Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the Los Santos (state of San Andreas) - City crime, drugs and corruption, where even movie stars and millionaires have any means to protect themselves from extortionists and gangsters.
Start the 1990's. Carl returns home. His mother was killed, the family split up, my friends are in trouble, but against him made a false accusation of murder. To return the family and restore the old context, Carl goes on a dangerous trip to San Andreas: it should in no matter what was to win the streets of the state.