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GTA5.MD TABLE OF CONTENTS INFORMATION Overview Latest Notes MODS TOOLS TRAINERS QUALITY CONTROL GAMEPLAY MODS REFERENCES GAMEPLAY GROUND VEHICLE TIPS AIR VEHICLE TIPS AQUATIC VEHICLE TIPS RARE VEHICLES REGULAR VEHICLES NPC-MODIFIED VEHICLES GANG VEHICLES CONVERTIBLES CB CHATTER SECURITY VANS
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GTA5.MD

A collection of notes for story mode players.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INFORMATION
 Overview
 Latest Notes
MODS
 Tools
 Trainers
 Quality Control
 Gameplay Mods
 References
GAMEPLAY
 Ground Vehicle Tips
 Air Vehicle Tips
 Aquatic Vehicle Tips
RARE VEHICLES
 Regular Vehicles
 NPC-Modified Vehicles
 Beach Bum Update Vehicles
 Gang Vehicles
 Convertibles
SECURITY VANS

INFORMATION

Overview

All information gathered is from PC v1.0.2545.0, Uncracked, Rockstar Launcher panty-sniffing DRM.

All times are in military time as shown in game, a.k.a. military time.

Latest Notes

The event of the Lazer flying over Raton Canyon doesn't appear to occur anymore. I've run as all three characters at all times of day, back and forth on trails each side of Cassidy Creek.

MODS

Things I use myself.

TOOLS

TRAINERS

QUALITY CONTROL

GAMEPLAY MODS

REFERENCES

GAMEPLAY

Some notes about gameplay in general.

GROUND VEHICLE TIPS

Carjacking at gunpoint.

Carjacking at gunpoint prevents unarmed drivers from becoming hostile towards you. It can be done with any pistol or assault rifle that comes with the enhanced version by default. Those are: Pistol, Combat Pistol, AP Pistol, Pistol .50, SNS Pistol, Heavy Pistol, Vintage Pistol, Assault Rifle, Carbine Rifle, Advanced Rifle, Special Carbine, and Bullpup Rifle. Equipping any special tint (gilded, wood grip, etc) disables carjacking at gunpoint with that weapon. Using standard tints does not. Attachments do not affect the animation. DLC pistols and assault rifles don't appear to be tied to the same animation sets, and as such do not trigger the pointing animations. This can likely be fixed with mods. The MP_Male and MP_Female multiplayer models support the same animations.

Keep engine running.

Equip any weapon, shoot (only one shot necessary) or melee with it, then immediately hop in your vehicle. When you exit, the engine will remain running.

Shotguns in vehicles.

You can use the Sawed Off Shotgun and Auto Shotgun while on a motorcycle.

Stopping on steep grades.

Using regular brakes will not lock the car in place. Tap the handbrake when stopped. It'll lock the car's position regardless of grade.

Off roading.

Four wheel drive is helpful. Here's my personal picks for trails and offroading:

  • Maxwell Vagrant (this thing trumps trails to pavement)
  • BF Dune Buggy (good all-around; the Dune FAV is more prone to rollover)
  • Vapid Blade (surprisingly good on trails and hillclimbs)
  • BF Bifta (RWD takes getting used to but blazes trails once learned, poor hillclimb though)
  • Vapid Sandking XL (decent all around, high suspension, average top speed, decent cornering, good hill climber)

AIR VEHICLE TIPS

What's the best plane?

Well, up to the individual to check stats for themselves. Helicopters aren't affected by turbulence, but planes (generally) fly faster. Here's my personal favorites:

  • Mammoth Hydra (VTOL, higher top and lower cruising speeds than P-996 LAZER, easy to land)
  • Mammoth Dodo (amphibious, quite resistant to turbulence, very easy to land)
  • Western Cuban 800 (well-balanced across the board, easy to land)
  • Buckingham Alpha Z1 (immune to turbulence, fast cruise, somewhat difficult to land)

And helicopters:

  • Maibatsu Frogger (well-balanced civilian heli)
  • Buckingham Savage (well-balanced attack heli)

How to land planes.

Some are easier than others. Hold the decel (airbrake) about halfway down. Speed will begin to decrease. Holding decel any farther will shut the engine, and most jet-powered (and even some prop-powered) planes drop like a rock when doing so.

Gear down on approach. It increases air resistance, therefore lowering the maximum cruise (idle) speed.

