GTA: Vice City Stories FAQ

Q: Why is the game in French / [insert other language that's not English here]?
A: Switching languages skips the pager, which saves a good amount of time. It's not worth switching back to English until another pager message that's worth skipping comes up.

Q: What console is this on?
A: PS2.

Q: Are you emulating the game?
A: No, this is on an actual PS2.

Q: If this is an actual PS2, how are you getting those 1337 hax0r load times?
A: I'm running it off a hard drive, using HDLoader, using Free McBoot.

Q: But wait... isn't that cheating?
A: Nope. I'm still playing on a legit PS2 with legit hardware connected to it. It's legit for the same reason using an SSD for Vice City is legit.

Q: But you SOFTMODDED YOUR PS2 to play VCS off of HDD!!!!
A: Who gives a shit? Anyone can do that. Besides, nobody has complained about it except for you anyway.

Q: Why does the game look like shit?
A: Probably because it's on PS2.

Q: What's your PB?
A: Look it up on speedrun.com or just type !pb in chat, cba updating this pastebin all the time

Q: What's the WR?
A: Look it up on speedrun.com or just type !wr in chat, cba updating this pastebin all the time

Q: What the hell does RTA mean?
A: It stands for "real time attack", meaning it's timed using an external timer that cannot be paused, i.e. the same way most other GTA runs are timed.

Q: Is this a speedrun?
A: I wouldn't know. I go slow enough as it is.

Q: Is this 100% or Any%?
A: Read the damn title.