Cool Things You Didn't Know About GTA III

[Masny]

Do you know some cool stuff about GTA3? Share with us!

 

- There is a way to park a car in underground public toilet in a park on a second island:

 

 

- Some buildings are closed at day and open at night (there is even a audio SFX's that plays when the shop is open) - read more about this here;
- You can get into the car crusher with your car, then you will get wasted with 100 health and your body disappears along with the car; (thanks to GTAGuy1995)
- [PC] [PS2 cheats only] Paramedics can only heal people who were hit by a car, beaten to death or shoot in a torso (if the body is missing one or more parts or is burned, the paramedic's gonna just ignore them);
- [PC] [PS2 cheats only] You can tear off somebody's hand/leg/head by shooting a pistol or uzi (very rare) (thanks to thatstupidbug)

 

 

Cheatcode for GORE MODESquare, L1, Circle, Down, L1, R1, Triangle, Right, L1, X

 

- There is actually a great wind effects. Smoke, trees, leaf, trash-newspaper, water and fire are affected by wind. When car drive over newspaper or leafs on the ground they will move too;
- When you go to big closed arena (like a inside of building or tunnel) an echo can be heard;
- Glass that can be broken (like eg. in Autos shop where the banshee is) are start to crack in a point where we hit;
- This ped have a headphones. We can hear what he is listening to. (thanks to universetwisters)

 

- In Staunton Island a working thermometer can be found:

 

- Did you know there is a fully functioning analog clock in Staunton's boulevard?  (finding this is a Rim's job, good work)

- A Coach is able to carrying up to seven pople;
- Its very easy to stuck inside back of a tank (rhino) by using cheat 'giveusatank' and standing in bad spot;
- In a mission "Cutting the Grass" you dont have to follow a taxi. You can steal taxi and park it directly behind the first taxi at the Sex Club 7. When objective will enter your's car- just go to the docks;
- Potrland Elecric Line (Train) have own some kind of timetable. Train will show up in about 65-66 minutes. It's not totally random. In my savegame I have trains always on the same hours:

 

 

Kurowski Station00:07; 01:13; 02:18; 03:24;04:28;05:32;06:38;07:45;08:50;09:55;11:00;12:06;13.12;14:18;15:24;16:30;17:34;18:40;19:45;20:50;21:56;23:02;

 

- There are two taxi drivers - one [indian] rides everywhere, and second one [one with a blue checkered shirt] only at Saint Marks, Pike Creek and by the airport. (thanks to ssbawesome and Jeansowaty)
- If you go behind Luigi's club, climb up the stairs and, just when you reach the top of the stairs, turn to your left (7 or 8 o'clock), you can see a wall, jump over it and into a glitched area. You'll simply fall through the ground, under the map and then respawn outside the club, in the street, with a bit of your health lost. (thanks to GTAfear)
- In GTA III, hijacking particular cars, hitting particular cars, and destroying vehicles and aircraft will grant the player varying sums of money. However, from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City onwards, this feature is absent, possibly to increase realism
- Some funcional websites advertised in GTAIII:

 

 

Love Media:http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/loveMedia/Liberty Tree: (Liberty Tree page have the "subscribe" option. Sadly, it doesnt work:)http://www.rockstargames.com/libertytree/Pets Over Night:www.petsovernight.comCapital Autos:http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/flash/capitalAutos/index.htmlPogo - The Monkeyhttp://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/pogo/base.htmlDormatron:http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/dormatron/baseGame Radio:http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/flash/gameRadio/index.htmlMSX FM:http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/flash/msxfm/index.htmlKenji Casino:http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/flash/casino/index.htmlAnd more at: http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/flash/main.html

 

- You can walk on the gaspipeline thing:

 

- Entering a coach will make you "invisible", meaning instead of being somewhere inside car, you disappear completely when you are driving a coach; (thanks to GTAGuy1995)
- There are thugs in the game. They punch people and then run away. Once they walk away you can see a little animation that looks like they're flipping through notes; (thanks to GTAGuy1995 and Mr. Jago)
- When you keep pressing F1 (replay button) a glitch occurs. Special parts of car we are driving are changing, eg. taxi sight on roof of taxi, numbers on firefighter truck, roof of stallion etc; (thanks to TubewayArmy and universetwisters)
- There is something hidden behind buildings in portland:

 

