Cool Things You Didn't Know About GTA IV

[billiejoearmstrong8]

7 hours ago, Ronald Reagan said:

Yeah, they are all active. Sometimes there can be a lot of vehicles waiting in line. Nice.

 

 

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Nice to block them in with your car and then throw an object at a gas pump to blow them all up with no wanted level!

[Max.pain]

Got a message from taylor, she sent a naked picture and said “How’s mommy? Come see her in the flesh. T xx”

 

edit: weird, two hours later

”where were you? I kept my boyf out the house forever thinking you were coming. Thanks a lot. T”

 

means there was really something up, but really, nothing appeared on the map, i didn’t know about her place either.

 

edit: 

i wanna tell something i noticed.

if i’m correct, faustin doesn’t tell niko what he’ll be blowing up with that truck, however if niko doesn’t leave the place very soon like he should, one of the guys around there will say something like “this is definetly not accident mr petrovic” and also a few more things like that, untill that time i didn’t know that bomb was there to blow up one of petrovic’s businesses.

Edited December 24, 2019 by Max.pain

[iiCriminnaaL]

I've just started a new game, and when I stole a parked car, this was the first time in which I paid attention to the notification that showed on screen:

 

"To hotwire a vehicle faster repeatedly press W or S."

 

I can't believe I haven't noticed that not even once before! That's really useful for making a run from shootouts or cop chases.

[Max.pain]

a few days ago i realised you can receive messages in cutscenes. i started badman’s side mission and while him and niko were talking in the cutscene i heard niko’s message tune, tought it came from an npc’s cellphone but when the cutscene ended and i opened his phone, there was a new message from brucie.

Edited December 27, 2019 by Max.pain
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[iiCriminnaaL]

I don't really remember if I knew this before and just forgot about it, or it's simply the first time I notice it, but hostile NPCs chase you in vehicles when you try to run away with one.

[billiejoearmstrong8]

If you're driving with a dead passenger in your car eventually the body will slump out the door and fall into the street as you drive. Noticed while attempting to arrive on a date with a dead passenger to see it if it bothered them lol (it doesn't). 

Edited January 3, 2020 by billiejoearmstrong8

[iiCriminnaaL]

1 hour ago, billiejoearmstrong8 said:

If you're driving with a dead passenger in your car eventually the body will slump out the door and fall into the street as you drive. Noticed while attempting to arrive on a date with a dead passenger to see it if it bothered them lol (it doesn't). 

And the animation is actually funny. It feels like the corpse went kinda "walking dead" the way it falls out of the car .

[billiejoearmstrong8]

10 hours ago, iiCriminnaaL 49 said:

And the animation is actually funny. It feels like the corpse went kinda "walking dead" the way it falls out of the car .

Yeah IV's realistic physics make it funny. It usually happens when turning a corner and it legit seems like the dead weight of a corpse slumping against the door and falling out

 

Another thing I noticed with people being killed in cars is how fast the car drives forwards when that thing where the driver is killed and their foot falls on the gas pedal happens lol, it's unstoppable mowing down peds/street lights/signs etc until crashing hard. In V almost every time someone is killed in a car their head falls on the horn and very often they drive forwards, it happens so often (and even more since in V barely touching a ped's car causes their instant death) that it's just dumb and annoying and I don't think it moves as fast or for as long. But in IV it's much rarer and more aggressive so it's like holy sh*t. More than once I've been killed when I've stood in front of a car and shotgunned the driver only for them to get revenge after death by running me over, and because it rarely happens it's a surprise.

Edited January 3, 2020 by billiejoearmstrong8

[HisNameIsMilad]

 

Yeah IV's realistic physics make it funny. It usually happens when turning a corner and it legit seems like the dead weight of a corpse slumping against the door and falling out

 

Another thing I noticed with people being killed in cars is how fast the car drives forwards when that thing where the driver is killed and their foot falls on the gas pedal happens lol, it's unstoppable mowing down peds/street lights/signs etc until crashing hard. In V almost every time someone is killed in a car their head falls on the horn and very often they drive forwards, it happens so often (and even more since in V barely touching a ped's car causes their instant death) that it's just dumb and annoying and I don't think it moves as fast or for as long, but in IV it's much rarer and more aggressive so it's like holy sh*t. More than once I've been killed when I've stood in front of a car and shotgunned the driver only from them to get revenge after death by running me over, because it rarely happens it's a surprise.

lol 

[billiejoearmstrong8]

Realised there's four different prostitute voices and not just two. Usually there's the chubby black ones with kind of a strong black accent and the white ones with a very harsh accent. But there's a second voice for each type too, a sweet sounding one for the black ones and a less harsh one for the white ones, with different dialogue. I think you get the alternative ones more often if you keep repeatedly picking up prostitutes at one time. 

