GTA: San Andreas Just Got Full 6DOF VR — And It’s Wild

If you've ever wanted to step directly into Grove Street and throw hands (or drive tanks) in VR, today’s your lucky day. Modder Holydh has dropped a full VR mod for GTA: San Andreas – Definitive Edition, and it's not just a janky first-person camera strapped to your headset. This mod supports 6 Degrees of Freedom (6DOF) motion controls, proper weapon aiming, full vehicle handling, and even cutscenes. Yes, you can now watch Big Smoke’s legendary order from the inside of his face in full immersive glory.

It covers everything — walking, crouching, shooting from cars, flying — and every ranged weapon gets its own recoil animation. Plus, there’s a working sniper scope and in-game camera with zoom features. All of this runs through the UEVR Nightly Release 01042, so you’ll need that setup if you want to dive in. But once you’re in, San Andreas turns into a whole new beast.

This mod doesn’t just bring the game into VR—it reimagines how you engage with it. You’re not just playing CJ anymore. You are CJ.

A Reminder: GTA: San Andreas Changed Everything

Before we jump into more VR madness, let’s take a minute to remember what San Andreas did to the gaming world. Among the latest news that we liked, GTA: San Andreas Player Wins $3.5 Million at Casino Roulette Table. It's quite fun to write about, but it's worth attention, and the views prove it.

When GTA: SA launched in 2004, it didn’t just sell millions—it bent pop culture around itself. It defined open-world design, gave voice acting a new standard in games, and introduced mechanics (like working out, eating, and property ownership) that felt way ahead of their time. The soundtrack alone is legendary. It was the street sandbox.

Now, 20 years later, mods like this VR overhaul remind us how timeless the core of San Andreas still is. It’s no surprise that GTA’s DNA can be found everywhere from open-world indies to Hollywood blockbusters. With the VR mod, it's not just nostalgia—it’s a second life for one of the most influential games ever made.

Half-Life 2 VR: More Than Just Nostalgia

While San Andreas is going full VR chaos, another classic shooter has been slowly perfecting its own virtual second life. The Half-Life 2 VR Mod got a big update that adds visible hands, basic reload animations, and left-handed support for all weapons. Doesn’t sound groundbreaking? In VR, it kind of is.

The update also improves grab mechanics for foregrips and fixes a crash involving the super gravity gun. But beyond that, HL2 VR is just fun in a way the original never could be. The playground becomes, well, an actual playground. You can spin stuff with your hands, mess around with physics in real time, and toss saw blades in Ravenholm with a weird sense of joy.

Half-Life 2 has always been about immersion and clever environmental storytelling. In VR, it becomes more intimate, more alive. And with mods like this, the game keeps evolving beyond even what Valve imagined.

Hogwarts Legacy Gets the Magic Touch in VR

You thought Hogwarts Legacy was immersive with a mouse and keyboard? Try walking the halls of Hogwarts in VR. Thanks to a few new mods, that dream is now (kind of) possible.

The big one comes from Luke Ross, known for high-end VR mods. It adds full VR support to the game, although it's locked behind his Patreon. If you’d rather wait it out, a free VR mod is also on the way. Add in SSGI lighting improvements (for better realism) and a mod that boosts FMV cutscenes to 60fps, and Hogwarts Legacy starts looking like a next-gen VR experience.

From wand battles to broom flights, the VR potential here is huge. And yeah, casting spells with motion controls might finally make you feel like a proper wizard.

VR Mods vs. Native VR Games: What’s Better?

We’re in a weird (but awesome) place where modders are often pushing VR further than some official releases. So what’s better—native VR games or modded classics?

Games like Half-Life: Alyx show what happens when VR is baked in from the start. It’s polished, cinematic, and the gold standard for immersive storytelling. Nothing in the mod world quite touches that.

But mods give us something just as powerful: the ability to revisit the games we love in entirely new ways. Whether it's GTA: SA chaos or Half-Life 2 with your own two hands, VR mods turn nostalgia into something tactile and fresh. And honestly? Some mods play better than a lot of so-called "VR-ready" games.

In the end, the real winner is the player, especially if you're rocking a headset and a curiosity for the weird, wild world of VR.