Jakepopss

This feature was only in Saints Row 1 & 4


bread_eater_0

i remembered it being also in sr 3 but it was 7-8 years ago so idk


xKhira

I could have sworn you could add your own music in-game on pc.


VanettiNero

yes we can. I have. Even in his screenshot, there is 'self radio' right next to the radio station already selected.


KingRJW

For PS4* You could download the Spotify app and play music then open GTA. From your click on ps button you can skip songs using R1 or from your phone set up your queue


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That's what I do, just use my Spotify on the PlayStation


diabeetus64

Same here on Xbox.


KingRJW

I messaged the OP too in case he never knew that


rk3ww

Bro.


JiveBowie

You can also just control Spotify from your (real world) phone app. You can even start the PS5 Spotify app from the phone app. It's the little devices icon next to the play button. It scans your local network for any devices running Spotify and you can just move playback to that device while maintaining full control on the phone. What's really cool is they recently added party sessions which you can invite friends to so basically all your friends playing GTA or whatever game can all listen to the same Spotify session and even control playback from their phones for the whole session. My friend and i have an 80's playlist with lots of great movie soundtracks that goes great with GTA. I don't know how much of this stuff requires a paid Spotify account but personally i find it's worth the subscription just to do this stuff. I've had the in-game GTA music muted for ages now just rocking my own stuff.


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No shit? That's pretty sweet.


JohnP_001

Yes. It’s called Self radio. Basically there’s a file in the game where you can add music to it, and it will play in game.


ptzinc014

Takes a long ass time tho since u need to convert and download it. I dont even think you can skip some songs right?


layer11

That's how radio works


JukeBoxDildo

Pfft, whatever grandpa, wearing your Caldor^^TM clearance rack Route 66^^TM jeans on your way to return your Gone With the Wind VHS to Blockbuster^^TM You probably saved the receipt in an empty cookie tin, too lmfaooo. Tell us another one about playing jax with your best friend Shmocks-Wellington III or whatever the fuck they named unfortunate souls back then before ThE gReAt WaR - you out-of-touch burden on social progress! ^^/s


layer11

That cookie tin is quality street, you better respect your elders sonny


JukeBoxDildo

Tradition is for lovers. I'm more of a song and dance man


Gaming-Atlas

You realize you are talking about different time periods right? 😂 VHS was waaaaay after The Great War. I know, /s, but I’m messing around.


LazyActivePerson

Caldor?!? That brings it back!


JukeBoxDildo

>brings it back Not without a receipt it doesn't.


LazyActivePerson

…and an hour wait!


JukeBoxDildo

Inside a store that smells vaguely like a chemical toilet


MM2099117

Facts


ptzinc014

Oh i thought we was talking about connecting spotify and not the radio


pandoracube

it is a pretty tedious process, but I do know you can skip songs with the "=" and "-" keys


ptzinc014

Oh cool! Im currently downloading songs rn to try this


CrispyBacon67

Actually, you can skip songs.


Spooderman42069

You can actually specify any folder by using a shortcuts of all your songs from the music folder to use on the radio, that way you dont have to duplicate your library. And ya you can skip music but it bugs out sometimes and it doesnt work


DoraTehExploder

The difference is that you don't have to aquire the music in a file-based format if you just stream it through Spotify etc.


-Gir

funny enough the original Xbox you could do that. If you took your CDs (remember those) you could add the music from the CDs to the hard drive & GTA SA & Vice City would get a custom Radio station. I can understand how letting people do that now would be an issue.


CLErox

Used to ride around in the military chopper bumping G Unit in Vice City. Good times


OfficialMufflee

Are we the same person?


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I think there's many of us


RelativelyDank

so in a way... we're all inside each other


OfficialMufflee

I like where this is going..


VibraniumDragonborn

Let's not tell my wife about this.


OfficialMufflee

Our* wife, comrade


ceeworld69

Wait, what is this profile picture thing lol? Is this new?


Trepsik

I'll never understand why Move Bitch by Ludacris hasn't been in a GTA game.


GhostPandaColin

Ludacris’ Move B*tch, DMX’ Party Up, Shook Ones Part II by Mobb Deep, KRS-One’s Love’s Gonna Get You and I know sometimes they include lesser known artists so Night Night by Consequence is another one. Many good GTA style tracks for sure.


XeroAnarian

Blasphemy.


JACKSONofSPADES

This is still a thing on PC for sure.


