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Winstein (glenster1 at Gamefaqs and IGN, and glenster at Super Cheats, StuckGamer, neoseeker, 1UP, GamerHelp, and Game Revolution) glenster (who's at) rediffmail.com This walk-through, with active links for (practically all of) the web ad- dresses I use, is at: http://www.freewebs.com/glenster1/index.htm If you find any broken links there--ones longer than one line and for which only the 1st line is active as a link--Copy and Paste the whole link to the ad- dress bar then click the "Go" button at the right side of it. Click "Back" to return from any of the links there--if you "X" it out, you'll exit the web page. To compare pictures of vehicles, you might bring a page up twice and click a link from each. It's a G thang. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& When looking for something in this guide, click "Edit" at the top left of the screen, then click "Find (on This Page)... Ctrl+F" and a "Find" menu appears. (Pressing "Ctrl+F" makes it appear, too.) Type in the name, or even just the start of the name, of the mission or section you're looking for, then keep clicking "Find Next" till you're taken there. At least that works if you have Windows XP Home Edition. ******** CONTENTS I Introduction I.1 Paying tributes and having things in common I.2 PC Health I.2.a Clean your disk, disk player, and PC I.2.b Get your hard drive clean and in order I.2.c Use the latest updates I.2.d Turn off unnecessary applications before running the game I.2.e Take2 Games web site and toll-free phone number the v 1.01 patch, and v.2 and the Special Edition I.2.f Tweak guides I.2.g Volume I.2.h System requirements I.2.i PC hardware and software on a budget I.3 How to save games I.3.a The convenience of copies of your GTA San Andreas User File I.3.b Where to find a PC save game for nearly each of the main missions I.3.c Some advice about saving the game including using save games from v.1 for v.2 or vice versa I.3.d An application that tells you your mission completion status, and shows you, on a map, which Tags, Oysters, Photo Ops, Horseshoes, and Jumps you need to tend to I.4 Settings I.5 Stats I.5.a Criminal Rating I.5.b Health in relationship to Stats I.5.c Player--Muscle and Fat Stats I.5.d Player--Stamina and Lung Capacity Stats I.5.e Player--Total Respect and Sex Appeal Stats I.5.f Player--vehicle Stats I.5.g Player--Pilot Ranking I.5.h Player--Gambling and Luck Stats I.5.i Weapons I.5.j Crimes--Total number of wanted stars attained and evaded I.5.k Crimes--Criminals wasted I.5.l Crimes--Gang members wasted I.5.m Crimes--Cost of property damaged I.5.n Gangs I.5.o Achievements--Flight time I.5.p Miscellaneous--Progress made I.6.a Some distinctions between the PS2 and original PC versions I.6.b Adapters for PS2 and Xbox controllers ******** I.7 Controls A couple of instant replays that should have been (and other odd moments) WTF screenshots ******** I.7.a Foot Controls Note: I remap Spacebar and Left Shift Foot Controls so each does the job of the other--so Jump is Spacebar and Run is Left Shift, like for "Vice City." I.7.aa Climbing trees I.7.aaa Taking Photographs I.7.b Initial fight moves Controls I.7.c Swimming Controls Walking, driving, and flying underwater Swimming mania hits San Andreas ******** I.7.d Vehicle Controls Note: I remap Horn from Caps Lock to Left Shift--same reason. I.7.e Four-Wheel vehicle Controls I.7.f Motorcycle or Bicycle Controls Stunt information The San Andreas Superjump Quadruple Insane Jumps I.7.g Note for all flying vehicles I.7.h Plane or Jet Controls I.7.i Hydra Controls I.7.j Helicopter Controls I.7.k Parachute Controls I.7.l Jetpack Controls I.7.m Crane Controls I.7.n Boat Controls ******** I.8.a A rundown of some of the vehicles and some of their real names Flying vehicles Boats Hybrids Land vehicles I.8.b A rundown of some of the people who drive them I.9 Wanted Ratings I.10 Ghost hell, ghost world, ghost heaven, and Liberty City I.11 Odds and Ends and where to get the 1st two GTA's and "Wild Metal Country" free, how to see the coordinates on the PC "GTA2," how to get Darkel into "III" and let Claude leave Portland early, where to get the "Liberty City" mod for "Vice City," and how you can pick which version of "Mafia" you run I.12 Glitches I.13 Radio I.14 Codes I.15 Video walk-through/people who help with missions/entire games "Done Quick" &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& II The beginning II.1 "The Introduction" II.2 "The San Andreas Theme Song" Lyrics by Young MayLay II.3 Los Santos 1st main missions II.4 "In The Beginning" The Johnson garage, E6 on your paper map, is free and immediately available II.5 "Big Smoke" Carl Johnson II.6 "Sweet and Kendl" Carl Johnson Sweet Johnson calls about local turf battles a Camera is in C.J.'s room at the Johnson house II.7 "Ryder" Carl Johnson The restaurants, barber shops, and tattoo parlors are open &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& III Preliminaries for Los Santos III.1 Maps, map markers, teleportation, and a trainer: how to control space and time III.2 Spraying Tags 100 Tags C.J.'s gets Respect, and the AK-47, Tec9, Sawnoff Shotgun, and Molotov Cocktails are available in the kitchen of the Johnson house. III.3 Weapons 8 Ball's Bomb Shop III.4 Armor and Bribes III.5 Maximum Stats of all kinds in one sitting and the fastest way to raise weapon Stats on PS2 III.6 Cycling Stat (bicycle) Bicycles reverse faster, C.J. stays on a bike better, and he can Bunny Hop higher III.7 The Commerce 24/7 Courier Asset Mission, aka the Roboi's Food Mart Asset Mission III.8 BMX Challenge III.9 The Taxi mission (a Sub-mission) 50 fares unlimited NOS Boost for Taxis and Cabbies III.10 "Burglary" (a Sub-mission) Burglary isn't needed for 100% completion of the game, but I'd consider it more important than some such options since it offers the infinite sprint as a reward. III.11 Kill Criminals III.12 Inside Track Betting The Horse Races gimmick III.13 Save houses III.14 Weapon Stats and Gang Respect III.14.a Initial weapon gathering III.14.b What weapon upgrading does III.14.c Upgrading weapon skills while earning Respect III.15 Recruiting gang members C.J. has more moves for all, and can dual wield some, weapons, and, with Respect, can recruit up to seven gang members III.16 Lung Capacity III.17 Oysters Good for Sex Appeal III.18 Sex Appeal Oo-oo! III.19 Flying Stat The airport opens, flying vehicles handle better, and C.J. gets a Parachute if he bails III.20 Bike Stat (motorcycle) C.J. stays on a motorcycle better III.21 Driving Stat C.J.'s four-wheel vehicles handle better III.22 Pimping Mission (a Sub-mission) level 10 Hookers pay C.J. III.23 Firetruck Mission (a Sub-mission) level 12 C.J. gets the fireproof feature, good for using Molotovs III.24 Vigilante Mission (a Sub-mission) level 12 C.J. gets 150 Armor III.25 Ambulance Mission (a Sub-mission) level 12 maximum Health III.26 8-Track Los Santos Forum A Hotring Racer and a Monster Truck are available III.27 Some non-mission vehicle locations III.28 Make a copy of your save game &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& IV The main story missions of Los Santos continued The Sweet missions IV.1 "Tagging Up Turf" Sweet Johnson The basketball game is available IV.2 "Cleaning the Hood" Sweet Johnson IV.3 "Drive-Thru" Sweet Johnson Opens all three Gyms IV.4 Los Santos gym Get Stamina and Muscle developed quicker, and beat the trainer to get boxing moves. IV.5 "Nines and AKs" Sweet Johnson Opens OG Loc and Big Smoke missions A Pistol is at Emmet's place IV.6 Clothes Binco, Prolaps, and SubUrban clothes stores are open IV.7 "Drive-By" Sweet Johnson Opens Ryder missions IV.8 "Sweet's Girl" Sweet Johnson IV.9 "Cesar Vialpando" Sweet Johnson Unlocks Loco Low Co. Lowrider garage, "Lowrider Challenge," and Cesar's missions IV.10 Lowrider Challenge Not required for 100% Use a Lowrider for it and the next mission Cesar mission IV.11 "High Stakes, Low-Rider" Cesar Vialpando The Ryder missions IV.12 "Home Invasion" Ryder IV.13 "Catalyst" Ryder IV.14 "Robbing Uncle Sam" Ryder The Big Smoke missions IV.15 "OG Loc" Big Smoke IV.16 "Running Dog" Big Smoke IV.17 "Wrong Side of the Tracks" Big Smoke IV.18 "Just Business" Big Smoke The OG Loc missions IV.19 "Life's a Beach" OG Loc IV.20 "Madd Dogg's Rhymes" OG Loc Opens C.R.A.S.H. missions IV.21 "Management Issues" OG Loc The "Management Issues" way to make a copy of C.J. IV.22 "House Party" OG Loc The C.R.A.S.H. missions IV.23 "Burning Desire" C.R.A.S.H. Denise is available to be a girlfriend and the Sweet Johnson missions can continue IV.24 "Gray Imports" C.R.A.S.H. The Sweet missions continued IV.25 "Doberman" Sweet Johnson Unlocks the ability to take territories from gangs, but you'll lose any you gained in Los Santos in the events after "The Green Sabre," so it's not an immediate concern. Ammu-Nations and two of the four Ammu-Nation Challenges are available. But since you need to do all four in a row to complete the mission, and the 4th isn't available till the Desert and Las Venturas open up, you can just practice the 1st two for now. Body Armor $200, 9mm Pistol $200, Silenced 9mm Pistol $600, Tec9 $300, Micro SMG $500, SMG $2,000, Shotgun $600, Sawnoff Shotgun $800, and Grenades $300, are at Ammu-Nation. IV.26 "Los Sepulcros" Sweet Johnson The last of the 1st batch of Los Santos missions IV.27 "Reuniting the Families" Sweet Johnson There are two opportunities in this mission to use the glitch that lets C.J. leave in mid-mission and not get a wanted rating while he explores and collects things in the blocked-off areas. IV.28 "The Green Sabre" Sweet Johnson Cesar tips C.J. to the sight of a couple of Ballas, Big Smoke, Ryder, and Officer Tenpenny together near the green Sabre used when his Mom was gunned down. The Badlands and San Fierro are officially open The Badlands and Red County save houses are now available &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& V The Badlands and San Fierro Preliminaries V.1.a Photo Ops 50 Use the camera you're given in IV.28--it has an unlimited amount of film. The Micro SMG, Shotgun, Sniper Rifle, and Grenades are available at the Xoomer garage in Doherty, San Fierro V.1.b Weapon gathering V.2 Save houses V.3 Barber and Tattoo shops V.4 Weapons V.5 Armor and Bribes V.6 Oysters V.7 Mount Chiliad Challenge 7:00 to 18:00 (three races) V.7.a Race 1 Scotch Bonnet Yellow route V.7.b Race 2 Birdseye Winder Yellow route V.7.c Race 3 Cobra Run V.8 Hippy Shopper Courier Asset Mission (four stages) V.9 NRG-500 Challenge V.10 Blood Bowl (Corvin Stadium) (like Bloodring but with drive-bys) A Bloodring Banger will be by Corvin Stadium V.11 San Fierro Gym Get stamina and muscle past the buff stage, and beat the trainer to get martial arts moves V.12 Beat the Cock 1st of two triathlons Not needed for 100% completion V.13 Some non-mission vehicle locations V.14 Make a copy of your save game &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& VI The main story missions of the Badlands and San Fierro The Badlands missions VI.1 Badlands C.R.A.S.H. VI.2 First Date Catalina cut scene--she wants to rob four places VI.3 Tanker Commander Catalina Opens RS Haul Trucking Asset Mission The Truth calls ******** The RS Haul Trucking Asset mission (part one) VI.4.a 1. Timed: 2:15 VI.4.b 2. Fragile cargo VI.4.c 3. Three star wanted level VI.4.d 4. Timed: 6:00 VI.4.e 5. Fragile cargo VI.4.f 6. Three star wanted level ******** The Truth calls and you can meet him for missions VI.5 "Body Harvest" The Truth The Rifle, $1,000, and Remote Explosives, $2,000, are at Ammu-Nation Cesar calls VI.6 "King in Exile" Cesar Vialpando Cesar Vialpando cut scene Save house: Fern Ridge C4 free At the dot just NE of the "O" of "RED COUNTY" VI.7 "First Base" Catalina Catalonia cut scene C.J. can rob the three remaining places VI.8 "Against All Odds" Catalina Cesar calls about street racing VI.9 "Gone Courting" Catalina Catalina cut scene VI.10 "Local Liquor Store" Catalina Cesar calls about courier missions VI.11 "Made in Heaven" Catalina Catalina cut scene VI.12 "Small Town Bank" Catalina ******** VI.13 Big Smoke's Cash/Yay Courier (not needed for 100% completion of the game) ******** Cesar calls about street racing in the country. Get a Cheetah, Hotring Racer, Buffalo, Elegy--something like that--and go to: VI.14 "Wu Zi Mu" Cesar Vialpando VI.15 "Farewell, My Love" Cesar Vialpando The Truth calls C.J. can get five wanted stars Free save place in Doherty The Xoomer garage W edge of C2 garage free VI.16 "Are You Going to San Fierro?" The Truth A glitch lets you send C.J. to the blocked off areas without a wanted rating. The San Fierro missions ******** VI.17 Save houses VI.18 Clothes Zip clothes stores are open ******** The Garage missions VI.19 "Wear Flowers In Your Hair" Carl Johnson Call from Zero Buy his RC shop The Zero RC Store Asset missions VI.20 "Air Raid" Zero VI.21 "Supply Lines" Zero VI.22.a "New Model Army" Zero Completes Zero RC Store asset-- it makes $5,000 a day and max. ******** VI.22.b "Beefy Baron" Not needed for 100% completion of the game ******** The Garage missions continued VI.23 "555 WE TIP" Carl Johnson The Valet outfit is available Opens the Valet mission ******** VI.24 Valet Parking Asset Mission (5 Levels) Vank Off Hotel in Financial The hotel makes $2,000 a day and max. ******** The last Garage mission VI.25 "Deconstruction" Carl Johnson Jethro calls--Driving School opens ******** VI.26 "Back To School" Turning Tricks Driving School Have C.J. start dating Michelle before finishing driving school to avoid the glitch of her not showing up very often. VI.26.a "The 360" VI.26.b "The 180" VI.26.c "Whip and Terminate" VI.26.d "Pop and Control" VI.26.e "Burn and Lap" VI.26.f "Cone Coil" VI.26.g "The '90'" VI.26.h "Wheelie Weave" VI.26.i "Spin and Go" VI.26.j "P.I.T. Maneuver" VI.26.k "Alley Oop" VI.26.l "City Slicking" "Back to School" is completed ******** The Syndicate missions VI.27 "Photo Opportunity" VI.28 "Jizzy" Opens Wu Zi Mu missions, which need to be done before "Yay Ka-Boom-Boom." VI.29 "T-Bone Mendez" VI.30 "Mike Toreno" VI.31 "Outrider" VI.32 "Snail Trail" VI.33 "Ice Cold Killa" VI.34 "Pier 69" Sniper Rifle $5,000 at Ammu-Nation VI.35 "Toreno's Last Fight" The Woozie missions VI.36 "Mountain Cloud Boys" Wu Zi Mu VI.37 "Ran Fa Li" Wu Zi Mu VI.38 "Lure" Wu Zi Mu AK-47 $3,500 at Ammu-Nation "Lure" features the Trip Skip time saver--if you fail and try again, you can skip past the initial travel. VI.39 "Amphibious Assault" Wu Zi Mu VI.40 "The Da Nang Thang" Wu Zi Mu The last Syndicate mission VI.41 "Yay Ka-Boom-Boom" Syndicate M4 $4,500 at Ammu-Nation Someone calls using an electronic voice disguiser. Jethro calls and a CV icon appears at Wang's Autos. The Desert and Las Venturas (and the Miniguns there) are officially available. Three save houses can be bought. The Steal Cars missions VI.42 "Zeroing In" Cesar Vialpando Wheel Arch Angels mod shop opens VI.43 "Test Drive" Cesar Vialpando VI.44 "Customs Fast Track" Cesar Vialpando Export/Import boards open VI.45 Exports and Imports for the Cranberry Crane (30 vehicles) VI.46 "Puncture Wounds" Cesar Vialpando Completes Wang Car asset $8,000 a day and max. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& VII The Desert and Las Venturas Preliminaries VII.1 Save houses VII.2 Barber and Tattoo shops The Redsands East tattoo parlor is available VII.3 Ammu-Nation and weapons VII.4 Armor and Bribes VII.5 Oysters VII.6 Bayside Marina Boat School VII.6.a "Basic Seamanship" VII.6.b "Plot a Course" VII.6.c "Fresh Slalom" VII.6.d "Flying Fish" VII.6.e "Land, Sea, and Air" VII.7 RS Haul Trucking Asset Mission (final two missions) VII.7.a Mission 7 VII.7.b Mission 8 VII.8 Horseshoes $100 x 50 and $100,000 The Combat Shotgun, Remote Explosive, M4, and SMG are in front of The Four Dragons Casino VII.9 Las Venturas Bike School VII.9.a "360" VII.9.b "180" VII.9.c "Wheelie" VII.9.d "Jump and Stop" VII.9.e "Stoppie" VII.9.f "Jump and Stoppie" VII.10 Burger Shot Courier Asset Mission (4 runs) VII.11 Kick start and Dirt Track (Black field Stadium) VII.12 The Freight Train mission $50,000 and free train rides VII.13 The Ammu-Nation "Shooting Range Challenge" VII.13.a "Pistol Challenge" VII.13.b "SMG Challenge" VII.13.c "Shotgun Challenge" VII.13.d "AK47 Challenge" VII.14 Las Venturas Gym Stamina and Muscle should be past the buff stage, so beat the trainer to get kick boxing moves. VII.15 Beat the Cock 2nd of two triathlons Not needed for 100% completion VII.16 Some non-mission vehicle locations VII.17 Make a copy of your save game &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& VIII The Desert and Las Venturas The Desert The Toreno missions VIII.1 "Monster" Mike Toreno VIII.2 "Highjack" Mike Toreno VIII.3 "Interdiction" Mike Toreno VIII.4 "Verdant Meadows" Mike Toreno Jethro calls about street races--checkered flag icons appear in four places VIII.5 Buy Verdant Meadows Aircraft Graveyard $80,000 opens next mission C.J. can get six wanted stars Two Rhinos are available at Area 69 The Airstrip missions VIII.6 "Learning to Fly" (Pilot School) VIII.6.a "Takeoff VIII.6.b "Land Plane" VIII.6.c "Circle Airstrip" VIII.6.d "Circle Airstrip and Land" VIII.6.e "Helicopter Takeoff" VIII.6.f "Land Helicopter" VIII.6.g "Destroy Targets" VIII.6.h "Loop-the-Loop" VIII.6.i "Barrel Roll" VIII.6.j "Parachute onto Target" For all bronze awards, C.J. gets the Rustler at Verdant Meadows; For all silver awards, he gets the Stuntplane at Verdant Meadows; With all gold awards, the Hunter spawns at Verdant Meadows and Easter Basin; The Four Dragons Casino is a free save place; Wu Zi calls with work at the Four Dragons Casino which opens the Casino missions VIII.6.k How to jack a Rhino from Area 69 ******** VIII.7 Buy the remaining save houses VIII.8 Clothes The Victim clothes store is open ******** VIII.9 Los Santos Race Tournaments VIII.9.a "Lowrider Race" VIII.9.b "Little Loop" VIII.9.c "Backroad Wanderer" VIII.9.d "City Circuit" VIII.9.e "Vinewood" VIII.9.f "Freeway" VIII.9.g "Into the Country" VIII.9.h "Badlands A" VIII.9.i "Badlands B" VIII.10 San Fierro Race Tournaments VIII.10.a "Dirtbike Danger" VIII.10.b "Bandito County" VIII.10.c "Go-Go Carting" VIII.10.d "San Fierro Fastlane" VIII.10.e "San Fierro Hills" VIII.10.f "Country Endurance" VIII.11 Las Venturas Race Tournaments (Cars) VIII.11.a "San Fierro to Las Venturas" VIII.11.b "Dam Rider" VIII.11.c "Desert Tricks" VIII.11.d "Las Venturas Ringroad" VIII.12 Las Venturas Race Tournaments (Aircraft) VIII.12.a "World War Aces" VIII.12.b "Barnstorming" VIII.12.c "Military Service" VIII.12.d "Chopper Checkpoint" VIII.12.e "Whirly Bird Waypoint" VIII.12.f "Heli Hell" ******** The Airstrip missions continued VIII.13 "N.O.E." VIII.14 "Stowaway" VIII.15 "Black Project" the Desert Eagle is at Ammu-Nations $1,200 the Thermal Goggles are available VIII.16 "Green Goo" the airstrip will make $10,000 a day and max. the Jetpack is available The Casino missions VIII.17 "Fender Ketchup" The Four Dragons Casino VIII.18 "Explosive Situation" The Four Dragons Casino Opens The Heist missions and Hunter Quarry missions ******** Hunter Quarry Asset missions VIII.19.a Mission 1 VIII.19.b Mission 2 VIII.19.c Mission 3 VIII.19.d Mission 4 VIII.19.e Mission 5 VIII.19.f Mission 6 VIII.19.g Mission 7 Hunter Quarry makes $2,000 a day and max. ******** The Casino missions continued VIII.20 "You've Had Your Chips" The Four Dragons Casino VIII.21 "Don Peyote" The Four Dragons Casino Combat Shotgun $1,000 at Ammu-Nations VIII.22 "Intensive Care" Caligula's Palace VIII.23 "Misappropriation" C.R.A.S.H. VIII.24 "The Meat Business" Caligula's Palace VIII.25 "Fish in a Barrel" The Four Dragons Casino VIII.26 "Madd Dogg" Madd Dogg VIII.27 "Freefall" Caligula's Palace VIII.28 "High Noon" C.R.A.S.H. VIII.29 "Saint Mark's Bistro" Caligula's Palace ******** VIII.30 Clothes Didier Sachs is open in Rodeo, Los Santos ******** The Heist missions VIII.31 "Architectural Espionage" The Heist VIII.32 "Key to Her Heart" The Heist Millie is available for dates VIII.33 "Dam and Blast" The Heist VIII.34 "Cop Wheels" The Heist VIII.35 "Up, Up, and Away!" The Heist The Minigun ammo gimmick VIII.36 "Breaking the Bank at Caligula's" The Heist Night Vision Goggles available VIII.37 Make a copy of your save game &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& IX Return to Los Santos for the final Los Santos missions The Mansion missions IX.1 "A Home in the Hills" The Four Dragons Casino Thermal Goggles are in the bar room, and a heart icon--the only one in the game that will always be available--is in the kitchen, of Madd Dogg's crib; Madd Dogg's Crib, with a gym, basketball court, and all four videogames, is available. Don't save the game at Madd Dogg's Vinewood mansion since PS2 players report that doing so corrupts their save game and causes the basketball to not appear at courts. If you want to save in the area, save at the mansion nearby. The basketball doesn't always appear at all courts, and the glitch may come and go, anyway. You can download a fix for the PC version of it (I.12). IX.2 "Vertical Bird" Carl Johnson The Hydra is in a hanger at Verdant Meadows, in the NE area of Area 69, which has two, and on the E end of the Easter Basin aircraft carrier. The Minigun (with a 500 count for ammo), Rocket Launcher, Heat Seeking Rocket Launcher, and Flame Thrower are available in Mike Toreno's's (Tierra Robada) ranch. IX.3 "Home Coming" Carl Johnson IX.4 "Cut Throat Business" Carl Johnson The Grove Street missions IX.5 "Beat Down on B-Dup" Sweet Johnson IX.6.a "Grove 4 Life" Sweet Johnson ******** IX.6.b Territory takeover You need 35% (about 19) or more of the gang territories to finish the game. Get all of them and C.J. won't be attacked by rival gang members again. ******** The Riots missions IX.7 "Riot" Carl Johnson IX.8 "Los Desperados" Carl Johnson IX.9 "End of the Line" Sweet Johnson 100% completion IX.10 Make a copy of your save game &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& X Basic skins, modding (use at your own risk), music, and screen shot tutorial Modding section Special note about "San Andreas" v.2 X.1 Compressed File Utility X.2 Web sites for skins and mods X.3 Mods X.4 Un-check the green dot 1st X.5 Make backups X.6 Tools: The IMG Tool v.2 IMG The TXD Workshop The Rescaler CFGStudio The GTA: San Andreas GXT Editor The San Andreas Ultimate Editor X.7 Installing most car, bike, or pedestrian mods: changing .dff and .txd files X.8 Skin viewing and editing X.9 Women X.9.a The Hot Coffee mod X.9.b Other hidden San Andreas pedestrians DeeZire's "Things To Do in San Andreas 'Till You're Dead (Volume 1)" mod X.9.c The Nude Girlfriends mod X.9.d How to change the way they walk X.10 Cars and bikes (TGIOPC) X.10.a How to change their wheels X.10.b How to change their mass, ability to stay upright and hug the driving surface, ability to survive in water, cornering and braking, top speed, acceleration, suspension, durability, and miscellaneous jazz X.10.c Game play advantages X.10.d Making vehicles weaker or stronger X.10.e How to create your own "Alloy Wheels of Steel" Freeway X.10.f How to change their colors X.10.g How to change their on-screen names X.10.h How to change the traction of surfaces X.11 Weapons and Attackers How to lessen or beef up the severity of attacks X.12 Helicopters How to make a helicopter easier to fly X.13 Miscellaneous mods, etc. X.13.a The San Andreas Place Manager X.13.b The Map Teleporter/Vehicle Spawn X.13.c The GTA SA Control Center X.13.d The Skateboard mod X.13.e The No Rust mod X.13.f 2x, 4x, and 10x Draw Distance mods X.13.g John Lennon's glasses X.13.h The Horseshoe Help mod X.13.i The Driver mod X.13.j The Roberto Clemente shirt X.13.k The Tommy Vercetti shirt and Tommy's Shirt X.13.l Pizzadox's Plus 27 Trainer X.13.m Heli Magnet X.13.n Darkpact SA X.13.o Analogue Speedometer X.13.p Gradius and Gyruss games mod X.13.q Player Selection Screen X.13.r MP5 ReSkin and more... X.13.s rc vehicles (drivable) X.13.t Spurtster X.13.u Heavens on Earth X.13.v The Homie Mod X.13.w Grove Gang Revision Mod X.13.x 2 Player Mod X.13.y Easter Bay Aircraft Carrier Beta 2 X.13.z Jarra Mono Arsenal v1.3 X.13.aa Detailed Radar mod X.13.bb Holla Back Girl X.13.cc 1963 Chevrolet Corvette X.13.dd Half-Life 2 Buggy X.13.ee SCM Hook X.13.aaa Mod requests X.14 Music MP3s and wav files How to save hard disk space with shortcuts X.15 Screen shots and videos &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& XI. And there's always more XI.a Unique Jumps XI.b Girlfriends and jealous girlfriends XI.c Basketball XI.d Video games XI.e Gambling &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I Introduction A few things I've noticed about "San Andreas" are different than in "Vice City." Besides being bigger, it's generally easier and does a bit to discour- age unofficial rampaging--pedestrians disappear and Heart icons are mainly available during certain missions, and there aren't any two player rampage icons at all in the PC version of the game. If C.J. takes over all the gang territories by the end of the game, you don't have something like the attacks of Mafia or Haitian gangsters making it hard to use an area to do stunts afterward. I'm not so big a fan of unofficial rampaging as some. I mainly like it as something that can seem funny when things get chaotic. One of my favorite things to do with it is to get the law enforcement vehicles to follow a cycle and lead them over jumps, then watch it in slow motion. Because it's supposed to be parts of California, the Hermes and all have better paint jobs. And some things in "San Andreas," like distant sections of the road, come into focus as C.J. approaches them like in the PC version of the game "Mafia." The vehicles with fixed locations may not show up till C.J. has gone by the spot two or three times in "San Andreas." The spinning propellors don't look as good to me and the escalators don't work (unless C.J. is on one of the bikes or lighter motorcycles). The red radar screens don't revolve, and none of the lighthouses have lights that revolve, as in "Vice City." The SA pedestrian's mouths move when they talk, sort of like a 1950's wax museum of the Presidents of the United States made by an Asian company with a cheap transla- tor. And if someone made a mod to make the instant replays have the slow motion of the Unique Jumps and a variety of "camera" angles like the ones in "Vice City," I'd grab that right up. The "camera" doesn't follow the lead player or their vehicle as strictly in SA. Where previously you swiveled the standing lead player around, "camera" be- hind them, with one move of the mouse, you now swivel the "camera" around the standing lead player, and, as you move him with the keyboard, the "camera" gets behind him again. This can be interesting in playing at making a movie, but it isn't as good for aiming, something GTA's Mouse Steering was especially good for. Waiting for the "camera" to stop swirling after C.J. leaves a vehicle, and trying to aim a fast Banshee while admiring the view behind it during "Burn and Lap," are a couple of examples of situations I've heard a lot of complaints about. The way just a tap of acceleration sent the "camera" looking ahead of the vehicle in "Vice City" was better than pressing acceleration and crashing into things, like Police cars, while the "San Andreas" "camera" slowly gets be- hind the vehicle, or having to press the RMB and turn the "San Andreas" "camer- a." (Using the Number Pad "camera" controls in SA won't always point the "cam- era" ahead of the vehicle because it may just make it spin in a view that's looking down from above, for some forsaken reason.) The VC vehicle "camera" with the SA ability to press the RMB to look around the vehicle would be better than the current SA vehicle "camera." (I don't have a gamepad; is this a game- pad/PS2 controller-oriented idea they didn't think through for mouse and key- board?) If either Tommy or C.J. would have a problem from running into something be- fore they get to a vehicle door, I don't remember Tommy having such a problem finding the door otherwise. I've seen C.J. run in a circle, go around the ve- hicle, etc., before he gets in, which is fun when you're in a hurry.... The land vehicles are bouncier and feel flimsier. You might see them run not only over but under each other, like some stange way worms mate or something. And if you get C.J.'s bike skill up, so he's a lot less liable to fall off his bike, you can even turn it around by running it into a wall. I guess something about making the flying vehicles able to go higher and have more to fly over means the land vehicles become flimsier, like pizza dough that's been spread out too much, and I think some are flatter than their real life counterparts to com- pensate for that a bit and give them a lower center of gravity. You're going to drive a lot in a GTA, and land vehicle traction was better in "Vice city." And the occurrence of enter-able and funny places is more spread out just to give the flying things more to fly over. "North Point Mall" was a funny take on a suburban mall, but I'd probably just drive past Wang Motors, and a slot machine isn't as funny as a pinball machine could be. (You could make the ball do insane jumps, give it ragdoll physics, use funny voices and sound effects-- don't get me started.) More importantly, wherever you go, The colors are less shaded (some even bleached-looking, like some of the U.S. flags), less a mixture of hues, than in "Vice City." A lot of the things in "San Andreas" remind me of a colorized black and white movie--that whole wall is one shade of orange, that whole roof is one shade of brown, etc. Look at the screen shots of comparable VC and SA junkyard sheds in my portion of I.1: the SA versions look like sketches for what in VC are like impressionist paintings of a variety of hues. And that's with a good computer--the SA ones are supposed to look like that. I like the unique surreal impressionism better than bland realism just like I'd rather watch a good Looney Tune than read Prince Valient. In "San Andreas," you need a better computer--what's currently considered a moderately good computer--to turn the graphics fancies up to get it to look its best. I think one reason for lagging PC sales of SA is that some people are waiting for Microsoft Vista to upgrade their PCs. And it's made the li'l Dodo, always bright red and white, cheerful in the face of adversity, look gray and sad in the middle of a field on a bright sunny day (and the li'l mouse isn't thrilled, either). And you can't do that. And I know why it happened--a lot of you out there complained that the flying vehicles need to be easier to fly. Now they're incredibly easy to fly. Never- theless, lately, I've read complaints by reviewers about the flying controls for "San Andreas"! These people aren't wired up right. We need our motorcycle stunts with the slow motion replays and different cinematic angles--it's one of the coolest things GTA's ever did. This may be a plot on the part of competing game makers to have Rockstar ruin the handling of vehicles on the ground. People who can't fly the Skimmer get on the message boards, and Sony and Wal- Mart money looks at the boards for marketing trends, and Rockstar looks at Sony and Wal-Mart money. Since Skimmer-weenies play an important part in why GTA has gone in the direction it's gone since the PC "Vice City" I'm familiar with, it's important to try to understand what they are. I'll try to depict a Skimmer-weenie--you try to figure out what it is: "I want it real big, like the last two in one. You can have motorcycles and stunts but you don't have to do them. I want to buy some snacks--you have to get the snacks. And I want the cars to just rub each other a lot (pause for a strange smile)...and make little scratchy sounds when they do. And I want the Minigun to show up late in the game and sound like the blender I make my pan- cakes with. And I want to go for a swim. I don't want any sunken subs or boats down there, they scare me--just little fish, and when you go by them, they swim away real quick." "I want as little aiming as possible--it gives me a complex. You just press a button for that. The "camera" doesn't have to stay behind the lead character or their vehicle real good--I want to be able to turn them around to see if I bought them some nice shorts. I want him to have the shorts in case I see that sex thing, and the woman to have what you see in the more risque parts of Sponge Bob--people get worried enough if I see that. The lighting for them doesn't have to be good, just good enough to show the scenary I watch when I go for a ride in the car--no-one will let me drive one. I want the planes to be easy to fly--you have to force them at the ground to wreck so I can forget that and watch the clouds. Some old movies light up the lead character in a dark room so you can see their acting--I want them in shadow in a bright place because I don't think anyone does that, and because they do bad things--I don't want to look at them.... Could you just make The Sims for Sony with different music?" Let me read the box again--do you have to be over 18 or under? Who are these people? I'll try a suggestion. Even if you didn't know the controls for a Skimmer, you'd try the ones you know, and the Skimmer uses the same controls as a motor- cycle. Skimmer-weenies aren't 'cycle people. And you can't respect people like that. You're gonna have them, and you should be nice to them, but you don't put them in charge of the GTA's. I think their favorite thing about "Vice City" was North Point Mall except they wished they could shop there more. (PS: my computer went on the blink recently, and I replaced my Athlon 2000 XP processor with an Athlon 3500 64 bit 90nm one, so I had a new motherboard and stronger power supply put in, too. Ooo-oo! Smooth! And the hues look better, too. Then my ATI All In Wonder 9800 Pro graphics card finally went on the blink, too, and I replaced it with an Nvidia 6800. (Update: that was faulty so I got a refund. I'm going to use a GeForce 7800 GS OC, and that's it for graphics card updates till after Vista comes out.) If this walk-through could be updated a little faster at times, I'm probably digging up old games just to see what they look like with this setup. I can highly recommend the Athlon 3500 and Nvidia 7800 GS OC if you want to get a better idea of what the talented art- ists have done with the landscapes and architecture, etc., and have a smooth frame rate, too.) If anyone from Rockstar North reads this, I have a suggestion for an extra feature for the next GTA. The lead player could go into a music store and play with something like ReBirth 2.0.1 by Propellerhead. Previously sold for about $160, it's been discontinued and is now freeware. The game player doesn't need to know how to play an instrument to have fun with it, and Rockstar North could give the lead player and the pedestrians some moves to do to the rhythm. It's easier to play with, and more fun, than the dance game, and it's only a little over 4 MBs. http://www.freefunfiles.com/software/audiovideo/musiccreation/re birth-2.0.1.html http://www.rebirthmuseum.com/ A good article about it is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReBirth The article shows a picture of the interface--you can click the picture to see an enlargement of it. The article mentions a CD you need to play the full free version, but you don't need the CD to play the demo version I gave a "freefun- files" link for above that. If you try it, there are two bass synthesizers and two drum machines. Each of them has four sets--A to D--of eight buttons each on the left side of the dis- play. Any one combination--C6, A4, etc.--represents a one measure pattern of music. You don't need good timing--the combo you pick will start playing at the start of the next four beat measure; if you don't make a selection, the pattern keeps repeating. You can change the notes, bend them, adjust the tones, of the bass lines with the keyboard, etc., displays. You can pick the percussion in- struments and adjust their tones on the two bottom displays. You can choose from two overall sets--Pattern or Song mode--at the top of the screen. By "Skimmer weenies," I don't mean all PS2 people--Nitzkit was flying PS2 VC cycles onto roofs. I don't mean all 17 year olds, although there's some common ground with the controversy makers with what I'm saying; 17 year old "Skimmer weenies" might not be able to handle that soft sex cartoon, either, and become social aberrants. It's not people who use codes and heaven forbid I make fun of people who are mentally or physically unable. It's a popular game, attracts a lot of people, and "Skimmer weenies" are just...weird. If C.J. needs to get to the building top across the street at the end of "Breaking the Bank at Caligula's," he can just glide there on PS2! I haven't seen that since "BloodRayne," except C.J. leaves out the feet twirling part. And you can just push a button and he rides a jet to another city--you don't have to fly it. If shopkeepers keep letting those Skimmer weenies get this game, get on message boards, and influence Rockstar, pretty soon no more flying, no driving cars--you just push a button. And you can buy him some shorts, and some new socks, and make him deep and sensitive, and it's going to be "The Sims." And, for some reason, we don't know why--zombies. There are gas pumps and birds (white gulls and black buzzards; red hawks?) in "San Andreas," but you can't make them explode by shooting them. The little Dodo that always flew around in the sky has been replaced by a variety of planes that sometimes runs into the ground and blow up, but they're just as capable of being blown up by a Rocket Launcher. The fish swim better, you can fly through the clouds, and you can shoot the ball through a hoop. The pedestrians sometimes ran into walls then bent over like they were throw- ing up in "Vice City"; I haven't seen them do that in "San Andreas," but if you feed C.J. eleven meals in a row, he throws up. There are a lot more bathrooms and I don't know why (but see X.9.b). When some of the "San Andreas" women get up from a beach towel or lounging in Glen Park, they may do a little of the sa- shay some of the "Vice City" women did. C.J. can't use clothes to morph to a motorcycle or wear a cop outfit to go onto a military base without a wanted rating, but a hat, shades, or something for torso or legs can remove not just two but any number of wanted stars. C.J. can climb, including the trees that rest on square flat boxes, such as along the sidewalks of the couple of blocks N of Avispa Country Club--to have him do it, have him jump from beyond a corner of the base to the highest of the bottom limbs. (To be fair to Tommy, palm trees don't have limbs.) While both Tommy Vercetti and C.J. can push vehicles around, C.J. can't run fast enough to catch them as often. He can swim, though. The early '90's CA "Scarface" sources for themes and in-jokes includes Allen and Albert Hughes' "Menace II Society," 1993, and the events of the 1991 Glen "Rodney" King beating by corrupt policemen, the 1992 acquittal of three officers and undecided jury for a fourth, and the subsequent riots. (In 1994, two offi- cers were sentenced to 30 months in prison for violating King's civil rights, and "Rodney" has since gotten into several troubles--drug and spusal abuse, vio- lence, and motoring offenses--on his own.) (Al Pacino was funnier.) http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/menace_ii_society/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King http://www.courttv.com/archive/casefiles/rodneyking/ A few things are the same, such as the things I learned before about using copies your User Files to play again with certain things already done. This isn't usually brought up in reasons to be partial to the PC version, but I'd put it among things at the top of the list: if anything is hard or repetitive, the things I learned before about changing vehicles and weapons with the handling and weapons files, to make racing and fighting things easier, work for either the original version or second edition of San Andreas (TGIPC). The programming is basically the same as "Vice City" with some added parameters. As before, somebody might get back up after C.J. runs over them with a vehicle if he doesn't do it too fast. One curious thing about a main plot point is that bad guy Officer Tenpenny holds it over C.J.'s head that he could frame him for the death of a police officer. All he's have to do is follow C.J. around with a camcorder for a half an hour, let alone what he'd have by the time you're nearly through with the game, and why would he bother threatening to make anything up? Another curious thing: C.J. spends a lot of the game killing drug people to clean up the area for Sweet, but in the end at least one, Ken, of his close friends is still a drug addict. After "End of the Line," his gang members still buy things from the pushers outside and help finance organized crime. If he killed them, his Respect Stat would go down. I guess it's who you know. An equally curious thing, if you think about the GTA's needing to be true to life (not that I do), is that the guy gets rich and still runs around stealing cars. That's a desperate poor person thing to do. Who would risk getting shot at, which, even if you live, can't be a fun experience, when they get rich (not to mention, in C.J.'s case, after he's supposed to be reformed into a nice guy)? Can you see Oprah Winfrey or Paul McCartney running around stealing cars? Another is that you play a guy who thinks nothing of running down five old ladies to drive down the street and get a newspaper ("I have to beat the timer"), and the plot resolution is to kill a bad guy. But you are a bad guy. But a different bad guy. It's those weenies again--"he's more sensitive and deeper now." Than who-- Hitler? Does the phrase "Dramatic sense" register as a blip anywhere on their radar scope? But as a work of fiction with a sense of tongue-in-cheek humor about finding a way to come up with an excuse to play with the videogame weapons and vehicles, it makes a kind of sense. You would be a bad guy, but it's a funny fiction--a kind of early Mad magazine take on a world of the bad adults of all the groups. A more serious, ethical approach usually means it's relatively boring, and even seems kind of silly for the context. You'll probably point and click your way around to some boring incidental music and with a big sheaf of clerical work papers to kill big muscle guys with lizard heads. If the shopkeepers won't keep the Skimmer weenies from the game, Rockstar has to keep that in mind when they read the message boards--some kind of Hot Weenie mod censor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Magazine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Kurtzman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Elder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gaines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Martin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Aragones I don't care what those well-meaning, do-gooder lunkheads who try to tell other people what R-rated movies they can watch, or games they could play, and mess up the modding for version 2's would say. The GTA series rocks. And it rules, as the kids say. (I think this answers George Carlin's question about rock 'n' roll: "What happened to 'roll'?" It became "rule.") The GTA series is like an artist adding colors to their palette and new brush strokes to the canvas to add to what they've done and refine it. I love the blend they come up with. The most momentous thing is that the little Dodo is back--awwwr! Thanks to the Gamefaqs web site, Steve Ng of IGN, Dennis of Super Cheats, Kev- in Walter of StuckGamer, neoseeker, Brooks Huber of 1UP, Spenser Hall of Gamer- Help, and Tim of Game Revolution for hosting a walk-through that can let people claim they used a guide by someone who didn't write a FAQ, who doesn't know what IGN means, who isn't a super cheat (using the GTA SA Control Center doesn't count--using it doesn't show up in the Stats), isn't nearly as familiar with games to get stuck on as someone like Rusk, used the Google search engine to seek for about 180 years, so I could use a one up ("extra life" in video games) and can use all the help I can get--otherwise, I'll be more gamey than revolu- tionary. (PS: I've since learned that the letters "IGN" aren't initals for words anymore--"IGN" just represents the company like "DMA" once did for another company.) http://www.gamefaqs.com/ http://www.ign.com/ http://www.supercheats.com/ http://www.stuckgamer.com/ http://www.neoseeker.com/ http://www.1up.com/ http://www.gamerhelp.com/ http://www.gamerevolution.com/ Thanks to freewebs for giving this walk-through a web site where you can click (most of) the links instead of copying and pasting the web addresses to the URL bar and clicking "Go." (It won't let me turn off Word Wrap, though, which is why the vertical columns and lists are out of alignment a bit): http://www.freewebs.com/glenster1/index.htm http://members.freewebs.com/ Thanks to Robert Rusk, of the PS2 walk-through for ("III," "Vice City," and) "San Andreas" at Gamefaqs and IGN, and my oldest friend at Gamefaqs, once again leading the way (don't go blaming him for where I go running after that) with his very sensible organization and strategies for the game. http://www.gamefaqs.com/ http://faqs.ign.com/articles/588/588661p1.html You might also be interested in his "Hidden Text FAQ" for "San Andreas" at the same web site. it contains a lot of dialogue he extracted from the PS2 version of the american.gxt file--dialogue that Rockstar created but didn't use in the final release of the game. http://www.gamefaqs.com/ Thanks to the BradyGames strategy guide for Xbox and PC. It has lots of use- ful maps (except for the screw-ups; I took a pen to some of the dots on the maps--why couldn't they pinpoint correct locations with darker dots that way?) and screenshots, and statistics for the percentage of Fat, percentage changed in Respect for killing gangsters, the Sex Appeal of watches, etc., I'm sure most of us would never have known without it. Either Rockstar told them or they figured it out with the files of the game somehow. http://www.bradygames.com/index.asp?rl=1 Thanks to Ben "Cerbera" Millard for being a good friend, and for helping with the modding section, car names, punctuation, etc. ("Cerbera" is for "TVR Cer- bera," which is a British sports car.) http://projectcerbera.com/ Thanks for the E-mails and message board responses from the good friends among my readers who've included: A.M.S. Siva Ganesh Maharajan, a.k.a. HandsomeRockus (of helpful "Vice City" walk-through acclaim), Anurag Sinha, a.k.a. crazyanurag (credited for many ideas in this walk- through), Ghostchild (for the mighty stunting help), Carl Johnson ("Up, Up, and Away!," that Katie shows up at the start of the game, and the jealous girlfriends section, etc.), Timo Hakala (Ryder reacts differently if C.J. gets a cool haircut, the Verona Beach gym is open immediately, the Voodoo license plate can be shot to make the Voodoo explode, etc.), Chen Dong (C.J.'s Knife skill makes for a faster "Gray Imports" and "Los Se- pulcros"), Gman8 (real names for vehicles), sonofkorol (the real name of the Windsor), Peter Jong (the Cargobob fuselage real name help), Pete Zsolnay (real names of places), Shane Wong (people without assigned vehicles and who follow C.J. can swim), Steve Harvey ("A Home in the Hills" entertainment references), Kristan McGuinness (who was a Maccer before there was a "San Andreas"), Andrew Snowie ("San Andreas" Miniguns sound muffled as in aircraft), zubier abdullah (the Samuel Jackson "S.W.A.T"/Tenpenny lookalike idea), Tony B (the "Pier 69" exploration glitch), Bryan Lowe (Control Center/Freight train mission advice), Frank Bernson (the Emmanuel Goldstein/"1984" reference), Wolfie2k5 (real names of places), fonz808 (the madonna wall painting similarity), Garrett Daniels (tip to ensure the Tag spraying registers), pdescobar (advice about C.J.'s girlfriends, etc.), anOILERSfan (the slot machine tip), Dr. Tornado (reaffirming that the Vigilante gimmick works for PC, etc.), Ruffin Bailey (the Oldsmobile 442 "Cutlass"--"Sabre" name connection), and gtahoodlum, a.k.a. Wajid (the Inside Track gimmick that lets you pick a win- ning horse every time you bet after the 1st time). Thanks as well to Ganesh S and Onkar Pandhare just for sending friendly E- mails. Sometimes it feels like I'm trying to write a newspaper without a staff, but it feels a lot more worthwhile when I get friendly help and encouragement. ******** A special thanks to Young MayLay, the trampoline-high jumping, ultra Visine clarity, call out the Marines-alerting young man about the town, and the star of the show, for kindly dropping me a note (and he must have a hundred people tug- ging on his coat sleeve all the time) after I asked him to help when I messed up his lyrics a little bit. http://www.youngmaylay.net/ ******** Thanks to Jacob and Racer_S: The San Andreas Place Manager, Blehbeb: The Map Teleporter/Vehicle Spawn, and Alper Saracoglu: The Control Center, for the help in finding the Tags, etc., faster (see section X.13.a-c). (For the last ad- dress, you have to Copy and Paste the 2nd line to the 1st line in the address bar.) http://www.gtagaming.com/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=954 http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=194346&st=0 http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=198750&hl=GTA%20SA%20GXT% 20Tool&st=0 Thanks to a post by Old School Hustla at GTA Forums for his considerably time- saving file-changing tip which lets you maximize all vehicle, weapon, Stamina, etc., Stats a lot faster. http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=202014 Thanks to PatrickW: author, Hammer83: the sacensor tool, Craig Kostelecky: "Opened Up" mod creator, Barton Waterduck: animation finder, and illspirit: nude model finder (that sounds like a good job) for the Hot Coffee mod (see section X.9.a). http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=194356&st=0 http://www.gtagarage.com/mods/show.php?id=28 Thanks to Mxyzptlk, the famous chronicler and cartographer, for overcoming the vowel shortage where he comes from to further Shaft21's formidable list of "San Andreas" secrets and references... http://faqs.ign.com/articles/584/584765p1.html ...and oversee the GTA Forum expansion of it, supplying very useful maps for it as well. http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=174800&st=0 Thanks to thedude777 for both his contributions to the topic and for taking the helm of the message board for it since mid-June, 2006: http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=174800&st=3100 Thanks to Kevin Walter, aka savior at the StuckGamer web site, for telling me I could relay his sensibly organized method of doing the NRG-500 Challenge in the least amount of time. I'd been passing along a few tips I'd picked up from his web site, which features videos he's made showing how to pass the missions, but I thought this mission deserved a fuller rendition of his treatment. You can see his videos of "San Andreas," "Vice City," "Conker: Live and Reloaded" (which Rusk told me I might think was fun some time ago), and many others at: http://www.stuckgamer.com/ Thanks to the ASCII Generator web page for the "San Andreas" I used in the title. (For the freewebs version, which uses a different font, I used Microsoft Paint, which is not the easiest thing for me to try to draw with.) http://www.network-science.de/ascii/ Thanks to these web sites for a lot of the, as Forrest would call them, "big, fat ol'" pictures of vehicles: http://www.motorcities.com/ http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/ http://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gallery/index.php http://www.bikepics.com/ http://www.airliners.net/ http://www.helispot.com/ Thanks to imageshack for letting me make copies of a lot of the pictures so you wouldn't have pop-ups or have the pictures disappear when sales are over. http://imageshack.us/ Thanks to the Internet Movie Data Base (IMDb) site for much of the information about the voice actors we're going to spend so much time with. http://www.imdb.com/ thanks to Merriam-Webster Online and Wikipedia for being my Internet diction- ary and encyclopedia. http://www.m-w.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Note: although some have called Wikipedia's accuracy into question recently, this study by Nature magazine found that their accuracy was at least as good as that of Britannica: http://science.slashdot.org/science/05/12/15/1352207.shtml?tid=95&tid=14 Thanks to the Urban Dictionary site for translations of some of the slang. http://www.urbandictionary.com/ Thanks to the babelfish web site for the translations of some of the Spanish phrases. http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Personal info: I was born about a month after "Roll Over, Beethoven" came out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry I live in an apartment in Pittsburgh, PA, and was raised in a lower middle- class house in Bridgeville (which I liked better), PA, about eight miles SSW of Pittsburgh, where I lived till I was about 35. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeville%2C_Pennsylvania Bill Winstein won the Golden Quill Award for newspaper excellence in 1971, and his art and cartoons were in the Baseball, Football, and Basketball Halls of Fame, and a number of local bars and barbershops, like Evangelista's. It was cool to watch him draw, and he knew a lot more of the cooler comedians and movie stars than the other kids parents (you have to imagine an eight year old going around thinking, "Well, they're just kids, they don't know....") And my Mom, who was a volunteer at the local library and hospital, had such and inven- tive sense of gentle silliness and sing-song voice delivery I can't imagine any- one imitating it. Something about them was passed over by the world it didn't mesh with, and was passed on to me. My Dad was born in 1914, and my Mom was born in 1923. Their childhoods lived on in them, and live on in me. And that's bigger than anything in these two PC- choking walk-throughs of mine combined. "Glenster's Glimpse into San Andreas" copyright 2005 and 2006 Glen T. Winstein This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed pub- licly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. I hope I didn't scare anyone. (What a dope you'd have to be to be scared by me.) "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" copyright 2005 Rockstar Games, Inc. Rockstar Games, Rockstar North, the R* logo, Grand Theft Auto and the Grand Theft Auto logo and A Take-Two Company logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. "San Andreas Theme Song" lyrics by Young MayLay/Chris Bellard copyright 2005. And all the other Internet things I mention are by people who have their copy- rights for that stuff (however you're supposed to say that). &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.1 Paying tributes and having things in common Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" won the most awards--gongs--at the 2005 Golden Joysticks Awards: Best Soundtrack, Playstation 2 Game of the Year, Hero of 2005 (C.J.), Villain of 2005 (Officer Tenpenny), and Ultimate Game of 2005. 200,000 voted, making it the biggest awards show ever in the U.K.. ("Half Life 2" was PC Game of the Year. The Girl's Choice award went to "The Sims 2.") I guess that's something like the People's Choice Awards in the U.S.A.. http://news.gamewinners.com/index.php/news/3731/ Thanks to Shaft21 for a very healthy-sized list of secrets, references, and in-jokes of "San Andreas." http://faqs.ign.com/articles/584/584765p1.html Thanks to Mxyzptlk, who, with the assistance of many "San Andreas" fans of the GTA Forums web site, expanded the list, and thanks to Mxyzptlk for making very helpful maps for it. Go to the web addresses I give here for the maps and more secrets like these. http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=174800&hl=EP+vehicle Thanks to thedude777, given a number of times below as a worthwhile contribu- tor to the topic, for carrying on in Mxyzptlk's stead since mid-June, 2006: http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=174800&st=3100 Another good map is by Jennifer "Tia" Lynn--"GamerLady"--at the Gamefaqs web site: http://www.gamefaqs.com/ In Los Santos there is a wall painting with a heart, Mary, an angel, and the words "Jesus Saves." (The closest examples initially are in the Ten Green Bottles bar W of the Johnson house.) In "GTA2," the church where you saved the game said that in lights with the lights burned out except "U SAVE." (Some of you may want to go there and ask for forgiveness from the prince of peace for what you've been doing in the rest of town occasionally. On the other hand, controlling an interactive movie is a little like playing God yourself, like in the game "Black and White," so you might just use your prerogative to think of it as a pun about the saving part.) http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8360/00gta1jesussavessign9vl.jpg (There's more about this near the end of this section, in my contributions to physical likenesses fans have found with things in the game.) A guy with "Keep out" written on the box on his head, and "God is playing with us" written on the sign hanging from his neck, can be found in San Fierro near Turning Tricks Driving School. (Thanks to samadriel.) (It's at the N end of the light gray block S of where "DOHERTY" is written on the paper map. It's as if he rebels against the idea of you playing with him in a game, or like some- thing out of the movie "The Truman Show," 1998. He and a guy with a sign that says, "Weel work for pot," also found around there, may say some curious things. http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4904/00gta1godis11ll.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4522/00gta1godis25mi.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/1275/00gta1screen5404yj.jpg A church with the Rockstar logo near the top of the designs in the stained glass window is at the NE corner of the block above "SON" of "JEFFERSON." http://img422.imageshack.us/img422/9312/00gta1screen19du.jpg Pedestrians may walk up to the Drive Thru Confessions booth on the SE block that's surrounded by road of downtown Palomino Creek. http://img272.imageshack.us/img272/9854/00gta1screen2113ks.jpg A roller with designs on the face of the roller, S of the Santa Maria save house and across the parking lot, looks like the one created by Chen Chang in 1988 for Santa Monica Beach, CA. He designed it to be hitched and towed to make designs in the sand. http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4394/00gta1screen772hq.jpg http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1006/00gta1screen783mu.jpg http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/649/00gta1screen795fo.jpg http://santa-monica.org/seascape/05fall/5.htm http://www.publicartinla.com/sculptures/sm_art_tool.html The game controller, called a CJD 500, in the Johnson house, Wu Zi's place, and Big Smoke's crack den, looks like a Sega Megadrive, popular in the early 1990's, with a PS2-type keypad except with keys lettered C, J, M, and D. The "C" and "J" probably stand for "C.J."/"Carl Johnson." (Some wonder if the "M" and "D" stand for "Madd Dogg, whom Carl ends up producing. Mxyzptlk thinks of it as referring to "Mega Drive.") (Thanks to thedude777.) http://img272.imageshack.us/img272/4787/00gta1screen2093by.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_MegaDrive Verdant Meadows is similar to an aspect of Davis Monthan Air Force Base, which is in Tucson, Arizona, and is the main site for the storage and preservation of decommissioned aircraft in the U.S.. (Thanks to Shadenfreude.) http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/2134/00gta1screen185zk.jpg http://www.thepepper.com/tucson_airplane_graveyard.html http://www.dm.af.mil/AMARC/images/arials/Aerial9.jpg Burgher Shots have Freedom Fries--what French Fries were called in the U.S. Capitol in response to the lack of support from France during the Iraq war of 2003. http://img324.imageshack.us/img324/6237/00gta1screen2145hy.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_fries (The International Corporation set up by Saddam Hussein to launder money from his various enterprises was called "Montana Management." Tony Montana is the name of the title character of "Scarface," 1983, another major organized crime leader, if not as grand in scope, damage, and fatalities.) http://www.scarface1983.com/trivia.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana_Management The Julius Thru Ways, Harry Gold Parkway, Greenglass College, and Ken Rosen- berg were named after people involved in the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosen- berg, executed, after a confused trial about spying, in 1953. (Thanks to thedude777.) Some good articles about the Rosenberg trial are at: http://www.crimelibrary.com/rosen/rosenmain.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/venona/intercepts.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Gold http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USArosenbergT.htm In "Intensive Care," Lawyer Ken Rosenberg's parrot Tony says, "I never f**ked anyone over in my life who didn't have it coming to 'em." Tony Montana, played by Al Pacino, says that in "Scarface," 1983, to which "Vice City" makes a vari- ety of references. (See "Glenster's Guide to Some of Vice city," section I.2.) (For the last address, you have to Copy and Paste the 2nd line to the 1st line in the address bar.) http://www.electricartists.com/scarface/soundboard.html http://faqs.ign.com/articles/601/601732p1.html http://www.supercheats.com/pc/walkthroughs/grandtheftautovicecity-walk- through36.txt Zero's RC Shop, about where the "CIA" of "GARCIA" is San Fierro, has Tommy Vercetti and Lance Vance, of "Vice City," and James Earl Cash and Piggsy, of "Manhunt," action figure dolls, and model kits for Hydras, Swat vans, NRG-500's, Turismos (spelled "Tourismo"), Jesters, ZR-350's, U.S.S. Liberty's (like the aircraft carrier at Easter Basin), and trains. http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8162/00gta1screen442c8hk.jpg http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/8814/00gta1screen442b8dg.jpg http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/5331/00gta1screen442c0de.jpg http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/2609/00gta1screen442d3vq.jpg http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/4378/00gta1screen442e0xd.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhunt_%28video_game%29 The Gasso station, on the SW block of Dillimore, has Max Pane bullet-proof glass and "Vice City" (gum or candy?) boxes on the counter. Rockstar published the game "Max Payne" for PS2 and Xbox, and is the sole publisher for "Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne." The station is featured in "San Andreas" in "Tanker Commander." http://img324.imageshack.us/img324/2483/00gta1screen210a8my.jpg http://img324.imageshack.us/img324/3383/00gta1screen210b8aj.jpg http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5735/00gta1screen210c8um.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Payne There's a V-Rock Hotel W and across the RR tracks from the "CA" of "ROCA ESCA- LANTE" in Las Venturas. There's a V-Rock building, where Lovefist records, Downtown in "Vice City." Lovefist is referred to, and seen in pictures in vari- ous places, in "San Andreas," too. http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/3238/00gta1screen429um.jpg http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9072/00gta1screen561a6xv.jpg http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8274/00gta1screen561c9kb.jpg http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1826/00gta1screen561b5pq.jpg A construction site sign, at the S side of Blueberry, Red County, says, "Avery Construction," referring to crooked realtor Avery Carrington in "Vice City." An area SE of Mt. Chiliad is called "Shady Creeks" (similar to the "Shady Acres" he advertised in "Vice City"). Avery himself appears as the Vegas Vic sign of Las Vegas on the Old Ventura Strip. http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/2939/00gta1screen403a6jf.jpg http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/8451/00gta1screen403b4qf.jpg "Bi**hin' Dog food" (featuring "pu**y flavored horse eyelids") from "GTA III" is in the dog food section of some of the 24-7 stores. They all sell "Cherry Poppers" ice cream, the brand made in the place of that name in "Vice City." One big 24/7 is W of the W tip of the Mulholland Intersection, Los Santos, and another is on the block N of the block with "O" of "THE STARFISH CASINO," Las Venturas. http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/6315/00gta1screen4022ju.jpg http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9198/00gta1screen5532id.jpg A little similar to knocking off a store in "Vice City," C.J. can shoot a cash register (in a clothes store, 24-7, etc.) apart and make paper money appear briefly. He can't run through it to make it disappear and add to his cash, though. http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6333/00gta1screen155a6rk.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5937/00gta1screen155b5sn.jpg http://img428.imageshack.us/img428/7811/00gta1screen155c4ck.jpg http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/9097/00gta1screen155d8br.jpg Similar to the Goodfellas nature of the body hanging in the freezer near Sonny Forelli at St. Mark's Bistro at the start of "Vice City," if C.J. shoots the re- frigerator in the Abandoned A.C. Tower save place at Verdant Meadows, blood comes out. (Thanks to a post by Jediranger at GTA Forums.) http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6923/00gta1screen2185sl.jpg The Video Poker machines in the Casinos of Las Venturas have cards with pic- tures of people from "III" and "Vice City." The key in "Key to Her Heart" is the ID swipe card from "No Escape" in "Vice City." (Thanks to PresidentKiller.) (It's also used in "Black Project.") http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/840/00gta1screen560a1be.jpg http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4256/00gta1screen560b1yv.jpg http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/4728/00gta1screen6993if.jpg "FleischBerg," on a billboard, is German for "Flesh" (or "Meat") "Mountain." (Thanks to Cojanfee; "Winstein" is German, but I didn't know that.) (The bill- board advertises the factory that's W of lower downtown Blueberry.) http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6725/00gta1screen430a5os.