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GTA 5: Where to find the Tour Bus

BY JOHN PAUL SANTIAGO

John Paul Santiago

John creates game guides and covers the latest updates and developments in Valorant, Diablo Immortal, and GTA V for PlayerAssist. He is a PC gaming enthusiast with an affinity for FPS and RPG titles, but he has recently also developed a newfound appreciation for MMORPGs.

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Bored of sitting around doing nothing on the Los Santos tour? Why not drive the Tour Bus yourself?

The Tour Bus Random Event in GTA 5 is a fun activity where players can learn about the histories and claims-to-fame of landmarks around Los Santos. Despite being a Random Event, players can join the tour daily between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm for just $40.

You’ve probably considered taking the tour bus and driving around Los Santos in the livery-clad bus. We know we have. But where is the Tour Bus in GTA 5 anyway?

In this guide, we will show you where you can find the Tour Bus in GTA 5 and how you can take the vehicle for yourself.

Tour Bus in GTA 5

The Tour Bus has only made two appearances in the Grand Theft Auto franchise so far – once in Grand Theft Auto London and recently in Grand Theft Auto V.

The GTA 5 Tour Bus takes on a modern Los Angeles Tour Bus look and takes design inspirations from real-life Tour Busses from Access Hollywood Tours. The chassis is derived from the Burrito van with modifications to accommodate eight passenger seats.

Since the Tour Bus is designed to take as many passengers slowly across Los Santos, its performance is generally poor in the engine and chassis departments. The Tour Bus has excessive body roll, poor turning radius, and poor acceleration but is durable.

Where to find the Tour Bus

Your best chance of finding the Tour Bus in GTA 5 is waiting outside Up-n-Atom Burger just a few blocks from the Oriental Theater along Vinewood Boulevard between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. This is the starting point of the Vinewood Star Tour route, which means you can find the Vinewood Star Tour Guide waiting for passengers to join the tour.

The Tour Bus can also be found driving along the tour route around Los Santos during the daytime. Wait along Richman as the Tour Bus passes along this route as part of the city tour.

After 7:00 p.m., you can also find the Tou Bus parked outside the Oriental Theater along Vinewood Boulevard. You can approach the Tour Bus and take it without any trouble, as the doors are typically unlocked.

Where to buy the Tour Bus in GTA 5?

You cannot buy the Tour Bus in GTA 5, but you can steal it and drive it away for free if you can find it in-game.

You can easily find the Tour Bus by heading to Vinewood Boulevard just after 7:00 p.m. in-game. Head to the Oriental Theater and wait for the Tour Bus to spawn in the parking spot in front of the Oriental Theater.

Approach the Tour Bus and drive it away like you would with any other vehicle in GTA 5. The Tour Bus will permanently be unlocked, so the chances of getting a wanted level from taking the Tour Bus are relatively low.

Self-driven Tours

The Tour Bus is a lesser-known vehicle in GTA 5 because it is rare to see one driving around Los Santos streets. Ironically, the Tour Bus is very easy to find and acquire in GTA 5 since the vehicle spawns at specific times at a specific location in GTA 5.

If you want to acquire and drive the Tour Bus, just wait at Up-n-Atom Burger between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. in-game or wait until the tours are over and head to the Oriental Theater, where the Tour Bus is parked during the night.

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Vinewood Tour

The Vinewood Tour is a pastime available in Grand Theft Auto V operated by Vinewood Star Tours . The tour can be located outside the Wax Museum on Vinewood Blvd although only at certain times of the day. The player can go on the tour by approaching the tour bus and purchasing a ticket for $ 40. The tour lasts fifteen real-life minutes unless the player skips forward to the next location. A female tour guide talks about the area's sordid history (most of her anecdotes involve sexual or drug misadventures) and shows the passengers the local sites including a number of celebrity homes.

About a dozen locations are featured in the tour and during the drive between locations, the tour guide and passengers will make random remarks about Vinewood. One stop of note is the Epsilon Center , and the tour guide will reveal she is a member. She also reveals that she appeared in the film Last Will and Testament , although her line was cut, that she did a lot of 'shameful things' in her youth and that she has a daughter.

During the tour, the player can toggle between first-person or third person view; in third-person view the camera will automatically focus on highlighted locations; the first-person view offers only limited visibility due to the character sitting behind a wall of the bus. The tour ends at the same location from which it starts. Completing the bus tour is not necessary for 100% completion . Due to its length, generally starting the tour during daylight hours means much of the tour will take place after dark.

