Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto series is one of the most popular video game franchisees of all time. The series takes place in an open world urban American environment which allows users to have their way in the city in which the game is based.
The latest instalment of the series, Grand Theft Auto V, features even more of GTA’s famous eye for detail which has made GTA the critically acclaimed game that it is. The usual features like environmental and weather changes along with minor details like sweat soaking through the character’s clothes have added a real world feel to the game.
This, along with the open world system the game follows, allows users to indulge in activities they can only imagine doing in reality. Consequently, the internet is full of videos featuring people who have used the open world system in innovative ways to achieve surprising results.
Rockstar always leaves a few minor details to be figured out by the gamers themselves, like successfully hiding from cops in bushes and swimming to an underwater shipwreck to earn riches in millions.
On that note, take a look at a few crazy things that gamers may not have yet discovered on GTA 5.
#1 Playing grenade fetch
A dog is often known as man’s best friend. They are loyal, useful and entertaining animals which is of great utility to people, even in the GTA universe. Franklin’s canine friend, Chop, for example, is useful for collecting spaceship parts and lost pages of a murder confession. Chop can also be used as a fearless weapon as long as the opponent isn’t a cop.
The relationship between Franklin and his dog is also a close one, with Franklin going to the extent of opening the car door for the dog after parking and also indulging in games of fetch with him.
Playing with a tennis ball, the game can be an amusing pastime but can take a sinister turn if the gamer wishes it to. The tennis ball can be replaced with a live grenade which Chop will mistake for a ball and chase. Chomping down on the grenade will lead to a bloody and gruesome injury or the end for the dog.
#2 Meeting Kanye West
While celebrities have been rumoured to have been slipped in with the NPCs, the self-anointed rap “God” has managed to find himself a place on GTA and can apparently be found in the game while walking around in the city.
Gamers lucky enough to come across Kanye West will be confronted by a dark-coloured NPC with a familiar face and a carefully manipulated goatee and tattoo. Kanye’s appearance could be a way of paying homage to the iconic musician for his association with Rockstar in the previous instalment of GTA.
While there is a chance that the West lookalike is just an enticing tease by Rockstar, there have been rumours earlier of a Kate Upton lookalike appearing on the poster art of GTA 5. However, this was eventually debunked by both Rockstar and poster art model, Shelby Welinder.
#3 Gas tank trails
The real world simulation levels of the GTA instalments have improved with every update of the game with GTA 5 being an exceptionally detailed representation of reality in a video game. Cars in GTA 5 can now be induced to leak gas that can later be set on fire to blow up unfortunate victims.
A sadistic way of killing someone in a car would be to first shoot the fuel tank which will start leaking fuel, which when lit, will lead to a Hollywood-esque explosion of the vehicle. If you happen to be in a sports car, you can even manage to light up your own gas trail with the sparks from your wheels and try to outrace it in a battle for survival.
#4 Knifing a shark
GTA 5 players know the feeling when hour after hour is spent undertaking mindless activities in the GTA universe. The possibilities are endless. The latest offering of the GTA series allows players to indulge in a variety of time killing activities such as killing livestock and other harmless animals while also encountering carnivorous mountain lions from time to time.
The latest update to GTA allows players to hone their hunting skills in the high seas as they are confronted by deadly prey including sharks. Guns will not work against a shark and the only way to kill it is with a few slashes of a trusty old knife.
The online GTA communities had even started a trend of showing off their trophies on land by cutting up parts of the animal or by dragging the entire dead animal to the shore.
#5 Destroying police helicopters in wind farms
Battles with the police at high wanted levels are an everyday affair for GTA 5 players. There are often times when a lone wolf is being chased down by an assortment of police vehicles including armed choppers and armoured SUVs.
The lone wolf tries valiantly but is soon wasted by automatic fire from a helicopter while trying to deal with an armoured SUV full of special force personnel.
Fortunately, GTA 5 provides a unique solution for in-game terrorists trying to deal with airborne assaults – the humble windmill. The wind power generating farms in GTA 5 are the game’s very own air defence system. All that the criminal has to do is surround himself with the turbines which will guarantee safety from police helicopters who will just crash into the blades and explode.