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3748/00gta1screen430b3df.jpg The roads of the Badlands, from around "FLINT COUNTY" to "EASTER BAY CHEMI- CALS," look like a caricature of a woman facing E taking a stream of fluid be- tween her lips at the "FLINT INTERSECTION." (Thanks to DApeoplezCHAMP). http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/3022/00gta1screen1697hn.jpg A graveyard with several tiers in Hashbury has rows of gravestones that have the Rockstar emblem and say, "RIP OPPOSITION 1997-2004." The stones are easi- er to read at night when they're lit up by nearby lampposts. Some think "oppo- sition" refers to competing game developers, but I think it's more likely a ref- erence to game makers or others who did what they did in opposition to Rockstar. http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7911/00gta1screen555a5ps.jpg http://img429.imageshack.us/img429/9706/00gta1screen555b2pp.jpg The Montgomery hospital, Crippen Memorial, probably refers to Dr. Crippen, who became infamous, and was hanged, in England in 1910 for murdering his wife and calculatingly disposing of her remains. (Thanks to Mogyle.) http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/339/00gta1screen1449mb.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawley_Harvey_Crippen http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/crippen/1.html There are a bunch of dead bodies in bags by a Bobcat in El Castillo Del Diablo (Spanish for "The Castle of the Devil") in the desert SW of the Verdant Meadow Aircraft Graveyard. (There's a mostly E-W road below "AIRCRAFT"; there's a broken circle, representing a rock formation, SW of where the W segment curves N; the pit with the bags is on the W side of the rock formation.) (In "Vice City," there are two guys underwater with their feet in cement.) http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/6519/00gta1screen4155vw.jpg By a spade near Catalina's shack, which is at the dot NE of the "O" of "RED COUNTY," there are three mounds of recently filled in graves. (There's a shal- low open grave in "Vice City" behind Funeraria Romero, which is a reference to director George Romero, who filmed "Night of the Living Dead," 1968, and several sequels). http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4994/00gta1screen4065zs.jpg http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5231/00gta1screen5201jh.jpg http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9835/00gta1screen5101df.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Romero There's a biowaste well in a lot in the middle of the block E of the Montgom- ery hospital. Since there's a Sprunk building on the block to the E, it could be a reference to Coca-Cola having to recall 500,000 bottles of Dasani water in the U.K. in 2004 after the water was found to contain illegal levels of bromate. (A controversy making a company recall so many products--did you ever hear of such a thing?) http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/305/00gta1screen1438oc.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasani Shazard saw that Blueberry and Montgomery have shop windows with skeletons as mannequins. (In Blueberry, the shop is on the S side of the S of the two W blocks. In Montgomery, the shop is across the street E of the E block.) http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/9156/00gta1screen1451zf.jpg The W side of the Los Santos Graveyard in Vinewood contains a crypt with a TV, a La-Z-Boy chair, and pizza boxes. Spike, seen in the last five years of the 1997-2003 TV series "Buffy The Vampire Slayer," has a similar setup. On the E side of the graveyard, between 20:00 and 6:00, there are several ghost tags/examples of graffiti on the walls. The graveyard is on the block N of the one with "WOOD" of "VINEWOOD." http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/3843/00gta1screen666su.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_%28Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer%29 In San Fierro, on the block of "DOWN" of the "DOWNTOWN" that's E of "CHINA TOWN," is the Zombotech Sky Tower, which is similar to the Umbrella Corp. of the game series, 1996 onward, "Resident Evil," which seem influenced by Romero's zombie movies, too. You can enter the building through the roof or on any cor- ner but the SW. The statue in the center of it represents a genetic code strand in the shape of a double helix. (This, and the jet rides you take with the push of a button, may be a premonition of what's to come if the little Skim- mer weenies ruin the game--sensitive zombie sims that can't drive. And a smat- tering of the latest hit songs. It's not right.) http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/5392/00gta1screen2156zg.jpg http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/1742/00gta1screen215a5lh.jpg http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/1403/00gta1screen215b0zc.jpg http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/7302/00gta1screen215c6ag.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix Mogyle saw that, if you look from far to the E of it, you can imagine you're looking at one of the big statues of a head (moai) that are found on Easter Is- land when you look at a shack that's on top of an Arco del Oeste rock formation. Hideo Kojima, creator of the "Metal Gear Solid" videogames, 1998 onward, which star the character Solid Snake, likes to hide images of those statues in his games. And a little to the S of Verdant Meadows is a snake farm. http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/4906/00gta1screen162a7is.jpg http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/636/00gta1screen162b4ov.jpg http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/6869/00gta1screen162c4hg.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_gear_solid There's a blood stained empty wheelchair at the end of a dock, with a shack nearby that has a light red glow inside at night, at Fisher's Lagoon. Some think the wheelchair may suggest the wheelchairs, usually empty, in the 1st few "Silent Hill" games, 1999-2003, which, like the "Metal Gear Solid" series, are also popular games sold by Konami. Use "Edit" > "Find" with "wheelchair" at this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hill trikkstah, at GTA Forums, put a lot of speculation to rest by identifying that wheelchair as the one seen by a dumpster in the 1st scene of Rockstar's game "Manhunt," 2003, although the textures (.txd files) for it are different. The "Manhunt" version is gray and the two big wheels have spokes, but the shape oth- erwise is the same. He thinks the textures are from "Manhunt," too, because the font for the writing on them ("SKIP HIRE," "3:30," and "2:30 PM" or "12:30 PM," along with some other numbers) is like font used in "Manhunt." The big wooden spools by the dock say "J ARTHUR CABLE COMPANY CARCER," and Carcer is the city "Manhunt" takes place in. "J ARTHUR" reminds me of J. Arthur Rank, who was a movie producer in the early days of movies. It may be a the reference to a scene in one of his movies, but, according to the Wikipedia arti- cle at the link below, "J. Arthur Rank" is Cockney rhyming slang that means "to masturbate (wa*k)," which, in a GTA, is probably all it refers to. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Arthur_Rank I'll add that the handlebars have a couple copies of a picture wrapped around them--one around each handlebar. The picture looks to me like the kind of speed limit sign seen around schools--if it is, it has the times the speed limit is in effect at the bottom of the sign. http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/5643/00gta1wheelchair1a3ux.jpg http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/4961/00gta1wheelchair2a9rs.jpg http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6170/00gta1wheelchair3a1wx.jpg http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/1884/00gta1wheelchair4a3hy.jpg http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/3726/00gtasaawheelchairmanhunt7vu.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhunt_%28video_game%29 (I still think it may be a kind of "Silent Hill" use of an abandoned wheel- chair. GTA's rib popular games, and context is important. You put a guy with a sore foot in that wheelchair in a post office, and it doesn't have the same mys- tery.) The wall of art in many bars shows a black and white depiction of the upper body of a soldier wearing red goggles and holding a gun in his hand. It looks like the concept art you can unlock of one of the Cerberus Foot Officers in "Manhunt." http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/140/00gta1screen910cx6.jpg (According to a Wikipedia article about "Manhunt," the design for the officers is the same as for the French police in "Mall Shootout" in "Vice City" except the coloring is different and the officers have a gas mask instead of a regular helmet. http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3168/00gta1screenvc81vq9.jpg The same article adds: - a junkyard trailer used by one of the Skins gang is a lot like Phil Cassi- dy's trailer in "Vice City." It says Cash kills the gang member to get a nail gun, and Wikipedia should have added that "San Andreas" Ammu-Nations sell nails. - the Angel Pine Junkyard (NE of the "E" of "WHETSTONE") with car crushers, etc., is the one used by the gang called the Skins in "Manhunt"; - Sprunk soft drink appeared in "Vice City" and "Manhunt" before "San An- dreas"; - "San Andreas" stealth knife kills were developed during the making of "Man- hunt"--the victim falls in the same position, too; - and the use of a cone that points down to a target's head and goes from green to black to indicate health to death was developed for "Manhunt" before "San Andreas.") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhunt_(video_game) K-Rose features an advertisement for Carcer City, where "Manhunt" takes place. (Carcer City was also mentioned on LIPS 106 in "III" as being near Liberty City and where a police chief was cleared of corruption charges. It's also mentioned by a caller to KCHAT in "Vice City" as a place where B.J. Smith played foot- ball.) The police station in NE Las Venturas has a couple of bulletin boards with pictures of James Earl Cash and a hood from "Manhunt." http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/131/00gta1screen5544il.jpg (Thanks to Wikipedia for this batch: the Angel Pine Junkyard (NE of the "E" of "WHETSTONE") with car crushers, etc., is the one used by the gang called the Skins in "Manhunt"; Sprunk soft drink appeared in "Vice City" and "Manhunt" before "San Andreas"; "San Andreas" stealth knife kills were developed during the making of "Man- hunt"--the victim falls in the same position, too; and the use of a cone that points down to a target's head and goes from green to black to indicate health to death was developed for "Manhunt" before "San An- dreas.") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhunt_(video_game) Big Smoke's crack den is on the NE corner of the block that's W of the one with "F" of "LOS FLORES." The door mat outside the door on the top floor says, "Not Welcome" and "Rockstar North." http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/4954/00gta1screen2254ji.jpg On the N side of the road N of the "D" of BAYSIDE MARINA," the white and or- ange barricades that say "C-JS BARRICADES" are the ones used at the E end of the Hyman Condo alley, the alley by the V-ROCK building, the N-S alley of the N-most block of Downtown, and an alley S of the pay phone used at the start of "Loose Ends" in "Vice City." Sway-4829 showed that the end credits for "San Andreas" give C-J Dick as an Interior Environment Artist, probably the same person the "Vice City" booklet calls Map Designer Campbell J. Dick. http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/9201/00gta1screen433a8dv.jpg http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/6755/00gta1screen433b9ap.jpg The windows of the buildings to the E of the five silos NE of Mt. Chiliad have some blurry Steven Bliss cartoon cover art from "III" and "Vice City"--some are shown as reverse images. There are others that aren't reversed on the corner of the pink-orange building at the 2nd intersection N of the "W" of "VINEWOOD." http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8033/00gta1screen145vh.jpg http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/222/00gta1screen413fr.jpg On the W side of the "L"-shaped block that's NW of the "EAST" of "EAST LOS SANTOS" is a Tiki Theater Xymposium with a big display of a "Vice City" hidden package. (It's like something you'd see on the shore of Easter Island except shaped like a royal Asian pelican that flew into a window.) (Fragger, in a dif- ferent post at the site, says it, without the statue, is in LA on Western at the corner on Western and Santa Monica.) http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1395/00gta1screen224a2ad.jpg http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/338/00gta1screen224b0yr.jpg On a phone booth in Bayside (others?), the bottom sex ad sticker has the same depiction of Candy Suxxx' panoramic fraps that Tommy Vercetti has projected onto the side of a Downtown "Vice City" building at night from the end of the "G- Spotlight" mission and onward. The sticker uses the same depiction of that which shows up on the posters of Candy that appear in Tommy's Ocean View apart- ment. http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/5259/00gta1screen434a6pb.jpg http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/952/00gta1screen434b6qh.jpg Across the street from the Angel Pine Cluckin' Bell are three trash cans. You can knock over the two with open tops to find maps of Vice City inside them. http://img449.imageshack.us/img449/8342/00gta1screen405a9ap.jpg http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9752/00gta1screen405b5lz.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7554/00gta1screen405c0oq.jpg The Angel Pine Sawmill, Mogyle noticed, is shaped the same as the one in Port- land in "III." http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/4121/00gta1screen62hu.jpg http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/312/00gta1screen6a0lc.jpg http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/2394/00gta1screen72tq.jpg http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/8088/00gta1screen7a0fb.jpg ArturP at GTA Forums noticed that the interior of a Transfender mod garage has some of the same interior features as Joey Leone's garage in Portland in "III." (The shafts of light are black in "San Andreas" for some wierd reason.) http://img449.imageshack.us/img449/722/00gta1screen516a4fh.jpg http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4483/00gta1screen516b4cr.jpg The computer, the Kruton 9000, of Joey's Garage appears in the Sunshine Autos vehicle list garage in "Vice City" and in Michelle's garage in "San Andreas," too. (I think the board of wrenches and "Dude" company name appear in all three, too.) According to the Merriam-Webster web site, a crouton is "a small cube of toasted or crisply fried bread," so "Kruton" might refer to the small cube-like shape of the computer. http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7606/00gta1screen516c1na.jpg http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/614/00gta1screen5239oo.jpg http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/1495/00gta1screen523a5no.jpg A number of places or things in the game feature the names of people who have been employed by Rockstar North. Steven Mulholland, one of those who worked on the Los Santos art for "San Andreas" and was one of the Map Designers for "Vice City," has his name on a tombstone in the window of Funeraria Romero in "Vice City" and has a neighborhood and an intersection named after him in Los Santos in "San Andreas." (Mulholland is also a wealthy Drive in LA.) http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9835/00gta1screen5101df.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_drive Mattlac, on the same GTA Forums message board, noticed that Scott Wilson, who worked on the countryside art for "San Andreas, is named on a tombstone in the game (in the SW corner of the SW block of Palomino Creek in NE Red County). http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/4439/00gta1screen5059rb.jpg http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,21721/ http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by_genre/developerId,21721/ thedude777, at the same message board, suggests these possible sources for names: Steven Mulholland--Los Santos art--the city "Mulholland"; Lee Montgomery--interior environment art--the city "Montgomery"; Toks Solarin--character art--the PC "Solarin Industries" sign that replaces the PS2 "Shady Industries" sign in San Fierro; http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8342/00gta1screen5159qu.jpg Nicholas Montgomery--cut scene supervising sound editor--the city "Montgomery"; Noelle Sadler--voice-over production, the voice of Bettina (also seen as the blonde lady with her tongue out in a loading screen), a radio commercial voice, and a pedestrian voice--the "Sadler" truck; and Tony Romero--pedestrian voice--the "Romero" hearse. (Tony's name might add to the reason there was a reference to the director of "Night of the Living Dead," 1968, George A. Romero.) http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,87509/ http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,50593/ http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,50055/ http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,163633/ http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,87658/ http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,163910/ Thanks to LuigiBrotha at GTA Forums for figuring out that one of the possible loading screens at the start of the game, the screen that shows a blond lady with a tattoo on her breast,... http://img313.imageshack.us/img313/6641/00gta1screen952ki0.jpg ...shows Bettina, voice acted by Noelle Sadler. The .txd file of her is Cut- scene.IMG/CSBettina.TXD http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9779/00gta1screen711b1re.png She's a prostitute abused by Jizzy after talking back to him in "Ice Cold Killa." Her scene appears after you have C.J. get about halfway across the 1st floor of Jizzy's place toward Jizzy. ReDeemer made the 1st screen shot below, and I added another: http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/1094/00gta1screen711c1pl.jpg http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/7731/00gta1screen924cu4.jpg The fuselage of the Hydra jet has "DMA56" printed on it. (Many from DMA De- sign Limited, founded in 1988 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and the creators of "Grand Theft Auto," became part of Rockstar North, the main developers of the GTA se- ries. Originally, "DMA" didn't stand for anything, leading to a member of it to joke it stood for "Doesn't Mean Anything." In "GTA III," the big ROCKSTAR jets that don't fly have "DMAir" on the tail fins.) http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/9388/00gta1screen4140yk.jpg http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/3440/00gta1screenvc229px1.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_North An airplane called a Beagle may appear with the left side embedded in, or lay- ing on, a house in Fort Carson (on the N side of the SE block). (I haven't yet found the Mower reported to appear in a tree trunk in Dillimore. It may have been Cube623's one-time glitch.) (Thanks to xox_vanzant_xox and Cube623.) http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4048/00gta1screen410a0hf.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/8562/00gta1screen410b8cg.jpg One of the rooms of the Jefferson Motel in Los Santos has a skylight, and a save icon hovers in it. (Between the Mulholland Intersection and the E coast, the radar and in-game map show a thick N-S section for the railroad where it's between two streets. The Jefferson Motel faces it on the W side of the N end. In a waiting room on the 3rd floor, there's a pitch black rectangle where a sky- light would be. Stand C.J. on the N end of the room and look S up into it to see a revolving floppy disk save icon just past the S edge.) http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/7009/00gta1screen3037pj.jpg http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/4162/00gta1screen3042ti.jpg If C.J. uses a Rocket Launcher to shoot the chili dogs stand at the end of the Santa Maria pier, it appears upside-down in the water under the pier. If he swims into the red shaft of light by it to buy a chili dog, he'll eat it if you have him climb onto the stand. The vendor stays nearby in the drowned position as long as C.J. stays there. (That was known when somebody posted it, but I can't remember where I read it originally.) http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/1347/00gta1screen694a9we.jpg http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/4196/00gta1screen694b7pl.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/6769/00gta1screen694c9za.jpg http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/4650/00gta1screen694d1dt.jpg On PS2, a scratched-up, discarded Glendale appears and coasts downhill near the NW side of the S of two horse shoe-shaped hills in Back O' Beyond. (On PC, the couple of Glendales I see there are just sitting there.) It's been nick- named the Ghost Car, and it's useful in providing a ride out of the wilderness. (I have a ghost Vortex at the beach NE of downtown Bayside Marina, though, and I've never seen anyone inside the trolley.) http://img275.imageshack.us/img275/5672/00gta1screen110a6ul.jpg http://img275.imageshack.us/img275/6391/00gta1screen110b2gu.jpg (The dented Glendale also appears elsewhere in the game, as does a scratched and dented Sadler pickup truck.) A yellow inverted cone of light, the kind used by C.J. to enter and exit buildings, for the interior of the Cluckin' Bell hovers high above the ground level exterior of the Cluckin' Bell in Fort Carson, Bone County. It's on the E side of the stem of the "Y" formed by two roads E of the main residential sec- tion of blocks. (To get to the cone of light, you might use the "SCM Hook" mod, X.13.ee, to remove the height limit for the PC Jetpack, or you might try the method rwesterh used for the next example.) rwesterh found a yellow entrance marker for a 24-7 high above the middle of the E side of the brown oval of Blueberry Acres. He used the GTA SA Control Center, X.13.c, to teleport C.J. up to it. The co-ordinates he used to get C.J. up there in a flying Dinghy are: X: 1.277 Y: -31.309 Z: 990.962 Fireman says there are a lot of them high above Catalina's place, too. By the W coast of Los Santos inlet, S of the S-most bridge across it, is a trailer park. If you send C.J. into the park enough to change the location name shown at the bottom right corner of the screen, then send him toward the en- trance enough to change it back, a photographer appears by the road near the water to the right. They may be played by one of various pedestrians. They ap- pear to be thoughtfully surveying the scenery for subjects for photos, take one or a few photos, then they walk into the water and drown. http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/9137/00gta1screen432a2fp.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2910/00gta1screen432b3qg.jpg http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/9210/00gta1screen432c7tx.jpg On the W side of the Cluckin' Bell, N of the Johnson house in Los Santos, is a telephone pole pedestrians appear from. Have C.J. stand where it says "RE- SERVED" (part of "THESE SPACES ARE RESERVED FOR CUSTOMERS") in the parking lot and look S at the pole. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4615/00gta1screen409d0nn.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2823/00gta1screen409e4mp.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/9068/00gta1screen409f2bd.jpg Another spot to watch from is by the little brick pile E of the Tag that's above the porch roof of the shopping center S of the Cluckin' Bell parking lot. http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/16/00gta1screen409a5iu.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8782/00gta1screen409b3og.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/5610/00gta1screen409c8go.jpg The pedestrians appear about 15' up, slide down part of the way, fall the rest, and keep walking. You can turn C.J. away and back to help them spawn. Similar to the DMA (later Rockstar North) game "Lemmings," 1990, pedestrians, seen from an alley in Las Venturas, will appear on the 3rd floor ledge of a building and walk off. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_North To see them, have C.J. go to the alley on the W side of Welding and Weddings, which is on the SE section of the block that's W of "ISLE" of "THE EMERALD ISLE," and go N in that alley to where it intersects an alley that goes W from it. Look NE at the near corner of the 3rd story gray ledge of the Emerald Isle skyscraper (by day, the upper W part of the building looks gray-blue with dark gray-blue horizontal stripes). http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/2157/00gta1screen404a5xg.jpg http://img449.imageshack.us/img449/1333/00gta1screen404b1lt.jpg If you have C.J. stand in the right several foot-wide spot, the pedestrians appear on that corner of the ledge and walk off, falling out of view behind a beige--light gray lit by daylight--wall. I've also seen some pedestrians appear a bit below the ledge and fly up to it 1st, then walk off, which is strange. I think it helps spawn them to have C.J. go a bit S to change the name of the lo- cation, shown in the lower right corner of the screen, and change it back again. http://img449.imageshack.us/img449/5930/00gta1screen404c9pw.jpg http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/7588/00gta1screen404d7tw.jpg You might hear a scream as they fall, and maybe a crunching sound, possibly followed by the sound of other pedestrians screaming and running away in a pan- ic. You can have C.J. zoom in on them with a Sniper Rifle scope or Camera, but you get the best idea of what's happening there by having C.J. go up a bit with the Jet Pack. It just looks like someone made a typo in programming the ped path for the sidewalk below. http://img449.imageshack.us/img449/9578/00gta1screen404e3dx.jpg http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/3278/00gta1screen404f4ss.jpg http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/6066/00gta1screen404g5zi.jpg http://img449.imageshack.us/img449/9508/00gta1screen404h8dr.jpg The conventional spawn point seems to be the patch of lawn by the near corner of the building. http://img449.imageshack.us/img449/1593/00gta1screen404i1yz.jpg Most of the ones that fall get up and walk away; I've even seen some disappear into the side of the building before they hit the ground. In "Vice City," the Tourist Guide indicated that people couldn't survive the deep water because of sharks. The shark wasn't employed for "San Andreas," but the people in it other than C.J. still drown in water that's too deep to stand in (except for, at least, Ryder in "Pier 69," and anyone that follows C.J. that isn't required to use a specific type of vehicle; see I.7.c.). I think I've figured out an explanation for it--even for the photographer by the Flint Inter- section trailer park--you can use with confidence if it comes up on the Inter- net game message boards: they don't swim. They lay forwards with their arms down, and, of course, drown. The question then becomes: "Why do they do that?" You look around for some- thing in the game to explain it in the context of the world the game creates, and I think it could be the chili dogs. They eat that heavy food just before going in for a swim, and they develop a cramp. (The ones who walk off of the roof of the Emerald Isle could be self-destructive, but they sound too surprised to be doing it deliberately. I think someone may have just given a large party of nearsighted new tenants the wrong directions to some part of the hotel or such.) This segues pretty nicely into: Mogyle, who's French, caught that the gimp in "Key to Her Heart" is named Ben- ny, which is French for "la crampe," and the gimp in the 1993 movie "Pulp Fic- tion" is called The Cramp. (Samuel L. Jackson plays Jules Winnfield in that.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction (The pedestrians who jump into the path of C.J.'s vehicle could be disoriented as a hypoglycemic reaction to the ice cream. Besides, "San Andeas" 24-7's sell the "Vice City" Cherry Popper brand, and God only know what they put into that.) On the S side of the 24-7 that's on the W side the block of "O" of "LITTLE MEXICO," Los Santos, is one of 8 Ball's Bomb Shops. It works like the one in Staunton in "GTA III." You can have C.J. drive a four-wheel (even an emergen- cy) vehicle into it, which causes the vehicle to have a bomb with a timer in- stalled in it. Press F or Enter while C.J. is in the vehicle to prime the eight second or so timer, and have C.J. leg it. http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/6165/00gta1screen4005yk.jpg The Welding and Weddings shop, mentioned twelve paragraphs above, is a bomb shop that works the same way. http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/2157/00gta1screen404a5xg.jpg BlOoDStReAm101 detected that the last six numbers of the phone number of 8 Ball's Los Santos bomb shop are the same numbers on his prison outfit he wears in the picture of him on the "GTA III" paper map, and the last five numbers of it are the zip code of the address of Rockstar Games in New York City, NY. http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7118/00gta1screen935tf8.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/527/00gta1screenvc231or8.jpg http://www.take2games.com/index.php?p=global_contacts In San Fierro at Easter Basin, at the N end of the dead end road on the pro- jection of land N of Easter Bay Airport, you can attach the magnet of the big yellow crane to a car, take the slack out of the cable, then drive the car to make a swing out of it. It can also help you get an Insane Stunt or Two Wheeler score. (There's another crane like that in Hunter's Quarry.) http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/4738/00gta1screen934ajr0.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5923/00gta1screen934bmj3.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5128/00gta1screen934cnt5.jpg The crane that's E of the Clown's Pocket, which is along the Strip in Las Ven- turas, can't lift vehicles. But if you use it to lift the nearby boxes and re- lease them above the ground, they hover in place. http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4558/00gta1screen933akk9.jpg http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/1894/00gta1screen933bbk5.jpg If you start a game of pool then exit the game, the balls stay on the table and you can have C.J. shoot them with the Sniper Rifle. (The balls can go a lot faster and create sparks. Occasionally, one creates sparks from within the table or ends up on the floor, where C.J. may be able to move it around by just approaching it.) http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8939/00gta1screen931ach3.jpg http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/451/00gta1screen931bgd6.jpg ThouShaltBeToxic, at the GTA Forums section by Mxyzptlk and co., says the problems of famous hacker (the actual illegal kind) Kevin Mitnick, arrested in 1995, are parodied on WCTR in "San Andreas," and is probably meant as the one referred to in "GTA III" on Chatterbox when one of the callers calls out, "Free Kevin!" before hanging up. The book that comes with the PC "SA" gives "Kevin Mitnick" as one of the Radio Station callers, and the radio segment seems to play off the fact that it was rumored (confirmed to be a rumor), while he was controversially held four years in prison without bail, trial, or charges listed against him, that he could start a missile crisis by whistling into a telephone and pressing a few numbers on the keypad. (The four years he was held was counted towards the five years he got.) http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=174800&hl=controlling&st=1520 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/hackers/kevin-mitnick/ pdescobar adds that Emmanuel Goldstein (actually named Eric Corley, editor- in-chief of "2600: The Hacker Quarterly," and writer, director, and producer of the documentary about the Free Kevin movement: "Freedom Downtime," 1999) is a radio caller in "III," "Vice City," and "San Andreas." In the Area 53 section of WCTR, Emmanuel calls to say: "Hi, my name’s Emmanuel. I’m really worried about hackers sending a nuclear bomb after me—-you know, through the phones. Do you think they could pinpoint my location?" According to United States District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan: "2600: The Hacker Quarterly has included articles on such topics as how to steal an Internet domain name, how to write more secure ASP code, access other people's e-mail, secure your Linux box, intercept cellular phone calls, how to put Linux on an Xbox, how to remove spyware, and break into the computer systems at Costco stores and Federal Express...." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Corley Frank Bernson wrote to me that "Emmanuel Goldstein" "...was the head of the supposed 'Resistance' or 'Brotherhood' in the book '1984' by George Orwell. I just thought you should know, because the Emmanuel Goldstein you mention was only using that name as a pseudonym. It would appear to me that he chose this moniker because he essentially was doing the same thing." Thank you to Frank Bernson--I think that's interesting. It's a good ethical point (and a good book). I read that book years ago, but I forgot about that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four The Mothership van of The Truth has a license plate that says, "OUTTHERE" in mirror image. The 1993-2002 TV series about UFO's and such, "The X-Files," used the slogan: "The truth is out there." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-files The license plate of a car in the "Badlands" mission says "ASSMAN," which is what Kramer, played by Michael Richards, was upset to learn his new license plate said in the "The Fusilli Jerry" episode, April 27, 1995, of the TV sitcom "Seinfeld." http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/118/00gta1screen920rm6.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinfeld http://frogstar.com/wav/tv-seinfeld.asp The number on the NRG-500 is 46, the number of MotoGP race champion Valentino Rossi. You can find the bike by the largely bowl-shaped dry dock shown on the paper map by the big square NW of the ship that's E of "DOHERTY." (There are also two in the multi-story parking garage at the S end of the "L"-shaped block two blocks N of the E side of Los Santos Forum. Valentino used a Honda NSR 500 in the 500cc class of motorcycle Grand Prix racing to come in 2nd in 2000 and be the world champion in 2001.) http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/7279/00gta1screen5000cp.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentino_Rossi http://www.dreamgate.ne.jp/nsr/pics/rossi500.html It's also the number on the nose of the Hydra (probably because its also fast for the category it's in). http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/1630/00gta1screen5520pa.jpg Police can be seen beating up someone in the impound lots, such as a pair of policemen in the garage of the Los Santos police station. The entrance is on the W side of the building that's at the S end of the pretzel-like intersection S of the Mulholland intersection. (C.J. can enter without a wanted rating if he uses a police vehicle. The victim seems to be able to take interminable abuse. If C.J. drives closer, they all stand still, but the errant policemen don't seem happy about it.) http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/1469/00gta1screen401a3rw.jpg http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/8072/00gta1screen401b5rq.jpg http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/2030/00gta1screen401c5kn.jpg http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/3826/00gta1screen401d7cv.jpg http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/1520/00gta1screen401e0my.jpg (This, and the ways of Tenpenny and Pulaski, seems meant to reflect the "Rod- ney" King beating by corrupt LA police men on 3/3/1991. The 4/29/1992 1st judgement on the officers acquitted three, with jurors undecided about a fourth, which created a shocked reaction that led, hours later, to the LA riots, which left 53 people dead, over 7,000 people arrested, and created more than $1 bil- lion in property damage.) (The riots at the end of the game seems meant to reflect those LA riots, ex- cept C.J. goes right to the source, although King's subsequent violence and driving abuses make him about as likely a nominee for a good-guy hero, and scan- dals involving some of the other LAPD officers seem to ring a bell with the GTA officers, too.) http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/misc/rodney-king/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/lapd/bare.html (On 8/16/1993, officers Koon and Powell were convicted of violating King's civil rights and sentenced to 30 months in prison.) http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/trials24.htm http://archives.cnn.com/2001/LAW/03/02/beating.anniversity.king.02/ There's a bribe icon in an underground tunnel. The N opening is lower on the hill and W of where the winding road to the Big Ear leaves the main road, and the S opening is about due S of the N opening and by a RR track. I guess it's for people who are timid about going on a very minor unofficial rampage. http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9633/00gta1screen164a5bv.jpg http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8349/00gta1screen164b0gg.jpg http://img437.imageshack.us/img437/2072/00gta1screen164c3bf.jpg http://img437.imageshack.us/img437/4536/00gta1screen164d4hl.jpg http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3144/00gta1screen164e1pj.jpg A pedestrian in Los Santos is dressed similar to the way Tre Styles, played by Cuba Gooding Jr., did in the movie "Boys N' the Hood," 1991. He wears an orange shirt but it has a square instead of a round black shirt pocket. His face, like that of the manager C.J. targets in "Management Issues," looks more like Will Smith's face. http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/4118/00gta1screen2193zy.jpg http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/9224/00gta1screen2052xf.jpg http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/boyz_n_the_hood/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Smith One the Grove Street gangsters looks like Kevin "O-Dog," played by Larenz Tate, in the movie "Menace II Society," 1993, which also stars Samuel L. Jackson as Tat Lawson. Like O-Dog, the gangster has short dreadlocks, and he wears the kind of green and black checkered shirt that O-Dog wore at times. http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/9396/00gta1screen2201py.jpg http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/6497/00gta1screen2076ny.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menace_II_Society There is an observatory on Verdant Bluffs in S Los Santos, NW of the airport, like the one (Griffith) in LA where the ending of "Rebel Without a Cause," 1955, was filmed. One of the stars, Dennis Hopper, did the voice acting for Steve Scott in "Vice City." http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/2333/00gta1screen2731lw.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffith_Observatory http://www.skylightweb.com/losangeles/gobservatorypan.html Ryder looks like (I'd say vaguely--the baseball-type cap is more similar than the face) Easy-E, Eric Wright, a rapper of NWA sometimes referred to as Easy. Dennis Hopper was one of the stars and writers, and the director, of the movie "Easy Rider," 1969. Another star of it, and co-writer (along with Terry South- ern), producer Peter Fonda, does the voice of "The Truth" in "San Andreas." http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/4877/00gta1screen209a9gp.jpg http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/144/00gta1screen209b2dp.jpg http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/5826/00gta1screen209c6nl.jpg http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/3586/00gta1screen2080ps.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_Rider Some think one blonde lady pedestrian in a short white dress looks like Sharon Stone as Catherine Tramell in the movie "Basic Instinct," 1992. (It must be the blonde hair and white dress--her face isn't the same to me.) http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3860/00gta1screen5686nl.jpg http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/1415/00gta1screen568a3yb.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Instinct After you have C.J. shoot down some RC Barons with a Minigun in the "Air Raid" mission for Zero, Zero says, "Nice shooting kid, but don't get cocky," which is a line Han Solo, played by Harrison Ford, says to Luke Skywalker, played by Mark Hamill, in the movie "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" (the 1981 title change given to "Star Wars," 1977). The pilot ratings Briggs and Wedge were taken from the Star Wars series, too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hope Simon Rodia's Watts Towers (the Simon Rodia State Historical Park) of Los An- geles are represented in Jefferson, Los Santos. http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2250/00gta1wattstowers3d8ha.jpg http://img419.imageshack.us/img419/353/00gta1screen1278br.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_Towers http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/watts/tower2.html The Verona Beach outdoor gym looks like ones on Muscle Beach of Venice, Cali- fornia. (Thanks to Macsandnines.) (GTW note: I'll guess that the canal that goes N from between Verona and Santa Maria beaches is supposed to be similar to one of the canals in Venice, CA.) http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/1523/00gta1screen2704tp.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice,_California http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_Beach In San Fierro, the wreckage of some buildings seems to reflect the Oct.17, 1989 magnitude 7.1 earthquake that shook San Francisco. A destroyed section of paved road along the N side of the onramp to the Garver Bridge reflects the dam- age the quake did to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/4868/00gta1screen444b2mi.jpg http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5990/00gta1screen444a8fs.jpg http://www.sfmuseum.net/alm/quakes3.html#1989 There's a crack on the ocean floor by San Fierro that's similar to the San Andreas fault. (It runs E-W N of the two ships that are N of San Fierro. From the E end of it, it runs N-S to the runway of Easter Bay Airport, then runs about parallel to the runway on the N side of it. In some spots, C.J. can go to the bottom of the fault and make the screen go pitch black.) http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2717/00gta1screen6719yb.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Andreas_fault The tallest building in Los Santos, which is on the NE side of the block that's NW of the intersection that looks like a pretzel S of the Mulholland In- tersection, has a Parachute at the top. C.J. can enter the building on the NE side to be transported to the top. S.J. can go on foot or use a two wheel vehi- cle to enter this building--if C.J. uses a motorcycle, he can take a passenger. C.J. has the option to return to the spot where he appeared on top to return to the bottom. http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/6197/00gta1screen2504zw.jpg http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8273/00gta1screen557d8cl.jpg The Big Pointy building, on the block E of the one with "AL" of "FINANCIAL," has a Parachute at the top and messages about it on signs at the bottom. C.J. can enter the building on foot on the S side to be transported to the top. C.J. has the option to return to the spot where he appeared on top to return to the bottom. http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/9440/00gta1screen2301rh.jpg http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6315/00gta1screen557c5ed.jpg The tower S of the Big Ear and the N tower of the Gant Bridge have Parachutes on top, too. C.J. can enter the N side of the base of the 1st tower on foot and be transported to the top, but he has to fly or Parachute to get on top of the 2nd one. http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/323/00gta1screen557b8nr.jpg http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8052/00gta1screen557a1ko.jpg Those Parachutes, and others in high places, reflect the BASE jumping that's illegal at most spots it could be done from in the U.S.A. because many have died from trying it. BASE (Building, Antenna, Span--bridges, etc., and Earth-- cliffs, etc.) jumping is like sky diving, except it involves jumping from some- thing tall for the thrill of the rush toward the ground before opening the para- chute. BASE jumps are usually made from 1,000 ft. or less, and sky divers are told to deploy their parachutes at no less than 2,000 ft.. At 1,000 ft.or less, the parachute must be quickly deployed, with less ability to correct movement once it's deployed, and there would be no time to deploy a 2nd chute if the 1st one malfunctions. http://www.answers.com/topic/base-jumping http://hometown.aol.com/base194/myhomepage/base_fatality_list The Gant Bridge Visitor Center, S of the Gant Bridge, has a few interesting items: http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4237/00gta1screen233a7fw.jpg http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/9981/00gta1screen233b0fi.jpg http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4301/00gta1screen233c5oy.jpg There aren't any Easter Eggs on the Gant Bridge, though there's a Parachute atop the N tower and this sign on the S tower: http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/9016/00gta1screen2320el.jpg In San Fierro, in the "Downtown" that's E of "CHINA TOWN," there's a tall building N of the onramp for the Garver Bridge. The windows of it light up at night to form letters: "C" on one side and "K" on another. Some imagine an "R" and "O" up there on a 3rd side, too (for "ROCK"star), but it requires some imag- inative interpretation or wishful thinking to do so. Mokiesmoky wonders if it could be related to the CoK cigarette pack found on the floor by Cluckin' Bell cashiers, and some wonder if it's related to "C"esar and "K"endl. http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/1908/00gta1screen2610vg.jpg http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/3936/00gta1screen1209sm.jpg (I dunno. In earlier GTA's, we had the letters just before them: B and J. I know what they meant.) The number 69 figures prominently at the Easter Bay airport runway, in shop windows, Area 69, etc. (The Dodo in "III" and "Vice City" said YME-369. It might reaffirm my suspicion that the "369" part was a reference to a mutual oral sex threesome to see that the number 69 figures prominently in the overall punning and kidding around about sex in "San Andreas.") Area 69, in the No Fly Zone at the end of a road in Bone County, kids the ru- mors about Area 51, a 6 x 10 mile secret aircraft testing Air Force base, off- limits to outsiders, in Groom Lake, Nevada, about 90 miles N of Las Vegas. It's been the victim of rumors about it harboring evidence of outer space folks from a Roswell space craft crash, etc. (It's also fictionalized as the Black Mesa Research Facility in the game "Half Life." The lead character of it, Gordon Freeman, is popularly known to use a crowbar as one of his weapons, which Area 69 kids by displaying a red and white crowbar on a table in a lab room.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51 http://www.csicop.org/cgi-bin/search/search.cgi?q=area+51 (I guess in the same spirit of kidding, Mxyzptlk compares, Erich Von Daniken- style, some dark marks of the side of a cliff to those in Nazca, as being an- cient yet requiring modern technology to make them. The Cliff is along the N side of the E-W potion of the road E of "THE FARM" and NW of "BEACON HILL.") (Serious editorial interlude: Erich Von Daniken got famous with cooked-up, allegedly compelling, possibilities about flying saucer people being required to explain various acts of ancient ingenuity, typically picking on darker- skinned African and South American people and not the makers of Stonehenge or such. I think he manages to con as many people as he does because the remedy to his effort is information that's obscure to most, as in his book "Chariots of the Gods"--one web source gives it 1967 for a 1st pub. date, another has 1968. Look for a lot of "no other reasonable way to explain it"-type persuasive rheto- ric in it.) (For a good remedy that's entertaining as well, see your local library, possi- bly for an inter-library loan, of "Flim Flam," 1982, by James Randi, and "The Space Gods Revealed," 1976, by Ronald Story with a Foreword by Carl Sagan. It's good to remember that in any area of sincere religious or non-religious belief or speculation, there will be bilko artists who cook stuff up to sell the be- lievers what they want to hear. Both the sincere believers in the possible and non-believers should be on the same page that fibbing is unethical and untrust- worthy, serves neither of them any good, and that making money from that is a form of stealing.) http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/vondaniken.html http://www.debunker.com/texts/vondanik.html http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/R/real_lives/daniken.html http://skepdic.com/vondanik.html http://www.csicop.org/si/7601/daniken.html http://www.rotten.com/library/imagery/nazca-lines/ http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/mad-science/erich-von-daniken/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_D%E4niken http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/pseudobibprint.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Gods_Revealed (In a similar line of concern, there's a representation of a set as imagined for the "lunar landing hoax" hoax in the film studio in "Vice City," a reference to the idea by a caller to the "Area 53" segment of WCTR in "San Andreas," and, most clearly giving Rockstar's regard of the "hoax" hoax, given by The Truth as one of a number of conspiracy ideas he's fallen for.) http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/15/00gta1screen5123em.jpg http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html The Li'l Probe Inn is like The Little A'Le'Inn (as in "the little alien") in Rachel, Nevada (near Area 51). The Li'l Probe Inn and Toreno's cabin each con- tain a map with markers. The map seems meant to reflect that UFO-watchers and secret agents like Mike Toreno would regard certain locations with a signifi- cance unknown to the rest of us. The Li'l Probe Inn also has a lot of pictures of alleged "UFO"s on the wall. http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1752/00gta1lilprobeinn7aq.jpg http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/5760/00gta1screen5180gz.jpg http://img424.imageshack.us/img424/304/00gta1screen5196av.jpg http://www.littlealeinn.com/ http://users.tkk.fi/~jlakkako/winter_vacation/little_ale_inn.jpg http://unifiedworlds.com/LittleAleInn.jpg (Some have wondered if the blinking light that leaves a trail across the sky, as in "Vice City," is meant as a UFO. I go along with the ones who think you're supposed to imagine it as a jet flying across the stratosphere. It goes kind of fast, but some of our jets are fast, and the evidence of the combustion techno- logy we're familiar with for getting across shorter distances and that leaves a trail isn't an indication of an advanced kind needed for getting across the cos- mos. If the idea of an alien origin for it is arbitrarily imaginable, there's no compelling reason to think so beyond that.) (If you manage to get close enough to see that it's just a corona of light and try to imagine what that would be in real life, it could be some kind of testing device being blown along in a high wind current. Again, the idea of an alien origin would be arbitrary, not compelling. But I think you're supposed to ima- gine it as a high flying jet seen from ground level.) (I don't want to spoil your fun if you want to imagine it's an alien ship. But if so, they must be little eeny aliens. It is, after all, just a little dot of light. They must be like bugs.) http://img345.imageshack.us/img345/653/00gta1screen2044dj.jpg (There have been many fans who wondered if the rumors about a Sasquatch or Ye- ti monster, Bigfoot, are kidded by Rockstar with an actual monster in the wil- derness. There is a Monster truck S of the Flint Intersection, and Bigfoot is the name of the original Monster truck.) (Thanks to a post by MrSmiles888 at the Gamefaqs message boards.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot_%28truck%29 http://www.bigfoot4x4.com/ (Here's the most famous film alleged to be of the nearly human, hairy-type Bigfoot. The shakiness has been stabilized and reveals the gait of a guy in a monkey suit.) http://www.bigfootencounters.com/files/mk_davis_pgf.gif (Despite nobody bringing to light the live or dead body of a Bigfoot animal, those determined to look for the creature in a game might like "Sam and Max Hit the Road," 1993.) http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/sam-max-hit-the-road/ http://top100.ign.com/2005/061-070.html http://www.samandmax.net/ (To solve the problems of trying to play it on any version of Windows more re- cent than Windows 98, you could use the updated .exe file for it.) http://www.samandmax.net/index.php?section=hittheroad&page=techhelp (DiRF, on the Gamefaqs message board for the game, recommended ScummVM, which was created by fans to play many of the Lucasarts 2D adventure games on newer computers. It let me play the game in full screen mode with all the audio on Windows Home XP. It also lets Mac OS X and Linux users play the game.) http://www.scummvm.org Adding to the similarity of the Garver and Kincaid bridges to ones in Scot- land, mentioned below, lucho writes that a lot of the license plates in the game are Scottish or Scottish football-related. "Amato, Gazza, McCoist all played for" the "Rangers, which, going by previous games cheats ('9inarow' for exam- ple), are the team of R*'s choice. 'BAW BAG'" (the license plate of an imported Journey) "is also a Scottish derogatory term. This also applies to some of the horses in the betting shops, e.g. 'Henrik's Jaw,'" since "Scottish footballing legend Henrik Larsson had his jaw smashed in a tackle by an opposition player." http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home/0,,5,00.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Larsson http://www.henriklarsson.com/index.php?channel=1 At the same forum, pes4rules11 adds these references to Scotland on license plates that appear randomly (I added a few notes): R4N G3RS The popular football (soccer) team: Rangers F.C. ("F.C." stands for "football club"; the Rangers have won more trophies than any other football team) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangers_F.C. GL4S G0W a city (the largest in Scotland and home of the Rangers) AM0 RUS0 a Rangers F.C. player GA ZZA an ex-English football player (the nickname of Paul John Gascoigne) MC C01ST Rangers legend (the nickname of Alistair "Ally" Murdoch McCoist) MR J0BBY "jobby" is slang for feces BAW BAG slang for scrotum And thedude777, who's compiled a list of the plates, adds some likely refer- ences: ARRAN the Isle of Arran off the west coast of Scotland (noted golf courses) ZID ANE French international footballer--pdescobar adds that it refers to Zinedine Zidane AMAT0 Gabriele Amato, forward for the Rangers from 1998-2000 ******** Here are some findings from the gamers at the GTA Forums regarding the real life names and places of those in the game: http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=189424&hl=ogf_ak Thanks to ogf_ak for the names of these casinos: Pink Swan The Flamingo Hotel and Casino (The lighting outside the Pink Swan resembles the lights that look like the plumes of a flamingo over the entrance of the Flamingo since 1972.) http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/5260/00gta1screen223rv.jpg http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/4418/00gta1flamingoneon6mk.jpg http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/3772/00gta1flamingo1ex.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo_Hotel Caligula's Caesar's Palace Casino and Resort (I noticed it also features a copy of the Caesar's Palace copy of the statue Winged Victory.) (For the 2nd link, you have to Copy and Paste the 2nd line to the 1st in the address bar.) http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/6569/00gta1screen319zu.jpg http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/nevada/las-vegas/caesars-pal ace.php http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/6791/s0fo.jpg http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/2126/00gta1caligulas14fa.jpg http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3182/00gta1caligulas23ae.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar%27s_Palace http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_Victory_of_Samothrace Four Dragons The Four Queens Hotel and Casino (similar in name, not appearance--likewise, Franco Dragone) http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9816/00gta1screen236lf.jpg http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/4559/00gta1fourqueens21hk.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Dragone Come-a-lot The Excalibur Hotel and Casino http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8227/00gta1screen243bb.jpg http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/3696/00gta1excalibur7sp.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur_Hotel_and_Casino The Visage The Mirage Hotel and Casino http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3037/00gta1screen286mg.jpg http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/3714/00gta1miragehotel4yr.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mirage Pirates in Men's Pants Treasure Island Hotel and Casino (and the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta "The Pirates of Penzance," 1879) http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/6091/00gta1screen276pu.jpg http://www.ankylosaur.com/defcon/treasureisland.html http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/8391/00gta1treasureisland5nq.jpg http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/3929/00gta1treasureislandpirate1320.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island_Hotel_and_Casino It's advertised in "GTA III" and the Liberty City mod. http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/4408/00gta1screenvc254xq6.jpg The Clown's Pocket and nearby crane Circus, Circus (with the crane nearby to prepare for the large dome with an amusement park inside put up in 1993-1994) (thanks to milkymilky) http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2931/00gta1screen298gv.jpg http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9969/00gta1screen307zs.jpg http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/9920/00gta1circus2rg.jpg http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/3992/00gta1circuscircussx9wv.jpg ice cold killa adds that "clown's pocket" is a derogatory sexual euphemism (referring to a homosexual male or a heterosexual female) based on the idea that clowns wear baggy clothes with big baggy pockets. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clown+pocket matt27689 recognized that the red and orange "SOUVENIRS GIFTS T-SHIRTS" sign, seen across the street from the Vegas Vic-looking depiction of Avery Carring- ton, looks identical to the sign that Vegas Vic currently stands on. (There's more about Vegas Vic in the last section of I.1.) http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/3086/00gta1screen723nd.jpg http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/999/00gta1screen80vic4tm.jpg ******** Thanks to those mentioned below at the GTA-SanAndreas web site for some more real life names. It shows a lot of photographic comparisons, too. http://www.gta-sanandreas.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t6395.html Thanks to fonz808 for this batch: A one-floor house in Los Santos (I think fonz808 means the save house NE of Madd Dogg's place) looks basicly like Pierre Koenig's 1960 house called House No. 22, aka the Stahl House. http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/8615/00gta1screen111a4fb.jpg http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/1281/00gta1screen111b7ct.jpg http://www.usc.edu/dept/architecture/slide/koenig/008/008Km.jpg http://www.jetsetmodern.com/koenigarticle.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Koenig In one of the wall paintings in LA, the part that depicts the Madonna, with flame-like shading around her, is like that part of the "Jesus Saves" wall painting in Los Santos. (There's more on that in my segment near the end of this section.) http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8360/00gta1jesussavessign9vl.jpg The Big Pointy building looks like the Transamerican Pyramid. (It's on the block E of the one with "AL" of "FINANCIAL.") http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/9440/00gta1screen2301rh.jpg http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/204/00gta1screen1195sr.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transamerica_Pyramid Tuff Nut Donuts (and other little shops with big replicas of donuts on the roof) looks like Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, CA., a little one story shop with a big replica of a doughnut on top. http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/9058/00gta1screen1161ux.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy%27s_Donuts The Los Santos City Hall building looks like Los Angeles City Hall. http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/2337/00gta1screen2727hf.jpg http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/7618/00gta1screen394ox.jpg http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/7811/00gta1lacityhall0xq.jpg http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/1007/00gta1cityhalllosangeles1zc.jpg (The Cathay building looks like) Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. (It was renamed "Mann's Chinese Theatre" in 1973 after it was purchased by Ted Mann, the owner of the Mann's Theatre chain and husband of actress Rhonda Fleming. But many still call it "Grauman's Chinese Theater.") (The Cathay building is on the S side of the block that's W of the block with the bottom of "TE" of "TEMPLE.") http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/796/00gta1screen600bl.jpg http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5387/00gta1graumanschinese4ff.jpg http://www.seeing-stars.com/Theatres/ChineseTheatre.shtml The sidewalk by the Cathay building is like the Hollywood Walk of Fame. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_of_fame http://www.hollywoodusa.co.uk/walkoffame.htm In Los Santos, Blastin' Fools Records, which makes rap records, looks like The Capitol Records building. (It's on the NE part of the block that's N of "ARKET" of "MARKET" in Los Santos.) (Thanks to nsupra27.) http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/5567/00gta1screen404gx.jpg http://www.seeing-stars.com/Landmarks/CapitolRecords.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welton_Becket The Los Santos Conference Center looks like The Los Angeles Convention Center, where The Electronic Entertainment Expo is held. (Thanks to yensed.) http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6739/00gta1screen372sh.jpg http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/805/00gta1conventioncenter6uo.jpg The San Fierro building with window lights that spell "C" and "K," mentioned earlier, looks like the Bank of America Center in San Francisco. (Thanks to krackhead80s.) Some think it refers to "C"esar and "K"endle, and Mokiesmoky thinks it may refer to the "CoK" cigarette pack found on the floor by Cluckin' Bell cashiers. Ice cold killa, in turn, thinks "CoK Filters" refers to condoms. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6994/00gta1screen1206oj.jpg http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/4872/00gta1bankofamerica0zg.jpg The Sherman Dam is like the Hoover Dam. http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/7298/00gta1screen161a3kd.jpg http://img302.imageshack.us/img302/1237/00gta1screen161b0qn.jpg http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/1632/00gta1screen161c3lt.jpg http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/8758/00gta1hooverdamstatue5ey.jpg http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/6504/00gta1hooverdamgenerators7co.