First off I’d like to state that all previous leaks about GTA 6 is a hoax. All of the leaks regarding GTA 6 taking place in any other area than Vice City, is a hoax.
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Grand Theft Auto VI is designed to be the most developed video game in history, and redefine open sand box games, letting the player fully immerse in the world and storyline.
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In Grand Theft Auto 6 the game will take place in Vice City, but the previous storyline leaks etc, is all fake. The plot is completely different,. The game will host 3 protagonists, one being a middle aged white man named Johnathon Brooks, but is often referred to as John. John is going thru a mid-life crisis, and lives on the returning area called Starfish Island. John essentially is a life long career criminal, and exposes the player to a new crime element, fraud. John was born in Carcer City, and moved to Vice City at age 17, after running away from his foster parents, not much is known about his previous life before then, except he was in a very poor family.
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John got into the fraud game in the early 2000’s, and he is 38 in game. he earned his money thru many fraudulent activities like credit card fraud, bank fraud, and did a few small bank jobs, and laundered his money with his own car wash business. He lives in a $1.8m mansion that he bought with his illicit gains, and the FIB are on to him. He borrows money from the local gang in Little Haiti, where fraud is very prevalent, and he starts getting back into his older habits to pay off the gang. The FIB notices this, and he ends up doing dirty work for the FIB, in order to keep his freedom.
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The second character is Samuel “Shotta” Stevens, who is a member of the Haitian gang. He is a black, Haitian based character with more character development, than Franklin from GTA 5. He is 26 in game. The game also focuses more on crime, and the gang element. The player will experience the brutal reality of the gang life in Vice City, in the slums of Little Haiti, from loan sharking and repossessing the unreliable clients, to brokering the sales, that being kilos of cocaine, for the South American Cartel. Samuel lives in a Section 8 apartment, in the Little Haiti Neighborhood with his grandmother, Amy.
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Samuel just wants to move out of the hood, but loves the gang lifestyle, and this gets him caughtup in the FIB drama with John. The FIB cuts him a deal also, if he can snitch out his gang, which the player can choose to cooperate, or refuse. This will change the storyline of Samuel dramatically.
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The Third Character is a man named Xavier Gonzalez. Xavier is a latino man born in Vice City, he is 40 years old, and a cocaine kingpin. He lives in Downtown Vice City in his lavish $1.5m penthouse. Xavier is friends with John from the beginning of the story. Xavier is apart of the story no matter what option you choose, providing cocaine to John to sell, OR, Providing cocaine to both John AND Samuel, to sell together, and to strengthen the gangs funds. The gang system is similar to Red Dead Redemption 2’s system, and also has elements of GTA San Andreas. Xavier is also tied in directly to the nightclub business as well, having stakes in the returning Malibu Club, now run by the Jimenez Family, a latino Mafia, who has ties directly to the South American Cartel.
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Each Character has a different personality and lifestyle, and will be a exceptional experience for the player. Former characters from past GTA’s will be making appearances. Luis WILL be returning, being a manager of the Malibu Club, Stranger and Freaks missions are returning with a more in depth story for every one of them
The map of GTA VI, will be bigger than GTA V and RDR2 combined, having several counties, having Vice City, based on Miami, the Vice Keys, based on the Florida Keys, The Everglades, based on the swampy Everglades in Florida. The game will also feature Orlando, which is named Corlado, and Tampa, named as Gulf Shore City, but downsized a bit. The game will feature sprawling countryside outside of Vice City and Corlado, with countryside towns, named Canisville, Centura, and Sentinel Point, along with towns along the Vice Keys. There is an Air Force Base, based of off Eglin Air Force Base, named Fort Sentinel. The Ocean is the Atlantic Ocean, with more shipwrecks to discover, plants and animals, and more. The game itself has as many animals as RDR2, and the player can hunt if they choose, although this is just a more of a minigame. Vigilante Missions will be back, along with Taxi Missions.
Character Customization will be better, from the belt on your waist, to the socks on your feet. Choose to your liking of luxury watches, rings, chains, earrings, featuring plain jane, to diamonds and rubies, emeralds, and more. Belts can be worn along with hightops, to lowtops and boots, and dress shoes. Pantlegs can be tucked into the footwear you choose, if the option is available. Tattoos will be back, along with hair customization. John is white so he can tan, or be sunburned, and the core system from RDR 2 is back aswell.
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Tattoos will feature opacity and can also fade over time. You will be able to adjust the size of the tattoo. It will be able to be placed on over 10 different area of the body depending the size.
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Since the core system is back, you will have to also bathe, to stay clean, otherwise you may notice changes in your cores.
You will have to eat to replenish cores, so you can cook in your safehouse, or go eat out in a restaurant, whether it be fast food or upscale. All characters can have relationships with women, similar to GTA 4 and GTA San Andreas. You will be able to buy extra safehouses around the map, and the amount of vehicles will be the same amount that are in GTA Online, and more. Every vehicle will be returning, and first person mode will be more enhanced, with more realistic vehicle interiors to immerse the player into every aspect of the game. South America will not be apart of the game, only Vice City and surrounding Areas.
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Skills from GTA V is also being integrated back, along with exercising, to boost strength. Agility is a new added skill, and Strength will affect how hard you punch, kick, or melee in general.
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Special Abilities so far, will not be coming back. This may be tweaked before release, but if they return, it will not be a major part of the game.
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Car Customization is more advanced, different leather trims can be changed colors, along with wood trims and marble trims. You can add satellite radio, which lets you listen to radio stations in Los Santos, and Liberty City, but so far there is only two stations from each of those cities. You can also listen to all the radio stations across the counties. Neon is back, new spoilers and liveries as well, Along with different colors of tint. Subwoofers will be a standard upgrade as well.
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Los Santos Customs is gone, and Pay and Spray is back, along with Viceland Kustomz, and Sentinel Bike Shop. You can also modify certain parts at the car dealerships.
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The drug dealing system from GTA: China Town Wars is also returning, but a bit revamped. This is where the post office system comes in, from RDR2. Pounds of Marijuana sourced from Los Santos delivered by mail, to a post office near you. From weed to tabs of LSD, all the way to meth, heroin, and cocaine, you can reap major profits.
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Casinos will be returning as well, one being a resort, others being small-time casinos. You will be able to rent a room in the casino and resort. The casino is named as the Malibu Casino and Resort.
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Gunplay is improved with new realistic sounds. Interiors are just as detailed as GTA V or RDR2, if not more, I’d say. The insurance system from GTA Online will be integrated into GTA VI’s story mode, so losing a vehicle will not happen.
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There is an abundance of new and old activities, that being over 50 strangers and freaks missions, drug supplying, or drug running, similar to GTA TBOGT’s drug missions. You can hunt, as stated before, but is more of a minigame than a money maker. You can fish as well, as fishing is a very popular sport, in modern day Florida.
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There will be four strip clubs scattered around the map, one of them named Vanilla Unicorn South East, which is owned by Trevor Phillips, who is planned to make a cameo, only to be featured in a cutscene so far.

