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== Description ==
== Description ==
License plates in GTA III and [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] are static textures, with all plates in GTA III reading ''LC R29'' and all in GTA Vice City illegible but have a Florida state plate. License plates are dynamic in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]], and [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]. The plates have randomly generated numbers and letters. Each of the three major cities in [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]] have their own plates and some vehicles have their own custom licence plate lettering.
License plates in GTA III and [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] are static textures, with all plates in GTA III reading ''LC R29'' and all in GTA Vice City illegible but have a Florida state plate.


In [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], license plates differ from those in the [[GTA III Era]]. They do not have an actual letter-number combination. Every vehicle that has a license plate has "LIBERTY CITY" in large blue capital letters. If a player zooms in with the analog sticks, or with a sniper rifle, they can see that it says "Liberty City State" . These license plates are almost an exact clone of the current [[wp:New York (state)|New York]] license plates, as seen [http://www.netstate.com/states/links/images/ny_license_plate.jpg here]. It is possible that the plates were intended to have a letter-number combination, much like the vehicles in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], but it may have been forgotten during the game's development.
License plates are dynamic in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], generating random 7 character license numbers that consist of both letters and numbers, and are divided into groups of four and three characters. Each of the three major cities in [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]] have their own plates and some vehicles have their own custom license numbers.


For [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]], license plates in both games feature a "LC" (Liberty City) and "VC" (Vice City) prefix, respectively, followed by a four-digit number. While still more varied than in GTA III and GTA Vice City, the games only offer a limited number of license numbers, with each of them specific to certain vehicles models.
In [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], license plates do not have an actual letter-number combination. Every vehicle that has a license plate has "LIBERTY CITY" in large blue capital letters. If a player zooms in with the analog sticks, or with a sniper rifle, they can see that it says "Liberty City State" . These license plates are almost an exact clone of the current [[wp:New York (state)|New York]] license plates, as seen [http://www.netstate.com/states/links/images/ny_license_plate.jpg here]. It is possible that the plates were intended to have a letter-number combination, much like the vehicles in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], but it may have been forgotten during the game's development.
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Image:Vehicle license plate (GTA3).jpg|The license plate in GTA III.
Image:Vehicle license plate (GTA3).jpg|The license plate in GTA III.
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Custom plates were first explored in GTA Vice City, where [[Love Fist (vehicle)|Love Fist's limousine]] features ''LUVFIST'' plates, the only instance in the game where a custom license number exists. With the use of more flexible license in GTA San Andreas, more vehicles would appear with customized license numbers. However, the custom license plates cannot be saved in garages; once it is in a garage, the plate will become random.
Custom plates were first explored in GTA Vice City, where [[Love Fist (vehicle)|Love Fist's limousine]] features ''LUVFIST'' plates, the only instance in the game where a custom license number exists. With the use of more flexible license in GTA San Andreas, more vehicles would appear with customized license numbers. However, the custom license plates cannot be saved in garages; once it is in a garage, the plate will become random.


=== List ===
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{|class="wikitable"
!License number
!License number