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_dam The Welcome to the Fabulous Las Venturas sign (NW of the Pilson Intersection) looks like the one by a road at the edge of Las Vegas. http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/3749/00gta1screen335af.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Fabulous_Las_Vegas The V-ROCK Hotel and Casino in Las Venturas looks like The Hard Rock Cafe Hotel and Casino. (The Hard Rock Hotel has a big replica of a Fender Strato- caster guitar on the roof, and the V-ROCK Hotel has a big replica of a Gibson flying V guitar on the roof.) http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/3238/00gta1screen429um.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Rock_Hotel_and_Casino http://www.fender.com/home.php http://www.gibson.com/ The name of the Hippy Shopper store is like the Happy Shopper line of foods, also some shops, in the U.K.. (Thanks to martinson-line.) (It's on the W side of the block N of "HASH" of "HASHBURY.") http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/1485/00gta1screen4465gc.jpg http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/7650/00gta1happyshopper3ao.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Shopper Rodeo in Los Santos looks like Rodeo Drive. (Thanks to vivatforx.) http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/1769/00gta1screen3009ga.jpg http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6175/00gta1screen3017us.jpg http://www.piaggio.ccii.unipi.it/~pallottino/RodeoDr.htm http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/3366/00gta1rodeodrive5ma.jpg A recent "Jeopardy" TV show interpreted Glen Park as being like MacArthur Park (similar bridge or strip of land over a pond, location, and ethnic group)... http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/1844/00gta1screen306a5wd.jpg http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/3282/00gta1screen306b1vg.jpg http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/6854/00gta1screen306c4an.jpg http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/426/00gta1screen306d4xk.jpg http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/5425/00gta1macarthurpark8mr.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_Park ... and the N-S highway to the E of Los Santos Forum as like Sunset Boulevard and the Pacific Coast Highway. (Thanks to Mokiesmoky.) http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6579/00gta1screen311a3ow.jpg http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5535/00gta1screen311b3ik.jpg http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/355/00gta1screen311c5hy.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/9862/00gta1pacificcoasthighway5vq.jpg The Avispa Country Club at the S edge of San Fierro is similar to the Olympic Golf Club on the SE edge of San Francisco. (The 1st photo is by Arnold Palmer.) http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/4684/00gta1screen2684au.jpg http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/3277/00gta1olympicgolfclubphotobyar.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Club http://www.dbonnell.com/golf.htm Esplanade East in NE San Fierro is like the Embarcadero, which is a water front. (Thanks to thedudley.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embarcadero%2C_San_Francisco http://www.inetours.com/Pages/SFNbrhds/Embarcadero.html C**k Rock, W of Verdant Meadows Aircraft Graveyard, looks like Big Stoney in Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah. (Thanks to flying fox; I'm not sure which of us thought of it 1st.) http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5796/00gta1screen503a1sn.jpg http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/4230/00gta1bigstoney0ii.jpg Thanks to -La-RaZa, who came up with a whole batch to thank for (although the "Haight" part of "Haight-Ashbury" is disputed; I supplemented the information where I could): Los Santos Los Angeles http://you-are-here.com/info/map.html http://map.cartifact.com/CARTIFACT/DTLA/DTLA4.HTML http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_angeles Ganton Compton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton%2C_California Idlewood Inglewood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglewood%2C_California Willow Field Willowbrook http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willowbrook%2C_California East Los Santos East LA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_L.A. Vinewood Hollywood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood Mulholland Beverly Hills http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills%2C_California Santa Maria beach Santa Monica http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica Las Colinas El Monte http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Monte Glen Park Morningside Park http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morningside_Park Palomino Creek Palmdale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmdale (Downtown Downtown Los Angeles) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Los_Angeles San Fierro San Francisco http://www.virtuar.com/ysf2/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_francisco Easter Basin Naval Docks Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/5673/00gta1hunterspointnavalshipyar.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunters_Point Chinatown Chinatown (lol) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown%2C_San_Francisco Hashbury Haight-Ashbury http://www.rockument.com/links.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haight-Ashbury Queens Castro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castro Paradiso Presidio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidio_of_San_Francisco Juniper Hollow Pacific Heights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Heights%2C_San_Francisco%2C_California (Financial The Financial District) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_District%2C_San_Francisco%2C_California (Beach SW of Gant Bridge Baker Beach) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Beach Las Venturas Las Vegas http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lasvegas/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas Blackfield Spring Valley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Valley%2C_NV Rockshore Henderson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henderson%2C_Nevada Redsands Paradise http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise%2C_Nevada Roca Escalante Winchester http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester%2C_Nevada Prickle Pine Sunrise Manor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunrise_Manor%2C_NV KACC Military Fuels (Nellis) Air Force base http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellis_Air_Force_Base (The Strip The Strip) http://www.oldvegaschips.com/lasvegasmap.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Strip Thanks to D-D-R, who thinks E Los Santos is more like W LA, Glen Park is more like MacArthur Park and similarly located, although Morningside Park also looks very similar, and Grove Street could be Martin Luther King Boulevard (or "The Jungle" as some in CA call it), Crenshaw Boulevard, or La Brea Street. ******** Reader Wolfie2k5 gets my thanks for telling me he recognized these similari- ties: Interglobal Film Studios has two water towers like the one of Warner Brothers studios. (Interglobal Film Studios in "Vice City" has a tower like it, too.) http://img445.imageshack.us/img445/2236/00gta1screen1288gw.jpg http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7/00gta1warnerbrosstudioswaterto.jpg http://www2.warnerbros.com/main/homepage/homepage.html The tallest building, the one with a Parachute on top, in Los Santos (it's at the oval NW of the pretzel-looking intersection that's S of Mulholland Intersec- tion)--the U.S. Bank Tower, aka the Library Tower (formerly the First Interstate World Center) http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/6197/00gta1screen2504zw.jpg http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2165/00gta1screen250a2pn.jpg http://www.pcf-p.com/a/p/8316/s.html http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/US/CA/LosAngelesLibraryTower.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Tower Santa Maria pier--Santa Monica pier (The "...SPORT FISHING BOATING...." sign over the start of the road leading down to it is about identical except it doesn't have "Santa Monica" on the top; Santa Monica pier has more amusement rides.) http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/8020/00gta1screen2694kq.jpg http://www.santamonicapier.org/ http://www.westland.net/piercam/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica_Pier The High Roller--Bally's Las Vegas (It has similar columns lit blue at night, moving sidewalks, and elevators.) http://img302.imageshack.us/img302/8226/00gta1screen214mm.jpg http://www.las-vegas-hotel-tours.com/ballys-hotel.php http://www.rtldlightyears.com/images/ballysblue.jpg http://www.vegas.com/resorts/ballys2/ The round tower, covered with windows, with four shorter such towers surround- ing it, S of the right side of the "A" of the big "LOS SANTOS" letters (it has a bridge to the E to the Atrium)--the Bonaventure Hotel http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2228/00gta1screen2716rt.jpg http://img342.imageshack.us/img342/5555/00gta1screen367ld.jpg http://www.usc.edu/dept/geography/losangeles/lawalk/new/bona.html http://www.seeing-stars.com/Hotels/Bonaventure.shtml Starfish Casino--the Barbary Coast http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/3803/00gta1screen715le.jpg http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/5623/00gta1screen824ph.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_Coast_%28hotel_and_casino%29 ******** I better slip in a few of the ones I came up with myself (if not necessarily as the 1st to do it): Union Station, N of Los Santos airport, looks like Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, "The last of America's great rail stations." It's at 800 N. Alameda St., Los Angeles, CA. http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9162/00gta1unitystation4d5dy.jpg http://www.parkives.com/famous_union.html http://www.westworld.com/~elson/larail/laus.html Las Venturas Stadium, the little baseball field in NW Las Venturas, "Home of the Bandits," is like minor (Pacific Coast) league ball park Cashman Field, which is N of the main casino area. http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/7664/00gta1screen193ie.jpg http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/5447/00gta1cashmanfield0fc.jpg http://www.minorleagueballparks.com/cash_nv.html The depiction of an airplane over the entrance to Easter Bay Airport looks a bit like a U.K. WWII bomber--the Avro Manchester, predecessor to the Avro Lan- caster. (Thanks to thedude777 for pointing out the three blade type of propel- ler.) http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/1407/00gta1screen1401ux.jpg http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/6004/00gta1screen1414qr.jpg http://www.ww2guide.com/britishb.shtml#mchester http://freespace.virgin.net/pbratt.home/Avro%20Manchester.htm http://www.jaapteeuwen.com/ww2aircraft/html%20pages/avro%20679%20manchester.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Manchester Thanks to reader fonz808 for writing that there are similarities between the Los Angeles and Los Santos wall paintings of a Madonna. I'll add that the "San Andreas" painting says, "Jesus Saves," which is what the "GTA 2" save house says with an electric sign that has some of the letters burned out to read "U SAVE." I also found some real life examples that are similar to the "San Andreas" wall painting. As mentioned near the start of this section, in Los Santos there is a wall painting with a heart, Mary, an angel, and the words "Jesus Saves." Flame- colored symbolism of holiness emanates from Mary, who wears a robe, with the hood over her head, that's blue with white stars. It shows her from the up- per torso and up. http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8360/00gta1jesussavessign9vl.jpg Several outdoor murals in LA show something similar, particularly a couple of them. http://home.att.net/~rpmurals/virgin.html The most similar depiction of Mary, and relevant to overall context, to me is the traditional depiction of a Madonna and child with an angel nearby on an outer wall of St. Lucy's Catholic Church in Los Angeles. The depiction of Mary is part of a mural called "El Tepeyac de Los Angeles" by George Yepes. Mary is contrasted with a similar image of a Latina mother cradling her slain gang mem- ber son. "El Tepeyac" is a holy site in Mexico where a 17th century campesino (Spanish for "farmer") allegedly had a vision of a brown-skinned Virgin Mary. http://www.grconnect.com/murals/html/pc261069.html http://www.lamurals.org/MuralFiles/ELA/Tepeyac.html The middle of the church, and the cross symbol it uses, have shapes similar to the church and cross symbol (placed differently) in Jefferson, Los Santos, that has a Rockstar symbol near the top of the stained glass. http://img422.imageshack.us/img422/9312/00gta1screen19du.jpg A San Fierro church, below the "DO" of the "DOWNTOWN" of N San Fierro, looks like Grace cathedral. http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/5965/00gta1gracechurch1d9jv.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2070/00gta1gracechurch2d7ul.jpg http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/9978/00gta1gracecathedral9rk.jpg http://www.gracecathedral.org/ http://www.nobhillassociation.org/GC.asp The dove in the wall art in San Fierro looks exactly like the peace symbol used by the Benedictine Sisters of the Monastery of St. Gertrude in Cottonwood, Idaho. http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7808/00gta1screen4494qh.jpg http://www.stgertrudes.org/Ministry/Peace/peace.htm I suppose this is kind of obvious, but I don't see it come up much: I think the reason the name "San Andreas" was picked may be because it's cracked (so a metaphor for "crazy"). I don't mean the illicit smoke, although that's not an unlikely thought, either. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Andreas_Fault "San Andreas" has a follow-up to the "Come to Dundee...." billboard of "Vice City." It's on the roof of the Vinyl Countdown at the intersection N of the N corner of the block that's NE of the "EO" of "RODEO." It says, "Let's go to Dundee!! The care in the community...." (I can't make out the last word. The phrase sounds like a Community Care program slogan to me.) http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/4874/00gta1screen620rh.jpg http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/7535/00gta1dundeesa4jy.jpg The sashay some of the women did in "Vice City" lives on in the way some of the women walk in "San Andreas" when they get up from lounging on a towel at the beach or the grass in Glen Park. http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/5794/00gta1screen3079tw.jpg http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/448/00gta1screen3074yq.jpg http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/1954/00gta1screen307a0ah.jpg http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/2614/00gta1screen307b5ej.jpg http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/7708/00gta1screen307c8cy.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/6197/00gta1screen423a8id.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3148/00gta1screen423b2qh.jpg The Xymposium with a depiction of a "Vice City" hidden package in front, men- tioned earlier, may be a reference to the Tiki Ti tiki bar on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1395/00gta1screen224a2ad.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiki_Ti http://www.tiki-ti.com/ Wu Zi, allegedly blind but able to show a high accuracy rate during a drive-by and possibly drive a car, was preceded by the "Vice City" black fellow who pre- tended to be blind but could get around without a guide dog or cane and could fight and drive. http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/8863/00gta1screen921dt9.jpg http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5760/00gta1blindguyvc10vv.jpg http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3063/00gta1blindguyvc26cc.jpg http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9296/00gta1screen518jh.jpg This store front has been known about since "San Andreas" came out, but it took a while before I found it. Across the street to the N of the "RK" of "MAR- KET" is a store that displays three clocks--for London (11:23 or so), Los San- tos (2:30), and Liberty City (5:20). All three have been used as settings in GTA's: "London, 1969," "San Andreas," and "III." (A bit to the W is spaceein- stein's store. I got a Park named after me, anyway--you see an old bum lounging around in it now and then.) http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/912/00gta1screen128pl.jpg http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/7451/00gta1screen5606wp.jpg http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/1691/00gta1screen3080kp.jpg What I think of as a Nutcracker Suite nutcracker face, seen on the straw hut gazebo with torches, etc., and a Polynesian theme on the N side of the block that's a block S of El Swanko Casa in "Vice City," also appears on the buildings of the Hotel Motel on the two blocks of "PILGRIM" in Las Venturas in "San An- dreas." http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2905/00gta1screen962asa3.jpg http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5963/00gta1screen962btk8.jpg http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/4545/00gta1screen962ccu8.jpg http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8326/00gta1screen962dgk2.jpg I think the name of the RC Cam, which appears to be a flower pot till it's used as a land vehicle (I.8.a), is meant as a reference to surveillance gadgets hidden in ordinary objects. This is also shown by the trophies of deer heads with red glowing eyes that, as shazard pointed out, are above the exit door at Palomino Creek and Blueberry Ammu-Nations. They were preceded by the air condi- tioner, in Phil's trailer and over the inside of the door of Ryton Aide in "Vice City," that has a small sign on it that says "george's bug." http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9604/00gta1rccam40pp.jpg http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/5015/00gta1screen1545sv.jpg http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8056/00gta1screenvc47nu4.jpg The U.S.S. Numnutz is a solid version of the submarine that's underwater N of North Point Mall in "Vice City." http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/6481/00gta1ussnumnutz3oj.jpg http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3518/00gta1screenvc62me3.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8430/00gta1screenvc63yf9.jpg http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2323/00gta1screenvc64kp1.jpg In "III," catacorner to the SW corner of the multi-story parking garage of Staunton, one of the messages of an electric sign with moving letters is that shares of "MADD" are up 76%, which may refer to the success of Madd Dogg contin- uing beyond the end of "San Andreas." http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/5660/00gta1secretsiii12th.jpg http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/3622/00gta1screen916eq4.jpg If you have C.J. stand NW of the Cluckin' Bell that's S of the Johnson house and look SW at the yellow pawn shop, you can see a woman, shown from about waist up, with brown hair and a red dress. She's in the rectangle-shaped indentation on the near yellow wall of the shop. C.J. can get closer to see her if you turn the draw distance down. http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/2862/00gta1wtfsecretlady1a1ya.jpg If you have C.J. go closer to her,she's covered over with a lighter or darker color (depending on the time of day) than the wall. http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/17/00gta1wtfsecretlady2a8ox.jpg The Rocket Launcher gimmick that let you see through walls in the last two GTA's doesn't work in "San Andreas," so I don't know how to get a closer look. You can find Pier 69 where your paper map shows a big gray projection at the NE end of San Fierro. If C.J. goes into a blackened doorway along the SE side of it, he appears at a doorway on the roof. If he goes into that doorway, he appears at the 1st doorway. SE of that, C.J. can swim through underwater holes in the rock display used in "Amphibious Assault" (VI.39). http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/732/00gta1screen204a2kf.jpg http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/2476/00gta1screen204b3jh.jpg At the bottom of the vertical stem of the 2nd "R" of "SAN FIERRO" is a gray ramp down to a garage door that says, "NO ENTRY; UNSAFE BUILDING." But if you have C.J. go to the top of the ramp, every time he looks away and looks back you'll see a vehicle appear and drive up the ramp. http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/1149/00gta1screen227a7cq.jpg http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/4998/00gta1screen227b7fj.jpg C.J. can break some of the bottles in a bar. http://img448.imageshack.us/img448/3029/00gta1screen447a1cj.jpg http://img448.imageshack.us/img448/4167/00gta1screen447b7pt.jpg The guy who gets to kiss a woman the most in "San Andreas" appears in a party about five people are having by a fire on a little island by the Speeder C.J. can use to chase Ryder's Speeder in "Pier 69." This guy's just nuts about this lady: http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9632/00gta1screen927lv1.jpg The one skyscraper in Los Santos with a 3D interior is at the N end of the block that's E of the one with "NTOS" of "DOWNTOWN LOS SANTOS." As Fireman ex- plained at GTA Forums, you can point C.J. at the building (from the sidewalk edge that's nearest to the lot of the building), type "VROCKPOKEY" to have Hot- ring Racer A appear with one side imbedded in the building, and have C.J. enter the car and go out the other side to enter the building. http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/8450/00gta1screen207a2fx.jpg http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/5206/00gta1screen207b7vk.jpg http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/6773/00gta1screen207c8pf.jpg Once he's in there, you could type "ROCKETMAN" so C.J. gets a Jet Pack and can look around. You might also use the GTA SA Control Center, X.13.c, and use co- ordinates to transport him into and out of it. A possible pair of sets of coordinates I came up with are: Inside: X: 1819.59300 Y: -1287.79900 Z: 13.600860 Angle: 92.935470 Outside: X: 1839.620000 Y: -1280.601000 Z: 13.545330 Angle: 128.297200 The crane in the lot by the Xoomer garage save place in Doherty has a wreck- ing ball. The ball doesn't reach beyond the lot, but you could have C.J. draw some of the corrupt police and their vehicles to it. It takes a while for it to do much damage to a vehicle--your best chance at that is to try to flip it up- side down to make it blow up. http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/6664/00gta1screen935agw1.jpg http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9224/00gta1screen935bcp0.jpg A "Vice City" gimmick I learned from Chris of the GTA Place web site... http://www.thegtaplace.com/vicecity/glitches.php works in "San Andreas," too. It lets you use a helicopter to get a big Two Wheeler score. To do it, get C.J. into a Maverick or such and give W a tap to get the helicopter off the ground. Press S and either A or D to press one land- ing rail to the ground. When you've got as long a time for it as you want, have C.J. exit the helicopter and enter a land vehicle. The Two Wheeler score will appear on the screen. (The score has a glitch of giving you a longer time per- iod than you used for the stunt.) http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/6992/00gta1screen936aoa6.jpg http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/5986/00gta1screen936bpp6.jpg USS Numnutz: I think the name of the submarine at the coast of Esplanade East, San Fierro, may be a pun on the name of Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, who helped design and served in submarines during much of his early naval ca- reer, was the United States signatory to the surrender terms aboard the battle- ship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay at the end of WW II, and was active in San Fran- cisco community affairs in the last years of his life. http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/6481/00gta1ussnumnutz3oj.jpg http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq36-4.htm The Big Ear looks like one of the 27 antennas of the Very Large Array on the Plains of San Augustin, between the towns of Magdalena and Datil, fifty miles W of Socorro, New Mexico. Thanks to Leatherface of the GTAGuides.com forum. http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3600/00gta1screen202aa6uu.jpg http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1880/00gta1screen202b1nr.jpg http://www.gta-sanandreas.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6395&st=40 http://gtaguides.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Array I'll add that the name "The Big Ear" is taken from the Big Ear Radio Observa- tory, which is aka Ohio State University Radio Observatory (OSURO). The Observ- atory was named after the Big Ear Radio Telescope--a Kraus-type radio telescope named after Dr. John D. Kraus, the founder and director of the observatory and the designer and builder of the telescope. Big Ear covered more area than three football fields. The telescope was famous for discovering some of the most dis- tant known objects in the universe, the loud "Wow!" signal, and made the long- est-lasting search for extra-terrestrial intelligence entered into the Guinness Book of Records. After nearly 40 years, it was destroyed in 1998. http://www.bigear.org/ As noted earlier, Scott Wilson, who worked on the countryside art for "San An- dreas, is named on a tombstone in a graveyard in the SW corner of the SW block of Palomino Creek in NE Red County. I took the screen shot at the link below during a flash of lightning to read the tombstone better. I'm not sure if it actually relates to Scott Wilson or not, but it says, "MEDAL OF HONOR," "CPL" (Corporal), "US ARMY," and "KOREA." http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/4439/00gta1screen5059rb.jpg The Mulholland Intersection looks like the intersection of the Harbor Freeway, I-110, and the Glenn Anderson Freeway (the Century Freeway), I-105, in Los An- geles. Steven Mulholland is one of those who worked on the Los Santos art for "San Andreas." http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/4179/00gta1screen3084oc.jpg http://www.donovanmartin.com/roads.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_110_%28California%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Freeway The Xymposium with a depiction of a "Vice City" hidden package in front, men- tioned earlier, may be a reference to the Tiki Ti tiki bar on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1395/00gta1screen224a2ad.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiki_Ti http://www.tiki-ti.com/ The Vinewood sign looks like the Hollywood sign. (I know about everybody knew that the second they saw it, but I forget who claimed it 1st on the message boards so I put it here.) http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/5227/00gta1screen3028kx.jpg http://www.hollywoodsign.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_sign The Vinewood building with pictures of the cover of "Vice City" on the front, mentioned earlier, looks like the Whiskey a Go Go nightclub on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/222/00gta1screen413fr.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky_a_Go_Go A little building on Santa Maria Beach looks like the Venice Beach Recreation Center and police sub-station. http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/1139/00gta1screen680a1mn.jpg http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/9605/00gta1screen680venicebeachrecr.jpg The home on a hillside in Mulholland that looks like somebody liked the Li'l Probe Inn idea of a flying saucer on a stick looks like the Malin residence--the Chemosphere. http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6748/00gta1screen699a0op.jpg http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9043/00gta1screen699b3hs.jpg http://www.waltlockley.com/chemosphere/chemosphere.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemosphere The restaurant in Vinewood that looks like it was converted from an old train car looks like Carney's Restaurant on the Sunset Strip. http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/549/00gta1screen7014sg.jpg http://www.seeing-stars.com/ImagePages/CarneysPhoto.shtml http://carneytrain.com/ The City Hall building in San Fierro looks like San Francisco City Hall with- out the spire on top. http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8299/00gta1screen4454al.jpg http://www.sfgov.org/site/cityhall_index.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_City_Hall The rainbow sign of 7th Heaven on the Old Venturas Strip looks like the one used by Fitzgerald's Casino and Hotel, which is part of a design that symbolizes the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow of Irish folk stories. http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/9195/00gta1screen708pu.jpg http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/9067/00gta1screen692ip.jpg The light display of the casino that's a game save place, at the corner S of the "V" of "OLD VENTURAS STRIP," looks like the bowl-shaped light display of The Four Queens Casino. http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/7140/00gta1screen740zo.jpg http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5839/00gta1fourqueens2hl.jpg - There's a Disgraceland territory in "GTA2." Disgraceland refers to Grace- land, which was Elvis Presley's home. There's an Elvis gang in "GTA2"--if you have Claude Speed run over a batch of them, the screen says, "ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING" (shown in the 1st screen shot below which is from the Gouranga web site). The code to create them is "LASVEGAS." - One of the discarded newspapers seen blown around by the wind in "III" and "Vice City" carries the headline "ZOMBIE ELVIS FOUND," which is a front page ad- vertised as a sign pulled through the sky by the Dodo in "Vice City." It kids the rumors that Elvis faked his death and had been seen alive since then. - There's a jukebox with a couple of Elvis-looking performers pictured on it-- one looks like Elvis in a gold suit he wore once--in St. Mark's Bistro and Robina's Cafe Cubano in "Vice City." - There's an ad for Disgraceland Wedding Chapel on the ballpark scoreboard in Las Venturas. - And the code "BLUE SUEDE SHOES"--also the name of a Carl Perkins tune Elvis covered--creates a lot of Elvis impersonators among the pedestrians in "San An- dreas." http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/8053/00gta1screen511a1np.jpg http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/7312/00gta1screen6055xe.jpg http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/4615/00gta1screen6046mr.jpg http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/193/00gta1screen990xr4.jpg http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9329/00gta1screen5116mc.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/1654/00gta1screen511c7io.jpg http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2092/00gta1screen440a8wl.jpg http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/3526/00gta1screen440b4yk.jpg http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4370/00gta1screen5210xy.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfRtoWNkCSo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_presley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland http://www.elvis.com/graceland/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_has_left_the_building http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_sightings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Suede_Shoes As noted earlier, the windows of the buildings to the E of the five silos NE of Mt. Chiliad have some blurry Steven Bliss cartoon cover art from "III" and "Vice City" (the pictures are horizontally reversed on some windows). It seems to me that several also have a blurry depiction of the old RCA logo of Nipper the dog listening to a Victrola. If so, that would seem to connect with the idea of Elvis Presley that appears in GTA's, from the Elvis gang in "GTA2" to the Elvis impersonators in Las Venturas in "San Andreas.") http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8033/00gta1screen145vh.jpg http://www.stephenbliss.com/ http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/TV/rca_nipper.gif http://images.misupply.com/products/original/Gifts%20of%20Note/RCA.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipper The license plate of the Windsor in the "Home on the Hills" mission says "J LOMAX" (which may refer to British singer-songwriter Jackie Lomax or a relative of Vincent Lomax, a voice actor for one of the gangsters). http://www.jackielomax.com/story.html (For no reason but the name similarity, I wonder if "Las Venturas" is a tie-in with the 1960's, etc., instrumental rock group The Ventures; did they play Vegas a lot?) (If it weren't for them popularizing Mosrite guitars, there might never have been the cherry red, hollow-body electric Mosrite Celebrity my Mom bought me for a graduation present.) http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/9915/00gta1mosritefront7yv.jpg http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/6366/00gta1mosritehead4rd.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ventures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosrite One license plate that can appear (I had it show up on the back of the Elegant C.J. drives in "Management Issues") says "SUNRA 93," which I think refers to jazz composer/musician/band leader Sun Ra, who passed away in 1993. A number of George Clinton's (bounce FM DJ, "Loopzilla") early tunes were influenced by Sun Ra. http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1655/00gta1elegant4b6lw.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra If C.J. looks in a mirror, the reflection of his face isn't the same as his real face. The reflection constantly has an open-mouthed smile with some of the teeth missing. http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/213/00gta1club66cr.jpg http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/4238/00gta1screenshot100b8me.jpg http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/685/00gta1screenshot100a5fg.jpg This may be a continuation of the use of a mirror to suggest a famous horror story idea as some of us interpreted to be the case with the mirror on the 2nd floor of the Malibu Club in "Vice City." As was true with Dracula as played by Bela Lugosi in the 1931 movie "Dracula," based loosely on the 1897 Bram Stoker novel and following a European myth about vampires, you couldn't see the re- flection of the lead character, Tommy Vercetti, in the mirror. In C.J.'s case, the mirrors are more like the portrait in the 1890 Oscar Wilde novel and, most famously, 1945 movie starring Hurd Hatfield, "The Portrait of Dorian Gray." Like that painting, the mirrors reflect the evil things C.J. has been doing while his own appearance never gets older. http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/2976/00gta1screenvc96ys3.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_%281931_film%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Portrait_of_Dorian_Gray The Big Spread Ranch, pointed to by the martini glass symbol E of the No Fly Zone, and not far from Las Venturas, probably came from the idea of the Chicken Ranch, the famous "Best Little whorehouse in the West," near Las Vegas, Nevada, which is the recent version of the one closed in 1973 in La Grange, Texas, that the movie "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," 1982, fictionalized, and is what the song "La Grange" by ZZ Top refers to. http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1428/00gta1screen5021ji.jpg http://www.chickenranchbrothel.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Ranch Since the 1955-1959 TV show "The Phil Silvers Show," called "Sgt. Bilko" in syndication. may be the source of the name Fort Baxter in Vice City, Doberman maybe named after Private Doberman, played by Maurice Gosfield. http://www.jumptheshark.com/p/philsilvers.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/p/philsilversshowt_7775245.shtml http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/tv/comedy/philsilvers.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phil_Silvers_Show The Brown Streak railroad company seems to be a reference to the movie "Silver Streak," 1976, which starred Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh, and Gene Wilder. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1019017-silver_streak/ There are some spherical gas tanks C.J. can climb to the top of in Green Palms in the desert, and there are others on the E side of the block that's S of the block with an Ammu-Nation icon that's S of "WILLOW FIELD." But I don't think the ending of "White Heat," 1949, with James Cagney fits into the context of anything in the game. C.J. is a gangster, but his love of his Mom seems normal, not psychotic. I guess you could have C.J. throw down some Molotovs at the top of one and do a parody of it, though, during a high wanted level. http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/5728/00gta1screen3a5hx.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/6903/00gta1screen3aa3gk.jpg http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/9378/00gta1screen47bt.jpg http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6636/00gta1screen92n4qf.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Heat The name of Royale Casino is a reversal of "Casino Royale" of Casino Royale and Hotel. "Casino Royale" is also the name of Ian Fleming's 1st James Bond book, 1953, which was spoofed by "Casino Royale," 1967, which wasn't made by the usual James Bond film makers and was largely panned. However, the theme song for it was a tuneful, bouncy 1967 Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass hit recording of a Burt Bacharach song. http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/261/00gta1screen205dg.jpg Ian Fleming also wrote "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," a children's novel which was filmed in 1968, and the origin of the flying cars code for the PC "GTA III": "CHITTYCHITTYBB." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Fleming http://www.herbalpert.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Alpert http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Bacharach http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061452/ At the Los Santos airport, the unique-looking building with big arches, which appeared basicly the same way in "III," looks like the Theme Building at LA In- ternational Airport. According to the Wikipedia article at the 1st link below, the Hanna Barbera TV cartoon show "The Jetsons" took design ideas from the Theme Building, which in turn was then made to have a "Jetsons" look. http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/615/00gta1dodo15ox.jpg http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/2885/00gta1themebuildingbest2yw.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_International_Airport The name of the store "The Pink Oboe" might be a reference to the euphemism of a spy's name in a Jan.12, 1959 episode of the Goon Show called "The Spy or Who is Pink Oboe." The Goon Show was very popular in the U.K. in the '50s and in reruns since then. http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/6195/00gta1screen1050wh1.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goons http://goonshowscripts.afraid.org/Spy_or_Who_is_Pink_Oboe.html A place in S Downtown, Vice City, between the Moist Palms Hotel and the fire department, is called Fudds (like Elmer Fudd--Looney Tunes) Gifts, and there's a Fud's next door to Zero's RC shop (just S of the "C" of "GARCIA") (Thanks to Mxyzptlk for the San Fierro Fud fact). ("Fud" can also be Edinburgh slang for anus or vagina.) If Tommy Vercetti morphs to a Caddy, he looks like Fred Flint stone (Hanna Barbera), and a place south of Big Smoke's (on the W side of the block that's W of the block with "F" of "LOS FLORES") is called Jellystone (like the park Yogi Bear lives in--Hanna Barbera) International. http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/3108/00gta1screen201a1rt.jpg http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/826/00gta1screen201b2hr.jpg http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/1766/00gta1screen201c6xn.jpg http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/ http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/f.htm The name of a horse you can gamble on, Rocinante, is the name of Don Quixote's horse in the 17th century Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra novel "Don Quixote," which was adapted in 1965 for stage, and in 1972 for film, as "Man of La Man- cha." "Rocinante" means it was but no longer is a nag. http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/4319/00gta1screen1460tl.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocinante http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote The steep winding road in San Fierro, Windy Windy Windy Windy Windy Street, looks like Lombard St. in San Francisco (which I remember from "Driving in San Francisco" on the early Bill Cosby record "Why Is There Air?"--it won the 1965 Grammy award for Best Comedy Performance). http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/5718/00gta1screen2128ka.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombard_Street%2C_San_Francisco http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_cosby http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/familytime/p/bill_cosby_bio.htm That may be why the nearby railroad bridge, on the E side of San Fierro, is called the Kincaid Bridge. On the TV show "The Bill Cosby Show," 1969-1971, Bill Cosby played gym teacher Chet Kincaid. http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/847/00gta1screen5173fa.jpg http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9009/00gta1screen5228wu.jpg http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063871/ At the SE side of the block W of "MARKET" is a store called "Zu-Zu's Petals," which are what George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) was glad to find were still in the pocket of the nightgown of his youngest daughter, Zuzu Bailey (Karolyn Grimes), near the end of the 1946 movie "It's a Wonderful Life." http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/7568/00gta1secretszuzuspetals1a1mk.jpg http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/ "Chiliad" means "a group of 1,000," which I guess is meant metaphorically due to the size of it. Mt. Chiliad looks like....? I vote for El Capitan, aka Agathla Peak in Nava- jo, just S of beautiful Monument Valley, Arizona, which director John Ford showed off in movies including "Stagecoach," 1939, "My Darling Clementine," 1946, "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon," 1949, and "The Searchers," 1956. Some of "Easy Rider," 1969, was filmed there, too. O.K., it's not an identical match--more of a similar big rock natural monument with something like paths spiraling down the side. It sure is purty, though. http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/1145/00gta1screen251a0uh.jpg http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/2716/00gta1screen251b8fj.jpg http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/1425/00gta1screen251c3lj.jpg http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/9388/00gta1screen251d2iw.jpg http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/1204/00gta1screen251e1aj.jpg http://imagesoftheworld.org/GrandCircle/capitan.html http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/6119/00gta1elcapitan9cm.jpg http://amandajane.org/Album/navajo_nation/ The rock arch on the left, in nearby Grand Circle, Arizona and Utah, shown in the web site below, looks like the one W of Verdant Meadows. http://www.imagesoftheworld.org/GrandCircle/GC.htm The Area W of Las Venturas is like Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. It's about 12 miles W of Las Vegas, can be seen from The Strip, and features Keystone Thrust--large sandstone peaks and walls. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rock_Canyon_National_Conservation_Area Regular Tom--some geyser at Yellowstone National Park that's less impressive than Old Faithful, which sprays 106 - 184 feet high--maybe Box Spring, which only sprays 10-15 feet high. http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/438/00gta1screen504a3id.jpg http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3346/00gta1screen504b5ha.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_National_Park http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Faithful_Geyser http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_Spring Since Yellowstone is NE of Nevada, Regular Tom may refer to one of these lesser geysers: http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~glennon/geysers/lesser/ Another possibility is the Calistoga, CA, artificial geyser, Little Old Faith- ful, which sprays 60 feet high through the casing of a well: http://www.wyojones.com/of_califonia.htm There are ancient Native American ruins just E of the roads of Los Barrancas (Spanish for "The Ravines") on the side of a cliff across the street from the cemetary that's behind the church with two bell towers. http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/8749/00gta1screen165gl.jpg http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/4392/00gta1screen680xa.jpg The bigger batch of ruins are called Aldea Malvada, the Lost Pueblo (with the Spanish translated, it's called "Evil Village, The Lost Town"). It's at the end of a dead end road in Tierra Robada (Spanish for "Robbed Earth"). http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7046/00gta1screen5583mu.jpg The proximity of them to the Sherman Dam, similar to the Hoover Dam, may indi- cate they're representative of the ancient ruins of towns around the dam, in- cluding many, like The Lost City, that were covered by Lake Mead when the Hoover Dam was completed. The ruins on the side of a cliff probably indicate ancient Pueblo cliff dwell- ings, even though their culture was centered in the common borders of Utah, Col- orado, New Mexico and Arizona--the Four Corners area--to the E. http://www.library.unlv.edu/early_las_vegas/hoover_dam/lost_city.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anasazi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesa_Verde http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3476/00gta1screen815ol.jpg As Mxyzptlk notes, "C**k Rock" (at the W side of where the dead end road goes to a T intersection W of Verdant Meadows Aircraft Graveyard), looks like a huge c**k, as do some rocks in Foster Valley, San Fierro. (In "Glenster's Guide to Some of Vice City," referring to the 11 pm to midnight light display of the WK Chariot hotel, I wondered if there would be something like that in "San An- dreas.") "C**k Rock" is similar to Big Stoney in Kodachrome Basin, Utah near Cannon- ville, Utah (also found by flying fox in the group given above). (For the full WK Chariot Hotel effect, some modder has to figure out how to put Regular Tom on top of it.) http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/699/00gta1screenshot111a8sp.jpg http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1120/00gta1screenshot111b6tu.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8661/00gta1screenshot111c1hj.jpg http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/5961/00gta1screenshot111d8cc.jpg http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/1482/00gta1bigstoney26mz.jpg http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/4230/00gta1bigstoney0ii.jpg I think the only caption you need for the screen shot at the 1st link above is: "Hey, when will I know when I get to Bone County?" (shazard found another "Big Stoney" in Commerce. It's in a raised garden in an entrance lot at the S end of the block of "TOS" of "LOS SANTOS.") http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/9458/00gta1screen29iu.jpg (I don't know about a female version, unless it's the big rock arch SW of Ver- dant Meadows or the fault under the N San Fierro ship.) In the Hot Coffee mod, Denise's bedroom has a big picture of the cover of "Vice City" on the wall. Since the Hot Coffee controversy has died down, maybe attention can turn to figuring out the secret of the San Fierro Rockstar baseball player statue (on the block of "ANC" of "FINANCIAL"). He has an extra invisible bat. (I added extra screen shots since he's on such a tall pedestal he's hard to see from the ground, and maybe someone will recognize his face.) http://img427.imageshack.us/img427/7083/00gta1screen94b9qn.jpg http://img427.imageshack.us/img427/1378/00gta1screen95c7ol.jpg http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/5561/00gta1screen96d9dw.jpg http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/2904/00gta1screen97g4jl.jpg http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/4858/00gta1screen99b6tw.jpg With this, my place in the history of GTA's is assured. Stand back so you don't get hurt. He's across the street and a bit to the E from the San Fierro gym, and by the S Doherty save place, in "San Andreas," and in several places in Little Haiti in "Vice City." It's...it's...WONderboy: http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/6721/00gta1screen171a7ew.jpg http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/5371/00gta1screen171b5vr.jpg http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/535/00gta1screen171c7xz.jpg http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/3744/00gta1screen171d6bo.jpg You can treat me like a regular person. The San Fierro buildings W of the one with "C" and "K" on it seem to have an upside-down "R," below it an "S," and the little one has what could be an "A." Taken together, and dropping the upside-down "R," it spells "SACK." Any old person could have a sack, but this is a secret sack. Well, now. http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/1908/00gta1screen2610vg.jpg http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/3936/00gta1screen1209sm.jpg E of Mt. Chiliad, near the corner where the road meets the river, is Angel Pines Junkyard. It's NE of the last "E" of "WHETSTONE." There are four big dirty orange-pink sheds on the N side of the lot, and all of them are copies of sheds in "Vice City." The domed building in the middle of the N row of three is a replica of the one in the Junkyard--Lance Vance is held captive in it in "Death Row." In both cop- ies of the shed, if you go into the back left of it, there's a window you can see through, but if you look for the window on the outside of the building, it's not there. (There's no bloody chair in there, though.) http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4161/00gta1screen83sh.jpg http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6255/00gta1screen8a8du.jpg http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8075/00gta1screen9a8ln.jpg http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7903/00gta1screen9a0yn.jpg http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6675/00gta1screen107xl.jpg http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/9027/00gta1screen10a0qy.jpg The W shed of the N row of three is a replica of the one with a Hidden Package at Phil's Place except the entrance is walled shut. http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/1410/00gta1screen114il.jpg http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2183/00gta1screen11a7ze.jpg The outer two sheds are both replicas of the one Phil uses to store his Patri- ot. http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4143/00gta1screen11b9pz.jpg http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/452/00gta1screen11bb4vk.jpg Thanks to thedude777 for pointing out that some other things in the Junkyard look like ones from the "Vice City" Junkyard, too. As mentioned earlier in this section, the Angel Pine Junkyard is said to look like a setting in "Manhunt." This junk gets around. http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5451/00gta1screen4228ez.jpg The big ship in Ocean Docks is basically the same as the one used in "Spilling the Beans" in "Vice City." You could use it for a unit of measurement if you want to compare the size of the maps of the two games. http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/25/00gta1screenvc29bcg6.jpg http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/6227/00gta1screenvc29ayl0.jpg The ship by the Easter Basin crane and the ship by the Gant Bridge have cabin areas that are similar to the cabin area of the "Vice City" ship, too, except they're simplified and have two smaller smoke stacks instead of one bigger one. http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/2479/00gta1screenvc29clo6.jpg http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7370/00gta1screenvc29dyj6.jpg The name of a "San Andreas" set of missions, "Learning to Fly," is on a bill- board in Staunton in "GTA III." (In the screen shot, look to the right of the tail of the Maverick.) http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5949/00gta1screenvc256ja1.jpg As noted earlier, thedude777 showed that The Julius Thru Ways, Harry Gold Parkway, Greenglass College, and Ken Rosenberg were named after people involved in the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed after a controver- sial trial about spying in 1953. I'll add that this continues a theme from "Vice City" of figures from contro- versial trials and crime-related matters. The pictures on the walls of Marco's Bistro include one that refers to Vera Stretz, who was acquitted in the murder of her husband in 1936, and it and another seem to refer to the execution of Bruno Hauptmann, for the Lindbergh kidnapping, the same year. I think another is of Frank Sinatra, a buddy of Chicago Mafia leader Sam "Momo" Giancana, etc., from around the same time. Of that same group of four is a (fake?) front page that is headed "VERCETTI TO DIE." Considering the context, I wonder if "Vercet- ti" is a variation of "Vanzetti," of the two men, Sacco and Vanzetti, condemned to die after a very controversial and famous trial, in 1927. http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/9831/00gta1mobpicts12hp.jpg http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/7587/00gta1mobpicts28xm.jpg http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/lindbergh/theories_8.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Hauptmann http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/cops_others/frank_sinatra/1.html http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/giancana/index_1.html http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_guilty/sacco/1.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacco_and_Vanzetti http://www.crimelibrary.com/index.html Looking at an online drug slang dictionary, I've noticed that various names in the GTA games are also slang words for crack: Xoomer could be pronounced "Zoomer" (someone who sells fake crack and runs away), smoke, wave, Johnson (also c**k), Eightball (crack and heroin), candy, B.J.'s (also bl** job), even rock star, possibly others. Since the subject of cocaine comes up in this and the last GTA (it's what Vice City hidden packages contained, etc.), and given the game maker's inclination to punning, it may be more than a coincidence. http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/cocainecrack/l/blsldiccrack.htm Some babelfish translations of Spanish: Avispa Country Club Wasp Country Club Las Barrancas the Ravines El Quebrados the Fraction Aldea Malvada Evil Village Valle Ocultado Hidden Valley Arco Del Oeste Arc of the West Las Brujas the Witches El Castillo Del Diablo the Castle of the Devil Tierra Robada Robbed Earth Las Venturas the Lucks (the Good Fortunes, I guess) Los Sepulcros Cemetery the Tombs Cemetery http://babelfish.altavista.com/ According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, "Esplanade" comes from Middle French and means "a level open stretch of paved or grassy ground, espe- cially one designed for walking or driving along a shore." http://www.m-w.com/ ******** I mentioned in "Glenster's Guide for Vice City" that "Mafia," released as a video game in 2002, has some people in common with "Vice City" and/or earlier GTA's: Rennaud Sebbane, Chris Phillips, George Dicenzo, Laura Maxwell, Judy Hen- derson, and John Zurhellen. "Mafia" also has these people in common with "San Andreas: - Jeff Gurner, the voice of Ralph/car mechanic Lucas Bertone/others, is one of the pedestrian voices in "San Andreas," - Bill Buell and Steve Kenezevitch, who did various voices for "Mafia," are among the pedestrians voices in "San Andreas," - Judy Henderson returns as the casting director, and Renaude Sebbane, produc- er/director of voice overs and Barry Stark in "III" and "Vice City," returns as a motion capture model. http://pc.ign.com/articles/369/369550p1.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338221/ http://www.mafia-game.com/ ******** Rusk has at least several real-life similarities to add that I know of, too: "Body Harvest," the name of a mission for The Truth in "San Andreas," is also the name of a Nintendo 64 game made by DMA Design (some of whom later helped form Rockstar North) in 1998. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Harvest "Pier 69 is based on San Francisco's Pier 39 which is on the Embarcadero. How do I know this? That's because I used to work there at the Namco CyberStation Arcade which was at the front of the pier (1991-1993). Rockstar did a good job in recreating the tourist attraction except that they did not put in an arcade where you can play the arcade mini-games within San Andreas. What's up with that?." http://www.danheller.com/sf-piers.html http://www.virtuar.com/ysf2/pier39.htm http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/gallery/gal048.html ("Embarcadero" means "wharf." For screen shots, see the 2nd sub-section be- low.) "When I first saw the town of Fort Carson on the enclosed map I had to smile. You see, there is a real life Fort Carson. It is located on the southern edge of Colorado Springs, Colorado and is also one of the largest Army bases in the US. Fort Carson is also my birthplace (4/24/1967)." http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/4701/00gta1screen412a8av.jpg http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4790/00gta1screen412b8ow.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Carson That's when he was just a li'l baby Rusk. Awwr! And thanks to Rusk for explaining this glitch: If you have C.J. follow a hooker to her room at the same motel during "Reunit- ing the Families," they begin to kiss and C.J. gets (a pre-Paramedic mission degree of) full Health. (Before the Paramedic mission, C.J.'s maximum Health is 2/3rds of what it becomes after the Paramedic mission. If C.J. has done the Paramedic mission, has full Health, and kisses her, his Health goes down to 2/3rds of the maximum. ******** Reader zubier abdullah, aka darkevil, told me he sees a likeness between Offi- cer Tenpenny, voice acted by Samuel L. Jackson, and Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson of the LAPD, the character Samuel plays in the movie "S.W.A.T," 2003. http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/3214/00gta1screen2225gu.jpg http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/swat/site/downloads/samuelsize1.jpg ******** Thanks to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_San_Andreas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_%28series%29 for noting these similarities between real life places and places in the game: Verdant Bluffs is named after an historical mill, Verdant Works, in Dundee. Sunnyside, the Loonies gang area in "GTA2," and Sunnyside Taxis, a taxi com- pany in "Vice City" and "San Andreas," are named after a mental hospital in Mon- trose, which is near Dundee. The Grove is like the NWA-era Compton, Inglewood, and E LA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton%2C_California http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglewood%2C_California http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Los_Angeles%2C_California Mulholland is a wealthy neighborhood like Rodeo Drive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodeo_drive Richman, Los Santos, is like Bel-Air, LA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel_Air%2C_Los_Angeles%2C_California (The Los Santos Conference Center and) The Los Angeles Convention Center http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/3019/00gta1screen951ln3.jpg http://www.laavenue.com/convention.htm (The Cathay building and) Grauman's Chinese Theater http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/1044/00gta1screen950vs8.jpg http://daguerre.frejol.org/photos/20040728001/800x600.jpg http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/6120/00gta1screen938cr0.jpg The name "Bayside" combines the name "Tayside" with "bay." From 1975 to 1996, the city of Dundee was one of the districts of Tayside, a local government re- gion of Scotland. And San Francisco is by a bay. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tayside The Esplanade East docks, Pier 69, and the Esplanade East building with a clock tower--the Embarcadero, Pier 39, and the Ferry Building http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/84/00gta1screen122a5qd.jpg http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5341/00gta1screen122b5or.jpg http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/4076/00gta1screen122c0nn.jpg http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/9770/00gta1screen121a4ol.jpg http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/3535/00gta1screen121b3hc.jpg http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/1876/00gta1screen121c0dh.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embarcadero%2C_San_Francisco http://www.inetours.com/Pages/SFNbrhds/Embarcadero.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pier_39 http://www.virtuar.com/ysf2/pier39.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferry_Building (GTW note: I think the interior of the long lower segment of the Ferry build- ing looks a little like the interior of the train station that's E of the Xoomer garage save place. I haven't found a good match for the train station yet.) http://www.inetours.com/images/Snglimg2/Mkt_Place_0921.jpg The Castro district's gay culture is ribbed by naming the comparable San Fier- ro section Queens. http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/4808/00gta1screen4438la.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castro%2C_San_Francisco%2C_California The Gant Bridge looks like the Golden Gate Bridge. http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/7233/00gta1screen217a2yc.jpg http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/2594/00gta1screen217b8dq.jpg http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/3716/00gta1screen217c9zr.jpg http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/4504/00gta1screen941ps8.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco-Oakland_Bay_Bridge Fort Point is what the look of Jizzy's Pleasure Domes, below the S end of the Gant Bridge, is based on. (For Jizzy's, it's given a central roof and different interior paint and furnishings.) http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2429/00gta1screen955awy2.jpg http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/8407/00gta1screen955bbl5.jpg http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/7800/00gta1screen955cjr6.jpg http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/1215/00gta1screen955dto9.jpg http://www.nps.gov/fopo/home.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Point Bayside is like Sausalito. http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/9593/00gta1screen217e6yu.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sausalito The two bridges from Easter Basin to Bone County look like a couple of bridges in Fife, Scotland. They're W of Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland and where Rockstar North is based. (The ones in the game are SE of Esplanade North.) http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/8937/00gta1screen2546ew.jpg http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8103/00gta1screen165c3ob.jpg The Garver Bridge resembles the Forth Road Bridge (the Golden Gate-type sus- pension bridge), which is a bit west of the Forth Bridge mentioned below. (Some say it looks like the Oakland Bay Bridge to San Francisco, too. I think the resemblance caused Rockstar to want to make a visual pun by putting the Kin- caid Bridge, which resembles the Forth Rail Bridge, near it.) http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/9094/00gta1screen165b7hb.jpg http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/5838/00gta1screen940ag0.jpg http://www.edinburgh-scotland.net/images/ForthRoadBridge03L.jpg The Kincaid Bridge looks like the Forth (Rail) Bridge (the one with beams ar- ranged in horizontal diamond shapes), which is nine miles west of Edinburgh. http://img278.imageshack.us/img278/6317/00gta1screen165a3dr.jpg http://img418.imageshack.us/img418/8540/00gta1screen5598zu.jpg http://www.edinburgh-scotland.net/images/ForthBridge03L.jpg Mount Sutro's Sutro antenna tower is like the one on Missionary Hill. http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/9104/00gta1screen2341tt.