- The PC version of GTA III (and possibly the Xbox version too) have the helicopter handling physics from Vice City's beta; (thanks to theNGclan)
- GTA III on Xbox uses Bones to animate characters, not chunks and a single dummy. The PC version supports this, but it still used chunks and a single dummy instead; (thanks to theNGclan)
- You can have 125 points of life by using a prostitute sevice. However, you can skip boring part of having a fake sex by using a cabrio car. (thanks to Jeansowaty)
- You don't have to do Paramedic Missions in one run to get the adrenaline pill reward. More about this here; (thanks to TubewayArmy)
- Some gangs have unused quotes they might have used when seeing a female; (thanks to Jeansowaty)

 

 

Quote

"Hey, gorgeus!" - Mafioso
"Mmmm... hm, hm, hm, hm!" - Triad
"Chiqita!" - Diablo

 

- GTA III graffiti is reused in GTA IV (thanks to universetwisters)

 

- There is a typo on Lips 106's header in the game's manual in the soundtrack credits - it's written as "LIPS RADIO DJ", at least on the original PS2 version (thanks to universetwisters)
- The 'range' for vehicle missions is still in effect, you have to use a trainer to go REALLY high in the sky, then it says you're out of range. (thanks to GTA MASTER)
- The crusher crane goes into "idle" mode by rotating back and forth when you are far enough away. (thanks to spaceeinstein)

 

- If Park your Dodo under the magnet on EV crane ship; the crane will lift the Dodo and place it on the ground. (thanks to spaceeinstein)

 

- The Carbine rifles model in this game was reused in another Rockstar game called 'State of emergency' (thanks to Stoney0503)
- Sometime during the DJ banter in between songs on Lips 106, you can hear an instrumental version of this song from GTA 2. (thanks to universetwisters)

 

- There are rainbows in GTA III ;) (thanks to GTA_fear)
- A first-person shooter mode was supposed to appear, according to TCRF wiki.
https://tcrf.net/Grand_Theft_Auto_III#First-Person_Shooter_Mode (thanks to Voit Turyv)
- Within the game's files, the model for the dam is named "GOD_DAM" (thanks to universetwisters)

 

- The BF Injection Joey was working on during his mission is actually owned by Misty. At the end of the game, you can see a BF Injection parked outside her apartment. In Joey's garage, you can also see a leftover of the Beamer (the alpha/beta Sentinel).
Also, the scrap car models are named: "car_f*cko,lof*cked_car and f*ckedup_skewlbus" in the files. (thanks to //XP//)

- You can hear dog sounds coming from inside the Bitch'n'Dog factory (thanks to stef_92)

- There are 4 homeless people in the tunnel under Saint Mark's and you can use Bobcat or Cartel Cruiser to multiply them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExXyE_thiW8 (thanks to stef_92)

- You can actually shoot and destroy the full winged Dodo that flies around Liberty City. You will get wanted level 4 right after that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SADZQEC7-4s&index=4&list=PL357A1AA32301F7FA (thanks to stef_92)

- There are mistakes in the Steam version manual: (thanks to stef_92)

Spoiler

- Under the tracklist of Rise FM the you can see the label (where the tracks were released) Generation Records written without the "s" at the end

- K-Jah radio has the same tracklist as Rise FM

- There are some money related bonuses in some missions: (thanks to GTAGuy1995)

Spoiler

-The Fuzz Ball (delivering all girls will give you $2000 bonus, this is known by most of people)

-Cipriani's Chauffeur (killing the 4 triads at laundry gives you bonus $2000)

-Dead Skunk in the Trunk (killing the Forelli mobsters that chase you during mission will give you $10000 bonus each)

-The Getaway (if all 3 robbers survive, you get $30000. HOWEVER it is also possible when they enter in bank to glitch out and few of them will die randomly and because of that you won't get all money)

-Trial by Fire (killing the triads at baseball court will give you $6000 bonus)

-Big'n'Veiny (collecting all magazines will give you $10000 bonus)

 

- The "escape" helicopter has exact same textures as the police helicopter, though its color is defined as black, and will appear as so when you open that "escape" helicopter in a garage editor: (thanks to Intergold and stef_92)

 

- Weather in GTA III is predetermined. The order of the weather is this: sunny → cloudy → rainy → cloudy → sunny → cloudy → foggy → cloudy → sunny → cloudy → sunny → cloudy → rainy → cloudy → rainy → cloudy → sunny → foggy → sunny → rainy → cloudy. After that it goes back to the beginning of the list and starts the cycle again.(thanks to spaceeinstein)

- If you do taxi missions in Shoreside Vale, you get paid double the money for crossing the same distance comparing to Portland/Staunton.

