How to Play Grand Theft Auto V (story mode)

Complete the tutorial. As soon as you start playing GTA V, you’re in a predicament. The first mission serves as a tutorial to help you learn many things about how to control the character, which includes basic movements such as walking, running, aiming, shooting, diving and other moves that You probably already know if you’ve played GTA games before.

Move character. Follow the steps below to move the character with feet.

• Walking: Use the left joystick of a handheld game console or the WSAD keys of a personal computer to move the character. Use the right joystick or mouse to move the character and change the perspective.
• Run: Press “X” (on Playstation), “A” (on Xbox), or left Shift key (on PC) to run.
• Jump: Press “Square” (on Playstation), “X” (on Xbox), or spacebar (on PC) to jump while dashing forward.
• Soft close up: Press the “Square” (on Playstation), “B” (on Xbox), or “R” (on PC) button to perform a light stroke at close range.
• Hit hard up close: Press “X” (on Playstation), “A” (on Xbox) or “O” (on PC) to hit hard at close range during a fight.

Use weapons to shoot. Shooting is one of the fundamentals of Grand Theft Auto. Follow the steps below to select and use your weapon to shoot.

• Unlock the Weapon Wheel (Weapons Wheel): Press and hold “L1” (on Playstation), “LB” (on Xbox), or the “Tab” key to open the weapon wheel. Use the left joystick or mouse to select weapons. Select the fist to switch to the empty hand state.
• Aim: Press and hold “L2” (on Playstation), “LT” (on Xbox), or right mouse button (on PC) to aim with the weapon.
• Shoot: Press “R2” (on Playstation), “RT” (on Xbox), or left mouse button (on PC) to fire with the weapon.
• Reload: Press the “Round” button (on Playstation), “B” (on Xbox), or “R” (on PC) to reload the weapon.

Use the minimap. The mini map is located in the lower left corner of the screen. The blue mark helps you know where you should go. When you are driving, the mini map will show lines corresponding to the road to go.

Character transformation. One of the most unique things in GTA V is the character switching feature. This feature allows you to switch from the character you are controlling to another character in real time. Since GTA V has 3 main characters (Franklin, Trevor and Michael), this feature makes a lot of sense. This will definitely make you feel new when performing the task, especially the tasks that require the coordination of all 3 characters.

• On a handheld console, press and hold the downward-pointing arrow button to bring up the character switching menu. Use the left joystick to select the character.
• On a personal computer, press and hold the left “Alt” key to bring up the character selection screen. Use mouse to select character.

Drive the vehicle. Vehicle driving has always been the main mechanic of the Grand Theft Auto series. You can use any vehicle in the game. Please press the controls below to drive the vehicle.

• In and out of the vehicle: Stand next to the vehicle and press “Triangle” (on PlayStation), “Y” (on Xbox), or “F” (on PC) to jump in or out of the vehicle .
• Acceleration: Press “R2” (on Playstation), RT (on Xbox) or “W” (on PC) to step on the accelerator causing the vehicle to accelerate.
• Brake/Backward: Press “L2” (on Playstation), “LT” (on Xbox) or “S” (on PC) to brake and reverse while driving.
• Steering: Tap the left and right joysticks of the console or the “A” and “D” buttons (on PCs) to steer the vehicle in the desired direction.
• Aim while driving: Press “L1” (on Playstation), “LB” (on Xbox), or “Y” (on PC) to aim while driving.
• Shoot while driving: Press “R1” (on Playstation), “RB” (on Xbox) or left mouse button (on PC) to shoot while driving.

Follow the instructions on the screen. Grand Theft Auto V is a large open world with many activities and side quests. When starting a new activity or task, you should pay attention to the instructions in the upper left corner to know what to do.

Learn about the character. All 3 main characters in GTA V have distinct personalities. Not only that, these characters also have different abilities that you can use in different situations. Press both joysticks at the same time, or the CAPS key on your PC to activate your character’s special ability.

• Michael is good at shooting. The special ability of this character is to activate the “bullet time” effect that makes everything around slow down but the rate of fire remains the same.
• Franklin was the surest driver. This character’s special ability is a bit similar to Michael’s, except that this is driving a car. That makes this character the best driver in the game.
• Trevor is the team’s pilot. This character can fly an airplane extremely easily. Trevor’s special ability is to go into a “crazy” state. While in that state, this character will deal more damage up close and take less damage from enemies.

Character customization. You can enter the store to buy a shirt, pants or shoes for the character. You can even buy accessories to make your character look exactly the way you want. You can also go to the barber shop to change your hairstyle or get your hair sculpted at the tattoo shop.

• You can change clothes in the changing area of the character’s shelter. The shelter house has an icon that looks like the house on the map.
• You can also customize all the vehicles you own such as cars and motorcycles just like when you customize your character.

Learn about the route on the map. Los Santos is a big place. This place is bigger than GTA IV and Red Dead Redemption combined! Accordingly, getting to know the map is very important when trying to survive in the game.

• To open the map, press “Options” (on Playstation), menu button (on Xbox), or “P” (on PC) to pause the game and display the map. Click (on PC), press “X” (on Playstation) or “A” to make an arbitrary mark on the map.
• Notice the icon on the map. You can see many icons on the map. These are quest icons, special events, shops, and even other characters’ locations while playing. Pay attention to these icons to know which direction you need to go to get to a certain place.
• You can also pin anywhere on the map and the game will show the shortest path from your location to the pinned location. This is a really useful feature.

Drive safe. GTA V now increases the penalty for someone who hits a pedestrian or destroys anything while driving. That means that it only takes a little mistake – like hitting a passerby – to get the police to immediately notice you! You will quickly get a wanted level of one star, so you need to be careful.

• You should also be careful even if you’re not driving. If a passerby catches sight of you doing something shady – they will call the police immediately. You also get the same consequences when you do something stupid in front of the police station.