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GRAND THEFT AUTO: LIBERTY CITY STORIES
Vehicle Database
Written by Gaseous Snake
December 2005
THERE ARE A MILLION STORIES IN LIBERTY CITY. THIS ONE CHANGES EVERYTHING. ONCE
A TRUSTED WISE GUY IN THE LEONE CRIME FAMILY, TONI CIPRIANI WAS FORCED INTO
HIDING AFTER KILLING A MADE MAN. NOW HE'S BACK AND IT'S TIME FOR THINGS TO BE
PUT RIGHT.
The streets of Liberty City are in turmoil. Warring Mafiosi vie for control as
the town begins to self-destruct under waves of political corruption, organised
crime, drug trafficking and union strikes. No-one can be trusted as Toni tries
to clean up the mess of the city's chaotic underworld. Deraged hit men, morally
depraved tycoons, cynical politicians and his own mother stand in his way as
Toni tries to bring the city under Leone control.
Forced to fight for his life in an odyssey that will shake Liberty City to its
foundations, Toni must use any means necessary to secure his place in the
leadership of the Leone family in a town up for grabs.
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mean in the amount of disk space. The vehicles you choose for each mission are
crucial to passing or failing and all the attributes of each vehicle are
analysed in this FAQ.
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: Please note that the following statistics are my own opinions. The only :
: exception is the 'Top Speed' section which is fact. :
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| Acceleration |
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| Speed |
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| Refers to the top speed the vehicle car reach. |
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| Top Speed |
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| Refers to the top speed the vehicle can reach. These figures were found by |
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| Durability |
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| Handling |
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| Refers to the handling of the vehicle with regards to handbrake turns and |
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| Control |
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| Refers to the overall control of the vehicle with regards to all speeds and |
| terrains. |
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| Manoeuvrability |
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| Refers to the control the player has over each vehicle in tight spots - |
| when small movements are required to avoid crashing etc. |
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It should be also be noted that the box referring to where the vehicle can be
found is simply where I have seen them whilst playing the game.
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The Banshee can be recognised as the low sports car with the white stripe that
runs straight down the front of the bonnet. They can be seen driving around
Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
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| Portland [ ] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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The Hellenbach GT can be found in the car showroom in Harwood, Portland upon
the completion of the car salesman missions to level 4.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
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| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [ ] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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The Infernus is a good choice of car for getting to point B from point A
quickly, however it is prone to emitting black smoke very quickly and should
not be used during missions that require you to stay alive for extended periods
of time.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [ ] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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The DeimosSP is new to Liberty City from Grand Theft Auto III and boasts
extremely good speed and better durability than other sports cars.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
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| Portland [ ] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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An old favourite from Grand Theft Auto III returns to Liberty City. It has
excellent acceleration and speed and is ideal for hitting some difficult
unique jumps.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
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| Portland [ ] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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Upon the completion of the Love Media Garage list, you are rewarded with a
V8 Ghost spawn outside your hideout. This sports car has excellent speed and
handling however is liable to catch fire quickly.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [ ] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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In my opinion, this is the best car on the game. Excellent all round, it is
also more durable than other sports cars. Superb for the car races on the
second and third islands, the Yakuza Stinger is unrivalled with regards to
its handling and manoeuvrability.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [ ] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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The non-gang version of the stinger. It can be identified thanks to a small
silver diamond which appears on the centre of the end of the bonnet. They can
be seen driving around Staunton and Shoreside Vale.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
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| Portland [ ] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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The FBI Cruisers will come after you once you acquire 5 wanted stars. They have
good handling and speed, but are prone to catching fire after a fairly low
amount of crashes.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
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| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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The police car can be found parked at any police station on the three islands.
They can also be seen driving around the streets of Liberty City on an
extremely regular basis.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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New to Liberty City, the Phobos is a quick car with decent handling, but lacks
the durability required for lengthy treks throughout the city.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [ ] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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Whilst the acceleration is slow, the Stallion is extremely quick once you have
gathered speed. However, it's control is awful and instead of performing a
proper turn with your handbrake you will perform a 180 or crash into the wall.
