User blog comment:DeltaWolf247/GTA V Map Confirmed/@comment-4095569-20130910220149

I think this is a fake, or at least I hope so, it looks like most of the map would be available from the start, there's no further map development like there has been in the previous games (You know, the 4 star wanted level for going over a bridge, etc)

Plus, look at the Dam. It's to the right of the city next to the Tataviam mountains. It's not connected via any roads and you can see via ingame footage that its connected with roads.

And the "desert" area of the map doesn't seem that large, yet its featured plenty in trailers and such.

I want to like it, but I don't think Rockstar would make a large city at the bottom of the map and leave the majority of it wilderness. Look at the top of the map, it'll take ages to drive back to the city. Sure you can take the train, but there has to be more than one large area, right?