Pictures: Real Life Los Santos!

[Aero Dynamo]

I bet many of you guys know that Los Santos is based on a real life city or you can say a parody of Los Angeles. If you have ever been to this place or really stay there you must have noticed much of the places in game can be recognised in real life. Below are some following pictures of the Place. Feel free to make guesses or post your own pictures.

 

Some pictures are taken from google earth and some from the internet. I saw a similar thread actually from a website {don't remember which} and I was so surprised at the detail so I took some inspiration and thought of sharing it with you all! So here you go,

 

Maze Bank:

 

 

 

Area near Eclipse Towers:

 

 

Near Sandy Shores:

 

 

 

 

 

Bridge Near Mount Chillad:

 

 

Shopping Street:

 

 

 

Beverly Hills Shopping Center:

 

 

Vespucci Beach:

 

 

Observatory:

 

 

Vinewood Bowl:

 

 

Beach Gym:

 

 

The Los Santos City:

 

 

The City From the Skies:

 

Edited March 16, 2014 by Aero Dynamo

[E•MO•TION]

The Commute:

 

FIFY

Edited March 16, 2014 by 2281

[Ayes]

Nice thread.

 

Dear diary: the OP was not a fag today.

[Mr. Muramasa]

Nice thread.

 

Dear diary: the OP was not a fag today.

 

Would you stop acting like a dick in whatever thread you click on next.

 

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I actually had to look twice to tell if I was looking at San Andreas or not, honestly...

[GTA-Freak-Vi]

I'll contribute

Real life LA

 

Los santos

[Based God Cali]

Weazel Plaza:

Vinwood Boulevard:

Vinewood Movie Theater:

EDIT: a few more!

Galileo Observatory:

Los Santos River:

Vinewood Sign:

South LS:

Edited March 16, 2014 by jjbinks4

[Ezza.]

[E•MO•TION]

I'll contribute

Metro (NABI 45C-LFW):

 

Los Santos Transit (Brute Bus):

Edited March 16, 2014 by 2281

[RAS_ZeroZ]

The Cathouse... (old motel near the Salton Sea in California)

 

http://prjctns.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/the-case-of-the-salton-sea/

Edited March 16, 2014 by RAS_ZeroZ

[Odyseous2040]

I'll contribute

Real life LA

 

Los santos

 

Just like that

Edited March 16, 2014 by Odyseous2040

[98 in 1]

Screengrab from Pharrell's Happy music video.

 

Los Santos (La Mesa)

 

 

Edited March 16, 2014 by Ermac.

[Vehicles]

Anybody have pictures of Tinsel Tower?

[marco-polo]

I really enjoy these threads, the resemblance is amazing..

[Aero Dynamo]

Anybody have pictures of Tinsel Tower?

 

I guess it does not exist in real life. Did not find any pictures of those.

Edited March 16, 2014 by Aero Dynamo

[Ayes]

 

Nice thread.

 

Dear diary: the OP was not a fag today.

 

Would you stop acting like a dick in whatever thread you click on next.

No.

[Raylion]

So interesting to see these pictures given I'm in the UK and have never been to that part of the world (except in a virtual sense of course)!

 

Would love to see more!

Edited March 16, 2014 by Raylion

[Aero Dynamo]

Edited My Original Post and Added some More Pictures. Feel Free to Contribute!

 

LAX Airport/Los Santos International Airport.

 

 

 

 

You can clearly see the two parking lots as shown in the game. They exist but in Real Life they are not 3/4 floors tall. You can also see the airport and beyond but in real life I can assure you there are no ramps that will let you into the airport runway lol

Edited March 16, 2014 by Aero Dynamo

[Aero Dynamo]

Bump.

[ChivalryIsDead69]

 

See the center of the city WAAAY in the background? That's why I wish Los Santos was bigger. They could have made the entire map outside LS just 5% smaller and made a real city.

[Gallioni]

Good stuff!

[Aero Dynamo]

 

 

See the center of the city WAAAY in the background? That's why I wish Los Santos was bigger. They could have made the entire map outside LS just 5% smaller and made a real city.

 

 

Yea IKR? I mean in the game the city is technically in front of the building. But in real life its way far off to the left of it. If only Rockstar could have removed a mountain or two or at least remove the useless sea and decrease it by half and increase the size of the city, It would have been really Huge!

[UnicornAssassin]

This thread wins. Thanks, OP.

[MajorWhytey]

Great pics. I'm real glad I don't actually live there. It's hard enough to separate the game from reality.

I already call real life cars by their GTA names...there goes a 9k baller

[MAR10HD]

Whoa! Nice one OP hats off, and to others that posted pictures. Some of them are almost identical!

[Conici]

Great job OP I never knew the GTA version of the Maceys shopping centre looked exactly like its real world counterpart. When they said that they spent months in Los Angeles studying they really meant it

[Riqitch8]

I already call real life cars by their GTA names...there goes a 9k baller

Oh thank god, I'm not the only one who does this.

 

OT: Great pictures everyone, there's little difference between in game and real life. Goes to show what technology can do these days.

Edited March 16, 2014 by Riqitch8

[Guelah Papyrus]

I'm not from LA, but isn't the Korean Friendship Bell depicted in GTA?

[G_Masta_Phunk]

So like, I took the PCH from San Diego to Seattle... chilled in LA for like a week in a half sleepin in my car with my girl near V beach..... ANYWAYs this game tripped me the hell out after that.... Here is some sh*t here.. My girl took this pic... Venice Beach

 

 

 

See Malibu in the distance? was like whaa...

 

Then! imagine turning directly around... there is Santa monica pier and those stairs that go down. At the base of them stairs there is a wooden platform... well there was a dread locked dude playin guitar on that platform...

 

V beach was amazingly simular... Like I got my med card at Smokes on the water... same color scheme, setup, sign outside.location.... different name

 

Tho.. it is missing the bum shanty town that happens at night LOL... when i saw V beach i was like "Shiiit lets see if the bums come out at night too! lol.. make shift tent town for sure!"

[progamer1258]

Compton courthouse

 

Nickerson gardens, Watts

[GourangaMaster]

Obviously a lot of you new members were not around here to witness and take part in the legendary mapping thread. Trust me when i say it has ALL been done for you already.

 

Behold its magnificence.

http://gtaforums.com/topic/491242-mapping-los-santos-buildinglandmark-analysis/?hl=mapping