Spoiler

It's actually in the game code:

http://gtaforums.com/topic/812576-money/?do=findComment&comment=1067825835

Credits to spaceeinstein.

 

- When you pass the second mission by Marty Chonks (The Thieves) the message says 'Mission Complete! 3000$' (but you get 2000$) and when you pass the third mission (The Wife) the message says 'Mission Complete! 2000$' (but you get 3000$). It's the messages that are wrong because Marty Chonks payments increase with 1000$ per mission (1000$, 2000$, 3000$ and 4000$ after 'Her Lover') (thanks to stef_92)

- If the player gets a "Vigilante Bonus" of 10 (10 kills in a row) on the Vigilante mission, Claude will get out of jail for free the next time he's arrested. (thanks to thehambone)

Spoiler

http://www.gtamodding.com/wiki/0413

 

- You can crash the game by turning dodo-plane too hard 

Spoiler

 

 

- Also if you aim at a criminal, who has robbed somebody, so that he sees you, he will drop money on the ground: (thanks to Nick007J)

Spoiler

 

 

- In Plaster Blaster, if you blow up the ambulance before ramming it, you will get a message saying that it was a decoy. (thanks to Skayz)

- Like the crusher crane, the EV crane also generates sound when lifting vehicles. This may be impossible to experience without external assistance. It is so high up that you normally can't hear it. (thanks to spaceeinstein)

Edited September 17, 2018 by Masny

[universetwisters]

The blue Hawaiian shirt guy doesn't have the headphones, the black dude with the green jacket and ball cap does.

Edited November 2, 2014 by universetwisters

[Masny]

Sh*t, your'e right

[universetwisters]

No worries about it, amigo. Hell, it was quite a nice feature. Shame they didn't really implement it into any other III era games and by the time they sorta did that with IV and V, you barely noticed it.

[ClaudX]

The Indian taxi driver doesn't always drive the taxi. I've seen the ped with the blue Hawaiian shirt driving a taxi on rare occasions. Just a little gem that gives the game a bit more variety.

Edited November 2, 2014 by ssbawesome

[Jeansowaty]

The Indian taxi driver doesn't always drive the taxi. I've seen the ped with the blue Hawaiian shirt driving a taxi on rare occasions. Just a little gem that gives the game a bit more variety.

You meant the one with a blue checkered shirt he drives it in Saint Marks, Pike Creek and by the airport.

[GTA_fear]

If you go behind Luigi's club, climb up the stairs and, just when you reach the top of the stairs, turn to your left (7 or 8 o'clock), you can see a wall, jump over it and into a glitched area. You'll simply fall through the ground, under the map and then respawn outside the club, in the street, with a bit of your health lost.

[Masny]

- "In GTA III, hijacking particular cars, hitting particular cars, and destroying vehicles and aircraft will grant the player varying sums of money. However, from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City onwards, this feature is absent, possibly to increase realism."

[thatstupidbug]

 

- [PC] You can tear off somebody's hand/leg/head by shooting a pistol or uzi (very rare);

 

 

 

actually it is possible to unlock this feature on ps2 with a cheat (this screen is from an actual ps2 gameplay, just look at the grey-ish weapon HUD...on PC it's yellow)

 

 

Square, L1, Circle, Down, L1, R1, Triangle, Right, L1, X

Edited November 9, 2014 by thatstupidbug

[Masny]

Some funcional websites advertised in GTAIII

Love Media:
http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/loveMedia/
Liberty Tree:
http://www.rockstargames.com/libertytree/
Pets Over Night:
www.petsovernight.com
Capital Autos:
http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/flash/capitalAutos/index.html
Pogo - The Monkey
http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/pogo/base.html
Dormatron:
http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/dormatron/base
Game Radio:
http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/flash/gameRadio/index.html
MSX FM:
http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/flash/msxfm/index.html
Kenji Casino:
http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/flash/casino/index.html

And more at: http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/flash/main.html

Edited November 10, 2014 by Masny

[GTA_fear]

^ Awesome. I'll check those out when I have the time.

