The Director - The purported ruler of Carcer City. James Earl Cash - the protagonist of Manhunt.If the first is true, this would make it the most dangerous American city in the 3D GTA Universe. It has not been confirmed wether Carcer City is one of a kind, or if there are other cities in the same state as it across the country. Many parts of Carcer seem to be in a state of near-anarchy, as large sections of the city appear to be in complete control by gangs or are neglected by its apathetic and ineffective police force. Most, if not all, of the gangs that plague the city's streets are on the Director's payroll. At an unknown time in the city's past, Starkweather effectively bought off its entire police department by bribing its chief, Gary Schaffer, into giving him unlimited access to the city's abandoned districts in order to direct his snuff films there. The events that happened throughout the game in Carcer City can be attributed to Lionel Starkweather, who lives in a massive guarded estate far from the rotted inner city. It is implied that Carcer City was once a booming industrial center in its past (as evidenced by its large factories and stockyards) before it fell into a state of deep neglect and became crippled by crime and depression. It's depicted as being in a severe state of poverty and disrepair, occupied by swarms of criminals on the streets, and having a dysfunctional and corrupt police force completely in the pocket of Lionel Starkweather, with large swaths of ruined and run-down areas that have become overrun by violent gangs.Ĭarcer City is an extreme caricature of a Rust Belt city, taking inspiration from places like Dayton Ohio, Camden, New Jersey Flint and Detroit, Michigan East St. The ultimate rush is the power to grant power and take it away, for sport."Ĭarcer City is a fictional city in the 3D GTA Universe, featured as the main setting of Manhunt. In Carcer City, nothing matters anymore and all that's left are cheap thrills.
Hoods Turf, Darkwoods Penitentiary, Carcer City Zoo, Starkweather’s Estate " America is full of run down, broken rust-belt towns where nobody cares and anything goes.