New Details about GTA:SA!

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Well,there's goes the desert theory i guess.Cant see it anywhere on the map.Haven't seen the trailer yet.Downloading now.
 
Hell yes! Two person drive bys on motorbikes :D Sweeeet. Great vid. Loving the site, only a few areas into it, loads left to look at. Rockstar... rocks!
 
you can even race real race bikes..........and make insane jumps.....there's a small vid on the site!

the map is so huge!!!!........you'll propably get lost real easy :slY: I wonder how long it's gonna take me to " LAP THE FULL MAP " 💡
 
Las Barrancas
In 1842 the 66th cavalry under the command of henery bolt, was stationed in nearby Fort Carson when the answered the call for help from homesteaders under attack from bandits. Riding to the rescue, the whole force fell down a hole.:) It is said that the sound of a hundred horses can be heard running through the town at midnight :scared:

Ghost maybe:eek:
 
First of all, the Desert is Tierra Robada and Bone County. This is clear by observing the dividing dotted line. Thanks for the map Ev0. Welcome to the GTP GTA Forum, joseph2435.

Now I'm not going to do my update for a while, and the game will probably be out by then. I'm having some personal issues at the moment, and I'm just tired from all the stress I'm under right now. Blake will know what I'm talking about, as I've had these problems many times before. Things are just bad for me this last year and a half.

Anyway, sorry for that pointless crap. I give R32GTST/M, Ev0, McLaren F1GTR, GTChamp2003, yeti or Blake the right to do this update. Anyone else can if they feel they will provide some good insight. Make sure you try to notice everything you can, and go over each video twice. Remember, every little detail you can find could most likely be gold for everyone here!

I will go through the site when I have the time and physical and mental strength. Sorry about this inconvenience to anyone who waited for this. I give permission for someone else to do it.
 
Don't worry about it Jimmy. You have done alot for the GTA community and you deserve a break.

I wonder if a military base is situated in the no fly zone?
 
yeti
Check the new trailer...

Nitrous Oxide effects...
Parachuting...
Cops shooting from Choppers...
Getting jacked from the back seat...
Drive Bys...
More music...
Some of the mission cut scenes...
Destructable scenery...
Boxing...

Awesome.

C.
OMFG the parachuting!. I heard rumours about this but i never thouyght youd actually be able to do it, looks like R* have thought of everything. And drive-bys one bikes wow!
 
It was kind fo obvious but in a way Fort Baxter was a no fly zone, you got shot out of the sky unless you were in police uniform. But it was still mapped as Fort Baxter and not 'no fly zone'.
 
Well, I've got plenty of time right now, so here's my attempt at a write up of the Las Venturas update.

Tierra Robada
This is the northwestern most piece of the map and spans from the end of the massive Gant Bridge, and extends east to Bone County. The terrain appears to be mostly desert with mountain ranges to the east.

Near the end of the Gant Bridge is Bayside, which has a large marina where there will be a boating school. Hopefully you'll also be able to house boats for storage there.

Further east into Tierra Robada you'll encounter the Bayside tunnel, which either leads you further east to the town of El Querbrack (not sure of the spelling as the name on the map is unclear), or south down a peninsula to the Las Barrancas. In Las Barrancas, there is 'The Smokin Beef Grill' which sounds a lot like a sit down restaurant, a big contrast to the fast food outlets we have been shown so far.

South of the town is an isolated ranch belonging to someone named 'Toreno'. From the descrpition given, it sounds like he is hiding from the authorities for some reason which we will likely find out later.

North of Las Barrancas is what is likely to be one of San Andreas' most well known landmarks, the gargantuan Sherman Dam. This dam, Rockstar's take on the Hoover Dam, powers most of San Andreas, and it should be noted that it is poorly guarded. Will we get to blow it up in a big mission? I certainly hope so!

Bone County
This is the desert Rockstar has been talking about, and they appear to have delivered with their promise of there being plenty of things to do and see here! It is wedged between Tierra Robada to the west and Las Venturas to the east. The military and natural resources will play a big role in this part of the map.

At the north end of Bone County is the town of Las Payasdas, home of 'The World's Largest ****', a classic example of Rockstar's style of humor. This tourist trap is also the site of a unique jump, which is shown in a video on the official site.

Southeast of Las Payasdas is the Verdant Meadow Aircraft Graveyard, a take on a real life location in Arizona. I think we will likely be able to find the P-51 replica here, that has been seen in the trailers. Hopefully there will be plenty of other military aircraft available to fly here too.

South of the Aircraft Graveyard is a large 'No Fly Zone' which is greyed out on the map. Most people are speculating that this will be the location of the Area 51 style installation, and I have to agree with them, since this would be the type of thing that Rockstar would not pass up including in the game. Security will probably be extremely tight here. Hopefully any wayward aircraft flying over this area will be intercepted by fighters, but this obviously is just speculation. I also hope this could be an oppurtunity to try a stealthy infiltration. Lots of stuff will be going on here.

West of the no fly zone is a large satellite instillation known as 'The Big Ear' which appears to be situated on top of a large hill judging by the road leading to it (a possible vantage point to peer into the no fly zone?). This large satellite picks up strange signals, and hints at the possibility of a government conspiracy and maybe even aliens being part of the game.

Just south of The Big Ear is the town of Fort Carson, yet no details have been released about this town yet. East of The Ear is green palms, possibly a desert oasis style place. East of this is Octane Springs, which is the most likely location of a screenshot released last week, featuring CJ standing in the desert in front of oil rigs. Will CJ become an oil tycoon? Who knows...