Stealing the Atomic Blimp.

Land on top either by helicopter or parachute. Walk to the very front edge. Enter vehicle. You'll clip through as if the doors were blocked.

AQUATIC VEHICLE TIPS

Getting the SCUBA gear.

You get it only by exiting a Dinghy, Submersible, or Kraken.

Parking boats.

There doesn't appear to be a solid way to keep boats where they are after entering them. The tide/current will guide them away from where you leave them. No aquatic vessel is exempt from this.

RARE VEHICLES

Below are vehicles which are rare, but not missable. The type of vehicle being driven appears to affect what vehicles spawn. If you want a Turismo R or Zentorno, drive a Super car like an Infernus or Bullet GT. If you want a Coquette Classic, drive a Sports Classic like a Pigalle, Peyote, or Tornado (clean variant). If you want a Rat-Loader, drive any beater car or something old like a Hotknife or Blade.

When approaching any known spawn of significant rarity, drive slowly. I've found maintaining 20 mph and just barely touching the throttle works best.

Read more about scenarios and scripted events here.

REGULAR VEHICLES

These are regular vehicles, just highly localized and/or generally hard to find.

BF Dune Buggy

  • 11:00-18:00 Driving north on dirt road east of Los Santos Customs in Grand Senora Desert.
  • 07:00-15:00 Parked next to a radio tower and shack west of Yellow Jack Inn in Grand Senora Desert. Sometimes surrounded by a Brute Camper, BF Injection, or an NPC driving a MTL Packer northbound (away from the radio tower).
  • 18:00-23:00 Driving east on dirt road parallel train tracks north of Sandy Shores Airfield. Drives entire dirt road, then turns onto East Joshua Road at Marina Drive.
  • 14:00-18:00 Driving west at dirt road junction west of Sandy Shores Airfield.
  • 12:00 Parked next to an Auto Repair Shop on Marina Drive in southern Grapeseed.
  • 08:00-20:00 Parked under the canopy of a shut gas station on Marina Drive in southern Grapeseed. Sometimes with two or three Sanchez (livery).
  • 15:00-20:00 Parked in the cul-de-sac on the western end of Marina Drive in Grand Senora Desert.
  • 06:00-19:00 Parked next to a water tower in northeastern Stab City.
  • 19:00 Driving southwest (spawns mobile at the bridge to Mount Chiliad) on North Calafia Way, continuing down along the Alamo Sea.
  • 07:00-12:00 Driving south on beach east side of Great Ocean Highway (northwest of Fort Zancudo). Merges onto Zancudo Trail and continues south around Fort Zancudo alongside Lago Zancudo. May spawn driverless.
  • Parked under the first big jump on the south side of the dirt path leading down from the cable car drop off point atop Mount Chiliad.
  • 24 hours. Parked beside dirt road (second road south from Cassidy Creek) in Raton Canyon. Almost dead south (just a bit west) in line with Altruist Camp.
  • Parked beachside on northern edge of Mount Gordo. Directly east of Up 'n' Atom Burger. Almost directly north (beyond Braddock Pass) of Weed Farm (Trevor random encounter).
  • Parked aside seawall next to beach in northwestern Paleto Bay. Northwest of The Hen House. Southwest of Parachute Jump 4.

Bravado Rat-Loader

  • 06:00-03:00 Parked at the house directly east of Cletus' on Marina Drive in Sandy Shores.
  • Parked in dirt alley just west of Ammu-Nation in Sandy Shores.
  • Parked next to farm house off the east side of a dirt road (dead east of Redwood Lights Track, southeast of Los Santos Customs) in Grand Senora Desert.
  • Parked in carport attached to trailer on Lesbos Lane (next to two red shipping containers off Algonquin Boulevard). East of Ace Liquor.
  • Parked aside a red trailer on the northeast corner of Algonquin Boulevard and Mountain View Drive in Sandy Shores. (East of Ammu-Nation.)
  • NPC-modified variant driving out of the LTD Fuel Station in Grapeseed, headed northeast on Grapeseed Main Street.
  • NPC-modified variant parked afront Beeker's Garage in Paleto Bay.

Bravado Police Cruiser (Buffalo)

  • 18:00-04:00 Under Train Station on Olympic Freeway in Strawberry.
  • Commonly patrolling around the Car Impound (Police Station) in Mission Row.

