

Now, the games are official – and we know that an overhauled, revamped trilogy of the PS2 classics is set to launch on consoles and PC latert this year. Music is a big part of that.There has been speculation about a rumoured GTA Trilogy – a collection that contains the classic PS2 trilogy of GTA titles including Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas– since Take-Two hinted at three new “remasters” or “remakes” back in its Q1 2022 earnings call.

GTA games are far more about being in a place than they are any plot. Yeah yeah, they're just songs, but I have stronger memories of pootling around with these songs on the radio than I do any mission in any of the three games. However, songs actually absent do include choons like Herbie Hancock's Rockit, Michael Jackson's Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', and Rage Against The Machine's Killing In The Name. Rockstar's initial, incomplete songlist was missing bangers including Gary Numan's Cars and Sigue Sigue Sputnik's Love Missile F1-11 (yes, I keep it locked on to Wave 103), and I was dead narked. Thankfully, the list of missing songs is shorter than originally seemed, with Rockstar confirming that the first songlist they sent out was incorrect. Rockstar have removed songs with new versions before, and it's generally assumed to be for rights issues, but it sucks. Unfortunately, a number of songs on radio stations in the original are not present here.