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutro_Tower The Four Dragons Hotel and Casino is like the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casi- no. http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9816/00gta1screen236lf.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Palace_%28hotel_and_casino%29 The Emerald Isle Casino and Hotel is a bigger but similarly Irish version of Fitzgerald's Casino and Hotel. http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/6752/00gta1screen324be.jpg http://images.hotel-rates.com/hotels/LAS_FITZ-exter-1.jpg http://renoscasinos.com/fitzgeralds/fitz.jpg The Camel's Toe--The Luxor Resort Hotel and Casino Sphinx and pyramid. http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4567/00gta1screen252li.jpg http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/351/00gta1screen265qy.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor_Hotel One place on Old Venturas Strip looks like The Pioneer Club (of Fremont Street) of 1942-1956, and 1983-1995, with Vegas Vic replaced by Avery Carring- ton. http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/9199/00gta1screen349ps.jpg Another display on the same road depicts Candy Suxxx. Across the street from Vic, over a strip joint, was Sassy Sally, later called Vegas Vicki, who was posed, and originally raised and lowered one lower leg, the same way at Glitter Gulch. http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4130/00gta1screen355wc.jpg http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7057/00gta1screen35a8re.jpg Today they can be found as part of the Fremont Street Experience, an outdoor mall with a canopy and a light show. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont_Street_Experience http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/999/00gta1screen80vic4tm.jpg http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7122/00gta1screen81vickie5fz.jpg http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/7045/00gta1fremontstreet1nb.jpg The casinos on Old Venturas Strip have light displays like those of Binion's Horseshoe Hotel and Casino and The Fremont Hotel and Casino. (See my notes be- low.) http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/outoftown/lasvegas/downtown/ (GTW note: on the corner near the sign that looks like Candy Suxxx is a curved plate of lights that's similar to the one on Binion's Horseshoe Hotel and Casino. The vertical columns of blue lights are similar, too.) http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4371/00gta1screen759zv.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8572/00gta1screen79binionsh7ny.jpg http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2632/00gta1screen80binionsh20rq.jpg (GTW note: the lights at the intersection of The Strip and Old Venturas Strip, on the corner S of the depiction of Avery Carrington, are similar to the lights of The Fremont Hotel and Casino.) http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/582/00gta1screen734qs.jpg http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2641/00gta1screen77fremont4mr.jpg http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/6485/00gta1screen5309dh.jpg The Glory Hole Theme Park references on the radio refer to holes between stalls in sex joints used for anonymous sex. "San Andreas" features playable games similar to the arcade games Gyruss (They Crawled from Uranus), and Defender and Gradius (Go Go Space Monkey) (see XI.d). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyruss http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_%28game%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradius Thanks to Wikipedia again for the next two examples. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprunk#Easter_eggs The six bodybags in a hole mentioned earlier are probably the result of a couple of Mafia men in the Introduction video who dump the dead bodies of their victims in a hole in the desert. (GTW note: the one with a cigarette looks vaguely like a De Niro character.) In the movie "Casino," 1995, Sam Rothstein (Robert De Niro) and Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci) say the gangsters get rid of their "problems" by burying them in the desert. http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/35/00gta1screen960bz1.jpg http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4029/00gta1screen961vw6.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_%28film%29 In the Andromeda of "Stowaway," some "men in black" act out the myth of aliens that dress like government agents to silence people who've found evidence of aliens on Earth. They call C.J. a "carbon-based buffoon" and tell him "You evolved from shrews." &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.2 PC Health I.2.a Clean your disk, disk player, and PC Clean your Play disk and use a CD laser lens cleaner disk in your player. Turn off your PC and use a can of compressed air and clean out your PC box, CD/DVD player compartment, and keyboard. If you spill something into your key- board, disconnect it, flush it thoroughly with water, and let it dry for a few days. (I've seen disk cleaners, laser disk cleaners, and cans of compressed air on sale at department and drug stores.) I.2.b Get your hard drive clean and in order After using the Internet go to Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and use the Disk Cleanup--remove the Temporary Files, Temporary Internet Files, and Recycle Bin. The Temporary Internet Files can help you surf the web faster, but I search it fast enough without them and they can build up into a huge batch of bytes in no time. Get the free software versions, at least, of Ad-aware and Spybot. You might like to go to the Downloads section of the Microsoft web site and try their free beta version of AntiSpyware. Keep them updated and run them regularly. Spybot http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html Adaware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ Buy an anti-virus program, keep it updated, and run it regularly. Disable auto protect to play games or download drivers. At least once a month--even a week--run the Disk Defragmenter. For Windows XP Home Edition, go to Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and Disk De- fragmenter. Run it after crashes and after you make any big changes to your PC, too, like after installing or removing new graphics card drivers or a big game demo or such. I.2.c Use the latest updates On your browser, click Tools and run Windows Update about once a week. Make sure you have the latest updates for your sound (Creative Labs, etc.) and graphics cards (ATI, NVIDEA, etc.), motherboard chipset driver (probably VIA Hyperion, Intel chipset, Forceware Unified, or SiS Chipset), DirectX (the Mi- crosoft web site Downloads section), mouse, keyboard, and whatever else you use for the game you can get updates for. Go to Run, type in "msinfo32," and click OK if you're not sure what your com- puter specifics are, and see how they compare with the requirements for comput- ers given on the bottom flap of the box of the game. You might want to upgrade something. You could try the same thing except type in "dxdiag," too. Better yet, try something like SiSoftware Sandra Lite 2005, mentioned below in the Tweak guides part of this section, and run the various modules it contains. You can not only learn what your various PC components are, but get helpful rec- ommendations about changing settings and making upgrades to improve the perfor- mance of your PC. (I talk the recommendations over with an expert 1st.) http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/ I.2.d Turn off unnecessary applications before running the game Run a free utility called End-It-All 2 and use the "Close all" button to shut down other applications before running the game. http://www.docsdownloads.com/ I.2.e Take2 Games web site and toll-free phone number For technical support, check the support section for the PC "San Andreas" at the Take2 Games web site. Go to Take2 Games, Support, Grand Theft Auto: San An- dreas (PC). They have a toll free number, too, which connects you to some nice people who offer personal support: 1-866-219-9839. Help them isolate the source of your problem by doing the other things recommended in this section 1st. Try to avoid things that make your game freeze so you have no ability to get out of the game with the keyboard. Turning your PC off at the main power button is bad for your computer, so use the reset button (just below the main power button on my PC) instead at such times. You may have to remove a mod because you made an installation mistake or it's corrupted due to a faulty download, etc. My PC has bad reactions to some other- wise, too, for some reason. Try getting advice from the creator of the mod, from GTA Forums web site, etc. If worse comes to worse, for whatever reason you may never learn--some unfortunate combination of the mod with some component or setting of your PC--you may need to just remove it. According to the "Read Me" for the game: For support please visit: http://www.rockstargames.com/support The support for each of various countries is given at (you have to Copy and Paste the last two lines to the 1st line in the address bar): http://techsupport.rockstargames.com/rockstarsupport/req_support_detail.php? product=191%2C3%2CGrand+Theft+Auto%3A+San+Andreas%2CPC%2CRockstar_Games%2Cgtasa &submit=Submit If you prefer to contact tech support via e-mail or phone please use the fol- lowing: For US Support Phone: 1-866-405-5464 E-mail: usa@rockstarsupport.com For Canadian Support Phone: 1-800-269-5721 Em ail: canada@rockstarsupport.com The Take 2 toll-free phone number for support for the game is: U.S.A.: 1-866-219-9839. Canada: 1-800-638-0217. http://www.take2games.com/index.php?p=support ******** The v.1.01 patch The Take 2 Games web site has a patch for "San Andreas" now. http://www.take2games.com/index.php?p=support You might also want to follow the posts on the topic at GTA Forums > GTA Se- ries > GTA San Andreas > Xbox & PC Chat > PC Patch up... http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=208932 On the plus side, it helps with DVD streaming, lets vehicles get dirty and clean, and makes the dance game easier (I'd be more concerned to have "Lowrider Challenge" made easier). You can use your old save games with the patch in- stalled. It shouldn't create a problem with .txd and .dff mods you've already installed. On the negative side, the game often didn't start for me when I used the patch, and a menu that says "the original disk could not be found or authenti- cated" appeared instead. A spokesperson at Take 2 said the cure for that is to uninstall and reinstall the game without the patch, and that Rockstar doesn't plan to put out another patch at this time. The patch also can have compatibil- ity problems with the DVD player/burner you use to play the game, and if your model has been discontinued and you can't get an update for it, you're out of luck. You'll need to check to see if a tool you'd use to make further mod changes with, or a trainer, is compatible with v1.01 if you use the patch. For in- stance, the GTA SA Control Center is compatible with both the patched and un- patched versions, but doesn't have the ability to stop timers that count down (Sub-missions, "Kick Start") yet. The Pizzadox Plus 27 trainer stops timers that count down, but isn't compatible with the patch. The unpatched version would be compatible with the broadest range of modding tools and trainers. I've kept the patch awhile to see what else I'd see. When C.J. said "Yes" to Michelle's invitation to go inside to have some coffee, the game screen, black with "Downtown" in the lower right corner, froze and I had to use the Device Manager to get out of it. Opius, at GTA Forums, explained that the patch makes the game react to that by going into an infinite loop instead of loading the animations and models. If, instead, it censored the indoor coffee scenes with a variable at the start of the file, it would let the game show the short scene of the outside of the house jostling, but that wouldn't be as thorough and would cause problems for modding the SCM file. So if you use the patch, press "N" for "No" when the girlfriend asks if C.J. wants some coffee or you may need to press your computer's reset button. Another glitch I've had with it, which I haven't seen a report of anywhere else, is that a date with Michelle ended with her giving C.J. a BJ (suggested; you couldn't see the Johnson Johnson) on the sidewalk. (Update: Katie did the same thing.) ******** v.2 and the Special Edition The main distinction I read about for v.2 at 1st is that you couldn't mod the mission scripts (.scm) and archives for scripts and models (.img) unless you had the gta_sa.exe--and the .img files and most of the data files (thanks to a Game- faqs message by Alphadash)--of v.1 to use with v.2. It's illegal to distribute the .exe file, but you would be smart to not uninstall your copy of it and the others in case your game disk got scratched, you got v.2, and you wanted to use such mods, etc., with it. (The .txd and .dff files for car, etc., mods are .img files.) You can change the speed, durability, and suspension, etc., for vehicles, the sizes of vehicle wheels, vehicle colors, the strength of the weapons, aggres- siveness of the pedestrians, use or make a draw distance modification, make the weapon, vehicle, and Muscle, etc., Stats increase faster, etc., for v.2 without the gta_sa.exe, etc., of v.1. More recently, I read about mods of the main.scm of "San Andreas" that work for an otherwise non-modded v.2, too. For more about this, see the start of section X. Thanks to Ben "Cerbera" Millard for explaining which files can be safely changed for v.2. I'm glad I have the original version. http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=217614&st=0 You need to use the data\script folder of v.1 to use v.1 save games with v.2, and visa versa. See I.3.c. The Special Edition features "The Introduction" and a documentary directed by Carol Strong, "Sunday Driver," about the Compton/Watts branch of California's low rider car club, The Majestics. Click on "news" at this web site: http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/ I.2.f Tweak guides Go to the TweakGuides.com web site, as recommended in the helpful "Tweak Guide" FAQ for "Half Life 2," PC, by Lefteris Aslanoglou--Leftos--at Gamefaqs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/ It makes a good point about the value of the various helpful, informative guides by Koroush Ghazi at the Tweak Guides web site: http://www.tweakguides.com/ If you're like me, and have had a glitch or freeze or stuttering frame rate now and then and couldn't afford to pay dozens of dollars every time you had a question, it's good to know you're at least using preventative medicine to give your computer every chance to work as efficiently as it can. You'll get the best performance out of it for games and maximize the mileage you'll get out of that expensive computer hardware. And if you do need to hire someone, you'll be more well-informed when you talk to them. A couple of such tips I picked up from "The TweakGuides Tweaking Companion" there: Download one of the free software, or freeware, programs it recommends. By using "Sandra Lite 2005 freeware," you can not only find out a lot of informa- tion about the components of your computer, but get useful tips on what might work better with a different setting or upgrade. Sometimes glitches and freezes are due, at least partly, to poor PC performance--overheating alone can cause such things. http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/ If you want to learn more about your components and how they compare to others at running games, you could put "3D Mark 2005 freeware" (or whatever year they're up to by the time you read this) in a search engine, download it, and run it. It's a popular benchmarking tool that has been used at various web sites to get test results of new components. http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark05/ I especially recommend you make backups and carefully use the advice given in: TweakGuides Tweaking Companion ATI Catalyst Nvidia Forceware Simple Antialiasing & Anisotropic VIA Hyperion FAQ It especially focuses on getting good performance out of your PC, and a good frames per second (fps) rate, etc., for games. It has special sections for "Half Life 2," "Morrowind," "Far Cry," "F.E.A.R.," "Need for Speed: Most Wanted," several "Battlefield" games, and some others. And there's a section on "Game Music Extraction" which is a topic someone has a question about now and then on the Gamefaqs message boards. Use System Restore (Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Re- store, or Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, System, System Re- store) if you screw up and aren't sure how you did it and need to revert to your old configuration. I.2.g Volume If your sound card software is similar to mine (for a Sound Blaster Audigy 2), you can adjust the volume of the game with your general volume control or the sound mixer's wav control. (I once had a glitch that caused the game to get quiet. I thought I needed another sound card update download when I stumbled onto the fact that the Wave slider of the Surround Sound mixer of the card had gone to the bottom, for some reason. I just turned it back up.) I like to keep a volume control icon in the taskbar in the lower right of my screen as well. After installing an update for the driver, I have to make sure the "Digital Output Only" box is unchecked for headphones in Speaker Settings, too. The de- fault settings make it checked but then I can't hear the sound with my head- phones. To use the general Windows way to put a volume icon in your taskbar, go to Start, Control Panel, Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices, then use any of these three choices--Adjust the system volume or Change the speaker settings or Sounds and Audio Devices--to bring up the Sounds and Audio Devices menu. Check the box by "Place volume icon in the taskbar." You can adjust your system volume from there, too. I.2.h System requirements Minimum System Requirements: 1GHz Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon Processor 256MB of RAM 8x DVD-ROM Drive 3.6 GB of free Hard Disk space for a minimal install 64MB Video Card with DirectX 9 compatible drivers ("GeForce3" or better) DirectX 9 compatible Stereo Sound Card Keyboard and Mouse Recommended System Requirements: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP processor (or better) 384(+) MB of RAM 16x DVD-ROM drive 4.7 GB of free Hard Disk space for a full install 128(+) MB Video Card with DirectX 9 compatible drivers ("GeForce4" or better) DirectX 9 compatible Surround Sound Card Game pad with twin axis analog controls (USB or Joystick Port) Keyboard and Mouse Supported operating systems: Windows 2000 Professional (Workstation) (plus Service Pack 1 or higher) plus DirectX 9 Windows XP (Home and Professional) (plus Service Pack 1 or higher) plus DirectX 9 http://www.take2games.com/index.php?p=support I.2.i PC hardware and software on a budget I've gotten some letters from some of the nicesest people you'd ever want to meet who live in India. I get the idea that the latest good graphics cards and DSL aren't very common there, so I thought I'd add a section about things that might help you out if you're in the same boat. From what I can tell, I wouldn't recommend you get a bunch of PC hardware till after the Vista OS comes out in early 2007. Some new things will be needed to make full use of it, and who knows what improvements will be made for anything else by then. For new computer gear, comparison shop for the best quality at the lowest price by reading reviews. Check the dates on them because it's a fast-changing field. Putting the name of a graphics card or such and "review" in the Google search engine makes a lot of reviews turn up. Some of the review sites include: http://gear.ign.com/ http://www.neoseeker.com/ http://www.anandtech.com/ http://www.sharkyextreme.com/ http://www.tomshardware.com/ http://www.pcstats.com/ http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Magazine http://www.pcworld.com/resource/infocenter/0,ctrid,5,ic,Laptops,00.asp Then use price comparison sites: http://dmoz.org/Home/Consumer_Information/Price_Comparisons/ Some U.S. sites to check for the lowest price include: http://www.pricegrabber.com/ http://www.bizrate.com/ http://www.nextag.com/ http://www.shopzilla.com/ http://www.mysimon.com/ If you don't find the PC bargains you want at newegg, zipzoomfly, or tigerdi- rect... http://www.newegg.com/ http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Home.jsp http://www.tigerdirect.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newegg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipzoomfly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigerdirect ...and you want a card that's cheaper still, use eBay: http://www.ebay.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebay I recommend eBay in my walk-throughs as a place I've gotten some of my games for a real bargain. Make sure to check the dealer's ads for what's included, maybe even a reputation as being reliable. Be VERY careful about that if you go for computer gear that way. If the feet of your mouse wear off, an alternative to buying a new mouse is to buy new Teflon feet for them: http://www.slicksurf.com/ For cheap files and software, you could download and use a free file hosting service (I have Shareaza), which lets you use person to person file sharing. How fast it is depends on your Internet connection--it doesn't speed it up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_hosting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareaza http://www.shareaza.com/ To speed up slow dial-up speed, you might download and use a free web acceler- ator. I haven't used one in a while (I've had DSL for about a year now). (When I used Proxyconn, which you have to pay for, I didn't use it for photos I wanted to see clearly--the fast speed messed them up a bit.) A number of web sites for web accelerators is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_accelerator NVIDIA SLI and ATI Crossfire were in the news a lot when I 1st wrote about them, so I want to go back and update that part. The earliest reports made it sound like a way people might use any two cards at once to improve their graph- ics cheaply, then it sounded like something only a small percent of enthusiasts (and I mean even in the U.S.) could pay to do with certain cards they'd have to buy for it. The last I heard at this writing, Crossfire Xpress 3200 may finally let a person on a lower budget get a motherboard and two lower price ATI graph- ics cards to be "future-proof" for gaming. I hope some of the technology of the Cell for PS3 is used to improve PC quality at an even lower price someday, too. Havok FX sounds like it will help. http://www.neoseeker.com/news/story/5552/ http://www.havok.com/content/view/187/77/ I forget where I read it recently, but someone reported that a head of NVIDIA was asked why they charge so much for graphics cards. He basicly responded that as long as people buy them that way, they'll make the price high. (Brawling will not be restricted to the rules according to Hoyle. "The way they're meant to be played," huh? Maybe he can get the head of Sony to help him.) I.3 How to save games I.3.a The convenience of copies of your GTA San Andreas User File You can save your achievements--Stats--for a number of efforts at the game in a number of save game slots at the same time. It's good to know your whole set of save game statistics for each of your save game slots are saved in My Documents in "GTA San Andreas User Files." A very useful gimmick to know is that you can keep a copy of it in My Docu- ments (I'd right-click one of the folders and rename it something that describes what's done on it) and continue playing on the other one. You can open the User Files folder and copy the individual file for a save game slot (GTASAsf1.b, GTASAsf2.b, etc.) that already has a section or 100% of the game done on it. I'd rename it something that tells me what's done on it, and paste it in a folder I'd create for save game files in My Documents. Here are a couple of important uses for a copy: 1. If, for whatever reason, you need to reinstall the game, you don't have to lose your accomplishments. When you uninstall, it doesn't uninstall My Docu- ments\GTA San Andreas User Files (including User Tracks tunes), which it leaves for you to uninstall manually. The old User File should serve the new install and not be replaced by a new one. (But considering the glitches that can happen, I add "Backup of" or such to the name of my User file, let the new installation create a new User File by playing the game a little, delete the new User File it creates in My Documents, then rename the old "Backup of...." folder by taking "Backup of...." off the name. It may not be necessary to go through that, but it makes me feel a little more confident that I'll save my work.) 2. You can save one or more backup copies with parts of the game already done on them. For example, I keep a copy for each stage of the game where I've gotten cer- tain preliminaries (Stat building, Tag collecting, etc.) over with, or I've done certain missions up to a batch of missions I'd like to try again or try new tricks for. And I keep one copy with 100% completion. This way, I can play with the game more like one that lets you pick which mission you want to do, which is a real convenience for a game that has so many missions but doesn't offer that choice in the menu. If you want to further speed things up to overcome the inability of mission selection, you can speed the Stat building a LOT with the methods given in III.5, use the modification ideas of section X.10.b for the Ambulance, Fire- truck, and a Vigilante vehicle, or stop the mission timer for them with Pizza- dox's Plus 27 Trainer, do the Sub-missions for them, get all 100 Tags, 50 Photo Ops, etc., easily with one of the teleporters of section X.13.a-c, save the game, and copy the save file. You'll always have the choice to play the game with all those missions over with, and with all the abilities and weapons that come from them, to enjoy everything else about the game with. I recommend making a copy of your save game at a few big turning points in the game in my walk-through, but do it at as many places in the game as you want to. Make a seperate folder in My Documents for such copies and use them as spares you don't use except to make copies from. I.3.b Where to find a PC save game for nearly each of the main missions mikeswi, at GTA Forums > GTA Series > GTA San Andreas > General PC Chat > Pinned: Save Files - All Storyline Missions, offers a PC save game for each of the main missions from "Drive-Thru," with 100 tags sprayed, onward. http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=205856 Certain ones come with extras, like an Oyster, etc., collection or Sub-mission (Paramedic, etc.) done, or a fireproof Tahoma, indestructible Sabre, or bullet- proof S.W.A.T. in a garage. You could also start saving copies of your own in a folder if you like to do things a little differently. For example, I'd usually get the the health, weap- on, and vehicle Stats maximized in the beginning. I.3.c Some advice about saving the game including using save games from v.1 for v.2 or vice versa When you save your game at one of those floppy disk icons, make sure you have your full Armor (saving and loading the game restores full Health), the weapons you'll need (each run through a weapon icon after the 1st adds to the ammo it has), and the vehicles you'll need saved in your garages, so you're prepared for whatever you'll need the next time you load the game. You can't save during a mission--the cassette icons disappear until you either pass or fail it. Saving the game advances the game clock six hours. You can use this to pre- pare the time clock so it's a certain time at a convenient place when you load the game. This is handy for making multiple efforts from C.J.'s save place for missions that are only available at certain places at certain times, like the "Burglary" Sub-mission, "Kick Start," etc. Saving the game restores all weapon icons, which can be handy in stocking up on ammunition without doing a lot of traveling between game saving places. You can get rid of a wanted level by saving a game (you don't have to reload the game, etc., as was the case for "Vice City"). I get rid of wanted ratings without saving them, though. Don't save your game at Madd Dogg's mansion after "A Home in the Hills." There's a glitch on PS2, at least, that may cause that to corrupt your Stats and make the basketballs disappear from all the courts of San Andreas. Take 2 recommends that you have C.J. get something to eat at least every other day, preferably every day, to avoid the glitch that causes C.J. to be unable to use the gym equipment. See "I.12 Glitches" for downloads that fix the basketball and gym glitches. Some PS2 players have reported game Stats corruption by saving your game right after "The End of the Line," so I'd play it safe for PC and do something else before saving. Try to save just one hard to replace vehicle in any one garage. Saving more than one in a garage has been known to make mods and paint jobs, even whole ve- hicles, disappear. Using save games from v.1 for v.2 or vice versa According to wolf68k, to use the save games with one for the other, you need to replace the data\script folder (which contains the main.scm file and script.img) for the other with a data\script folder from the one. He provided a helpful message about it at GTA Forums: http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=220746&st=20 This is basicly what he says: If you have Version 2 of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and you want to play Version 1 save games, click this link: http://rapidshare.de/files/6952186/GTASAv1-scripts.zip.html (GTW note: scroll to the bottom and click the "FREE" button. On the next page, wait for the timer to count down, then click the "Start Download" button.) Go to \Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\data\script\ BACK UP THE FILES THAT ARE THERE FIRST!!! If you do not back this up and you screw up and the game doesn't work, too damn bad. I told you to back them up first. Now replace those files with the ones from the zip file. If you have Version 1 (or 1.01) of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and you want to play Version 2 save games, click this link: http://rapidshare.de/files/6945356/V2_Script.zip.html Go to \Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\data\script\ BACK UP THE FILES THAT ARE THERE FIRST!!! If you do not back this up and you screw up and the game doesn't work, too damn bad. I told you to back them up first. Now replace those files with the ones from the zip file. I.3.d An application that tells you your mission completion status, and shows you, on a map, which Tags, Oysters, Photo Ops, Horseshoes, and Jumps you need to tend to gtasa4ever, aka op9080 at the GTA Forums web site, is the author of an appli- cation called SAMA--the San Andeas Mission Analyzer. It's available at this web site: http://www.gta-sanandreas.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=59013 If you have .NET Framework 1.1, SAMA creates screens with your mission comple- tion information and maps of the Tags, Jumps, etc., you need to take care of. If you don't have .NET Framework 1.1, you can use a version of SAMA that gives you a print out. Since .NET Framework is a resource hog which detracts from the ability of your PC to run games, you shouldn't install .NET Framework unless you're a programmer of some kind who already has a need to have it installed. Thanks to plaka, at GTA Forums, for spreading the word about it: http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=220426 If you already have .NET Framework installed, or are considering installing it, you might want to read the passages about cutting back resources for it on p.3 of the "ATI Catalyst Tweak Guide" at the Tweakguides web site by Koroush Ghazi. http://www.tweakguides.com/ATICAT_3.html http://www.tweakguides.com/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.4 Settings Configuration I use the Keyboard and Mouse setting. The Joystick choice is similar to the Classic Controls setting of "Vice City": you don't get mouse steering but you can auto-target by pressing the RMB. The number of things you can use auto-target with has been increased for "San An- dreas." In the little testing I did with it, it worked for the Brass Knuckles, Chainsaw, a Cane, the M4, SMG, Sawnoff Shotgun, and the Silenced 9mm. I mainly use it as a novelty to hear the pedestrians say things they only say when held up by auto-targeting. GTA's are more like interactive movies than other games, and my favorite movies don't star robots. If you try the Joystick setting, you move C.J. with the keyboard, and can have the "camera" get behind him and look in the same direction as him by pressing Tab. For a few suggestions for adapters for PS2 and Xbox controllers, see I.6.b. Mouse Settings > Invert Mouse Vertically: I turn this off so when I push the mouse forward, the view will go down, etc. (If you do that, remember to draw the mouse back to send the cue forward for Pool, too.) Mouse Settings > Steer With Mouse lets you steer C.J., and both two and four wheel vehicles, with the mouse. It doesn't disable the keys you can use to steer, notably to set a tipping four wheel vehicle upright or when using a mo- torcycle for stunts. I usually don't use it for two wheel vehicles, especially if I need C.J. to do a forward drive-by with one. You can steer, control Up and Down, and Fire with the keyboard for two wheel vehicles, and the steering for one goes out of control if you try to steer it with the keyoard and move the mouse. Fly With Mouse lets you steer aircraft with the mouse, which I usually don't use. You can add recordings to the My Documents\GTA San Andreas User Files\User Tracks folder, then hear them on a User Tracks radio station in the game. The game comes with support for Windows Wave files (WAV) and Ogg Vorbis (OGG) files. You can also use MP3, WMA, M4A, etc. files if your PC has the right codecs for them. (You have them if you have Windows Media Player 9 or above, a recent Ap- ple Quicktime Player, or a combined CODEC package installed.) Audio Setup > Radio EQ On causes the radio to have a different sound quality depending on what vehicle C.J. drives. Audio > Radio Audio Tune causes a vehicle to play the same radio station that C.J. was listening to in his last vehicle. Audio Setup > User Track Options > Play Mode Radio Commercials appear between User Tracks Random User Tracks play without commercials in random order Sequential User Tracks play in alphabetical order If you add recordings to the User Tracks folder, have the game scan for them in order to hear them in the game. The options for that are: Audio Setup > User Track Options > Automatic Media Scan causes the game to scan for User Tracks each time you load the game. Audio Setup > User Track Options > Scan User Tracks lets you choose when to have the game scan for User Tracks (such as just after adding something to User Tracks). (Note: C.J. looks like he's changing the station when you switch stations.) Display Setup > Store Gallery Photos lets you save pictures taken by the Cam- era in the game to My Documents\GTA San Andreas User Files\Gallery. Display Setup > Advanced For a better frames per second (fps) rate, you'll have to know your graphics card and PC capabilities. The PC Health section may offer some information that's useful in getting a good performance out of the game in conjunction with these concerns. Having a decent fps is so basic to the smooth performance of the action, I'd start at a low setting and stop at higher ones if they cause lags, etc., and just try anything higher for a screen shot. A complete instal- lation is less likely to have performance troubles, too. The options you can adjust accordingly are: Draw Distance determines how far away things are visible. If you have a bet- ter PC setup, there are mods you can download or make that let you increase this two or four times beyond the original limit (X.13.f). http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=195185&st=0 Frame Limiter It's 25 frames per second when this is on, which is generally advised. Even with a fast machine, turning this off can make for things that appear after C.J. runs into them and such, which is no fun. The fps may be lower if you turn up the antialiasing or anisotropic filtering or such. Visual FX Quality (Low/Medium/High/Very High) Changes the number and degree of effects used, such as shadows and how detailed they are. The shadows of Low are more like "GTA III" shadows. MIP Mapping This smoothes out differences in textures, such as the distant parts of roads that don't fully appear till you near them. Anti-Aliasing (Modes 1--6). I typically had my graphics card set to Applica- tion Preference and use the Anti-Aliasing offered by an individual game. With my recently updated computer, I've set both Antialiasing and Anisotropic Filter- ing to 2 on my graphics card. If you do something like that, you then set each one you changed with your graphics card to 0 or 1 in your games, if it isn't grayed out, to avoid a conflict. Resolution I've read that it's good to make this the same as you use for your Desktop to avoid a performance conflict. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.5 Stats I.5.a Criminal Rating -10,000 to -6,000 Crackhead Derogatory term like "moron," based on derog- atory things to call someone who helps fi- nance organized crime by smoking crack, which makes you wonder how it got on this side of the list; rock star not Rockstar; cluckin' but not at the Bell. -5,999 to -4,000 Bitch-made Misogynist term for either a man who does what a woman wants him to do or is like a woman therefore less than a man. -3,999 to -2,000 Off-Brand Not the genuine article; faulty; janky; has no friends or fashion sense. -1,999 to -500 Scandalous So bad it's liable to cause gossip. -499 to -1 Player-hater One who hates others for having more than they do, notably out of jealousy for a playa who has game; someone critical of the type of playa given for "playa part- ner"; a Ph'in' c**k blocker. 0 to 19 Vic Victimizes others or is a victim. 20 to 49 Square Considered boring for not being trendy; a punk a**. 50 to 74 Civilian A stranger; it may be derogatory. 75 to 99 Rat More derogatory than snitch for someone who betrays a criminal. 100 to 119 Snitch Doesn't keep a criminal's secrets for them that allow them to get away with the crime; busta in the sense of crime-buster. 120 to 149 Dry Snitch Says something critical or incriminating about someone intending that someone else overhears it but pretends it's inadvertent; may be used about a sexually unresponsive woman (as if "a" were used instead of "i"). 150 to 199 Transformer Someone who changes in a negative way: seems less attractive up close, changes fashion too often, etc. 200 to 239 Punk-a** Bitch Misogynist derogatory term for a man, like "pu**y" combined with "punk." 240 to 269 Sucka Generic derogatory term; a hoo rider mark; a hoe cake. 270 to 299 Poot Butt A stupid, lazy person, often said with "moth- erfu**er," probably because it sounds silly by itself. 300 to 329 Buster A youngster trying to be a gangster; generic de- rogatory term like "fool"; busta; a phoney that doesn't deserve respect; seems to have nothing to do with the actual Keaton. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i5bX6uE1es http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-ymQDNVPUE 330 to 369 Mark Busta. 370 to 399 Chump Busta, possibly fooled by something. 400 to 449 Trick A woman who's a tease, a whore; a man who's a client of a whore; something a whore does to her client. 450 to 499 Red-headed Stepchild Someone who doesn't fit in, possi- bly bullied. 500 to 549 Peon Like "peasant" is meant when used conde- scendingly as an insult; a person of low standing. 550 to 599 Pee-Wee A young gangster; a small pe*is; $5 of crack. 600 to 609 Prankster A buster gangster. 610 to 649 Fool Someone who lacks intelligent judgement. 650 to 699 Street Cat Urban (possibly poor)/underground/hip-hop/ gangster culture-oriented person. 700 to 849 Thug Generally a brutal criminal (not simply someone who's gone through struggles as when meant in the Tupac Shakur sense). 850 to 999 Hustler In this context probably not just some- one who's energetically ambitious but one who will scam and cheat people to obtain things. 1,000 to 1,049 Playa Partner A sexual partner or friend of a guy who tries to con a lot of women to have sex with him; the more his range of influ- ence, the greater his "game," therefore respect among those so inclined to re- spect that. 1,150 to 1,299 Mack A playa in the sense of "playboy"; in this context, probably even a pimp. 1,300 to 1,499 Pimp Hustles patrons for whores aka ho's. 1,500 to 1,699 Crime Partner The friend or sex partner of someone who commits offenses against the law and/or morality. 1,700 to 1,999 Homeboy Homie; folkie; friend 2,000 to 2,099 Homie Homeboy; homeslice; friend 2,100 to 2,299 Road Dawg A loyal friend whether in or out of prison; a woman who's become less attractive with age: a d-dub-a. 2,300 to 2,499 Hoodsta A term originated on the W coast for someone from the 'hood, probably in a gang. 2,500 to 2,749 Hard-a** A tough person; in this context, probably one who picks on others and starts fights to show off for whoever is stupid enough to admire that. 2,750 to 2,999 Banger In this context, probably a gang banger; mari- juana; cocaine in Dublin, according to one source. 3,000 to 3,499 Li'l G A little gangsta/gangster/criminal, in this var- iation often accompanied by crimes against lan- guage, or at least spelling; a buster. 3,500 to 3,999 Loc Someone who shows a love of crips; a crip (com- munity restoration in progress) was originally a member of a gang in LA that wanted to eliminate crime in their neighborhood; ironically, the crips became gangsters themselves; a local per- son or a crazy loco person or both. 4,000 to 4,999 Jacker Thief, especially a carjacker. In a multi-play- er video game, they shoot someone who was al- ready shot and claim credit for the kill. 5,000 to 7,499 Shooter Gangsta term of brotherhood for another; the gambler who is rolling the dice at the craps table. 7,500 to 9,999 Foot Soldier Standard initial rank of a gang member; in- fantry gangster. 10,000 to 19,999 Hoo-Rider An annoying person or Mrs. Pete Townsend. 20,000 to 29,999 Soldier A gangster (in this context, not just some- one who fights through rough times). 30,000 to 39,999 Hawg Acronym for Heterosexual Aging White Guy (how'd I get up this high on this list? Hey?!) 40,000 to 49,999 Gangsta Criminal. 50,000 to 69,999 Ghetto Star A popular gangsta. 60,000 to 79,999 Monster A very successful threatening force that's considered crazy; a truck with very big wheels; a socially misunderstood person who meant well but became ostracized and vio- lent in a sensitive performance by Boris Karloff. 80,000 to 99,999 Big Homie A well-respected homeboy; A friend character- ized by the acronym for Business Instead of Games (Notorious Big--rapper). 100,000 to 149,999 Boss Hawg Someone that's extremely selfish with their money; a feisty, chubby, rich, and corrupt politician (thank you imdb) in a TV show I didn't see. 150,000 to 199,999 Shot Caller Someone who gives orders. 200,000 to 299,999 OG An original gangster--what a gangsta is considered if they shoot someone. Then they're no longer a BG--a baby gangster. 300,000 to 374,999 High Roller Someone who wagers large sums of money at the casino. 375,000 to 499,999 Four-Star General The leader of a gang; Patton. 500,000 to 999,999 Godfather An organized crime leader; an ori- ginator of extreme motorcycle stunts; James Brown. 1,000,000 and above King of San Andreas A GTA Master of all they survey. Destroying a helicopter or plane adds 30 points, getting busted or wasted sub- tracts 3 points, and using a cheat subtracts 10 points. Similar to the "Vice City" method of blowing up a handful of Sparrows over and over at the Hyman Condo roof and garage, the fastest way to reach Godfather in "San Andreas" is to blow up a handful of planes in a hanger at Verdant Meadows over and over. (Note: I haven't double checked yet to see if the way the game adds and sub- tracts points is as varied and glitchy as for "Vice City.") Thanks to The Great Onion Kid and GTADomain, blaze888888, diego siles, and others for the list given at: http://www.planetgrandtheftauto.com/gtasa/guide/extraneous/ For definitions, thanks to http://www.urbandictionary.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_slang http://www.blackstate.com/allthingsghetto/ghettoslang.html http://www.gizoogle.com/index.php?translate=false http://www.scummagazine.com/backissues/issue18/gangstaslang.html http://www.lvol.com/lvoleg/hist/lvlingo.html http://www.riceplate.com/rap/rap.php http://www.rapdict.org/ I.5.b Health in relationship to Stats Health isn't given in the Stats, just the heads up display (HUD), but if you use up C.J.'s Muscle and Fat, he can lose Health till he dies. C.J. looks thin with about 1/6th Fat and a tiny amount of Muscle after "Sweet and Kendl," which is the 1st time you can save the game. All that's available to eat are snacks and soft drinks (such as in front of the bar a block to the W of the Johnson house). The Fat burns off slowly, so you can replenish it with those, keep his red Health bar full, and build up his other Stats. But his Health can be diminished quickly and C.J. can die after some confron- tations with traffic or the bullets of policemen and rival gangsters, and snack and soft drink vending machines aren't shown on the radar or in-game map. So I'd play the next mission, "Ryder," after which the restaurants open, to give him various places shown on the radar and in-game map to get the fuel to replen- ish his Health. He'll get stronger while more quickly doing the various prelim- inary things that increase his weapon and vehicle skills. I'd written that once C.J. develops some Muscle, he could get stronger even faster using the outdoor gym at Verona Beach (the indoor ones open up after "Drive-Thru"). But reader Timo Hakala told me C.J. can start using the Verona Beach gym at the start of he game. (After doing the preliminaries, I'd make a copy of my save game, in case I want to play it again with all that work already done. I can always start a new game if I want to see the 1st few main missions, which don't require C.J. to have any special skills.) Keep C.J. healthy by feeding him every day or two and using Armor to protect him from injury. There's an Armor icon under the W side of the bridge that's a bit N along the big drainage ditch E of the Johnson house. The amount of Health and Armor C.J. has is given in the HUD; the amount of Armor is given in the Player Stats, too. The Paramedic mission gives you a fast way to increase C.J.'s maximum Health Stat potential. The hooker gimmick works like it did in the previous couple of GTA's. If C.J. drives one of most of the four-wheel vehicles by a hooker, and she asks if C.J. wants a good time, press "Y" for "Yes," and she'll get into the vehicle. Park somewhere secluded that raises green, brown, or gray stuff from the rear wheels while C.J. drives. The vehicle rocking lasts about 15 seconds (a little over 15 minutes in real time), during which time she charges $28 while C.J.'s Health goes up a little. After the Pimping mission, she pays him for it. ******** One hooker asks, "Did somebody say 'milkshake'?" milkshake: 1. Slang - A woman's body and the way she carries it. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=milkshake The qualities a sh*t woman uses to attract men; whether her body, personality, face, money etc. Kelis said it means "whatever you do well" on MTV. "My milk- shake brings all the boys to the yard" -- Kelis featuring Pharrell, Pusha T (Milkshake (Remix)) [1] http://www.ohhla.com/anonymous/misc/r_and_b/milk_rmx.kel.txt I'm with Rusk--I just thought it meant her t*ts. ******** The 1st time C.J. enters an Ambulance his Health goes up a little bit, too. Changes in Stats are shown in the upper left corner of the screen. The Mus- cle, etc., Stats, and Stat for an upgradable weapon, if C.J. is equipped with one, can be seen in the lower left of the screen by pressing Tab. All the Stats can be seen in the menu by pressing Esc and clicking Stats. I.5.c Player--Muscle and Fat Stats Basically, you keep a little Fat there for C.J. to burn off instead of burning off Muscle. I only fill about 1/4th to 1/3rd of the Fat bar--if C.J. gets too flabby, he won't run as athletically or jump as high. (If you plump him up in- stead of pump him up after completing the game, he won't be able to jump high enough to grab the top of the wall behind Sweet's basketball hoop to get onto Sweet's roof for the Hydra there.) If both of those Stats are depleted, C.J. will lose Health and die. But Fat burns off slowly, so it's easy to keep enough in the Fat Stat. Take 2 recommends having C.J. eat once a day to avoid the glitch that can ap- pear late in the game and doesn't let him use the gym equipment at all. Once the restaurants open, after "Ryder," have him eat non-salad meals for Fat--the bigger the meal, the more the Fat. If he has about 1/4th to 1/3rd Fat, enough so he can get around and burn it off instead of Muscle and not be flabby, you can give C.J. a meal every day or two, and keep his Health bar full, with salad meals, snacks, and soft drinks, too. Have him go running, swimming, or cycling to convert Fat to Muscle (and in- crease his Stamina). Once he gets to the Buff stage, the game says he's allowed to use gyms, but the indoor gym equipment is unavailable because the indoor gyms don't have yel- low entrance lights in front of the doors until "Drive-Thru." Before that, the fastest way is to have him lose Fat is to use the stationary bike of the outdoor gym at Verona Beach. (You could give him 11 meals in a row to make him throw up and he'll lose a lot of Fat, too, if not gain Muscle or Stamina.) To have him use the dumbbells and bench press weights at the Verona Beach gym, quickly alternate presses of Left Shift (I remap Sprint to Left Shift) and the LMB. He'll develop even more Muscle, which mainly improves the strength of his melee attacks and shows in his appearance--it's 20% of his Sex Appeal Stat. When he's real lean and muscular, he's built like a contest-ready Arnold Schwarzenegger. (Note: I remap Sprint to Left Shift and Jump to Spacebar to make the controls like the ones I use for "Vice City.") The fastest way to raise these Stats is at III.5 Maximum Stats of all kinds in one sitting. I.5.d Player--Stamina and Lung Capacity Stats Stamina is, with Muscle and Lung Capacity, another health Stat you want to in- crease to maximum strength. C.J.'s ability at biking fast, swimming fast, and running for a longer time is improved by having him do one or more of them. It doesn't diminish, and it's good to build it up early in the game. (For the in- finite sprint, complete the "Burglary" mission.) The bigger the Lung Capacity Stat, the longer C.J. can hold his breath under- water. It's increased by having him swim underwater till his air bar gets low then surface. The fastest way to raise these Stats is at III.5 Maximum Stats of all kinds in one sitting. I.5.e Player--Total Respect and Sex Appeal Stats Respect Running Respect: 40% Mission advancement: 36% Territories owned: 6% Amount of money: 6% Muscle (physical fitness): 4% Progress with girlfriend: 4% Appearance: 4% Running Respect: Killing a drug dealer: +.005% Killing a rival gang member: +.5% Killing one of your gang members: –.0005% One of your gang members dies: –2% Territory won: +30% (a major part of the final Los Santos section of the game) Territory lost: –3% Thanks to the Brady guide for those figures. (How do they figure out numbers like -.0005%? There must be math in a file, like the one I mention in III.5, they look at to figure that out.) The main way C.J. can increase his Respect Stat is by killing lots of rival gang members and recruiting Grove Street Family gang members to help him, then by taking over rival gang territories. (Taking over rival gang territories is possible after "Doberman," but C.J. loses any he gains in Los Santos when he 1st leaves it. He keeps the Respect, though, so I'll leave the choice open.) Mis- sion success is the other big factor, and an important one that's available ear- ly is to spray 100 Tags. It can also be increased by having C.J. be healthy and use the better vehicles, clothes, haircuts, and tattoos. Sex Appeal can be increased by maximizing C.J.'s Muscle, keeping his Fat Stat low (I'd aim for around 1/3rd), and having him use the vehicles, clothes, hair- cuts, and tattoos with a big Sex Appeal value. The vehicles with a big Sex Ap- peal Stat seem to make the biggest contribution, and they're 1st covered in the "Preliminaries for Los Santos" section. Later in the game, Sex Appeal can be increased by having him succeed with dates, too, which is made easier by the Sex Appeal increase in having C.J. find all the Oysters 1st. I.5.f Player--vehicle Stats The more C.J. uses a type of vehicle--car, bicycle, motorcycle, or air- craft--the higher the skill Stat for that type will be till the Stat is maxed out and the type of vehicle gets the easiest handling it will get in the game. When C.J. rides a bicycle enough to increase his Cycling skill, he can Bunny Hop higher and reverse faster without falling off. When C.J.'s Stat for flying reaches 20%, he gets a Pilot's license and the gates will open for him at all the airports. (If you have C.J. get this, the game recognizes that C.J. got a Pilot License a 2nd time after his 1st Flight School success.) When the Stat reaches 100%, C.J. gets a Parachute when he bails from an aircraft. The fastest way to raise the vehicle skill Stats is at III.5 Maximum Stats of all kinds in one sitting. I.5.g Player--Pilot Ranking The rankings are the same as in "Vice City" with a lot more aircraft to climb the list with. The "Vice City" glitch that causes the Stats to consider you an "Ace" too soon is back. Most importantly, the little Dodo is back. Awwwr!-- the little one.... Pilot ranking 0:00 to 0:04 No Ranking 0:05 to 0:09 Flyboy 0:10 to 0:19 Aircraftman 0:20 to 0:29 Pilot Officer 0:30 to 0:59 Corporal 1:00 to 1:29 Lieutenant 1:30 to 1:59 Sergeant 2:00 to 2:29 Captain 2:30 to 2:59 Biggs 3:00 to 3:29 Wedge 3:30 to 3:59 Red Baron 4:00 to 4:29 Goose 4:30 to 4:59 Viper 5:00 to 5:59 Jester 6:00 to 6:59 Chappy 7:00 to 7:59 Iceman 8:00 to 8:59 Maverick 9:00 to 9:59 Noops 10:00 to 10:59 Air Chief Marshal 20:00 to 30:00 Ace From what I can tell from the little I've tested it, it looks like the "Vice City" glitch of "Ace" showing up too fast is back. See "Glenster's Guide to Some of Vice City" for more about the rankings. Since the Dodo is of paramount importance, I'll repeat that a special mention should be made of Poland's young Andrew Noops n Gleh, who used to frequent the ign.com message boards. From what seems most reliable from looking at various web pages, he flew the GTA "III" Dodo for 176,488 seconds and was awarded by Rockstar with a special flight rating in "Vice City." You still have to be an Air Chief Marshal or Ace to do better than that in "San Andreas." This isn't one of those people that can't fly the Skimmer--this is a two- fisted, red-blooded, Dodo-flying man. Rockstar, if you read this, this is what we want. Don't listen to those Skimmer weenies. If you want to make things big and easy, at least make two versions--one rated M and one rated SW. For SW, you can push a button, and you don't have to aim, drive, or fly anything, and you can have the lead character buy some shorts and go for a swim. And leave the motorcycles and the Dodo the way "Vice City" intended them for the M. Flight time is given in Achievements. I.5.h Player--Gambling and Luck Stats At 1st, the only gambling C.J. did in Los Santos was bet on the horses at In- side Track (which doesn't have a limit on the amount wagered), and I just saved the game when he won (about one out of five times) till he was a millionaire. Otherwise, I tried having him use the horse race machine over and over for ten minutes to see if he seemed to win more often, and he didn't. But I noticed C.J.'s Luck go to 1,000 after he found all 50 Horseshoes, and I saw his Gambling Stat rise once he could play Blackjack, Roulette, and Wheel of Fortune in Las Venturas. Then, according to the BradyGames Guide, the higher his Gambling Stat, the more money he can borrow against from a Las Venturas ca- sino, therefore bet in one when he's poor. Since Luck in gambling can be increased by collecting all 50 Horseshoes in Las Venturas, and the Gambling Stat can be increased by those several ways to gamble there, you might not worry yourself about it till after that. I tell you the truth, if I wanted to play card games, I'd have used the ones that come with Windows XP, and I didn't. I can't see buying a 64 bit processor and all for a card game or the video version of the lottery tickets at the con- venience store. Now a pinball game in the bars--that could get me going a lit- tle bit. A Pro Pinball game might be a lot of megabytes for one aspect of a bar in a GTA game, but maybe a decent one wouldn't have to be very big. GTA could do it up good with sound effects and voices--maybe having the ball get a Unique Jump cinematic as it goes over a ramp. PS: the Las Venturas gambling is a little more fun for me as something to have C.J. do in the casinos now and then once his Luck Stat is maximized. (See XI.e Gambling.) I.5.i Weapons C.J. can improve the weapon Stats certain weapons have by shooting rival gang- sters or law enforcers. Shooting the gangsters creates less of a problem with getting rid of wanted ratings. Likewise, he can improve his various vehicle Stats by using the vehicles. These are covered more in the "Preliminaries for Los Santos" section. The fastest way to raise them is at III.5 Maximum Stats of all kinds in one sitting. I.5.j Crimes--Total number of wanted stars attained and evaded Total number of wanted stars attained and evaded They were nearly the same number for me while C.J. built his Stats and only did a few missions, and he hadn't been busted. I think the ones attained yet not evaded in this GTA may just refer to wanted stars attained during missions and erased by completing those missions. I.5.k Crimes--Criminals wasted Criminals wasted refers to times C.J. killed criminals, which includes four drug dealers (see III.11 Kill Criminals). The criminals listed in data\peds.ide are BMYCG, BMYCR, HMYCM, HMYCR, SWMYCR, SBMYCR, SHMYCR, VBMYCR, VHMYCR VWMYCR, WFYCRK (a lady), WMYCR, MAFFA, MAFFB, MAFFBOSS, BIKDRUG, BMYDRUG, HMYDRUG, and WMYDRUG. BMYCG black guy, hospital mask over mouth, dark brimless cap, dark gray jer- sey with white short sleeves, gray pants, white shoes. BMYCR black guy, a bit unshaven, silver chain, light and dark vertical striped short sleeve shirt, green-gray calf-high pants, white sneakers. HMYCM white guy, hospital mask over mouth, dark gray shorts with a red band at the end of each leg, brown and black slippers. HMYCR Hispanic guy, short hair, Fu Manchu mustache, cross chain, white jer- sey, mostly gray plaid shirt only buttoned at top, light gray pants, black and white shoes. SBMYCR black guy, bit unshaven, dark shades, white baggy cap like nurses wear, white jersey with blue unbuttoned shirt, light gray green pants, white shoes. SHMYCR Hispanic guy, dark pompadour, pink long sleeve shirt, gold watch, gray pants, brown and black shoes. SWMYCR Asian guy, short dark hair, green short sleeve jersey over black long sleeve jersey, blue jeans, light and dark gray shoes. VBMYCR black guy, a bit unshaven, short hair w/dreads in back, mostly gray plaid jacket, gray pants and shoes. VHMYCR Asian guy, short hair, short mustache and beard, horizontal black and white striped jersey, blue jeans, gray and black shoes. VWMYCR white guy, tall spiky brown mullet, bit unshaven, gray jersey w/red on chest and "ox" below, sleeveless jacket vest, torn blue jeans, high tied boots. WMYCR white guy, short brown hair combed straight back, light beard, silver chain, black jersey, black leather vest, light brown pants to above the ankle, gray shoes. WFYCRK white woman, hospital mask over mouth, white "X" taped on nipples, white thong bikini bottom, black and see-through gray shoes. MAFFA white chunky guy, black jersey/suit/shoes. MAFFB white chunky guy, bald with brown mustache, gray jersey with dark gray horizontal stripes, brown-gray jacket, pale gray pants, brown shoes. MAFFBOSS white guy, short dark hair and goatee, pale pink-peach shirt with a white collar, gray suit with a white handkerchief in the pocket, black shoes. BIKDRUG white guy, light brown short mustache and beard, black headband and bracelet, tattoos on arms, white muscle shirt with a black leather vest, calf- high gray pants, gray shoes. BMYDRUG black guy, short goatee, black muscle t-shirt, brimless black cap, silver chain and bracelet, gray pants, black and white shoes, often has his hands folded before him. HMYDRUG Hispanic guy, dark shades, goatee, cross chain, gray muscle shirt, dark gray pants, red-gray bandana, tattoos on arms. WMYDRUG white guy with a smirk, gray Rockstar hoody pulled up over his head, dark baseball cap, blue jeans, white sneakers, often has his hands folded before him. To view them, use one of the methods given at X.8 Skin viewing and editing. See I.8.b for the vehicles they drive. Strangely, the pimp, BMYPIMP (black guy, light gray hat, brown fur coat, light blue or reflecting blue? shades, gray jacket, white shirt, red tie, black pants, gray shoes), isn't given a criminal status like the pimp in bold red and black in "Vice City." And, as before, the prostitutes and gang members aren't given a criminal status, either, I guess just because the lead character interacts dif- ferently with them. I.5.l Crimes--Gang members wasted The Gang members wasted by C.J. can belong to one of eight gangs. According to data\peds.ide and pedgrp.ide, they are: the Ballas, the Grove Street Family, the Los Santos Vagos, the San Fierro Rifa, the De Nang Boys, the Italian Mafia, the Triads, and the Varrio Los Aztecas. See I.8.b for the vehicles they drive. I.5.m Crimes--Cost of property damaged The costs of vehicles, shown in column d of data\handling.cfg, go toward cal- culating this. (Thanks to Ben "Cerbera" Millard.) I.5.n Gangs The size of the three biggest gangs is given in the order of the number of territories held by each. I.5.o Achievements--Flight time Flight time in "San Andreas" is created by how long you fly both planes and helicopters. I.5.p Miscellaneous--Progress made The percentage of the game you've completed. