Rockstar gave a press demo revealing some new features of the upcoming behemoth Grand Theft Auto 4 — it was a 360 demo, but as its the same game on both systems, it’s all of great interest to us PS3 folk.

Here are some of the highlights -

• Police database: Stealing a police car gives you access to their station database, which marks your queries as waypoints on the map. More expensive cars also come with talking GPS.

• Free-aiming mode: GTA4 now allows you to shoot any where around your car, not just from the sides.

• B-button camera function: Allows the camera to stay focused on your target.

• Friendship rating: That cellphone’s for more than just taking missions now. It can be used to call your local buddies to build up relationships - think a reverse of getting wanted stars.

• New ways to get caught: Forget to a pay a toll at the bridge, and you’ll earn a wanted level.

• Enhanced drunk physics: Forget simple screen distortions or wonky controls. Getting Niko hammered will have him interacting appropriately with the surrounding environment (leaning on cars, running into people, etc.)

• Rocket Physics: Firing rockets into the ground at oblique angles will cause it to skip like a stone in water, not explode.

• Combat: You can now duck behind objects. You can also either blind-fire (RSV-style), or pop up and shoot for better accuracy

• Enhanced targeting: After getting a soft-lock, players can now aim for more specific parts on their target’s body. You query will also react realistically depending on where you cap him/her.

• Hanging on: You can now hang on to moving vehicles, and board them via rapid button presses.

• Hanging on (2): Rockstar’s demo also showed that drivers can attempt shake you off.

Lots of work on the targetting it seems, which is great stuff as it was a major niggle of the previous games.

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