Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Hints & Cheats

Game Guide

GTA: San Andreas Cheat Codes

Cheat Codes

Enter these during gameplay without pausing:

Cheat Effect
R1, R2, L1 , X, Left , Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up $250,000, full health and armor (also repairs cars if you are in one)
RIGHT, R2, UP, UP, R2, CIRCLE, SQUARE, R2, L1, RIGHT, DOWN, L1 Aggressive Drivers
R2, Circle, R1, L2, Left R1, L1, R2, L2 Aggressive Traffic
LEFT, TRIANGLE, R1, L1, UP, SQUARE, TRIANGLE, DOWN, CIRCLE, L2, L1, L1 All Cars Nos
L1, Circle, Triangle, L1, L1, Square, L2, Up, Down, Left All Pedestrians Are Elvis
up,x,triangle,x,triangle,x,square,R2,right all taxis get nitro + jump up when you press L3
L2, RIGHT, L1, UP, X, L1, L2, R2, R1, L1, L1, L1 All Traffic is Junk Cars
Right, R1, Up, L2, L2, Left, R1, L1, R1, R1 All Traffic Lights Stay Green
Triangle, L1, Triangle, R2, Square, L1, L1 All Vehicles Invisible (Except Motorcycles)
SQUARE, L1, R1, RIGHT, X, UP, L1, LEFT, LEFT always midnight (time stuck at 00:00)
x,x,square,r1,l1,x,down,left,x andrenaline mode
L1, L2, L2, Up, Down, Down, Up, R1, R2, R2 Any vehicle you punch this in, can blow up anything like a tank.
SQUARE, RIGHT, SQUARE, SQUARE, L2, X, TRIANGLE, X, TRIANGLE Attracts Prostitutes with Sex Toys/Gimp Suit
Circle, L2, Up, R1, Left, X, R1, L1, Left, Circle Black Traffic
Square, R2, Down, Down, Left, Down, Left, Left, L2, X Cars Float Away When Hit
square, down, L2, up, L1, circle, up, x, left Cars Fly
Right, R2, Circle, R1, L2, Square, R1, R2 Cars on Water
L2, RIGHT, L1, TRIANGLE, RIGHT, RIGHT, R1, L1, RIGHT, L1, L1, L1 Chaos mode
Triangle, Triangle, L1, Square, Square, Circle, Square, Down, Circle Civilians are fast food workers & clowns, CJ is a clown, cars are pizza scooter, BF Injection, HotKnife, Tug, Quad, etc.
Right, L2, Down, R1, Left, Left, R1, L1, L2, L1 Commit Suicide
R2, L2, R1, L1, L2, R2, Square, Triangle, Circle, Triangle, L2, L1 Destroy Cars
Up, Up, Down, Down, Square, Circle, L1, R1, Triangle, Down. Everyone bikini babes, all cars beach cars, Cj in shorts and flipflops.
Right, R1, Up, L2, L2, Left, R1, L1, R1, R1 Spawn Faster Cars
Circle, Circle, L1, Square, L1, Square, Square, Square, L1, Triangle, O, Triangle Faster Clock
Triangle, Up, Right, Down, L2, L1, Square Faster Gameplay
R2, Circle, Up, L1, Right, R1, Right, Up, Square, Triangle Flying Boats
R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, X Fog
up, up, square, L2, right, x, R1, down, R2, circle Full Weapon Aiming Whilst Driving
Left, Right, Right, Right, Left, X, Down, Up, Square, Right Gang members spawn much faster
Circle, Right, Circle, Right, Left, Square, X Down Gives you an automatic six star wanted level
DOWN, SQUARE, X, LEFT, R1, R2, LEFT, DOWN, DOWN, L1, L1, L1 Hitman In all weapon
square,square,R2,left,up,square,R2,X,X,X Improve Suspension
up, L1, R1, up, right, up, x, L2, x, L1 Increase car speed
L1, R1, SQUARE, R1, LEFT, R2, R1, LEFT, SQUARE, DOWN, L1, L1 Inf Ammo
Down, X, Right, Left, Right, R1, Right, Down, Up, Triangle Infinite health, still hurt from explosions, drowning, and falling.
Down, Left, L1, Down, Down, R2, Down, L2, Down Infinite Lung Capacity
Left, Right, L1, L2, R1, R2, Up, Down, Left, Right Jetpack
Up, Up, Triangle, Triangle, Up, Up, Left, Right, Square, R2, R2 Jump 10 times higher
Triangle, Square, Circle, Circle, Square, Circle, Circle, L1, L2, L2, R1, R2. Jump 100 feet in air on bike
CIRCLE, RIGHT, CIRCLE, RIGHT, LEFT, SQUARE, TRIANGLE, UP Locks wanted level at however many stars you have. They will NEVER increase or decrease, not even with bribes/cheats. Still get attacked in impound.
R1, R1, Circle, R2, Up, Down, Up, Down, Up, Down Lower Wanted Level
SQUARE, L2, X, R1, L2, L2, LEFT, R1, RIGHT, L1, L1, L1 Max All Vehicle stats (Driving, Flying Bike, Cycling)
Triangle, Up ,Up, Left, Right, Square, Circle, Down Max Fat
triangle,up,up,left,right,square,circle,left Max Muscle
