What beach was Los Santos based on?

Vespucci Beach is a neighborhood in Los Santos that is modeled after a combination of Venice Beach and Santa Monica.

Where is Paleto Bay in real life?

A personification of small-town rural America, Paleto Bay is nestled in the San Andreas countryside and is loosely based on Fillmore, a town in California's Ventura County.

Where is Los Santos based on?

Los Santos is a fictional city in the GTA universe, loosely based on Los Angeles and other California Coast cities. It is the setting for games like GTA SA and GTA V, and has many different sections, based on real life places.

What city is Sandy Shores based on?

Sandy Shores is based on the towns around the Salton Sea in California, such as Desert Shores and Bombay Beach. 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).

What is Del Perro Pier based on?

The Del Perro Pier is closely modeled on the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles, California. If gamers have never visited the pier, they will recognize it because of its likelihood to the Yacht Harbor in GTA San Andreas.

Grand Theft Auto vs. Real Life

What is Blaine County based on?

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

What is Liberty City based on?

Liberty City, based on New York City, is one of the three original cities introduced in Grand Theft Auto.

What is Mount Chiliad based on?

Chiliad Mountain State Wilderness

Its real-life equivalent is the San Gorgonio Wilderness in the San Bernardino Mountains. It's a rugged and inaccessible landscape, with dirt tracks and gravel roads being the closest thing it has to roads.

What is Fort Zancudo based on?

Fort Zancudo closely resembles the real-life Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, California. Lago Zancudo's marshy environment suggests that Fort Zancudo is also based on that of real-life Naval Base Ventura County, Mugu Lagoon.

What is Grapeseed in GTA based on?

Grapeseed is a scaled down version of Bakersfield, California. However, it does take some influences from other areas such as Lamont and Grapevine.

What is the GTA beach in real life?

Vespucci Beach, found on the west coast of the city of Los Santos is a spot where hipsters and the general public frequent. It overlooks the Pacific Ocean, and it's loosely based off of Venice Beach.

What is Maze Bank in real life?

Maze Bank Tower is based on the U.S. Bank Tower in Los Angeles in real life, which was the tallest building in Los Angeles until 2016, and is still the city's tallest building if buildings' heights are measured to roof, and it is the 100th tallest building in the world as of 2018.

Where is the richest place in GTA 5?

1 Rockford Hills ($1,900,500)

The most expensive place to live in all of Los Santos by real-world costs is Rockford Hills. Divided into two sections the northern half is where the rich live and the southern end is where they go to spend their money in shops and be seen by tourists.

Is Cayo Perico a real place?

Looking at the larger SoCal area on Google Maps (Los Santos being Rockstar's version of L.A.), Cayo Perico appears to be a highly fictionalized version of either Santa Catalina Island or San Clemente Island.

What cities are in GTA 5 in real life?

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.

Where is Merryweather located in GTA 5?

The Los Santos Naval Port, also named the Naval Warehouse, Pier 45 and known as the Merryweather HQ, is a Military facility located on Elysian Island in the Port of Los Santos in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online.

Can you steal a tank in GTA 5?

The tanks can sometimes disappear, and you have to start all over again. There won't always be tanks patrolling the base, so sometimes, you will need to shoot at either the soldiers or the trucks to get the alarm sounding. Once you steal the tank, know where to go, as you will earn 4 or 5 stars almost immediately.

Where is the Air Force base in GTA?

There's only one military base in Grand Theft Auto 5: Fort Zancudo. The military base in GTA 5 is hidden on the outskirts of Blaine County, San Andreas, and there's good reason to pay it a visit. Head to Fort Zancudo and you can recquisition a P-996 Lazer fighter jet, a Rhino tank, or other military goodies.

What is the Zion based on in GTA?

The Ubermacht Zion is a car available in Grand Theft Auto 5, based on the BMW M6. It is a luxury coupe, found in the wealthy Rockford Hills area. It can also be purchased online for a cool $50,000.

What is Paleto forest based on?

The area appears to be largely based on the San Bernardino National Forest with the nearby mountain tramway being based on the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway on the opposite side of San Gorgonio Mountain.

What is the Tampa based on GTA?

Parts of the exterior of Tampa is based on the 1964-1973 Ford Mustang, while the front of the Tampa resembles a 1970-1972 Dodge Dart Demon; the roof and sides of the car are reminiscent of the 68-72 Chevrolet Nova (but with less of a fastback profile); the rear is reminiscent of a 1968 Dodge Charger.

Which city is Vice City based on?

Vice City is based on Miami. This Grand Theft Auto game does not use a number after the title, as it is considered a "spin-off" from Grand Theft Auto III (2001), that is, a derivative game that is not part of the main saga, but is still official.

What city is Grand Theft Auto 3 based on?

Set within the fictional Liberty City (loosely based on New York City), the story follows Claude, a silent protagonist who, after being betrayed and left for dead by his girlfriend during a robbery, embarks on a quest for revenge that leads him to become entangled in a world of crime, drugs, gang warfare, and ...

What are the GTA 3 Islands based on?

Staunton Island was modeled after Manhattan, however Shoreside Vale and Portland were modeled after Philadelphia and Detroit, respectively. GTA III included three boroughs for players to run around in: Portland Island, Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale.