A clip of what appears to be Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas reimagined as a full-blown soccer game has been making the rounds. There's just one problem. It's not actually GTA: San Andreas or a Grand Theft Auto game, for that matter.
The video, posted by @TheGameVerse earlier today with the caption "Modders turned GTA San Andreas into FIFA," shows what looks like a fully functional soccer match featuring CJ and other GTA characters running around a pitch with player stats, a mini-map, and on-screen controls. It looks convincing at first glance, especially if you've spent any time watching the wild things modders have done with San Andreas over the past two decades. The Portuguese-language controls visible in the footage, including prompts like "82 para bola," immediately signal the video's origins in the Latin American modding scene, where both Grand Theft Auto and soccer occupy an almost sacred cultural overlap.
However, what's actually on screen is s Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 running GTA-themed character mods. It's PES 2013 with CJ's face slapped onto a midfielder. Make no mistake. This mod remains impressive even with this distinction. Someone still had to model, rig, and animate GTA characters into a completely different game's framework, and the result is seamless enough to fool hundreds of thousands of viewers.