L1, R1, TRIANGLE, DOWN, R2, X, L1, UP, L2, L2, L1, L1 Max Respect
CIRCLE, TRIANGLE, TRIANGLE, UP, CIRCLE, R1, L2, UP, TRIANGLE, L1, L1, L1 Max Sex appeal
R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, Square Morning
SQUARE, L2, R1, TRIANGLE, UP, SQUARE, L2, UP, X Never become hungry
R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, Triangle Night
L2, Up, R1, R1, Left, R1, R1, R2, Right, Down No citizens or cops, only gang members having gun fights
X, Down, Up, R2, Down, Triangle, L1, Triangle, Left No Peds, Hardly any traffic, Parked cars still spawn
R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, Down Noon
Left, Left, L2, R1, Right, Square, Square, L1, L2, X Orange Sky
R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, Square Overcast
Down, Up, Up, Up, X, R2, R1, L2, L2 Pedestrian Attack (cannot be turned off)
Down, Left, Up, Left, X, R2, R1, L2, L1 Pedestrian Riot (cannot be turned off)
R2, R1, X, Triangle, X, Triangle, Up, Down Pedestrians have weapons
X, L1, UP, SQUARE, DOWN, X, L2, TRIANGLE, DOWN, R1, L1, L1 Peds Attack (Guns)
X X Down R2 L2 O R1 O Square Peds become asian dudes with Katana's. Mostly black cars and motorcycles patrol the streets.
Triangle, R1, R1, Left, R1, L1, R2, L1 Insane Handling
Circle, L1, Down, L2, Left, X, R1, L1, Right, Circle Pink Traffic
Right, L2, L2, Down, L2, Up, Up, L2, R2 Prostitutes pay you instead of you paying them
R1, R1, Circle, R2, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left Raise Wanted Level
DOWN, SQUARE, UP, R2, R2, UP, RIGHT, RIGHT, UP Recruit Anyone (9mm)
R2, R2, R2, X, L2, L1, R2, L1, DOWN, X Recruits Anyone (w/Rockets)
Up, Down, L1, L1, L2, L2, L1, L2, R1, R2 Sand Storm
Triangle, Up ,Up, Left, Right, Square, Circle, Right Skinny
Triangle, Up, Right, Down, Square, R2, R1 Slower Gameplay
Right, Up, R1, R1, R1, Down, Triangle, Triangle, X, Circle, L1, L1 Spawn a Monster
Left, Right, L1, L2, R1, R2, R2, Up, Down, Right, L1 spawn a parachute
Circle, Circle, L1, Circle, Circle, Circle, L1, L2, R1, Triangle, Circle, Triangle Spawn A Rhino
R2, Up, L2, Left, Left, R1, L1, Circle, Right Spawn a Stretch
Down, R1, Circle, L2, L2, X, R1, L1, Left, Left Spawn Bloodring Banger
Circle, L1, Up, R1, L2, X, R1, L1, Circle, X Spawn Caddy
R2, L1, L1, RIGHT, RIGHT, UP, UP, X, L1, LEFT spawn dozer
R1, circle, R2, Right, L1, L2, X (2), Square, R1 Spawn Hotring Racer #1
R2, L1, Circle, Right, L1, R1, Right, Up, circle, R2 Spawn Hotring Racer #2
CIRCLE, X, L1, CIRCLE, CIRCLE, L1, CIRCLE, R1, R2, L2, L1, L1 Spawn Hunter
Up, Right, Right, L1, Right, Up, Square, L2 Spawn Rancher
R1, UP, LEFT, RIGHT, R2, UP, RIGHT, SQUARE, RIGHT, L2, L1, L1 Spawn Tanker
Triangle, Triangle, Square, Circle, X, L1, L1, Down, Up Spawns Hydra
Left, Left, Down, Down, Up, Up, Square, Circle, Triangle, R1, R2 Spawns Quadbike
Triangle, Triangle, Square, Circle, X, L1, L2, Down, Down Spawns Vortex
R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, Circle Storm
Circle, Up, L1, L2, Down, R1, L1, L1, Left, Left, X, Triangle. Stuntplane
Up, Left, X, Triangle, R1, Circle, Circle, Circle, L2 Super Punch
TRIANGLE, LEFT, SQUARE, R2, UP, L2, DOWN, L1, X, L1, L1, L1 Traffic is Country Vehicles
L1 L1 R1 R1 L2 L1 R2 Down Left Up Turns All Vehicles Into Country Vehicles
Down, R2, Down, R1, L2, Left, R1, L1, Left, Right Unlock Romero
Circle, R1, Circle, R1, Left, Left, R1, L1, Circle, Right Unlock Trashmaster
R1, R2, L1, R2, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up Weapons 1
R1, R2, L1, R2, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Down, Left Weapons 2
R1, R2, L1, R2, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left , Down, Down, Down Weapons 3
L2, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, SQUARE, LEFT, R2, SQUARE, X, R1, L1, L1 Weather Cloudy
X, Square, Down, X, Square, Up, R1, R1 Calls the nearest ped to get in your car or get on your bike. Only gives a confirmation message if you're in a vehicle and there's a ped nearby.

