Getting started
Settings
Sound, radio, calls, PvP, voice, graphics and map style.
All settings live in the menu (the three lines at the top of the screen). Click or tap a setting to switch it. Sound, radio, graphics and map style are remembered by your browser.
The settings
| Setting | Options | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Sound | on, off | All game sound, the radio included |
| Radio | high, mid, low, off | Car radio volume. Click to step through the levels |
| Graphics | auto, high, low | Picture quality. Auto adjusts to how smoothly your device runs and shows its current step, like (2/3) |
| Map style | Colourful, Simple | The city map and minimap. Simple uses a grey base map. Also on the map panel |
| Calls | on, off | Off puts the burner phone away: no customer calls or texts. A job you already accepted stays |
| PvP | off, on | Lets you fight other players who have PvP on too. Off by default. See PvP |
| Voice | off, on, LIVE | Proximity voice chat. LIVE means your microphone is sending. See Social |
Sound
Turns every sound off or on: guns, engines, sirens, the phone and the car radio. It starts on.
Radio
Sets the car radio volume: high (the default), mid, low or off. The station itself you change in a car with . and ,, or the RADIO button on a phone. See the car radio.
Graphics
- Auto (default): the game lowers the detail when your device struggles, and sharpens the picture again once it runs smoothly.
- High: always full detail. Pick this if the picture looks blurry to you.
- Low: less detail, for older phones and laptops.
Map style
Colourful shows the city in full colour. Simple uses a grey base map and grey districts, so the markers for shops, jobs and players stand out more.
Calls
Your burner phone brings drug customers to you (see Drug business). Switch Calls: off when you want peace: no new calls or texts, and asks you have not answered lapse without any penalty. Story texts still arrive, silently.
PvP
Off by default. Switch it on to fight other players who have it on too. Switching it back off takes 60 seconds, and is not possible in the middle of a fight. Full rules on the PvP page.
Voice
Turns proximity voice chat on. Then hold V (or Hold to talk on a phone) to speak. While you speak the button shows Voice: LIVE.
Phones: portrait or landscape
There is no setting for it: just turn your phone. The game has a full upright (portrait) layout and a sideways (landscape) layout and switches between them by itself.