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The game has two unused maps in its files. One is called TestCJ, and the other is called AnimTest. Many of the shows in game are filmed in special areas in TestCJ, and an unused pedestrian can spawn there.
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During The Ballad of Gay Tony's mission "In the Crosshairs", the building that Luis was on was supposed to catch fire, leaving him to find another way to escape. There are still text strings that reveal this.
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The game files suggest that at one point during development Niko was supposed to drive to a food vendor during "The Cousins Bellic".
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There is leftover text which suggests that during "Bull in a China Shop" Niko was supposed to beat up the shop owner's son. The son does not appear in the final game at all.
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The users "Oscar Wild" and "MALCOLMseX" on love-meet.net are obvious parodies of Oscar Wilde and Malcolm X, respectively.
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Spoiler:In the mission "Final Interview", the player goes to a lawyer's office to retrieve some files from a lawyer named Tom Goldberg who complains about how violent video games are corrupting young people, the player must then kill Tom to continue the mission.
This is a reference to now disbarred lawyer, Jack Thompson, who threatened legal action if changes weren't made to the mission. The developers didn't change anything, and Thompson never followed through on his threat.
This is a reference to now disbarred lawyer, Jack Thompson, who threatened legal action if changes weren't made to the mission. The developers didn't change anything, and Thompson never followed through on his threat.
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Roman Bellic is the only character in the game that speaks to all three protagonists from GTA IV and its DLC's. In GTA IV, he is the deuteragonist to his cousin Niko Bellic. In The Lost and the Damned, he speaks to Johnny when he is kidnapped by him in the mission "Roman's Holiday". Finally, in The Ballad of Gay Tony he interacts with Luis Lopez outside of the entrance to the Maisonette 9 club in the mission "Ladies Half Price".
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If the player is driving on the Algonquin Bridge while there is a train underneath it, a glitch will cause the cars to swerve out of the way even though the train is under the road.
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A café restaurant called Rockstar Café was cut and was renamed Superstar Café; however, the beta name is still on the employees outfits. More evidence of the original name can be found in the game files.
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According to a website made by prop artist Gill Bertram, there was going to be another accessible bank in Liberty City based on an unnamed New York bank. Additionally, the same website features a screenshot from the beta that shows a slightly different HUD and a different font for the money counter.
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Originally, TW@ was able to sell food and had a larger selection of staff. Audio associated with this unused feature still exists within the game's files.
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Both the pump shotgun and sniper rifle fire faster and deal more damage when the player is rapidly switching between the crouching and standing positions.
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If the player is on a mission with Little Jacob and both get into a convertable car while Jacob is smoking, a glitch will occur where Jacob jumps into the car without using his arms.
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If the player kills a gun store owner and comes back to the same store later, the new gun store owner will try to kill them. If there isn't a new attend three other gun store owners from different stores will appear and attack the player; sometimes this happens right after killing a gun store owner.
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If the player gets a wanted level of 1 or 2 stars while driving on the bridge while an Annihilator Helicopter is flying nearby, it show up as a police helicopter on the radar.
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If the players spawns a cab inside a safehouse with the use of a trainer, then proceeds to enter the cab a select a destination, the destination will also appear on the TV screen.
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Johnny holds the automatic 9mm upside down while shooting from a car.
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If the player selects the Uzi while inside a car and then uses the advanced weapons cheat code, Luis will be equipped with the Assault SMG inside the car. Because this was not originally intended, firing the weapon will cause a glitched animation.
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If the player changes the theme background of their cellphone, the background of NPC cellphones will change as well.
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