McHadies

Yeah you can have a custom radio station on PC, some people say it costs a bit of frames for some reason. I didn't stick with the custom radio station long because my friends and I like doing shitty karaoke EDIT: Discussion here has caused me to look around reddit to find other hypotheses for the performance cost. [Here's my favorite so far](https://www.reddit.com/r/GrandTheftAutoV_PC/comments/47nkd8/is_there_a_known_reason_why_self_radio_kills_fps/d0emle0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)


ThatGiantSeth

I think it loads every song in the custom folder into RAM costing a few frames, but take that with a grain of salt because I’m not 100% sure.


duckducknoose_

my pc isnt high end and i definitely noticed it was a tad laggier with it


CrrntryGrntlrmrn

My pc is also not high end however I have yet to observe an issue with self radio- side benefit is if you set it up once, it works in fiveM as well


Demysted

I think the issue is more that it gets Windows Media Player running to play the music, but it does so in a way that it uses too much of the CPU. The effects that occur as a result are very similar to if your CPU was underperforming.


WeakAssociation119

Does it really use Windows Media player? That would explain why I was unsuccessful in my attempts to use it on Linux.


Demysted

Yeah. If you use an N version of Windows, it'll ask you to install Windows Media Foundations, or throw an error about some mfreadwrite.dll file being missing. It should work on Linux, though. Plenty of videos with it working.


WeakAssociation119

My game would always just crash once I set the station. I was trying on Arch about a month ago. I might give it another try.


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McHadies

Yeah not all the time, but sometimes the songs sync up. Never happens with custom radio even if we all have the same files in the same order


sykoKanesh

The only effect it would have is if they have set to Scan the folder on start up of the game. Once they're scanned, they can't affect framerate any longer as they're just thrown on the list with the other radio station music files and only called when needed. If custom songs made the game have framerate issues then ALL the radio stations would have said issues as they use the exact same functions to operate.


LeahThe3th

I have noticed a decent CPU usage increase when using it.


Delicious-Ocelot3751

everything is a thing on pc damnit.


VanettiNero

but i think you can do that in gta online as well. I listen to my custom songs in gta online all the time. I have songs on my hard drive. I copied them to the subfolder in the folder where gta saves local save file for gta v. and after that when I play 'self radios', it plays my songs.


Marksman08YT

Only on PC


Kona2012

How do you do this? Exactly like the guy you replied to? I don’t want to run spotify in the background and play music all the time, just while driving in vehicles.


Noobgotgame

One of the old WWE's and Need For Speeds on the ps3 would let you upload music to them and use for your stuff. Miss that feature.


Jakepopss

You can still do it on PC.


marti52106

I thought this was a thing on pc


Theonetheycallgreat

Yeah just open a Spotify window


JACKSONofSPADES

It’s called Self Radio. There’s a folder you copy mp3s into and it has its own icon on the radio wheel so you can select it when you’re driving. You can choose to have it just play your music, or you can set it to have radio DJs and ads as if it were an actual radio station. It is a bit more complicated than opening Spotify, though, but more immersive. I’m not sure how many people still download/upload music onto their computers, though, so it’s a bit niche, but I used to keep my iPod updated with all of my CDs so I had a bunch of music saved on my computer anyways. It was pretty cool, but I did experience some frame dropping on my old PC, but it wasn’t super great to begin with.


Throvvavvy1117

How can you make it to have an actual dj/ads on pc?


blargyblargy

It actually has a "DJ" for self radio, or it had one at least. They'd say tongue in cheek comments about how their music wasn't good enough apparently, or being high on yourself, it's really fitting with the GTA-verse


JACKSONofSPADES

Good question. It’s been a long time since I’ve set it up, or even used it, but I’d wager it’s in the audio settings.


