Is GTA 5 based on Los Angeles?

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GTA V's Los Santos, which previously appeared in San Andreas, is based on the real city of Los Angeles, California. Countless landmarks have been replicated in-game to give the city a more authentic look, including one that won't be around in the real world for long.
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Is GTA 5 modeled after Los Angeles?

Grand Theft Auto is set in the fictional city of Los Santos, which is based on Los Angeles. L.A.-based GTA fan Dave Michalczul of GTAist spent a few days around his city comparing real life Los Angeles locations with those featured in GTA V.
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Is Los Santos inspired by Los Angeles?

The City of Los Santos, commonly known as Los Santos, is a city located in the State of San Andreas, and it is the first city encountered in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. It is based on Los Angeles, California. Los Santos translates to 'The Saints', a play on Los Angeles, meaning 'The Angels'.
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What part of LA is in GTA 5?

There are several areas in Los Santos, the major ones are Blaine County, Downtown, Little Seoul, South Los Santos, Vespucci Beach and Rockford Hills. Practically all are based on real-life neighborhoods surrounding L.A. like downtown Los Angeles, Koreatown, South Central, Venice Beach and Beverly Hills.
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What real city is GTA 5 based on?

Rockstar Games takes a somewhat different approach with its GTA series though, instead opting to create a fictional city that is based on and inspired by one from the real world. In the case of GTA V, that city is none other than Los Angeles.
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Where is GTA 6 based?

If the information is to be believed, the game will be set in Florida, and have a map bigger than GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 combined, covering three cities including Vice City. Players will apparently be able to control four different protagonists, expanding on GTA 5's three main characters.
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Is Los Santos based on Miami?

While San Andreas is somewhat based on Southern California, GTA 5 predominantly features the urban sprawl of Los Santos, based on Los Angeles.
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Is Los Angeles and Los Santos same?

Los Santos is based on Los Angeles, California and its greater metropolitan area. Los Santos is Spanish for "The Saints", a play on "The Angels", which is the translation of Los Angeles.
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Is Los Santos California real?

Los Santos is not a real city; it is the Los Angeles of cop dramas and heist flicks and music videos, a love letter to the synthetic Los Angeles of the imagination. It overlaps with the real place only in ways that are occasional, incidental, and unplanned.
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Does California exist in GTA?

It is one of the three settings in Grand Theft Auto. The state from the 3D Universe is inspired by the real-life states of California and Nevada, comprised of fictional cities based on real cities in those states, these are: Los Santos (Los Angeles), San Fierro (San Francisco) and Las Venturas (Las Vegas).
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Is San Andreas Los Angeles?

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas takes place in 1992 within the fictional US state of San Andreas – based upon sections of California and Nevada as seen in the early 1990s – which consists of three main cities: Los Santos (based on Los Angeles), San Fierro (based on San Francisco), and Las Venturas (based on Las Vegas).
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Where is Compton in GTA 5?

Influence. The name is a play on real life city Compton, California, located within Los Angeles County.
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What city is Liberty City based on?

Liberty City, based on New York City, is one of the three original cities introduced in Grand Theft Auto. It is the first setting available to the player.
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Is Hollywood in Los Santos?

It runs through Downtown Vinewood in the city of Los Santos. It is based on the real-life Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset Strip in Hollywood, Los Angeles, which Vinewood is based on.
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Are San Andreas and GTA 5 connected?

It's a GTA multiverse in which characters and events don't crossover. For instance, there's no mention of CJ or the rest of the Grove Street Gang in GTA 5 because those characters don't exist in the HD universe. However, the games within the same universe are connected.
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What city is GTA 3 based on?

As a result, they redesigned Liberty City, which had been previously featured in the first Grand Theft Auto (1997), basing it loosely on New York City.
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Is Liberty City a real place?

Liberty City is a real place, located in Miami, Florida. Miami also being the same city that Vice City is based on. Liberty City's name may have been inspired by the Statue of Liberty. Liberty City is the location that appears the most times in the series, having appeared in nine games.
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Where does Franklin live GTA 5?

3671 Whispymound Drive is a safehouse in Grand Theft Auto V, given to Franklin Clinton upon completion of The Hotel Assassination by Lester, located on Whispymound Drive in Vinewood Hills.
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Where is GTA 5 Beach based?

Vespucci Beach is one of the many Locations in Grand Theft Auto V. Vespucci Beach is a neighborhood in Los Santos that is modeled after a combination of Venice Beach and Santa Monica.
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What city is sandy shores based on?

Judging by its name and layout, Sandy Shores is based on the town of Desert Shores and Bombay Beach, both in California. Sandy Shores also shares some inspiration from Niland and Joshua Tree, two other towns in California (which are referenced on the city's street names).
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What city is GTA Vice City based on?

Vice City is based on Miami. Originally called Grand Theft Auto Miami and a direct sequel (instead of a prequel) to Grand Theft Auto III (2001).
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Is NYC or LA better?

There is a higher crime rate in LA than in NYC. According to the 2021 reports, violent crimes, including murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, LA scored 29.1, and NYC has 28.2. And, for property crimes, including burglary, theft, and arson, LA stood at 35.1 and NYC at 24.9.
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What state is Liberty City in GTA?

State of Liberty (also known as Liberty State or "Liberty City State" on license plates) (Nickname: The State of Happiness) is an American state in all three different universes of the Grand Theft Auto series. It is the in-game counterpart for the real State of New York.
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Does Miami exist in GTA?

Miami is a city mentioned in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Real-world Miami is used as a basis for Vice City in all three universes.
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What is Blaine County based on?

Description. Blaine County has been described as "Barren, rundown desert region" that is based off of the destitute area around the Salton Sea (the Alamo Sea is the Rockstar Games rendition of the Salton Sea).
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