Rumors and Leaks
Rumors and leaks of Grand Theft Auto 5 details have slowly began to fill the vacuum of information surrounding GTA5. This page collects unconfirmed -- but plausible -- Grand Theft Auto 5 rumors, along with appropriate sources for each.
Vehicle List Leak
On May 15, 2012, it was discovered that the Max Payne 3 disc may have information on Grand Theft Auto V's vehicles buried in its source code. This has happened before with Bully and Red Dead having source code that contained Grand Theft Auto information.[1]
A full list of vehicle names has been extracted from the code and posted below.
Cars
BENSON
BIFF
BOBCAT
BOBSLEIGH
BOXVILLE
BUCCANEER
BURRITO
CARGA
CASCO
CADGE
CARGA
CAVALCADE
CHAVOS
COGNOSCENTI
CS2000
DUKES
FEROCI
FLATTY
FORKLIFT
FUTO
FURZEN
FXT
GANT
HAULER
INFERNUS
MINIVAN
MULE
PATRIOT
PHANTOM
PRAIRIE
POLICE
RAILMU
RANCHER
TAXI
TRASH
SCHAFTER
SEINOVE
SKIMOBILE
SNOWPLOUGH
VANPONY
WILLARD
CABLECAR
SUBWAY
MONORAIL
MONORAIL2
MONORAIL3
TRAIN_CARG
LIGHTY
DUNE
RHINO
APC
CAVIERAO
CAVIERAO_VAR
CAR_BRZHATCHPLC
CAR_BRZSEDANPLC
CAR_BRZHATCHJNK
CAR_BRZSEDANJNK
CABLECAR
CHAIRLIFT
SUBWAY_LO
SUBWAY_HI
TRAIN_CARG
TRAINF_CARG
TRAINR_CARG
TRAIN_INT
LIGHTY
WINKY
Bikes
Z75
JZ125
ENDURO
FAGGIO2
SPIKE
BOATS
SQUALO
MARQUIS
REEFER
TROPIC
DINGHY
TUG
CONTBO
BASSBOY
BAYER
CHIKA
FISHER
FISHBOAT_A
FISHBOAT_B
FISHBOAT_C
FISHBOAT_D
GUNBOAT
SABS_BOAT
BOAT_CHASE
DRUG_BOAT
SMALL_GB
MARQUIS
MINI_ORIG
MINI_BOAT
SKIVVY
PH_BOAT_S
PH_BOAT_L
SPORTO
TINNY
WHALER
WOODY
SMUG
EDSBOAT
BOAT_RS
FISHBOAT
BOTSAB
SPORTO
HELICOPTERS/PLANES
ANNHIL
MAVERICK
PH_HELI
ANDROM
FIGHTER
AUTOGYRO
HIND
NAPALM
SCAMP
BENTHAM
HELI_LUXURY
HELI_VCPF
HELI_CP
HELI_TFE
HELI_UFE
HELI_CS
HELI_REBEL
PH_HELI
DODO
CUBAN800
FIGHTER
BCHOPPER
Release Date Rumors
A release calendar leaked by "a major UK High Street retailer" suggests an Autumn 2012 release window. [2]
Sterne Agee financial analyst group predicts that GTA V will arrive in early 2013 to allow Rockstar extra time to polish the game. [3]
A picture of a flyer from Canadian retailer Future Shop (taken by IGN reader Antonio LaRosa [4]) displays a release window of Winter 2012.
A listing on GameStop's UK site shows a 01/03/2013 release date [5].
Ex-Rockstar Information Leak
An Examiner article publicized a large chunk of GTA5-related rumors, stating the following:
"It has recently been brought to our attention that a poster over on the official GameSpot forums have posted a massive list of unreleased information about the future title, Grand Theft Auto V. Through a post, that has since been deleted by the forum moderators over on the GameSpot forum, along with the poster, a user by the name of Gloggle has revealed that he is a friend of an ex-RockStar employee that was fired for misconduct. Now, it seems that the ex-RockStar employee now has the intentions of leaking information on GTA V."[6]
As for the information that was listed, you can find the post as a whole below or you can view a Google cache version here.
Warning: Number 8 on the list contains spoilers of past Rockstar titles (RDR and L.A Noire).
1. The protagonist will be one character, and one character alone. His name is (as some rumours said) Albert De Silva. He's a half hispanic man who was once part of a crime family in Vice City. He decided to settle down and have kids in Los Santos. He has one son called Kevin De Silva who is your stereotypical CoD player. He's lazy, useless and shouts racial abuse online and is really into FPS games. Kevin does admire his Dad though.
2. Multiplayer will hold 32 people on the Xbox and PS3. I wasn't told how many were able to be on the PC. Just like in RDR, players will be able to form Gangs. These gangs are not ranked through XP anymore, but via Reputation. Instead of gang hideouts, you can do jobs that range from robbing a launderette to breaking into a military base and stealing state-of-the-art weaponary. The Gang leader has much more control over his or her gang by being able to rank members of their gang and setting more specific objectives to specific members of their gang. Gangs can have their own terratory but this only applies to areas inside the city of Los Santos.