Gordon Henderson , a retired Vinewood actor, announced his plans to sue Vinewood Star Tours after his home was dropped from the tour. The Los Santos Superior Court, shortly after " The Merryweather Heist ", rule that Vinewood Star Tours must include Henderson's house on the tour.

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The Tour Bus (also named Tourbus ) is a bus featured in Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 , Grand Theft Auto: London 1961 , Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online . It is manufactured by Brute in the HD Universe .

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• 5.2 Grand Theft Auto V
• 5.3 Grand Theft Auto Online
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Grand Theft Auto London [ ]

The design of the bus in both Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 and Grand Theft Auto: London 1961 is evidently based on that of the Double Decker (albeit slightly wider and shorter), which in turn is based on a Routemaster .

The Tour Bus features an open top deck, complete with visible passengers on the seat. Like the Double Decker, the vehicle is also constantly painted red.

Grand Theft Auto V and Online [ ]

The Tour Bus returns in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online with a much different design, based on real-life tour buses operating in Los Angeles (bearing a similar color and scheme from those of Access Hollywood Tours ).

The Tour Bus is depicted as a minibus based upon the Burrito cab, but having an extended chassis with a large, wide compartment on the back, similar to the Camper . This compartment has eight seats that passengers can use, and what appears to be two access doors (although these are not functional and the occupants simply warp directly to the rear seats). The rear end has four square tail lights on each side which are placed in a vertical positioning, consisting of the main, brake, turn and reverse lights. The Tourbus may appear either in an "open-top" form, which exposes the rear section from the sides and roof area, or in a "closed-in" form, having large windows on the sides. The van appears with a Light Smoke window tint applied by default. [1]

The Tour Bus is only available in an all-blue livery with " Vinewood Star Tours " markings around the body and on the interior of the rear compartment, together with "12 amazing ports of call!" markings on the doors (changed to "20" in the enhanced version). In the files, however, it spawns in an all-white color, which is only visible on the inner trimmings of the doors and the rear compartment when the roof extra is not present. It uses the same industrial wheels from the Burrito and its derivatives.

Current Design Gallery [ ]

Front quarter view

Rear quarter view

Engine view

Underside view

Inside view

Other modelling

Dashboard view

Version History Gallery [ ]

Performance [ ]

The Tour Bus' performance is the same as that of the Double Decker , being poorer than that of the Coach in Grand Theft Auto , but exactly the same as the Coach in Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 . Being the one of the heaviest vehicles in the game (the same weight as GTA and GTA London 1969 's Coaches and the Double Decker), the bus is predictably slow, with a very poor top speed but average acceleration. The bus also possesses below average grip and handling, and average braking. Although game files reveal the bus has a lucrative base export value of £1,000, the Tour Bus cannot be exported due to its large size.

The vehicle performs poorly in all areas of handling; due to its size and weight, acceleration and top speed are mediocre. Handling leaves much to be desired, as it has a very wide turning radius and it suffers from understeer. Its soft suspension also leads to excessive body roll. Durability is average, as the bus can withstand a fair amount of abuse before its engine fails, and it can ram other cars off the road quite easily.

The vehicle appears to be powered by a transversely laid, double overhead camshaft Inline-4, which is stated to be a 4500cc (4.5L) Turbo Diesel engine similar to the Ambulance . The sound emitted when at idle and accelerating sounds like a typical low-revving diesel engine, similar to the Burrito and most vans. This would be vital considering how heavy the vehicle is.

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Main image (after 2019).

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Gallery [ ]

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Locations [ ]

Grand theft auto london 1969 — grand theft auto london 1961 [ ].

• Seen around in London .
• Two can be found parked in front of Buckingham Palace in Westminster (both absent in the PlayStation version).
• Between 7:00 and 19:00, the Tourbus can always be found near the Oriental Theater in Vinewood Boulevard , Downtown Vinewood . The Vinewood Star Tour Guide will be waiting outside for passengers and the player can enter the bus to take the tour.
• The bus can be seen driving around Richman .
• Appears as a part of scripted traffic during the car chase in the mission Father/Son .
• The closed-in version will usually be found parked on Vinewood Boulevard during evening hours when the tour is not active. This vehicle is unlocked and can be easily stolen.
• The open-top version is occasionally found parked away from Vinewood Boulevard during daytime hours.