Shocking handling takes away from another wise decent car.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
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| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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The Thunder-Rodd can be found in the car park of the building to your left
after coming off the Callahan Bridge. It's a relatively quick car with decent
handling.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
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| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [ ] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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A luxury 4 door saloon, the Sentinel can be seen driving around all three
islands. Relatively quick with decent handling. However it pales in comparison
the customised Leone Sentinel.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
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| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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The gang car of the Diablos. They can be seen driving around Hepburn Heights
and are notable for their dark black with flame paint appearance.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [ ] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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The customised sentinel of the Leone family, the Leone Sentinel is dark black
and boasts darkened windows and excellent handling and speed. They can be seen
driving around the Saint Marks area of Portland.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [ ] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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The gang car of the Yardies. They can be seen driving around near your Staunton
Island safehouse.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [ ] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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An excellent off-the-road vehicle which makes a welcome return to Liberty City
from Grand Theft Auto III. The Patriot has good handling and is relatively
quick and durable. Patriots can be seen on all three islands - mainly on
Staunton Island and in the Saint Marks area of Portland.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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A large vehicle. The best attribute of the Flatbed is it's high durabiltiy,
however it lacks good overall control.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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The Stretch limo is arguably one of the most difficult vehicles to navigate
around a tight corner. They are speedy once they get going, but require a
straight run for a reasonable length of time in order to reach top speed.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [ ] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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These are the large blue money-carrying secure vans which you can see driving
around. They have "Gruppe Sechs" on the side.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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The Ambulance can be found outside any hospital. Relatively quick with decent
control, it is much improved from previous versions where the ambulance would
tip over if you took a control just a little bit too quickly.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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A special vehicle in one of Donald Love's missions, the Campaign Rumpo is
a regular Rumpo with speakers on top of the van.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [ ] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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A regular fire engine which be found parked outside fire stations throughout
Liberty City.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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An old style of car with decent handling but liable to catch fire easily.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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Similar to a sentinel except 'more rounded', the Kuruma is a typical family
car that can be seen throughout Liberty City.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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The yellow taxi cab is perhaps the most common vehicle on the streets
throughout Liberty City. Usually driven by listeners of Radio del Mundo.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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An older version of the taxi, the Cabbie has awful handling and is usually
driven by listeners of Radio del Mundo.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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A large jeep with good handling. A bulletproof Landstalker is available to
the player upon the completion of the tourism missions to level 12.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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A family car with awful handling and durability. Likely to tip if you take a
corner too quickly.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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This beach buggy is slow and takes up a lot of the road, however it has the
ability to straighten itself should you tip it on to it's side.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [ ] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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This old style of car is extremely slow with a poor durability level.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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Whilst slow, this van has decent handling and can take a beating before showing
signs of damage.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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The coach is slow and is extremely difficult to control whilst on the roads.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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This old style car has extremely poor handling and catches fire easily.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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The hearse can be found behind the hospital in Staunton Island. It has poor
manoeuvrability whilst on the roads due to its size.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [ ] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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This small, convertible car is difficult to control but is useful when speeding
(albeit slowly) through traffic thanks to it's small make up.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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The enforcer is an extremely powerful and will take one hell of a beating
before finally catching fire.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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The bus is, quite frankly, awful. Extremely slow and difficult to control, it
is perhaps the most retarded vehicle on the game.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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This old style car is extremely slow and can be difficult to manoeuvre
properly.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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The Triad Fish Van has decent handling but is hampered by it's size with
regards to navigation on the road.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [ ] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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This truck is relatively slow and can be difficult to control properly whilst
driving.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [ ] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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The pony is a poorer version of the Rumpo - slower and more difficult to
control effectively.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [ ] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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The Barracks OL is slow but it's main plus point is it's high durability
rating, allowing it to take a beating before catching fire.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [ ] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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This truck is extremely difficult to control and you'd be better off running
to your desired location than trying to navigate the roads in this
monstrosity.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [ ] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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Awful. Slow and liable to not turn in time for corners.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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You may be excited to see a Mr Whoopee on the roads due to the fact that it is
relatively rare. Don't be. Although the song you can play is nice, the actual
vehicle controls like the wheels are blocks of concrete.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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The best vehicle in the game. It is extremely slow but the fact that anything
that hits blows up makes it an instant winner.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [ ] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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The avenger, which is bulletproof, is a one time only spawn at your Portland
safehouse upon the completion of the avenging angel missions for that island.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [ ] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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The best motorbike on the game, the PCJ has incredible acceleration and speed
and the player is able to exercise full and total control over the bike whilst
navigating the roads.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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Appears on the dirt track upon the completion of all 10 courses in the side
mission 'Bumps and Grinds'. An upgraded version of the Sanchez.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [ ] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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Quick and easy to control, the Freeway offers very good statistics all round.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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Found outside the Noodle Punk store in Chinatown, Portland, the Noodleboy is
relatively slow as the chances to lean forward are minimal.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [ ] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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Found outside Joe's Pizza place in Staunton, the Pizzaboy is relatively slow as
the chances to learn forward and gain speed are minimal.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [ ] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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The Faggio is a relatively slow motorbike as the chances to lean forward and
gain speed are minimal.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
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This bike, designed for off-road areas, is relatively quick and easy to
control.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [X] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [X] |
\_______________________/
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This police boat is quick and provides the player with an on-board gun.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [ ] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
\_______________________/
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This boat is the slowest and most difficult to control of all sea vehicles in
the game.
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/ Vehicle found in... \
|-----------------------|
| Portland [ ] |
| Staunton Island [X] |
| Shoreside Vale [ ] |
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Gaseous Snake: Writing the guide
CJayC: Hosting the guide
Miami84Chambers: Provided the MPH for each vehicle
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My e-mail address is gaseoussnake106[at]gmail[dot]com.
I am accepting no contributions but would appreciate comments regarding the
guide's structure, layout, readability or content.
Grand Theft Auto 3 was my favourite Playstation 2 game, mainly because of the
city itself. Whilst Vice City and San Andreas were good, they were never quite
as spectacular as Liberty City. When Liberty City Stories was out, I wasted no
time in picking up my copy. I strongly advise anyone reading this to do the
same as it is the best game on PSP at this current moment in time.
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Copyright Mark Fletcher 2005