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.6.a Some distinctions between the PS2 and original PC versions The PS2 version comes out 1st because poor Sony doesn't have enough money. I'm thinking of starting a telethon. (What kind of PR blurb would that be?: "The graphics aren't as good, you can't mod it or put in songs, and you get a limited range of controllers. Buy two!" So they put it out without competi- tion.) The graphics aren't diminished for the PC version. A good article about it, and refinements made to GTA since "Vice City," is an interview with a few of the developers--Obbe Vermeij, John Whyte, and Chris Rothwell--which can be found at the Gamespot web site: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/gta4/preview_6126774.html A good article on the history of Playtation 2 is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2 ******** A GTA Forums message board, hosted by Kiwisdofly , about the PS2/PC/Xbox dif- ferences is at: http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=214501&st=0 The PC and Xbox versions have cardboard cut-outs of C.J. and a bear, meant for target practice, at various Ammu-Nations. In the PC and Xbox versions, the San Fierro tattoo parlour has tattoos not found in the other tattoo parlors, and there are more "objects"--for example, Grove street for the PC (maybe Xbox) version has things like boxes, garbage bags, and trees (trees?), etc. (Thanks to tommy vercetti guy.) The loading times are much faster, and it's a lot easier to mod things, in the PC and XBox versions. (Thanks to the venerable spaceeinstein.) Draw Distance (the distance at which the graphics are loaded) is greater for the PC and Xbox versions, and the graphics can be seen to be better in a lot of ways--the surface of roads, the look of lightning storms, etc. ******** In the PC version, you can put WAV or OGG (Ogg Vorbis) files (with the correct CODECs installed, also MP3, WMA, M4A, etc., files) in My Documents/GTA San An- dreas User Files/User Tracks for your own radio station. To save space, notably if you want to use the same songs for more than one GTA, right click the song file, click "Create Shortcut," copy the shortcut, and paste it in the User Tracks folder. Then Delete the original shortcut. In the Play Mode section, you can choose "Radio" to have the game play them with the commercials, etc., provided to make it seem like another of the sta- tions of the game. Otherwise, "Sequential" plays them in alphabetical order and "Random" plays them in a random order. To have them play on the radio station, run "Scan User Tracks" 1st in "Audio Setup." Automatic Media Scan will make the radio start with the 1st track after the game loads. ******** In either the original or second edition of the PC version, you can use or make certain kinds of mods for the game, including: - ones that change various attributes of vehicles to customize their speed, suspension, durability, etc., which can make certain missions, stunts, and knocking other vehicles around a lot easier (data\handling.cfg; see X.10.b), - ones that change the sizes of vehicle wheels (data\vehicles.ide; see X.10.a), - ones that give any vehicle the set of colors you like beyond what mod shops in the game offer (data\carcols.dat; see X.10.f), - ones that let you maximize weapon, vehicle, Muscle, etc., Stats of all kinds in one sitting (data\ar_stats.dat; see III.5), - ones that give any weapon the range, damage strength, accuracy, etc., you like, and ones that determine the aggressiveness of types of pedestrians (data\ weapon.dat and data\pedstats.dat; see X.11), and - ones that let you increase the draw distance, which not only increase the distance with which the graphics appear but can give them richer hues (data\ timecyc.dat; see X.13.f), - And if you have the original version, or a v.1 gta_sa.exe and other files to use for v.2, you can also make or use .scm and .img mods (see the start of sec- tion X, which includes information about main.scm mods I've read about for an otherwise non-modded v.2). See X.13 for a sampling of the veritable cornucopia of mods possible (and see X.9.a for how to activate the Hot Coffee niblets that have the ability to make our 17 year olds hate God and government and make us lose all the wars). - You can use a teleporter to make C.J.'s travel across the big San Andreas map to Tags, Oysters, Photo Ops, Horseshoes, Liberty City, etc., as fast as the press of a key, and project C.J. and his vehicle to the spots that let him get gold in schools, etc.,; the GTA SA Control Center also lets you make C.J. or any vehicle he's in bullet, etc., proof, stop mission timers that count up, etc. (see X.13.a-c). (TGIOPC.) The PS2 two player mini-games have been dropped for the PC version. The PC version has online multi-player mods. GTA Tournament: http://www.gtat.org/ SA:MP http://www.sa-mp.com/ MultiTheftAuto: http://www.multitheftauto.com/ And jarjar at GTA Forums mod showroom is developing a mod you can try that lets you play the PS2 two player games, soon to be able to be played by two players, on PC (see X.13.x). ******** The moon stays full and doesn't go through phases as pre-release information said it would (I don't think it goes through phases for PS2, either). The PS2 method of raising C.J.'s weapon Stats quicker by having him shoot at a tire doesn't work for PC. Again, see III.5 for a way to make any Stat climb as fast as you like on PC. The basketballs appear at the start of the PS2 version but don't appear in the PC version till after "Tagging Up Turf." The PS2 Chiliad Challenge Parachute morph gimmick doesn't work for PC. (On PS2, have C.J. equip a Parachute, start the Challenge, jump off the ramp by the flag, bail a second later and open the Parachute, and soon have C.J. morph to the bike with the Parachute attached and open above him.) Demarest's Steed mod, that lets you choose to have the lead GTA player never fall off their motorcy- cle, has been adapted for the PC "San Andreas," though, including by Spaceein- stein's "San Andreas" version of his "All In One" mod collection. The gimmick to have C.J. switch to a Camera and click a photo to unhitch a trailer from a truck cab doesn't work for PC, either. You could use the GTA SA Control Center (X.13.c) on PC and have a truck C.J. is in move from a trailer to unhitch it, though. The gimmick of switching to another radio station and switching back before the dialing noise is over to skip a song on the radio doesn't work on PC--at least not the original version. The song "Woman to Woman" by Joe Cocker has been replaced by "White Room" by Cream in the later PC and Xbox versions. Shady Industries has been renamed Solaris Industries for PC. (I'm guessing an actual Shady Industries didn't like the association with Avery Carrington's Shady Acres, etc., in "Vice City." Then again, I never figured out that PS2 "Vice Point Langer"/PC "W.K. Chariot" hotel name change.) Some Benson trucks still say "Shady Industries," though. (Thanks to PresidentKiller at GTA Fo- rums.) On PS2, the cars get dirty and you can clean them by using a save garage, Pay 'n' Spray, or by driving in the rain. In the original PC version, they just stay however dirty they are. The car washes weren't functional for anybody. (There is a mod for v.1, or v.2 with a v.1 gta_sa.exe, of the PC version that keeps the dirt off, though: X.13.e The No Rust mod. The v 1.01 patch, I.2.e, for v.1 lets you clean the dirty cars on PC, too.) One thing that was different about the PC version of "Vice City"--that the pedestrians taken hostage in jacked vehicles were rarely heard to make funny screams as they did on PS2--has been fixed for the PC "San Andreas." An easy way to test it is to have C.J. jack a Hotdog van with a vendor in the back. ******** Thanks to Rusk and his information about the differences between the original and Second Edition of the PS2 version for helping me make these comparisons: "Supply Lines" is easier in any version other than the original PS2 version because the RC Baron doesn't use fuel when it glides. The Market, Los Santos, Cluckin' Bell, not noted on the in-game map in the original PS2 version, is noted on the in-game map in the PC version and the PS2 Second Edition. The Las Venturas Pay 'n' Spray (on the S end of the littlest square block be- tween Royale Casino and Pilgrim), which wasn't noted on the in-game map but worked in the original PS2 version, isn't noted on the in-game map and doesn't work for the PC version, and Rusk writes that it was completely removed for the PS2 Second Edition. The original PS2 version glitch that caused pool to be unavailable after C.J. aimed a gun in a room with a pool table has been fixed for the PS2 Second Edi- tion. I don't remember it being reported as a problem for PC. ******** Be wary of reviews of the PC version that start out with the person taking hours to get used to the controls. Would you want to know if you should buy a car on the advice of someone who'd never driven before? (If, afterward, they still find it hard to fly--accelerate, up, down, left, right--this should be a little hint. Time for: "I can't fly the Skimmer. I'll give you a web site--fly it for me...." I would not entrust the li'l Dodo to such reckless hands.) Different games are better on different formats, and people can go with what they're used to. But when it comes to GTA and I read about people fussing about which version is better--usually knowing the PS2 version and wondering about the PC version, I think of this: Imagine there was a button on your PC monitor. And if you pressed it, your GTA graphics would be worse, you couldn't add your own music, you couldn't play with the data files or add models to the game, you were limited in what control- lers you could use, no more hand held "camera" freedom--who the he** would push that button? The only thing I heard that gave me pause about that was when someone said they liked PS2 better since they liked to watch the game on TV. It was a brief pause--I used to use an ATI All In Wonder 9800 Pro graphics card. ******** I.6.b Adapters for PS2 and Xbox controllers If you want to use an adapter that lets you use your PS2 or Xbox controls for PC, Gamespy, Aug., 2005, recommended these USB adapters, about $12 each, you can plug them into: SmartJoy PLUS - PlayStation 2-USB adapter SmartJoy X - Xbox-USB adapter http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/637/637880p8.html You might also want to see this message board about the San Andreas Advanced Control: http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=198093 I've read that some prefer to get a Logitech Dual Action gamepad, or a Logi- tech Rumblepad 2, which is much the same as a PS2 controller and is much easier to connect to your PC. (I'm thinking of trying one of those Rumblepads for "San Andreas," too, one of these days.) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.7 Controls F or Enter (or my remapped Sprint: Left Shift) lets you skip a cutscene. Esc Pause the game and go to the menu. To have a longer look at onscreen in- structions or dialogue, press Esc and go to Brief. You can go back through ear- lier instructions and dialogue by pressing Up and go forward through them with Down. Prt Scr see X.15 for how to use Prt Scr, etc., to make screenshots. If you leave the controls alone, the HUD will disappear and the "camera" will act like a hand held camera operator is getting bored from inactivity and will zoom in on and back from this and that activity. F1 Instant Replay F2 Save replay (press at the end of the replay) F3 Play back last saved replay. Only one replay can be saved at a time un- less you want to rename the My Documents\GTA San Andreas User Files\replay.rep file so it isn't overwritten. If you want to save videos of the game, you might want to download FRAPS. http://www.fraps.com/ I'd like it if someone made a mod to give "San Andreas" the "Vice City"-type instant replay with slow motion for Unique Jumps and a variety of "camera" an- gles. Some things are different in GTA instant replays. In "San Andreas" instant replays, the red smoke doesn't appear behind the Stuntplane, the thrusters point down on the Hydra even in replays of scenes in which they were pointed back, a black thing--a landing wheel?--appears below the back end of, at least, some of the planes, the Jet Pack doesn't appear, train engines face backward, etc. One of the new differences that's the most unusual, and which I haven't read any explanation for, is that instead of certain action scene co-stars such as Big Smoke, Kent Paul, or Maccer appearing, another guy does. It gets more unu- sual when he replaces both Kent and Maccer at the same time or replaces Catali- na as he does in the scene at the link below: http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9489/00gta1wtfcatalinareplay6qo.jpg ******** A couple of instant replays that should have been (and other odd moments): - I had C.J. get a six star wanted level and land his Jetpack on the ferris wheel at Santa Maria Beach. A Police Maverick landed beside him, and C.J. jacked it! Those things take off too slow for him to have gotten away, and something about the getting busted cinematic screwed up the instant replay so it didn't register. (If it ever comes up for you, have him shoot the corrupt offi- cers 1st.) - C.J. was driving a motorcycle through the oil fields toward Las Venturas, hit something, the bike kept rolling while C.J. ran to get it, and he got back on and kept riding like something out of a wild west show or a stunt movie air grab. I must have hit the wrong button, though, because the instant replay just showed the last few seconds of him standing somewhere afterwards. - I'll add something to those two because this is the closest category to put it in, other than the one for ghost world. C.J., in an SUV, was drive-bying the attackers on motorcycles in the 2nd half of "Lure," and he ran out of ammo. So I had him try to run into them, and he knocked a couple off their bike. One got back on the back of the seat of the bike, and C.J. ran the other one down. But the bike with the person on the back still followed him around. It would run into him now and then--plomp--but that's about it. If C.J. stopped, it stopped. It was more like a frisky dog than an attacker. - Using Molotovs for "The End of the Line" gave me a couple of glitches. One gangster kept running into the corner of an alcove till he went through it, like Claude in the "III" gimmick to get a Mafia Sentinel. Another survived the fire--I guess running into the wall protected him a bit--and said, "You can't do that to me, man," and resumed firing till he got a moment of another Molotov! WTF screenshots http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/7595/00gta1wtf90wk.jpg http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/3052/00gta1wtf106jn.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/9366/00gta1wtf236du.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2158/00gta1wtf30x9ou.jpg http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/8240/00gta1wtf44d7lm.jpg http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/1189/00gta1wtf997ai.jpg http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/6355/00gta1wtf55a6uw.jpg http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/668/00gta1wtf55b3om.jpg http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/795/00gta1wtf453up.jpg Once C.J.'s vehicle bumped it, this truck rolled down the road as shown till it was bumped again: http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/1663/00gta1wtf18truckstoppie1qe.jpg Low flying Rustler: http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/3168/00gta1wtf113rn.jpg http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/8329/00gta1wtf123xh.jpg http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/6421/00gta1wtf143gi.jpg Flying train: http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/1346/00gta1wtf33b3lw.jpg http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/2155/00gta1wtf33c4dv.jpg http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/6549/00gta1wtf33d7mv.jpg Invisible motorcycle policeman: http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1509/00gta1wtf873ri.jpg http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9900/0gta1wtf888yq.jpg After downing the helicopter in "Toreno's Last Flight": http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/537/00gta1screen928tm7.jpg &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.7.a Foot Controls ******** Note: I remap Spacebar and Left Shift so each does the job of the other--Jump is Spacebar and Run or Sprint is Left Shift--so it's more like "Vice City." ******** W Forward S Backwards Mouse Steering or A Left Mouse Steering or D Right You can turn the "camera" with the mouse so to face C.J., then press S to keep him going in the same direction in the scenery yet now towards you and the cam- era; a similar thing can be done with A and D. W,S,A, and D can also be used for the dance game, and A and D can be used to go through the food selection at a restaurant. Get a rhythm going and tap W,S,,A, or D on the beat, sometimes in the same di- rection for pairs of beats, to give C.J. a little dance move paradiddle you can throw in now and then, like when C.J. sings, for some snazz. Mouse Look anywhere, though you need to move C.J. to look directly up or down. When standing still, C.J. doesn't swivel as you move the mouse as Tommy Vercetti or Claude Speed did. You get a greater va- riety of views of him that way, but it makes aiming him busier. While he faces in one direction, you can look in another with the Mouse; if you want to face him in the new direction, press W,S,A, or D as needed. I usually press W, which makes him go in the direction the Mouse is pointed, to turn him. F or Enter (Return) Enter or get on a vehicle, buy a soft drink or snack, end a transaction at a restaurant or barber shop, etc., have C.J. spend $100 for, or quit watching, a lap dance, de- tach a Parachute he's hanging from, and have C.J. let go of something he's hanging from The camera swirl after C.J. leaves a vehicle can be disorienting for a moment. When that happens, you may speed things up by pressing W to turn him in the di- rection you want him to go, then W again to continue. If two choices are equally near when you press F, C.J. goes in the direction of the vehicle or vending machine he's pointed toward. Otherwise, he'll turn and go to the closer one. ******** Left Shift Sprint (I remap it from Spacebar) when added to W. The sprint lasts longer as C.J. gets stronger, as does the faster sprint created by pressing it quickly and repeatedly. Complete the Burglary mission for the infinite sprint. Left Shift is also used to buy food at a restaurant, preview/buy a haircut, etc. Spacebar Jump, grab something to climb, or climb something (I remap it from Left Shift). ******** Left Alt Walk I mainly use this because I think it looks funny to have C.J. stop scrambling and act normal till he's just past a police officer. C Crouch Use W,S,A, and D to have C.J. move while crouching, and tap one of them repeatedly to have C.J. do it slowly. It can help C.J. sneak up on enemies. End a crouch with Spacebar, Left Shift, F, Enter, or the LMB. C and hold the RMB C.J. crouches and takes aim with a handgun, submachine gun, shotgun, or rifle. Crouching can help C.J. fire one of them with more accuracy. If you press A or D, he rolls left or right and takes aim again. If C.J. is crouching with a Knife and you target someone with the RMB, C.J. prepares for a stealth kill he'll execute if you press the LMB. Tab or \ View player health and weapon Stats, answer a cell phone, give a gift to or kiss a girlfriend (awwwr!), and use the weapon of the icon C.J. is standing in to replace the weapon currently in that slot. LMB Fire, punch, hit with a melee weapon, throw, spray paint, deploy a parachute while C.J. is falling, change the "camera" view of a lap dance, and take a snap shot. As in "Vice City," you can hold it down to keep a Chainsaw revved up and pointed forward, then move C.J. around with W,S,A, or D to create fast Chainsaw attacks. RMB or Caps Lock Aim Weapon, bring up the scope of a Sniper Rifle, Rocket Launcher, or Heat Seeking Rocket Launcher so it can be aimed and fired. In the case of a Heat-Seeking Rocket Launcher, it also makes a green reticle appear over the target, and the green turns to red as the system locks on- to the target. It also makes an arrow point down at someone's head. The color of the arrow indicates their health. It turns from green to red to black and disappears as they weaken and die. It also creates the potential for C.J. to see if they can be recruited into his gang (see below). RMB or Caps Lock, and G or H When you press the RMB or Caps Lock while pointing C.J. at someone to make a green, etc., arrow point down at their head, and you want C.J. to recruit them for a gang, you can press G, and, if they're of a group C.J. can recruit from and C.J. has enough Respect, they'll follow him as a gang member, including into a vehicle, and attack opposing gang members. (They're like more aggressive versions of the bodyguards at the end of "Vice City"). The more Re- spect C.J. has, the more he can enlist. Press G to draw them to C.J. if they run away, and press H to have them wait in place (I remember the keys by thinking of "G" for "Gang" and "H" for "Hang back"). If you want one to leave the group, such as when their health gets low, make the arrow appear over them and press H. To disband the whole group, hold H or have C.J. go far away from them. E or Mouse Wheel Down Next weapon/Target Q or Mouse Wheel Up Previous Weapon/Target X or Mouse Wheel Up Zoom In Z or Mouse Wheel Down Zoom Out Y Conversation "Yes" N Conversation "No" Besides using these two to have C.J. respond to someone in a mission or to a hooker or drug dealer, it can let him respond to some of the things the pedestrians say. V View: you can pick one of several distances for a 3rd person view that mainly follows C.J. from behind. NP1 or MMB Look Behind ******** I.7.aa Climbing trees C.J. can walk up sloped trees, too, like Tommy Vercetti could in "Vice City." One tall one is at the N side of the swamp in Back O Beyond. http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/2523/00gta1screen1297qu.jpg He can jump from the ground into the kind of trees on square boxes on the sidewalks in Ocean Flats, too, if you have him jump from beyond a corner of the base at the highest of the bottom limbs. If he jumps on a vehicle 1st, about a vehicle hood distance from the next to the lowest limb with his head in or by the leaves, sometimes he climbs up into the same trees. He can jump up and climb the sort of trees with white trunks that you can find by one with a thick gray trunk on a grass strip behind a white picket fence S of the lot that's on the S side of the Fleischberg plant that's SW of downtown Blueberry. He can climb onto the trees that look like little squat palm trees, and onto the cactus (that has the basic shape of Saguaro cactus except with a smooth skin), in the desert. On the W side of the park that has a statue of a baseball player, on the block of "ANC" of "FINANCIAL" in San Fierro, C.J. can jump from a ledge and get into a tall tree with white bark. ******** I.7.aaa Taking Photographs Raise the viewfinder of a Camera with the RMB, Zoom in and out with X and Z or the Mouse Wheel, and snap the photo with the LMB. Press the RMB to aim the Camera viewfinder at a GSF gang member recruited to follow C.J., or a girlfriend, and they'll pose for a picture. With the Camera equipped, press Tab around a GSF gang member recruited to fol- low C.J. to have them take the Camera. Pose C.J. with W,S,A,D,C, and/or Space- bar, then either press Tab again for them to take C.J.'s picture, or F or Enter to have them return the Camera. You can save the pictures taken with it in your GTA San Andreas User Files in My Documents if you turn the option for Store Gallery Photos on in the menu. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.7.b Initial fight moves Controls Hold the RMB and press the LMB Advances with left and right jabs Hold the RMB and press F Advances with Right jabs and right kicks Hold the RMB and W and press the LMB Advances at a trot with right jabs ******** Note: I remap Left Shift and Spacebar for Foot Controls so each does the job of the other. ******** Hold the RMB, W, and Left Shift, and press the LMB Runs with right jabs Hold the RMB and press Spacebar Blocks with both arms; this can also be done while C.J. trots or runs See the several gym sections for moves C.J. learns later. He needs to beat all three trainers and learn their fight moves for 100% completion of the game. Thanks to a Gamefaqs post by metalacid123 for pointing out that C.J. uses the fight moves used by the last instructor he beat, so you could send him to an earlier trainer if you like their style better, etc. The fight moves can be supplemented with a melee weapon. Reader Chen Dong shows this to good effect with C.J. armed with a Knife for "Gray Imports" and "Los Sepulcros." It's a good combination of C.J. being able to run fast for a chase, knock the target down, and use a strong weapon on them. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.7.c Swimming Controls No key Tread water; if underwater, slowly rise to the surface W Swim forward with a breast stroke Mouse Steering Turn ******** Note: I remap Left Shift and Spacebar for Foot Controls so each does the job of the other. Left Shift Swim forward fast with a crawl; press it quickly and repeatedly to have C.J. swim faster Spacebar Jump till the water is about knee high; climb out of water ******** W then add LMB Dive underwater W then add LMB (dive), then hold Left Shift Swim underwater Once he's underwater, you just need Left Shift, with Mouse Steering, to have him keep swimming there. Press Left Shift quickly and repeatedly to have C.J. swim faster. Mind the breath meter, and notice that most of the marine life swims away if C.J. gets close to them--the way they react to people in real life. (You might try the Joypad option, which you can't use mouse steering for, to see what swimming looks like with it. When C.J. is underwater, hold down Left Shift and alternate between W and S, and C.J. goes forward by waving up and down like a fish. Turning strokes, with A or D, look more active, too.) Walking, driving, and flying underwater Mxyzptlk, at GTA Forums, gave an exception for the swimming controls--a glitch that lets C.J. walk, drive, etc., underwater. To create the glitch, have C.J. go to the area that's N of the curve in the highway between Hanky Pank Point and the pretzel-shaped intersection to the W of it, then dive at the S side of the floor of San Andreas Sound. Have him swim at the place where the floor meets the cliff. His breath bar will rise then disap- pear, he'll stand on his feet, and C.J. will be able to explore the underwater area like he can on dry land. http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9420/00gta1screen5258ni.jpg You can use a code to spawn a vehicle or have C.J. push one into the water ahead of time. (If C.J. walks onto non-solid ground, like at the edge of the map, he'll fall then appear on nearby dry land.) http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=222794 Swimming mania hits San Andreas The general understanding is that C.J. is the only one in the game who can swim; an exception to that is that Ryder can swim in "Pier 69." http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/1961/00gta1swimming93vj.jpg Shane Wong, a reader, wrote to me that Catalina can swim, too, if C.J. drives into the water with her while he has his choice of places to rob and she follows him. That's the kind of thing that's interesting to me--it shows the depth of the world Rockstar has created for us to have fun with. So I asked Shane to let me know what any other testing about that turned up. It turns out all kinds of people can swim in "San Andreas." If C.J. leads any GSF gang members who follow him into water, they can swim. If C.J. drives the car Sweet must use (as in "Los Sepulcros") into the water, Sweet will get out and drown. But if C.J. drives a car that's optional for Sweet (as in "Sweet's Girl") into the water, Sweet (and the girlfriend) will get out and swim after C.J.. Reader Anurag Sinha confirms Catalina's swimming ability and adds that Mike Toreno and T-Bone can swim in the mission "Mike Toreno." Any law enforcer I've seen follow C.J. if he gets a wanted rating drowns if they get into water, but since they are assigned vehicles, I guess they fit the rest of the idea. It sounds to me like anyone that follows C.J., including people codes cause to follow him, can swim if C.J. leads them into water, including ones who get out of vehicles that are optional for missions. They drown if they get out of a ve- hicle they must use for a mission. Thanks to Shane Wong for a real good find! http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4631/00gta1swim19jo.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4539/00gta1swim21dw.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2547/00gta1swim37ew.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4476/00gta1swim46iy.jpg &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.7.d Vehicle Controls Note: I remap Horn from Caps Lock or H to Left Shift to be like my setup for "Vice City." I.7.e Four-Wheel vehicle Controls Note for all non-flying vehicles: turn on STEER WITH MOUSE in the OPTIONS menu. W Accelerate S Reverse; activates rear lights Mouse Steering or A Left Mouse Steering or D Right A and D can also be used to correct the tipping of a vehicle, which can be easier if you do it while accelerating. Spacebar Brake; four wheel steering for a Monster truck Q Look or aim left E Look or aim right Q and E or MMB Look behind LMB Fire RMB Look all around using the mouse; auto-aim for Rhino cannon F or Enter Exit a vehicle ******** Left Shift (I remap it from Caps Lock or H) Horn; Mr. Whoopee jingle; Taxi or Cabbie Boost Jump after delivering 50 fares; siren and flashing lights for emergency and law enforcement vehicles. ******** NP+ or 2 Sub-mission Y Trip Skip: in some missions, like "Badlands," that start with a long drive, if C.J. fails the mission and you have him go back to the shaft of light to start the mission again, you'll get a prompt asking if you want to use the Trip Skip to skip past the initial driving part to get to the rest of the mission--if you do, press Y. V Change "Camera" View; while using Cinematic View--the variety of views-- you can select from among the views it has with NP4 NP4 The scene revolves clockwise NP6 The scene revolves counter-clockwise F5 User Track Skip--skip a song on the User Track radio station Mouse Wheel Up or 4 Next Radio Station Mouse Wheel Down or R Previous Radio Station Left Ctrl or NP0 Nitro Boost--available for certain vehicles at mod shops and for Taxis and Cabbies after delivering 50 fares Tow Truck hook, Fork Lift fork, Dozer scoop, Dumper bed, Tractor hitch, and Packer ramp: NP2 Raise NP8 Lower The Tractor can pull a Plow behind it. (I've also used it to tow a sedan.) Back a Linerunner, Tanker, or Roadtrain to one of several shapes of box trail- er, or to an oil tank trailer, or a Baggage to a Baggage trailer or tall mobile set of steps, to hitch it. To unhitch it, jackknife the combo (which may throw the hitched part a distance away, for some reason) or run the front of the back part into something. A Baggage trailer may be hitched to another Baggage trail- er or to a tall set of mobile steps. The Tug has a hitch on the back as a Baggage vehicle does, but I've yet to find anything that hitches to it. A Utility Van can also be hitched to a little "STREET CLEAN" trailer (see "Utility Van" under "Land vehicles" in section I.8.a) the same way, but I'm not sure if that trailer is in the unmodified game. So far I've only seen it by using the GTA SA Control Center (X.13.c) which calls it a "Utility Trailer." The Forklift, Dozer, and Combine Harvester are steered by turning the rear wheels, which makes the vehicle steer in the opposite direction than the one you're used to. It may be easier to get used to steering one if you use the keyboard and not the mouse. But if you want to make one steer with the front wheels, see X.10.b under "...miscellaneous jazz" for how to change column ag in the data\handling.cfg file with Ben "Cerbera" Millard's CFGStudio. Hydraulics: Left Shift Raise or lower the body; the body holds this mode after the key is pressed NP+ Raise or lower the body; the body holds this mode while the key is pressed NP4 Raises the left side while pressed when the body is lowered, and lowers the left side while pressed when the body is raised NP6 Raises the right side while pressed when the body is lowered, and lowers the right side while pressed when the body is raised NP2 Raises the back end while pressed when the body is lowered, and lowers the back end while pressed when the body is raised NP8 Raises the front end while pressed when the body is lowered, and lowers the front end while pressed when the body is raised You can combine one front or back number pad key with one right or left side number pad key to raise or lower a corner of the vehicle. If Left Shift is pressed, and so the mode is changed from raised to lowered or lowered to raised, while one or two number pad keys are pressed, the effect of the number pad keys pressed changes accordingly: a lowered front in raised mode changes to a raised front end in lowered mode, etc. If NP+ is pressed while one or two number pad keys are pressed, it raises the lowered part while pressed when the body is in lowered mode, and lowers the raised part while pressed when the body is in raised mode. The HESOYAM code, besides giving C.J. $250,000 and maximum Armor and Health, has the effect of the Health code of the last two GTA's and repairs any vehicle C.J. is in. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.7.f Motorcycle or Bicycle Controls W Accelerate; for a bicycle, press it repeatedly and quickly to have C.J. stand and pump the pedals to go faster S Reverse the front wheel on a bicycle; Reverse the rear wheel on a motorcycle Spacebar Brake rear wheel Spacebar and S Stronger braking by adding a bit of reverse Mouse steering or A Left Mouse Steering or D Right It's easier for me to do stunts or a forward drive-by if I leave Mouse Steer- ing alone and use my right hand for the Up, Down, and either Fire button. ******** Left Shift Motorcycle horn or bicycle bell (I remap it from Caps Lock or H) ******** F or Enter Get off the motorcycle or bicycle NP0 or Left Ctrl C.J. prepares to Bunny Hop on bike; release NP0 for C.J. to Bunny Hop. The bicycle hops higher as his cycling skill im- proves. Press the LMB to fire a submachine gun just after releasing NP0, and sometimes C.J. hops a great deal higher. 2 or NP+ Sub-mission Vigilante for HPV1000 Up Stand and lean Forward--part of a Stoppie. Pressing it quickly and repeatedly, without letting C.J. stand up, makes a motorcycle go faster. Down Lean back, part of a Wheelie. Up and Down can level the wheels for safer landings. Q Look, aim submachine gun or package left E Look, aim submachine gun or package right Q and E Look behind RMB Look all around using the mouse LMB or Left Alt Fire SMG (while looking forward, left, or right); do this just after letting go of NP0 to Bunny Hop and sometimes C.J. hops real high. Mouse Wheel Up or 4 Next Radio Station on a motorcycle Mouse Wheel Down or R Previous Radio Station on a motorcycle F5 User Track Skip--skip a song on the User Track radio station on a motorcycle The HESOYAM code, besides giving C.J. $250,000 and maximum Armor and Health, has the effect of the Health code of the last two GTA's and repairs any vehicle C.J. is in. The OUIQDMW code, besides giving C.J. the ability to aim in any direction while using a land vehicle, makes it easy for him to do airgrabs and less likely to fall off of his motorcycle. Stunt Information The 70 Unique Jumps, not needed for 100% completion of the game, are in sec- tion XI.a. Also see "Glenster's Guide to Some of Vice City" for some stunt info. For more, by the big guys, see: http://www.gtastunting.com/forums/ http://www.gtastunting.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4354&st=0 A history of GTA Stunting is given at: http://www.gtastunting.com/index2.php?id=stuntinghistory And you can meet the stunter at: http://www.gtastunting.com/index2.php?id=stuntinghistory You can find out a lot about stunting for several GTA's at: http://www.thegtaplace.com/forums/index.php?showforum=67 You can find a lot of GTA Stunt videos at: www.thegamersalliance.com You might also try http://www.filefront.com/ Then go to "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," "Media," "Videos and Trailers," and see dozens of choices. One snazzy San Andreas video I've seen is "Flight Gear" (the one that starts at the drive-in on the E side of Fort Carson) by Pep and Kr3mlin. http://www.gtagaming.com/news/comments.php?i=777&saniChar=&saniImage= You can have C.J. drive a motorcycle or bicycle into the inverted yellow cone on the NE side of the oval building S of "LOS" of "DOWNTOWN LOS SANTOS" to have C.J. and his vehicle appear on the roof (where there's a Parachute). It makes a good jump spot, and C.J., and any GSF gang member he takes on the motorcycle, won't get hurt if you can have him land while staying on the vehicle. The San Andreas Superjump Spuds725, at the message board below, gave a good explanation of how to do the San Andreas Superjump that 1gamer26 discovered and shared on the Gamefaqs web site message board. http://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=40233&page=1&pp=20 You have C.J. drive the motorcycle along the front of the right wing of the Cropduster or Hydra toward the fuselage and try to drive under the engine or where the wing meets the body. He's teleported somewhere else, sometimes with a lot of rotations. So far, on PC, I've only managed to make the plane hover in mid-air in a wheelie position. The "Vice City" morphing gimmick, which keeps Tommy on a motorcycle, isn't used in "San Andreas," and certain PS2 codes that have the effect of keeping C.J. on his motorcycle don't do that for the PC version. Spuds says to use the PS2 "full weapon aiming while driving" code--on PC, that's "OUIQDMW"--to have C.J. stay on the bike and get big Stats. I can reaf- firm that one. In a GTA Forums post, gtamike123 says to have C.J. stand by the motorcycle, put in the code that makes vehicles blow up when C.J.'s vehicle bumps them, have him get on the motorcycle, and put the code in again to disable it. Bryceroni69 reports that Mxyzptlk's idea--to have C.J. get on a motorcycle then enter the Jetpack code--which works for PS2 to keep C.J. on his motorcycle, works for some collisions for PC. http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=223369 Quadruple Insane Jumps PLPynton at GTA Forums says that Insane Jumps are based on jumps that are one to three of these four things: -more than 40 meters long -more than 4 meters high -2 flips or more -more than 360 degree of rotation z (around a verticle axis) He says you can get the game to recognize Quadruple Insane Jumps by changing the data\main.scm file. You find the heading: :HJ_238 The 2nd line there is: 0020: $1304 > 4.0 ;; floating-point values Change it to: 0018: $1292 > 4 ;; integer values (You can use Demarest's "Darkpact" to change the data\main.scm file so you won't have to create a new save game file for it. See "SA Code Tools" at X.13.n.) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.7.g Note for all the flying vehicles and equipment: You can turn on FLY WITH MOUSE in the OPTIONS menu (I usually don't). You might want to remember where the airborne bribes are. When C.J. uses one of the planes, jets, helicopters, or the Parachute, an al- timeter appears to the left of the radar. As in "Vice City," the horizontal traffic light posts aren't solid--the verti- cal ones are. Candy Suxxx' lifted leg and the big chicken head aren't solid, either. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.7.h Plane or Jet Controls W Accelerate S Reverse Mouse Steering or A Bank left (right flap down, left flap up) Mouse Steering or D Bank right (right flap up, left flap down) Q Rudder--turn left while Q is pressed E Rudder--turn right while E is pressed While the craft turns, it turns a bit in that direction in relation to the "camera" view, which moves back directly behind the craft after the turn. Down Up Up Down F or Enter Exit the vehicle 2 or NP+ Raise or lower landing gear--planes and jets go faster with it raised; start or stop the release of dust from the Crop Duster and red smoke from the Stuntplane Left Ctrl or NP0 Fire the machine gun of the Rustler and RC Baron Mouse Wheel Up or 4 Next Radio Station Mouse Wheel Down or R Previous Radio Station F5 User Track Skip--skip a song on the User Track radio station V "Camera" view RMB Look all around using the mouse NP4 The scene revolves clockwise NP6 The scene revolves counter-clockwise Controls for the Dodo: http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2661/00gta1dodosacontrols7qu.jpg Controls for the Skimmer: http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/8713/00gta1dodocontrols22rr.jpg Thanks to the tip by at Gamefaqs by Riamu for the tip that Shamals and AT-400's have auto-pilot. Once you give one of those jets enough altitude, you can let go of the controls and it will fly, a bit slower and at the same alti- tude, in the same direction. People who aren't used to the PC controls for planes, and complain that the controls make planes hard to fly, might want to see this stunt video, "Wichita," by Ghostchild: http://www.thegtaplace.com/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=745 I have his word that he did it on PC with a keyboard and mouse setup and not a gamepad or joystick. (If you saw his motorcycle stunt videos for "Vice City," you shouldn't be too surprised.) ******** According to Rockstar North lead level designer Craig Filshie, early 2005: "Planes, like the rest of San Andreas, are drawn around CJ as he moves through the state. In Los Santos, you'll see high-flying commercial jets thousands of feet in the air. On the beaches of Santa Marina, there might be the occasional flyby of a biplane. Out in the country, smaller private aircraft are constantly buzzing around. When we first implemented the feature, we found that every once in a while a plane would spawn with a trajectory that led it directly into the side of a mountain or right into the ground. And we loved it, so it stayed." http://www.planetgrandtheftauto.com/features/articles/planecrashes/ I'll add that sometimes the planes come trailing smoke down to the ground. The area near the SW side of the Big Ear is a good spot to see it more often. http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/4532/00gta1wtfplanecrash17xs.jpg http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9293/00gta1wtfplanecrash25ub.jpg &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.7.i Hydra Controls Hover mode (like controls for a helicopter) W Up S Down Mouse steering, A, or Left Bank left Mouse steering, D, or Right Bank right Q Rudder--Pivot left E Rudder--Pivot right Up Dip forward Down Raise back NP8 Hold until it changes to jet mode--four thruster nozzles pointing back Jet mode W Forward S Reverse Mouse Steering, A, or Left Bank left Mouse Steering, D, or Right Bank right Q Turn left E Turn right Up Down Down Up NP2 Hold until it changes to hover mode--four thruster nozzles pointing down Either mode F or Enter Exit the Hydra Mouse Wheel Up or 4 Next Radio Station Mouse Wheel Down or R Previous Radio Station F5 User Track Skip--skip a song on the User Track radio station V "Camera" view RMB Look all around using the mouse NP4 The scene revolves clockwise NP6 The scene revolves counter-clockwise 2 or NP+ Raise or lower landing gear; raising it lets the Hydra go faster Spacebar Target; it causes a green reticle to appear over the target, and the green turns to red when the system locks onto the target. NP0 or Left Ctrl Fire a rocket LMB, Left Alt, or Right Ctrl Drop chaff (strips like aluminum foil, or clus- ters of fine wire, meant to throw off radar de- tection) and a flare (to throw off heat detec- tion). You can use this, and change the path of the Hydra, to elude missiles, which are in- dicated on the radar and by a sound effect. You might like to try flying the Hydra upside-down for a change. The screen shot at the 2nd link below reflects that I remapped Fire from NP0 to hyphen--"-"--to make it easier to fire while taking a screen shot with F10 with FRAPS. http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8835/00gta1hydracontrols11fg.jpg http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/4533/00gta1hydracontrols37zn.jpg &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.7.j Helicopter Controls W Up S Down Mouse steering, A, or Left Bank left Mouse steering, D, or Right Bank right Q Pivot left E Pivot right Up Dip forward Down Raise back F or Enter Exit the helicopter Mouse Wheel Up or 4 Next Radio Station Mouse Wheel Down or R Previous Radio Station F5 User Track Skip--skip a song on the User Track radio station V "Camera" view NP4 The scene revolves clockwise NP6 The scene revolves counter-clockwise ******** Left Shift (remapped from Caps Lock or H) Stop the horizontal movement; turns the Police Maverick search light on and off from 19:00 to 6:00 ******** 2 or NP+ Sub-mission: "Brown Thunder" for the Hunter Left Ctrl or NP0 Fire the machine gun (Hunter or Sea Sparrow) LMB, Left Alt, or Right Ctrl Fire a rocket of the Hunter; activate or deactivate the magnet of the RC Goblin in "New Model Army" and of the Leviathon in "Up, Up, and Away!" The Hunter machine gun has auto-aim for the Vigilante mission. In "San Andreas," C.J. and others sometimes make superhuman jumps to get into vehicles, which I noticed playing around with the BUBBLECARS code. Law enforc- ers can do this to bust C.J., too, so avoid flying low to the ground during a wanted rating. http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/5831/00gta1hunterhighjumpingswat9aj.jpg For something a little different to look at more than it's generally useful, a helicopter can be tilted to use the big spinning blades as a weapon that flings targets a good distance. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.7.k Parachute Controls Select Parachute in the weapon/gift slot Falling before opening the parachute: Down/S slow descent, arms and legs spread Up/W fast forward descent, arms to body and legs together A or D Twirl LMB Deploy a parachute while C.J. is falling Parachute deployed: S or Down C.J. pulls his knees up, which slows his descent and moves him forward A or Right Fly left D or Left Fly right F or Enter Detach the parachute (preferably as C.J. nears the ground) V "Camera" view Sometimes, with full Armor and Health, C.J. can survive a long fall, but will die if he falls the same distance but lands wearing an unopened Parachute. Sometimes it doesn't open if C.J. doesn't fall enough 1st. To avoid that, try not to cut it close--give him a high altitute where he can deploy it safely. When C.J.'s Parachute is deployed and it looks like he may overshoot his land- ing spot, you can have him fly in a circle to delay his advance toward it. C.J. can jump from a flying vehicle into deep water without harm if the water is deep enough. If he has a Parachute, it's a way to let him make such a jump yet keep his Parachute afterward, too. http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/1337/00gta1screen690e0gp.jpg http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/9463/00gta1screen690f2xe.jpg &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.7.l Jetpack Controls Left Shift Up Spacebar Down W or Up Forward (overrides Up) S or Down Backwards A or Left Left D or Right Right Mouse Steering Aim C.J. in any horizontal direction you want him to go RMB Press to have C.J. immediately go in the direction the mouse is aimed LMB or Left Ctrl Fire weapon if C.J. has a Tec 9 or Micro SMG; if not, he can fire a 9mm Pistol; any of them can be dual-wielded with the Jetpack. F or Enter Remove the Jetpack--the icon may not remain there if C.J. uses something else, like a Parachute, in that slot, or uses a vehicle, and might disappear if C.J. goes into a building that loads the graphics for the interior. It often appears in front instead of behind him at removal, leading to moments more like Maxwell Smart than James Bond when he's in a hurry. C.J. can't enter a building that loads an interior while wearing the Jetpack. C.J. has to remove the Jetpack to switch from one of the several weapons he can fire while wearing it to another, even if the weapon he's equipped with while wearing the Jetpack runs out of ammo. Within limits, the Jetpack will go higher if operated over a higher surface. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.7.m Crane Controls F or Enter In the red shaft of light near the crane, Enter the crane; Exit the crane W or Up Move the magnet farther away S or Down Move the magnet closer A or Left Move the magnet left D or Right Move the magnet right ******** Left Shift (remapped) Lower the magnet ******** Spacebar Raise the magnet Tab Deactivate or activate the magnetism of the magnet V Close or distant "camera" view of the magnet You use the same controls for the crane in Hunter Quarry except you use the LMB to activate or deactivate the magnet for it, and V doesn't work to change the view. The Dude crane magnet in Easter Basin, San Fierro, and the one in Hunter Quar- ry, Bone County, work on vehicles. (You can have C.J. get into an attached ve- hicle and make a swing of it.) The Final Build magnet E of the Clown's Pocket, Las Venturas, only works on the boxes in the area. All three have magnets that look a little like they're from "Plan 9 from Out- er Space" by Ed Wood, 1959. The wrecking ball crane, in San Fierro at the N end of the big brown block N of where it says "DOHERTY" on the paper map, can be used to attack pedestrians and vehicles. It doesn't reach beyond the lot, though, so C.J. has to bring one into the range of the crane. A wanted rating will bring the corrupt law en- forcers and their vehicles around. It can kill a pedestrian in one drop of the wrecking ball, but it takes a number of drops or swings of it to do much damage to a vehicle. Since it's impractical, it's a sort of Rube Goldberg contraption. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_goldberg http://www.rubegoldberg.com/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.7.n Boat Controls W Accelerate S Reverse A Left D Right F or Enter Enter a boat and man the steering wheel; release the steering wheel Q Look, aim submachine gun left E Look, aim submachine gun right Q and E Look behind LMB Fire Mouse Wheel Up or 4 Next Radio Station Mouse Wheel Down or R Previous Radio Station F5 User Track Skip--skip a song on the User Track radio station V "Camera" view RMB Look all around using the mouse NP4 The scene revolves clockwise NP6 The scene revolves counter-clockwise The Predator police boat, just as in "III" and "Vice City," has a built-in machine gun that fires forward or to either side. C.J. can jack a boat. Have him swim to the front of it and press Spacebar to have him grab the side, and again to have him climb aboard. As in "Vice City," the pilot jumps off and can't swim. If it's a Predator, you may have a police- man stand on the front and fire at C.J., though. See "Codes," I.14, to see how to use the FLYINGFISH code to fly one of the speedboats like a flying Rhino. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I.8.a A rundown of some of the vehicles and some of their real names There are pictures of the vehicles at: http://gtawh.com/sa/vehicles.php http://www.gta-series.com/it/sanandreas.php?action=auto http://gtadomain.gtagaming.com/savehicles.html http://www.g-unleashed.com/index.php?cat=16&pid=27&page=vehicle_images I especially thank the gta-series web site for having the screen shots I re- lied on the most till I came up with my own. http://www.gta-series.com/ I'm sorry if some of the screen shots have looked look a little murky. For about half a year, I had to use an old GeForce4 MX 440 graphics card to see the game vehicle proportions to make real vehicle comparisons. If I put all the settings low, I could get rid of graphic distortions in C.J.'s immediate area by switching between a couple of the lowest resolutions. With a shot lined up, I'd crank it to 1024x768 and medium detail for the shot. Otherwise, it would look like this: http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/1292/00gta1geforce4404tz.jpg http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7383/00gta1jamesearlcashbadgraphics.jpg http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9496/00gtasacjwaitingforanewgraphic.jpg Going from a graphics card that barely manages to play the game to one that's moderately good, with a moderately good PC, otherwise, really makes a differ- ence. It's like the difference between seeing a sketch of something compared to seeing it with the color shading and little light effects added. A good card, etc., lets you use a draw distance mod, too, so screenshots look a lot better. If I go on too much with certain vehicles, it's because the new card makes me go, "Oo-oo, look at that!" at everything--I'll calm down. As noted at the start, this walk-through, with active links, is at: http://www.freewebs.com/glenster1/index.htm Click "Back" to return from any of the links there--if you "X" it out, you'll exit the web page. To compare screenshots to photographs of vehicles, you might bring a page up twice and click a link from each. The vehicles that return unchanged from "Vice City" are covered in "Glenster's Guide to Some of Vice City" in sections I.9.B to I.9.E. A few of the new ones are also covered in this guide at VI.44: "Exports and Imports for the Cranberry Crane." Sometimes, the years I give for a model aren't the entire range of years the model looked like that. The Wikipedia article that accompanies a model may give the years of the "generation" of a model. Google Image Search may help me nar- row the range of years beyond that. It's not a perfect system, so if anyone has any helpful ideas, please let me know. At this writing, I could use the proper names for, at least, some of the boats, the Sweeper, and the Dozer. If a web address I give doesn't work by the time you read this, try using the beginning of the address and searching the site (or just scouring Google or such like I did). ******** Flying vehicles AT-400 Boeing 737--I'm guessing 737-400 to match the "400"--an Airbus A320 is similar The AT-400 is in a big hanger at the SE corner of Las Venturas Airport. If you have C.J. try to go around the surface of it with a Jet Pack, you find it has some unusual collision files. There are big invisible parts over the wings, and a bumpy strip of it over the fuselage. C.J. can go through the wheels, the middle of the tail fin, and fly up into part of the belly of the fuselage, which can leave it in a wheelie position. I haven't tried the VC su- perjump, except using an SA AT-400 for the VC Packer, with it, though. Thanks to Mxyzptlk for the Airbus A320 tip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737-400 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A320 http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/8977/00gta1screen6110qr.jpg http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/4466/00gta1screen707a0ra.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/8761/00gta1at40022dk.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4130/00gta1at40036ze.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/5535/00gta1at40040mn.jpg http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/3856/00gta1screen707x4vj.jpg http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/1600/00gta1screen707y9du.jpg http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/1651/00gta1screen708a1sh.jpg http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4633/00gta1screen708b2bx.jpg Andromeda The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a good match for the wings and engines and may be the origin of the name--the name of a galaxy. The fuselage has the right bulge along the lower sides and proportion to the wings and engines, but the nose is too pointed and the Galaxy is entirely too big and moosey to be the Andromeda. http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5090/00gta1andromedalockheedc5a0rs.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/1851/00gta1andromedalockheedc57xh.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-5_Galaxy A newer cargo jet, the Boeing C-17 Globemaster, just manages to get into the 1992 time frame of the game, and the most similar models (without the upturned tips on the main wings) have the right round nose. The proportion between fuse- lage and engines is wrong but it's a good indication of the overall size of the Andromeda. http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/3258/00gta1andromedaboeingc17globem.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_C-17 An older cargo jet, the Lockheed C-141B or C Starlifter, is similar but it's too long and thin with too long a fuselage in front of the main wings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-141B_Starlifter You might say it's mainly a Galaxy reduced to the size of a Globemaster and given the nose of the Globemaster. It's featured in "Stowaway" and "A Home in the Hills." On PC, you can also make it appear with the GTA SA Control Center, X.13.c. http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=198750&hl=GTA%20SA%20GXT%&st=0 http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/5774/00gta1screen703a4xp.jpg http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/2232/00gta1andromeda01ol.jpg http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/4626/00gta1screen703b1zd.jpg http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3254/00gta1screen703c4bo.jpg http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2921/00gta1screen703d6jz.jpg http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/9596/00gta1screen703e0jo.jpg http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/8800/00gta1screen703f7kz.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1514/00gta1andromeda50lt.jpg http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/8211/00gta1andromeda12a2af.jpg http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/9080/00gta1screen703g5wx.jpg Beagle Britten-Norman Islander It's high wing, twin prop plane. If they made a more stubby-nosed version, it would be perfect. The 1st Islander, the G-ATCT c/n 1, shown in the 1st link below, looks the most that way of the ones I found. The name may come via a pun with the name of the C-2 Greyhound, which has a few similar features, and the fact that the black bulb on the nose of new- er Islanders, combined with the two big front windows, makes it look a little like a beagle. http://www.bnhistorians.co.uk/page4.html http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/663/00gta1brittennormanbn2t4sdefen.jpg http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/5928/00gta1brittennorman2b26bulb1ms.jpg http://www.britten-norman.com/products/bn2t4s/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britten-Norman_Islander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Aldergrove http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-2_Greyhound http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/6963/00gta1beagle17xr.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3438/00gta1beagle27em.jpg http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4137/00gta1beagle30me.jpg http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1241/00gta1beagle40pp.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/7181/00gta1beagle59gu.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1690/00gta1beagle66or.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9751/00gta1beagle72tq.jpg Cargobob Sikorsky CH-53 front and attachments, Boeing CH47D Chinook fuselage, and Eurocopter EC135 tail prop. This is sort of the Glendale of helicopters (and about as much fun to drive). It looks to me like someone took a CH-53 and smoothed it off and shaped it like a Chinook on the way back to one of those distinctive Eurocopter tail props. And thanks to photographer Peter Jong, who I think is right about the Cargobob looking like it has the fuselage of a Boeing CH47D Chinook. It also makes the name funnier: The name is, I think, a play on the idea of a shiskebab. You take a Eurocop- ter tail prop, including the stem or "stick," and stick a Chinook on it--a cargo helicopter on it--and you get a Cargobob. (The 1st several links below show a CH-53, a Chinook, and two Eurocopters.) http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/9679/00gta1sikorskych53c3lc.jpg http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7417/00gta1boeingch47dchinook8zd.jpg http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8962/00gta1eurocopterec135samu9ga.jpg http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8885/00gta1eurocopterec135wnbc41uw.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_CH-53 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CH-47_Chinook http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocopter http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/9620/00gta1cargobob11bi.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/5404/00gta1cargobob21zn.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/1001/00gta1cargobob38fn.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/4184/00gta1cargobob43tn.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/3094/00gta1cargobob50ed.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/5020/00gta1cargobob78if.jpg Cropduster Grumman G-164 AgCat http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/agcat.html http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7299/00gta1cropduster11df.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/4152/00gta1cropduster25zm.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/4615/00gta1cropduster31xm.jpg http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/7476/00gta1cropduster47us.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2531/00gta1cropduster59de.jpg http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/5389/00gta1cropduster68cj.jpg Dodo Cessna 150, called a 152 since 1978. http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/333/00gta1dodoredandwhite4zi.jpg http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/8596/00gta1dodosa1ti.jpg http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/5449/00gta1dodopanoramaleft9lb.jpg http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4695/00gta1dodoonrestaurant9bo.jpg http://se.cessna.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_150 http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/7451/00gta1dodoatfarm3gb.jpg http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2817/00gta1dodocity05ao.jpg http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2777/00gta1dodocity13nd.jpg http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/6373/00gta1dodogoinghome5wx.jpg http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/7504/00gta1dodohome18md.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4654/00gta1dodohome8cb.jpg See? "San Andreas" graphics make it look gray and sad in the middle of a sunshiny field. Someone should make a mod to throw more light on C.J. and his vehicles. The Dodo should be lit up more like this (without the fire): http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/7242/00gta1dodosflamethrower9af.jpg Easter Bay Airport entrance: the depiction of an airplane over the entrance looks a bit like a U.K. WWII bomber--the Avro Manchester, predecessor to the Avro Lancaster. (Thanks to thedude777 for pointing out the three blade type of propeller.) http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/1407/00gta1screen1401ux.jpg http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/6004/00gta1screen1414qr.jpg http://www.ww2guide.com/britishb.shtml#mchester http://freespace.virgin.net/pbratt.home/Avro%20Manchester.htm http://www.jaapteeuwen.com/ww2aircraft/html%20pages/avro%20679%20manchester.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Manchester Flying Saucer Could be a replica of a flying saucer. Could be a flying sau- cer. Could be a promotion for yoyos sold in the lobby. Could be to bring yoyos into the lobby. I do know this: the real one, at the Little A'Le'Inn (as in "little alien") in Rachel, Nevada, is on a cable strung through a crane, and this one is stuck on a stick. http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1752/00gta1lilprobeinn7aq.jpg http://www.littlealeinn.com/ Hunter: Hughes/McDonnell Douglas AH-64A Apache '84-'92 http://www.1000pictures.com/view.htm?caircraft/helos+fApache-2.jpg+x640+y450 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_helicopter http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/7664/00gta1hunter1a5ff.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/6066/00gta1hunter2a6yu.jpg http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/986/00gta1hunter3a6wa.jpg http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/1341/00gta1hunter4a7xm.jpg http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/3608/00gta1hunter5a2pa.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2707/00gta1hunter6a0ve.jpg http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/6043/00gta1hunter7a3lg.jpg Hydra A Harrier II vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) jet, except with the intake on the bottom, like an F-16c, instead of one on either side. I think it acts like a Harrier but looks more like an F-16c. http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/2912/00gta1f16c5fv.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV-8_Harrier_II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-16 http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7834/00gta1hydra17xm.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4576/00gta1hydra2a6yd.jpg http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6794/00gta1hydra39ob.jpg http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1636/00gta1hydra41ou.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9391/00gta1hydra53xj.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3104/00gta1hydra67gt.jpg http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6486/00gta1hydra73dr.jpg http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4173/00gta1hydra80jz.jpg http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/8953/00gta1hydra98ax.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2169/00gta1hydra108yh.jpg http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2914/00gta1hydra117fk.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3842/00gta1hydra120cx.jpg http://img302.imageshack.us/img302/4087/00gta1hydra337px.jpg Jet Pack Jet Pack or Rocket Pack In text\american.gxt, it's called both a "jet pack" and a "jetpack." Sean Connery used one in the James Bond movie "Thunderball," 1965. It's main- ly useful in outer space where the small fuel supply isn't taxed as much. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_belt http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/8954/00gta1jetpack12nh.jpg http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/4886/00gta1jetpack21vl.jpg Leviathon Sikorsky H-3 Sea King. The Leviathon can land on water. A "Levia- than" in the Bible is a large sea creature, possibly a crocodile; the word has come to have a broader meaning and refer to something big, like a big ship. http://www.ericksonaircrane.com/press/pr112099.html http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/9378/00gta1sikorskyh3lasheriff5vd.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-3_Sea_King http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathon http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/2430/00gta1leviathon15qb.jpg http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/3516/00gta1leviathon26fo.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2383/00gta1leviathon39zt.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2117/00gta1leviathon45rj.