Did you know that an early concept version of the map is visible in-game. It's located in the lower garage area of Sunshine Autos. This is the map you use to start races. Some of these changes would've changed a lot in the way you explore the city and you can only imagine what kinds of changes this would've had for missions.
There are a few pretty obvious differences, one of the biggest ones is Vice Beach being massively cut in size. In final build the beach stretches much further north and is much much wider. Everything to the right of the red line would've been gone in the beta map.
Another pretty obvious change is the lack of the stadium and the beach on the west of the map. Everything in the red circle would've been removed if they went ahead with the beta map.
Another major change would've been the military base, in the beta map it extended a little further north and contained a runway. The red line is showing where the runway would've extended too.
The final notable change on the beta map was the removal of the lighthouse and surrounding terrain. Everything in the red circle would've been gone in the beta map.
What do you think of what the changes would've done to the game? Let me know!