Edited January 3, 2020 by billiejoearmstrong8

[Max.pain]

you know johnny may go crazy in gang wars sometimes. in one of them he was yelling loudly while moving his left arm and he fired his micro smg with only his right arm like cj does.

[santosvagos]

Maybe the AOD MC started is San Fierro . During the gang wars with AOD , Johnny said ' get back to SF' .

[iiCriminnaaL]

4 minutes ago, santosvagos said:

Maybe the AOD MC started is San Fierro . During the gang wars with AOD , Johnny said ' get back to SF' .

It's actually confirmed that they started in San Fierro. You can even find more info about them in their website in-game, or GTA Fandom.

 

Also, similarly, sometimes certain Angels of Death bikers tell Johnny that he "Better run back to Los Santos..." when he bumps into them, which makes me wonder if The Lost MC actually originated in Los Santos, and not Alderney/Liberty City.

Edited January 5, 2020 by iiCriminnaaL 49

[santosvagos]

In Broker , garbage truck and some truck drivers are equipped with AK . I just knew this while having a gun fight with the Russians in Broker and these drivers even fight against with the Russians in Broker . It left me wondering if these truck drivers are  the members of Petrovic criminal group and currently on war with Dimitri 's group .

[Jeansowaty]

On 1/3/2020 at 8:41 PM, billiejoearmstrong8 said:

Realised there's four different prostitute voices and not just two. Usually there's the chubby black ones with kind of a strong black accent and the white ones with a very harsh accent. But there's a second voice for each type too, a sweet sounding one for the black ones and a less harsh one for the white ones, with different dialogue. I think you get the alternative ones more often if you keep repeatedly picking up prostitutes at one time. 

Bump into them before picking them up and they will be using the other dialogues  

[iiCriminnaaL]

Niko isn't the only one that's capable to perform a head knockout with a baseball bat. I just got knocked out by a Hustler in North Holland.

[DOUGL4S1]

On 1/6/2020 at 6:59 AM, santosvagos said:

In Broker , garbage truck and some truck drivers are equipped with AK . I just knew this while having a gun fight with the Russians in Broker and these drivers even fight against with the Russians in Broker . It left me wondering if these truck drivers are  the members of Petrovic criminal group and currently on war with Dimitri 's group .

Reminds me of that Ray Boccino mission where you need to get the diamonds in a garbage truck to not draw attention. Maybe other families and gangs use this tactic as well?

[billiejoearmstrong8]

Finally managed to see some cops on rooftops yesterday. I was on the crane in the west of The Triangle with a 5 star wanted level (fun and safe place for a shootout, also you can jump off the end on to a building and make your way all the way down to the street using a fire escape if you like that kind of thing) and there were two cops that appeared on buildings slightly higher than the crane shooting at me. Just regular guns though, still haven't seen snipers. I was getting sniped at but I still couldn't work out where it was from, seemed more like it was from the street. But yes lone cops do definitely spawn on rooftops at high wanted levels.

Edited January 8, 2020 by billiejoearmstrong8

[iiCriminnaaL]

On 1/6/2020 at 12:59 PM, santosvagos said:

In Broker , garbage truck and some truck drivers are equipped with AK . I just knew this while having a gun fight with the Russians in Broker and these drivers even fight against with the Russians in Broker . It left me wondering if these truck drivers are  the members of Petrovic criminal group and currently on war with Dimitri 's group .

I've just seen a Steed truck being driven by a Russian mobster as well.

 

Russians can fight between each others when there's a shootout, and that's because the Russian Mafia is actually split into two gang groups in the files: Russian Mob (GANG_RUSSIAN) and Russian Gang (GANG_RUSSIAN_2).

Technically, they mostly work as if they're two separate gangs (to be mentioned, both will be friendly towards Niko as long as he's working for Faustin/Rascalov), but storywise, both are pretty much in the same crime organization. Both gangs represent the Russian Mafia, as well as both represent both crime organizations: The Petrovics and the Faustins/Rascalovs. So yeah, both gang groups belong to both of the mentioned Russian crime families (which means that: it's not that one group belongs to one specific crime family and the other one belongs to the other family, and it was even proved in certain storyline missions). The reason they were separated in the game files is to make it a little more diverse and in-depth; the Russian "Mob" members drive richer cars, and carry more powerful weapons than the Russian "Gang", who, while still a part of the Russian Mafia after all, appear to be more of street level gangsters than typical mobsters.