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/9972/00gta1leviathon57fe.jpg Little dot that flies around in the sky Some say "flying saucer." Cooler heads prevail and say "jet flying through the stratosphere." But on closer in- spection, it proves to be a little dot that flies around in the sky. We don't know about the little dot that flies around in the sky. We like it, but we don't know. And that's how we like it. http://img351.imageshack.us/img351/2817/00gta1screen6910zt.jpg http://img345.imageshack.us/img345/653/00gta1screen2044dj.jpg Maverick Bell 206L-4 http://www.bellhelicopter.textron.com/en/aircraft/commercial/bell206L-4.cfm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_206 http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/1996/00gta1maverick19eg.jpg http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6461/00gta1maverick27tj.jpg http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/518/00gta1maverick39im.jpg http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/1562/00gta1maverick49ym.jpg http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/6889/00gta1maverick58jc.jpg http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/8154/00gta1maverick63ry.jpg http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/7316/00gta1maverick79tn.jpg http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/4231/00gta1maverick89ph.jpg http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/6979/00gta1maverick94dy.jpg http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/3368/00gta1maverick108cx.jpg http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/8541/00gta1maverick112nq.jpg http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/5825/00gta1maverick120vj.jpg http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/4034/00gta1maverick146ch.jpg http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/4433/00gta1maverick1155zf.jpg Nevada Douglas C-47 (modified DC-3) Skytrain "Dakota." http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8452/00gta1nevada7rg.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6220/00gta1nevada50km.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/5687/00gta1nevada49ew.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/1493/00gta1nevada33ke.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/4409/00gta1nevada26nb.jpg http://www.vectorsite.net/avc47.html http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/208/00gta1nevada19uh.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1462/00gta1nevada2a3zk.jpg http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/5934/00gta1nevada3a1vd.jpg http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/7585/00gta1nevada4a8an.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2989/00gta1nevada5a2lo.jpg http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2040/00gta1nevada65nx.jpg http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4976/00gta1nevada70um.jpg News Chopper Bell 206B-3 http://www.helispot.com/photos/02543.html http://www.nbpa.rotor.com/pictures/knbcncp4.htm http://www.nbpa.rotor.com/pictures/kcalsky9.htm http://www.helispot.com/photos/03770.html http://www.helispot.com/photos/00141.html http://www.nbpa.rotor.com/pictures/ktnvlc13.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_206 http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/8103/00gta1newschopper07yq.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6812/00gta1newschopper15mh.jpg http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/5017/00gta1newschopper27lh.jpg http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/2052/00gta1newschopper33ks.jpg http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/5083/00gta1newschopper49ks.jpg http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/5287/00gta1newschopper4a3re.jpg Parachute A parafoil http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/8986/00gta1parafoil6ni.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute Ottae, at GTA Forums, wrote that the Parachutes have a tartan pattern. (It has what we in North America call a plaid pattern, and it signifies a Scottish clan. It's probably related that Rockstar North is based in Scotland.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartan http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/8766/00gta1parachute43he.jpg http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/5232/00gta1screen690a3ro.jpg http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/5334/00gta1screen690b3dx.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/691/00gta1screen690c5pd.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/5067/00gta1screen690d3fl.jpg http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/8250/00gta1screen602e2hh.jpg Police Maverick Bell 206L-4 Left Shift can activate the search light from 19:00 to 6:00. http://www.helispot.com/photos/01743.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_206 http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3765/00gta1policemav15ss.jpg http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/7370/00gta1policemav25hv.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2290/00gta1policemav33zd.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/9598/00gta1policemav40wk.jpg RC Baron http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6860/00gta1rcbaron8za.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6293/00gta1redbaron20bx.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/9444/00gta1redbaron32wq.jpg Raindance Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk. It may be related that GTA stars Bill Fichtner--Ken Rosenberg, and Tom Sizemore--Sonny Forelli, starred in the 2001 movie "Black Hawk Down." (For the 2nd link, you have to Copy and Paste the 2nd line to the 1st line in the address bar.) http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/9206/00gta1sikorskyuh60blackhawk7ve.jpg http://www.1000pictures.com/view.htm?caircraft/helos+fblackhawk-deck-land ing.jpg+x1024+y768 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UH-60_Black_Hawk http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/6899/00gta1raindance12bx.jpg http://img283.imageshack.us/img283/8968/00gta1raindance28ax.jpg http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/1576/00gta1raindance35oe.jpg http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/5449/00gta1raindance42xo.jpg Rustler Curtiss P-40 Warhawk http://www.aviation-history.com/curtiss/p40.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_P-40 http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4473/00gta1rustler05ft.jpg http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/8693/00gta1rustler1a2du.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3839/00gta1rustler26oh.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5454/00gta1rustler3a0hq.jpg http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/9043/00gta1rustler4a3tb.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/61/00gta1rustler6a2fz.jpg http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/3967/00gta1rustler7a1is.jpg http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5003/00gta1rustler82sa.jpg http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/7156/00gta1rustler92nu.jpg http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/1466/00gta1rustler103lk.jpg http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2225/00gta1rustler111sw.jpg http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/9656/00gta1rustler145qs.jpg http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5813/00gta1rustler164zo.jpg Sea Sparrow Bell 47G (Army: H-13, OH-13D, and OH-13E; Navy/Marines: HTL-4) helicopter with pontoons This looks like the kind the Coast Guard might use. http://www.rotorhead.org/military/h13.asp http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/3268/00gta1bell478xb.jpg http://www.rotorhead.org/military/h13.asp http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/6864/00gta1seasparrow18qp.jpg http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/6682/00gta1seasparrow2a8ph.jpg http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/8703/00gta1seasparrow3a1hb.jpg http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/4396/00gta1seasparrow42ba.jpg http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/9108/00gta1seasparrow54pi.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/2033/00gta1seasparrow6a8gu.jpg Shamal Bombardier Learjet 55 http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=128 "Shamal" is the name of the NW wind in the lower valley of the Tigris and Eu- phrates and the Persian Gulf. (Thanks to a post at the GTA Forums message board by pdescobar.) A "Shamal" is also a Pokemon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamal http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shamal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokemon http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8168/00gta1dodovc2c9ca.jpg http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9038/00gta1shamal15tr.jpg http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7868/00gta1shamal22mq.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/4688/00gta1shamal33ub.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8260/00gta1shamal49xi.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7029/00gta1shamal50ta.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8936/00gta1shamal69oa.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/193/00gta1shamal77kb.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/6862/00gta1shamal83je.jpg http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6003/00gtasacjintheshamaloverlossan.jpg Skimmer Cessna 150 on floats http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/9287/00gtacessna150onfloats6im.jpg http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/838/00gta1skimmer9vd.jpg http://flickr.com/photos/doneastwest/71243736/ http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/2889/00gta1skimmer15eo.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/7979/00gta1skimmer2a3ln.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/6286/00gta1skimmer30ze.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/636/00gta1skimmer44fp.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/1750/00gta1skimmer54st.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5253/00gta1skimmer60qz.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/8905/00gta1skimmer75gi.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8009/00gta1skimmer84mj.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6500/00gta1skimmer97nx.jpg http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/7186/00gta1skimmervc6h3uc.jpg http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/929/00gta1skimmer10a3xy.jpg http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/8647/00gta1skimmer115do.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/641/00gta1skimmer125dh.jpg http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/2555/00gta1skimmer147qw.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7788/00gta1skimmer155ko.jpg http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/7016/00gta1skimmer169pd.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5125/00gta1skimmer171rt.jpg Sparrow Bell 47G (Army: H-13, OH-13D, and OH-13E; Navy/Marines: HTL-4) heli- copter A Bell 47D-1, an earlier model, is suspended for viewers as an example of ex- cellence in design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. http://cellmath.med.utoronto.ca/B47/bell_of_month/bom_sp_Sep99.html http://www.bcam.net/hangar%20ac/bell.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_47 http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5691/00gta1sparrow19hm.jpg http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/7873/00gta1sparrow28sq.jpg http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/1572/00gta1sparrow32fy.jpg http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/6331/00gta1sparrow43vu.jpg http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/49/00gta1sparrow59lx.jpg http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/4932/00gta1sparrow67so.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/944/00gta1sparrow71aq.jpg Stuntplane (Curtis Pitt's) Pitt's Special http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/4930/00gta1stuntplane35pp.jpg http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6393/00gta1stuntplane56bq.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/9041/00gta1stuntplane69ek.jpg http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3196/00gta1stuntplane73gz.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/482/00gta1stuntplane81nl.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/8638/00gta1stuntplane106pr.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/1130/00gta1stuntplane110ox.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7079/00gta1stuntplane124xj.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/504/00gta1stuntplane90nn.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/4969/00gta1stuntplane142qy.jpg http://www.steenaero.com/PittsS1/history.cfm http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8316/00gta1stuntplane16hg.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3733/00gta1stuntplane29dc.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5933/00gta1stuntplane3a0sj.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8733/00gta1stuntplane41te.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9612/00gta1stuntplane5a2rq.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5231/00gta1stuntplane6a6gi.jpg http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1835/00gta1stuntplane7a6gr.jpg Thanks to the AggroSk8er walk-through at Gamefaqs for the names of the AT-400, Cropduster, Leviathon, Nevada, Raindance, Rustler, and Stuntplane. http://www.gamefaqs.com/ ******** Boats Coastguard A low flats boat, about 20', with a couple of outboard motors, good in shallow water, with a rollover bar-looking thing with several antennae in the back. It's the same as the one used in "Vice City." Whether it is or isn't based on an actual Miami or San Francisco Coast Guard Response boat, it's a plausible example of how one could look. It could also pass for someone's lake and stream fishing boat. http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/6117/00gta1coastguardtype38uk.jpg http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/3447/00gta1coastguardtype45pf.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_guard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_police http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/8607/00gta1coastguard13oj.jpg http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/1/00gta1coastguard26gz.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4526/00gta1coastguard39xy.jpg Dinghy An inflatable fast rescue boat. It looks like an inflatable life raft in the front and sides with a steering wheel stuck in the front and two motors in the back. It could be used as a dinghy--a smaller boat used as a utility boat by a larger boat. http://boatdesign.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/1670 http://www.oceansafety.com/commercial/liferaft-FastRescue.html http://www.northernprofessionalscastingco.com/divers.html http://powerboat.about.com/cs/boattype1/p/inflatable_boat.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflatable_boat http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/8010/00gta1dinghy2acf8.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5496/00gta1dinghy2bio5.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/6791/00gta1dinghy2cdk4.jpg http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/1014/00gta1dinghy2dlx1.jpg http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8607/00gta1dinghy2euq9.jpg Jetmax A turbine jet boat. A jet boat is propelled by sending water out through nozzles in the back instead of using propellers. It has a showy inboard motor with an air scoop and two exhaust pipes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_boat http://www.zaxisracing.com/ http://www.njbaracing.net/gallery/gallery.php http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/8201/00gta1jetmaxvc10wm.jpg http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/3788/00gta1jetmax10mc.jpg http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/7843/00gta1jetmax27gr.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/2430/00gta1jetmax31xg.jpg http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/2395/00gta1jetmax43aa.jpg http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/6105/00gta1jetmaxiii7qo.jpg Launch It's more recent than 1992, the time of "San Andreas," but a USN Mark V Special Operations Craft (SOC) is similar. Even more recent, a stretched-out CMN Interceptor DV-15 fast patrol boat is similar. A "launch" is a motorboat with an open or half open deck. The Launch has a machine gun like the DV-15 but it doesn't work. It's in the 2nd covered dock S of the 2nd "S" of "Easter Basin." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_V_SOC http://www.defense-update.com/products/i/interceptor-DV-15.htm http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/935/00gta1launch19fp.jpg http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/2383/00gta1launch22zz.jpg http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/7185/00gta1launch33vy.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3070/00gta1launch47jl.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/980/00gta1launch54hg.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2049/00gta1launch60qh.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/9454/00gta1launch78uu.jpg http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/8903/00gta1launch86ph.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2995/00gta1launch93da.jpg http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/8844/00gta1launch107gd.jpg http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/3755/00gta1launch119xp.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/1012/00gta1launch124xm.jpg http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/3798/00gta1launch141gc.jpg http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/3575/00gta1launch158hg.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/7698/00gta1launch163uk.jpg Marquis 69 It looks like the Endeavour 42 sailboat Crockett had in the TV series "Miami Vice." http://www.infracity.de/miamivice/ausruestung.html http://carlgaffney.users.btopenworld.com/miamifacts.html http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/7765/00gta1marquis17ea.jpg http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9004/00gta1marquis23xu.jpg http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/6884/00gta1marquis35dn.jpg http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9348/00gta1marquis40rv.jpg http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/7613/00gta1marquis52wt.jpg http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/254/00gta1marquis68gl.jpg http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/7306/00gta1marquis71dw.jpg http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5442/00gta1marquis84rn.jpg Predator A police boat. I found a couple of basicly comparible fast patrol boats, shown at the 1st two links below. It's a little launch with a radar that doesn't revolve on top. Like the Predator of "III" and "Vice City," it has a built-in machine gun that shoots forward or to either side. http://img491.imageshack.us/img491/1830/00gta1predatorpoliceboat13gz.jpg http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/8325/00gta1predatorpoliceboats9yd.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/782/00gta1predatorvc15nt.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8114/00gta1predatorvc26jw.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8057/00gta1predatorvc32wf.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9720/00gta1predator16an.jpg http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/5084/00gta1predator23mt.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1549/00gta1predator39fy.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3236/00gta1predator43cu.jpg http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/2237/00gta1predatorghost39bn.jpg Reefer A sport fisherman boat. It's like a little Orca, the fishing boat Quint, Robert Shaw, hunts sharks with in the Steven Spielberg movie "Jaws," 1975. The radar on top revolves. http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/5209/00gta1reefer6ef.jpg http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4297/00gta1sportfishermanboat51cd.jpg http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9265/00gta1sportfishermanboat4bt.gif http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/627/00gta1reefer17gb.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4261/00gta1reefer27fz.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/5986/00gta1reefer30ex.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/5062/00gta1reefer47nd.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4649/00gta1reefer58ke.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1160/00gta1reefer63pj.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/5906/00gta1reefer78zw.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1875/00gta1reefer81gz.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2830/00gta1reefer90fk.jpg Speeder It's a propellor-driven, original-style "cigarette" speedboat (from the 1960's when Donald Aronow designed that type of speedboat, probably). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Aronow http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/4577/00gta1speedervc16qt.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4594/00gta1speeder13en.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8248/00gta1speeder25lb.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7296/00gta1speeder39oh.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2789/00gta1speeder45ga.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4808/00gta1speeder59sc.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/268/00gta1speederiii24yc.jpg Squalo III As in "Vice City," it looks like a "cigarette" speedboat Crockett had in the TV series "Miami Vice," except in "San Andreas" it looks like the 39' Chris Craft Stinger used in the pilot episode, 1984, instead of the Wellcraft 38 Scarab KV used for the 2nd season and on. http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/miami-vice-1.htm http://classictv.info/show/trivia.asp?id=26 http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/6026/00gta1squaloiii01ff.jpg http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/3052/00gta1squaloiii18wp.jpg http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/2092/00gta1squaloiii24xb.jpg http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/788/00gta1squaloiii35tk.jpg http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/3039/00gta1squaloiii41ow.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/8372/00gta1squaloiii54kd.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/5745/00gta1squaloiii65bd.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/7731/00gta1squaloiii74oo.jpg Tropic A sedan bridge powerboat, like the 1980 Sea Ray 270 Sedan Bridge shown by the 1st link below. (For the 2nd link, you have to Copy and Paste the 2nd line to the 1st in the address bar.) http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/4449/00gta1980searay270sedanbridge3.jpg http://www.searay.com/Archives_Manuals/Sea_Ray_Archives/1980/Brochure%20 Pages%20JPG/09%201980%20SRV%20270%20Sedan%20Bridge.jpg http://powerboat.about.com/cs/boattype1/p/sedan_bridge.htm http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6454/00gta1tropic18ww.jpg http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9699/00gta1tropic29we.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3358/00gta1tropic40os.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3200/00gta1tropic53mq.jpg http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6969/00gta1tropic39uq.jpg USS Numnutz: the submarine at the coast of Esplanade East, San Fierro, is a solid version of the non-solid one that's underwater N of North Point Mall in "Vice city." http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/6481/00gta1ussnumnutz3oj.jpg http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3518/00gta1screenvc62me3.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8430/00gta1screenvc63yf9.jpg http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2323/00gta1screenvc64kp1.jpg As mentioned in section I.1, I think the name of the submarine at the coast of Esplanade East, San Fierro, may be a pun on the name of Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, who helped design and served in submarines during much of his early naval career, was the United States signatory to the surrender terms aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay at the end of WWII, and was ac- tive in San Francisco community affairs in the last years of his life. http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq36-4.htm Thanks to Ben "Cerbera" Millard for the tip that the Nimitz class of aircraft carriers, named after the same Fleet Admiral, is the biggest--the aircraft car- rier at Easter Basin is relatively puny. Vortex A hovercraft souped up for racing http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/1708/00gta1hovercrafthoverworld9lc.jpg http://www.conairsports.co.uk/pintail-gallery.htm http://www.hoverworldmanufacturing.ltd.uk/photos3.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovercraft http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/2696/00gta1vortex10us.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/3786/00gta1vortex29ge.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/3767/00gta1vortex33ah.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/661/00gta1vortex44se.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/1280/00gta1vortex58fw.jpg ******** Hybrids One observaton: some people need the Stallion to be a pure Ford Mustang, which is partly imaginable for VC and harder to imagine for SA, but they overlook the Mustangs of the Hotring Racer, which is a better car, and which they usually call a Chevrolet Monte Carlo Aero Coupe, which is mostly what Hotring Racer B is. Bike Lowrider--a combination of a 1964-1975 Schwinn Fair Lady and a 1963-1975 Schwinn Sting-Ray. http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5352/00gta1bikeschwinnfairlady30plu.jpg http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/8309/00gta1bike1965schwinnstingray0.jpg http://www.schwinnstingray.com/history.html http://www.bicycledesigner.com/lowrider_bicycle_history.html http://www.schwinnbike.com/products/bikes_category.php?id=85 http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2507/00gta1bike18fw.jpg http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/3908/00gta1bike22ij.jpg http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/5050/00gta1bike35ho.jpg http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4651/00gta1bike43wi.jpg Blade Mid-1960's Chevrolets and a 1967 Oldsmobile Cutlass Most of the basic body shape: 1967 Chevrolet Camaro with the front end made shorter by the changes given below http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/04ARB181781185B.jpeg/0/ http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/04ARB181781185E.jpeg/0/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Camaro http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1749/00gta1bladesabackang15ql.jpg http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/9148/00gta1bladesaprof8je.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3494/00gta1bladesatopang7dw.jpg Front wheel wells, which are repeated in style for the back ones, front of the engine hood, grill, and similarly rounded, if not as tall, windshield: 1964 Chevrolet Bel Air http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/5484/00gta1bladesa1964chevbelair3tr.jpg http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/6530/00gta1bladesa1964chevbelair12p.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Bel_Air Grill (similar to the Bel Air) and front bumper: 1966 Chevrolet Caprice http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/9095/00gta1bladesa1966chevroletcapr.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Caprice http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7678/00gta1bladesafrontang9fm.jpg Brake lights and the similarity of the shape of the body to the metal plate the Blade has them on: 1963 Chevrolet Biscayne http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/4039/00gta1bladesa1963chevbiscayne7.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Biscayne http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/4153/00gta1bladesabackang3hp.jpg Front of the engine hood (similar to the Bel Air) and two pairs of headlights with a space between each pair where a third is placed on the Blade: 1967 Olds- mobile Cutlass http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/5985/00gta1bladesa1967oldsmobilecut.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_Cutlass http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1/00gta1bladesafrontang10zp.jpg Buffalo 1992 Dodge Daytona 1985-1992 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z 1987-1993 Ford Mustang GT The back is the Daytona with smaller rear side windows (similar to the Mustang rounded off). http://www.cardomain.com/ride/808163 http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/6400/00gta1fordmustanggt19924sh.jpg The middle is the Camaro without the back dividing strip of a rear window. http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/7724/00gta1chevycamaro19927ri.jpg In the front, the engine hood has a point in the middle of the front like the Camaro, and the grill area has the slant of the Mustang. The headlights are like none of them. Thanks to QuickFord97 at GTA Forums for the Daytona/Camaro blend idea, CKYbassplayer69 at GTA Forums for reaffirming the lead on the Daytona, and can- ada rules at Gamefaqs for the lead on the Mustang. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Daytona http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevy_Camaro http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/2518/00gta1buffalo1a7wj.jpg http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/2619/00gta1buffalo2a9fr.jpg http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/3295/00gta1buffalo3a8bz.jpg http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/3760/00gta1buffalo4a1xx.jpg Comet Porsches and Jaguars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_Cars It has the uncovered recessed headlights of a series 2 (1969-1971) Jaguar E- type. http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2415/00gta1jaguarxkeconvertible42f1.jpg http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/538/00gta1jaguarxke1970headlights0.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_E_Type It has the uncovered convertible cab of a 1967-1973 (and later) Porsche 911 Targa (thanks to sonofkorol at Gamefaqs) featuring a rollover bar (a bit squared off on the Comet) (the Targa has a removable top and back window)... http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/9567/00gta1porsche911targa19729qq.jpg http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/3857/00gta1porsche911targa19670vr.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_911 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targa_top ...except the back of the roll bar is vertical and covered except for a little horizontal window, smaller than the ones on the back of Jaguar series 2 E-type convertible roofs (with unfortunately little rear visibility for the driver). It's different than the back of the cab of the "Vice City" Comet. It's like a squared-off version of the back window of the GTA Hustler. I haven't found a real good match for it. The top of the front of the body of one of those Porsche 911 Targas has been smoothed flat from side to side and is horizontal over the engine but slants down from across the back of the headlights to the front bumper. The bumpers are like those of those 1967-1973 Porsche 911 Targas except that the bumpers are thicker and the back bumper goes completely across the back end. The back end of the body is like a 1978-1983 Porsche 911 featuring the "whale tail." http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1192/00gta1porsche911sc19834oh.jpg http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7899/00gta1porsche911sctarga19795uy.jpg The bumpers are thicker like those on those 911's as well, except the two ver- tical black segments of the rear bumper are slimmer and repeated on the front bumper, resembling all-blackened versions of the ones found on some of the bump- ers of the 1967-1973 models mentioned above. And the horizontal bumpers look more like those on a 1985-1990 Jaguar XJ-S. http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/492/00gta1jaguarxjs1989rear9zx.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_xjs http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/4702/00gta1comet10ae.jpg http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/2543/00gta1comet20vx.jpg http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2702/00gta1comet3sa4yd.jpg http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/6180/00gta1comet48gr.jpg Esperanto 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Coupe 1980 Lincoln Continental Town Car 1972-1979 Lincoln Continental Town Coupe It's a stocky version of the "Vice City" Esperanto, which is also mainly a 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Coupe. But for the "San Andreas" version, different things are used to change the front and back ends. The long oval vertical brake light housings of the Eldorado have been turned upside-down and the black pads and the housing for them have been removed. http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2378/00gta1esperanto1978cadillaceld.jpg http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/2378/00gta1esperanto1978cadillaceld.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Eldorado The horizontal brake lights look like those of a 1980 Lincoln Continental Town Car with the middle horizontal brake light replaced--it looks like it was painted with a color that nearly matches the one used for the body. http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/78/00gta1esperanto1980lincolntown.jpg The grill and headlights look like those on a 1972-1979 Lincoln Continental Town Coupe but with a flattened grill. A 1978 model is shown at the 1st link below. http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3682/00gta1esperanto1978lincolntown.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Town_Car http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1965/00gta1esperantosa27tn.jpg http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5811/00gta1esperantosa34sn.jpg http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/2568/00gta1esperantosa10fq.jpg Glendale 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer four-door 1960 Dodge Dart Phoenix It has headlights above the grill, which has a round spear-like bumper project from it on either side, like a smoothed-out, simplified front of a 1957 Chevro- let Bel Air. For example, Rockstar North removed the horizontal bar that goes across the middle of the front. (A 1955 Buick is similar and would be simpli- fied, too.) http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/9505/00gta1chevroletbelair1957grill.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Bel_Air It has the middle and back end of a 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer four-door except for two things. One, once at the back of the trunk, the Glendale strange tail fins slope down to the rear bumper and the 1961 Dodge Dart strange tail fins curl forward in a horizontal line to the middle of the side of the body. http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5033/00gta1glendaledrtad27hk.jpg http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/dodge-dart/dodge-dart-history-1.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Dart And two, it has the brake lights of a 1960 Dodge Dart Phoenix. http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/4183/00gta1glendale1960dodgedartpho.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Phoenix http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/1547/00gta1glendale1a4bt.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7889/00gta1glendale2a5hb.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4996/00gta1glendale3a7iw.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4752/00gta1glendale4a5ei.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5315/00gta1glendale5a8pw.jpg http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/784/00gta1glendale5aa9qa.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/187/00gta1glendale6a2jf.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4859/00gta1glendale72cd.jpg The Oceanic uses the front end of the 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer (see below). Hotring Racer (Los Santos Forum after "8-Track") 1983-1986 Ford Mustang LX 1987-1988 Ford Mustang GT hatchback It has "SUMO" on the engine hood. 1983-1986 Ford Mustang LX (preferably 1986 because it got stronger through that period) with some 1987-1988 Ford Mustang GT hatchback features. You give it the sort of headlights and grill of a 1983-1986 Ford Mustang ex- cept each pair of headlights are merged into one rectangular headlight as found on a 1987-1988 Ford Mustang. You give it the sort of windows of a 1986 LX and the airfoil found on the back edge of the trunk of some of the 1987-1988 GT hatchback versions. Then you improvise a few other NASCAR design changes for the front and back ends. The Wikipedia article at a link below has a section on popular ways the Mustang has been customized. A couple of 1986 LX models and a 1987 GT hatchback version are shown in the 1st three links below. The 2nd 1986 model has been customized a bit in the Hotring way. http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/8343/00gta1hotring1986fordmustanggt.jpg http://img466.imageshack.us/img466/8567/00gta1hotring1986fordmustanglx.jpg http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2300/00gta1hotring1987fordmustangsa.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/5168/00gta1hotring13mg.jpg http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8406/00gta1hotring28zp.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7254/00gta1hotring38ey.jpg Hotring Racer A 1984-1986 Chrysler Laser/Dodge Daytona 1973-1975 Vauxhall Firenza 1989-1992 Ford Thunderbird It has "Panoramic" and "hinterland" on the engine hood. The front end looks like a 1984-1986 Chrysler Laser/Dodge Daytona... http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/00B8J564129398E.jpg/0/ http://www.cardomain.com/ride/365282 http://daytona.vehmic.com/gallery/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Laser ...or a 1973-1975 Vauxhall Firenza--a "Droopsnoot." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Firenza It looks like the front end of one of those cars listed was grafted onto a 1987 Ford Thunderbird Aero Bird used for NASCAR racing, although with a thicker divider between the side windows and less body behind the rear side window like those on a 1989-1992 (more a "San Andreas" time frame though it appeared in "Vice City" in 1986) Ford Thunderbird (shown at the 2nd link below). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Thunderbird http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8866/00gta1hotringa1989fordthunderb.jpg http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8985/00gta1hotringa17qf.jpg http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1815/00gta1hotringa25aq.jpg http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6757/00gta1hotringa36ub.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/162/00gta1hotringa42hb.jpg Hotring Racer B 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Aero Coupe Notchback 1984 Hurst/Olds 1986 Buick Regal T-Type/Grand National It has "BOBO" on the engine hood. It's a 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Aero Coupe Notchback. The Aero Coupe model, introduced in 1986, has a shorter trunk, which is good for the match, but has a rear window that slopes out more from the back of the cab, which is bad for it. A Notchback doesn't have that big rear window. Champion Dale Earnhadt is pictured with one below. http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/294/00gta1hotring19873kf.jpg http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/03C68312002211B.jpeg/0/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Monte_Carlo http://www.montecarloss.com/archive.html The grill is longer vertically and is made up of vertical bars, which look like the bars on the front end of a 1984 Hurst/Olds by Oldsmobile except put in the middle like on the front end of a 1986 Buick Regal T-Type/Grand National. http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4036/00gta1hotringracer1984hurstold.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_Hurst/Olds http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/2576/00gta1hotringb1986buickregaltt.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_Regal http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8590/00gta1hotringb10fe.jpg http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/518/00gta1hotringb24io.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/5629/00gta1hotringb32xt.jpg The same three Hotring Racers appeared in the Hotring races at Hyman Memorial Stadium in "Vice City." (Thanks to Ben "Cerbera" Millard for telling me the 3rd one appeared there.) Oceanic 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer 1955 and 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air It has the grill and front end of a 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer... http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/dodg6101.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Dart It has the wheel wells of a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air. http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/04H33072820934D.jpeg/0/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Bel_Air It has the loop of color on the side of a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air four door except the loop goes from the middle toward the back instead of the front. http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/99JJ8393721343A.jpg/0/ It has the back end and brake lights of a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air except each red brake light covers the entire back of the metal plate for it. http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/03KHG102427988B.jpeg/0/ I haven't found a great match for the cab yet. It's roughly like a cab for a 1957 four door Chrysler Windsor with the little window dividers removed, and with the back window of a 1956 Chevrolet. http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/2877/00gta1oceanic1957chryslerwinds.jpg http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/03KHG102427988B.jpeg/0/ The Glendale uses the middle and back of the 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer (see above). http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/225/00gta1oceanic29xh.jpg http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/6687/00gta1oceanic35pu.jpg http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/1803/00gta1oceanic42vt.jpg http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/2787/00gta1oceanic4f7qs.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1908/0057chevynowthatsachevy7yw.jpg Rancher and Ranger 1990 or so Chevrolet C/K truck 1990 Chevrolet K5 Blazer 1992 Jeep Cherokee The Ranger is basicly a Rancher that's been adapted for police use and is usu- ally found beyond the main cities. They're both shaped like the "Vice City" Rancher. 1990 or so Chevrolet C/K truck for most of the body. Each pair of vertical parking lights on the front corners have been simplified into one. http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9076/00gta1rancher1990chevk15007xn.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_C/K 1990 Chevrolet K5 Blazer grill and headlights with the headlights enlongated into the area of the parking lights below them. Thanks to the GTA Forums > GTA San Andreas > General Discussion > Real Car Names list by nekkidhillbilly for the Chevrolet K5 Blazer tip http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/5831/00gta1rancher1990chevk5blazer1.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_K5_Blazer http://www.answers.com/topic/chevrolet-k5-blazer The back window and brake lights look like those on a 1992 Jeep Cherokee XJ but only the lower sections, about the size of those on a Blazer, of the brake lights light up. http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1558/00gta1rancher1992jeepcherokee7.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_Cherokee_%28XJ%29 http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7356/00gta1rancher45hg.jpg http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/6329/00gta1rancher53mw.jpg http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/854/00gta1rancher61bp.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8586/00gta1rancher76mo.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/641/00gta1ranger12cc.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1493/00gta1ranger20mk.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2599/00gta1ranger39wt.jpg Romero Custom Cadillac, Lincoln, and Mercury Marquis Colony Park hearse It's not the same as Romero's Hearse in "Vice City." Front bumper, raised section in the middle of the engine hood, and wheel wells: 1980-89 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham except the two vertical pieces on the front of the bumper should be removed. A 1985 model is shown at the link below. http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/9510/00gta1romero1985cadillachearse.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Fleetwood_Brougham The front sides of the hood and parking lights are like those on a 1974-1979 Lincoln Continental. A 1977 model is shown at the link below. http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/9478/00gta1romero1977lincolncontine.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Continental Brake lights: 1989-1992 Lincoln Mark VII or 1975 Mercury Marquis Colony Park wagon. A 1989 Lincoln Mark VII and a 1975 Mercury Marquis Colony Park wagon are shown at the two links below. http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/1250/00gta1romero1989lincolnmarkvii.jpg http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6448/00gta1romero1975mercurymarquis1.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Continental_Mark_VII http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Colony_Park Back bumper: 1975 Mercury Marquis Colony Park wagon. http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6448/00gta1romero1975mercurymarquis1.jpg The headlights of any of these examples are replaced with two large square ones. The engine hood should come down farther in the front in a straight horizontal line. The front end, above the bumper, should be customized to be a bit like that of a 1971 Chevrolet Impala. http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5773/00gta1romerogrill1971impala8aq.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Impala The 1974 custom Cadillac station wagon shown at the next link has vertical bars for a grill that's similar to the one on the Romero. http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/4606/00gta1romero1974customcadillac1.jpg http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/4508/00gta1romerogrill4fc.jpg http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/8505/00gta1romerogirlfriend9jv.jpg http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/4415/00gta1romerojumpapproach3im.jpg http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/8223/00gta1romerojump6gh.jpg Sabre 1971-1972 Buick GSX 1970 Oldsmobile 442 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle 1971-1972 Buick GSX for the pairs of round headlights and the sides of the front bumper. Of the three cars listed, it also comes the closest to matching the middle of the grill, although it should be flat and not project to a verti- cal line in the middle. The 1970 Buick Gran Sport GSX is remembered as the pow- erful GSX since GM requirements of the next two years--to use low lead gasoline, etc.--made the GSX less powerful. If we choose the Buick, the "Vice City" Sabre Turbo could be the 1970 GSX and the Sabre could represent the 1971-1972 models. Thanks to nekkidhillbilly at GTA Forums for the Buick GSX http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/buic7101.htm http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/5333/00gta1sabrebuickgsx19722xu.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_GSX The 1970 Oldsmobile 442 gets the headlights and sides of the front bumper right but the grill is less of a match. Thanks to Pesci at GTA Forums for the 1970 Oldsmobile 442 http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/3103/00gta1sabre1970oldsmobile4424p.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_442 Thanks to reader Ruffin Bailey for suggesting that the name "Sabre" may come from the 442, prior to 1968, being an option to soup up an Oldsmobile Cutlass. 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle for the body It matches the arch at the back of the side window better than the two listed above. The "Vice City" Sabre Turbo could be the SS 454 (see the Wikipedia article at the link below). Thanks to El_Diablo, reaffirmed by CKYbassplayer69, at GTA Forums http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/03H49331895815A.jpeg/0/ http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/03H49331895815B.jpeg/0/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Chevelle The back end looks like that of a 1970 Oldsmobile 442 convertible, with the hard top cab of one of the Chevelle given a window squared off to be a bit smaller than that of a convertible Chevrolet Chevelle, Buick GS, or Oldsmobile 442. http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/1713/00gta1sabre1970oldsmobile442co.jpg http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5674/00gta1sabre1970oldsmobile442co1.jpg http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/9391/00gta1sabre1a6gu.jpg http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/7826/00gta1sabre2a2ba.jpg http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/8940/00gta1sabre3a4xo.jpg http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/7171/00gta1sabre4a1js.jpg Sandking 1984-1992 Jeep XJ Cherokee 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee, aka a Jeep ZJ The overall style is that of a 1984-1992 Jeep XJ two door with bigger suspen- sion and wheels, a hood vent, an air foil on the back of the roof, and the head- lights made the same vertical length as the grill. A 1986 and 1992 model, and three models of unknown years, are shown at the links below. http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/2868/00gta186jeepcherokeexjpioneer2.jpg http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/566/00gta1sandking1992jeepxjcherok.jpg http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/4337/00gta1sandkingyearjeepxj0ln.jpg http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/6629/00gta1sandkingyearjeepxjtoo5mw.jpg http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/2784/00gta1sandkingjeepxjyearagainn.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_Cherokee_%28XJ%29 The body looks a little fatter in relation to the windows and upper cab area. The body, except the front end, has been rounded like a 1993 Jeep ZJ to look more aerodynamic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_Grand_Cherokee http://www.jedi.com/obiwan/jeep/misc/models.html It's about the same as the "Vice City" Sandking. It could be used off road, such as for Baja racing. (This isn't to be confused with one of the San Andreas pedestrians calling someone a "baha." "Baha" is pronounced the same but is a derogatory term for a hippie that doesn't bath or such.) http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=baha The bigger suspension makes it credible that it could raise so much when it has hydraulics, which it has about one in ten-fifteen of the times it appears by the Big Ear. http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/7132/00gta1sandking16sv.jpg http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/1639/00gta1sandking23jm.jpg http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/7719/00gta1sandking33ro.jpg http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/760/00gta1sandking43um.jpg Stallion 1978 Oldsmobile 442 1971-1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1 1987-1992 Ford Mustang LX 1975-1979 MG Midget Early 1970's/1978 Oldsmobile 442 It has the head lights and grill of a 1978 Oldsmobile 442. http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2927/00gta1stallion1978oldsmobile44.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_442 http://img344.imageshack.us/img344/1513/00gta1stalliongrill12av.jpg It has a pair of hood scoops similar to those seen on some 1971-1973, at least, models of the Ford Mustang Mach 1. A 1973 model is shown below. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/650/00gta1stallion1973fordmustangm.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang_Mach_1 http://img344.imageshack.us/img344/5827/00gta1stallionvents18ni.jpg Seen in profile, the body looks like a 1987-1992 Ford Mustang LX in that it has similar side trim strips, the same basic size, and placement of features on the body, but the features have been changed as given elsewhere in this descrip- tion. The body has been rounded off a lot in the back like a 1961-1979 MG Mid- get, and the front section has been reshaped like the MG Midget--1975-1979 for a better match with the bumper--with the front end of the MG Midget reshaped to accomodate the Oldsmobile front end described above. The rear wheel wells are like those on the Midget except taller and thinner. The front ones look about symmetrical to the back ones. The choice of the MG Midget is more obvious with the Stallion in "San Andreas" because the "Vice City" Stallion uses a stretched-out version of it. A 1989 Ford Mustang LX, 1975 MG Midget, and the profiles of the "Vice City" and "San Andreas" Stallions, are shown below. http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/382/00gta1stallion1989fordmustangc.jpg http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5923/00gta1stallion1975mgmidget6bw.jpg http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/218/00gta1stallionvc8oooar2.jpg http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/876/00gta1stallionprofileairport19.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_Midget The Ford Mustang LX rear side windows have been covered with vinyl so the front side edge is above the back of the doors the way it is on an MG Midget. The rear side window dividers are slid forward to make little nearly triangular rectangular front side windows like the ones on the MG Midget except the divid- ers are vertical. The back windows look like those on the Mustang convertible. A 1992 Ford Mustang LX and a 1968 MG Midget are shown below. http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/9839/00gta1stallion1992fordmustangl.jpg http://img416.imageshack.us/img416/292/00gta1stallion1968mgmidget8lt.gif http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7435/00gta1stallionprofileairport7v.jpg http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/2285/00gta1stallionbackairport8py.jpg It has a back bumper and brake lights like a simplified version of those on an early 1970's Oldsmobile 442/"Vice City" Stallion. It's as though compressing the "Vice City" Stallion to make the "San Andreas" Stallion made the brake lights bigger, like those on the back of a later Oldsmobile. Thanks to Prodi- gital at GTA Forums for the 1970 Oldsmobile 442 brake lights tip. A 1972 Olds- mobile 442, a 1981 Oldsmobile Delta 88, and the backs of the "Vice City" and "San Andreas" Stallions, are shown at the 1st four links below. http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4324/00gta1stallion1972oldsmobile44.jpg http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6441/00gta1stallion1981oldsmobilede.jpg http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/702/00gta1stallionvc11adw3.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/976/00gta1stallionbackturning8lv.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_442 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_Delta_88 If I had to simplify all that, I'd say it looks like a Mustang Midget with some Oldsmobile stuff on the ends. http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4039/00gta1stallionpacker009az.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/9537/00gta1stallionpacker36ob.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/7523/00gta1stallionpacker43ax.jpg Stretch Cadillac limousine and Lincoln Town Car (another Ladillac or Cadin- coln) stretch limousine--possibly some Ford Mercury limos thrown in for good measure It's not the same as the "Vice City" Stretch. Most, not all, limousines are customizations of cars by Cadillac or Lincoln. Some features are better indications of the customizer than of the original car. Add the fact that Rockstar sometimes makes a vehicle out of a blend of two or more, and identifying the original car could get tricky. I mainly used photo- graphs of Cadillac and Lincoln Town Car limousines to identify a few things about the Stretch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limousine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Fleetwood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Town_Car Front bumper: the 1989 Lincoln Town Car limo front bumper goes straight across like the one on the Stretch, but the bumpers should wrap around the sides like the ones on the Ford Mercury limo given a few paragraphs below. The two verti- cal pieces that are on the bumper in front of the grill should be removed, too. http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8195/00gta1stretch1989lincolntownca.jpg Grill: Lincoln Town Car grill made as big as the grill of a 1993 Cadillac Fleetwood limo. http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/5244/00gta1stretch1992lincolntownca.jpg http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/1856/00gta1stretch1993cadillacfleet.jpg Back end, brake lights, bumper, and rear window: 1986 Cadillac DeVille without the little horizontal reflector strip (?) just above the bumper. It's the same as on the "Vice City" Stretch. http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/6914/00gta1stretchvc1986cadillacdev.jpg http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/867/00gta1stretch1986cadillacbacka.jpg Wheel wells: 1992 Cadillac Deville (rectangular with rounded corners) and other Cadillacs. At the link below, a regular Deville is shown. I'd like to see how good a match the limo version is, but I didnt find one the last time I checked the Internet. http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4083/00gta1stretch1992cadillacdevil.jpg Another good match for the wheel wells is the Ford Mercury limo (year?) shown at the link below. The black line on the sides, and wrap around bumpers, are similar, too. Unfortunately, this is the only picture of it I found the last time I checked the Internet. http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7069/00gta1stretchyearfordmercuryli.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_%28car%29 http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/1017/00gta1stretch1a5vo.jpg http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/8760/00gta1stretch2a8lp.jpg http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/344/00gta1stretch3a0dy.jpg http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/9774/00gta1stretch4a6fv.jpg http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/1083/00gta1stretch5a0fj.jpg http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/1031/00gta1stretch6a9md.jpg Walton Chevrolet 1st Series 1955 model 3014 with the cab of a Chevrolet 2nd Series 3100 "Task Force" pickup '55 and a wooden cargo bed. http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/history/chev_segment6.html http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/1135/00gta1walton18ny.jpg http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/7433/00gta1walton25il.jpg http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/2518/00gta1walton38rk.jpg http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/2589/00gta1walton44qd.jpg ******** Land vehicles http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/5015/00gta1austinhealeysprite19606d.jpg The car shown at the link above is a 1960 Austin Healey Sprite. It's related to the MG Midget used for the Stallion in the Hybrids section above. Isn't it cute? Imagine it with hydraulics bouncing along to some tunes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Healey_Sprite Thanks to the GTA Forums > GTA San Andreas > General Discussion > Real Car Names list by nekkidhillbilly for the ones marked with an asterisk. http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=157661&st=0 I thank FORDSUCK for the ones marked with two asterisks. FORDSUCK's "Real Life Car List" can be found at: http://faqs.ign.com/articles/574/574107p1.html I thank PRB051 for the ones marked with three asterisks. PRB051's "Real Car Names List/FAQ" can be found at: http://faqs.ign.com/articles/565/565990p1.html Admiral 1976-1985 Mercedes Benz E-Class (W123) http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/7538/00gta1mercedesbenzw123300dturb.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W123 http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1111/00gta1admiral17bq.jpg http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4782/00gta1admiral25ep.jpg http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2848/00gta1admiral39dk.jpg Alpha 1991-1996 Dodge Stealth* http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/used/reviews/full/index.cfm/id/2143/ http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6476/00gta1alpha17ly.jpg http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/5325/00gta1alpha26ph.jpg http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/1248/00gta1alpha39zv.jpg Ambulance 1992 Ford E350 type 3 Ambulance (cube style), a newer model of the kind found in "Vice City." http://www.lincolnwayfire.org/html/apparatus.html http://www.lmfr.org/equipment.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_E-Series http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7906/00gta1ambulance1a5mh.jpg http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7961/00gta1ambulance2a3cw.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/594/00gta1ambulance3a3pq.jpg http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3884/00gta1ambulance4a1vl.jpg http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7238/00gta1ambulance5a3qb.jpg BF Injection A Volkswagen Beetle-based, or similar, fiberglass, street reg- istered beach buggy. Thanks to pdescobar at GTA Forums for seeing the reference in the name to the phrase "hot beef injection," which is used as a reference to hot dogs in the TV cartoon show "The Simpsons," 1989-present, and is also used as a euphemism. http://www.manxclub.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_buggy http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hot+beef+injection http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/1668/00gta1bfinject12yl.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/8541/00gta1bfinject24tq.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/8606/00gta1bfinject36wu.jpg http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/2629/00gta1bfinject44kf.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/8264/00gta1bfinject59ba.jpg BF-400 Honda VFR 400 The BF-400 may or may not have a windshield but always has two seperate round headlights. A "B" may have been added to the "F" of "VFR" to refer to the same thing as the "BF" in the listing above. http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/4008/00gta1hondavfr40019921nw.jpg http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/7773/00gta1hondavfr40019913ry.jpg http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/2489/00gta1hondavfr4001991too0rx.jpg http://www.essexbikers.co.uk/galleries/vfr400r.htm http://dot.com.ph/uncle/vfrhist.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_VFR400 http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/5708/00gta1bf40013lp.jpg http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7339/00gta1bf40026jh.jpg http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/2782/00gta1bf40066gf.jpg http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2734/00gta1bf40036wz.jpg http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2496/00gta1bf40041rd.jpg BMX Schwinn (?) BMX (BMX stands for Bicycle Motorcross) http://www.cycle-info.bpaj.or.jp/english/ride/fbmx.html http://www.schwinnbike.com/products/bikes_category.php?id=83 http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8683/00gta1bmx01wv.jpg http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/8694/00gta1bmx19gl.jpg http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/328/00gta1bmx2a9zk.jpg http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4025/00gta1bmx3a7kq.jpg http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/3653/00gta1bmx4a3ax.jpg http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/1795/00gta1bmx54hj.jpg http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6822/00gta1bmx6a7os.jpg http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8421/00gta1bmx8a5hy.jpg Baggage 1985 Equitech M40 baggage tractor is close. (As with the same vehi- cle of "Vice City," an Equitech for another year is probably the match, but I couldn't find it. Some models by other companies are nearly matches, too.) http://www.mercurygse.com/images/2001_Equitech_M40_webpage.htm http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/9867/00gta1baggage11kv.jpg http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/2184/00gta1baggage26hi.jpg http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2333/00gta1baggage37tu.jpg http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/8178/00gta1baggage40ao.jpg http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/9853/00gta1baggage59sj.jpg http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/4350/00gta1baggage69kd.jpg http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2127/00gta1baggage73kq.jpg http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/1778/00gta1baggage84wy.jpg http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9781/00gta1baggage95ty.jpg Bandito It's a pipe frame dune buggy, sometimes called a sand rail. Gordon Freeman drives one in the game "Half Life 2," 2004, which is also referred to with the crowbar in Area 69. http://www.dunegoon.org/photoindex1.