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In GTA 5, Mount Chiliad is a monster. Reaching higher than any other geographical feature in the San Andreas sprawl, the rocky range hugs the dusty drags of Blaine County at its base and kisses the clouds 800m above sea level at its peak. It is instantly recognisable, and yet shrouded in mystery, playing host to everything from supposed Bigfoot sightings to enduring Roswell-inspired conspiracy theories. After several years of debate, the latter 'Chiliad Mystery' was cracked in 2017 by an intrepid team of UFO-worshipping players, who made sense of a cryptic message board and the strict in-game parameters required to make contact with an alien race. Still, the mysticism surrounding the towering knife-edged monolith north of Los Santos persists today – so much so that junior geologist Prashanth Nair is now using science to uncover how the iconic mountain came to be in the first place. "The GTA community is really amazing," says Nair,
GTA 5 stunt master Ash Sky Queen has thrown herself out of high-altitude aircraft countless times. She's torn through the skies of Los Santos like a bolt of lightning, and has thread herself through the tightest nooks and crannies dotted around San Andreas like some sort of aerial seamstress. Ash is, to my mind, the best stunt performer in modern day Grand Theft Auto. And if you need proof – just check out her Chiliad Pylon Challenge. Ash makes it all look so easy, but her unsuccessful attempts at that particular feat run into the thousands. By her own admission, she's a perfectionist when it comes to GTA 5 and GTA Online's stunt performance subculture – "on one Chiliad attempt, I'd bounced on a couple of pylons. I was like, do I put it out like that? No, it's got to be clean, I've got to do it again" – which makes nailing the most tiresome and challenging tricks with flawl