Inserting custom music into the stations consists simply of placing music files into a designated folder. Independence FM in GTA IV and Chinatown Wars.MIXTAPE in the mobile versions of San Andreas and Liberty City Stories.User Track Player in the Xbox and PC versions of San Andreas.Tape Deck in the Xbox and mobile versions of Vice City.MP3 Player in the PC versions of GTA III and Vice City.The in-game station that plays custom music assumes different names across titles, becoming increasingly immersed in the games' lore with each release: User Track Player can be toggled to enable commercials between songs, and Independence FM and Self Radio expand on this by also including optional DJ commentary making it function similarly to other Radio Stations. The method of utilising this feature differs between each platform.
The ability to play custom music tracks is available in the Xbox, PC, and Android and iOS versions of Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, San Andreas, the PSP and Android and iOS releases of Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories and Chinatown Wars and the PC versions of Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto V, and Grand Theft Auto Online. Custom radio stations are user-defined radio channels that allow the player to play their own music tracks in Grand Theft Auto games.
