2. Inept Police Work
Police in Grand Theft Auto tend to be utterly incompetent. They will shoot you dead just for punching them a few dozen times, instead of tackling you to the floor and attempting to arrest you, which is just a little bit OTT. They also have absolutely no regard for the safety of those around them. They will happily speed after you as you drive through a street full of people, and it's no skin off their noses if they crush the odd pedestrian or two along the way. And all hell breaks loose when you have a six star wanted level. What do they say about shooting down aeroplanes over a crowded public area again? That it's definitely a good idea? I forget, but in San Andreas, if you just so happened to be flying over Las Venturas in a Hydra, the police would have no issues what-so-ever in shooting you down, sending the crippled, stricken shell of your plane hurtling into a sidewalk full of people. Good one.