Rockstar Reveals More Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy Features And Full Music Roster

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition launches tomorrow, and we already have a pretty good idea of how Rockstar is enhancing GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas. The publisher did not share any details about the modifications made to the classic sandbox titles.

As previously revealed, the controls have been revamped to match Grand Theft Auto V’s. The controls have been updated to improve shooting and targeting, with San Andreas’ drive-by control even better. It is now possible to instantly restart unsuccessful missions, rather than having them kicked off the planet. Rockstar has shared an image below of the updated weapon wheel, which allows for rapid switching in firefights. 

The selection wheel for radio stations is similar. Rockstar has confirmed that radio station listings remain unchanged since the last version of the game. That means the vast majority of the tracks – 200 songs across 29 stations – remain intact, and the audio quality has been upped to 16bit 44hrz for all source music. Each game supports 5.1 surround sound as well. 

Certain songs, from Vice City and San Andreas specifically, won’t appear due to expiring licenses. Many of these songs haven’t reappeared since the earliest re-releases of those games years ago, so these exclusions aren’t entirely new. Rockstar shared the complete track list for The Trilogy, and after cross-referencing it with the soundtracks from the original releases, we’ve listed the cut songs below:

Vice City

• “Pump Me Up” – Trouble Funk
• “Rockit” – Herbie Hancock
• “Looking for The Perfect Beat” by Afrika Bambaataa, The Soul Sonic Force
• “Get It Girl” – 2 Live Crew
• “The Smurf” – Tyrone Brunson
• “Billie Jean” – Michael Jackson
• “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin” – Michael Jackson
• “Video Killed the Radio Star” – The Buggles
• “Japanese Boy” – Aneka
• “Steppin’ Out” – Joe Jackson
• “One Thing Leads To Another” – The Fix
• “Running With the Light” – Lionel Richie
• “Cum On Feel The Noize” – Quiet Riot
• “She Sells Sanctuary” – The Cult
• “Bark at the Moon” – Ozzy Osbourne
• “Dangerous Bastard” – Love Fist
• “Fist Fury” – Love Fist
• “Working for the Weekend” – Loverboy
• “God Blessed Video” – Alcatrazz
• “Wow” – Kate Bush
• “Missing You” – John Waite
• “Love Missile F1-11” – Sigue Sigue Sputnik
• “Cars” – Gary Numan
• “Poison Arrow” – ABC
• “Obsession” – Animotion
• “Añunga Ñunga” – Irakere

San Andreas

• “Runnin’ Down a Dream” – Tom Petty
• “Woman to Woman” – Joe Crocker
• “Yum Yum (Gimme Some) – Fatback Band
• “You Dropped a Bomb on Me” – Gap Band
• “Running Away” – Roy Ayers
• “Loopzilla” – George Clinton
• “I Don’t Give A F***” – 2Pac
• “Express Yourself” – N.W.A.
• “Amos Moses” – Jerry Reed
• “Louisana Woman, Mississippi Man” – Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
• “Hellraiser” – Ozzy Osbourne
• “Don’t Let it Go to Your Head” – Black Harmony
• “Ring My Bell” – Blood Sisters
• “King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown” – Augustus Pablo
• “Express Yourself” – Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
• “Rock Creek Park” – The Blackbyrds
• “Hot Pants – I’m Coming, I’m Coming, I’m Coming” – Bobby Byrd
• “I Know You Got Soul” – Bobby Byrd
• “Funky President” – James Brown
• “The Payback” – James Brown
• “Soul Power ‘74” – Maceo & The Macks
• “The Grunt” – The JB’s

The games are now sharper than ever because of higher resolution textures and rebuilt lighting. We also know that the draw distance is longer. Rockstar also revealed that the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S gamers benefit from a 4K resolution/60 fps performances. 

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition launches November 11 for $59.99 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. In 2022, mobile versions will be available. On launch day, the Definitive Editions San Andreas III and GTA III will be available on Xbox Game Pass, and PlayStation Now.