The 'Ghost Town' is a low-poly chunk of Portland from GTA III, hidden thousands of feet above the ocean near San Fierro in San Andreas. It only exists because Rockstar needed a quick backdrop for the Saint Mark's Bistro mission and never expected players to reach it.
Source: Ghost Town (Glitch) — CC BY-SA
First glimpse of the Ghost Town — a low-poly chunk of Portland that somehow ended up in San Andreas.
From this angle you see how rough and unfinished the textures are — Rockstar clearly rushed it for Saint Mark's Bistro.
Willowfield Town 2 shows how this tiny city just hangs in nothingness, thousands of feet above the ocean.
The original Willowfield shot — where players realized this isn't GTA III's Portland, but a copy pasted into San Andreas.
ELS Town 3 from above — the whole 'city' is one tiny hand-made set that nobody was supposed to find.
ELS Town 2 reveals broken textures and missing backfaces — Rockstar never planned for cameras to come back here.
Final shot, Ghost Town 2 — where jetpacks and tricks exposed the secret. A masterpiece of Rockstar laziness.
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