Edited January 8, 2020 by iiCriminnaaL 49

[santosvagos]

On 1/9/2020 at 4:43 AM, iiCriminnaaL 49 said:

I've just seen a Steed truck being driven by a Russian mobster as well.

 

Russians can fight between each others when there's a shootout, and that's because the Russian Mafia is actually split into two gang groups in the files: Russian Mob (GANG_RUSSIAN) and Russian Gang (GANG_RUSSIAN_2).

Technically, they mostly work as if they're two separate gangs (to be mentioned, both will be friendly towards Niko as long as he's working for Faustin/Rascalov), but storywise, both are pretty much in the same crime organization. Both gangs represent the Russian Mafia, as well as both represent both crime organizations: The Petrovics and the Faustins/Rascalovs. So yeah, both gang groups belong to both of the mentioned Russian crime families (which means that: it's not that one group belongs to one specific crime family and the other one belongs to the other family, and it was even proved in certain storyline missions). The reason they were separated in the game files is to make it a little more diverse and in-depth; the Russian "Mob" members drive richer cars, and carry more powerful weapons than the Russian "Gang", who, while still a part of the Russian Mafia after all, appear to be more of street level gangsters than typical mobsters.

That's a cool finding !!! Maybe , i should dig more into the game files .

[Pedinhuh]

On 1/5/2020 at 4:17 AM, iiCriminnaaL 49 said:

Also, similarly, sometimes certain Angels of Death bikers tell Johnny that he "Better run back to Los Santos..." when he bumps into them, which makes me wonder if The Lost MC actually originated in Los Santos, and not Alderney/Liberty City.

Its probably a reference to the patch in Johnny's jacket that says he rode to Los Santos.

 

Canon wise, Liberty City and Los Santos are not surrounded by water and its possible to travel to both places by land.

[Max.pain]

idk what it was about but...

 

i completed one of ray’s missions then was running away from the cops because in this mission they were still onto niko even tho mission actually ended. i was passing by some pedestrians pretty fast, running away from the cops. then the game said “you can’t interact with pedestrians when you have a wanted level” for some reason, pretty weird.

[iiCriminnaaL]

46 minutes ago, Max.pain said:

idk what it was about but...

 

i completed one of ray’s missions then was running away from the cops because in this mission they were still onto niko even tho mission actually ended. i was passing by some pedestrians pretty fast, running away from the cops. then the game said “you can’t interact with pedestrians when you have a wanted level” for some reason, pretty weird.

That most likely refers to interacting with bums and performers by giving them money.

[Max.pain]

i saw bill talking about trevor passing out after a lot of shots and something that happened a few weeks ago came to my mind. this happens to luis too if he joins another drinking challenge right after one. he wakes up somewhere in the city, such a trevor moment lol

[billiejoearmstrong8]

3 hours ago, Max.pain said:

i saw bill talking about trevor passing out after a lot of shots and something that happened a few weeks ago came to my mind. this happens to luis too if he joins another drinking challenge right after one. he wakes up somewhere in the city, such a trevor moment lol

I love it haha. The best is when Luis wakes up inside the Statue of Happiness, at the top of the ladder next to the heart. I think it would be really awesome if that happened and you'd never been in there before, you'd have no clue what was going on. 

Edited January 17, 2020 by billiejoearmstrong8

[Jeansowaty]

On 1/17/2020 at 12:08 PM, Max.pain said:

idk what it was about but...

 

i completed one of ray’s missions then was running away from the cops because in this mission they were still onto niko even tho mission actually ended. i was passing by some pedestrians pretty fast, running away from the cops. then the game said “you can’t interact with pedestrians when you have a wanted level” for some reason, pretty weird.

 

On 1/17/2020 at 12:55 PM, iiCriminnaaL 49 said:

That most likely refers to interacting with bums and performers by giving them money.

This refers to a Random Encounter. Probably you were nearby one and as a result of the wanted level you couldn't take up the mission.

[billiejoearmstrong8]

I've had it happen with the giving money to homeless people/sax guy thing before.

[Nappy]

clay’s voice actor also voices NPCs

[B Dawg]

12 hours ago, Payne said:

clay’s voice actor also voices NPCs

 

[Nappy]

i was playing drug wars and this random guy took cover at the left side of their regular car while luis was getting in it in the short cutscene, the guy then ragdolled out of the cover when i hit the gas.

 

weird, why did he do that? was he hiding from someone lol?