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How small is the GTA World?


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universetwisters

So I was looking at the PC manual for San Andreas and I came across this little tidbit on page 11:

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Which is funny because at most, San Andreas' size in real life is probably about as big as a county, if not smaller. But it makes you think, just how compressed is the GTA world compared to ours? If San Andreas really is the largest state in the nation (at least in the GTA 3 continuity), then there must not be much else in Florida considering that Vice City almost takes up half the state. It's something very interesting to think about, to say the least.

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I think it's equivalent to time in gta: a block is a borough, a borough is a city, a city is a county, a county is a state, a state is a country, a country is a continent, a continent is the world, the world is a galaxy, a galaxy is the universe.

 

Edit: I forgot districts, so by the area:

In real life --> GTA

a block = a district

a district = a borough

a borough = a city

a city = a county

a county = a state

a state = a country

a country = a continent

a continent = the world

the world = a solar system

a solar system = a galaxy

a galaxy = the universe

 

And HD universe multiply by two. (At least timewise it should be)

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universetwisters

I think it's equivalent to time in gta: a block is a borough, a borough is a city, a city is a county, a county is a state, a state is a country, a country is a continent, a continent is the world, the world is a galaxy, a galaxy is the universe.

 

Jesus christ, that's a mind twister. So Red County in San Andreas was a state, then San Andreas was a country, and The United States is a continent?

 

Everything is just crazy when you try to make sense of it now.

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killdrivetheftvehicle

No man: the other way around ofcourse. gta universe is the size of a galaxy, gta world is the size of a continent.

 

And that's 3D universe.

 

HD universe multiply by two.

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universetwisters

Jesus Christ. It's a lot to take in.

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killdrivetheftvehicle

But ofcourse it's quantum physics I beleive: time speeds up near smaller mass and slows down near big mass. So if you have smaller world, the time speeds up.

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I think it's equivalent to time in gta: a block is a borough, a borough is a city, a city is a county, a county is a state, a state is a country, a country is a continent, a continent is the world, the world is a galaxy, a galaxy is the universe.

But that doesn't make any sense. So, according to size, areas change size to suit other areas? (As in Red County is the size of a state) Or are you saying that areas actually change the type of location they are? Like, Liberty City is now Liberty County?

 

What???

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I think it's equivalent to time in gta: a block is a borough, a borough is a city, a city is a county, a county is a state, a state is a country, a country is a continent, a continent is the world, the world is a galaxy, a galaxy is the universe.

But that doesn't make any sense. So, according to size, areas change size to suit other areas? (As in Red County is the size of a state) Or are you saying that areas actually change the type of location they are? Like, Liberty City is now Liberty County?

 

What???

 

Sorry if I made it too difficult for you to read. Here's how: first the actual size, then what it represents and is called in gta. Check my 2nd post if you didn't get this explanation.

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Cheatz/Trickz

Canonically, storywise, in-universe or whatever term you want to use, each GTA location is comparable to its real life counterpart.

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But ofcourse it's quantum physics I beleive: time speeds up near smaller mass and slows down near big mass. So if you have smaller world, the time speeds up.

I think he really is Lester!

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It has to be scaled down for the game. When Trevor tells Michael that Sandy Shores is a few hours away it is supposed to represent that sort of distance.

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killdrivetheftvehicle

Here you have a GTA's maps in scale. Red line on the left is 2km in real life so you can compare it to any city in the world.

 

http://gtaforums.com/topic/741711-general-gtas-maps-comparison/

There is actually a google maps style map of V's map so you can compere them directly if you wish. here

 

here's a comparison. Oh, and google style map made by Guy Peterson.

 

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another one

 

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It has to be scaled down for the game. When Trevor tells Michael that Sandy Shores is a few hours away it is supposed to represent that sort of distance.

If you want to get technical, time in gta passes more fast than it does in real life. So it is a few hours away.
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The cities are like continents and the size of the GTA world would be like Uranus or Mars. Like the Shinobi World on Naruto, the lands united making a big world together.

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killdrivetheftvehicle

The cities are like continents and the size of the GTA world would be like Uranus or Mars. Like the Shinobi World on Naruto, the lands united making a big world together.

What are you on? I want some of that!

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The cities are like continents and the size of the GTA world would be like Uranus or Mars. Like the Shinobi World on Naruto, the lands united making a big world together.

What are you on? I want some of that!

Do you want a list?

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