Cheats can be inputted into the game at anytime during gameplay, including in the pause menu. For the Xbox 360 version, all black and white buttons are equivalent to the right and left bumpers. A successful input of a cheat, either activated or deactivated, will display a "Cheat activated" message. The usage of most cheats will decrease the criminal rankings by 1,000 points. Cars will only spawn on the closest car path node, not in front of the player. Attempting to save the game after inputting certain cheats will pop up a screen warning the player not to save the game after inputting cheats.
| Effect | -----------------PS2----------------- | PC | ----------------------------Xbox---------------------------- |
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| Replenish player health; if driving vehicle, replenish health and fixes tires of vehicle | R1 R2 L1 C L D R U L D R U | aspirine | RT BLACK LT B L D R U L D R U |
| Replenish player armor | R1 R2 L1 X L D R U L D R U | preciousprotection | RT BLACK LT A L D R U L D R U |
| Basic weapons set (Brass Knuckles, Bat, Molotov Cocktails, Pistol, Chrome Shotgun, Tec 9, Kruger, Sniper Rifle, Flame Thrower) | R1 R2 L1 R2 L D R U L D R U | thugstools | RT BLACK LT BLACK L D R U L D R U |
| Intermediate weapons set (Katana, Detonator Grenade, .357, Stubby Shotgun, Mac-10, M4, .308 Sniper, Rocket Launcher) | R1 R2 L1 R2 L D R U L D D L | professionaltools | RT BLACK LT BLACK L D R U L D D L |
| Advanced weapons set (Chainsaw, Grenades, .357, S.P.A.S. 12, MP, M4, .308 Sniper, Minigun) | R1 R2 L1 R2 L D R U L D D D | nuttertools | RT BLACK LT BLACK L D R U L D D D |
| Spawn a Sabre Turbo | R L2 D L2 L2 X R1 L1 C L | gettherefast | R WHITE D WHITE WHITE A RT LT B L |
| Spawn a Caddy (golf cart) | C L1 U R1 L2 X R1 L1 C X | betterthanwalking | B LT U RT WHITE A RT LT B A |
| Spawn a Romero's Hearse | D R2 D R1 L2 L R1 L1 L R | thelastride | D BLACK D RT WHITE L RT LT L R |
| Spawn a Trashmaster (garbage truck) | C R1 C R1 L L R1 L1 C R | rubbishcar | B RT B RT L L RT LT B R |
| Spawn Love Fist limo | R2 U L2 L L R1 L1 C R | rockandrollcar | BLACK U WHITE L L RT LT B R |
| Spawn a Rhino (tank) | C C L1 C C C L1 L2 R1 T C T | panzer | B B LT B B B LT WHITE RT Y B Y |
| Spawn a Hotring Racer (variant 1) | R1 C R2 R L1 L2 X X S R1 | getthereamazinglyfast | RT B BLACK R LT WHITE A A X RT |
| Spawn a Hotring Racer (variant 2) | R2 L1 C R L1 R1 R U C R2 | getthereveryfastindeed | BLACK LT B R LT RT R U B BLACK |
| Spawn a Bloodring Banger (variant 1) | | gettherequickly | |
| Spawn a Bloodring Banger (variant 2) | | travelinstyle | |
| Aggressive drivers | R2 C R1 L2 L R1 L1 R2 L2 | miamitraffic | BLACK B RT WHITE L RT LT BLACK WHITE |
| All traffic cars are black | C L2 U R1 L X R1 L1 L C | iwantitpaintedblack | B WHITE U RT L A RT LT L B |
| All traffic cars are pink | C L1 D L2 L X R1 L1 R C | ahairdresserscar | B LT D WHITE L A RT LT R A |
| All traffic lights are green | R R1 U L2 L2 L R1 L1 R1 R1 | greenlight | R RT U WHITE WHITE L RT LT RT RT |
| Blow up/explode/destroy all vehicles, excluding police-controlled helicopters and NPC Dodo | R2 L2 R1 L1 L2 R2 S T C T L2 L1 | bigbang | BLACK WHITE RT LT WHITE BLACK X Y B Y WHITE LT |
| Cars can drive/hover over water | R R2 C R1 L2 S R1 R2 | seaways | R BLACK B RT WHITE X RT BLACK |
| Low gravity for cars, cars control like plane in air | R R2 C R1 L2 D L1 R1 | comeflywithme | R BLACK B RT WHITE D LT RT |
| Low gravity for boats, boats control like plane in air | n/a | airship | n/a |
| Only the wheels of cars are visible | T L1 T R2 S L1 L1 | wheelsareallineed | Y LT Y BLACK X LT LT |