GTA: San Andreas Unlockables

Mission Rewards

Unlockable How to Unlock
Fireproof CJ Complete all 12 levels of the Firetruck missions
Increase Maximum Health to 150 Complete all 12 levels in the Ambulance mission
Entertaining prositutes earns you money (instead of taking it away) Complete level 10 of the pimping missions
Nitro boosts on all Taxis and Cabbies Complete 50 fares
Get RS Haul as an asset property Complete level 8 of the trucking missions
Maximum Armor Boosted to 150 Complete level 12 of the vigilante missions
Tec 9, AK47, Sawed-off Shotgun and Molotov delivered to CJ's house in Los Santos Cover all 100 tags
Sniper Rifle, Micro SMG, Shotgun, and Grenades delivered to San Fierro garage. All 50 Snapshots Taken
Get Hunter Quarry Asset and Quarry Mission Time-Trials Complete all 7 Quarry Missions
Flamethrower, Minigun, Rocket Launcher, Homing Rocket Launcher delivered to Mike Toreno's cabin Beat all of Mike Toreno's missions.
Grove Street Families gang members carry Desert Eagles and SMGs Cover all 100 tags in Los Santos
$1,000,000 Get first place in all races at the 4 racing locations across San Andreas (marked with a checkered flag on the map/radar).

Unlockable Vehicles

Unlockable How to Unlock
HotKnife Get all gold awards in driving school
Super GT Get all bronze awards in driving school
FCR-900 Get all silver awards in bike school
NRG-500 Get all gold awards at Bike School
Monster Car Win it by beating 8-track
Hunter Get all gold awards in pilot school to spawn one at Verdant Meadows Airstrip
Bullet Get all silver awards in driving school
Freeway Get all bronze awards in bike school
JetMax Get all gold awards in boat school
Marquis Get all bronze awards in boat school
Squallo Get all silver awards in boat school
Rustler Get all bronze awards in pilot school
Stunt Plane Get all silver awards in pilot school
Dune Beat the score of 25 at the Dirt Ring
Bloodring Banger Get your total time up to 1 minute in the Bloodring
Jet Pack Complete the airstrip asset near Las Venturas
Hydra Beat the mission, "Vertical Bird" and it will spawn at your airstrip
Hotring Racer Get first place in 8 - Track
BF Injection Place 1st in the Dirt Ring race at the stadium in Las Venturas.
Hydra and Rhino at CJ's house Complete the game 100 percent to have the Hydra Jet and Rhino Tank spawn outside CJ's house on Grove Street.
Monster Collect 5 vehicles for the Import/Export dock
Windsor Collect 10 vehicles for the Import/Export dock
Bandito Collect 15 vehicles for the Import/Export dock
Turismo Collect 20 vehicles for the Import/Export dock
Vortex Collect 25 vehicles for the Import/Export dock
Bullet Collect 30 vehicles for the Import/Export dock
Leviathan Complete the mission "Up, Up, and Away" and the Leviathan will spawn at your airstrip.
Hovercraft Beat the story missions
BP Savanna Steal it from Cesar after the High Stakes Low Rider mission
BP Tahoma Steal it after the House Party mission
Indestructible Walton Steal it during the Madd Dogg mission
Mothership Steal it during the Are You Going To San Fierro mission
SWAT tank Steal it during the End Of The Line mission
Police Maverick Unlock the desert and it will spawn on top of the Los Santos Police Station