And wrapping up points of intertest in Bone County is the Hunter Quarry. This is a massive pit with many ramps criss crossing it, probably being set up for use as bike ramps! It also appears that CJ can be employed here too, likely driving the bulldozers that are present.

Las Venturas
Las Venturas is the Rockstar take on Las Vegas, and is situated in the northeast corner of the map.

Blackfield is the southwest corner of Las Venturas, and it is a vehicle oriented area. There is the Turning Tricks Bike School here, which also has a video of it in action at the official site. The Blackfield stadium houses the infamous Dirtring, which is making a return from Vice City. Hopefully the Hotring competition will also return. The south portion of Blackfield contains the Blackfield Intersection, which is a big highway intersection and appears to be a hub of illegal street racing. I am really looking forward to this area of Las Venturas!

East of Blackfield is the Las Venturas Airport, which is San Andreas' major international hub. Here, you can also purchase plane tickets on Juank Air to the other cities.

Southeastern Las Venturas is the location of the Rockshore area, which is home to seedy motels, and low income houses, which are ripe for robbery. I'd say gang and drug activity will be very high in this area.

North of Rockshore is the highlight of Las Venturas, The Strip. This large area is teeming with casinos, raingng from the medievel themed 'Come-A-Lot' to the Triad owned 'Four Dragons' casino. Other casinos on the strip include the Egyptian casino named 'The Camel Toe', a circus themed casino, and the high end casino 'The Visage' which has very close links with organized crime. In contrast to previous casino screenshots, some released with the update show many people in casinos, so hopefully that will be the case in the game as opposed to empty casinos.

North of the Strip is the Old Strip, featuring food carts selling ice cream and chili dogs, and other businesses including a 24-7 (Rockstar's version of 7-11) and a dingy bar.

And further north is the area of Roca Escalante, the northeast corner of Las Venturas. This appears to be a suburb, since it has a large mall, featuring clothing stores such as 'Sub Urban' which sells poser clothing, and a sports clothing store.


After this release, we now have a full, complete map. Speculations about the size of the game are now becoming very close to what the actual game will be like, comparing screenshots and objects from other GTAs to the now complete map.

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In this comparison created by Sip_Yek_Nod at gtaforums.com, he sizes up Liberty City's Cochrane Dam to San Andreas' Sherman Dam, assuming both are the same size (and it appears to be very likely the Sherman Dam is larger than the Cochrane Dam based on screenshots and a movie on the official site). From this comparison, it looks like San Andreas as a whole could be well over 6x larger than Liberty City! Maybe even more! And, also worth noting is that all the cities, with the possible exception of San Fierro all look like they are bigger than Liberty City if the space between bridges is eliminated.

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This comparison of a screenshot of the Blackfield Intersecton with the actual map, courtesy of Yheti1 also from gtaforums.com. The screenshot was taken at high altitude (anywhere between 5-10 thousand feet for a quick estimate). According to the author of the comparison, cars on the freeway when sized onto the map take up about 1/4 of a pixel of space!

This is going to be a massive game!

*Note* I would have added some screenshots, but Rockstar's San Andreas website went down while I was typing this :mad:
 
Good update EvO!
Some interesting facts and answers (kind of) my 'no fly zone' question. How long did it take you to type?
 
Oh My God...Tuesday=The day I:
Wear out my PS2 and its controller
Begin to raise the electric bill
Become sleep-deprived(Begin to drink coffee)
Begin to fail every class this year

And this is just Grand Theft Auto...Gran Turismo 4 isn't even near release yet...
Video games will ruin my life...and that's okay 👍 :sly:

Rockstar is the best!!!
Good job R*
 
wondering how much time you need to find all the hidden packages even you have the map of them?
 
A long time I'm guessing.
ExigeExcel
Don't worry about it Jimmy. You have done alot for the GTA community and you deserve a break.
Cheers, man.
Ev0
South of the town is an isolated ranch belonging to someone named 'Toreno'.
This is most likely the guy in the latest trailer who has CJ in a car with a gun to his head, from my guess.
Ev0
West of the no fly zone is a large satellite instillation known as 'The Big Ear' which appears to be situated on top of a large hill judging by the road leading to it (a possible vantage point to peer into the no fly zone?).
I don't think you could get a good vantage point. For starters, I think it's too far away.
Ev0
the update show many people in casinos, so hopefully that will be the case in the game as opposed to empty casinos.
Well, Rockstar promised much more interaction in each area (with the obvious exception of the Desert and other suitably isolated areas), so lets hope so.

Great work Ev0. Thanks alot, really appreciate that.

I just watched the Trailer...I can't stop drooling. It shows so much, yet so little. The storyline is going to be great! And Parachuting?! That just dropped my jaw to the floor. And I absolutely loved when he drove through the sign. I didn't expect this when they said you could break more things! Even though I don't like Rap, I was hoping for a bit more swearing, etc. I wonder if they will be game enough use the 'N' word? I wouldn't think they would get into any trouble, but who knows what crap the Legal System can do to them...

Again, nice work Ev0.
 
Oh yeah, I also believe "The Visage" will be Salvatore Leone's Casino. I'm about 80% positive on this guess.
 
The thing that sucks about the release about this game is, the day after I get it I will have my grade 10 literacy test.:grumpy::banghead:
 
The wanted level will appear under your money listing, and most likely appears hidden if you're not wanted. Don't ask me how I know this ;)

And thanks for the compliments guys!
 
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