| Various changes to vehicle properties, including wheel size, top speed, acceleration, and handling. | R1 X T R R2 S U D S | loadsoflittlethings | RT A Y R BLACK X U D X |
| Increase grip on ground, jump hydraulics in all cars, disables unique stunt jumps | T R1 R1 L R1 L1 R2 L1 | gripiseverything | Y RT RT L RT LT BLACK LT |
| Commit suicide or, with sufficiently high health, suffer major loss of health | R L2 D R1 L L R1 L1 L2 L1 | icanttakeitanymore | R WHITE D RT L L RT LT WHITE LT |
| Increase wanted level by two stars | R1 R1 C R2 L R L R L R | youwonttakemealive | RT RT B BLACK L R L R L R |
| Remove all wanted level | R1 R1 C R2 U D U D U D | leavemealone | RT RT B BLACK U D U D U D |
| Sunny/clear weather | R2 X L1 L1 L2 L2 L2 D | alovelyday | BLACK A LT LT WHITE WHITE WHITE D |
| Light clouds | R2 X L1 L1 L2 L2 L2 T | apleasantday | BLACK A LT LT WHITE WHITE WHITE Y |
| Stormy weather | R2 X L1 L1 L2 L2 L2 C | catsanddogs | BLACK A LT LT WHITE WHITE WHITE B |
| Foggy weather | R2 X L1 L1 L2 L2 L2 X | cantseeathing | BLACK A LT LT WHITE WHITE WHITE A |
| Overcast weather | R2 X L1 L1 L2 L2 L2 S | abitdrieg | BLACK A LT LT WHITE WHITE WHITE X |
| Tommy's gang become girls in bikini with M4s | R L1 C L2 L X R1 L1 L1 X | chickswithguns | R LT B WHITE L A RT LT LT A |
| Gives Tommy thin arms/legs | n/a | programmer | n/a |
| Gives Tommy thick arms/legs | n/a | deepfriedmarsbars | n/a |
| Women will follow player | C X L1 L1 R2 X X C T | fannymagnet | B A LT LT BLACK A A B Y |
| Increase game speed by 2, up to x4 normal speed | T U R D L2 L1 S | onspeed | Y U R D WHITE LT X |
| Decrease game speed by half, down to x0.25 normal speed | T U R D S R2 R1 | booooooring | Y U R D X BLACK RT |
| Speed up game clock | C C L1 S L1 S S S L1 T C T | lifeispassingmeby | B B LT X LT X X X LT Y B Y |
| Makes Tommy smoke a cigarette | n/a | certaindeath | n/a |
| Pedestrians carry weapons (Pistol, Nitestick, Golf Club, Tec 9) | R2 R1 X T X T U D | ourgodgivenrighttobeararms | BLACK RT A Y A Y U D |
| Pedestrians hate Tommy (irreversible) | D U U U X R2 R1 L2 L2 | nobodylikesme | D U U U A BLACK RT WHITE WHITE |
| Pedestrian riot (irreversible) | D L U L X R2 R1 L2 L1 | fightfightfight | D L U L A BLACK RT WHITE LT |
| Shows media level when previous media level is beaten | R2 C U L1 R R1 R U S T | chasestat | BLACK B U LT R RT R U X Y |
| Change player into another ped | R R L U L1 L2 L U D R | stilllikedressingup | R R L U LT WHITE L U D R |
| Play as Candy Suxxx | C R2 D R1 L R R1 L1 X L2 | iwantbigtits | B BLACK D RT L R RT LT A WHITE |
| Play as Hilary King | R1 C R2 L1 R R1 L1 X R2 | ilooklikehilary | RT B BLACK LT R RT LT A BLACK |
| Play as Ken Rosenberg | R L1 U L2 L1 R R1 L1 X R1 | mysonisalawyer | R LT U WHITE LT R RT LT A RT |
| Play as Lance Vance | C L2 L X R1 L1 X L1 | looklikelance | B WHITE L A RT LT A LT |
| Play as Love Fist character Dick | D L1 D L2 L X R1 L1 X X | weloveourdick | D LT D WHITE L A RT LT A A |
| Play as Love Fist character Jezz Torrent | R1 L2 R2 L1 R R2 L X S L1 | rockandrollman | RT WHITE BLACK LT R BLACK L A X LT |
| Play as Mercedes Cortez | R2 L1 U L1 R R1 R U C T | foxylittlething | BLACK LT U LT R RT R U B Y |
| Play as Phil Cassidy | R R1 U R2 L1 R R1 L1 R C | onearmedbandit | R RT U BLACK LT R RT LT R B |
| Play as Ricardo Diaz | L1 L2 R1 R2 D L1 R2 L2 | cheatshavebeencracked | LT WHITE RT BLACK D LT BLACK WHITE |
| Play as Sonny Forelli | C L1 C L2 L X R1 L1 X X | idonthavethemoneysonny | B LT B WHITE L A RT LT A A |
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