Collectibles

Unlockable How to Unlock
Increase Lung capacity and Sex Appeal Find all 50 Oysters
Increase Luck Find all 50 Horseshoes in Las Venturas
SMG, Combat shotgun, M4, and Satchel Charges delivered to Four Dragons Casino Find all 50 horseshoes

Unlockable Outfits

Unlockable How to Unlock
Pimp Outfit Get your relationship to 100 percent with Denise Robinson
Medic Outfit Get your relationship to 100 percent with Katie Zhan
Racing Outfit Get your relationship to 100 percent with Michelle
Police Outfit Get your relationship to 100 percent with Barbara
Overalls Outfit Get your relationship to 100 percent with Helena
Gimp Suit Complete the mission "The Key to her Heart"
Croupier Outfit Complete the mission "Breaking the bank at Caliqula's"
Valet Outfit Complete the mission "555 We Tip"

Dating Perks

Unlockable How to Unlock
Keep weapons after being wasted Date Katie
Keep weapons after being busted Date Barbara
Free car respray at Michelle's house Date Michelle
Molotov Cocktails, Pistol, Flame Thrower and Chainsaw Date Helena and the weapons will spawn in the shed

100% Game Completion Bonuses

Unlockable How to Unlock
Stats and cash boost. Rhino and Hydra delivered to CJ's house in Grove Street 100% Game Completion
Infinte ammo (Total ammo will raise if you shoot your selected weapon, but will reset back to its original number) 100% Game Completion

Dual wield weapons

Unlockable How to Unlock
Dual Pistols Reach hitman level with pistols
Dual Sawed-Off shotguns Reach hitman level with Sawed-Off shotguns
Dual Machine Pistols Reach hitman level with Machine pistols
Dual Tec 9s Reach hitman level with Tec 9s

Unlockable Assets

Complete the requirments to get money made at that location.

Unlockable How to Unlock
Valet Parking Asset (San Fierro) Complete Level 5 of the Valet Parking
Wang Cars Asset (San Fierro) Complete the missions to get the cars (Located at your main Garage)
Zeros RC Shop Asset Complete all Zero's missions
Roboi's Food Mart Asset Complete the 4 levels of deliveries in Los Santos.
Burger Shot Asset Complete the 4 levels of deliveries in Redsands East, Las Venturas.
Airstrip Asset Complete all of Toreno's Missions at the Abandoned Airstrip
Hippy Shopper as an asset Beat the 4 level couriers mission in San Fierro
The Johnson House Take over your first territories at the end of Los Santos
Quarry Asset Complete all Quarry missions
Truck Stop Asset Complete all trucking missions

Cars obtained through dating girls

Date any of these girls and get your relationship to 50% and you will get the keys to their car.

Unlockable How to Unlock
Green hustler Date Denise
Romero Date Katie
Ranger Date Barbara
Monster Truck Date Michelle
Club Date Millie
Bandito Date Helena

50K and Free Train Rides

Complete 10 (or level 2) of the freight missions to unlock a free train ride and 50K.

Unlockable How to Unlock
50K and train rides complete freight Missions

Infinite sprint

Complete "Burglary" by having C.J. steal $10,000 worth of stuff.