Grand Theft Auto Online [ ]

• Both closed-in and open-top versions will often spawn parked (and unlocked) on Vinewood Boulevard, east of the Oriental Theater and next to a corner souvenir shop (this is further east than where it usually spawns in story mode).
• In the original version of the game, the flags on the cab doors are upside down. This error was corrected in the enhanced version .
• The Tour Bus, the Stallion , the Stinger , the Z-Type , the Panto , the Furore GT , the Mamba , the Penetrator , the Itali GTB , the Impaler , the Itali GTO , the Locust , and the Jugular are the only vehicles, aside from emergency and special vehicles, that appeared in the 2D Universe and in the HD Universe .

Changes [ ]

See also [ ].

• Double Decker - Closed-top variation in Grand Theft Auto: London .
• Rental Shuttle Bus - Rental bus counterpart in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online .

References [ ]

• ↑ File Data : <diffuseTint value="0xAA0A0A0A" />
• ↑ File Data : Before (and original version) <gameName>TOURBUS</gameName> TOURBUS = Tourbus After (Enhanced version) <gameName>TOURBUS</gameName> TOURBUS = Tour Bus

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GTA 5 is so much more than an epic crime game. It's also a pretty badass road trip quest. Next time you're driving down the Pacific Coast, hit up some of the real-life locations from Grand Theft Auto V's Los Santos.

There are several areas in Los Santos, the major ones are Blaine County, Downtown, Little Seoul, South Los Santos, Vespucci Beach and Rockford Hills. Practically all are based on real-life neighborhoods surrounding L.A. like downtown Los Angeles, Koreatown, South Central, Venice Beach and Beverly Hills.

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The Big Creek Bridge, which you can find on the West Side of the game's Los Santos, might look familiar to you. That's because in real-life, it's the iconic Bixby Bridge, which is actually located a bit north of LA, in Big Sur.

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The Los Santos Observatory is located on Verdant Bluffs. No major gang activity to speak of, and no safe houses. This place is super easy to visit in real-life as it's modeled after Griffith Observatory, a popular tourist attraction in L.A. with loads of spacey and sciencey stuffs, and a great view of the city.

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According to the GTA V Manual, the Vinewood sign is "a beacon of false hope for impressionable young hopefuls the world over, no visit to Los Santos is complete without a selfie at the Vinewood Sign." This is clearly an homage to the Hollywood sign (also a "beacon of false hope for impressionable young hopefuls the world over.")

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In the game, Vinewood Bowl is an entertainment venue located just north of Vinewood. It's based on the real-life Hollywood Bowl in L.A.

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The Oriental was modeled on Grauman's Chinese Theatre (now called TCL Chinese Theatre), which is a super-popular attraction on Hollywood Boulevard, where you'll find the hand- and footprints of some of history's brightest stars.

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The Von Crastenburg is the location for Franklin's hotel assassination mission. The reward is $7,000 and you unlock a New Safe House. In real life, the Von Crastenburg is the Roosevelt Hotel, which is reportedly haunted by the ghost of Marilyn Monroe, and has been used in countless movies and TV shows.

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Tequi-la-la is a nightclub featured in the side mission "Vinewood Souveniers - Willy", in which Trevor has to get a gold tooth from Willy, the bassist for Love Fist. The club was modeled after Hollywood's Whisky a Go Go, a historic rock 'n roll nightclub that was popular in the 1960's.

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Playboy Mansion

The Playboy mansion Easter Egg in the game is found in northwest Richmond. Visit it at night when it’s covered in blue and pink neon lights. I'm not entirely sure on how to score an invite to the actual Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, but I'm sure it's quite an experience as well.

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Santa Monica Pier

Los Santos's Del Perro Pier is modeled after the historic Santa Monica Pier, which has a classic roller coaster, a ferris wheel, restaurants, games, and tons of people watching.

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Another interesting part of Los Santos that you can visit is Vespucci Beach, which was a based on a combination of Santa Monica and Venice Beach, the notoriously weird beachside community with a great boardwalk.

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South of downtown Los Santos is the Los Santos Forum (AKA the L.A. Forum). BONUS: in GTA 4, it's the location of the 8-Track stadium race.

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The Alamo Sea at the foot of Mount Chiliad in Blaine County is described as “a putrid, salt-rich lake.” This is pretty accurate since it’s based on the real-life Salton Sea, which is often described as pretty gross-smelling, thanks to the fact that the lake is filled with salts and fertilizers from surrounding farms, which killed off the fish population.

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Salvation Mountain served as the inspiration for GTA 5's Hippie Town in the Desert. It's basically an art installation that serves as a "tribute to God and his gift to the world." Yeah, let's go with that.

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