In the PlayStation 2 version of GTA: San Andreas, the statues inside The Atrium (except the masturbating one) can be destroyed by gunshots, but the particle effects cause an extreme framerate drop. This performance issue is why Rockstar made the statues indestructible in all later releases, including PC.
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These exact statues — breakable on PS2, but the particle effects tanked performance so hard Rockstar locked them down for good in every later release.
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