Brute Boxville (LSDWP)

  • 09:00 Leaving north exit of LSDWP facility on west side of Popular Street, then driving south. Sometimes parked at same facility.
  • Pulling out of LSDWP facility onto Elgin Avenue, heading south.

Buckingham Swift

  • 06:00-18:00 Both the regular and Flying Bravo variants will land at the easternmost helipad at the terminal of LSIA.
  • Black variant taking off at the NOOSE Headquarters on Sustancia Road, in Palomino Highlands.
  • Flying Bravo variant flying along the east coast of Blaine County, usually near the RON Alternates Wind Farm.

Declasse Gang Burrito

  • During Mr. Philips
  • During Nervous Ron
  • During Property Management: Gang Attack for Car Scrapyard.
  • Random events involving The Lost MC.
  • Trevor switch scene. He throws a man, usually a Lost MC Member, from a bridge. Behind him there will be a Gang Burrito in lieu of Trevor's own vehicle.

Declasse Granger (Lifeguard)

  • Parked at lifeguard lookout posts and stations along Vespucci Beach.

Declasse Granger (Park Ranger)

  • Parked at Paleto Bay Sheriff Office.
  • Parked at Ranger Station (north of Vinewood sign) at dead end of Mount Haan Drive in Vinewood Hills.
  • Parked at Beaver Bush Ranger Station on southeast corner of Baytree Canyon Road and Marlowe Drive.
  • Driving east on dirt path (north side of Cassidy Creek) toward bridge which crosses the creek.
  • Driving into parking lot of Bolingbroke Penitentiary. Driver will park up, walk to a fuel tanker, and light a stogie.
  • Parked on outskirts of Mount Gordo (near Mount Chiliad) with a ranger nearby.
  • Random Trevor switch scene. He's in the Grand Senora Desert being chased by two Sheriff Cruisers and one Park Ranger.

Declasse Tornado (Mariachi)

  • 11:00-18:00 Parked in lot west of Ammu-Nation on Route 68 in northern edge of Great Chaparral.
  • During The Civil Border Patrol
  • 15:00-20:00 Random event easter egg atop Raton Canyon.

HVY Docktug

  • 17:00 Up to two parked on a seawall extension off of Autopia Parkway. It can be accessed via two roads close to the Auto Repair Shop used during the Gauntlet heist setup missions. Sometimes a Dock Handler may spawn here as well.
  • Driving north out of first gate for LSIA (south of Los Santos Customs).
  • 12:00 Driving out of oil pumps in Banning onto Dutch London Street eastbound.
  • 06:00-12:00 Parked on road shoulder opposite D-Rail building near the drydocks on Elysian Island.
  • 12:00 Driving north on Plaice Place, away from the Post Op Depository, on Elysian Island.

JoBuilt P-996 LAZER

  • Parked, taxiing, taking off westbound, and/or flying at various spots around Fort Zancudo.
  • Flying over Raton Canyon every in-game half hour. Rarely in groups of three.

JoBuilt Mammatus

  • Flying around Los Santos.
  • 15:00-18:00 Occasionally lands at Sandy Shores Airfield.
  • Parked outside the western wall of Michael's Hangar in LSIA, usually next to a Cuban 800.

JoBuilt Velum

  • Parked afront Hangar A17 on the southern side of LSIA.

Titan

  • Up to four parked in Fort Zancudo.
  • Taking off westbound from runway at Fort Zancudo.

Karin Dilettante (Merryweather Patrol)

  • Driving west on Eclipse Boulevard in Vinewood.
  • Driving around southwest side of Davis Quartz.
  • Driving around northwest side of Palmer Taylor Power Station.
  • 17:00-06:00 Driving in front of Berth 57 (truck bays with green tin siding) in Elysian Island.
  • Driving around the drydocks at Pacific Allied Shipyard (across from Pier 400) on southern Elysian Island.
  • 00:00-06:00 Driving west on Wild Oats Drive in Vinewood Hills.

Nagasaki Dinghy

  • East of the Olifantus (Tug).
  • Occasionally docked at the piers around Vespucci Helipad.
  • By the barge under the Miriam Turner Overpass.
  • Southwest of the Post Op Depository.
  • South side of the island by the dry docks.
  • Puerto Del Sol Marina
  • Sonar Collections Dock after Death at Sea
  • On trailers towed by pickup trucks around Elysian Island and Cypress Flats. [Cite.]

