Cheat Codes:
Activate the following cheats by entering the corresponding codes during gameplay or at the pause menu:
CHEAT FUNCTION – CHEAT CODE
Weapons (tier 1) – thugstools
Weapons (tier 2) – professionaltools
Weapons (tier 3) – nuttertools
Armor – preciousprotection
Health [NOTE 1] – aspirine
Raise wanted level – youwonttakemealive
Lower wanted level – leavemealone
View media level when over two stars – chasestat
Good weather – apleasantday
Great weather – alovelyday
Sunny weather – abitdrieg
Stormy weather – catsanddogs
Foggy weather – cantseeathing
Rhino tank – panzer
Faster game clock – lifeispassingmeby
Faster game play – onspeed
Slower game play – booooooring
Destroy all cars – bigbang
Pedestrians riot – fightfightfight
Pedestrians attack you – nobodylikesme
Pedestrians have weapons – ourgodgivenrighttobeararms
Pedestrians enter your car – hopingirl
Change wheel size [NOTE 6] – loadsoflittlethings
Only wheels visible on cars – wheelsareallineed
Dodo cars (flying) [NOTE 2] – comeflywithme
Better driving skills [NOTE 7] – gripiseverything
Bikini women with guns [NOTE 4] – chickswithguns
Suicide – icanttakeitanymore
Heavy traffic – miamitraffic
Pink traffic – ahairdresserscar
Black traffic – iwantitpaintedblack
All traffic lights green – greenlight
Romero’s Hearse – thelastride
Love Fist Limousine – rockandrollcar
Trashmaster – rubbishcar
Bloodring Banger (style 1) – travelinstyle
Bloodring Banger (style 2) – gettherequickly
Hotring Racer (style 1) – getthereamazinglyfast
Hotring Racer (style 2) – getthereveryfastindeed
Sabre Turbo – gettherefast
Caddy – betterthanwalking
Pedestrian costumes [NOTE 3] – stilllikedressingup
Lance Vance costume – looklikelance
Ken Rosenberg costume – mysonisalawyer
Hilary King costume – ilooklikehilary
Jezz Torent (Love Fist) costume – rockandrollman
Dick (Love Fist) costume – weloveourdick
Phil Cassaday costume – onearmedbandit
Sonny Forelli costume – idonthavethemoneysonny
Mercedes costume – foxylittlething
Cars float on water – seaways
Tommy groupies [NOTE 5] – fannymagnet or phanymagnet
Ricardo Diaz costume – cheatshavebeencracked
Tommy smokes cigarette – certaindeath
Tommy is fatter – deepfriedmarsbars
Tommy has thin arms and legs – programmer
Reguard target – airship
NOTE 1: If this code is enabled when there is damage on your car, the meter will be reset to zero without changing the visible effects of the damage.
NOTE 2: You will not be able to fly a helicopter correctly when this code is activated.
NOTE 3: Also, if you change your appearance, you cannot pick up any “shirt icons” (at Rafael’s, Laundromat, Collars and Cuffs, etc.) or the game will freeze. You cannot change into a pedestrian costume while in a vehicle or in a special outfit (you must get “street” clothes).
NOTE 4: The women will drop guns when they are killed.
NOTE 5: Aim your gun at someone and they will attack your target.
NOTE 6: To increase the effect of this code, enable it, go to the pause menu, select “Load Game”, choose any game, then enable the code again and repeat as desired.
NOTE 7: Press [Shift] when this code is enabled to jump.
Reduced Felony:
To kill a cop without receiving a wanted star, angle a helicopter into them so that the blade slices them.
Health Power-Up:
To get an instant health power-up, drive up to a hooker and get her to come into the car. Your health will grow from 100 to 125.
Parking Meters:
You can get money from parking meters by crashing into them.
Shoot the Moon:
When you shoot the Moon with a sniper rifle, it will change in size.
Radio commercial numbers:
The following is a list of phone numbers heard during radio commercials in the game. Try dialing any of them:
1-866-PILLAGE
1-866-9-BURY ME
1-866-9-SAVE ME
1-866-9-SHADEE
1-866-434-SELF
Change vehicle physics:
Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the “handling.cfg” file in the “grandtheftautovicecitydata” folder. You can change the velocity of the bikes, cars, boats, helicopters, and airplanes in the game.
All Hands On Deck mission:
During Cortez’s last mission, All Hands on Deck!, you can make things easier it by eliminating the entire first part. To do this, you must have a car and drive it over to Cortez’s yacht. Before you step in the pink marker or even get out of your car, drive over to the adjoining yacht to the right, of Cortez’s yacht. Park your car in front of the now open gate so that most of it is blocked off. Then, run (do not take the motorcycle next to the yacht) to Cortez’s Cheetah. Take it and fill in the last bit of open space between the gate and your first car. Again, get out of your car and run back to Cortez’s yacht. During the intermission sequence, the French will try to no avail to get on the pier.
After the mission starts, continue to enable the “Destroy all cars” code. This will destroy all boats and helicopters, but will not harm the yacht you are on.
All Hands On Deck mission: See ultimate secret vehicle early:
You can see the ultimate secret vehicle early in this mission. It is the helicopter that is attacking you.
Alloy Wheels Of Steel mission:
Enable the “Rhino” code and put two tanks in front of the other motorcycles. You will have enough room to get in front. Keep up your speed and you will win the race easily because the other motorcycles will crash into the tank and either fall off or have to go around them, using up time.
Before starting the mission, enable the “Faster acceleration” and “Higher top speed” codes. The other racers may pass you for the first few turns, however they will over-shoot the turn on the first long straightaway because they are going too fast. You will see them piled up in the alley beside the curve. Keep following the markers as fast as you dare, and you will easily win.
