The replay system employed by GTA III, GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas basically reproduces the latest moments of gameplay that can range from about 20 seconds to over a minute. The first system employed in the first three games remained roughly unchanged, while GTA IVs replay system has been significantly revamped.

Replays are also available for the PC port of Grand Theft Auto IV, and may be edited using an editing software dubbed the Video Editor'. The feature was first introduced in the PC port of Grand Theft Auto III, and was carried over to the PC port of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, PC and Xbox ports of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (the only console-based GTA game with a replay system) and 10-Year Anniversary ports of GTA III and GTA Vice City.

As a result, the replays are not necessarily accurate recreations of actual scenes, and were considerably crude when first introduced. Predominantly exclusive to PC version of Grand Theft Auto games, replays are simply reconstructed using certain available data from the latest round of gameplay, such as player actions, coordinates of surrounding vehicles and pedestrians, time, and weather.

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