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Respect has to be earned, Sweet, just like money.
Big Smoke as the gang heads out to Cluckin' Bell in Drive-Thru

Respect encompasses two different gang-based systems in Grand Theft Auto 2 and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Grand Theft Auto 2[]

Quotation "And remember, respect is everything!" QuotationReverse
Respectmeter-GTA2

The respect meter in GTA 2, which does not only indicate which gang is hostile or friendly to the player, but also any payphones the player has access to. As indicated in the image, the player can receive jobs from the Scientists' green phones and the Zaibatsu's green and yellow phones, but is an enemy of the Rednecks.

In GTA 2, respect is a fundamental aspect of the gang system, determining which gangs the player may work with and how gang-members may react to the player. A phrase in the game, "Respect is Everything", expresses the importance of respect in gameplay.

The game's HUD displays a respect meter for each of the current district's three gangs. These all begin at a neutral level. The gang's "respect" for the player will increase or decrease with the player's actions:

  • When the player completes one of its missions or kills members of opposing gangs, respect from a gang will rise.
  • When the player fails one of its missions or kills its members, respect from a gang will drop.

Gaining and losing respect can also be affected by certain missions and actions caused by the player. Some mission objectives require the player to destroy whole structures which are usually major assets to a gang resulting in major respect loss from the opposing gang. Also, depending on the way the player kills gang members influences how much respect is lost. Using explosives to kill off opposing gang members will result in respect dropping noticeably faster. Both these influence great gain and loss in respect.

A neutral-to-positive respect level from a gang will grant the player the ability to receive missions from the mentioned gang via payphones. Gangs with a positive respect level will also protect the player from the police and other law enforcement if they have a wanted level. The respect meter further provides indications on which payphones the player can access via a series of three color-coded lights (each assigned to phones with the same colors, including, in ascending order, green, yellow and red) that light up in accordance to the level of respect the player has from the gang. The higher the respect level, the more phones the player can access.

Gangs with a negative respect level will naturally be hostile toward the player, with its members firing at the player when the player enters their territories. In addition, gangs that view the player unfavorably do not trust the player, and so will not offer up their missions strings to the player.

A pickup is available that will boost gang respect towards the player.

Respect-GTA2-CustomMap

Custom Map respect, showing that the player is an ally of the Yakuza and the Krishnas, an enemy to the Zaibatsu Corporation and is neutral to the Rednecks.

On custom created maps, more or less than 3 gangs can be created. This means that you can for example work for 3 gangs but be an enemy to two gangs.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]

In GTA San Andreas, respect is an element indicating how inclined the gang is to help Carl. The more respect he has, the more gang members he can recruit to tend to his personal interests.

Raising the respect bar is straight-forward: doing missions, taking over gang turf, and murdering rival gang members and any member of a law enforcement are the most common ways. Respect also affects CJ's Sex Appeal.

Up to seven gang members can be recruited. This will not happen until Carl has roughly 80% of the respect meter full.

Gaining Respect[]

These are according to the Brady Games Strategy Guide.

Action Respect Change
Territory Gained +30.0%
Killing a gang member +0.5
Killing a dealer +0.005%
Killing a member of your gang -0.005%
A member of your gang gets killed -2.0%
Territory Lost -3.0%

Respect Effects[]

The greater the respect meter reaches, the more gang members Carl can recruit, to a maximum of 7.

