Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas/Controls

N.B. If you do not own the Playstation 2 version, you may still find it useful to study the controls for that format, since all other pages will be described using these controls.

Playstation 2

The controls are available in the game by pressing the START button and selecting the controls options, but are also available here.

On Foot

Triangle Button:

• Enter vehicle from
• Activate mini-game
• Secondary attack while unarmed
• Pick up object
• Skip phone conversation

Circle Button:

• Attack/fire weapon

X Button:

• Run (this is done by holding the X button)
• Sprint (this is done by rapidly tapping the X button)
• Zoom out with sniper rifle/camera
• Skip cutscene

Square Button:

• Jump
• Climb up walls (they must be equal to your actual jumping height)
• Zoom in with sniper rifle/camera
• Block while fighting

L2 Button:

• Switch weapons one to the left of the current one
• Zoom in with sniper rifle/camera/pause map

L1 Button:

• Center camera
• View vital stats about your character
• Fire weapon while targeted

R2 Button:

• Switch weapons one to the right of your current one
• Zoom out with sniper rifle/camera/pause map

R1 Button:

• Target an individual with the selected weapon

L3 Button: (Push the left analog control inwards)

• Crouch (move while crouching to sneak)

SELECT button:

• Cycle through available camera modes

START button:

• Pause menu
• Skip cutscene

R3 button: (Push the right analog control inwards)

• Look behind your character

Up Button: (Directional pad)

• Gang sign to recruit gang members

Left Button: (Directional pad)

• Answer no when prompted for yes/no

Right Button: (Directional pad)

• Answer yes when prompted for yes/no

Down Button: (Directional pad)

• Gang sign to tell gang members to wait (briefly press button)
• Gang sign to tell gang members to leave you (hold down button)

In Vehicle

• X = Accelerate
• Square = Brake/Reverse
• Circle = Fire Weapon
• Triangle = Exit Vehicle
• L1 = Change Radio Station
• L2 = Look to left of vehicle
• R1 = Handbrake
• R2 = Look to right of vehicle
• L2+R2 = Look behind vehicle
• Left Anolog Stick = Steering
• L3 = Horn/Siren/Lock Hydraulics
• Right Analog Stick = Hydraulics/Vehicle Weapon Aim
• R3 = Hydraulics, Start/End Vehicle Mission

X-Box

TODO

PC

• 2 - Toggle vehicle missions
• C - Crouch
• LShift - Jump / Bunny Hop (BMX)
• LAlt - Sneak
• Space - Sprint
• LMB - Fire
• RMB - Aim
• Caps Lock - Sound Horn; sirens on and off
• G - Recruit gang member, call gang members to you
• H - Tell gang members to hold ground, if held down disbands gang
• Esc - Bring up game menus, pause game
• F1 = Replay last 30 seconds of gameplay
• F2 = Save last 30 second replay
• F3 = Load a saved 30 second replay