Den tidigare Rockstar-utvecklaren Obbe Vermeij har i ett nyligen publicerat inlägg på X avslöjat att Grand Theft Auto III från början var tänkt att innehålla trafikregler. Han nämnde bland annat att trafikljusen var programmerade att fungera precis som i verkligheten, och att spelare som valde att ignorera dem, automatiskt fick en nivå av efterlysning.
"In gta3, traffic lights cycle through 3 states: North/South East/West Pedestrians The traffic light's model orientation determines its cycle, and at startup, my code stored the cycle in the road nodes. This is why, even if the light was knocked over, cars still obeyed the light. Map artists just placed the lights, ran the game, and it all worked—no extra setup needed. Simple, but it still worked this way in IV. During gta3, I gave players a 1-star wanted level for running red lights. This was not popular with the team. I quickly removed it"