On the fly, the player can switch between, say, the guy taking hostages inside the store, the guy sniping cops outside, and the guy rappelling down the side of the building, while the game seamlessly takes over control of the character just vacated. Players can switch between the three at any time once they meet the characters (with a few mission-related exceptions), and a major part of gameplay is heist missions in which all three characters take part. After he learns that Michael is alive and residing in the city nearby, he decides to track his old buddy down and partner up again.

Unlike Michael, Trevor never retired, instead remaining a drug-abusing career criminal, living out of a trailer in the small desert town of Sandy Shores note Based on the real-life towns of Desert Shores and Salton City north of Los Santos, where he deals in drug-trafficking and gun-running. Left without a cause as an on-and-off cargo pilot in the Midwest, he soon befriended Michael, which led them to be partners in crime. The Canadian Air Force permanently grounded due to his severe mental instability. Trevor Philips, an ex- military pilot in his mid forties.Try as he might, he's soon forced back into crime after the stress of his home life causes him to lash out, inadvertently angering a local crime lord. He is now living in a mansion in Rockford Hills note The game's version of Beverly Hills with his unfaithful wife Amanda and their disrespectful children Tracey and Jimmy. Michael De Santa, note Real name: Michael Townley an ex- bank robber in his late forties who, after a job gone bad, decided to retire, claiming to be part of the FIB's Witness Protection for those that know he's alive.After a botched job repossessing the car of 20-year-old deadbeat Jimmy De Santa, Franklin meets the guy's father. He feels trapped in the ghetto by both his job and his friends, who in turn see him as having grown 'soft' and disrespectful of his roots. Franklin Clinton, an ex- gang banger in his twenties who works a dead-end job as a repo man for a shady car dealership, and lives with his sexist, ungrateful aunt in Strawberry note The game's version of Crenshaw.

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