Has anyone from Cali noticed....

[JamesPnell]

Amazing, however, that this guy didn't know it was satirical Los Angeles.

Edited May 2, 2014 by JamesPnell

[sam1ches]

 

yes we do. where do you live? bakersfield?

We don't call it cali here

 

i call it the bay area because the rest of cali is 2nd rate.

 

and on topic: havent you played gta san andreas? they had san fierro and las venturas-- its a real shame rockstar cheaped out when making gta 5 to not include them.

Edited May 2, 2014 by sam1ches

[JamesPnell]

 

 

 

yes we do. where do you live? bakersfield?

 

We don't call it cali here

i call it the bay area because the rest of cali is 2nd rate.

Lol...

[homeskillet]

 

 

We don't call it cali here

Dude I'm so glad you said this. Only people that aren't from California call it Cali.

 

maybe in so cal or something. But when im typing it out usually refer to it as cali. Ive lived in sacramento my whole life. sometimes call it cali. So. Theory disproved. I also eat dollar pizzas and smoke ganja. and drive a beater Typical cali liven.

 

I live in California and even lived in Sacramento for a while and I have to say either you are lying or you are a douche because I have yet to hear one person I know refer to it as cali.

[oldbag69]

Or he is from southern California which automatically makes him a douche. But it's all good he's still a calfornian

[Odyseous2040]

 

Yeah. I live in cali.

^^ Just like that guys.

 

When speaking to other people IN California,

 

Theres no need to SAY the word Cali.

 

But here iin the very diverse forums.

 

Cali works just fine.

[KamikaziOtter]

Yes, I have ALOT of business in LA... Constant de ja vu, the strip mall where my fave Korean bbq restaurant is (on west 4th) has been beautifully recreated in the game into being the home for Ammunation!

 

It's quite honestly pretty creepy finding yourself in a perpetual state on "double take" on a city, beautiful job by R*!

[S0lo]

i visited LA a few years ago, and i kept getting these creepy media deja-vus, seeing all the places i've been to in games (GTA San Andreas, LA Noire etc.) and have seen in movies (feels like 99% of them play in LA) and tv shows (dito).such a strange sensation.

[tsouryavong13]

I've played Midnight Club Los Angeles and I compare LS and LA from both games, since both games are made by Rockstar.

[AGiganticLlama]

I wanna visit Los Angeles just for the sake of this

[Gutslab]

I lived in Madera for a few years, it was a nice little town full of gangs and farms. I don't believe R* took any ideas from it though.

[Intoxica7ed]

*Facepalm*

[AceThaCreator]

I wanna visit Los Angeles just for the sake of this

Hey man don't we all i live on the clear other side of the country and this place seems so far away to me lol.

[PoopyThomas]

who says cali lmfao

[livejoker]

who says cali lmfao

This guy:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjrgi_L1wyo

[SuspendedChris]

I live in LA (Specifically next to The Wiltern Theater in real life, aka Valdez Theater) and apart from Downtown & the pier, it isn't that accurate.

[OTF_Crow]

I live on Venice Beach and it's amazing what Rockstar has done with this game.

[SabreVC]

Yea, I've heard the beach and the pier are the most accurate parts of the city.

 

Mirror Park seems nothing like Echo Park except the pond. South Central is poorly laid out and Beverly Hills seems small. Am I correct?

[Danes32]

 

 

 

yes we do. where do you live? bakersfield?

 

 

 

We don't call it cali here

 

i call it the bay area because the rest of cali is 2nd rate.This made me laugh. SoCal second rate to the Bay Area? SMH, jealously is a foul stench

[Sir Michael]

 

This made me laugh. SoCal second rate to the Bay Area? SMH, jealously is a foul stench

 

 

Nothing in California has a more foul stench than that L.A smog tho... ;o

[Danes32]

 

This made me laugh. SoCal second rate to the Bay Area? SMH, jealously is a foul stench

 

Nothing in California has a more foul stench than that L.A smog tho... ;o

Lol that is true. That's why I live in San Diego

[oldbag69]

Can't we all just agree that regardless of where you live in this obnoxious state you're a pretentious douche

[VLongo92]

Call it "Cali" one more goddamn time...