Pegassi Bati 801RR

  • Pick Karim Denz as the getaway driver during The Jewel Store Heist, and continue the heist as normal. Once reaching the point where the heist crew members enter the tunnel, instead of following them, continue down the highway and take a right on the first exit. Drive off the exit through a broken section on the right side barrier and then make another right turn. Activate the cinematic camera mode (R on keyboard, B on Xbox, Circle for PlayStation) to focus the camera angle on the crew before passing the Union Depository. Drive back to the Franklin's House garage without exiting the cinematic camera or getting dismounted (as it will automatically break the camera lock). While the camera angle can be disorienting, no traffic will spawn along the way, therefore drive slowly and carefully to avoid crashing. Park the bike in the garage, fail the mission, and retry from the last checkpoint. The Bati 801RR should be saved in the garage even after the heist is passed. Unknown if this works in Mission Replay; unlikely. [Source.]

Truffade Adder

  • 08:00-20:00 In front of Sessanta Nove on Portola Drive in Rockford Hills. May spawn in either black/orange or white/blue variants, the latter being considerably rare.
  • Franklin switch scene. Quite rare. Stuck in traffic in Downtown Vinewood, often surrounded by several uncommon cars. Up to three black Adders spawn around his Buffalo S. One is almost always guaranteed to spawn, but two or three is exceedingly rare.

Vapid Unmarked Cruiser

  • During Grass Roots - The Pickup (graphite, silver, red, blue)
  • 18:00-04:00 Randomly under Train Station on Olympic Freeway in Strawberry. Graphite variant only.
  • During Property Management: Van Retrieval for Smoke on the Water.

Vapid Liberator

  • Rebel Radio Tower in Grand Senora Desert.

Vapid Stretch (Pink)

  • This unique colored stretch spawns only in front of Cockatoos night club on the southwest side of the intersection at Hawick Avenue and Eastbourne Way. It is just northwest of the Los Santos Customs in Burton.

Western Cuban 800

  • 15:00-18:00 Occasionally landing or taking off at Sandy Shores Airfield.
  • Parked outside western wall of Michael's Hangar in LSIA, usually next to a Mammatus.
  • Trevor switch scene. He'll be flying a black Cuban 800 over the Grand Senora Desert.

Western Duster

  • Flying around Grapeseed.
  • Parked on the cul-de-sac on the western edge of Marina Drive in the Grand Senora Desert, near the shore of the Alamo Sea. Usually spawns in red. Begins spawning after completing all of the Flight School lessons.
  • 17:00 Occasionally lands at McKenzie Field Hangar.
  • 15:00-18:00 Occasionally lands at Sandy Shores Airfield.

NPC-MODIFIED VEHICLES

These spawn pre-modified in two or more variants of each:

Make Model
Albany Alpha
Bravado Gauntlet
Rat-Loader
Benefactor Dubsta2
Feltzer
Glendale
Panto
Surano
BF Bifta
Surfer
Canis Kalahari
Coil Voltic
Declasse Rhapsody
Sabre Turbo
Dewbauchee Massacro
Rapid GT
Dinka Jester
Thrust
Enus Huntley S
Super Diamond
Grotti Turismo R
Imponte Ruiner
Invetero Coquette Classic
Lampadati Pigalle
Pegassi Infernus
Zentorno
Pfister Comet
Ubermacht Sentinel XS
Vapid Blade
Dominator
Sandking XL
Vulcar Warrener

Notes:

  • Certain vehicles seem to get rare cars to spawn more often. I've had the best overall luck with the Vapid Blade and Dinka Double T.
  • Certain approach directions work more often than others, and are noted appropriately as Approach from...
  • Daytime spawns are best checked around 12:00 noon. Nighttime spawns are best checked at 00:00 midnight.
  • Weather doesn't seem to affect most spawns. Though I recall encountering more rare vehicles when it's clear. Maybe that's just because I generally don't drive in rain.
  • Freezing time and (clear/sunny) weather via trainer helped tremendously when determining these times.
  • Beach Bum Update vehicles BF Bifta and Canis Kalahari spawn from Vespucci to Del Perro. The BF Surfer (clean variant) has its own unique spawns, but can be found basically across the entire map.
  • The [N] suffix indicates the spawn has its own spawn group, and only spawn with neons.
  • Vehicles which are listed at the end of every bullet point are ones I've seen there myself.

