Is GTA based on a true story?

Ultimately, GTA San Andreas is not based on a true story. Some true events inspire it, but it would be disingenuous to say it's a true story. Rockstar twists some real-life events to make the game more interesting and keep its overall storyline cohesive.
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What is GTA 5 story based on?

Set within the fictional state of San Andreas, based on Southern California, the single-player story follows three protagonists—retired bank robber Michael De Santa, street gangster Franklin Clinton, and drug dealer and gunrunner Trevor Philips—and their attempts to commit heists while under pressure from a corrupt ...
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Is GTA San Andreas a real story?

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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Is everyone in GTA real?

Real life people have featured as themselves in several Grand Theft Auto games, in both the 3D Universe and HD Universe. Most can be only be heard in voice overs or are mentioned but a few can be seen as actual characters.
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Is Trevor Philips based on a real person?

Trevor Philips is a fictional character and one of the three playable protagonists, alongside Michael De Santa and Franklin Clinton, of Grand Theft Auto V, the seventh main title in the Grand Theft Auto series developed by Rockstar Games.
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GTA 5: Michael, Franklin, and Trevor in the Flesh



Is CJ based on a real person?

Carl "CJ" Johnson is a fictional character and the playable protagonist of the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the fifth main installment in Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto series. He is voiced by Young Maylay, who also served as the likeness for the character.
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What city is GTA 6 based on?

Liberty City is a stand-in for New York, Vice City is Rockstar's version of Miami and San Andreas is all of California with Los Santos being LA. Now, it seems like Chicago is going to be added to the mix. According to insider Matheusbr9895, he's “80% confident” that GTA 6 will see some new locations.
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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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What city is GTA 4 based on?

Setting. Grand Theft Auto IV takes place in 2008, within a redesigned version of Liberty City. The design of the city focuses on a recreation of four of the boroughs of New York City: Broker (based on Brooklyn), Dukes (Queens), Bohan (The Bronx), and Algonquin (Manhattan).
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Why is Trevor mad at Michael?

It turns out that's not the case. Trevor is a man who values loyalty. When he realizes that Michael is still alive, he feels betrayed. Trevor was angry with Michael throughout most of GTA 5, and he had every right to do so.
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How old is Franklin GTA 5?

Franklin Clinton was born in 1988, which would make him 24 or 25 in GTA 5 and 32 or 33 in GTA Online's The Contract.
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Will there be a GTA 6?

Rockstar Games has confirmed that GTA 6 is in "active development" and, according to a Kotaku report, this "new entry in the Grand Theft Auto series" was in early development as of April 2020.
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Which GTA has biggest map?

GTA 5 has the biggest map in the entire Grand Theft Auto franchise. The map has a land area of 48.15 square kilometers and a water area of 27.69 square kilometers, making the total area of the map 75.84 square kilometers.
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What is San Andreas based on?

San Andreas is closely based on real-life California. When compared to its 3D Universe predecessor, San Andreas is much more accurate in terms of geography and size.
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Where is GTA 2 based?

While the first game features contemporary caricatures of New York, San Francisco, and Miami, Grand Theft Auto 2 takes place in the entirely fictional Anywhere City, a retro-futuristic metropolis with a bleak, dystopian atmosphere.
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Does New York exist in GTA?

Liberty City is based on New York City and is one of the three settings of Grand Theft Auto and the main setting of Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto IV. It also makes a minor appearance in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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What city is GTA 2 based on?

The Significance Of GTA 2's Anywhere City

GTA has primarily stuck to three fictional cities – Liberty City, Vice City, and Los Santos/San Andreas, based on New York, Miami, and Los Angeles/California, respectively.
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Is Miami a Vice City?

The game is set in 1986 in fictional Vice City, which is based heavily on the city of Miami.
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Is Carl Johnson still alive?

An Easter egg in GTA IV suggests that Carl, along with the other 3D Universe protagonists, are dead. However, this is simply to commemorate the game being the beginning of a new era and it is not considered canon. Rockstar Games have stated this is "a little joke to our fans".
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Is Grove Street Real?

A fictional street in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V, which is the namesake of the Grove Street Families gang in the former.
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Who is big smoke in real-life?

Melvin Harris, better known by fans as Big Smoke, was a high-ranking member of the Grove Street Families who later abandoned and joined Ballas. Clifton Powell voiced him. It is believed that Big Smoke's character in GTA San Andreas was inspired by Jamal Woolard, an American actor and rapper.
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What is the N in GTA games?

It is primarily developed by British development house Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design), and published by its parent company, Rockstar Games. The name of the series references the term "grand theft auto", used in the United States for motor vehicle theft.
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