GTA 4 Recomp Playable On PS5, Compatible With Xbox 360 Saves

GTA 4 Is Now Playable On PS5, If You Have An Xbox 360 Disc Source: Rockstar Published Oct 22, 2026, 9:29 AM EDT James Lucas is an Executive Editor at TheGamer who has worked in professional journalism since 2018. A Newcastle University graduate with a degree in Journalism, Media, and Culture, they have written hundreds of guides, news stories, and original reports, with bylines in IGN, NME, GaymingMag, and VG247, sourcing interviews with studio heads, legendary industry figures, prominent actors, and more. An expert on FPS games, Soulslikes, RPGs, and survival horror, James has intimate knowledge of a wide variety of titles, providing in-depth coverage and exclusive profiles. Some of the games they have extensively covered include: Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Elden Ring, and Fallout. They pride themselves on their consistently thorough research, leveraging nearly a decade of industry experience. You can reach them at James.t@thegamer.com Rockstar still hasn't brought GTA 4 to next-gen consoles, with it only being playable on Xbox One and Series X/S via the backwards compatibility program, while PS4 and PS5 players are left completely in the lurch with no option whatsoever. So, fans have taken it upon themselves to port it to PS5. Well, not exactly. Mods like these used to be fun to spotlight and report on because we were celebrating the ingenuity of hobbyists who were rivaling entire dev teams in their spare time. Made in a cave with a box of scraps, and all that. The GTA 4 recomp isn't that — graphic designer Ruben Ripalda ported OZORDI's Liberty Recompiled project to a jailbroken PS5, which works by using an Xbox 360 disc image, even allowing you to import your existing saves. However, the port and new exclusive DualSense features, Trophies, and button prompts appear to have been vibecoded with Claude. Vibecoding comes with a whole host of issues. The underlying code is often patchwork and tangled, making it unreliable, poorly optimized, and prone to security flaws. That means games are more demanding than they need to be, leading to sluggish performance and inconsistent framerate. They're also much harder to update as a result, often lending to the creator's lack of programming know-how, meaning that patches risk making things worse, not better. Given the foundation of this project isn't vibecoded, but the port to PS5 is, it may fare better, but that doesn't take away from the impact that AI-assisted development is having on the industry. Why You Shouldn't Support Vibecoded Projects Like This Polluting the scene with AI-generated recomps and mods is burying the sustainable, good work that actual modders do. It may be exciting to finally see GTA 4 running on PS5, but these kinds of projects only add to gaming becoming an increasingly expensive hobby due to the global computing shortage incited by the gluttonous demands of the very AI data centers used to churn them out. A bizarre headline like GTA 4 running on PS5 using Xbox 360 discs, rather than making the PS3 game backward compatible, is a fun hook. That's what so many of the social posts going viral on X are doing. You get suckered in and forget about the implications of AI and how shoddy these vibecoded projects really are because of the novelty. But, now that you're here, I'd implore you not to support these projects. If you're a gamer, and I presume you are if you're on this website, incentivizing and celebrating vibecoding like this is contributing to gaming becoming an unsustainable and collapsing industry, as we now peer down the barrel of $1,000-$2,000 next-gen consoles and increasingly expensive games. Is the novelty of a PS5 port that'll inevitably be shut down by Rockstar really worth taking part in the very same ecosystem that has gaming under AI's boot? Released April 29, 2008 ESRB M for Mature: Blood, Intense Violence, Partial Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs and Alcohol Developer(s) Rockstar Games Publisher(s) Rockstar Games Engine rockstar advanced game engine Multiplayer Local Multiplayer Franchise Grand Theft Auto Genre(s) Action, Adventure