Who else does this with the radio?

Assuming you listen to it at all, I mean. So with three playable characters, does anyone else listen to the radio stations based on who you are controlling? When I'm on a mission, generally the radio is off for the better ambient music, but for when I'm driving around from thing to thing, I tend to use the driver as the one who decides what radio station I listen to. So if I am playing as Trevor, I might pop on the punk station. If I am Michael, I might pop on the classic rock. And if I'm Franklin, well I'll probably be banging my head to that Radio Mirror Park for all the indie beats.

I dunno, it might sound weird, but I listen to the different radio stations based on the driver. Just seems to add more...I dunno....flavor? Or maybe I'm just some weird roleplayer person. Considering that I'm barely in the car for a full song, it might just be something silly I do.

I always changed it to the talk radio stations regardless of which character I was, until I had heard it all and then usually just turned it off or left it be.

Trevor listens to talk radio and pop music (chases and moments after particularly angry cutscenes get the punk though). Michael listens to Worldwide FM and has a sizable investment in their future to the tune of a $110,181 stock option. Franklin listens to Radio Los Santos and FlyLo FM.

I'm not. I listen to whatever tickles my fancy.

I always make sure to listen to Gimme More by Britney Spears when playing as Trevor.

I more or less listen to whatever i feel like but if i forget about it each characters seems to have their own taste. Maybe i'm imagining things but it seems that every time i play as Franklin and get in his Buffalo the radio is tuned into Radio Los Santos.

I don't pay attention to the radio much at all when I drive, just like in real life.

I mostly turn it off, I find the choices and songs this time around to be pretty lacking. There are a lot of stations. But each one only has a hand full of songs. And in my opinion, none of them are that great. Also the talk radio is pretty weak this time around.

Yep, so far with Michael I only listen to Los Santos Rock Radio while as Franklin I listen to Radio Los Santos and West Coast Classics. I don't even like rap music but I'm kinda into it when I play as Franklin.

I kinda think its a little racist you all think/assume the black guy likes rap/hip-hop music. Just sayin'.

How does Franklin = indie?

And no, I listen exclusively to the talk shows, they are too funny. The black dude from Curb Your Enthusiasm kills me, and so does Danny Mcbride.

I listen to the Los santos rock station and West Coast classics. When Party all the time and Skeletons come on i switch to the soil station then when Sleepwalking comes on i switch to the Mirror station.

nah I play the talk radio, or either of the rap stations. Or I'll scroll around the wheel and see if there's a song I recognize/like, or that Britney Spears song cause it annoys my roommate.

Yeah, I do actually. Michael: Talk radio (If you've played san andreas, you understand why. Talk radio mentions a lot of clues that point towards easter eggs.) Franklin: HipHop, mainstream. Trevor: Rock.

(I assume this is a joke, but even so)

I would call it a stereotype rather than racism - it's like assuming a white guy wearing plaid, horn-rimmed glasses with a thick neckbeard listens to obscure indie rock.

Trevor. Punk. Always.

I don't listen to stations by character but by area. When I am in the hood I listen to the hip hop channels, out in the boonies I have the country or rock channels on. That is if I don't have the talk radio stuff on.

Every time you get into his cars, they're tuned to those stations, regardless of what you were listening to last time. So fuck you.

I had a moment the other day where I was on a mission with Trevor and I turned on Radio Los Santos and then Trevor said "THIS MUSIC IS ALL WRONG" and then proceeded to change then the radio station himself back to the punk station. I was shocked they put that in there. So awesome.

I usually just listen to Los Santos Rock Radio. Tend to mix it up with West Coast Classics and Space 103.2, because Skeletons. DAYUM.

I do the exact same thing. Classic rock is great with Michael. They played one of the Footloose songs! It was awesome being chased by the cops with it on.

I do that.

No....I don't think one person has one taste in music so I tend to switch it up between all of them.

Yeah I do that.

Michael likes his classic rock, and World Music just because he has invested in it

Franklin likes his hip hop

Trevor likes his redneck country music

franklin = hip hop, soul, funk

trevor = country, metal, punk

michael = classic rock, pop.

i default to those, but dont stick to them too often.

There's no metal station...

Yeah, I tend to play country/rock as Trevor, hip hop and rap with Franklin, with Michael being a mixture of the two. I actually had a cool moment with Trevor during a mission when I changed the radio to rock to fit the mood, and it turns out that it's actually scripted and he will change the station regardless.

There's one mission where Trevor is really pissed off and when you enter a car he goes "THIS IS ALL WRONG! CHANGE THE CHANNEL!". I switched to the hardcore punk station and he went: "That's what I'm talking about!" This game never ceases to impress me

There's one station I really miss from GTA and that's the Classical station.

I pretty much do the same thing. Tearing through the desert in an off-road vehicle as Trevor listening to country music is pretty great.

I do the same thing just to get in the mood if you will. But if a good song is on i'll change it to that no matter who i play as.

Yes I absolutely do this.

@misogynist_the_klown: Good stuff

For me the music I listen to while playing a character have been:

Franklin: Rap/Hip-hop (I am a bigot)

Trevor: Rap/Hip-hop

Michael: Rap/Hip-hop

They all also listen to 'Higher Love' whenever that jam is on.

Way more people than I expected doing this. Personally, I feel this is BAD role playing because a person doesn't just stick to one genre of music. And I'm the one that has to listen to the music anyway, so I choose what I like.

I turn it off it sucks compared to VC and SA even 4 might be a bit better I was really disappointed by this

What the hell happened to metal stations in open world games??

And where is the classical station...

They really fucked up the radio this time around.

I tend to jump around but like to stick with the west coast classics, fuck that new hip-hop shit.

@robothamster: yea the new hip hop is total crap I hate it myself not one good song its like they took a playlist of a 16 year olds mp3 and just put it in the game. I never even heard of some of the people they put in because I try my best not to listen to the crap hiphop on the radio today.

@frankiebeanz: There ain't nothin' wrong with Kendrick Lamar's "A.D.H.D." Future, on the other hand, never fails to make me laugh. He gets paid for that shit.

Oh, and I totally do the radio switching thing with the characters.

P-Funk station for every character for me.

I flip to see if there's a song I really like, and usually default to one of the rap stations if I'm not finding anything. I can't hear the talk shows at all for some reason, so those aren't really an option.

I haven't even unlocked Trevor yet, so. :/

Nope. The radio is great, it just doesn't have those tired old standbys.

Whatever happened to that Kavinsky radio station? I was super pumped for that but then I saw it wasn't there I we actually pretty disappointed.

Soulwax FM pretty much no matter what.

Edit: Also, this.

That was a joke, a very bad.. heart stabbing joke made by Kavinsky. Probably paid by Rockstar to fuck with people.

@greggd: I would agree with you on the classical station it's a very niche thing and mostly used for humorous effects, but this is a game made for teenage boys how could you not put a metal station in your game?

I do what I do in every GTA, listen to the pop station because they are the worst, in the best way possible.

Because they have a punk station. Even though the two cliques kind of hate each other, at least the punks are finally getting their due.

I planned on doing that until I started playing as Trevor and heard how offensively, violently terrible everything on the punk station is. So I spent most of the game listening to the classic rock station, with a bit of soul, funk, "indie", and rap on the side when songs I really like came on. And the talk station, can't forget about how great that always is.