Los Santos International Airport

  • 12:00 Parked outside Los Santos Customs. Sentinel XS, Jester
  • 10:00-18:00 Parked outside northwest wall of Devin Weston hangar. Coquette Classic

La Puerta

  • 11:00 Parked in southeast side of lot in car park directly beside Maze Bank Arena. Second row (first all non-handicapped row) from the arena itself. Rhapsody, Blade, Massacro, Warrener, Jester

Cypress Flats

  • 10:00-12:00 Driving westbound on bridge over LS River on Innocence Boulevard (headed towards Little Bighorn Avenue). South of the Fridgit Cold Storage. Approach from either east or west. Alpha, Voltic, Blade, Pigalle, Glendale, Sentinel XS

La Mesa

  • 22:00-04:00 Two vehicles drag racing on the concrete of the LS River. They start next to the metal bridge over the water just south of the bridge on Capital Boulevard (southwest of Los Santos Customs). Dominator, Sabre Turbo, Ruiner
  • 24 hours. Driving out of Los Santos Customs onto Popular Street southbound. Massacro, Zentorno
  • 06:00-18:00 Parked on south side of Capital Boulevard, next to an Auto Repair shop with red scaffolding afront it. Warrener, Infernus, Glendale, Rhapsody, Pigalle, Blade, Sabre Turbo, Ruiner

Mirror Park

  • 06:00-18:00 Parked on west side of Mirror Park Boulevard. Next to a lone large tree just south of the intersection with West Mirror Drive. Glendale, Pigalle, Panto, Warrener, Blade, Rhapsody
  • 09:00-10:00 Driving out of LTD fuel station onto Mirror Park Boulevard southbound. Approach from south. Rhapsody, Panto, Blade

Vespucci Canals

  • 24 hours. Driving out of The Viceroy Hotels & Resort onto Palomino Avenue northbound. Approach from south. Sabre Turbo, Sentinel, Surano, Dominator, Infernus, Huntley S, Feltzer, Alpha, Jester, Comet, Turismo R, Thrust
  • 12:00-19:00 Parked at Burger Shot on southwest corner of San Andreas Avenue and Prosperity Street. (Southeast of Suburban.) Warrener, Sabre Turbo, Rapid GT, Huntley S, Jester, Pigalle, Panto, Dominator

Vespucci Beach

  • 24 hours. Parked at southeastern dead end of Bay City Avenue. Kalahari, Bifta

Vespucci

  • Parked in alley aside Papa Surf (south of Vespucci Movie Masks) between dead ends of Palomino Avenue and Vitus Street. Kalahari, Bifta
  • Parked afront three closed garage doors in the alley northeast of (I guess you could say behind) Vespucci Movie Masks. Kalahari, Bifta

Del Perro

  • 01:00 Pulling out of car lot on northwestern end of Del Perro Beach, then merging onto Great Ocean Highway southbound towards Vespucci. Southeast of Xero servo. Kalahari, Bifta
  • 15:00-18:00 Parked afront brown house with green window trim, green garage doors, and white second floor deck railing. Facing Great Ocean Highway. Kalahari, Bifta
  • 07:00-15:00 Driving out of Banner Hotel & Spa on Boulevard Del Perro. Huntley S
  • 06:00-12:00 Parked aside southeasternmost house along Great Ocean Highway. Comet
  • 06:00-18:00 Driving northwest on Playa Vista. Approach from east on Dorset Drive westbound. Dubsta, Dominator, Comet, Infernus, Ruiner, Surano
  • 06:00-18:00 Driving northwest on Bay City Avenue (at Boulevard Del Perro intersection; southwest of Lombank building). Approach from either north or south. Ruiner, Dominator, Infernus, Panto, Massacro, Pigalle, Gauntlet, Warrener, Coquette Classic
  • 06:00-14:00 Driving southwest on Red Desert Avenue headed towards Bay City Avenue. Approach from east. Blade, Ruiner, Dubsta, Huntley S, Infernus, Sentinel XS, Feltzer
  • 15:00-18:00 BF Surfer parked in lot on northern end of beach houses on Great Ocean Highway.
  • 18:00 Parked in small lot (southeast of footbridge over Great Ocean Highway) in spot closest to bicycle path. Kalahari

Pacific Bluffs

  • 15:00 Driving north on Great Ocean Highway. Rapid GT

Banham Canyon

  • Parked on beach at the northernmost end of Banham Canyon. Kalahari, Bifta
  • Parked on shoulder of Great Ocean Highway. Drives southbound onto Inseno Road. Kalahari, Bifta

