Los Santos in GTA V

CITY Los Santos
File:LosSantos-GTAV.jpg
Appearance(s):	Grand Theft Auto V
State:	San Andreas
Population:	Unknown
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Los Santos is a fictional city existing in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V, based on the real-life city of Los Angeles, California. The city is portrayed in a contemporary time period, which is intended to be present-day around the date of the game's release, sometime in the spring of 2013.

Unusually, the entire map will be open to the player right from the start of the game, rather than being restricted to a small corner or island until reaching missions that open up access to other portions of the map. This is in keeping with GTA V's philosophy of letting the player do whatever he/she wants to do, rather than being forced to do certain things at a certain time in a certain way. Rockstar also felt the map was too large for the player to be restrained to a certain area.

Although sharing similar characteristics and landmarks as the city's appearance in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the physical layout is completely remade, not being a like-for-like copy of the city's previous map.

Named Locations

Prerelease streetmap of Downtown Los Santos area

These are the few known areas and major freeways to exist in Los Santos in GTA V.

Urban area

• Downtown (Downtown Los Angeles)
• Vinewood (Hollywood)
• Vinewood Hills (Hollywood Hills)
• Rockford Hills (Beverly Hills)
• Vespucci Beach (Venice Beach)
• Little Seoul (Koreatown)
• East Los Santos (East Los Angeles)
• South Los Santos (South Los Angeles)
• Vespucci Canals (Venice Canal Historic District)
• Richman
• Strawberry

Countryside and Geographical features

• Los Santos Bay (South Bay)
• Los Santos Golf Club - A full 18-hole golf course
• Tataviam Mountains surrounding Los Santos

Roads and infrastructure

• Bay City Avenue (seen in second trailer)
• Del Perro Freeway (Interstate 2 & Route 23)
• Land Act Dam
• Los Puerta Freeway (possibly based on Interstate 405)
• Olympic Freeway (seen in this screenshot [1])
• Portola Drive (seen in official gameplay video on the Posonbys shop, 0:28 in the trailer)
• Del Perro "Pleasure" Pier (Santa Monica Pier)
• Sunset Boulevard (mentioned in Polish/Russian in-game previews)
• The real Interstate 5 will apparently run through a part of Los Santos as seen in the first trailer.
• Vespucci Boulevard (mentioned in CVG Grand Theft Auto Online preview) [2]
• Vinewood Boulevard (mentioned in in-game previews)
• W. Elipse Blvd. (seen in second trailer)

Landmarks

Main article: Landmarks in Los Santos in GTA V

Many landmarks from the Greater Los Angeles Area appear in Los Santos in GTA V. See Landmarks in Los Santos in GTA V for a full list.

Gallery

• A banner of Pleasure Pier with a drawing of a Pacific Park replica (0:09)

  A banner of Pleasure Pier with a drawing of a Pacific Park replica (0:09)

• Griffith Observatory replica (0:10)

  Griffith Observatory replica (0:10)

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  Equitable Life Building replica, possibly located in Little Seoul (0:17)

• Vincent Thomas Bridge replica in the background (0:19)

  Vincent Thomas Bridge replica in the background (0:19)

• Directional road sign of Interstate 5 named Los Puerta Freeway, based on the Santa Ana/San Diego Freeways (0:32)

  Directional road sign of Interstate 5 named Los Puerta Freeway, based on the Santa Ana/San Diego Freeways (0:32)

• Pacific Park replica (0:33)

  Pacific Park replica (0:33)

• Directional road sign on disrict named Little Seoul (0:32)

  Directional road sign on disrict named Little Seoul (0:32)

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  Venice Beach Park Restrooms replica (0:34)

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  Standard Hotel replica (0:35)

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  Two variants of the State of San Andreas license plates based on the State of California's (0:46/0:50)

• 801 Tower replica (0:41)

  801 Tower replica (0:41)

• Capitol Records Building replica (0:48)

  Capitol Records Building replica (0:48)

• A star on a Hollywood Walk of Fame replica (0:49)

  A star on a Hollywood Walk of Fame replica (0:49)

• Figueroa Tower replica (0:58)

  Figueroa Tower replica (0:58)

• U.S. Bank Tower replica (1:01)

  U.S. Bank Tower replica (1:01)

• Los Angeles City Hall replica (1:11)

  Los Angeles City Hall replica (1:11)

• Hollywood Sign replica, the Vinewood Sign (1:09)

  Hollywood Sign replica, the Vinewood Sign (1:09)

• Los Santos as seen in Gameinformer

  Los Santos as seen in Gameinformer

• Michael and Franklin looking at Los Santos cityscape.

  Michael and Franklin looking at Los Santos cityscape.

See also

• Los Santos in GTA III Era