Unlockable How to Unlock
Infinite Sprint Complete "Burglary"

GTA: San Andreas Easter Eggs

  • Idle Screensaver

    Do not move CJ for 2-3 minutes. The display will be removed and the camera will start to follow and zoom into any activity going on (ie. Pursuits, fights, people talking).

  • Change the size of the moon

    Shoot the moon with the sniper rifle and it will grow until it reaches a certain size when he will shrink when you shoot it again.

  • Civilian Lemmings

    Go to the gym in Las Venturas, and through the bomb garage next to it. Stand in that alley and look at the building across the street to your right -- and you'll see people jumping and walking off the roof. It will only happen if you stand in that alley and watch it from there. It's pretty much a Lemmings Easter Egg since Rockstar North made Lemmings (the company was known as DMA then)

  • Funny License Plates

    If you import a car at the docks, most but not all cars have plates that differ from normal ones. One says "our fergie", or "disco stu", and a really special one says "ea sucks". Try it out.

  • Jesus Saves

    In Los Santos there is a wall painting with a heart, Mary and an angel on it and it says: Jesus Saves. In GTA 1 and 2 on the buildings where you saved it said the same thing.

  • Gant bridge easter egg

    Get a jetpack and fly to the top of the gant bridge. At the top is a sign saying: "There are no easter eggs up here. Go away."

  • CJ Sings

    If you leave the game on and don't do anything CJ will sing songs heard on the radio. The songs you will most likely hear CJ sing is the songs on your favorite radio station.

GTA: San Andreas Secrets

  • Sex Toy Weapon

    In Los Santos, go inside any police station and go into the shower room. Inside you will find a purple sex toy you can use as a very powerful weapon.

  • Infinite Photos

    First, save your game (with a camera). Now, press L1 to take pictures of any photos you want (save it in your gallery), until you're done photographing. When you are, reset the console. The photos you have taken will still be in your gallery, only you won't have lost any film!

  • Fast and Easy way to upgrade weapon skills

    Take the gun you want to be upgraded and aim it at a tire of any vechicle. Then just keep firing and your skill builds up quick.

  • Use the Vortex as a Submarine

    Use the Vortex between El Quebrados and the abandoned airfield to take the small unique jump ramp that's on the back of the small shack it's parked next to. When you land in the water, the unique jump slow-motion cinema should keep going, with the camera fixed in one spot. Drive way out into the reservoir, and towards the dam, to the left of the camera's view. You'll disappear from view, but keep going. Eventually you'll run into the side of the dam and the cinema will end, leaving you under water and able to steer the Vortex like a submarine, without draining lung capacity or anything, as if you weren't underwater at all.

  • Chilliad Challenge easy win alternative way

    Another way to easily complete every race in the Chilliad Challengeis quite simple, throw a grenade at your opponent(s) and they will be eliminated from the race. Normally, using a weapon will get you disqualified, but using a grenade is fine by the games standards, and this method is a lot less cheap than the other one for this challenge, and works just as effectively.

  • Get No Stars While Blowing Up Vehicles

    In a helicopter you won't get any stars if you use the chaingun for blowing up cars instead of the rockets. Even if they're right behind the guy you're shooting. As long as you don't kill any pedestrians or hit a cop car with a stray bullet.

  • No Timer on Quarry Mission

    On the mission where you have to steal dynamite for a Wuzie mission you normally have a timer but if you go to the center of the construction site there is a grey stage with a person on it and the dynamite plunger right in front of him. If you kill him the timer will stop and you will have all of the time you need to complete this mission.

  • Easy High Score in the Arcade Game "They Crawled From Uranus"

    Once the game starts simply hold the joystick in one direction and the aliens' fire will never hit you. If you fire while doing this you can easily rack up points without ever dying.

  • Get out of debt trick

    To get out of debt, no matter how far you are in, find a Unique Stunt Jump that you haven\'t been rewarded on yet. Hit the jump and you will be rewarded. However, this causes your money counter to reset to all zeroes.

  • Free ammo without pay purchase

    Enter an ammunation shooting range and then press triangle to leave it. Gives full ammo to whatever gun you had equipped.

  • Get Twice the Amount of Progress With Girlfriends

    You have to have two controllers for this trick. When you go to your girlfriend's house you have a choice of either going on a two player free roam or going on a one player date. However, at the end of the one player date the two player icon (usually located by the door) will linger for a few seconds. You have to quickly go into the icon and activate it before it disappears. After that you can either end the free roam quickly or play around it doesn't matter. If your one player date was good and you gained progress you will gain even more progress from the free roam. However, if you had a bad date you lose more progress by activating it.

