In this game, Max is said to be based in New Jersey. However in the previous games, he was a DEA and later an NYPD officer based in New York City.
The timers on cameras only go up to 30 deciseconds; there are 10 deciseconds to one second.
The fuel feeds on the yacht are shut off by turning to the left; the standard for shut-off valves is to turn to the right to shut the feed off.
Passos is a former NYPD officer and Colombian; in the U.S. only U.S. citizens can become law enforcement officers. However it is later revealed in the game that Passos was told to lie to Max in order to lure him to Brazil by Victor Branco, so he made that information up.
Spelling and grammar mistakes in the subtitles.
On some buildings there are aircraft warning lights mounted on antennas that are shorter than the maximum height of the building. Aircraft warning lights are typically mounted at the highest parts of a building.
The gun sight on the sniper rifles do not have a central aiming point; while it has crosshairs, they do not meet in the middle and there is only the center point added by the game engine as a sight. Due to the precision nature of sniping, all sniper scopes have a center point.
It is possible for characters to be wounded or killed by exploding cars. Since cars are usually fueled with gasoline, cars do not usually explode.
The maximum ammunition for the Mini-UZI is 200. Given that the magazine size for the Mini-UZI is 45, the maximum amount of ammunition should be a multiple of 45.