<P> Each character has a set of eight skills that represent their ability in certain areas such as shooting and driving . Though skills improve through play, each character has a skill with expertise by default (i.e. Trevor's flying skill). The eighth "special" skill determines the effectiveness in performing an ability that is unique to each respective character . Michael enters bullet time in combat, Franklin slows down time while driving, and Trevor deals twice as much damage to enemies while taking half as much in combat . A meter on each character's HUD depletes when an ability is being used and regenerates when players perform skilful actions (for example, drifting in vehicles as Franklin or performing headshots as Michael). </P> <P> While free roaming the game world, players may engage in context - specific activities such as scuba diving underwater or BASE jumping via parachute . Each character has a smartphone for contacting friends, starting activities and accessing an in - game Internet . The Internet lets players trade in stocks via a stock market . Players may purchase properties such as garages and businesses, upgrade the weapons and vehicles in each character's arsenal, and customise their appearance by purchasing outfits, haircuts and tattoos . </P> <P> Michael Townley, Trevor Philips, and Brad Snider partake in a botched robbery in Ludendorff, North Yankton . Nine years later, Michael is living under witness protection with his family in Los Santos, under the alias Michael De Santa . Across town, gangbanger Franklin Clinton is working for a corrupt Armenian car salesman and meets Michael while attempting to fraudulently repossess his son's car; the two later become friends . When Michael finds his wife Amanda sleeping with her tennis coach, he and Franklin chase the coach to a mansion, which Michael destroys in anger . The owner turns out to be the girlfriend of Martin Madrazo, a Mexican drug lord who demands compensation to avoid further violence . Michael returns to a life of crime to obtain the money, enlisting Franklin as an accomplice . With the help of Michael's old friend Lester, a crippled hacker, they perform a jewellery shop heist to pay off the debt . Trevor, who now lives in a trailer park on the outskirts of Los Santos and believes Michael was killed in their failed robbery, hears of the heist and realises that it was Michael's handiwork; Trevor surprises Michael and reunites with him after tracking down his home . </P> <P> The personal lives of the protagonists begin to spiral out of control . Michael's increasingly erratic behaviour prompts his family to leave him, and when he becomes a movie producer at film studio Richards Majestic, he comes into conflict with Devin Weston, a self - made billionaire venture capitalist and corporate raider who vows revenge after his attempts to shut down the studio are thwarted by Michael and his lawyer dies in an accident . Franklin rescues his friend Lamar Davis from gangster and former friend Harold "Stretch" Joseph, who repeatedly attempts to kill Lamar to prove himself to his new brethren . Trevor's reckless efforts to consolidate his control over various black markets in Blaine County see him waging war against The Lost outlaw motorcycle club, several Latin American street gangs, rival meth dealers, hillbillies, private security firm Merryweather, and Triad kingpin Wei Cheng . </P>

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