Pause Menu

The Pause Menu is a screen that appears in every game in the Grand Theft Auto series.

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The pause menu appears whenever the player presses the "Start" button on consoles, or upon pressing the ESC button on PC.

It is used when the player needs to take a break, to check the map, to check in-game statistics or to reconfigure settings.

Through the Pause Menu, the player can:

Start a new game.
Load or delete a saved game.
Check the chapter progression (GTA, GTA London and GTA 2).
Check the current Respect level for each gang (GTA 2).
Check the map (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City onwards).
View Brief (recent dialogue used by main characters and protagonists/or game reminders/messages).
View Stats.
Change settings and options.
Quit the game (PC and mobile versions).
Save the game (only in Grand Theft Auto Advance and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars).
Access Grand Theft Auto Online (GTA V only).
Replay a mission or a stranger and freaks mission (GTA V).

In certain GTA titles, ambient music will play upon pausing the game.

Grand Theft Auto – N-CT FM tracklist will play.
Grand Theft Auto: London – Westminster Wireless tracklist will play.
Grand Theft Auto Advance – "Carjacking in Hilltown" by E=MC Feelgood will play.
Grand Theft Auto IV – An echo version of Soviet Connection will play.
The Lost and Damned – An echo version of The Lost and Damned Theme will play.
The Ballad of Gay Tony – An echo version of I Keep on Walking will play.
Grand Theft Auto V – Los Santos City Map by Tangerine Dream will play.