Sweet's Girl mission
Make sure you have a fast and reliable car in your garage before staring the mission. Quickly drive to the yellow objective marker. Drive your car on the sidewalk to mow down the Ballas. Keep going into the basketball court at the end of the street to turn around and make another pass. If your car starts smoking, quickly park it next to any survivors and bail. The explosion should kill them. Get behind some cover and shoot anyone remaining.
Tagging Up Turf mission
To spray over the last tag on the upper part of the building, walk to the nearby small fenced in alley. You will be instructed to hold Square to climb it. Do so, cross to the other higher fence and also climb that. Then, climb the short wall, then climb again to the ledge that you can use to walk to the tag.
Tanker Commander mission
After hooking up the trailer, jump out of the truck. The gas station attendant and a friend will be in a car nearby. It will repeatedly crash into the stationary truck and trailer and become damage. Stay out of the way and shoot the car when it is in a safe position until it catches on fire. The gas station attendant will bail. Shoot him, then get back in the truck and carefully drive it to the destination marker.
DRIV3R reference in Madd Dogg's Rhymes mission
Just before you sneak past Madd Dogg, he will say "Tanner you suck! damn you, Refractions, how could you mess up so bad?!" This is a reference to DRIV3R, only they changed "Reflections" to "Refractions".
Grand Theft Auto 3 reference in Farewell My Love mission
The man who Catalina is with is the main character from Grand Theft Auto 3. At the end of the mission, she gives a pink slip but it is not to her car She says that she needs her car because they are going to Liberty City.
Grand Theft Auto 3 reference in Wu Zi Mu mission
In the opening sequence to the mission, look in the car in the background to see your character from Grand Theft Auto 3 sitting inside.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City reference in 555 We Tip mission
While going to the destination marker, you will see police cars chase a car and a man firing at them. If you look closely, you can see it is Tommy Vercetti from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Be careful -- the police will sometimes crash into you, giving you one star on your wanted meter.
Tommy Vercetti appearance in Farewell My Love mission
The man who Catalina is with is Tommy Vercetti from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. At the end of the mission, she gives a pink slip but it is not to her car She says that she needs her car because they are going to Liberty City.
Xbox reference in Madd Dogg's Rhymes mission
When stealing the lyrics from Madd Dogg for Og Loc, you must sneak around in the mansion. When passing Madd Dogg playing his video game, look closely to see that it strongly resembles an Xbox system.
Candy Suxxx reference
Some of the safe houses you can purchase have a familiar picture of adult film star Candy Suxxx on the wall, who originally appeared in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Grand Theft Auto 3 reference
Pay close attention to the shows that are heard on WFTC while cruising around San Andreas. Notice that one of the shows is called "Gardening With Maurice". If listened to Chatterbox in Grand Theft Auto 3, you may remember Lazlow (the host) talking to a caller who said "Gardening With Maurice" got taken off the air. Obviously this game takes place further in the past, so "Gardening With Maurice" is still on.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City references
In the mission when you have to rescue Truth's friends, one of them is Kent Paul from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. The old man who runs the casino that you later meet in the mission is Ken Rosenberg, Tommy Vercetti's lawyer in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City reference in Las Venturas
In the intermission sequence for Wuzi's casino mission entitled "Key To Her Heart", the board that CJ reveals is none other than the band Love Fist from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City references in San Fierro
Go inside the Zero RC toy shop. Behind the cashier is a game being sold. That game is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Additionally, go to the counter inside the Zero RC toy shop. You will see a rack of action figures that includes Tommy Vercetti from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Manhunt reference in Los Santos
Enter the bar near CJ's house. Along with various other paintings on the inside walls, there will be the red-eyed elite guardsmen that worked for the Director in Manhunt.
Manhunt reference in Red County
In Fisherman's Lagoon, there is a circle wire holder. On it is a company name and Carcer, which was the city in Manhunt.
Manhunt reference in San Fierro
When you first start the Zero RC toy shop's missions, watch the intermission sequence. Look closely in the background to see action figures of the main character from Manhunt, James Earl Cash.
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