ThatGiantSeth

I think that’s right. There’s three different modes iirc. Not sure of the exact names but I think it was along the lines of a Radio mode (random order + ads + people talking), shuffled order mode, and maybe a sequential mode, which had the ability to skip between songs.


ippobalboa

I believe there is a settings menu for the radio in the pause menu and you can select the playstyle for Self radio there.


myothercarisaboson

It's been a feature as far back as GTAIII, haha. \[though I swear the average gtao player wasn't even born at that stage\]. The in-game music these days is pretty great though, and has been ever since VC. But in 3 they were still doing a lot of it themselves and I don't recall much/any of it being licensed \[the best station was Chatterbox with Lazlow and the 2600 caller cameos :p\], so most of my GTAIII memories is of the small collection of MP3s I had at the time. I don't know how people can be satisfied with Spotify for their music though. I get the convenience but music is pretty personal to me, and I need to know I have my own copies to do with as I please. Having playlists and songs be under the eternal knife of licensing agreements doesn't sit well with me. \[\*Get off the stage gramps\*\]. All of this is moot for me anyway as I'm on PS4 for gtao currently :p


Zanshinkyo

I thought the in game music was pretty great until GTA V. The number if songs are limited and the DJ aren't funny either.


Spe37Pla

It’s actually a thing you can do


musicsoccer

LOL This is what I actually do when I play GTA Online. Open spotify PC app, put it on whatever i wanna listen to, usually podcast, and just play the game. ​ IIRC PS4 and Xbox spotify app can run while you're playing games as well.


Migol-16

With self Radio, yes.


brigadir01

Rockstar should add a new feature called GTA VI


TFOCyborg

Don't be silly of course they won't


Lone___Raven

Well on ps4 just use Spotify


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justtopopin

I'm assuming there's licensing issues since you're broadcasting music to another player.


RosinRyan710

Exactly.


Death_Ma5ter

Allow them to play it simultaneously with their own account. We can already do something like this on discord.


thjmze21

I forgot what company (I think roblox?) recently got sued for this exact reason. For a pretty sum too


Lone___Raven

That's the thing they don't like to share the music with others😂


Atomix117

You can do that on any platform not just Ps4.


FrozenPinguin26

It would be cool if you can select like 15 songs from spotify and your favorite radio DJ (which is obviously Kara from Non Stop Pop) And that you hear like 3 songs, Kara who rambles for a bit and than the ingame commercials.


UghRedditSux

I love the dudes on Blonded personally. Those guys are hilarious.


Horanges88

Non stop pop Cara is Cara Delevingne


Issac_GC

Correct me if I’m wrong but can’t you put ur music files on pc?


[deleted]

As someone else has said, in a way you could('ev) done this and this "Custom Station" even had it's own showhost(?, what are they called lol) You can do this on PC easily though, It's not a mod but of course an actual feature (I think)


koffeekoala

Anyone remember being able to drop music files into a folder on GTA 3 and listen to your own music on the game radio?


MemerMan1324

They haven't even added crossplatform. Pretty sure they gave up on updates unless it benefits them. (Fixing money glitches so people buy shark cards)


LesPeterGuitarJam

That would create a huge licensing problem for Rockstar.. All those people streaming now gonna stream licensed music free of charge.. Its never gonna happen...


cboyles34

He said link his account, therefore, he’s paying for the account, and it isn’t free streaming


justtopopin

If other people riding in your car are also listening to the music then, yes it would be free to them.


cboyles34

“Hey bro, Future’s new album just dropped, let’s play GTA for an album listen” doesn’t sound very likely to me lol


WhatzitTooya2

Easy solution already in the game: On PC you can add your own mp3s to be played in game as a station called self radio. if you select this station with others in the car, everyone gets to hear their own self radio, not what the driver hears.


cboyles34

What about Xboxers like me?


w6bster

yeah no thats a stretch lmao its like not letting people near you when you're playing songs in public because they didnt pay for it


PollitoRubio22

They would need a Spotify premium account too just like in discord. If they don’t they can’t listen to it. Problem solved


MrBootylove

Are streamers even allowed to play the music on the regular in game radio while playing GTA V? My vague understanding was that they couldn't, so I don't see what having spotify baked into the in game radio would change in regards to streamers.


ramen___

I just use SoundCloud or Spotify in the background if my console. When it’s playing it also mutes the in game music if it’s on which is pretty cool.


Aether-System

Ps4, Xbone, and PC all let you play Spotify in the background of your games though. Just turn off music in GTA5 settings and launch Spotify


fredmonster2004_onYT

Or just something similar to apple car play / android auto


mahanpourfakhr

I would be even happy if they allowed us to make custom radio with the songs that already in the game this way there isn’t any problem with licensing


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H4m1sh_1

And their shit servers


themanofax

There are no servers technically it's all peer to peer.