  • Infinite Spray Paint

    In the earlier Sweet Mission "Tagging up Turf" you receive an infinite spray paint can. Since there is no timer on this mission, you can go around Los Santos with the FAQ tag map and spray all the tags without refilling the paint. Sweet!

  • Basketball Cheat

    If you have a wanted level and start to play basketball, you cannot be injured in any way.

  • Have your picture taken.

    To have a homie take your picture you need a gun and a camera. First Recruit a homie by targeting them with a gun and pressing up on the d-pad.
    Then swith from a gun to the camera then walk near your recruited hommie. A message will appear on the screen. It will say to have your picture taken press l1.If you press l1 you will get to take a picture of yourself.

GTA: San Andreas Glitches

  • Early Bulletproof Savanna

    After you finish the 'High Stakes, Low-Rider' Mission, Cesar and his car stay at the finish line, doors locked. You can push the car to the nearest garage and the doors will become unlocked.

  • Headless CJ

    Find a katana, then go into two player mode (by finding a icon that shows two red figures). Have player two chop your character's head off, and then when you go back into one-player mode CJ will have no head, and a nasty little blood effect.

  • Stop Rival Gangs from taking your Territories

    To stop a rival gang from taking your Territories, go to a safe house and save when ever the message "your area is under attack" appears on the screen. This will stop the attack and you get to keep you area. Warning: This may cause permanant negative effects to your game.

  • Cell Phone Guns

    When talking on the cellphone, press Triangle to end the conversation then quickly switch to the tec9, in your hands you will have a cellphone that shoots!
    (deactivates when you enter a vehicle)

  • Super Bike Jump

    This requires that you are have a gun that can be used while riding a bicycle. Immediately after you release the jump button (L1), tap circle. You should tap and release fast enough so the gun does not actually fire. You can jump over 2 stories high this way if you time it right.

  • Mountain Bike Morphing

    This glitch is similar to the bike morph glitch in vice city, but it has a limited area that you can use it. In this area you can not fall off the bike, so you can do flips and all other kind of insane stunts. To do this glitch you need:

    1: Go to the top of Mount Chiliad
    2: Get a Parachute (there’s one by the Journey on top of the Mountain)
    3: Get on the mountain bike parked at the top of the mountain to start the mission “The Chiliad Challenge”
    4: Use the ramp to the left of the beginning of the mission to fly of the mountain. Jump off in midair and open the parachute.

    If done correctly you should now be morphed with the bike (parachute still open) Now you can do insane stunts without falling of your bike.

  • Wide Screen Mode

    To do this go to any airport, and book a flight to anywhere. When you see the plane appear on the runway put in the "destroy all vehicles" cheat. You will die, and be sent to the nearest hospital, but the screen will stay wide screen. Ya know black bars at the top, and bottom of the screen. Note:The only way to get out of the wide screen mode is to book another flight, and either jump out of the plane, continue to the other airport, or do a mission. Also you will not be able to see the map, health, or armor bars, weapon, money, wanted lvl. and you cannot pause, or save the game.

  • Underworld Gateways

    You'll need a jetpack to explore the Underworld.
    Gate#1: Go to the sea's cliffs east of Los Venturas near Sobell Rail Yard. Now fly along the ledge near water level. There is a glitchy rock wall that you can pass through in one point. The wall twitches and shakes. When you get in, you may have to fly north a little before it lets you get under fully.

    Gate#2: It's in a corner wall of your safehouse in Vinewood, right by the pool. Just walk into the wall at different spots until you find it.

  • Free paint jobs at Loco Low co. and Wheel Arch Angels

    Tired of having the garages take away your beloved paint jobs on your cars? Don't want to spend $500 on a pretty flame paint job? Take your vehicle of choice to the Mod Shops across the state. When you are in the shop, highlight your painting of choice. Now press X and then Triangle VERY Quickly. Your car should have the paint job and you don't have to pay the money. However, this doesn't work with anything else. (colors, spoilers etc.) Also note that this will not fix up your car, and it will still be beat up.

