Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas--a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption, where film stars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gangsters. Now, it's the early 90s. Carl's got to go home.

Carl's mother has been murdered, his family has fallen apart and his childhood friends are all heading towards disaster. On his return to the neighbourhood, a couple of corrupt cops frame him for homicide. CJ is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets.

-Based in the fictional state of San Andreas, featuring 3 cities

-Explore internal locations and the countryside

-Set in the 1990s

-Purchase property and build a criminal empire

-Improved AI, allowing for gangs to accompany you

-You are what you eat--gain or lose weight to affect game physics and character appearance

-New vehicles, including bicycles

-New weapons and targeting system