3. The map is about 5x as large as the GTA IV map and the City of Los Santos takes up just under half of this area (so it's a bit bigger than 2 GTA IV Liberty Cities). The map is (like most GTAs) seperated into three different sections.
4. Planes are flyable, they range from World War 2 fighter planes to Private Jets.
5. Cars and guns are customisable to an extent, for example, you can customise a gun to have a supressor on it and you can install nitrous into cars.
for someone matching your description. Some missions become unavailable if you are wanted.
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1. The protagonist is the "rich guy" from the GTA V debut trailer. You get to learn more about this man in the second when he talks about his troubles. You only see the protagonist twice in the trailer. First time is the side of his face and second time is when he is driving a Deceptor (Audi R8). The people robbing the jewellery store are just with the protagonist. He is driving the van ready to get away.
2. Gunfights are more realistic. When you are shooting a gun out of a window of a car, depending on how fast it's going you will have troubles aiming due to shaking cameras.
3. The game is due in May 2013. A more specific date has not been decided because the game is still needing 6 months to be fully developed. They will have a playable demo at E3.
4. Police chases are now way more than either running or driving. Depending on how wanted you are, police may bring out riot shields and flash bangs.
5. When someone reaches 4 star wanted level, there will be a radio warning on some stations.
6. Radio stations now do traffic reports that are actually correct. So if you don't know what route to take, you can check the traffic reports on your phone or the radio.
7. The in-game TV now has many more channels.
8. The protagonist DOES NOT die unlike in Red Dead Redemption and L.A. Noire.
9. The underworld actually has a working economy that you can contribute too by buying and selling drugs, weapons and illegal cars in single player.
10. The protagonist can take drugs which will have some effects. But smoking weed on the streetwalk will lead to getting a one star wanted level.
11. Police cars will go after you if you're obviousely breaking the speed limit. Having high speed crashes will also damage your health.
Wanted levels:
1 star - police follow you on foot and try to make an arrest. No sirens, no car chases (unless you are speeding).
2 star - police will still attempt to make an arrest. If a weapon is drawn then the police will begin opening fire. Police will use stun guns if a weapon is not drawn.
3 star - Chases begin and the police don't care how they stop you, they just want to do it.
4 star - road traps, radio stations and much more hostile police.Even when you have evaded them, they will still search for 24 in-game hours for someone matching your description.
5 star - shoot to kill, arrest only if it's made very possible. Even when you have evaded them, they will still search for 48 in-game hours for someone matching your description. Few missions become unavailable if you are wanted.
6 star - military vehicles come after you. Even when you have evaded them, they will still search for 72 in-game hours
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0 • Wack Feelings Nosign Cosign Ether GOAT LOL •I think it's always been 6 stars...
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12 • Wack Feelings Nosign Cosign 11Ether GOAT 1LOL •The only thing I don't like is that release date. I saw somewhere that it was scheduled for this Fall. Either way, I'm checking for this shit...
Also, does anyone know if the main character is customizable? That shit would be extra nice...
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0 • Wack Feelings Nosign Cosign Ether GOAT LOL •No, nobody knows because Rockstar hasnt officially released any details yet, its all been rumors and speculation so far but if those turn out true, then yeah to an extent. Rumors are saying you can thoroughly customize your characters' complete outfit, accessories, jewelry and all that but not his physical build like in San Andreas. You know like make him fat, skinny, whatever but just rumors, though I guess we gotta wait and see.
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8 • Wack Feelings 2Nosign 7Cosign Ether GOAT 1LOL •Grand Theft Auto 5 will be coming to Wii U, according to publisher Rockstar.. According to a new financial report from developer/publisher Rockstar, the company will release Grand Theft Auto 5 in early 2013, and it will be coming to the Wii U in addition to other consoles. GTA V was announced last year, but no release date was given. Considering that Rockstar usually takes their time with games, and rarely announces release date until they’re absolutely certain, it’s easy to see Grand Theft Auto 5 be released about a year from now. But the biggest surprise is that it now appears we’ll be seeing GTA V on the Nintendo Wii U as well, and hopefully with some new and innovative ways of using the new Wii U controller.
http://wiiudaily.com/2012/03/grand-theft-auto-5-coming-to-wii-u-in-2013/
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0 • Wack Feelings Nosign Cosign Ether GOAT LOL •That happens in the Bronx section of GTA IV a lot. You just have to run by the cops when someone is attacking. Funniest thing I recall is a guy snatching me out my car, punching me, cops stepping in, and him pulling out a gun. Shit was surreal because they had a full on shootout before the cops dusted him.
Still not a fan of epic realness, but I think Saints Row stole their "dark comedy" lane, so perfected realism has to be the new motto.
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