Grand Theft Auto V is a game.
Grand Theft Auto V . Much of the development work constituted the open world 's creation , and several team members conducted field research around California to capture footage for the design team . Open world , free roam , or ( more loosely ) sandbox are terms for video games where a player can move freely through a virtual world and is given considerable freedom in regard to how and when to approach particular objectives , as opposed to other video games that have a more linear structure to their gameplay .