What cities inspired GTA?

Is GTA V based on LA?

Research and open world design. Initial work on Grand Theft Auto V constituted the open world creation, where preliminary models were constructed in-engine during pre-production. The game's setting is the fictional US state of San Andreas and city of Los Santos, based on Southern California and Los Angeles respectively ...

How similar is GTA V map to LA?

Does Los Angeles really look like Los Santos in GTA5? As many iconic locations and buildings are actually from/inspired by actual locations and buildings in LA, it actually does – but the scale is completely off. Think of it as a version of a super condensed version of LA. LA is vast, in GTA the city is tiny.

What city is like GTA?

GTA: Vice City was inspired by Miami, and GTA: San Andreas and GTA V would welcome us to Los Santos, inspired by the 'City of Angels', Los Angeles.

Is GTA San Andreas in LA?

We'd done the East Coast in GTA3, and then '80s Miami with Vice City, so going to L.A. in the early '90s just seemed like an obvious place for us to go. San Andreas's cities are inspired by real locations: Los Santos by Los Angeles, San Fierro by San Francisco, and Las Venturas by Las Vegas.