Ocean Drive

is inspired by Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Florida

Inspired by a real place

Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Florida
Ocean Drive in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
In gameReal world

Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons

How close does the game get to the real place?

In the game

The neon-lit beachfront road through Ocean Beach, lined with Art Deco hotels facing the sand and palms.

The real place

Ocean Drive runs about 2.1 km from South Pointe Drive to 15th Street and is the showpiece of Miami's Art Deco District; Wikipedia notes that a street in Vice City is based on it. The game overdoes the neon, which very few Miami buildings actually had in the 1980s.

Visiting

Walk it rather than drive, ideally after dark when the hotel signs are lit. Lummus Park and the beach run along its eastern side.

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