

When Louise is kidnapped by the Mendez Brothers, Lance is reluctant to help. To make matters worse, Lance starts sampling the merchandise, and is either passed out or too high on cocaine to be of any use. That being the case, Lance mortgages two expensive apartments for himself and his brother without permission, financially pressuring Vic into dealing cocaine. Although Lance does care about his brother, his primary focus is getting rich. Lance continually proves to be an unreliable, opportunistic nuisance, endangering the business more often than he helps. Lance anticipates immediately becoming rich, and buys himself expensive suits. After repeated failings, Lance finally gets the break he has been waiting for and successfully steals a huge shipment of drugs. Victor eventually kills Forbes when he tries to escape, after Forbes tricks the Vance Brothers twice with false information, even leading them to a gay, white supremacist biker bar. After finding this out, Lance decides not to kill Forbes, hoping that holding him captive would force him to divulge the locations of numerous drug deals around the city. Lance makes contact with drug dealer Bryan Forbes, who is really an undercover cop. Vic at first refuses Lance's offers, knowing full well Lance's penchant for falling into trouble, but he eventually agrees to work with him. Lance arrives from his home (which is not stated) to share Victor's rise to power. He is also mentioned by Vic in the opening cutscene, saying that Pete is sick with asthma, and that Lance is "sick in another way". He was first mentioned to Vic by Aunt Enid via pager messages. Lance Vance (1957–1986) is Victor Vance's brother. They also confirmed that the Dominican accent was a continuity error. Rockstar confirmed that the brother killed was Victor on their website. Many people make the mistake that Pete Vance is the one shot to death during the drug deal at the start of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, but the brother that was killed is, in fact, Victor. He has a positive attitude towards a lot of things.

Unlike most GTA protagonists, Vic dislikes dirty businesses, and only does them to get Pete's medical bills paid up. He is also the head of the Vance Crime Family. Vic is the older brother of Lance Vance and Pete Vance, and son of Janet Vance.

Vic's father is from Dominican Republic and his mother is American. He serves as the main character of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. Victor Vance (1956-1986) is the Vance brother who is gunned down at the beginning of Vice City.
