Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

NTSC-U (Greatest Hits) Cover Art Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20946 SLUS-20946P (Special Edition) SLUS-20946GH (Greatest Hits) NPUD-20946 (PS2 Classics) Release date: October 26, 2004 October 17, 2005 (Special Edition) February 20, 2006 (Greatest Hits) December 11, 2012 (PS2 Classics) CRCs: 2C6BE434, 399A49CA Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: Playable Mac Status: Playable Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-52541 SLES-52541/P (Platinum Edition) SLES-51541 SLES-52927 SLES-52927-P (Platinum) NPED-00070 (PS2 Classics) Release date: October 29, 2004 April 1, 2006 (Platinum Edition; Platinum Australia) December 12, 2012 (PS2 Classics) April 1, 2015 (PS2 Classics re-release) CRCs: A1B3F232, B440A8FE Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: Playable Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPM-65984 SLPM-66788 (Best Price) SLPM-55092 (Best Price Re-Edition) SLPM-55292 (Rockstar Classics) NPJD-00107 (PS2 Classics) Release date: January 25, 2007 July 12, 2007 (Best Price) July 23, 2009 (Best Price Re-Edition) September 29, 2011 (Rockstar Classics) August 26, 2015 (PS2 Classics) CRCs: 60FE139C Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Rockstar North
Publisher(s): Rockstar Games (US, EU, AU, JP), Capcom (JP), SCEA (US)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: GameRankings: 95/100, Metacritic: 95/100
Game description: 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 filmstars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gangbangers. Now, it's the early 90s. Carl's got to go home. His mother has been murdered, his family has fallen apart and his childhood friends are all heading towards disaster. On his return to the neighborhood, 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.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	?	Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.40 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285	0.9.8 RC r4463	GSdx r4459	SPU2-X 1.4.0 LilyPad 0.10.0	BIOS: USA 2.0, FPS: 60/60, PAL last tested with 0.9.4 with complains of reflections covering the screen, probably playable with 0.9.8.	Machina
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i7 @ 3.40 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 768MB	1.1.0 r5480	GSdx 5442 SSE41	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.11.0	Runs above full speed.	General-Plot
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB	1.1.0 r5576	GSdx r5464 SSSE3	SPU2-X 2.0.0 r5460 LilyPad 0.11.0 r5403	Fast and smooth it is.	prafull
NTSC-U	?	Intel Core i5-3320 Intel HD Graphics 4000	1.1.0 5732	GSdx32 r5732 AVX	SPU2-X r5731 LilyPad r5403	BIOS: EUR 2.0, FPS: 4-60, works just on software renderer dx11 or dx9. msaa 4x, alpha, halfpixel,sprite,wildarmsoffset,agressivce-crc,alpha stencil. texture filtering, allow 8bit textures, enable hw hacks ! Speedhacks: EE 2 , VU 1. intc,loop detection, mvu flag hack and mtvu active !	Xeo
PAL	Windows	Intel Core i7 @ 3.80 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1368MB	1.1.0 r5829	GSdx	SPU2-X ?	Europe v01.70(27/02/2003), MTVU, INTC Spin Detection, Enable Wait Loop Detection, mVU Flag Hack, Goes from Ingame to Playable. Game works fine at a good speed, very dark however due to light being removed via CRC patch. I recommend you enable Shadeboost and put the brightness slider to about 85 to achieve the brightness seen in the screenshot above.	refraction
NTSC	Windows 8.1 Professional x64	Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB	1.3.1-530-g62beb3a	GSdx DirectX 11 Hardware, 6x Resolution (See Comments)	SPU2-X 20150614102702 2.0.0 LilyPad 20150614102702 0.11.0	BIOS: USA 2.2.0(10/02/2006) No Speedhacks, No Game Fixes - Presets Disabled No known issues.	INVALID_STRING_NAME
PAL-M5	Windows 8.1, x64	Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G2030 @ 3.00GHz NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 @ 2 GB	Nightly - v1.7.2095 Automatic fixes	GSdx	build-in	Europe v02.00(14/06/2004), Playable, The game runs at 1080p and 1440p (2K) 50 FPS, without freezes, brakes and bugs.	Chern40_7
NTSC-J	Windows 10 64-bit build 19045	Intel Core i5-8500 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti	v1.7.3980	default	default	Completed first several missions. No issues.	Seruranblue

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
PAL	Linux Mint 19.1	Intel Pentium CPU G3258 @ 3.20GHz NVIDIA GeForce GT710	1.4.0	GSdx (GCC 7.3.0, SSE2) 1.0.0 [libGSdx-1.0.0]	SPU2-X 2.0.0 [libspu2x-2.0.0]	BIOS: Europe v02.00 FPS 48/50 (Pal games run only at 50fps). OpenGL Hardware , Shade Boost all Set to 50, Full Depth Emulation ,Internal Resolution X2 Native , Blending Unit Accuracy Basic , Automatic CRC Level Full , Speed Hacks UV Cycle Stealing Set To 1. Only player the first level but everything seems fine as far more testing might be needed.	Logeater
NTSC-U	GNU/Linux Manjaro Wynsdey 24.0.6	Intel Core i5-13600KF AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (Mesa 24.1.5-manjaro1.1)	2.1.83	Vulkan, 3x native res	SPU2-X default (PipeWire v1.1.12)	BIOS NTSC-U v02.00 dumped off of a physical SCPH-70012. Had to enable Shade Boost and set brightness to 75, otherwise the picture is way too dark. No performance issues whatsoever, fullscreen works OOtB when enabled both in game settings menu and in emulator's per game settings.	giantplaceholder

Test configurations on macOS:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	macOS Sonoma 14.5	Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.2 GHz Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB	2.1.27	Default	Default	Runs well at 5x resolution.	Fizwidget

Trivia

• Original names: グランド・セフト・オート・サンアンドレアス (SLPM-65984) & (SLPM-66788) & (SLPM-55292)
• This game has Vert- widescreen issues, meaning the vertical FOV becomes smaller than intended if the player uses an aspect ratio above 4:3. This issue can be solved using widescreen hacks.

Known Issues

There are currently no known, active issues for this title. If you find one, please add it here.

Fixed Issues

Game freezes during "Reuniting The Families" mission

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Severe
• Description: Game freezes when the cops start descending from the chopper, exactly when the game is supposed to slow down, when the pilot says "All units, rock n' roll".
• Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Semi-transparent image overlay

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Major
• Description: Reflections and/or semi-transparent images can cover the screen at random.
• Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Pink vehicle dirt

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Minor
• Description: The dirt on car appear as a pink color.
• Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Non-Issues

Bloom layer

• Type: Not an issue
• Description: The game utilizes a bloom layer that also doubles as a haze/fog dof which is meant to protrude outwards of any buildings/trees/etc that you see. It's entirely intentional by design but when upscaling it really looks off to people playing this game.
• Workaround: Change De-interlacing to Blend (Top Field First) and Blending Accuracy to "Minimum" to make it much less noticeable, you can also set Half-Pixel Offset to Special (Texture) to make the game sharper and complement it, but it creates a bit of aliasing.

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  Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (SLES 52541)

	Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas (SLUS 20946) (U) Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas (SLES 52541) (E)