Red Dead Redemption 2 Railway Workers Actually Build Tracks

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Rockstar is known the world over for the absurd levels of detail it puts into its games. From Easter Eggs to little flourishes, no stone goes unturned. You may have thought horse balls shrinking in the cold was the pinnacle of what Red Dead Redemtpion 2 had to offer in terms of almost pointless minutae, but you'd be wrong. It turns out, railway workers actually build the tracks as you watch them. It's not just a looping animation.

This is such a small, pointless detail, but it's part of what makes Rockstar games so memorable. it's also probably part of the reason modern game development cycles are so unsustainable, so it's a double-edged sword for sure.

The person in the TikTok below can be heard saying, "No way," as they watch the NPC hammering the rails into place, watching as the fang bolt (yes, I did Google that as I wrote this article) slowly digs into the wooden slatt, called a sleeper (something I also learned just now).

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In most games, you wouldn't expect the bolt to move at all, but in Red Dead Redemption 2, it does. Then the person in the video clearly thinks the animation will simply loop and the bolt will pop back out after a few more hits, but no, it goes all the way in.

Okay, surely now is the time the bolt springs back out and the worker has to hammer it in again, like Sisyphus, bound to this eternal, digital hell. But no! The bolt stays in place and the worker shuffles along to the next bolt, readying their hammer for another strike.

The person in the video gets more and more shocked as it goes on, sure that this much detail can't have gone into something as mundane as some railway work, but people at Rockstar coded in full animations, hopefully not over the course of a weekend to meet tight deadlines.

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FrogPosted:

samule Attempting to 100% that game now, the level of detail in it is impeccable.


Yeah it really is. I could never commit enough to go for 100% though. Simply finishing the game takes so much dedication!

FrogPosted:

Runts I love and miss rdr2 I may get it again on Pc. Beat it twice on Xbox.


Sweet. You can play first person on PC too! Plus mods!

ReidsoPosted:

would've been better if they were shackled up with chains and the
background music playing was Chain Gang by Sam Cooke

RuntsPosted:

I love and miss rdr2 I may get it again on Pc. Beat it twice on Xbox.

FrogPosted:

juno this game is really gonna be hard to live up to!


Hopefully it can set the standard...

junoPosted:

this game is really gonna be hard to live up to!

FrogPosted:

Hahaha that's wonderful. I can't believe new details are still being discovered this long after the games launch!

samulePosted:

Attempting to 100% that game now, the level of detail in it is impeccable.