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Three years after release, the fidelity of GTA 5's Los Santos is still wowing people: a hotel in LA has been caught using a screenshot of the game as a photo of downtown LA.
A user on Reddit noted a ratty-looking screenshot of downtown Los Santos on the website of the Figueroa Hotel, a downtown landmark that was recreated in the game as the Hookah Palace.
Closer inspection suggests it's been lifted direct from the fan-created GTA Wikia site, which suggests a particularly cursory use of Google Image Search by whoever put it up. The Figueroa's version is called "downtown-la.jpg", which might have caused the problem.
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A user on Reddit noted a ratty-looking screenshot of downtown Los Santos on the website of the Figueroa Hotel, a downtown landmark that was recreated in the game as the Hookah Palace.
Closer inspection suggests it's been lifted direct from the fan-created GTA Wikia site, which suggests a particularly cursory use of Google Image Search by whoever put it up. The Figueroa's version is called "downtown-la.jpg", which might have caused the problem.
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