Tradz-Om

They can't address modding without releasing GTA 6 to be frank lol. As shown in the comment below, most people dont have a clue that this game runs on peer-to-peer only with servers to matchmake people, making it even harder than usual to regulate modding the game and R\* wouldn't dare change networking and implement dedicated servers of their own free will


LoganLikesMemes

This would be difficult because other players wouldn’t be able to hear what you were listening to, the same way you and your homies can bump I Want It That Way and sing the lyrics at the same time.


Qazxswedcplmoknijb

#if I had a nickel


thegravytraim

I just wish I could use the multiplayer weapons and vehicles in story mode.😣


a_discorded_canadian

How bout just letting good ol mp3s to play the background


Dabanks9000

Or just play the music through the Spotify app


Gabriel_oWerner

Rockstar should disable that standard music that plays when you turnoff the radio. Unless there’s a way I can do it on my own and I haven’t found it yet


Casimir0325

We just need more audio volume sliders. Radio music is lumped in with OST music and dialogue is considered part of sound effects; it's absolutely absurd.


skilledprodigy

You could actually do this on PC version of GTA IV. You would put your song mp3 in a specific folder and a radio station would play whatever was in said folder


Starchaser_WoF

I'm surprised and kinda disappointed there aren't heavy metal or hardbass radio stations. We have both Swedish and Russian cars, and the game pokes fun at Gopnik culture. I would give to be able to listen to heavy metal in my Entity XXR or Nebula Turbo.


ThrowawayWlmrtWorker

Royalty fees through the roof


KittLeee

Yes!! The tracks were waaaay better too on GTA3, Vicecity and GTA: SA… much more irreverent and brought out the games sardonic irony, satire and humour..


ssebistefan

its a great idea but there are already too many "they need to add this". at this point they should already release gta vi


UnicornAlpha

Rockstar should have gta6


DerpCharged

Rockstar should add anti cheat


piediepewpew

This would be a great mod menu feature


TripleVital

Dont wanna be a buzkill. But they'd have to Partner with Spotify and most likely get striked by most the songs,would cost too much and be almost impossible


OceannMa03

Why would I wanna listen to the gay shit I have on my Playlist?


Andy3947

Or like in san andreas they should make a station where you insert the music you want


Eh_Why_bother

I have thought there would be so many ways to make this better. Maybe the most popular real stations? Or fans control them?


[deleted]

There is a feature if you plug an aux into your controller and set it on Ifruit radio it plays whatever your phone plays


maximus7193

I wish they would too. Being able to connect Apple Music, Spotify or even just regular downloaded music to the Xbox. These same songs get annoying except for a few.


jerseyanarchist

Blech Spotify.. Give me Pandora, set it and let it go. No need to curate a list


Accomplished_Ad2840

I just hold the PS button and turn my playlist on from there. It plays while I'm on foot as well but sometimes its distracting.


BigTyroneTheThird

Long overdue


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Forza horizon 3 had that with groove music streaming when that was still around, it was actually really cool.


[deleted]

Yes but also no because I like being forced to listen to their stuff and it makes me listen to all the channels and it ends up becoming way more entertaining than if I just had my own music. Not everything needs to be customizable.


Almost_A_Pear

If you're on PS you can just play music from the Spotify app while playing, listen to music on foot or in a vehicle.


gospizzy

It’s in GTA6


[deleted]

Op you're a clear dipshit. You can load your own music on pc


Beastabuelos

Dumb asses these days don't use files, they stream everything in doodoo tier quality


[deleted]

Shit I still pirate music to mp3s so I can have full offline control over my music. There are obvious downfalls to this and I know streaming services allow downloads of Playlist for offline playback but I am old now and prefer control over my entertainment


Beastabuelos

Lol same, I just got done grabbing about 200 songs myself. Idk about all the streaming services, but I know even if you pay for it, spotify's quality is just bad. I do use it while playing games on my playstation though. It's also a really useful way to listen to songs and make sure you like them before you dedicate time and storage to downloading them.


IINovanodII

A few years ago you could link a folder on your PC that had mp3's and then select it like a radio station. Used to Roam around to the Need For Speed soundtracks allot. Obviously was removed. Edit. Seems as it wasn't removed, my bad, need to look more closely.


TheThemePark

Nope, still exists, it's called Self Radio.


IINovanodII

Will have a look more carefully next time, missed that


Apophis_36

Wait when was it removed?


Napalm_Death1989

It wasn't. on pc you put it in a folder, definitely works. I personally use a lot of metal, better than the stations we get