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Grand Theft Auto is an ICON of the games industry, with huge open worlds and a 30 year history stacked with interesting secrets, easter eggs and trivia. Here's 80 minutes of GTA facts to tide you over before GTA 6 finally releases.
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00:00 Intro
00:28 Pedestrians Can Get Involved With The Police In GTA IV
01:16 How 9/11 Changed Everything
02:37 Safehouses In GTA IV
04:08 GTA IV Was Originally Going To Be The Tri-State Area
05:11 GTA: Tokyo
06:30 GTA V’s Agent Trevor DLC Was Half Finished
07:35 Steven Ogg Recorded Lines In His Underwear
08:09 GTA Advance’s Mishmash
09:34 GTA’s Shocking Timeline
10:59 The Size Of GTA 6‘s Map
11:33 GTA III Censorship In Germany And Australia
12:51 Sponsor: Norton VPN
13:40 Tommy Vercetti’s Contemporary Killing Spree
15:14 Rockstar Paid A Modder $10,000
15:53 GTA IV NPCs Have Favorite Radio Stations
16:56 Little Jacob’s Roaming Hotbox
17:44 Heart Attack
18:49 Vice City’s Miami Vice References
20:16 GTA III’s Early Attempt At First Person
21:24 Keep Your Weapons After Being Busted
22:30 The Village People
23:34 The Original GTA’s Development Was A Mess
24:27 Burt Reynolds Was A Nightmare
25:14 GTA: London’s Weirdest Cameo
26:20 GTA Was Banned In Thailand After A GTA IV-Related Murder
27:43 Max Payne 3’s Many GTA References
28:49 Manhunt And Bully Are Canon
29:57 Lamar Was Supposed To Have A Bigger Role
30:35 Hot Coffee
31:33 Who Did Rockstar Blame For Hot Coffee?
33:15 Real Gang Members Wrote The Script
33:46 CJ And Franklin’s Voice Actors Are Real-Life Relatives
35:14 Franklin Actually Made His First Appearance In San Andreas
35:42 The Highest Rated DS Game
36:51 Michael’s Neighbor Is A Real Asshole In GTA V
38:25 Lazlow Jones Is A Real Guy
39:29 The Cancelled GTA Movies
40:30 The GTA 2 Live-Action Short
41:22 Dan Houser’s GTA III Cameo
42:20 Ken Rosenberg’s Office
43:06 A Very Special Statue In Grand Theft Auto III
44:22 Grove Street Gang Members’ Real Names
45:12 Orange Grove Families
46:22 GTA IV’s Secret Beta Was Found At A Car Boot Sale
47:39 Michael Is Deaf In One Ear
48:15 GTA III Bilingual Bonus
49:30 GTA 1 And 2 References In GTA III
50:30 Alcatraz Island Was Cut From GTA: San Andreas
51:38 The Sound Of Pedestrians Being Run Over Was Done With Crushing Raw Chicken
52:33 The Simpsons Love GTA
54:08 GTA Is Referenced All The Time In Music
55:13 The Changing Moon Is From A Leftover Development Function
56:24 Lunar Phases Of The Moon
57:21 GTA V’s Huge Budget
58:31 The 50 Cent Missed Connection
59:19 Easy Wanted Level Escapes In GTA Online
1:00:25 GTA 2 Changed Everything
1:01:29 Political Radio Rants Were Real User Submissions
1:02:06 This Red Dead Feature Was Cut In GTA V
1:03:15 Impounded Cut Mission
1:04:16 The Bridge Details In The GTA Definitive Edition
1:05:30 The GTA V Protagonists Equal Players Theory Is Wrong
1:06:20 So Many Urban Legends
1:07:42 Hidden Alien Easter Egg
1:08:19 GTA Online’s UFO Tattoo
1:10:16 The Fake Controversy With Max Clifford
1:11:05 Dear Mrs. Zelnick…
1:13:19 Niko Was Supposed To Die In GTA IV
1:14:29 GTA Almost Swapped Story For Procedural Generation
1:16:04 GTA And The Sega Saturn
1:17:11 The GameCube Ports
1:18:15 Do Miami And Vice City Both Exist In GTA?
1:19:33 Drunk Camera Mode For Pirated Copies
1:20:18 Flashing Lights
1:21:18 Franklin, Michael, And Trevor Continue To Exist In GTA Online
1:22:52 GTA 1 Was Nearly Cancelled Due To Bugs
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