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GTA: San Andreas UK exclusive shots

More of CJ's countryside antics. Lorries, camper vans and a nice bike ride up a hill. Sadly no frolicking in meadows.

Having given us a taste of CJ's countryside adventures recently - with the news that players will be able to drive lorries and bull dozers, take part in downhill mountain bike races and chew tobaccah - Rockstar has now given us a glimpse of one of the "RU Haul" trucks we'll be jack-knifing vigorously at the end of next month, along with a couple of other new sights.

One of them, the camper van (say hello to him on the left) is clearly going to be handy for teetering on the brink of hills and cracking gags from that Simpsons episode where Homer - an experienced woodsman, remember - was confused with a picnic-grabbing savage. The other, featuring CJ peddling his way up a hill, just looks like hard work, and, since we're writing this on a Sunday, we know just how he feels.

For more details on CJ's hilltop high jinks, check back later this week, or have a look what Rockstar had to say recently on the subject of shooting, trucking and so on. You can find more screenshots of San Andreas here.