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_rail http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/half-life-2/566212p2.html http://img496.imageshack.us/img496/1063/00gta1banditosandrail32cm.jpg http://img494.imageshack.us/img494/5684/00gta1banditoaskclksandrail7cv.jpg http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7743/00gta1banditoz400lesandrailpho.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2158/00gta1bandito16sw.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/6715/00gta1bandito26ng.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/7006/00gta1bandito39xa.jpg http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/6964/00gta1bandito45zp.jpg http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/3199/00gta1bandito55dh.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/7969/00gta1bandito61rt.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9209/00gta1bandito72bf.jpg http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/6383/00gta1bandito80yi.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/205/00gta1bandito90po.jpg Banshee 1992 Dodge Viper*** with variations mainly to the front and back ends (For the 1st link, you have to Copy and Paste the 2nd line to the 1st in the address bar.) http://www.motorcities.com/contents/01/1992-Dodge-Viper-RT-10-No.14-Mule-re d_01HMG124758212.html http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/01HMG124758212A.jpeg/0/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Viper http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/8426/00gta1banshee18nl.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/2588/00gta1banshee23eo.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4869/00gta1banshee39dk.jpg http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/3667/00gta1banshee43zg.jpg Barracks M923 U.S. military transport truck. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m923.htm http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/3021/00gta1barracksvc17tc.jpg http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/4505/00gta1barracks17an.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9655/00gta1barracks28qm.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/2591/00gta1barracks33cm.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6946/00gta1barracks47vu.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5808/00gta1barracksiii11kg.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9362/00gta1barracksiii21uf.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9809/00gta1barracksiii36ce.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1254/00gta1barracksiii40ur.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9118/00gta1barracksiii55fa.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5057/00gta1barracksiii68aa.jpg Benson 1984-1986 Ford F-series truck used as a 14' (?) U-Haul moving van. U- Haul attaches prefabricated truck boxes to Ford and GMC trucks. http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/00BGK472725763B.jpg/0/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_F_Series http://www.uhaul.com/trucks/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Haul http://www.gta-series.com/it/sanandreas/veicoli/furgoni/benson.jpg Berkley's RC Van 1971-1974 Honda Life with some minor design changes The windows should be a bit smaller, but it's the best match for the body size and shape I've seen. The 1986 GMC Vandura and Dodge Ram van or B series van are too fat, etc., to be matches, but the headlights look like those on one of the Dodge vans. Berkley's RC van is little--he only has nine model kit boxes in the back. The "San Andreas" Pony, and the "Vice City" Top Fun van and Pony, are the same. A 1972 and 1971-1974 (year?) Honda Life, and a 1985 Dodge 3500, are shown be- low. http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/987/00gta1berkleys1972hondalife4cj.gif http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9726/00gta1berkleyshondalifestepvan.jpg http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3262/00gta1berkleyshondaliferear7my.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Life http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6182/00gta1berkleys1985dodgeb3500ra.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_B_Series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Ram_Van http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/5838/00gta1berkleysrcvan16me.jpg http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/513/00gta1berkleysrcvan22cz.jpg http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/8256/00gta1berkleysrcvan34ra.jpg Bike See the section above on Hybrids. Blade See the section above on Hybrids. Blista 1983-1987 Honda CR-X with a front bumper guard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CR-X http://www.musclecarclub.com/other-cars/imports/honda-crx/honda-crx.shtml http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/1299/00gta1blista18zj.jpg http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4350/00gta1blista21az.jpg http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/8121/00gta1blista35cf.jpg Bloodring Banger It's a Glendale customized for demolition derby. The de- scription of a Glendale is in the Hybrids section above. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demolition_derby http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/839/00gta1bloodring18sg.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6035/00gta1bloodring21ck.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/369/00gta1bloodring35sc.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7991/00gta1bloodring42ny.jpg Bobcat 1982-1988 Ford Ranger (the models of the last couple of those years have a similar horizontal black band on the bumpers) with rounder wheel wells, like those on a Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck A 1988 Ford Ranger is shown at the 1st link below. http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/5402/00gta1bobcat1988fordranger9we.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Ranger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_S-10 http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7835/00gta1bobcat1a6qd.jpg http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4262/00gta1bobcat2a2yx.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/6071/00gta1bobcat3a9rg.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/9153/00gta1bobcat4a3zs.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/4614/00gta1bobcat5a8fp.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/1097/00gta1bobcat6a4mm.jpg http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/6265/00gta1bobcat7a2hg.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/2424/00gta1bobcat8a8gn.jpg http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/416/00gta1bobcat9a3pb.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/5734/00gta1bobcat10a6sd.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1975/00gta1bobcat11a7ti.jpg Boxville 1988 (range of years?) Chevrolet Step Van P-30 except the roof slants down a bit from back to front over the cab (a little bigger than a Mr. Whoopee van). http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/2166/00gta1chevstepvanp304mh.jpg http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/3277/00gta1boxville2a6ef.jpg http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/9995/00gta1boxville41pe.jpg http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6520/00gta1boxville68am.jpg Bravura 1985 Oldsmobile Calais* (with a different slant of the rear window) If C.J. stands on the roof, his feet go though it and into the cabin. http://www.fedrelandsvennen.no/amcar/brochures/olds/85calais.html http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/8400/00gta1bravura14np.jpg http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/6931/00gta1bravura26dl.jpg http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1308/00gta1bravura33lu.jpg Broadway 1947 Cadillac Series 62 convertible with a shorter top bar on the grill, some of the features stripped off, and the rear wheels uncovered. http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/9923/00gta1broadway1947cadillacseri.jpg http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8206/00gta1broadway106pn.jpg http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5064/00gta1broadway92vg.jpg http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_9899-Cadillac-Series-62-1947.html http://www.car-nection.com/yann/Dbas_txt/Phocad47.htm http://www.100megsfree4.com/cadillac/cad1940/cad47s.htm The back of the back fenders are vertical like they are on a 1941 Cadillac Series 62, and it has brake lights in a variation of the ones on the back of some 1939 Cadillacs. A 1941 Series 62 and a 1939 Cadillac are shown at the 1st two links below. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cadillac.series62.750pix.jpg http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/1906/00gta1broadway1939cadillac1ad.jpg http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/9938/00gta1broadway100qq.jpg http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7963/00gta1broadway9a8jc.jpg It's also the vehicle represented over Michelle's garage door. http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7172/00gta1broadway17oh.jpg http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/1299/00gta1broadway3a0ic.jpg http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/9296/00gta1broadway49nn.jpg http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1387/00gta1broadway5a0oz.jpg http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/7315/00gta1broadway6a7zr.jpg http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/5566/00gta1broadway8a6ov.jpg Brown Streak Amtrak F40PH made by General Motors Electro-Motive Division since 1976. http://users.sisna.com/jimbobnay/CCCanyon84/AmtkCZ_2.JPG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_F40PH http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_Electro-Motive_Division http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/7694/00gta1brownstr12nj.jpg http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/6804/00gta1brownstr23dj.jpg http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/6748/00gta1brownstr39vd.jpg http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/7051/00gta1brownstr48wi.jpg http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/1796/00gta1brownstr58yn.jpg http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/9857/00gta1brownstr63kb.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4238/00gta1brownstr74bv.jpg http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/2529/00gta1brownstr89vt.jpg http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/8962/00gta1brownstr91lr.jpg http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/64/00gta1brownstr105lq.jpg Buccaneer Chevrolet Monte Carlo** of the 1970-1972 1st generation with the roof squared off a bit at the back of the top, the back window squared off and a little smaller, and the rear side window dividers changed to slant forward from bottom to top. The models for 1970, 1971, and 1972 are shown at the links below. http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/3083/00gta1buccaneer1970chevmonteca.jpg http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/6809/00gta1buccaneer1971chevmonteca.jpg http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/7223/00gta1buccaneer1972chevmonteca.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Monte_Carlo http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/9762/00gta1buccaneer1a0aq.jpg http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/6312/00gta1buccaneer2a8tj.jpg http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6788/00gta1buccaneer3a2xe.jpg http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8058/00gta1buccaneer4a8mq.jpg Buffalo See the section above on Hybrids. Bullet 2005-2007 Ford GT** supercar with a smaller hood vent. It's based on the GT40's of the mid and late 1960's. Of those GT40's, I think it most resem- bles a MkII with the angles smoothed out and a few design simpifications. http://www.fordvehicles.com/fordgt/media_home.asp?media=photo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_GT http://www.me.mtu.edu/~prater/GT40/GT40.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_GT-40 http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/5844/00gta1bullet19fp.jpg http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/5349/00gta1bullet2a4bq.jpg http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/7006/00gta1bullet33mz.jpg http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/2247/00gta1bullet42ze.jpg http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/5466/00gta1bullet56bt.jpg http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/6364/00gta1bullet60uu.jpg Burrito 1981-1992 Dodge Ram Van except the fenders flare out a bit and the flare of the front fenders continues around the bottom of the front a bit simi- lar to Pimp Daddy Snapp's customization of a 1987 model It looks like the "Vice City" Burrito. Three 1983 models, one from 1985, the front of Snapp's 1987 cus- tomization, and a 1992 model are shown at the links below. http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9814/00gta1burritovc1983dodramvan2ga5.jpg http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8387/00gta1burritovc1983dodramvanfl3.jpg http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_10091-Dodge-Ram+Van-1983.html http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/2725/00gta1burritovc1985dodramvanhh5.jpg http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7715/00gta1burritovcdodramvan87custmf1.jpg http://www.cardomain.com/ride/478459 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Ram_Van As Mxyzptlk showed with some funny videos at GTA Forums, get a black version of this van if you want to give C.J. a mohawk and beard, etc., and have him pre- tend to be Mr. T--Lawrence Tero--of the 1983-1987 TV series "The A-Team." It comes close to looking like the 1983 GMC G-15 of the show. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A_Team http://www.classictvcars.com/gmc-van.php I changed the subtitles for a couple of the screenshots because the walk- through sites aren't M-rated. http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8898/00gta1burrito11el.jpg http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5781/00gta1burrito2c0oj.jpg http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7429/00gta1burrito3c1vx.jpg http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/659/00gta1burrito47sj.jpg Bus Similar to a mid-1980's-1992 Greyhound MC8 or MC9, or a 1992 MC-12, Stan- dard Coach but with wheel wells that are squared-off more. A couple of 1978 MCI MC-8's, a 1981 MCI MC-9, and an early 1990's MCI MC-12 are shown below. http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/927/00gta1busmcimc819786yn.jpg http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/6614/00gta1busmcimc81978too3cj.jpg http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/7894/00gta1bus1981mcimc90av.jpg http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/2095/00gta1busmcimc12early1990s6af.jpg http://www.geocities.com/njt4148/greyhound.html http://www.angelfire.com/al4/eagle382/photo/B18.jpg http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/t/tmc/tmc.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound_Lines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Coach_Industries http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/8938/00gta1bus11tr.jpg http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/5992/00gta1bus21ot.jpg http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/2274/00gta1bus31yw.jpg Cabbie 1956-1982 Checker Cab http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_Cab http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/1766/00gta1cabbiedccab4bp.jpg http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/8018/00gta1cabbie16zd.jpg http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/8536/00gta1cabbie28jk.jpg http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/5076/00gta1cabbie36xc.jpg Caddy: Golf cart/car/buggy. It looks like a stripped-down version of the EZ- GO Clay's Car, so they may have had an earlier model that matches. A Western 400 is similar--a more squared-off earlier version might match. http://www.ezgo.com/trail/clays.html http://raincustom.zoovy.com/category/westerngolfcarts/ http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6247/00gta1caddy12op.jpg http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5526/00gta1caddy22yb.jpg http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7449/00gta1caddy35oe.jpg Cadrona 1988-1994 Chevrolet Cavalier** with the back side windows of the Chevy Cavalier Coupe. Thanks to FORDSUCK, and KnockOut at GTA Forums, for the Chevy Cavalier scoop. (I did the Coupe part.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevy_Cavalier http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/03BC7490086871F.jpeg/0/ http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/2466/00gta1cadrona16oa.jpg http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/7586/00gta1cadrona26cg.jpg http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/1402/00gta1cadrona32hc.jpg Camper 1963-1966 Volkswagen Type 1c 11 window Camper, aka a VW-Bus, Bully, or Kombi (as in the 1982 Men At Work song "Down Under": "Travelling in a fried-out Kombi ..."). The Truth's model is custom painted. http://66.34.72.138/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Type_2 http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/vbus6601.htm http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/5723/00gta1camper13cp.jpg http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/6113/00gta1camper26bx.jpg http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/619/00gta1camper32zs.jpg http://www.gta-series.com/it/sanandreas/veicoli/furgoni/camper.jpg Cement Truck 1986?-1991 Ford L8000 or 9000 Concrete Mixer The wide rectangu- lar arc-shaped grill of the Ford is similar but should be widest at the base instead of the middle, and the Ford headlights should project from the front of the fenders a bit instead of being recessed into them. The L of the Ford L series is more common than the LT or LTS, which look similar. The 1st link is for a 1986 (L?) 9000, the 2nd is a 1990 L8000, and the 3rd is a 1988 LT8000. http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/8527/00gta1cementford900019864ln.jpg http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6750/00gta1fordl8000cementmixer1990.jpg http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/3083/00gta1fordlt8000cementmixer198.jpg http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8765/00gta1cement11dp.jpg http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/7093/00gta1cement23zs.jpg http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/2061/00gta1cement32cd.jpg http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7131/00gta1cement49zo.jpg http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/2439/00gta1cement53tn.jpg Cheetah 1991-1992 Ferrari 512TR, the 1991 update of the Testarossa. ("Ferrari" means "red head.") http://www.motorcities.com/contents/05/1992-Ferrari-512-TR_05J7G505410754.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_Testarossa#Testarossa http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3130/00gta1cheetah13sl.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/4528/00gta1cheetah28ed.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3595/00gta1cheetah34jw.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1200/00gta1cheetah41fk.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5671/00gta1cheetah56nv.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/50/00gta1cheetah62tn.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/2792/00gta1cheetah75rr.jpg Clover 1973-1976 Plymouth Duster but with a pair of headlights instead of one on either side of the front, like the ones on a 1973-1974 Plymouth Roadrunner, and with the side window dividers moved forward. Thanks to Jimbo44311 at GTA Forums for the Plymouth Duster tip A 1973 and 1974 Duster, Roy Hill's 1975 Duster influenced by racing champion Richard Petty, and a 1974 Roadrunner are shown below. http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/9192/00gta1clover1973plymouthduster.jpg http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/2408/00gta1clover1974plymouthduster.jpg http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/5030/00gta1cloverroyhillspetty1975p.jpg http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/1072/00gta1clover1974plymouthroadru.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Duster http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/15/00gta1clover15jx.jpg http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8444/00gta1clover2a7tb.jpg http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3065/00gta1clover31yg.jpg Club 1983-1991 Volkwagen Golf** (except with the larger of the two pairs of headlights being the inside pair) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VW_Golf http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2056/00gta1club19nf.jpg http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9799/00gta1club25df.jpg http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3273/00gta1club39on.jpg http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9425/00gta1club42ix.jpg http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3493/00gta1club52ae.jpg http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/213/00gta1club66cr.jpg Coach Mid-1980's (range of years?) Greyhound MCI MC9 with a cap built onto the front of the roof to show destination (see the Motor Coach Industries arti- cle below), MCI C3 European Style Coach (see the richfieldbus article below--I think it refers to the 102C3), and some models of MCI 102A3, 102C3, 102D3, or 102DL3. Thanks to robin24k at GTA Forums for the tip about adding the 102DL3 A 1982 MCI MC9, 1986 MCI 102A3, (year?) MCI 102C3, and a mid-1990's MCI 102D3 are shown below. http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/708/00gta1coach1982mcimc91vd.jpg http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/1441/00gta1coach1986mci102a31nj.jpg http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/5230/00gta1coachmci102c3year4pw.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8504/00gta1coachmid1990smci102d30sj.jpg http://www.richfieldbus.com/page4.html http://www.geocities.com/njt4148/greyhound.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound_Lines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Coach_Industries http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/343/00gta1coach18rm.jpg http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7143/00gta1coach24mt.jpg http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6561/00gta1coach30cu.jpg http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1450/00gta1coach47uo.jpg Combine Harvester A combine with a straw chopper attached to the front. Some of the John Deere combines I saw are the most similar to the GTA one in shape. Many of them have a cab with a yellow roof like the GTA one, too. A 1982 John Deere 7720, a 7720 I don't have a model year for, a 1983 John Deere 8820, and a 1984 8820 are shown at the links below. http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/2861/00gta1combine1982johndeere7720.jpg http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/9100/00gta1combinejohndeere77208an.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4187/00gta1combine1983johndeere8820.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/894/00gta1combine1984johndeere8820.jpg Aside from the cab, the GTA combine is mainly gray-red. The closest matches in color I found so far are bright red Massey Ferguson and Case International combines like the ones shown at the web addresses below. http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5025/00gta1combine1978masseyferguso.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7382/00gta1combine1980masseyferguso.jpg http://www.toytractorshow.com/caseinternational_axial-flow_combines.htm All the real ones I saw were different in having thicker front, and usually thicker back, wheels. The GTA one has thinner wheels like the ones on the un- usually combine-shaped street sweepers shown at the 1st link below. http://www.roscomfg.com/rosco/dsp_showproducts.asp?id=34 http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/963/00gta1combine15nc.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2594/00gta1combine24qi.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/1912/00gta1combine30yy.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/27/00gta1combine48kn.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/4374/00gta1combine51qb.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/8739/00gta1combine63ae.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/6798/00gta1combine76rv.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/161/00gta1combine80ie.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/8385/00gta1combine96rz.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/7932/00gta1combine101wg.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/9664/00gta1combine116ch.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/6207/00gta1combine127vo.jpg Comet See the section above on Hybrids. DFT-30 1987 (range of years?) Ford Cargo CF8000 Ford Cargo is a Ford of Eur- ope truck. The "FT" may stand for "Ford Truck." I don't know how you designate the kind with the 3rd window on each side. It's a good match for cab shape, fenders, and side windows. Thanks to Mxyzptlk at GTA Forums for showing that it's a better match if, like similar Mitsubishi cargo trucks, it's given a hori- zontal black band below the windshield. The bottom of the band should be the height of the bottom of the front side window. The DFT30 is a six wheel truck that's missing the middle wheel on the left side. The 6x4 Ford Cargo trucks like this I found are 2622, 2626, and 2631. If the DFT30 is thought to look like a 4x4 on the left side, it matches a number of 1980's Ford Cargo 4x4s. http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/1842/00gtafordcargo4or.jpg http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/8052/00gtafordcargo25ge.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ford_vehicles http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/9420/00gta1dft3017ex.jpg http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5827/00gta1dft3028jc.jpg Dozer ? Wheel loader It's called a Dozer, which has tracks like a tank. But, like the Rhino, it has wheels instead, so it's a near match for a number of (late 1980's?) Cater- pillar, Case, Ford, Komatsu, etc., wheel loaders. I haven't found a good match for the fenced platform in front of the cab. I wonder if that's from another vehicle and this is another example for the Hybrids section. http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/6562/00gta1dozer0a2bz.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/4551/00gta1dozer1a6dt.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9323/00gta1dozer2a0mf.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/9936/00gta1dozer3a9gh.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/3350/00gta1dozer4a7nq.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/7530/00gta1dozer5a3hw.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3420/00gta1dozer6a7sm.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/6357/00gta1dozer7a1ds.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/4928/00gta1dozer8a7wv.jpg http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/6848/00gta1dozer9a6hs.jpg http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/1935/00gta1dozer10a9qa.jpg http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/9688/00gta1dozer11a5dk.jpg http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/2024/00gta1dozer12a4on.jpg Dumper (Iveco) Astra Rigid Dump Truck, an articulated dump truck. An "articulated" vehicle is built in sections that are hinged or connected in some way to allow flexibility of movement (thanks to my Webster's unabridged). Like the Monster trucks, the Dumper is good for running over other vehicles-- it sends one flying now and then, too. http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/5640/00gta1dumptruck3vh.jpg http://140.99.29.8/azi/gal/galdur.htm http://www.aiad.it/dettagliRepertorio.asp?language=en&ID=159 http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/2774/00gta1dumper11dy.jpg http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/606/00gta1dumper25ro.jpg http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/7610/00gta1dumper38bc.jpg http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/1153/00gta1dumper46tx.jpg http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/3768/00gta1dumper54kk.jpg http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/4339/00gta1dumper63ty.jpg http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/5729/00gta1dumper79qb.jpg http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/3963/00gta1dumper80pq.jpg http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/1096/00gta1dumper93of.jpg http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/3295/00gta1dumper106is.jpg http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/9353/00gta1dumper111bk.jpg http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/439/00gta1dumper128go.jpg http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2079/00gta1dumper148dh.jpg Dune 1991 Mercedes-Benz AK 4x4. It's one of the kinds of trucks that might be used in the Paris-Dakar Rally. The Mercedes-Benz SK is similar but I didn't find a version of it as a 4x4. There are similar trucks by MAN (LE2000, ME2000, TG-A, etc.). Thanks to k1ngr0b at GTA Forums for the tip that it looked like one of the trucks used in the Dakar The 1st link shows a 1991 Mercedes-Benz AK 4x4. http://img418.imageshack.us/img418/9189/00gta1mercedesbenzak4x419915jo.jpg http://www.man.fr/news/archives/news%2001.htm http://www.yourcontact.co.za/Press/press200254.html http://www.answers.com/topic/paris-dakar-rally http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris-Dakar http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7461/00gta1dune19gk.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7025/00gta1dune27vz.jpg http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6743/00gta1dune32uq.jpg http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/9301/00gta1dune41cc.jpg Elegant 1992 Buick Roadmaster*** with the grill upside-down and a vertical bar in the center of it as on a 1992 Buick Roadmaster wagon http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/876/00gta1elegant1992buickroadmast.jpg http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/876/00gta1elegant1992buickroadmast.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_Roadmaster http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7736/00gta1elegant5b3wi.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/5101/00gta1elegant10mg.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/3205/00gta1elegant24lz.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/7977/00gta1elegant33jm.jpg Elegy 1981--1985 Nissan Skyline DR30*** A 1982 model is shown at the 1st link below. Half-a**ed effort with Microsoft Paint (not my favorite medium) by GTW removed the epithet about Japanese people from the license plate. http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/3364/00gta1elegy1982nissanskylinedr.jpg http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/5159/00gta1elegy16zt.jpg http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/1589/00gta1elegy29pv.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6572/00gta1elegy36rw.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1981/00gta1elegy41yb.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3286/00gta1elegy54fw.jpg http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/3382/00gta1elegy64lq.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1408/00gta1elegy73hr.jpg Emperor 1990-1992 Infiniti Q45 Thanks to Gman8 at GTA Forums A 1991 model is shown at the 1st link below. http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/2410/00gta1emporer1991infinitiq459a.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infiniti_Q45 http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/4205/00gta1emporer10tq.jpg http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/8297/00gta1emporer22kg.jpg http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/1081/00gta1emporer31hv.jpg http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/9383/00gta1emporer44ny.jpg Enforcer It could be in the heavy rescue, armored car, or crowd control cate- gory. Except for the front fenders, it looks similar to the 1986 Freightliner Heavy Rescue truck shown at the 1st link below. It could be modified to be an armored law enforcement vehicle like the ones in the 2nd link below. http://img422.imageshack.us/img422/175/00gta1enforcer1986freightliner.jpg http://www.alpineco.com/armored/swat/trucks.htm The front fenders look similar to those on a 1988 or so Mack Superliner. http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6734/00gta1enforcer1988macksuperlin.jpg http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1148/00gta1enforcervc13mz.jpg http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/838/00gta1enforcer10zh.jpg http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1196/00gta1enforcer27bh.jpg http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/540/00gta1enforcer35tu.jpg http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/8976/00gta1enforcer44sx.jpg http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/9238/00gta1enforcer52rx.jpg http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/7081/00gta1enforcer66cv.jpg http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/6476/00gta1enforcer61ao.jpg http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/3359/00gta1enforceriii14ha.jpg Esperanto See the section above on Hybrids. Euros 1989-1992 Nissan 300ZX* A 1990 model is shown at the 1st link below. http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/5475/00gta1euros1990nissan300zx7jg.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_300ZX http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/5914/00gta1euros14qm.jpg http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/8296/00gta1euros28zq.jpg http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/4002/00gta1euros33rd.jpg http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/7695/00gta1euros44pp.jpg http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/6945/00gta1euros51au.jpg http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/4499/00gta1euros62cq.jpg http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/9792/00gta1euros77lj.jpg http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/4336/00gta1euros86el.jpg F.B.I. Rancher 1992 Chevrolet Suburban but with a flatter front end like a model from the decade or so before Three 1992 models and a 1989 model are shown at the 1st four links below. http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/7784/00gta1fbirancher1992chevsuburb.jpg http://img330.imageshack.us/img330/7784/00gta1fbirancher1992chevsuburb.jpg http://img330.imageshack.us/img330/4013/00gta1fbirancher1992chevsuburb1.jpg http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/9334/00gta1fbirancher1989chevsuburb.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevy_Suburban http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/5968/00gta1fbirancher06gh.jpg http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/6371/00gta1fbirancher16gc.jpg http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/8797/00gta1fbirancher22ef.jpg http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/8148/00gta1fbirancher35km.jpg http://img310.imageshack.us/img310/6369/00gta1fbirancher48dg.jpg http://img310.imageshack.us/img310/3851/00gta1fbirancher52mb.jpg http://img310.imageshack.us/img310/1857/00gta1fbirancher64eb.jpg F.B.I. Truck 1984-1992 Jeep Cherokee It looks to me like somebody took the Jeep to a while-you-wait auto-armor place and had it dipped it into blue glop, then rubbed off a couple of patches on the front windshield with the elbow of their shirt sleeve to look through. This truck is in the game files but not activated for the game. In the PC version, you can use a mod, or a vehicle spawner like the GTA SA Control Center (X.13.c) has, to put it in the game if you like a gloppy Jeep. http://www.plainfield.com/ems/vtrucks.html http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_4386-Jeep-Cherokee.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_Cherokee http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6604/00gta1fbitruck1a4cq.jpg http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1757/00gta1fbitruck2a2ky.jpg http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9831/00gta1fbitruck3a0wj.jpg FCR-900 Honda CBR 900 RR Fireblade It looks like a PCJ-600/Honda CBR 600 ex- cept with a bigger engine (900cc). "RR" stands for "race replica." The FCR- 900, with a windshield, has two bulbs in the headlight; without the windshield, it has a single headlight. The "F" may come from "Fireblade" and the "CR" may come frome "CBR." As with the "Vice City" Sanchez, it's easy to make it hold the wheelie posi- tion. http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/5964/00gta1hondacbr900rr1992firebla.jpg http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/3774/00gta1hondacbr9001992too4az.jpg http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/5071/00gta1hondacbr900199227hr.jpg http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/7402/00gta1hondacbr9001992smore7iw.jpg http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/8028/00gta1hondacbr90019928mm.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBR900RR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Fireblade http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/7972/00gta1fcr90015kk.jpg http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5161/00gta1fcr90020za.jpg http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/9756/00gta1fcr9007h5vw.jpg http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/120/00gta1fcr90033af.jpg http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1383/00gta1fcr90041av.jpg Faggio 1984-1986 Piaggio Vespa PX 200 http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/9633/00gta1piaggiovespa19866pe.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1889/00gta1faggio06yz.jpg http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6825/00gta1faggio11pj.jpg http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/6262/00gta1faggio24ky.jpg http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1407/00gta1faggio30jh.jpg http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/6574/00gta1faggio46ll.jpg Feltzer 1972-1988 Mercedes Benz SL-Class convertible*** http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/2170/00gta1mercedesbenz380sl19820eh.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_SL http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/5746/00gta1feltzer14xx.jpg http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/3073/00gta1feltzer20qr.jpg http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/1989/00gta1feltzer35ke.jpg http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1487/00gta1feltzer45mv.jpg http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/654/00gta1feltzer53gm.jpg http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/127/00gta1feltzer62js.jpg http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/4073/00gta1feltzer72ak.jpg Fire Truck (on the NE corner of the block due E of "COMMERCE," in the middle of the S end of the block N of "HARRY GOLD PARKWAY," and used for the Fire Truck Submission) 1992 Spartan (Crimson Fire since merging with Luverne Fire Apparatus and Qual- ity Manufacturing in 2003) firetruck http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/5751/00gta1firetruckls1992spartanre.jpg http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/7383/00gta1firetruckls1992spartan4g.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8113/00gta1firetruckls14th.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4404/00gta1firetruckls24fc.jpg http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2185/00gta1firetruckls32ry.jpg Fire Truck (on the block S of the save place that's on the brown block E of "GARCIA," and in the "End of the Line" mission) I think it's one of the cuter vehicles in San Andreas (and not bad for getting through traffic). I think it's a late 1980's Maxim Aerial Ladder firetruck. A 1983 model is shown at the 1st link below. http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/6383/00gta1maximaerialladder19838jj.gif http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5560/00gta1firetrucksf18ah.jpg http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6619/00gta1firetrucksf2z9fz.jpg http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/7523/00gta1firetrucksf3d5dt.jpg Flash 1990-1992 Nissan Pulsar GTi-R Thanks to pinky at GTA Forums http://www.cardomain.com/ride/236329 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Pulsar http://www.car.co.nz/performance.asp?articleid=282 http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/231/00gta1flash40ky.jpg http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/5128/00gta1flash54xh.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8803/00gta1flash69uf.jpg Flatbed 1983-1992 M-939 military truck. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m939.htm http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/930/00gta1flatbed16gq.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8105/00gta1flatbed21st.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5650/00gta1flatbed37na.jpg Forklift The 1996 Hyster E100XL electric forklift shown at the 1st link below is similar. The Hyster E100XL (year?) shown at the 2nd link shows that the seat is on a box that opens up (to access the battery or store tools in, I guess). http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/8124/00gta1forklift1996hystere100xl.jpg http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/497/00gta1forklifthystere100xl9cr.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forklift http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/4564/00gta1forklift18yj.jpg http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/1998/00gta1forklift24lp.jpg http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/5274/00gta1forklift34vr.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2971/00gta1forklift47ox.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3274/00gta1forklift57ex.jpg http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/1319/00gta1forklift64ud.jpg Fortune 1989-1997 Ford Thunderbird*** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Thunderbird http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8608/00gta1fortune2a4kh.jpg http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/2893/00gta1fortune23jf.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7059/00gta1fortune35ae.jpg http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/7810/00gta1fortune40im.jpg Freeway 1966-1985 Harley Davidson Shovelhead The best matches I found were made in 1976. Freeway exhaust pipes are only on the right side in "San An- dreas."At the 3rd link, for which you have to Copy and Paste the 2nd line to the 1st in the address bar,you can look at hundreds of Harley Davidsons to choose from (I hope you don't have the slow speed, dial-up modem). http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/3253/00gta1harleydavidsonshovelhead.jpg http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/6941/00gta1harleydavidsonshovelhead1.jpg http://www.bikez.com/brand/harley-davidson_motorcycles.php?brand=11&sort=&s how_pictures=true http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Davidson http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/8676/00gta1freeway08fv.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1953/00gta1freeway12ax.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6444/00gta1freeway2a1of.jpg http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/8422/00gta1freeway35qj.jpg http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/8299/00gta1freeway47ji.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3997/00gta1freeway57qe.jpg http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/1151/00gta1freeway62gl.jpg Freight Jan. 1966-July 1972 EMD SD40 6-axle deisel locomotive, or a Jan. 1972 to Feb. 1986 Dash 2 upgrade, the EMD SD40-2, built by General Motors Electro-Mo- tive Division. You can put the name of one of the locomotives, and other preferences, in the search engine at the 1st site given below for photos. http://www.railpictures.net/index.php http://img281.imageshack.us/img281/4790/00gta1freight21wb.jpg http://img281.imageshack.us/img281/3680/00gta1freight33nh.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_SD40 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_SD40-2 http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2180/00gta1freight16yp.jpg http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/4865/00gta1freight2a4zg.jpg http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/9541/00gta1freight3a0av.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9608/00gta1freight4a9sv.jpg http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/7717/00gta1freight57fa.jpg http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/9333/00gta1freight6a2mh.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/282/00gta1freight73se.jpg Glendale See the section above on Hybrids. Greenwood A 1983-1989 Chrysler Fifth Avenue with the side windows of a 1981- 1989 Dodge Diplomat. Thanks to the GTA Forums list by nekkidhillbilly, reaffirmed by CKYbassplayer- 69, for the Dodge Diplomat tip A 1985 Chrysler Fifth Avenue and a 1988 Dodge Diplomat are shown below. http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/7688/00gta1greenwood1985chryslerfif.jpg http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/7688/00gta1greenwood1985chryslerfif.jpg http://www.cardomain.com/ride/819600 http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3420/00gta1greenwooddodgediplomat19.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Fifth_Avenue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Diplomat http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/9470/00gta1greenwood21dp.jpg http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/3163/00gta1greenwood33if.jpg http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/5919/00gta1greenwood42ec.jpg http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/9836/00gta1greenwood53fi.jpg http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/7057/00gta1greenwood65ua.jpg HPV1000 Kawasaki KZ1000-P21 Thanks to Mxyzptlk for explaining that "HPV" could stand for "Highway Patrol/ Police Vehicle," and can could also be thought to refer to a form of genital warts. The 1st link below is for a 1987 model; I don't know the year of the 2nd one. http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/087594/ http://motordoctor.net/ http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6402/00gta1hpv10001a3mb.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/5184/00gta1hpv10002a4kd.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9560/00gta1hpv100011qj.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/7076/00gta1hpv100020pf.jpg http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/757/00gta1hpv100039rf.jpg Hermes 1949 Mercury two-door with uncovered rear wheel wells and two pairs of brake lights instead of one pair The 1st one given below was driven by James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause," 1955, which also starred Dennis Hopper, who does the voice of Steve Scott for "Vice City," and which features Griffith Observatory, which is what the one in Verdant Bluffs in "San Andreas" is modeled after. http://our.tentativetimes.net/dean/49merc.html http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/04H5N373009855A.jpeg/0/ http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/04H5N373009855B.jpeg/0/ http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/04H5N373009855C.jpeg/0/ http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4291/00gta1hermes18ec.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7337/00gta1hermes23gn.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2753/00gta1hermes34ol.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1131/00gta1hermes49eu.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1428/00gta1hermes56mi.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4046/00gta1hermes60tn.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9090/00gta1hermes72do.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2008/00gta1hermes8a9xp.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8498/00gta1hermes90ih.jpg Hotdog A Volkswagen Type 2, aka a VW-Bus, Bully, or Kombi, modified to be a mobile concession stand. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Type_2 http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/741/00gta1hotdog0a8co.jpg http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4125/00gta1hotdog01pa.jpg http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4043/00gta1hotdog13yg.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5039/00gta1hotdog25pi.jpg http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3236/00gta1hotdog33pp.jpg http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2433/00gta1hotdogedwarddwoodjr0xm.jpg http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6897/00gta1hotdogplan9ufo8pt.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5108/00gta1hotdog43wh.jpg Hotknife 1933 Hudson Pacemaker 8 two-door, three window (the windshield isn't counted) Coupe customized as a hotrod with a flatter roof, a blower, no fenders, and front side exhausts. The most popular cars from this era to customize as hotrods are 1932-1934 Fords, and in some ways this looks like a 1932 Ford Three window coupe customized that way. It looks like the original grill was removed and a smaller grid and a couple of bars partly cover the hole. But the hole indicates the grill isn't from a Ford. The closest comparison I know for it is with a 1933 Hudson Pacemaker 8 Coupe. (If you use a 1933 Hudson-Essex Terraplane Coupe, which has the same grill as the Hudson Pacemaker 8 Coupe, you need to eliminate the two little rear side windows when the hood for the cab is created.) A 1933 Hudson Pacemaker 8 Coupe, a 1933 Hudson-Essex Terraplane Coupe, and a regular and a hotrod 1932 Ford Three Window Coupe are shown at the 1st four links below. The 1st Hudson and 1st Ford look about identical except for the grill--the Ford grill is shown better on the Ford hotrod. http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/2473/00gta1hotknifehudsonpacemaker8.jpg http://img494.imageshack.us/img494/4740/00gta1hotknife1933essexterrapl.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/3172/00gta1hotknifeford3windowcoupe.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6366/00gta1hotknifefordcoupe19323wi.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_window_coupe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_%28automobile%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraplane http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6528/00gta1hotknife1g7mf.jpg http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1913/00gta1hotknife2g6io.jpg http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3098/00gta1hotknife3g5rf.jpg Hotring Racer See the section above on Hybrids. Huntley 1987 (U.S. debut)-1992 Land Rover Range Rover, except the headlights look more like the ones on a 1990-1992 GMC Sierra and the grill looks like the one on a 1989-1992 Ford Bronco. The 1st two links below show a 1989 and 1990 Land Rover Range Rover, the next shows a 1991 GMC Sierra, and the next shows a 1989 Ford Bronco. A link below that shows a LRRR used by a main character in the movie "Sna*ch," which is mentioned in section on "San Andreas" radio station Master Sounds 98.3 at I.13. http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3355/00gta1huntley1989rangerover6fh.jpg http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/3474/00gta1huntley1990rangerovergri.jpg http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/2378/00gta1huntley1991gmcsierrahead.jpg http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/5959/00gta1huntley1989fordbroncogri.jpg http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_3478-Land-Rover-Range-Rover.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover_Range_Rover http://www.rangerovers.net/modelspecs/1989.html http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/8340/00gta1huntley1a3xy.jpg http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/8492/00gta1huntley2a0gk.jpg http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9596/00gta1huntley3a4do.jpg http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/296/00gta1huntley3aa1tq.jpg http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/5265/00gta1huntley4a9kg.jpg http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/9984/00gta1huntley4aa0fb.jpg http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/151/00gta1huntleygrill4co.jpg Hustler 1933-1935 or so five window (the windshield isn't counted) coupe with some hot rod customization: the roof is lower than on the typical coupe of the time. A lot of cars of this period have similar features as one another, and the roof and windows of a lot of them, even pickup trucks, from this period have gotten the same sort of hot rod treatment, the most popular choices for it being 1932-1934 Fords. This isn't a Ford, though. The grill isn't very wide, doesn't flare forward at the bottom as some grills from this period do, and the sides of it are parallel instead of getting closer together from top to bottom. The closest comparison for the grill I've found so far is a 1935-1936 Willys (pronounced "willis"). http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6473/00gta1hustler1935willysoverlan.jpg http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1773/00gta1hustler1935willysstandar.jpg For comparison, it looks like a 1935 Chevrolet three window coupe that's had the back of the doors and cab moved back a bit and has been made into a five window coupe. http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/5845/00gta1hustler1935chevrolet2doo.jpg http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/619/00gta1hustler1935chevrolet2doo1.jpg http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/7303/00gta1hustler1935chevrolet2doo2.jpg Either due to body customization or the model it is, the back of the back fenders curl down more than most of the cars of the time, and the trunk curls down father back than the fenders. The fenders of most cars of the period flare back beside the flare of the trunk, all at the same 135 degree or so an- gle. http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2041/00gta1hustler16ii.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/2303/00gta1hustler20vo.jpg http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3630/00gta1hustler34mu.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/517/00gta1hustler40va.jpg http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1472/00gta1hustler54nb.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/9329/00gta1hustler66qb.jpg Infernus 1991-2001 Honda Acura NSX Thanks to the Real Car Name List by PRB051 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acura_NSX http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/4356/00gta1infernus13lb.jpg http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/6885/00gta1infernus26zg.jpg http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/2981/00gta1infernus34th.jpg http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/7552/00gta1infernus43sn.jpg http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/9026/00gta1infernus55dw.jpg Intruder 1989-1994 Subaru Legacy Thanks to Gman8, reaffirmed by kpeters, at GTA Forums http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Legacy http://www.motorcities.com/search/?page=2&querytype=make&query=Subaru http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8500/00gta1intruder11ga.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3860/00gta1intruder29gc.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8026/00gta1intruder38gx.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8861/00gta1intruder43cm.jpg Jester 1986-1992 Toyota Supra Mk 3 with the headlights of a 1993-2002 Mk 4.* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_supra http://www.cardomain.com/ride/690930 http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/4370/00gta1jester1a9dk.jpg http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/9886/00gta1jester2a0bv.jpg http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/3889/00gta1jester3a2nt.jpg http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/9720/00gta1jester4a5fq.jpg Journey Winnebago Outlook It's a type of recreatonal vehicle called a motor- home. http://www.winnebagoind.com/html/products/recVehicles/winnebago.html http://www.coast2coastrv.com/400/CNCBWB30902C/DSC00067.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreational_vehicle http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/9779/00gta1journey10ev.jpg http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8375/00gta1journey28im.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/9185/00gta1journey39yj.jpg Kart Kart. A go cart--in particular, the kind of kart that's a racing kart. For more on the races with the kind of go carts called karts, the Association of British Kart Clubs (ABkC). etc., see these web pages: http://www.nkn.com/home.asp http://www.karting.co.uk/ABkC/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kart_racing I see some similarity between the Kart and some Tony Kart karts I've seen, shown at the 1st two links below. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TonyKart http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/1686/00gta1karttonykartextremevorte.jpg http://img494.imageshack.us/img494/8875/00gta1karttonykartkart1zq.jpg http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/6468/00gta1kart08gv.jpg http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/9018/00gta1kart1a3zi.jpg http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/8093/00gta1kart2a3yw.jpg http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/4950/00gta1kart37ah.jpg http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/4638/00gta1kart41ad.jpg Landstalker 1991-1994 Ford Explorer I'd say 1991-1994 Ford Explorer, but since it didn't come out till 1991 and was used in "Vice City," which takes place in 1986, and if you need it to be something from the right time period, I'd say 1986 Chevrolet Suburban but with the windows, grill, and wheel wells of a Ford Explorer. Personally, I'd just say the model is based on a 1991 to 1994 Ford Explorer. (See below; brawling will be restricted to the rules according to Hoyle.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Explorer http://4wheeldrive.about.com/library/uc/ucAndrew_V.htm http://www.cardomain.com/ride/487172/2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_Cherokee http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/462/00gta1landstalker03he.jpg http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3479/00gta1landstalker14gv.jpg http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/3715/00gta1landstalker21qc.jpg http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/1974/00gta1landstalker34wz.jpg Linerunner 1986-1992 Peterbilt 379 (? a little bigger than a 378) http://community.webshots.com/photo/373526836/373585278NFYPOt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterbilt http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9762/00gta1linerunner12zy.jpg http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/1491/00gta1linerunner23nw.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6953/00gta1linerunner30ry.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/4889/00gta1linerunner46po.jpg Majestic 1982-1987 Buick Regal*** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_Regal http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/3865/00gta1majestic10pw.jpg http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/8905/00gta1majestic27xu.jpg http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/8338/00gta1majestic30jz.jpg http://img302.imageshack.us/img302/2405/00gta1majestic49yo.jpg http://img302.imageshack.us/img302/2530/00gta1majestic52xq.jpg http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/8275/00gta1majestic69mi.jpg http://img302.imageshack.us/img302/6061/00gta1majestic70ig.jpg Manana: 1981-1984 Dodge Aries coupe 1984-1985 Ford Tempo (Speaking for Chrysler, Lee Iacocca said the K-cars "saved our bacon.") It looks like the Aries without the vertical strip on the rear side window, and has the grill vents of the Tempo. Like the Tempo, the front is curved. Thanks to nekkidhillbilly, reaffirmed by CKYbassplayer69, for the Ford Tempo A 1982, 1983, and 1984 Dodge Aries, and a 1984 Ford Tempo, are shown below. http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/01HEB172435976A.jpeg/0/ http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/6684/00gta1manana1983dodgeariesprof.jpg http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/1606/00gta1manana1984dodgearies3ts.jpg http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8637/00gta1manana19845fordtempocurv.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Aries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Tempo http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8807/00gta1mananavc17hg.jpg http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/2959/00gta1manana15nc.jpg http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/3267/00gta1manana23ct.jpg http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/4377/00gta1manana35vv.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8946/00gta1manana43ff.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3999/00gta1mananaiii12qc.jpg http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/6123/00gta1mananaiii25gw.jpg Merit 1990-1998 Mazda 929 (Mark 4, aka the Efini MS-9) The 1992 and 1993 (a year after the time of the game, but the style is the same) models are shown at the links below. http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/8844/00gta1merit1992mazda9293tm.jpg http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/423/00gta1merit1993mazda9290xq.jpg The headlights, grill, and brake lights are more like the boxier ones on the 1986-1992 Mazda 929 (Mark 3). (The years of the Mark 3 and 4 overlap). The Merit has a few variations of those--for example, the inner edges of the brake lights are slanted parallel to the slant of the light divider in the middle of them. And the outside edges of the parking lights are slanted a little differ- ently. A 1987 and 1990 model are shown at the links below. http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/2342/00gta1merit1987mazda9299mv.jpg http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/8279/00gta1merit1990mazda929back3mo.jpg Thanks to Gman8 at GTA Forums for the Mazda 929 tip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_929 http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2155/00gta1merit1a6gd.jpg http://img417.imageshack.us/img417/7248/00gta1merit2a6ro.jpg http://img417.imageshack.us/img417/7744/00gta1merit3a7zd.jpg http://img417.imageshack.us/img417/9286/00gta1merit4a1ky.jpg http://img417.imageshack.us/img417/8643/00gta1merit5a7yf.jpg http://img417.imageshack.us/img417/7982/00gta1merit6a2in.jpg http://img417.imageshack.us/img417/2928/00gta1merit7a2bm.jpg Mesa 1987-1996 Jeep Wrangler (It's the "Mesa Grande" of "Vice City.") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_Wrangler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUV http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/7690/00gta1mesa19zt.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2166/00gta1mesa20ll.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7653/00gta1mesa33ih.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7831/00gta1mesa46xt.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2472/00gta1mesa55ev.jpg http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/3917/00gta1mesa65ld.jpg The next three are monster truck modifications--pickup trucks given large wheels and suspension. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_truck Jamolos Negrit?a> at GTA Forums gets my thanks for explaining a Monster truck glitch: if you drive a front wheel of a Monster truck up to, or a bit over, another vehicle, then use acceleration and brake at the same time, you can send the other vehicle flying. (Just run over other vehicles enough with the Dumper and you'll see it happen, too.) Monster A (Los Santos Forum after "8-Track") 1984-1986 Ford F-series truck with sharply angled wheel wells and horizontally narrower headlights and parking lights (A 1985 model and a 1986 monster truck version are shown at the 1st two links below.) http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2235/00gta1monster1985fordf1501tk.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6152/00gta1monster11986fordf250mons.