由粉絲玩家製作的「GTA」大型MOD「自由城保護項目（The Liberty City preservation project）」，是一款將《GTA 4》「移植」到「GTA」遊戲中的MOD。雖然該項目製作完善還滿足了許多玩家的期待，但Take-Two和Rockstar很快對這個第三方MOD做出了限制，將其下架處理。
近日前R星資深開發者Obbe Vermeij發表了自己的看法，他認為Take-Two和Rockstar作為商業公司，自然會對可能妨礙其商業利益的MOD出手，這是無可厚非的因此玩家也沒必要為此而惱火。不過Vermeij還補充說：「我們所能期望的最好結果是他們允許不妨礙他們業務的MOD。」並透露官方其實在「最近一直很體面地允許這些項目繼續進行」。
Take2/R* are a commercial company.
— Obbe Vermeij (@ObbeVermeij) January 25, 2025
They will take down mods that interfere with their business interests.
The VC NextGen Edition mod for gta4 directly competes with the Definitive Edition.
The Liberty City preservation project (gta4 in gta5 engine) would interfere with a…
隨後有玩家在Vermeij推文下表達不滿，認為被官方禁止的MOD正是許多玩家想在《GTA三部曲》這樣的重製版遊戲中看到的效果，但R星卻沒能遂了玩家的願。對此Vermeij自然表示同意，他也表示：「如果R星能對其經典遊戲進行高質量的重製，那就更好了。」
What irritates me and I believe irritates other players is that this fan mod is literally what we wanted in the GTA trilogy, man, it's impressive, it's bizarre to think that no one at Rockstar thought of this, they preferred to release a simple remaster without updating
— Gabriel (@gabrielprox3) January 25, 2025
I agree. It would be better if R* did quality remasters of their classic games.
— Obbe Vermeij (@ObbeVermeij) January 25, 2025
