Originally Posted by kutulu

Overall I like SA a lot more. I did think that the graphics were a little better in VC though (and I had the PS2 version). Here are some major pluses for SA:

Climbing
Swimming
Weight/Stamina/Fat management
ability to change clothes/hairstyle/tatoos
"work type" vehicles that actually work (forklifts, dumptrucks, etc)
better terrain (more hills, freeway, etc)
better targeting system (able to change lock on target using R2 or L2)
gangs actually are more usefull (even if they can't shoot water in a boat, it looks cool to have three people shooting out of the car)
more fighting moves/ability to use hand to hand blocking
much, much larger and no loading times (except for buildings)
better control of the camera angles (especially cinematic camera)
you can attack people with a dildo!

There are more but those are the biggest things that are better. The camera can be frustrating though. You have control over the position but it doesn't stay in that position. Its hard to keep the camera pointed properly and fly up a hill in a bike.

It's also cool how they added skills. You shouldn't be the best driver you can be right from the start, although it is annoying how things get blurry because you have poor driving skills. I'd also like it if the faster vehicles were more available.