Let’s face it: escaping the police in GTA 5 isn’t exactly like a walk in the park, especially if the number of stars is over 9000. And you know what? That’s indeed part of the game’s beauty!
The police starts getting on your tail in Rockstar’s blockbuster game once you do something illegal. Don’t worry, disobeying traffic laws is still accepted! But once you beat up, kill people or destroy cars in GTA 5, the police will start chasing you. From a one or two-star wanted level, the situation can rapidly worsen if you fight back against the police.
Obviously, we’re not counting cheat codes in this article. Seriously, using cheat codes to progress through the game ruins all the fun, tension, and excitement. There are plenty of other ways to escape the police in GTA 5 even when all the odds seem to be against you. Considering that I’ve been playing this game for years, you can indeed have some faith in the methods I’ll be proposing below:
Drive to the mountains
Running to the mountains gives you a lot more freedom to maneuver your vehicle around in such a way that you’ll be able to escape the police’s radar much easier than when you’re driving on the main roads. This is especially available if your character is driving an off-road vehicle, meaning that you’ll have significantly lower chances of crashing your car while driving across those bumpy hills.
Once you reach a spot that makes your wanted level stars appear and disappear fast, you can duck in your car and hope that the police will go away. If they spot you once more, start roaming around once again using that car and repeat the process!
Call Lester
Calling Lester is a very easy method to get rid of those pesky cops. The guy will make it possible for you instantly and without fuss, although this little gimmick will cost you some dough. Therefore, it’s recommended to do it only when your wanted level is at a minimum of three stars. The idea of calling a specific person to bribe in order to get rid of the police has been seen before in Grand Theft Auto games, and we certainly cannot complain about it. Thank you, Rockstar!
Hide under bridges
You may have noticed that there are entire communities of homeless people beneath the bridges in GTA 5. You can also hide there with or without a vehicle and wait for that wanted star level to clear. If you’re in a car, you should simply duck. The police will usually look for you on the roads above in such situations, without going beneath them, meaning under the bridge.
Jumping on the train
This is my favorite way to get rid of the police in GTA 5! It can be a bit difficult to jump on the train while it’s still moving. But once you succeed, remaining there and ducking is a great way to escape the police in GTA 5. When the train is coming, just stay near the railroad. Simply jump on the train while it will pass by, but not doing it right can result in awful consequences for Michael, Franklin, or Trevor, depending who you’re controlling. The police simply can’t see you if you’re on a speeding train and ducking, as long as there aren’t helicopters after you as well. If there are, you can simply shoot them down from the train and wait patiently for the wanted star level to clear. The police will keep looking for you for a while, but it’s only a matter of time until those wanted star levels will disappear.
Hide underground
You can also hide underground or in train tunnels in order to get rid of the police in GTA 5. This is easily one of the most efficient ways to make those pesky cops lose your trail.
For even more efficiency, you can hide in the subways and run along the railroad until your wanted level clears. You’ll obviously need to watch out for that underground train, as it can hit you. This doesn’t imply to take any vehicle down there, although you can probably succeed using a motorbike.
Regardless of how you choose to escape the police in GTA 5, using a fast vehicle is almost always a good idea. The police officers also have pretty fast cars, but they’re way slower compared to the fastest vehicles in the game.
One of the worse ways to try to get rid of the cops in GTA 5 is to start a rampage against them. You know what they say that violence generates more violence, and that shall be the only outcome in Rockstar’s game as well when you try to get rid of the cops. Sure, you can have some fun killing many of those officers in GTA 5 before you’ll apply any of the methods I’ve exposed above. But shooting them forever will surely get your character killed in the end, sooner or later.
Ultimately, if you want to break all rules in GTA 5 or just have a load of fun once in a while, you can obviously use those cheat codes to help you out as well when it comes to getting rid of the cops. There are codes for lowering the wanted level, making your character invincible, jumping very high, and even running very fast without getting tired. Those ‘skills’ will surely make it a lot harder for those cops to get their hands on you in GTA 5. But I’m sure that you want to be better than that, which is why I recommend you to use the methods listed above to get rid of the police in Rockstar’s latest Grand Theft Auto game!