[Masny]

Liberty Tree page have the "subscribe" option. Sadly, it doesnt work:

Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:     [email protected] details of permanent failure:Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the server for the recipient domain listserv.rockstargames.com by take2.lyris.net. The error that the other server returned was:550 <[email protected]>... User unknown to Take 2 Games List Manager

[inadequate]

This one is in the list? Some places closes at day and opens on night

 

EDIT:

Oh yeah, is already included.

Edited November 10, 2014 by inadequate

[Nico]

The blue Hawaiian shirt guy doesn't have the headphones, the black dude with the green jacket and ball cap does.

I always though that sound was someone with a heavy wallet. Never noticed it was always the same ped.

 

And those sex shops closing during day are a nice detail too. Even if they say "Open 24 hours" when open.

[Niko Montana]

I once saw a ped with a louis vutton bag in Staunton Island.

[lol232]

Someone's mother is someone's sister.

[Masny]

@up
About this:

[Masny]

- You can walk on the gapipeline thing:

Edited November 14, 2014 by Masny

[universetwisters]

^ How far out can you walk on that?

 

Reminds me of that demolished building in Portland you have to climb up to get that hidden package.

 

[Sombra]

I think it's to the boundary that bounces you back but I'm not sure.

[GTAGuy1995]

edit

Edited May 21, 2017 by GTAGuy1995

[Jeansowaty]

Some interesting things I found out in past few months/years:

 

-You can get into the car crusher with your car, then you will get wasted with 100 health and your body disappears along with the car.

-Something I noticed years ago on Vice City (it applies on GTA 3 too) is that entering a coach will make you "invisible", meaning instead of being somewhere inside car, you disappear completely when you are driving a coach. Which explains why coach can carry unlimited people. This can be observed with "wheels only" cheat.

-When I first played GTA 3, I noticed the carjacker guy sometimes punches other pedestrians and he runs away or fights back.

-A few months ago when I registered on forum, someone (I think it was Jeansowaty?) told me that it IS possible to increase the health above 100 in GTA 3, up to 125. Although many of you already knew about that, I didn't (although I did know about that trick in later games). I never used the trick myself and I consider it pretty useless. I mean, isn't enough having 100 health and 100 armor?

 

That's all. If I find more later, I will edit post.

Yes it was me, tovarăș Also about that healthboost trick, using an open top car (Stinger, Stallion) will make the additional 25 add up in one second, without the car bumping and all.

[Masny]

^ How far out can you walk on that?

To end of the pipe (and it also end of the map)

Edited November 15, 2014 by Masny

[GTAGuy1995]

edit

Edited May 21, 2017 by GTAGuy1995

[universetwisters]

Can't believe it took me so long to discover, found this today. When you keep pressing F1 (replay button) when driving Taxi, Taxi sign on roof will time to time change (there are two variants as you all sure know). Btw. I play on PC, don't know if this works on consoles too.

 

It doesn't. Seems like quite a nice find, though. I remember reading that hitting the replay button and watching said replay, it'll make your car look different compared to how it was in the original capture, like a convertible stallion may have a roof and vice versa.

[Jago]

-When I first played GTA 3, I noticed the carjacker guy sometimes punches other pedestrians and he runs away or fights back.

I think the thugs are pickpocketing, because once they walk away you can see a little animation that looks like they're flipping through notes

[universetwisters]

 

-When I first played GTA 3, I noticed the carjacker guy sometimes punches other pedestrians and he runs away or fights back.

I think the thugs are pickpocketing, because once they walk away you can see a little animation that looks like they're flipping through notes

 

 

Holy sh*t, that's news to me. I knew of the carjackers, but not pickpockets.

[Jeansowaty]

Some gangs have unused quotes they might have used when seeing a female

"Hey, gorgeus!" - Mafioso

"Mmmm... hm, hm, hm, hm!" - Triad
"Chiqita!" - Diablo

Edited November 16, 2014 by Jeansowaty

[Masny]

There is something hidden behind buildings in portland

[Sibbs]

There is something hidden behind buildings in portland

might be why there is sometimes peds spawning there in paramedic

But I didn't know that if you get in a taxi and hold down the side mission button then get ou and get in to a different car such as a cheetah or mr whoopie and let go of the Sid mission button you can do the taxi mission in that vehicle ( imagine doing it in a dodo!)