In the context of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (VCS), "PS2 Assets" typically refers to ROM hacks or mods

: Includes better tree models and higher-quality building textures. Improved Clarity

The , however, features a significant overhaul in texture resolution. It appears that the developers utilized higher-resolution source assets that were compressed for the PSP release.

The PS2 version has softer assets, but the PSP version retains sharper (though more pixelated) texture work.