Why are people caring? Unless you're playing a twitch game (which GTA isn't), you aren't going to notice enough of a difference to care between 30 and 60 FPS on a TV.

People are annoying sometimes. 

I have to be amazed, I thought people didn't like the wii for graphics! Some people will turn on the game they've been waiting for more then 1 year for because the frame rate is slow! Calm down, it's still GTA4!lolz

I'm surprised that so many people are upset, i wouldn't really mind

like resident evil 4 is only 30 fps, and has anybody once complained about that?

GTA at 30fps will be fine, 60 would have been nice but its not going to make a hairs difference to how the game plays.

Wow. I don't think I've ever seen such a long post with no punctuation whatsoever.  Congratulations on that.

If GTA4 runs at a solid 30 fps without hitching, then it will play fine. If it has framerate dips, it will be a pain. IMO, a solid 30 fps is the minimum acceptable framerate for any action game, twitch or not.

That is so false. First of all, some people such as pilots can see differences up to 120fps. If you don't know the difference between 30fps and 60fps, play Madden on 360 and PS3. Give me a break people. You can still love the game if it's 30fps but don't make a bunch of stupid stuff up.

You are annoying somtimes. Play nearly every EA game last year on PS3 then 360. Or hell, play it on PS2 and you'll notice a big difference. Game speed and animatons are better at higher fps.

It's far more about consistency of frame rate and also the kind of game that you are playing. A locked 30fps is fine for many genres.

The human eye needs a minimum of 24FPS to give the illusion of smooth motion, that is not to say it can appreciate higher frame rates. Movie makes generally go for the minimal acceptable because of the high cost of film.

CRTs used to run at 25, i.e. 50hz interlaced image, so you are only getting 25 full frames a second, but that has changed in the last 10 years with newer TV's and higher refresh rates.

This article has a decent summary and explains differences between movies and games. Have a look if you are interested.

http://www.daniele.ch/school/30vs60/30vs60_3.html

GTA =/= Twitch.

That means Rocketpig don't care.

As a long time PC gamer I can say that anything past 30FPS is generally a marginal improvement at best.

HOWEVER, there is a good reason why PC gamers obsess about frame rates: changes in frame rate, even very small ones, are easily detectable. Having a game go from 60FPS to 50FPS every time you look towards a densely populated area is really unnerving. I would rather play a game that always gets 30FPS than a game with a higher frame rate that doesn't always maintain it.