Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI stands for Federal Bureau of Investigation, and is in real life an American law enforcement agency. In GTA III Era games, the FBI are the third level of law enforcement that pursue the player. The FBI will appear only when the player's wanted level reaches five stars, before the Army on six stars.
FBI Agents wear black suits with dark glasses, or blue jackets with "FBI" printed on the back in GTA San Andreas. In all appearances except GTA Vice City Stories they wear black suits but in Vice City Stories they wear black vests over gray t-shirts with "FBI" printed on the back. The FBI agents are well armed in all appearances, and their vehicles are generally extremely fast. The FBI comes four agents in each car, and since they are well armed and very accurate, they will kill the player extremely quick if they have an open range. They carry MP5 in all of the GTA III era games except for GTA III where this weapon is unavailable and instead they carry AK-47's and will also drop pistols if killed.
In Grand Theft Auto IV, the agency became known as the FIB, (Federal Investigation Bureau), presumably to avoid conflict with the real-life FBI. It is not known if this was done at the request of the FBI. They now drive FIB Buffalo with four agents in a car and will either shoot at the player out their windows or try to spin the player out if the player is in a car. They will also run the player over if on foot. As the wanted level system changed in GTA IV, they now appear at four stars, and more heavily at five and six, and will expertly drive and doggedly follow the player.
FBI Vehicles
The FBI have their own law enforcement vehicles in each GTA III era game and GTA IV, which can also be used for Vigilante missions.
- FBI Kuruma (GTA III)
- FBI Washington (GTA Vice City)
- FBI Rancher (GTA San Andreas, GTA Vice City)
- FBI Truck (GTA San Andreas)
- FBI Cruiser (GTA Liberty City Stories)
- FBI Washington (GTA Vice City Stories)
- FIB Buffalo (GTA IV)
