Vice City
Based on: Miami and Miami Beach
The heart of Leonida. Ocean Beach, the Bayside waterfront and the mural-covered Stockyard district all have obvious real-world twins across Miami and Miami Beach.
Regions
The six regions of Leonida
Vice City, the Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga, each mapped to the part of Florida it draws on.
Leonida Keys
Based on: The Florida Keys
Jason's home turf. Stilt houses, tiki bars and a very long bridge over very clear water. The Overseas Highway from Key Largo to Key West is the drive the game is quoting.
Grassrivers
Based on: The Everglades
A river of grass the width of the peninsula. The airboat sequences, the gator in the pool and the endless flat horizon all come from the Everglades and Big Cypress.
Port Gellhorn
Based on: Panama City Beach and the Forgotten Coast
Leonida's rundown Panhandle beach town. Sugar-white sand, spring-break strip and a pier that fans matched to Panama City Beach within hours of the second trailer.
Ambrosia
Based on: The sugar belt around Lake Okeechobee
Inland farm country in the middle of the state. Ambrosia's sugar refinery and cane fields point squarely at Clewiston and the towns around Lake Okeechobee.
Mount Kalaga National Park
Based on: North Florida forests and springs
Leonida's wild north. Springs clear enough to see the bottom, hunting cabins and pine flatwoods, drawn from the Ocala National Forest and Florida's spring country.