Respect No. of Gang Members
>1% 2
>10% 3
>20% 4
>40% 5
>60% 6
>80% 7
[ ve ]Gangs in Grand Theft Auto games
GTA and GTA London Expansion Packs
(1969 & 1961) Gangs
Major GangsBattersea Mods | Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love | Catwright Gang | Sonetti's Gang | Uncle Fu's Crime Syndicate | El Burro's Gang
Minor GangsThe Angels | The Mob | Vercotti Crime Family | Yakuza | Alve's Gang | Paco's Gang | No Chin's Gang | Unnamed Drug Gang | Jimmy the Shovel's Gang | Greasers | Rockers
GTA 2 Gangs
Major GangsHare Krishna | Loonies | Rednecks | Russian Mafia | Scientists | Yakuza | Zaibatsu
Minor GangsAlma Mater Prisoners | Mad Island Gang | Yutes
GTA III
GTA Advance and
GTA Liberty City Stories Gangs
Major GangsColombian Cartel | Forelli Crime Family | Leone Crime Family | Sicilian Mafia | Sindacco Crime Family | Yakuza
Minor GangsDiablos | Liberty City Triads | Southside Hoods | Uptown Yardies | Liberty City Bikers
MentionedZaibatsu
GTA Vice City and
GTA Vice City Stories gangs
Major GangsCholos | Cubans | Fort Baxter Military | Haitians | Mendez Cartel | Streetwannabe's/Sharks | Trailer Park Mafia | Vance Crime Family | Vercetti Gang | Vice City Bikers
Minor GangsCosta Rican Gang | Counterfeit Syndicate | Diaz' Gang | European Gang | Gonzalez Syndicate | Leaf Link Golfers | Mexican Arms Dealers | Patrol Invest Group | Shoppers | Vice City Triads | White Stallionz
GTA San Andreas gangs
Major GangsBallas | Grove Street Families | Loco Syndicate | Los Santos Vagos | San Fierro Triads | Varrios Los Aztecas
Minor GangsDa Nang Boys | Italian Mafia | Liquor Store Bandits | Russian Mafia | San Andreas Bikers | San Fierro Rifa | Survivalists
GTA IV
(TLAD and TBoGT) and
GTA Chinatown Wars gangs
Major GangsAngels of Death | Jaoming Family | Lee Family | McReary Family | Ming Family | Northwood Dominican Drug Dealers | The Lost MC | Triads | Uptown Riders | Yardies
Minor GangsAlbanian Mob | Bulgarin Crime Syndicate | East Holland Drug Gang | Faustin Family/Rascalov Family | Hustlers | Irish American Killers | Jewish Mob | Korean Mob | Midtown Gangsters | North Holland Hustlers | Skinheads | Spanish Lords
Mafia FamiliesAncelotti Crime Family | Gambetti Crime Family | Lupisella Crime Family | Messina Crime Family | Pavano Crime Family | Pegorino Crime Family
GTA V and
GTA Online gangs
Major GangsBallas | Madrazo Cartel | Motorcycle Clubs | O'Neil Brothers | The Families | The Lost MC | The Professionals | Trevor Philips Enterprises
Minor GangsArmenian Mob | Aztecas | Kkangpae | Marabunta Grande | Rednecks | Triads | Vagos
Gang leaders, dons and bossesRobert Seragliano | Uncle Fu | Brother Marcus | Harold Cartwright | Albert Crisp | Archie Crisp | Johnny Zoo | Trey Welsh | Elmo | Billy Bob Bean | Dr. LaBrat | Red Valdez | Jerkov | Sunbeam | Uno Carb | Catalina | Salvatore Leone | Asuka Kasen | Kenji Kasen | Kazuki Kasen | Paulie Sindacco | El Burro | King Courtney | D-Ice | Uncle Leone | Franco Forelli | Sonny Forelli | Lance Vance | Gonzalez | Ricardo Diaz | Umberto Robina | Auntie Poulet | Mitch Baker | Marty Jay Williams | Mendez Brothers | Sean Johnson | Cesar Vialpando | Wu Zi Mu | T-Bone Mendez | Kane | Ran Fa Li | Johnny Sindacco | Gerald McReary | Patrick McReary | Real Badman | Playboy X | Dwayne Forge | Elizabeta Torres | Mikhail Faustin | Dimitri Rascalov | Billy Grey | Johnny Klebitz | Lester Arnold | Triad Boss | Kenny Petrovic | Jon Gravelli | Giovanni Ancelotti | Mary Valvona | Mark Lupisella | Vincent Lupisella | Harvey Noto | Hsin Jaoming | Wu Lee | Zhou Ming
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