Chumash

  • 10:00 Parked afront orange house on southern end of Barbareno Road. Kalahari, Bifta
  • 16:00 Merging from shoulder on west side of Great Ocean Highway. Continues south. Kalahari, Bifta

Mission Row

  • 10:00-16:00 Driving out of the Mission Row Police Station (Impound Garage) north onto Sinner Street. Approach from north on Sinner Street. Panto, Warrener, Massacro, Sabre Turbo, Blade

Pillbox Hill

  • 18:00-04:00 Driving out of parking garage under Arcadius Business Center, then turning north on Las Lagunas Boulevard. Massacro
  • 08:00 Driving into parking garage under Arcadius Business Center from Las Lagunas Boulevard. Parks in fifth spot from entrance. Comet [N]
  • 06:00-18:00 Parked in Caesars Auto Parking 24HR at intersection of Adam's Apple Boulevard and Elgin Avenue. Across from Ammu-Nation. Pigalle, Panto, Jester, Blade, Warrener, Thrust, Infernus

Downtown

  • 24 hours. Parked on first level of SAP Council red parking garage. Northwest side of intersection at Peaceful Street and Vespucci Boulevard. Turismo R, Zentorno, Jester, Massacro
  • 12:00-16:00 Dinka Thrust parked in lot south side of junction at Vespucci Boulevard and Peaceful Street. Second row from Vespucci Boulevard. (Across from the red parking garage.)
  • 09:00-05:00 Turning off Swiss Street onto Elgin Avenue just north of the IAA Headquarters. Zentorno, Jester

Burton

  • 24 hours. Parked outside Los Santos Customs. All NPC-modified vehicles spawn here.

Vinewood

  • 20:00 Pulls in and parks at Liquor Hole (across from Tequi-La-La) on Eclipse Boulevard. 20:00. Peyote [N], Comet [N]
  • 11:00 Pulls in and parks at Binco (east across the street from Tequi-La-La). 11:00. Infernus [N]
  • 10:00-12:00 Driving west in front of Cinema Doppler on Vinewood Boulevard. 10:00-12:00. Voltic, Rapid GT
  • 06:00-18:00 Driving out of Up-n-Atom Burger on Vinewood Boulevard, turning west onto Vinewood Boulevard. Approach from northwest via Clinton Avenue. Sentinel XS, Pigalle, Panto, Surano, Huntley S, Rhapsody
  • 18:00-00:00 Driving east on West Eclipse Boulevard. Passes in front of Tequi-La-La. Sentinel XS

West Vinewood

  • 24 hours. Parked in the garage under Gentry Manor Hotel on Gentry Lane (merge right off of Eclipse Boulevard and Las Lagunas Boulevard). Turismo R, Zentorno, Jester, Massacro
  • 12:00-00:00 Up to two vehicles driving east along Eclipse Boulevard towards Vinewood Boulevard. Approach from east. Sentinel XS, Ruiner
  • 18:00-04:00 Parked in lot east of Last Train in Los Santos Diner. Below Kung Fu Rainbow Lazer Force billboard. Rapid GT, Voltic

Rockford Hills

  • 16:00-05:00 Parked inside north gate of the Epsilon Building on Spanish Avenue and Rockford Drive. The gate is locked. You have to drive it out of the east pedestrian exit. This is the only place this light blue Alpha spawns.
  • 10:00-18:00 Parked in front of Gussét on Portola Drive, across from Ponsonbys. Surano, Pigalle, Dubsta, Panto, Jester, Sabre Turbo, Feltzer, Massacro, Rapid GT, Glendale, Dominator, Gauntlet, Zentorno, Ruiner, Alpha
  • 06:00-18:00 Driving north on Portola Drive. (Opposite Sessanta Nove. South of Ponsonbys.) Comet, Jester, Comet, Rhapsody
  • 07:00-18:00 Parked in back entrance of The Archipelago. (Across from across the LifeInvader Office on south side of South Boulevard Del Perro.) Coquette Classic, Sabre Turbo, Jester, Panto, Glendale, Rapid GT, Huntley S, Massacro, Zentorno, Gauntlet
  • 14:00 Driving west on Eastbourne Way. Turns north onto Mad Wayne Thunder Drive. Coquette Classic
  • 10:00-14:00 Driving out west exit of Rockford Dorset Hotel, turning north on Palomino Avenue. Approach from either north or south on Portola Drive. Jester, Turismo R, Massacro
  • 08:00-20:00 Driving out of Didiersachs underground parking and turning westbound onto Heritage Way headed towards Movie Star Way. (East of Richards Majestic.) Dubsta, Rhapsody, Huntley S, Comet, Surano, Thrust, Coquette Classic, Infernus, Zentorno, Sentinel XS
  • 10:00-18:00 Driving west along Boulevard Del Perro past the Rockford Hills Sign. Pigalle