 

 

yes we do. where do you live? bakersfield?

We don't call it cali here

 

i call it the bay area because the rest of cali is 2nd rate.

 

and on topic: havent you played gta san andreas? they had san fierro and las venturas-- its a real shame rockstar cheaped out when making gta 5 to not include them.

 

You can just f*ck right off, we are all one big family that live in this state, but you think you're better than SoCal? f*ck you elitist douchebag.

[Shesodope4]

I'm from Cali and some of it resembles La specially the Pier

Lmao at people arguing about Californians saying Cali wow

[chainsoar]

I honestly want to go to New York just so I can be like Lazlow, "literally walking the streets here of Liberty City".

It's one my my life-long goals to go to Hove Beach and pretend I'm getting the Off The Boat achievement. Seriously.

Have a friend take a photo of you as you do it, then photoshop the 'achievement unlocked' popup over it. Put that in your photo album and show it proudly. Anyone who doesn't get it, doesn't get you and must be removed from your life, lest they hamper your quest for gaming godhood.

[ShinobiFixer]

Listen to 93.5 KDAY, it's our west coast radio station.

[OMGmyFACE]

I honestly want to go to New York just so I can be like Lazlow, "literally walking the streets here of Liberty City".

It's one my my life-long goals to go to Hove Beach and pretend I'm getting the Off The Boat achievement. Seriously.

 

Brighton Beach. Home to many an Uncle Vlad.

 

 

Liberty City feels a lot like NYC. Or, rather, exactly how it was during 2007 (that's when I left). But now The Bronx (Bohan) is littered with puerto ricans in skinny jeans staring at their phones and the rent's gone up so it's more like Brooklyn (Broker) but with a worse rep and more prostitutes... so yeah, GTA IV was a good representation, haha. I forgot what they renamed it but when I saw the fake V.I.M. store, I got homesick.

 

But to get back on topic, from what I'm reading in this thread, it seems LA and LS are equally as matched if not better matched so I'm interested. Never been to LA before but now I know to not say "Cali" or someone will rage on me for it. Good to know.

Edited May 3, 2014 by OMGmyFACE

[ShinobiFixer]

No one trips if you say Cali or not, really nobody gives a fuxk, that dumbass is from the North. We're Southerners and we don't give a fuxk.

 

I've said it plenty of times growing up. That foo ain't sh*t.

[PkUnzipper]

..how closely Los Santos resembles the real Los Angeles? I am here for the first time right now and it is crazy how similar it is.,..even my daughters started yelling out locations from the game as we past them. Do any people who live here have some real life Los Angeles pics they can post with in game pics of locations in the game that are the same....I want to show them to my daughters, and actually I am kinda curious to see them myself.

 

not trying be sarcastic bro... but you just now realized that?

 

But the similarities stop here. Sadly the attention to detail and realism R* put into designing GTA V is just about the only thing which they've done right for SA's successor IMO.

 

Anyhow, R* used Google earth as a baseline when designing the game map. So there are bound to be many similarities to real LA buildings at certain map locations.

 

There was a HUGE picture thread on this in the SP section when GTA V first came out. I'll see if I can find it and post the link here.

[PoopyThomas]

I just realized how much I hate it annoys me when people say Cali, it reminds me of prepubescent teens who feel the need to shorten everything, to make them look "cool". Also those kids that wear California Republic T-Shirts, with weed and sh*t on them because everyone in California smokes f*cking weed and we all love Marilyn Monroe and what not. Yay

 

OT: Only places I've seen and been able to compare is are:Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica Pier, Hollywood Sign, Beverly Center