Heads-Up Display

An example of the HUD in GTA SA.

A heads-up display, often abbreviated as HUD, is a set of indicators used in most games to show the player's current status in a game, such as the score, health and the like.

Description

A HUD can be used to convey many different types of information, such as time, score, money, health, armor, weaponry, ammunition, warnings (eg "wrong way" in a race) maps with blips and subtitles of conversations.

The HUD GTA games may display the following information:

• Radar, a small map of the player's current location (GTA III onwards).
• Location compass, a compass point to key locations (GTA 1 to GTA 2).
• Money.
• Weapon selected and ammunition.
• Health.
• Armor.
• Lung Capacity (GTA San Andreas).
• Stamina (GTA Vice City Stories).
• Respect (GTA 2).
• Stats and skills (GTA SA).
• Wanted level.
• The vehicle the player enters.
• The district the player is enters.
• The street the player enters (GTA IV).

Other elements appear on the HUD in other situations, such as a dialogue subtitles, help messages, and a "Busted" or "Wasted" sign if the player gets arrested or killed respectively.

Floating pickups, such as a police bribe are not considered to be a part of the HUD even though only the player can see them. This is also true for floating markers which indicate where to park or walk into.

Gallery

GTA 1 — GTA 2

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GTA 1.

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GTA London 1969 and London 1961.

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GTA 2.

GTA III — GTA Vice City Stories

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GTA III (PC/Xbox version); the PS2 version features light gray weapon icons.

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GTA Vice City

GTA San Andreas. The bottom money counter shows the player is in debt as a result of Gambling.

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GTA Liberty City Stories (PS2 version); the PSP version features rounded health and armor bars.

GTA IV — GTA Chinatown Wars

GTA IV (upper right HUD) (Radar, with additional HUD elements).

The Lost and Damned (Radar).

The Ballad of Gay Tony (Radar).