Richards Majestic

  • 24 hours. Albany Roosevelt parked next to a metal trailer opposite Solomon Richards' office. The car and trailers around it can be seen immediately when entering the east gate then turning left (as if you were going to Solomon's office).

Vinewood Hills

  • 12:00-15:00 Driving north on Milton Road (at Picture Perfect Drive) just north of Tequi-La-La. Alpha
  • 22:00-00:00 Parked at 3667 Wild Oats Drive. Comet
  • 24 hours. Driving south on Baytree Canyon Road. Spawns mobile just south of Sisyphus Theater. Turns west onto Marlowe Drive. Sentinel XS, Comet, Pigalle, Jester, Massacro, Coquette Classic, Zentorno, Dubsta
  • 09:00-12:00 BF Surfer parked on east side of Baytree Canyon Road, north of Sisyphus Theater.
  • 08:00-10:00 Driving east on Kimble Hill Drive. Approach from east. Surano
  • 06:00-18:00 Massacro parked in front of (operable) garage door at 6085 Milton Road. Just east of intersection with Mount Vinewood Drive. Seems the only place a pink Massacro spawns.
  • 12:00 Parked in northwesternmost spot within enclosed parking area at the Vinewood Bowl. (Access via Vinewood Park Drive and Fenwell Place.) Zentorno
  • 24 hours. Albany Roosevelt parked in garage at 2848 Milton Road.

Richman

  • 12:00-14:00 Turismo R parked outside double garage at Richman Mansion.
  • 18:00-02:00 Pulls from driveway (fifth house north from Kortz Drive) on west side of North Rockford Drive. Turns southbound. Approach from south. Feltzer, Infernus
  • 17:00-18:00 Driving south on North Rockford Drive. Pulls into driveway of fifth house north from Kortz Drive. Sabre Turbo [N]
  • 12:00 Pulls from driveway of house for sale (forclosure sign) directly southeast of a parking lot (west of Richman Mansion). Drives east on Americano Way. Super Diamond
  • 12:00 Parked in second to last spot from entrance in lot of Los Santos Country Club. Super Diamond
  • 10:00-15:00 Parked on street north of ULSA (common misnomer "UCLS"). Alpha, Huntley S

Great Chaparral

  • 22:00-04:00 One vehicle parked on west side of Ammu-Nation on Route 68. Another NPC-modified vehicle is driving west, pulls in, and parks next to the stationary vehicle. Two NPC drivers exit the vehicles and smoke/chat. The vehicles at random, but sometimes it will be two variants of the same base vehicle. Dominator, Ruiner, Sabre Turbo, Gauntlet

Tongva Valley

  • 10:00-17:00 Parked next to White Water Activity Center on west side of Tongva Drive. NPC enters and drives away. BF Surfer

Tongva Hills

  • 12:00 Sandking XL pulls out of RON fuel station and merges onto Great Ocean Highway. Continues north/south at random. Approach from east.

Grand Senora Desert

  • 12:00 Sandking XL parked in the lot of Larry's RV Sales on Route 68 (across from Los Santos Customs).

Grapeseed

  • 12:00-18:00 Rat-Loader driving out of the Ltd Fuel Station in Grapeseed, headed northeast on Grapeseed Main Street. Approach from east.

Raton Canyon

  • 24 hours. Driving south across the Cassidy Creek Bridge. Jester, Pigalle, Alpha

Mount Gordo

  • 12:00 Driving west on feeder road (north side of Great Ocean Highway), past Up 'n' Atom Diner restaurant, then merging onto Great Ocean Highway westbound. Sabre Turbo, Ruiner, Gauntlet

Paleto Bay

  • Sandking XL parked at Ammu-Nation. This spawn was removed in some patch, version unknown, but works in the base version of enhanced editions.
  • 08:00 Rat-Loader parked outside Beeker's Garage.

