stackyFACTSDriving through Mount Chiliad isn’t just a visual blackout; it’s an auditory one.
Driving through Mount Chiliad isn’t just a visual blackout; it’s an auditory one. Rockstar Games programmed the diegetic radio stations to simulate actual FM frequency decay. Depending on your antenna's line of sight to the in-game radio towers, the audio dynamically introduces static, phases out, and completely drops when you enter tunnels, proving that Los Santos obeys the annoying laws of actual electromagnetic physics.
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