  • No Traffic

    Start a new game and get to the OG Loc missions. At the beach mission, talk to the DJ and respond positively. When she says lets dance, instead of talking to her again just run away and there will be no cars on the road. Save game, so you can do this whenever you want

    Some fun things to do with this glitch are to turn on "all people hate you" cheat for zombie style survival horror game, or turn up the wanted level for fastest police chases ever.

  • Refill Nitro

    Whenever your nitro runs out, leave your vechicle and get back in. Your nitro will be replenished and you won't have to wait two minutes for it to refill.

  • Skip Songs on Radio

    You can skip songs on the radio. Change to another station, then change back to the station playing the song you hate. As soon as the text at the top of the screen saying the name of the station turns yellow, before the station starts to play, change the station again. Change back to the original station, and it will have skipped whatever song it was playing.

  • Reload Instantly

    When you need to reload quickly press L2 then R2 or vice versa just before CJ runs out of ammo and you will instantly reload.

  • Melting Mountain Bike

    Get a mountian bike, start to reverse by hold square, while holding it, start to tap X fast.
    CJ's 3D frame will bend and stretch in crazy ways.
    He'll even look like he's melting into the ground.

    Enjoy.

  • Infinite Photos

    First you have to be in San Fierro and on the mission "Photo Opportunity". Fail the mission but don't reload. You will then have infinite "ammo" for your camera from then on.

  • Pay and Spray 2 cars

    Go to the pay and spray, then bring one car half way to keep the door from closing and then push it inside with another car. The two cars will be fixed for the price of one.

  • pay and spray glitch

    When you have a wanted level of any number of stars drive your car inside the pay and spray but before the door closes get out of the car. Aim your gun to look ahead and the cops, fbi, even the army will walk right by you even if u attck them while inside the pay and spray they wont see you. To get more cops to enter the area just exit the pay and spray and enter again. When u have grown tired of fighting just enter your car and the pay and spray door will close and then drive away with a clean slate!!!

  • Give homie your ride

    When a homie is with you and you have a 2 seated car or more. Get into the car and hold up just as your homie gets in.

    CJ will dismiss him but the homie will stay in the car a few seconds, then start driving away with it. Perfect for riding around in quads thorugh the countryside.

  • Easy cycling skill

    This glitch allows you to upgrade you cycling skill faster. To exploit this glitch you first need to find a bike (no brainer), then you need to find a freight train and wait for it to stop. Do a bunny hop onto the back of the freight train so that you can ride it and stay on the bike. When the train starts to move again the bike will start to slide. At this point press the X button to pedal the bike. The bike should now be floating slightly above the train but will remain in place. You will notice that the wheels of the bike are moving at the some speed as the train even if you let go of the X button. This allows you to get cycling skills faster than with normal bike riding.
    Note: CJ and the bike may become invisible while on the train. This is normal and will become visable again once you get off the train.

  • Transfender glitch

    For this you need to have unlocked the transfender modding service. First find a car that you are willing to give up and can be modded by transfender. Take it to transfender go to the modding screen the press triangle to escape. Then before you do anything get out of the car and leave it there. There will be no traffic but if you get into a car traffic will come back, so to make it so you can get into a car you will need to kill yourself. Then you can get in and out of cars and there will be no traffic.

    To turn traffic back on simply take your car to transfender goto the modding screen escape the drive your car out.

  • Continue wearing goggles

    If you equip night vision goggles and then play an arcade game, when you quit the arcade game CJ will still be wearing them but the effect will be gone.

  • Tractor Tow Slingshot

    When using a tractor you can pickup other vehicles by lowering the lift using the R stick, you can use this to super slingshot yourself and a semi truck. First obtain a tractor then lower the lift and back up directly into a semi to tow it. Now start driving and swerve a bit from left to right this for some odd reason will launch your tractor and the semi at ludicrous speeds.

  • Girlfriend bonus glitch

    If you have dated any one of the girlfrined who give you a bonus Such as Katie or Barbara and you restart the game you will still have the bonuses they give you even if your not dating them!!

  • Reveal complete San Andreas map

    Simply get in a plane or helicopter, at any stage during the game, and fly outside the games boundaries. Once you reach water, fly towards the end of the map and simply keep going for a few minutues, and eventually the whole map of San Andreas is revealed! This is a very helpful glitch to exploit, as it doesn't affect anything negatively and the map will always be revealed; even after the game is saved!

