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 CINEMATIC DRIVING MOD - README
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Thanks for downloading Cinematic Driving Mod! This is a free mod for
Grand Theft Auto V (Legacy build) that makes driving feel more cinematic:
real motion blur, speed-reactive camera shake, and brief slow-motion
"movie moments" when you brake hard, crash, or narrowly avoid hitting
another vehicle.

This package is three pieces working together:

  - CinematicDrivingMod.asi   -> camera shake + slow-motion moments
  - ReShade\Shaders\CinematicDrivingMod.fx  -> a radial speed-line blur
    layered on top, for extra directional streak beyond what's physically
    accurate
  - ReShade\Shaders\vort_Shaders\  -> real per-pixel motion blur (proper
    motion vector estimation, not a screen-space approximation) - this is
    what actually sells the "cinematic" look. Not our work - see Credits.
  - ReShade\CinematicDrivingMod.ini  -> the ReShade preset that ties it
    all together with the right settings

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CREDITS
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The motion blur core of this mod is powered by vort_Shaders by Vortigern
(bundled in ReShade\Shaders\vort_Shaders), licensed MIT - free to use,
modify, and redistribute, which is why it's included directly in this
package rather than requiring a separate download. Full credit for that
shader's design belongs to Vortigern; the MIT license text is in the
header of every file in that folder.

Everything else (the .asi, CinematicDrivingMod.fx) is original work made
specifically for this mod.

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REQUIREMENTS
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1. Grand Theft Auto V - Legacy build (Steam/Rockstar/Epic - NOT the 2025
   "Enhanced" re-release).

2. ScriptHookV by Alexander Blade (dev-c.com/gtav/scripthookv), installed
   in your GTA V folder (ScriptHookV.dll, dinput8.dll).

3. ReShade (reshade.me), installed and pointed at GTA5.exe, using the
   DirectX 10/11/12 rendering API.

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INSTALL
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1. Make sure ScriptHookV and ReShade are both installed (see Requirements).

2. Copy CinematicDrivingMod.asi into your GTA V install folder, next to
   GTA5.exe (the same folder as ScriptHookV.dll).

3. Copy the entire ReShade\Shaders folder from this zip (which contains
   CinematicDrivingMod.fx AND the vort_Shaders folder) into your GTA V
   install folder's \reshade-shaders\Shaders\ folder, merging with what's
   already there.

4. Copy CinematicDrivingMod.ini into your GTA V install folder, the same
   folder as GTA5.exe.

5. Launch GTA V, press HOME to open the ReShade overlay, click the preset
   dropdown/folder icon at the top, and select CinematicDrivingMod.ini.

6. Press HOME again to close the overlay and go for a drive.

If the game world doesn't look blurred at speed at all, the motion blur
shader likely didn't pick up its required setting automatically - open
the ReShade overlay, click "Edit global preprocessor definitions", and
add a definition named V_ENABLE_MOT_BLUR with value 2. This should already
happen on its own when the preset loads, but do this manually if it
doesn't.

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CONTROLS
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  NUM7  - toggle the .asi (shake + slow-mo moments) on/off in-game
  F7    - toggle a debug readout showing live speed, shake state, and
          slow-mo state
  HOME  - open/close the ReShade overlay (enable/disable or tune the
          blur shader live)

Slow-motion moments trigger on hard braking, colliding with something, or
narrowly passing another vehicle at speed without hitting it.

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RECOMMENDED: DRIFT MOD
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Also recommended to install alongside this one - Drift Mod, a free mod
that makes drifting in GTA V actually feel right:

  https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/drift-mod-for-gta-5-legacy-version-2026

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WANT MORE THAN JUST THE BLUR?
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This mod is free and always will be. If you want the full cinematic
graphics package on top of it - ambient occlusion, depth of field, color
grading, sharpening, and a letterbox, all tuned to work together - check
out the Antonio Montana Preset, available in our Discord:

  https://discord.gg/UfWGqrCVph
