Note, however, that during a session of play, all cars of the same model will have the same number plate (for example, all Landstalkers will have the same plates).
GTA SAN ANDREAS LICENCE PLATE LICENSE
Each of the three major cities in San Andreas have their own plates and some vehicles have their own custom license numbers. The pattern is: two letters and two numbers, then a space, then a number and two letters (e.g. License plates are dynamic in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, generating random 7 character license numbers that consist of both letters and numbers. With vehicles on the Mainland having a palm tree on the left side of the license plate.
GTA SAN ANDREAS LICENCE PLATE REGISTRATION
The Vice City Stories license plate seems to be inspired by the original 1990-2007 Florida Save the Manatees license plate, specifically the grass at the bottom, and the red text based on 1986-1991 Florida license plates with 1984 registration stickers. Liberty City Stories license plates appear to be based on 1989-1999 New York Motorcycle Plates with a 1999 registration sticker with "New York" actually still slightly legible and in the Shoreside Vale loading screen shows two vehicles with what appears to be 2001-2010 New York Plates which is anachronistic. While still more varied than in GTA III and GTA Vice City, the games only offer a limited number of license numbers, with each of them specific to certain vehicles' models. For the anniversary edition of GTA Vice City, the plates were changed to be based on 1997-present University of Florida specialty plates reading F66WC.įor Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, license plates in both games feature an "LC" (Liberty City) and "VC" (Vice City) prefix, respectively, followed by a four-digit number. It was later reduced in resolution, and in the beta, some vehicles had 1986-2000 New York License plates reading 5SZ 832. In GTA Vice City, some vehicles retain the LC R29 plates others have blurred and illegible versions of the 1978-1986/1991-1997 Florida license plate, with pre-release screenshots showing the Florida plate, reading "VC 685", used on industrial and low-grade vehicles. License plates in GTA III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City are static textures, with all plates in GTA III reading LC R29 (the LC could stand for Liberty City). In later games, the purpose of license plate becomes more important and necessary to the storyline of the game. Vehicle license plates are introduced in Grand Theft Auto III with the player's ability to explore in a three-dimensional environment making plates viewable. Main article: Vehicle Features/Custom Vehicle License Plates