Said the Gramophone - image by Danny Zabbal

Used copies of GTA 4 for Xbox 360 or PS3 cost less than $10 USD at most retro game stores. The consoles themselves are now very cheap ($50-$80). This is the closest you will get to the "console feel."

The PS2 was a powerhouse for its time, but by 2008 (when GTA IV launched), its hardware was nearly a decade old. Here’s a reality check on the specs:

If you find a file labeled as a "highly compressed GTA 4 PS2 ISO," it is almost certainly one of the following: 1. Modded Versions of GTA: San Andreas

To achieve such small sizes, essential data like radio stations, cutscene audio, or high-resolution textures are often removed.