Opening the map in GTA Vice City allows you to experience everything the PS2 classic has to offer.
The more you expand and establish Tommy Vercetti’s criminal empire, the more map you can explore.
Initially, only the first island is available, so completing certain story missions will make more available. However, if you know the right faults, you can fix them sooner than expected.
This page explains how to unlock closed bridges to help you fully open the GTA Vice City map.
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If you are looking for more explanations, we have pages on Vice City properties, helicopter locations and GTA Vice City cheats.
GTA Vice City Definitive Edition and comparison of the original game
How to open both sides of the bridge in GTA Vice City
You will meet the first map restriction in GTA Vice City when you start the game. The bridges connecting Vice City Beach and Vice City Mainland to Starfish Island will be completely closed due to hurricane warnings, preventing you from going further.
Fortunately, these warnings disappear after completing the story missions “Guardian Angels” and “Phnom Penh ’86”, missions 11 and 13 respectively, after which the bridges leading to Starfish Island and Vice City Mainland will open.
How to Explore the Map in GTA Vice City Early with Bridge Jumps and Other Glitches
If you’re eager to explore the full Vice City map early, you can also enter Starfish Island or Vice City Mainland through various methods.
These steps work on the PS2 and PC originals and other reissues; however, only the first bug, which allows you to reach Starfish Island, works in the Definitive Edition.
Badinfos on YouTube, included above, shows these old exploits in motion that might be easier to follow, but the highlights are:
- To enter Starfish Island in all editions, steal an ambulance and drive it to the closed door, lining it up with the smaller door on the left. Now jump onto the roof of the ambulance, run and jump. It’s as simple as that!
- Alternatively, steal a bike and ride it to the closed door, lining it up with the smaller door on the left. With the front tire touching the left side of the small door, press forward into a wheelie. While you’re doing that, get off the bike. You should fail and respawn a block later, inside Starfish Island!
- To get to the mainland of Vice City in the originals, steal an ambulance and drive it to the marina. At the right door, drive in reverse so that the back of the ambulance touches the door. Jump onto the roof of the ambulance, run and jump. You should miss and go through the door. Now you can steal a ship and go to Vice City Mainland.
- Alternatively, go to Prawn Island and head to the left side of the bridge connecting Prawn Island to Vice City Mainland. Without touching the water, run and jump against the left side of the bridge, and you should end up missing ‘inside’ it. Run until your head and torso clear the ground and jump off the bridge. That’s all! Now you can explore Vice City Mainland.
While these methods are reliable in the originals, only the first will work in the Definitive Edition. Either way, it involves specific vehicles and methods to implement and some skill to achieve it. It is up to you whether you decide to go for these or prefer to unlock them officially. Either way, good luck exploring Vice City!
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