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_F_Series http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/8315/00gta1monstera12jh.jpg http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/6882/00gta1monstera21id.jpg http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/885/00gta1monstera34rg.jpg http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/3503/00gta1monstera43ey.jpg Monster B (Michelle's) This could go in the Hybrids section but I didn't want to break up the set. 1991-1992 GMC Sonoma body and grill... http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/05F4D110713127A.jpeg/0/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMC_Sonoma ...except with two pairs of headlights like on a 1979-1986 Nissan pickup truck... (A 1979 model is shown at the 1st link below.) http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/3482/00gta1monster21979nissan6fw.jpg http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/history/nissan_segment1.html and 1989-1992 Toyota HiLux (aka Hi-Lux) parking lights. (A 1990 monster truck model is shown at the 1st link below.) http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/4175/00gta1monster21990toyotahilux4.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Hi-Lux http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/910/00gta1monsterb16bl.jpg http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/298/00gta1monsterb27nx.jpg http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/8065/00gta1monsterb37jy.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2483/00gta1monsterb46rv.jpg http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/8486/00gta1monsterb52mg.jpg http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/8760/00gta1monsterb68eo.jpg Monster ("Monster" and "Exports and Imports" missions; Flint Intersection trailer park) 1994 Chevrolet S-10 with an extended cab and the grill of a 1983- 1992 Ford Ranger (Other vehicles made after the 1992 time period of the game are the matches for the Slamvan and Bullet. The vehicle match for the Trashmas- ter and Yankee was made in 1992 though they appear in "Vice City," which takes place in 1986. See "Yankee.") http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1048/00gta1monster3front1994chevrol.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_S-10 http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/3883/00gta1monster3grill1992fordran.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Ranger http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4233/00gta1monster09ty.jpg http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6376/00gta1monster1a7wf.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6223/00gta1monster24nf.jpg Moonbeam 1985 to 1992 Chevrolet Astro Van.* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Astro http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/3387/00gta1moonbeam17rt.jpg http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/9459/00gta1moonbeam21bc.jpg http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/6064/00gta1moonbeam33ii.jpg Mountain Bike Schwinn Mesa Mountain Hardtail? http://www.schwinnbike.com/products/bikes_category.php?id=78 http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/3760/00gta1mountainbike1a7wz.jpg http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/2425/00gta1mountainbike2a5vd.jpg http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/2637/00gta1mountainbike3a6sg.jpg http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/9939/00gta1mountainbike4a9ap.jpg Mower John Deere 455 Garden Tractor, aka a diesel Compact Tractor The model of another year than whatever the one I show is might have the right headlights. http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/3760/00gta1mowerjohndeere455diesel8.jpg http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/2969/00gta1mowerjohndeerecenterdeck.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/1682/00gta1mower11co.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/9808/00gta1mower28be.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/9089/00gta1mower37sw.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/7933/00gta1mower4a3mp.jpg http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/8799/00gta1mower5a9uw.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/5176/00gta1mower61id.jpg Mr. Whoopee 1986-1992 (wide range of years) GMC Grumman Step van and Chevro- let Step Van P-10 (a little smaller than a Boxville) modified to be a mobile concession stand http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_6340-Grumman-Delivery-Truck.html http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B28207.jpg http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/8577/00gta1mrwhoopee13nt.jpg http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/3977/00gta1mrwhoopee24jo.jpg http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/8403/00gta1mrwhoopee34lh.jpg http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/7609/00gta1mrwhoopee41kw.jpg Mule 1983-1991 Ford E-350 cube/box truck except the windows have sharp cor- ners The box is similar to ones used by U Haul, which makes their moving trucks by putting their various-sized, pre-fabricated boxes on GMC and Ford trucks. The roof of this box slants down a bit from back to front over the cab. ("Vice City" Mule and Spand Ex trucks have the same basic shape except the roof of the box is flatter.) A 1984 Ford E-350 and a couple of 1990 models are shown at the 1st two links below. http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/6884/00gta1mule1984forde350cubevan3.jpg http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/8430/00gta1mule1990forde3506li.jpg http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6789/00gta1mule1990forde350boxvan5d.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_E-Series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Haul http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/1911/00gta1mule10tq.jpg http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/8474/00gta1mule2a7gr.jpg http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/7725/00gta1mule30st.jpg http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/5162/00gta1mule49sn.jpg NRG-500 2001 Honda NSR 500 A 1992 model is similar enough and suits the time frame of the game. The Honda NSR 500 was used in the 500cc class of motorcycle Grand Prix racing by Valentino Rossi to come in 2nd in 2000 and be the world champion in 2001. The NRG-500 often has the only number he uses: 46, the racing number of his father. "NRG" sounds like "energy" and it's also the name of a model of scooter by Piaggio. http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3171/00gta1hondansr50020011ik.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7788/00gta1hondansr5002001too1mc.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/858/00gta1hondansr5002001rossi7ab.jpg http://www.rossifiles.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentino_Rossi http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/1879/00gta1nrg500aqy0.jpg http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/5028/00gta1nrg500but1.jpg http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/2985/00gta1nrg500ckm5.jpg http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/114/00gta1nrg500dun0.jpg http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/8759/00gta1nrg500eqv1.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/2248/00gta1nrg500fsi0.jpg http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/5530/00gta1nrg500gbx6.jpg http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/2664/00gta1nrg500hco5.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/7364/00gta1nrg500iss6.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/8016/00gta1nrg500jtn2.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/5350/00gta1nrg500kpo6.jpg http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/5669/00gta1nrg500lrw9.jpg To make a copy of C.J. as shown in the next batch of links, see IV.21 "Manage- ment Issues"--"The 'Management Issues' way to make a copy of C.J." http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/3760/00gta1screen9057qk.jpg http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/78/00gta1screen905a9ls.jpg http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/12/00gta1screen905b0no.jpg Nebula 1982-1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera The back end of the coupe and sedan were changed, and the roof of the sedan was changed, in 1989; the last year for it was 1996. Thanks to Captain Holland at GTA Forums A 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera is shown at the 1st link below. http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/6823/00gta1nebula1987oldsmobilecutl.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_Cutlass_Ciera http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/8988/00gta1nebula17hk.jpg http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/9837/00gta1nebula22lg.jpg http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/1407/00gta1nebula32gs.jpg Newsvan 1986-1991 Ford Econoline cargo van with the front end of a 1986-1992 Dodge Ram or B series van except the little section below the headlights and main front corner backup lights of the Dodge should be removed. It has an an- tenna on the roof like the TV Van of "GTA 2" (the antenna doesn't point at your save place, though). A 1989 Ford E350 cargo van and a 1990 Dodge Ram van are shown below. http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/6114/00gta1newsvan1989forde3500fr.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Econoline http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/4583/00gta1newsvan1990dodgeramvan3c.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Ram_Van http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/5163/00gta1newsvan10pw.jpg http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/6581/00gta1newsvan21cy.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6951/00gta1newsvan35mv.jpg Oceanic See the section above on Hybrids. PCJ-600 1992 Honda CBR 600 The headlight has a smaller, less demented-look- ing smile than it did in "Vice City," but it still has, along with the Wayfarer, one of the biggest smiles of any motorcycle headlight in the game, and earns its keep the most of the two. The engine has an exhaust pipe on either side. The only guess I have for the initals is that "PC" may come from the favored format for clear motorcycle stunt videos since the PCJ 600 was introduced to GTA's with "Vice City." http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/1255/00gta1hondacbr6001992marcoalva.jpg http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/48/00gta1hondacbr6001992too7ja.jpg http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/5254/00gta1hondacbr6001992shiny3sp.jpg http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/9236/00gta1hondacbr6001992joerichar.jpg http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/8537/00gta1hondacbr6001992wheelie4t.jpg http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/7492/00gta1hondacbr6001992racing0lr.jpg http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/2691/00gta1hondacbr6001992abouttobl.jpg http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/3424/00gta1hondacbr6001992dusk1hg.jpg http://www.sportbikez.net/pictures/mod/cbr600f2/9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CBR_series http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/8240/00gta1pcj60017lo.jpg http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/7412/00gta1pcj60026ab.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/209/00gta1pcj60033sf.jpg http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/2038/00gta1pcj60043jh.jpg http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/8257/00gta1pcj60054rm.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7515/00gta1pcj60064sj.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/6027/00gta1pcj60074ob.jpg http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/75/00gta1pcj60083sy.jpg http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2571/00gta1pcj600166wx.jpg Packer 1967-1985 Peterbilt 359/1986 onward 378 or 379 but with angled fend- ers, with headlights built into them, like a Ford LT9000 or Mack. These Peter- bilts look about the same over a big range of years. The 379 is a little bigger than a 378. Whichever it is, it's attached to a four or five vehicle transport trailer--a car hauler--with a straight rigid upper ramp. It's the same as the Packer in "Vice City," but the back of the upper ramp can now be raised and lowered (NP8 and NP2) so it can haul vehicles as well as serve as a jump ramp. Redtier999666, of the Gamefaqs PS2 message board, wrote a post that explained how to do something that was mentioned in an earlier post by Webdude06--how to get an Insane Stunt bonus with a Packer. Have C.J. raise the ramp of the Packer and back it up to a pedestrian--if they walk under the ramp, the Packer may fly. The 1st link shows a 379 with a car hauler ramp. The 2nd link shows a similar truck, not a Peterbilt, using a ramp similar to the one a Packer has. The 3rd link shows a 1990 Peterbilt (model?) car hauler. http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/dfaust/2004/sept_visit/file0052.jpg http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/492/00gta1carhauler0lv.jpg http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/6063/00gta1peterbiltcarhauler19900p.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterbilt http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3456/00gta1packer19sl.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3232/00gta1packer24qn.jpg http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/2733/00gta1packer32eb.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8691/00gta1packer44qo.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/699/00gta1packer58ed.jpg http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/5641/00gta1packer6aa8pz.jpg Patriot 1985-? AM General M998 Military HMMWV, aka a Humvee (not the civilian Hummer) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Mobility_Multipurpose_Wheeled_Vehicle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummer http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3766/00gta1patriotvc1c3ae.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8748/00gta1patriotvc2c1py.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/4290/00gta1patriot1a4uw.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3805/00gta1patriot2a1nl.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5237/00gta1patriot3a3ic.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8871/00gta1patriot4a4sr.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3363/00gta1patriotiii14oz.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5464/00gta1patriotiii20pv.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1290/00gta1patriotiii33vd.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8066/00gta1patriotiii44xu.jpg Perennial 1962-1965 Chevrolet Nova (or "Nova II") station wagon http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/2779/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Nova http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/4417/00gta1perennial09xi.jpg http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/6664/00gta1perennial10os.jpg http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/1875/00gta1perennial25pe.jpg http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/3826/00gta1perennial33kh.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/7694/00gta1perennial48ff.jpg http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/1012/00gta1perennial55bb.jpg Phoenix 1979-1981 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am The seperating strip was removed from between each pair of headlights, and the optional engine hood vent was enlarged. The dividing strip between the side windows was narrowed and made vertical, and the side windows were made more nar- row horizontally--seen in profile, the "San Andreas" version looks like the ends of the "Vice City" version were pushed to make the car shorter and fatter. It has the two pairs of round brake lights of a 1961-1992, at least, Chevrolet Cor- vette. (C.J. can get one by failing the "San Fierro Hills" Street Race or by taking Big Poppa's in "A Home In The Hills." You can also make one appear with the GTA SA Control Center, X.13.c.) A 1979 and 1980 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am and a 1980 Chevrolet Corvette are shown at the 1st three links below. http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/03GGB224141393B.jpeg/0/ http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/5899/00gta1phoenix1980pontiacfirebi.jpg http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/05AC1222913333B.jpeg/0/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Trans_Am http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Firebird http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/2056/00gta1phoenix14oh.jpg http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/6286/00gta1phoenix25by.jpg http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/6335/00gta1phoenix37wt.jpg http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/4392/00gta1phoenix40zv.jpg Picador 1971 Chevrolet El Camino/GMC Sprint http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7790/00gta1picador1971chevroletelca.jpg http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6614/00gta1picador1971elcaminoback5.jpg The El Camino/Sprint body would need to be shorter from front to back--more like a 1964-1967 El Camino. A 1965 Chevrolet El Camino is shown below. http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/127/00gta1picador1965chevroletelca.jpg Like the 1973-1975 El Caminos, there shouldn't be lights on the front corners. Thanks to nekkidhillbilly at GTA Forums for the 1973-1975 El Camino tip. A 1974 model is shown below. http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/8514/00gta1picador1974chevroletelca.jpg The upper back of the cab should be squared off a bit, too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_El_Camino http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/1523/00gta1picador14nx.jpg http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9643/00gta1picador22bh.jpg http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2289/00gta1picador30qc.jpg Pizza Boy 1984-1986 Piaggio Vespa PX 200 customized http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/4070/00gta1piaggiovespapx20019869db.jpg http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/2420/00gta1piaggiovespapx2001986res.jpg http://www.vespausa.com/ http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/2686/00gta1pizzaboy07rj.jpg http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/8013/00gta1pizzaboy10ec.jpg http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1724/00gta1pizzaboy28xo.jpg http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7337/00gta1pizzaboy3a8ns.jpg http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1525/00gta1pizzaboy4a3wf.jpg Police (Los Santos and San Fierro) See Taxi. (Though these three are based on the same car, the data\handling.cfg file is a little different for each.) http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9136/00gta1policels16pt.jpg Police (Las Venturas) 1988-1992 Dodge Dynasty. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/406258 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Dynasty http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7939/00gta1policelv10hr.jpg http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/3070/00gta1policelv22dk.jpg http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8969/00gta1policelv34vu.jpg http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3288/00gta1policelv42ge.jpg http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/3658/00gta1policelv56fz.jpg http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/638/00gta1policelv62ic.jpg Pony See Berkley's RC Van http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4605/00gta1pony16ym.jpg http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1458/00gta1pony27oz.jpg http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/2973/00gta1pony30pm.jpg http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/3356/00gta1pony42ly.jpg http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6567/00gta1pony50gi.jpg Premier 1991-1994 Chevrolet Caprice* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Caprice http://policecanada.ca/Canada/Quebec/SPCUM/montreal11.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7695/00gta1premier1a0rg.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8817/00gta1premier2a7gp.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3319/00gta1premier3a7sc.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/435/00gta1premier45td.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/1169/00gta1premier53wt.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/5342/00gta1premier63es.jpg Previon 1982-1990 Honda Prelude Thanks to Gman8 at GTA Forums http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Prelude http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/01DQA063803573B.jpeg/0/ http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/299/00gta1previon17xv.jpg http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/4817/00gta1previon23ca.jpg http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/1643/00gta1previon30lu.jpg http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/3852/00gta1previon46xb.jpg http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/9456/00gta1previon58tr.jpg Primo 1986-1991 Toyota Camry* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Camry http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/02LCN444201744A.jpeg/0/ http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2430/00gta1primo13nh.jpg http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8515/00gta1primo21vf.jpg http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4605/00gta1primo32zh.jpg Quadbike 1987-1992 Honda TRX250x is a similar ATV (All Terrain Vehicle) The GTA version has a running board on either side for C.J. to rest his feet on. The data\american.gxt file refers to it as both "Quad" and "Quadbike," so take your pick. (I once gave a Quad hydraulics, but I forget how I did it. It may have just been a glitch.) http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8731/00gta1hondatrx250x19876qx.jpg http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8295/00gta1hondatrx250r19863qa.jpg http://www.puddingsworld.com/New%20Zealand/ATV/ATV_images_1.htm http://www.atving.com/editor/feature/atvhistory/87ftx250x.htm http://www.hondanews.com/CatID7624?mid=2004112258212&mime=asc http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3523/00gta1quad39al.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/65/00gta1quad46aw.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5764/00gta1quad54zl.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/8008/00gta1quad19tj.jpg http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/2337/00gta1quad23bw.jpg RC Cam Light orange-brown clay flower pot without a bottom. It travels si- lently like a futuristic hovercraft with the handling of an inflatable punching toy that's weighted at the bottom and rights itself after it's hit. It has the appearance of being mostly filled with dirt, but only if viewed from above, and C.J. passes through it and parts of the pot to sit in it. It's round but leaves a square shadow. C.J. opens an invisible door before he sits in it, and steers with an invisible steering wheel. It has headlights and brake lights and passes through other vehicles. The name may come from the idea of surveillance gadgets hidden in ordinary things like flowerpots (or the trophies of deer heads with red glowing eyes that shazard pointed out are above the exit door at Palomino Creek and Blueberry Am- mu-Nations; there's another in Toreno's ranch but the eyes don't glow). http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/5015/00gta1screen1545sv.jpg The name may also be due to it letting C.J., in the 1st person view, pass though other vehicles to see the people inside them. http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/4247/00gta1screen6027jm.jpg It also seats two and can be used with the speedfreak, wheelsonlyplease, ripazha, and bubblecars codes. http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/1798/00gta1screen640c3gd.jpg http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/1703/00gta1screen640d5xp.jpg http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/8205/00gta1screen640e3ej.jpg http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/2712/00gta1screen640f2ao.jpg http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/3598/00gta1screen640g8pm.jpg http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/6463/00gta1screen640h8vn.jpg You can use something with a vehicle spawner, like the GTA SA Control Center, X.13.c, to make the RC Cam appear. http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/8575/00gta1rccam1aa0mz.jpg http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5844/00gta1rccam12yl.jpg http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/1600/00gta1rccam29ft.jpg http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/8679/00gta1rccam34po.jpg http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9604/00gta1rccam40pp.jpg http://img428.imageshack.us/img428/788/00gta1screen5629bg.jpg Rancher See "Rancher and Ranger" in the Hybrids section above. Ranger See "Rancher and Ranger" in the Hybrids section above. Regina 1985-1992 Volvo 740 wagon except for some changes including some to the front and that the bottoms of the rear windows are a little higher. A 1988, 1987, and 1988 model are shown at the links below. http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9094/00gta1regina1988volvo740grill7.jpg http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8562/00gta1regina1987volvo740back5i.jpg http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/5475/00gta1regina1988volvo740profil.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_740 The front of the engine hood is higher and curves down to the grill in a look some Cadillacs have. It has a small version of the grill and front bumper of a 1983-1986 Pontiac Parisienne Safari with the middle of the grill pointed forward to give it a Cadillac look. The "Vice City" Regina is the same. Thanks to Gman8 at GTA Forums for the Pontiac Parisienne Safari tip. A 1985 Pontiac Safari and a 1974 Cadillac Fleetwood are shown at the links be- low. http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7689/00gta1reginavc1985pontiacparis.jpg http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/8779/00gta1reginavc1974cadillacflee.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Parisienne The closest I found for a definition for "Regina" in Urban Dictionary are a couple of phrases it's part of that use the word to mean a woman who thinks they're better than they are--I cleaned that up a little. This could be symbol- ized in the Regina with the customized Cadillac front though the rest isn't a custom Cadillac. The name could also be due to the fact that "Volvo" sounds a little like "vulva." http://www.urbandictionary.com/browse.php?word=regina http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/8485/00gta1regina1a9ue.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1713/00gta1regina2a6pm.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9785/00gta1regina3a6hu.jpg Remington Mid-1970's Lincoln Town Coupe with custom fenders One example I found, which doesn't feature the same curve on the back of the fenders, is Rick Romero's (slamn78's) 1978 Lincoln Town Coupe lowrider: http://www.layitlow.com/members/slamn78/ Unless a better match comes along, I'm going to figure the fenders may be meant as a sight gag to rib the 1958-1962-era Cadillac fenders. A good web site to look around in to see what I mean is Hubcap Cafe at the 1st link below: http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/cadillac.htm http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/6464/00gta1remington14su.jpg http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/1417/00gta1remington2a8pi.jpg http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/5756/00gta1remington3a9nc.jpg http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4117/00gta1remington4a0yg.jpg http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/2892/00gta1remington5a9kw.jpg http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/9379/00gta1remington67iu.jpg Rhino An M1 Abrams tank http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m1-pics.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1A1_Abrams http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1864/00gta1rhino16ur.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/171/00gta1rhino1a0if.jpg http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/3579/00gta1rhino26zo.jpg http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/1452/00gta1rhino30nv.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8531/00gta1rhino47wq.jpg http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/78/00gta1rhinobridge2um.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/858/00gta1rhinodenise13rl.jpg http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/6103/00gta1rhinodenise38cc.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/9364/00gta1rhinodenise49hv.jpg Roadtrain 1986-to-1990 (?) International 9370 truck http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/tom_ritchie/2004/apr/03_03.jpg The grill covering and fenders look more like the kind on other heavy duty In- ternational trucks, like the (year?) S-F2500 or the 1980 1900 shown at the next two links. Several such trucks, such as some models of Ford LTL 9000, have sim- ilar headlights. http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7385/00gta1roadtraininternationalsf.jpg http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6184/00gta1roadtrain1980internation.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7690/00gta1roadtrain15jn.jpg http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/1434/00gta1roadtrain20rv.jpg Romero See the section above on Hybrids. Rumpo 1981-1986 Dodge Ram Van Conversion, aka Hi-Top. A Dodge Camper Van, if the same size, looks similar. The owners gave these vans special religious hats. Don't curse them out in traffic--you'll die. If God doesn't get you, the owner--no, no, no... I added a later model to show one with the same Hi-Top shape. http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/7669/00gta1dodgecampervan2jr.jpg http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/4039/00gta1dodgeramhightop8mh.png http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/6674/00gta1dodgeramvan19910iw.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Ram_Van http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6851/00gta1rumpo10zz.jpg http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/5817/00gta1rumpo21mw.jpg http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/2402/00gta1rumpo30jj.jpg S.W.A.T. van Cadillac Gage V-100 Commando It's also like an OT-65 Otter (FUG) Scout Car. You can activate a vigilante mission with it, but it's better at just having good handling for a moderate speed vehicle, and for having a working water can- non on top to squirt people with now and then, which is some fun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-100 http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/2129/00gta1ot65otterfug9fg.jpg http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/ot-65.htm http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7682/00gta1swat14fc.jpg http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/8282/00gta1swat26vj.jpg http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/4214/00gta1swat32xo.jpg http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1996/00gta1swat48ey.jpg http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/1156/00gta1swat51ht.jpg http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/3379/00gta1swat69ny.jpg http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/8669/00gta1swat74rj.jpg Sabre See the section above on Hybrids. Sadler 1976-1977 Ford F-series pickup truck. http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/7686/00gta1fordf2501977c9bv.png http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/3596/00gta1fordf2501977a1ac.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_F_series http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6954/00gta1sadler13hb.jpg http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8537/00gta1sadler23xn.jpg http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8742/00gta1sadler31ym.jpg Sanchez 1989-1992 Yamaha DT 200 dirt bike The 1989 and 1992 models are shown at the links below. http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/8039/00gta1sanchez1989yamahadt2007d.jpg http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7334/00gta1yamahadt20019929jr.jpg http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/7052/00gta1sanchez1aa4mt.jpg http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5830/00gta1sanchez16ro.jpg http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/4324/00gta1sanchez07fc.jpg http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/815/00gta1sanchez1a7qy.jpg http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/4449/00gta1sanchez26hq.jpg http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/4246/00gta1sanchez34qv.jpg http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2447/00gta1sanchez45us.jpg Sandking See the section above on Hybrids. San Fierro trolley California Street line San Francisco cable car. A cable car is pulled by a cable in a conduit underneath a slot between the rails. San Francisco has the only permanently operational manually-operated cable car sys- tem. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_cable_car_system http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/2808/00gta1trolleybyfishermanswharf.jpg http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7472/00gta1trolleyunionsquare3jy.jpg I used the Camera on a two car San Fierro trolley that wasn't moving and read the triangular sign that's inside it--it says "Powell & Mason Sts." http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3858/00gta1trolley53ol.jpg Thanks to imut_knight at GTA Forums for telling me it's a reference to real life and is referred to on this toy trolley: http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/5084/00gta1trolley9m3lj.jpg According to the next link, the Powell and Mason Streets line is one of the oldest cable car lines still operating in San Francisco: http://www.cablecarmuseum.org/archive/Today/index.html Normally, nothing stops the San Fierro trolley, so some people at the "San An- dreas" message boards have dubbed it "the trolley of doom." At one link given below, a screenshot shows a car stuck sideways in the back car of a two car trolley. A better example of that is near the end of the "San Andreas" stunt video by Gotups and Buzzsaw called "Synergy": they somehow got a Packer stuck sideways in there to wreak havok down the street. http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9664/00gtasacjdrivingbyasanfierrotr.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/6411/00gta1trolley03uw.jpg http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/4601/00gta1trolley11uj.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/186/00gta1trolley22bm.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/8541/00gta1trolley35xv.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/633/00gta1trolley46et.jpg Savannah 1964 Chevrolet Impala* http://www.layitlow.com/members/Roblbc/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Impala http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/452/00gta1savannah13ht.jpg http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/5116/00gta1savannah22st.jpg http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/9851/00gta1savannah37uw.jpg Securicar International Navistar 4900 Truck modified like the SWAT Truck "Bulldog" II sold by Alpineco. http://www.alpineco.com/armored/swat/trucks.htm http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4247/00gta1securicar15ve.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9172/00gta1securicar29gt.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/664/00gta1securicar34ke.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2878/00gta1securicar47ro.jpg Sentinel 1984-1987 BMW E28 M5 four door sedan without the little rear side window divider, with the grill and headlights made rectangular... http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/01F69521417701A.jpeg/0/ http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/01F69521417701B.jpeg/0/ http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/05FE0181707001B.jpeg/0/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M5 ...and with the rounder cab, and parking and brake lights, of a 1983-1989 BMW M635CSi, aka M6, coupe The mix of the two is a little different than is used in "Vice City." Two 1988 models are shown at the 1st two links below. http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4084/00gta1sentinel1988bmwm6agsin3q.jpg http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1958/00gta1sentinel1988bmwm6too8dn.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M6 http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/8361/00gta1sentinel12oj.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/1187/00gta1sentinel28pf.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/3612/00gta1sentinel31bf.jpg http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4682/00gta1sentinel40ul.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/1161/00gta1sentinel59po.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/8269/00gta1sentinel63oj.jpg Slamvan 1994-present Dodge Ram body and cab modified to be a lowrider. I know the time frame is off for a 1992 GTA setting, but I think this is it. The 1st web address below shows a little about how to make one. http://www.blackwidowkustoms.com/dram.html http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/8681/00gta1slamvandodgeramblackwido.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_ram http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5594/00gta1slamvan17sk.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3848/00gta1slamvan2a3zv.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9280/00gta1slamvan3a5as.jpg http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2570/00gta1slamvan4a5tc.jpg Solair 1986-1991 Ford Taurus station wagon*** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Taurus http://www.stationwagon.com/gallery/1990_Ford_Taurus.html http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/5061/00gta1solair10fs.jpg http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/5276/00gta1solair22ak.jpg http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/3449/00gta1solair36zi.jpg Stafford 1971-1981 Rolls Royce Corniche Thanks to the Real Car Name List by PRB051 for the "Rolls Royce" lead http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls_Royce_Corniche http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3919/00gta1stafford15wm.jpg http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1977/00gta1stafford25kr.jpg http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/6687/00gta1stafford31ai.jpg http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/3161/00gta1stafford40mw.jpg Stallion See the section above on Hybrids. Stratum 1991-1992 Honda Accord station wagon*** http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/dropsicles/bitmaps/rides/edm_kirby.jpg http://www.epinions.com/auto_Make-1992_Honda_Accord_Wagon http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=46009 http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6779/00gta1stratum14oq.jpg http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1377/00gta1stratum25wn.jpg http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2885/00gta1stratum35wq.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6629/00gta1stratum42or.jpg Stretch See the section above on Hybrids. Sultan 1990-1994 Subura Legacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Legacy http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/02J0G500532431A.jpeg/0/ http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/5923/00gta1sultan13ie.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/7610/00gta1sultan28wm.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/2682/00gta1sultan31rm.jpg http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/731/00gta1sultan45do.jpg Sunrise 1990-1991 Honda Accord sedan that's been flattened a little Thanks to the Real Life Car List by Hamish Duncan, aka FORDSUCK, for the late '80's Honda sedan lead. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Accord http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/00KQ8532110782B.jpeg/0/ http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/4019/00gta1sunrise12mn.jpg http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/6825/00gta1sunrise27tb.jpg http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/7286/00gta1sunrise33ro.jpg http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/7358/00gta1sunrise43km.jpg Super GT 1991-1992 Mitsubishi 3000 GT*** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_3000GT http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/00H8C220901120J.jpeg/0/ http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/8228/00gta1supergt17xw.jpg http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/1362/00gta1supergt27wd.jpg http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/6634/00gta1supergt30td.jpg Sweeper I haven't found a real good match for it. It's really more of an en- closed compact ride on litter vacuum sweeper made to handle a small neighbor- hood, beach, or park. The sloped front reminds me a little of the front of an Elgin Pelican, a big street sweeper I'm more familiar with. A Madvac 231D, Scarab Minor, Schmidt Classic, Johnston 5000 compact, and Elgin Crosswind, just given as basic examples of a compact sweeper truck, are shown at the 1st five links below. An Elgin Pelican is shown at the sixth link. http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/8651/00gta1sweepermadvac231d5ms.jpg http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/6949/00gta1sweeperscarabminor203qi.jpg http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/6210/00gta1sweeperschmidtukcompact9.jpg http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/3914/00gta1sweeperjohnston5000compa.jpg http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/945/00gta1sweeperelgincrosswind9cl.jpg http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/3793/00gta1sweeperelginpelican6oi.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_cleaner It looks like a little electric vehicle, an EV, possibly an electric truck, converted into a street sweeper or floor scrubber or such. A few examples of electric trucks are shown at the next three links. http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/1201/00gta1sweepercanadianelectrict.jpg http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/5409/00gta1sweeperevmeltic0sc.jpg http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/2629/00gta1sweeperevtruck20044gz.jpg http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/9360/00gta1sweeper13re.jpg http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/2700/00gta1sweeper26ph.jpg http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/2541/00gta1sweeper33dg.jpg http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/2299/00gta1sweeper46ig.jpg Tahoma Now that I have better screen shots with my new graphics card, I'm working on this one again. It has some features of a 1981-1982 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, but it would need to be made into a four-door (like a 1990 Chevrolet Caprice, just for example), given a third small pair of back side windows--"op- era windows"--shaped something like the back side windows of the Monte Carlo, and have the back of the trunk smoothed off. This may end up being another hybrid blend unless something better comes along. (Just a related note: Hotring Racer B is mostly a 1986 Monte Carlo Aero Coupe Notchback.) Two 1981 Monte Carlos, a 1982 model, and a 1990 Chevrolet Caprice are shown at the 1st four links below. http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/9900/00gta1tahoma1981chevmontecarlo.jpg http://img422.imageshack.us/img422/9900/00gta1tahoma1981chevmontecarlo.jpg http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/8744/00gta1tahoma1982chevmontecarlo.jpg http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/5522/00gta1tahoma1990chevcaprice5zc.jpg http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/448/00gta1tahoma19sh.jpg http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/4608/00gta1tahoma26mi.jpg http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/9104/00gta1tahoma35ge.jpg http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3968/00gta1tahoma47ro.jpg http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/699/00gta1tahoma50bk.jpg http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/2086/00gta1tahoma68wt.jpg http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/530/00gta1tahoma78be.jpg http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/5052/00gta1tahoma89rd.jpg Tampa 1965-1969 Chevrolet Corvair body styling that's been made longer and flatter--the size of the body below the cab roof seems more like that of a 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu. It's also been given a flatter front end with a six-sided grill. The grill looks like the inside edges of the Corvair headlight plates have been reversed for the outside edges of the Tampa grill, and it's a little smaller than the grill of a 1965-1966 Ford Mustang. It might be a clue to a longer, flatter car the Corvair is a blend with, and it just be there to throw people off when they try to guess the real car comparison for it--I haven't seen a match for it yet. Thanks to nekkidhillbilly, reaffirmed by Gman8, at GTA Forums for the Chevro- let Corvair tip. A 1965 Chevrolet Corvair, a 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu, and a 1965 Ford Mustang are shown at the links below. http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/chev6503.htm http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/chev6501.htm http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/must6501.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvair http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Chevelle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9689/00gta1tampa19re.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5708/00gta1tampa24yo.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7658/00gta1tampa33fh.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/171/00gta1tampa49jk.jpg Tanker 1980-1989 (range of years?) Mack R or DM 10-wheeler truck http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/apa_tribute.htm http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/james_hurley_construction.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_truck http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6339/00gta1tanker13wb.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9982/00gta1tanker20vk.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8171/00gta1tanker36nt.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1197/00gta1tanker41lx.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9813/00gta1tanker57ma.jpg Taxi It's a 1984-1986 Holden VK Commodore, or some other variety of Holden Commodore, except without a slant to the grill and with a smaller triangular rear side window. It's also similar to a 1990's Chevrolet Caprice,* except that the back of the cab isn't as rounded or slanted, the back of the cab and rear wheel go farther back on the body (like a Holden), and it has a triangular, not rounded rectangular, window behind each rear door window. (The "Vice City" Taxi was a Ford LTD--not Crown Victoria--'83 to, at least, '85.) The 1st time C.J. enters a Taxi or Cab he gets $12 (as Tommy did in "Vice City"). Thanks to the Real Life Car List by Hamish Duncan, aka FORDSUCK, for the 1989 Holden VR Commodore tip. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Commodore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Caprice http://www.users.on.net/~nweber/commodore/vk/index.html http://members.home.nl/godriespijkers/holden23.html http://www.avonhill.com/thumbnails/taxi/1992_Chev_NYC_taxi.jpeg http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5573/00gtasacjandtaxi1tc.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4316/00gta1taxi05bm.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9901/00gta1taxi18ns.jpg http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/310/00gta1taxi29rd.jpg Tornado 1958 Chevrolet Impala Thanks again to FORDSUCK for noticing the grill, with a couple of projections, is like the one on a '57 Chevy Bel Air. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Impala http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/chev5801.htm http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/chev5715.htm http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8436/00gta1tornado02is.jpg http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8446/00gta1tornado11el.jpg http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9721/00gta1tornado27vi.jpg http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1631/00gta1tornado31jh.jpg Towtruck 1982-1986 Ford F550 (F450?) tow truck, aka a wrecker, without the horizontal bars on the grill The F550 has a thicker engine area than the hand- ful with lower numbers in the F series, so the back of the engine hood and bot- tom of the windshield is higher, so they're higher than the bottoms of the side windows. At the third link below, the Holmes unit on the back of the F350 looks similar except for the back of the top of it. (For the "holmes wrecker" that wants to wreck it with a truck, I guess.) It has bumpers that began appearing in the later 1980's. I had a hard time finding an F550 for the time period, let alone one that's a wrecker, on the Internet, so you'll have to imagine it pieced together from what I could find. The 1st three links below show a 1985 (F550?) truck, then a 1999 F550 (too re- cent, styled differently, but you can see it's moosier), then a 1988 Ford F450 wrecker (too recent, so the style is a bit wrong; it looks like it has a Holmes wrecker), then a (year?) Ford F350 with a Holmes wrecker. http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/6629/00gta1towtruck1985fordxlt4x46c.jpg http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/912/00gta1towtruck1999fordf5509vn.jpg http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/6460/00gta1towtruck1988fordf450wrec.jpg http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/339/00gta1towtruckfordf350holmes5e.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_F_Series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tow_truck http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/5674/00gta1towtruck17jt.jpg http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8387/00gta1towtruck29sn.jpg http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/6613/00gta1towtruck30qh.jpg http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/881/00gta1towtruck42dx.jpg Tractor 1965-1971 (?) Ford 2000, 3000, 4000, or 5000 (?) tractor This Ford tractor was part of a product line that extend by 1000's from 2000 to 9000 and ran from 1965-1975 (see the history of it at the 3rd link below). In the range of it I 1st listed, some matched the headlights (built into the front instead of on either side of it), the body over the front sides of the motor, and fenders, but I didn't find all of that with as slim a body covering along the top of the sides. A couple of Ford 2000's, the 1st from 1970 and the 2nd from an unidentified year, are shown at the 1st two links below. http://img307.imageshack.us/img307/4556/00gta1tractor1970ford20007uy.jpg http://img307.imageshack.us/img307/8504/00gta1tractorford2000too6to.jpg http://www.ssbtractor.com/features/Ford_tractors.html http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/1977/00gta1tractor1a0qq.jpg http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/4486/00gta1tractor2a5xo.jpg http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/259/00gta1tractor3a2sh.jpg http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/7173/00gta1tractor4a0xy.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4127/00gta1tractor5a3fm.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6249/00gta1tractor6a4yk.jpg Trashmaster 1992 Ford F800 ten-wheeler used as a rear loader garbage truck It's the same truck as the Yankee, and both are the same as the same-name trucks in "Vice City." For more about this model, a 9th generation (1992-1996) F series truck, appearing in the time period of that game, 1986, see "Yankee." A 1995 Ford F800 and a 1992 International DT360, just shown to show the big trash box on the back, are shown at the 1st two links below. A 1997 Ford F800-- 10th generation, but it looks the same to me--with a similar trash box is shown at the 3rd link. http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/2889/00gta1trashmasterfordf8009hy.jpg http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6209/00gta1trashmaster1992internati.jpg http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6206/00gta1trashmaster1997fordf8001.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_F-Series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_truck http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/5567/00gta1trashmaster15xw.jpg http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/8384/00gta1trashmaster25sk.jpg http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/3870/00gta1trashmaster39rq.jpg http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/1451/00gta1trashmaster49qh.jpg http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/4113/00gta1trashmaster56ti.jpg http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/3104/00gta1trashmaster67wm.jpg http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/7016/00gta1trashmaster77do.jpg Tug Baggage tractor. As with the Baggage, there are a lot of similar-looking models but I couldn't find an exact match. The one shown at the web address given below, a Harlan Baggage Tow Tractor Model HTAG-30/40, basicly looks like a Tug. Although the Tug has a hitch on the back as a Baggage vehicle does, I've yet to find anything that can be hitched to it. http://www.victorygse.com/equipment/baggage/baggage2.php4 http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/9895/00gta1tug12ea.jpg http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/9808/00gta1tug28mc.jpg http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/8519/00gta1tug34sf.jpg http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/8460/00gta1tug44jm.jpg http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/9779/00gta1tug50yu.jpg http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/31/00gta1tug61tj.jpg Turismo 1987-1988 Ferrari F40** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_F40 http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/4525/00gta1turismo00pn.jpg http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/262/00gta1turismo11hn.jpg http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/4328/00gta1turismo2a1ps.jpg http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/5058/00gta1turismo3a7dx.jpg http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/434/00gta1turismo47mi.jpg http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6397/00gta1turismo5a2id.jpg http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/813/00gta1turismo6a3st.jpg http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1605/00gta1turismo7a5we.jpg Uranus 1990-1994 Mitsubishi Eclipse, Eagle Talon, and Plymouth Laser* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Eclipse http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/3245/00gta1uranus10jv.jpg http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/7300/00gta1uranus27px.jpg http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/3992/00gta1uranus38mw.jpg Utility Van mid--1970's to 1992 Chevrolet (C20?*) Utility truck with a Ford F-series front A (year?) Chevrolet Utility truck and a 1989 Ford F250 utility truck are shown at the 1st two links below. http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/241/00gta1utilitytrucktoorecentche.jpg http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3576/00gta1utility1989fordf2500ar.jpg http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/9065/00gta1utilityvan10fn.jpg http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/7540/00gta1utilityvan24ts.jpg http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/8789/00gta1utilityvan32gb.jpg A Utility Van can also be hitched to a little "STREET CLEAN" trailer, but I'm not sure if it's in the unmodified game. So far I've only seen it by using the GTA SA Control Center (X.13.c) which calls it a "Utility Trailer." http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4808/00gta1utilityvan8a5qc.jpg Vincent an early-mid 1980's (enlongated) Audi 100/200/5000 (without a strip to divide off the little rear side windows and a squared off cab) with BMW 5 Series (round) headlights Thanks to NSX of the GTA Forums site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_5000 http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9484/00gta1vincent17zu.jpg http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/8783/00gta1vincent21me.jpg http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/474/00gta1vincent36rv.jpg Virgo 1977-1979 Mercury Cougar XR7 with the vertical brake lights of a 1977- 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V. It's like the "Vice City" Virgo except it doesn't have the horizontal brake lights of the Lincoln. Thanks to Grand Theft Grampa at GTA Forums for the Mercury Cougar XR7 tip. A 1978 Mercury Cougar XR7 and a 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V are shown at the links below. http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/00G9B571206962D.jpeg/0/ http://www.motorcities.com/photo/view/00G9B571206962A.jpeg/0/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Cougar http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5522/00gta1virgo1977lincolncontmark.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Continental_Mark_V http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6391/00gta1virgo1a3wy.jpg http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9554/00gta1virgo2a9oq.jpg http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3417/00gta1virgo3a3eg.jpg Voodoo 1960 Chevrolet Bel Air coupe low-rider The 1960 Chevrolet Biscayne Fleetmaster, Biscayne, and Bel Air models had two brake lights per side--the Im- pala had three per side. The Biscayne Fleetmaster was the least expensive, with some parts painted instead of being chrome-plated. The regular Biscayne had less "brightwork," as the Wikipedia site describes it, than the Bel Air. Some of the small number of Biscaynes and Bel Airs I found with the Google search engine have been fixed up and painted, and I can't be sure which, if any, of the Biscaynes I saw are Biscayne Fleetmasters. The Voodoo has a chrome plate across the back that the brake lights are set in. The Bel Air had that chrome plate or a chrome ring around the same area. Unless all the Biscaynes I saw were Fleetmasters, it looks like the Biscayne didn't have the chrome plate or ring. The Voodoo doesn't have chrome-plating on the edges of the tail fins. All the Biscaynes I found had that chrome plating on them, so the lack of it could be a detail of a Biscayne Fleetmaster or just a detail that was left off. The chrome stripe on each side of the Voodoo looks wider than the one on the Bel Air and I didn't see one on a Biscayne, so it either suggests the Bel Air or a customization. The "Vice City" Voodoo is similar. http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5902/00gta1voodoo60chevbelair1ng2.jpg http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/3555/00gta1voodoo60chevbelair2kl0.jpg http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/3851/00gta1voodoo60chevbelair3wc7.jpg http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/1584/00gta1voodoo60chevbelair4fa9.jpg http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/3403/00gta1voodoo60chevbelair5it5.jpg http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/5531/00gta1voodoo60chevbelair6aj2.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Bel_Air http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Biscayne Thanks to reader Timo Hakala for writing to me that Rockstar designed it so you can blow it up by shooting the license plate in the back because the gas cap is behind the license plate on an Impala. (So I guess it's the same for a Bis- cayne or Bel Air.) http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/7205/00gta1voodoo10np.jpg http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/640/00gta1voodoo24in.jpg http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/1289/00gta1voodoo37dd.jpg http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/9443/00gta1voodoo47oj.jpg http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/553/00gta1voodoo52hk.jpg Walton See the section above on Hybrids. Washington 1984(?)-1987 Lincoln Continental The body looks like a model from the latter part of the 1982-1987 generation--more rounded. It doesn't have the round raised section, where the spare tire goes, on the trunk. The outside edges of the parking lights have been made vertical and the top of the grill is a bit lower. In addition to the vertical brake lights, it has the horizontal brake lights of a Lincoln Town Car except the middle section is repaced by a license plate. (The "Vice City" Washington and FBI Washington have a body and grill more like a Lincoln Continental from the 1982-1983 part of the time range.) A 1986 Lincoln Continental is shown at the 1st three links below, and a 1987 Lincoln Town Car is at the fourth link. http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/8886/00gta1washington1986lincolncon.jpg http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/9574/00gta1washington1986lincolncon1.jpg http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/3585/00gta1washington1986lincolncon2.jpg http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/8213/00gta1washington1987lincolntow.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Continental http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Town_Car http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/5758/00gta1washington16fd.jpg http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/6592/00gta1washington27uu.jpg http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/9858/00gta1washington38hp.jpg Wayfarer 1988-1992 Honda Goldwing GL1500 suits the time period, but the back end, seen in profile, looks more like a 2001-2004 model. http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3704/00gta1hondagoldwinggl150019892.jpg http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5406/00gta1hondagoldwing19903qz.jpg http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1073/00gta1hondagoldwing1990too7nr.jpg http://www.gwtatexasb.com/wing_history.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Goldwing http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/8448/00gta1wayfarer16aj.jpg http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/6564/00gta1wayfarer23pk.jpg http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/1662/00gta1wayfarer33xy.jpg http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/5036/00gta1wayfarer44qv.jpg http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/9353/00gta1wayfarer58ia.jpg Willard 1988-1989 Dodge Dynasty* or Chrysler New Yorker. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/294951 http://www.allpar.com/model/dynasty.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Dynasty http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6636/00gta1willard17rm.jpg http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/3987/00gta1willard27eh.jpg http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/3971/00gta1willard35je.jpg Windsor 1966 Alfa Duetto (later models, a bit different, are called Alfa Romeo Spider) It was made popular as the car Dustin Hoffman's character, Ben- jamin Braddock, drove in the movie "The Graduate," 1967. Thanks to a post at the Gamefaqs message boards by sonofkorol who nailed this one. http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7976/00gta1windsoralfaromeoduettoto.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_Spider http://www.autozine.org/Classiccar/html/Alfa/Duetto.html http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/3039/00gta1windsor10fl.jpg http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6753/00gta1windsor28au.jpg http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/5172/00gta1windsor30tt.jpg http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/2231/00gta1windsor42fy.jpg This is the glitch that happens if C.J. lets the lady in the screenshots for the Launch, Reefer, Maverick, and S.W.A.T. van drive: http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5409/00gta1windsortitglitch1df.jpg Yankee 1992 Ford F800 used as a box truck It's the same truck as the one used as a Trashmaster. The earliest matching picture I found was from 1994, so it's probably from the F series 9th generation (1992-1996) described in the Wikipedia article below. If so, since it appeared in "Vice City" in a 1986 setting,