Take one of the racer’s bikes. It is very responsive and will not tip over or slide in a turn. Note: The Angel will not retain its special qualities if saved in a garage (or destroyed and placed in a garage.)
The Gamer:
Before you start, do not take an Angel or a Freeway at the right. Instead, go to the right hand side and knock the driver of the bike. He is now out of the race. The bike you take is much faster than the others, and has better turning ability.
Autocide mission:
Before you start the mission, have a Hotring Racer #2. Enable the “Health” code. For the people in the cars and boat, use a rocket launcher. For the man on the motorcycle, you can bash him head on if you drive on the wrong side of Ocean Drive and come from the way that the North Point Mall is located.
Back Alley Brawl mission:
Drive fast towards the chef. Jump out of the car before you get too close. The car will then hit the chef and kill him. Pick up the cell phone. When the three chefs appear, they will protect you instead of trying to kill you. Another advantage is that Lance will follow you. When the car pulls up to the hotel at the end of the mission, Lance will get out with you, and the car will drive away by itself.
When you go to the alley where the chef is located, find him but do not get too close. Line him up with your vehicle and get a good run for it. Run him over so that you do not have to risk getting beat up. Then, get out and pick up his cell phone.
Back Alley Brawl mission: Chef bodyguards:
Enable the “Tommy groupies” code. After you kill the chef, Lance and the other three chefs will protect you, even after the mission is completed. This also works for other missions where you have to take people to different places.
Bombs Away mission:
Instead of chasing boats and a car, you can run over all the Cubans with the RC plane. Then. just drop the bombs and blow up the boats.
When you first start the mission, take off then land on the other side. Drive the plane to the dock and run over every Cuban. Once they are all dead, you can bomb the boats with ease.
Cabmaggedon mission:
Get the rocket launcher at the pool of the hotel near Escobar International Airport before starting this mission. When you enter the pink circle, face the boat that is located opposite the gate to the lot. As soon as you can, go towards the boat. Drive until you see the storage bins, then hop out of the taxi. Then, jump up the step at the edge of the lot. The taxis cannot get up this. Take out your rocket launcher and fire towards them. You can kill all of them with a few shots. Then, go out to attract the Zebra Taxi and fire at him. You can do all this without getting hit.
Go to where you are supposed to meet Mercedes. When there, go towards the water and you will see a garage with the black ball above it. This is 8-Ball’s garage. Drive in to get your car fitted with a remote detonation bomb. Go back to he pink circle and point your car towards the water. Honk the horn, then go to the most north-eastern place in the area. Get out of the car and jump on the ledge. Move behind the boxes. When the cars are close enough, detonate the car-bomb. When the Zebra Cab appears, shoot it with whatever you want to destroy it.
Cap The Collector mission:
Take a quick car to the Print Factory. Make sure it is not damaged when you arrive, as one of the men has a shotgun that can destroy the car easily. Before stepping into the circle, enable the “Faster cars” code. Once out, race to the dockyard. If you are lucky, the men have not taxed your store yet. Otherwise, when they are back on the bike, just ram into it then run over the men. The next location is Sunshine Autos. Do the same thing, although you may be able to get there before the next set of people. The next location is The Malibu Club, and the same process. There are only three sets of men. Once you have killed all six, the mission is complete.
The Chase mission:
After you go to Diaz to start the mission, check the window, get upstairs, then start chasing the thief. If you are good enough at sprinting and weaving in and out of tight spots, you will pass him up on the roof and jump off the edge of the building first. Then, get in the BF Injection and wait. The theif will jump down, get in, and drive you there. You will appear to be invisible at the end of the mission. Get out of the car, and you will have completed the mission by doing very little.
Check Out At The Check In mission:
Before starting this mission at the phone in the airport terminal, find a helicopter and park it outside the airport. Also, get body armor (preferably with 150 armor or health). Start the mission, get the gun, and go to the farthest metal detector from you and snipe from there. Then, enable the “Lower wanted meter” code and run to get the briefcase. After that, run out, get in the helicopter, and fly it to the Downtown Ammu-Nation store.
Checkpoint Charlie mission:
To have an easier time controlling the Squallo, enable the “Slow motion” code. The speed will be decreased, but the handling of the Squallo remains the same. Since the speed is less, the handling would seem better, allowing you to complete the mission without problems. Also, after complete it for the first time, every consecutive time after that, fog will appear that gets worse with each attempt. Enable the “Normal weather” code to make it disappear.
Enable the “Car floats on water”, “Increase your vehicle’s top speed” and “Better driving skills” codes. Drive a fast car into the water behind your boat, but not so far as you will drown when you get out or back in. Then, start the race with a boat. Jump out of your boat and run back to your car. You can complete the race a lot faster because you will not jump around on the waves and can turn easily.
Cop Land mission:
Once accepting the mission, take Lance with you to the police station helipad in Downtown. There are stairs which lead to the helipad from ground level. Take the VCPD helicopter (Lance will get in with you), and fly it to the garage where you are supposed to trap the police officers to obtain your uniforms. Land as carefully as possible in the grassy open area just east of the garage. You will see the police car intended for you parked behind the wall in the same area. Trap two police officers to obtain their uniforms. Once you are donned in police gear, you can take any police vehicle to the mall, including the VCPD helicopter. Fly with Lance to the mall and land in the open area between the two south entrances. Once you detonate the bomb and exit the mall with Lance, enter the helicopter as soon as possible and fly over all the pursuit vehicles to the mansion. Land and run down with Lance in tow to the pink area to complete the mission. Note: Police will appear inside the mansion and on the roof; kill them off quickly to get to the checkpoint.
After the mission has been completed, you will notice some of the things inside your mansion will have changed. The paintings on the walls will be crooked, and some will be taken away.
Once you plant the bomb inside the Tarbrush Caf