GANG VEHICLES

All gangs have their own colors painted onto their cars. Families' color is green, Ballas purple, Vagos yellow. Families are at the northern end of Grove Street in Chamberlain Hills. Ballas are at the southern end of Grove Street, also in Chamberlain Hills. Vagos are at the southwest end of Jamestown Street in Rancho. All gang vehicles spawn with the same upgrades, only the paint is different:

  • Vapid Peyote
  • Declasse Tornado
  • Albany Manana
  • Albany Buccaneer

Regular variants of each can be obtained at the bus junkyard on the intersection of South Shambles Street and Hanger Way in El Burro Heights. This location works most often at night, and the vehicles will not have any upgrades. Non-gang variants (with upgrades) can be found at Olson's Autos on El Rancho Boulevard in Cypress Flats. The vehicles found here have the same upgrades, but no specific paintjob.

CONVERTIBLES

These vehicles have retractable roofs (or variants with retractable roofs):

  • Obey 9F Cabrio
  • Dinka RT3000
  • Enus Cognoscenti Cabrio, Windsor Drop
  • Grotti Carbonizzare
  • Declasse Tornado, Tornado Custom
  • Dewbauchee Rapid GT
  • Benefactor Surano
  • Lampadati Felon GT
  • Pfister Comet S2 Cabrio
  • Ubermacht Sentinel, Zion Cabrio
  • Weeny Issi

These vehicles have topless variants:

  • Albany Manana, Manana Custom, Buccaneer Custom
  • Bravado Banshee
  • Canis Kalahari, Mesa
  • Coil Voltic
  • Grotti Stinger
  • Imponte Ruiner
  • Invetero Coquette, Coquette Classic, Coquette Blackfin
  • Pfister 811
  • Vapid Chino Custom, Peyote, Peyote Custom

CB CHATTER

The following vehicle are equipped with a CB radio:

BF Dune Buggy BF Space Docker Canis Bodhi Karin Rebel, Rusty Rebel Tow Truck (both variants) Flatbed JoBuilt Phantom & Phantom Wedge JoBuilt Hauler Bravado Rat-loader Vapid Benson Pounder Tipper Rubble Los Santos Department of Sanitation and Los Santos Department of Water & Power variants of the Boxville Maibatsu Mule (excluding the ramp door variant) MTL Packer

SECURITY VANS

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If you see a truck but don't get close enough to activate the event (when the minimap displays the blue dot), you can travel to any other truck location and have it spawn without question. This can be done indefinitely until the event is activated.

If avoiding explosives, five shots from any weapon directly in the center of the doors will open them up.

There appear to be non-event trucks able to spawn in traffic. They scatter bill stacks (as opposed to a briefcase, like in events) when blown, GTA IV style. However the only one I've come across is in Pillbox Hill.

I've been able to consistently get a truck every 72 hours in game.

Area Type Location
Cypress Flats Event,
Mobile		 Driving west along El Rancho Boulevard. Near Orchardville Avenue (north of the Ammu-Nation).
La Puerta Event,
Parked		 Parked at Globe Oil on southwest side of intersection at Innocence Boulevard and Alta Street.
La Mesa Event,
Mobile		 Driving south along Supply Street near the north intersection with Popular Street.
Pillbox Hill Traffic,
Mobile		 Pulls out of alley next to Fleeca on the southeast corner of Vespucci Boulevard and Elgin Avenue.
Little Seoul Event,
Static		 Parked in front of KOREAN PLAZA. West of intersection at Adam's Apple Boulevard and Calais Avenue.
Little Seoul Event,
Static		 Parked outside the Lucky Plucker restaurant on the southeast side of intersection at Palomino Avenue and Vespucci Boulevard.
Little Seoul Event,
Mobile		 Driving east along San Andreas Avenue near the Hit 'n' Run Coffee.
Vespucci Canals Event,
Mobile		 Driving northwest along Prosperity Street.
Tongva Hills Event,
Mobile		 Driving south along Great Ocean Highway, near Route 68.
San Chianski Mountain Range,
Mobile		 Event Driving north along Chianski Passage, near the guard post in the middle of the road.
Paleto Bay Event,
Static		 Parked on northeast side of intersection at Paleto Boulevard and Great Ocean Highway. Across from Sheriff Station.