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 down on the left analog stick):

• Crouch (move while crouching to sneak)

SELECT button:

• Cycle through available camera modes

START button:

• Pause menu
• Skip cutscene

R3 button (Push down on the right analog stick):

• 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 Button:

• Accelerate

Square Button:

• Brake
• Reverse

Circle Button:

• Fire weapon

Triangle Button:

• Exit vehicle

L1 Button:

• Change radio station

L2 Button:

• Look to left of vehicle

R1 Button:

• Handbrake

R2 Button:

• Look to right of vehicle

L2 Button + R2 Button:

• Look behind vehicle

Left Analog Stick:

• Steering

L3 Button:

• Horn
• Siren
• Lock hydraulics

Right Analog Stick:

• Hydraulics
• Vehicle weapon aim

R3 Button:

• Hydraulics
• Start/end vehicle mission (in certain vehicle types only)

X-Box

TODO

PC

2:

• Toggle vehicle missions

C:

• Crouch

Left Shift:

• Jump
• Bunny hop (on BMX)

Left Alt:

• Sneak

Space bar:

• Sprint

Left mouse button:

• Fire weapon

Right mouse button:

• Aim weapon

Caps lock:

• Vehicle horn
• Toggle siren

G:

• Recruit gang members
• Call gang members to you

H:

• Tell gang members to hold ground
• Disband gang (hold button down)

Escape:

• Pause and bring up game menu

F1:

• Replay last 30 seconds of gameplay

F2:

• Save last 30 second replay

F3:

• Load a saved 30 second replay