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I don't know why people like to have the controls listed in FAQs like this. Regurgitating stuff that you can find right in the manual seems like a total waste of space to me. But it appears to be standard practice to do so, and I have gotten grief in past guides over not including this stuff, so I'll bow down to the peer pressure and put it in. For those of you that find this kind of thing useful, here it is:
I don't know why people like to have the controls listed in FAQs like this. Regurgitating stuff that you can find right in the manual seems like a total waste of space to me. But it appears to be standard practice to do so, and I have gotten grief in past guides over not including this stuff, so I'll bow down to the peer pressure and put it in. For those of you that find this kind of thing useful, here it is:
On Foot Controls
| Left Trigger (No Weapon, Standing) | Left Punch |
| Left Trigger (No Weapon, Running) | Left Running Punch |
| Left Trigger (With Weapon Equipped) | Fire Weapon or Light Toss |
| Right Trigger (No Weapon, Standing) | Right Punch |
| Right Trigger (No Weapon, Running) | Right Running Punch |
| Right Trigger (With Weapon Equipped) | Fire Weapon or Regular Toss |
| Left + Right Trigger | Block |
| Left Bumper | Kick |
| Right Bumper | Sprint |
| Left Joystick | Move |
| Right Joystick | Camera Control |
| Left Joystick (Click) | Crouch (Toggle) |
| D-Pad (Up) | Recruit Gang Member |
| D-Pad (Up, Hold) | Dismiss Gang Member |
| D-Pad (Down, Twice) | Cancel Current Mission/Activity |
| D-Pad (Left or Right) | Change Current Song (Playlist) |
| Start Button | Bring up Map/Info Page |
| A | Reload or Pick up New Weapon |
| B (Hold) | Bring up Weapon/Food Radial |
| B + D-Pad | Select Food |
| B + Left Joystick | Select Weapon |
| X | Jump |
| Y | Action (Open Door, Enter Car, etc) |
Driving Controls
| Left Trigger | Handbrake |
| Right Trigger | Fire Weapon |
| Left Bumper | Look Left |
| Right Bumper | Look Right |
| Left + Right Bumper | Look Behind |
| Left Joystick | Steer |
| Right Joystick | Camera Control |
| Left Joystick (Click) | Hydrolics/Siren/Horn |
| Right Joystick (Click) | Jump Car (Hydrolics), Nitrous |
| D-Pad (Up) | Recruit Gang Member |
| D-Pad (Up, Hold) | Dismiss Gang Member |
| D-Pad (Down, Twice) | Cancel Current Mission/Activity |
| D-Pad (Left or Right) | Change Radio Station |
| Start Button | Bring up Map/Info Page |
| A | Accelerate |
| B (Hold) | Bring up Weapon/Food Radial |
| B + D-Pad | Select Food |
| B + Left Joystick | Select Weapon |
| X | Brake/Reverse |
| Y | Action (Open Door, Exit Car, etc) |
Swimming Controls
| Left Joystick | Move |
| Right Joystick | Camera Control |
| X | Jump or Climb |
| Y | Exit Vehicle, Teleport to Shore |
Turret Controls (Mission)
| Left Trigger | Attack |
| Right Trigger | Attack |
| Left Joystick | Camera Control |
| Right Joystick | Camera Control |
Turret Controls (Freeform)
| Left Trigger | Attack |
| Right Trigger | Attack |
| Left Bumper | Look Left |
| Right Bumper | Look Right |
| Left + Right Bumper | Look Behind |
| Left Joystick | Camera Control |
| Right Joystick | Camera Control |
| Y | Exit Vehicle |
Map/Info Page (Accessed using Start Button)
| Left Joystick | Move Cursor (Map) |
| Right Joystick | Zoom in/out (Map) |
| Trigger (Left, Right) | Navigate Menu |
| D-Pad (Up, Down) | Navigate Menu (Up, Down) |
| D-Pad (Left, Right) | Change Map Filter |
| Start Button, Y | Exit Map/Info Page |
| A | Select, Set/Remove Waypoint (Map) |
| B | Back |