GTA Online Goes Full San Andreas and Finally Lets You Drive a Train

You can only drive the train for a short while and you only get to do it during this specific mission (not to mention, you can't derail the Freight Train or send it flying off the tracks) but it's proof that, a decade later, Rockstar can still surprise us in GTA Online.

Trains are a fixture of the GTA franchise. Rockstar introduced them in Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto 2 as a means of transportation but weren't included in the PlayStation versions of the games due to hardware limitations. They returned in Grand Theft Auto 3 and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories as an elevated and subway rail system, taking inspiration from the real-life Chicago "L" that still operates in Chicago, Illinois. Trains were once again in GTA: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto 4, and Grand Theft Auto 5, but as previously mentioned, you could only drive them in the 2004 title.

Curiously enough, trains weren't in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City even though there are several train lines serving the state of Miami, Florida, which was the real-life inspiration for the fictional city. This design choice eventually gave birth to the myths of trains existing in the game as a hidden feature.

It's unclear seen if Grand Theft Auto 6 will feature trains but the job listings spotted so far don't hint at their existence in the game.

Since GTA 6 is set in a modern-day rendition of Vice City, it's possible Rockstar may omit them from gameplay, but who knows? Now Rockstar has done it twice, so what's stopping it from doing it again in their most expensive game ever?