Vehicular Combat
Drive-by shooting is an ability introduced in Grand Theft Auto III that allows the player to fire a gun from within a vehicle. The feature has been recurring in the series since.
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Description
GTA III — GTA Vice City Stories
Prior to Grand Theft Auto IV, players must have any sub-machine gun in hand in order to perform drive by shooting. While in a vehicle, the player may look left or right to view the target and take aim, then fire their weapon, discharging bullets to the target.
The aforementioned concept has remained the same between GTA III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, but underwent several changes. From Grand Theft Auto: Vice City onwards, players are also allowed to shoot forward while on a motorbike or bicycle, which is usually far more effective than conventional drive-by shooting in cars due to the player being able to watch the road and shoot at a target at the same time; "drive-by" shooting on boats are made possible. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and GTA Vice City Stories allows for non-player passengers of a car to perform drive-by shooting, shooting with pistols or sub-machine guns; however, the effectiveness of this feature is dependent on how close the car is to targets.
The ability for the player to shoot as a passenger was first explored in GTA Vice City, during "Phnom Penh '86" (positioned on the side of a Maverick) and "Supply & Demand" (positioned on the back of a Squalo), when the player is able to free-aim, but use only weapons with first-person view (the M-60 and Ruger); for GTA San Andreas, free-aiming third person view is additionally utilized while the player is seated as a passenger in a motorbike and a car, during "Just Business" and "End of the Line", but only allows for sub-machine guns to be used.
GTA IV
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