GTA Vice City PC Cheat Codes: Complete Guide

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City accepts cheat words while you are actively playing on PC. Type a code directly on the keyboard—there is no chat box or console to open. These codes are for the PC versions; PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch editions use button combinations instead.

Save first: Keep a separate clean save before enabling cheats. Some world and pedestrian effects cannot be reversed reliably, and saving after using them may affect mission progress. In Definitive Edition, cheats can disable achievements for the current session or save. Some codes from the original 2002 PC release were also removed or changed in the remaster.

Health, armor, weapons, and wanted level

Effect	PC code
Restore health	`ASPIRINE`
Full armor	`PRECIOUSPROTECTION`
Weapon set 1	`THUGSTOOLS`
Weapon set 2	`PROFESSIONALTOOLS`
Weapon set 3	`NUTTERTOOLS`
Raise wanted level	`YOUWONTTAKEMEALIVE`
Clear wanted level	`LEAVEMEALONE`
Kill the player character	`ICANTTAKEITANYMORE`

Vice City does not have a standard PC cheat that simply grants money. Pages or downloads promising a money code may be confusing the game with another GTA title or offering a third-party trainer.

Spawn vehicles

Vehicle	PC code
Rhino tank	`PANZER`
Bloodring Banger variant 1	`TRAVELINSTYLE`
Bloodring Banger variant 2	`GETTHEREQUICKLY`
Hotring Racer variant 1	`GETTHEREVERYFASTINDEED`
Hotring Racer variant 2	`GETTHEREAMAZINGLYFAST`
Romero's Hearse	`THELASTRIDE`
Love Fist limousine	`ROCKANDROLLCAR`
Caddie	`BETTERTHANWALKING`
Sabre Turbo	`GETTHEREFAST`
Trashmaster	`RUBBISHCAR`

Spawn vehicles in an open area. Large vehicles may appear in an unusable position if nearby geometry blocks them.

Traffic and vehicle effects

Effect	PC code
Destroy nearby vehicles	`BIGBANG`
Invisible car bodies	`WHEELSAREALLINEED`
Flying vehicles	`COMEFLYWITHME`
Cars drive on water	`SEAWAYS`
Improved vehicle handling	`GRIPISEVERYTHING`
All traffic lights green	`GREENLIGHT`
Aggressive traffic	`MIAMITRAFFIC`
Black traffic	`IWANTITPAINTEDBLACK`
Pink traffic	`AHAIRDRESSERSCAR`
Change wheel size on some cars	`LOADSOFLITTLETHINGS`

WHEELSAREALLINEED is one of the effects that may not work in Definitive Edition. If a code produces no confirmation or visible change, do not repeatedly save and reload it into the same file.

Weather and game speed

Effect	PC code
Clear/light weather	`APLEASANTDAY`
Sunny weather	`ALOVELYDAY`
Cloudy weather	`ABITDRIEG`
Stormy weather	`CATSANDDOGS`
Foggy weather	`CANTSEEATHING`
Faster game clock	`LIFEISPASSINGMEBY`
Faster gameplay	`ONSPEED`
Slower gameplay	`BOOOOOORING`

Pedestrian and character effects

Effect	PC code
Random player skin	`STILLLIKEDRESSINGUP`
Pedestrian riot	`FIGHTFIGHTFIGHT`
Pedestrians attack the player	`NOBODYLIKESME`
Pedestrians carry weapons	`OURGODGIVENRIGHTTOBEARARMS`
Armed female pedestrians	`CHICKSWITHGUNS`
Women follow Tommy	`FANNYMAGNET`
Pedestrians enter the player's car	`HOPINGIRL`
Tommy smokes	`CERTAINDEATH`
Heavier character model	`DEEPFRIEDMARSBARS`
Thinner character model	`PROGRAMMER`

Riot, hostile-pedestrian, and armed-pedestrian cheats are the most likely to disrupt missions. Load the clean save instead of assuming that typing the code again will restore the world.

Character-skin codes

Character	PC code
Ricardo Diaz	`CHEATSHAVEBEENCRACKED`
Lance Vance	`LOOKLIKELANCE`
Ken Rosenberg	`MYSONISALAWYER`
Hilary King	`ILOOKLIKEHILARY`
Jezz Torrent	`ROCKANDROLLMAN`
Dick	`WELOVEOURDICK`
Phil Cassidy	`ONEARMEDBANDIT`
Sonny Forelli	`IDONTHAVETHEMONEYSONNY`
Mercedes Cortez	`FOXYLITTLETHING`

If a cheat does not work

Confirm that you are using the PC word code, not a console button sequence.
Type during normal gameplay, not in the pause menu, map, cutscene, or launcher.
Use the exact spelling; capitalization does not normally matter.
Check whether you are playing the original release or Definitive Edition.
Disconnect any keyboard remapping tool that intercepts letters.

For other entries in the series, see TipsMake's GTA V cheat-code guide. If you are playing without cheats, its overview of notable GTA V supercars offers a progression-focused alternative.