  • Create A Fountain

    Grab a boat and head out to some deep waters. Grab a satchel and throw it in the water. For some reason the 'splash' of the impact keeps on going so the water keeps spraying up.

  • Un-hitch trailer from big rigs using camera.

    If you have a trailer attached to the Tanker, Line Runner or Road Train, and you no longer want it, get a camera.
    Go into the camera's 1st person view by holding R1, then press O. You will hear the trailer un-hitch. You need to be near the truck, and in an area open enough for the trailer to move away from the truck without hitting, or getting caught in a wall or other object.
    It's a lot easier than losing the truck trying to jack knife the trailer off.

  • Ghost Country

    Thie glitch removes all peds (and cops if it's done right) and cars from the game. It's great to use to explore the territory. On the mission 'Small town bank' for Catalina, after you grab the bikes, you'll end up at the unique jump spot. Jump it, but miss and fall into the river below (It works if you don't get the slow animation for the jump too, but if you do get it, the cops shouldn't be on the map as well as the peds). After you land in the water, you'll see a floating trooper dead. I don't know why that's there. Swim to Fisher's lagoon and head back to Palomino Creek, were the bank is. Nothing will be there. No cars driving or spawned, and maybe no cops. The alarm at the bank will still be going off, and the only places you will find anyone will be in a store like The Well Stacked Pizza or Ammu-Nation. Entering then exiting those places will not bring back the peds or cars, and the only way to do that is to go and rescue Catalina from the police ambush and take her back to her hideout. However, you can do anything in between the glitch and rescuing her, as she will not be killed by the cops. Just spawn a jetpack or car with a cheat and explore. You can go cover tags and find the oysters and stuff like that without worry that cops or gangs will attack you. Occasionally a parked car will spawn, but they are kinda rare. When you go to rescue Catalina, shoot the surrounding cops with a rifle from far away, and you can pick them off easy, and no other ones will come. I don't know what happens if you die or kill Catalina, so you can try it if you like and tell me about it and I'll correct this.

  • Keep mask after the burglary missions are done.

    Start the burglary missions and park infront of a barber shop. Enter said shop and walk into the red circle to take a seat. Press X to view a haircut and wait until the time expires. Once the mission has ended press triangle and the barber will "put" the mask back on you. Now you may leave the barber shop with the mask on your face. Note: You may not change your clothes or die/ get busted the mask will disappear.

  • Chillad Challenge Infinite Money Glitch

    As soon as the race starts ignore all over cyclists just head straight for the wooden ramp at the end of the mountain top when you get there try and pull the insaniest stunt possible. Just as your about to hit the floor you will respawn where you origanally started and still claim the stunt bonus award.

  • Weapons other than SMGs w/ two players in a vehicle

    First, find a two-player icon either around town or a a girlfriend's house. Now if you have a SMG, then waste the ammo for it. Pick a different weapon, like a shotgun or rifle. When the second person gets in the vehicle, input the weapon code that would give you the weapon you have selected. If done correctly, then the second player should be able to shoot whatever weapon was selected.

  • Taking Gang Territory: Fish In A Barrel

    While trying to take over gang territory, take one of the datable girls with you. Between waves of enemy gang members, if you give your girlfriend a gift or kiss them, the enemy gang members will freeze in place. They won't notice you around them, but if you throw a grenade at them or otherwise threaten them, they'll un-freeze. Grab a rocket launcher or molotov and you can take over territory really easy. Also, this would give you a chance to get the health and armor pickups in the area without being shot at.

  • Stop enemies from attacking your territories

    At any time (until time runs out and they actually take over) get in either a cop car, firetruck, or ambulance and press R3 to start the secondary mission and then press it again to end the mission. This will make it so the attack has stopped, you keep your territory, and it will have no negative effect on your game (unlike the safe house glitch).

  • Barbara Glitch

    If you go pick up Barbara for a date, she might say that you aren't fat enough to take her out. Instead of having to gain weight to be able to take her out, you can grab a car and a fellow gang member. To do this you have to have a Sadler and a Grove St. gang member in the car with you. When you do this, you go pick up Barbara for a date and she assumes you're heavy since the Sadler itself is heavy along with the gang member. You HAVE TO have the gang member with you, or else it will not work.

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