Hello people of gta6, this is something I've been working on for a while now, it's my ideal concept for Rockstar Games' future title, Grand Theft Auto VI.
This is a long post however, you have been forewarned.
So, with all that being said, hope you guys enjoy it!
Let's begin with an overview:
Grand Theft Auto VI is the biggest Rockstar title yet, approached with the most advanced systems ever. GTA VI will be released on Xbox Series X, PS5, and PC only, with the online mode (more on that in the next part) releasing a month after release. The game itself takes place in 3 key locations (technically 4):

1. Vice City (Expanded and Enhanced), in the fictional state of Flores (based off Florida)
2. Carcer City, in the fictional state of Garrison (based off Detroit, Philadelphia, and Chicago)
3. The People's Republic of Del Castillo (Based off of Cuba and Brazil, respectively)
4. Liberty City (VERY linear, certain portions of story playable)

Vice City:

Vice City has been greatly expanded, and now includes 2 other key locations based off of Orlando and Tampa: Mamba and Paxville. Paxville is based off of Orlando, and includes 2 different theme parks: Fun-World & AnimalDome (both based off Disney World/Universal Studios and SeaWorld).
Fun-World is a one-stop shop for having the most fun you can have. From fun-rides to the weird candy the man near the entrance sells, players can ride rollercoasters, take pictures with mascots, and do side-missions from the management and employees of Fun-World.
AnimalDome is a bit more based on SeaWorld and appeals to players that want animals in the game, whether in hunting, fishing, or even exploring. A new side-activity you can do is hunt for legendary animals (all across the map) and donate them to AnimalDome for rewards. It ranges from lost fish in lakes and oceans near untouched waterfalls, all the way to rare birds in forests alike.
The landscapes such as the marshlands are similar to Bayou N.W.A from RDR2, with alligators and crocodiles alike in wetlands, with many other secrets to uncover.
One key icon is the Gator Chain, which is based off the real life Florida Keys, 8 islands pulled together by a single highway.
Another key icon is the Green Pastures, which is based off of the real life Everglades, a subtropical wetland in the heart of south Florida, filled with all kinds of natural society.
A new air force base, Fort Kayak, is also included within the state as well.

Carcer City:

The newest addition to the series, Carcer City is supposed to be gloomy and dark, that of rivaling Vice City's vibrant feeling with the lights shining at night. The roads are narrow and sleek, and are very easy to get lost in because of the grid zig-zag layout. At day, you find old factories blowing out dark smoke, with lower class people getting ready to go work in their old crusty cars. The feeling heavily changes at night when you find the darker parts of the city emerged. Get yourself downtown and on rooftops of buildings, you'll find yourself feeling like Batman looking down at all of Gotham City.

The People's Republic of Del Castillo:

This is solely an island based on the likes of Guarma. On one side, you have favelas in a small, compact, linear city with a mini-airstrip for an airport, while it slowly moves onto tropical forests on the other side of the island. Free roaming is fine, but be careful as there are others who are watching you. Be aware at all times no matter what.
As for Liberty City, a small portion is only playable for certain missions only, incredibly linear.

Gameplay:

The gameplay is similar to that of a mix between IV/V (realism and arcadey-ness). The car feeling is similar to IV when crashing and whatnot, but also contains elements of V's driving. Interaction with NPCs is more realistic and grounded. Walk around in a suit and people ask if you have somewhere important to be, walk around in punk clothing and get trash thrown at you. Red Dead Redemption 2's interaction system with NPCs returns with a new change: multiple dialogue options. Say you choose to greet an NPC and ask if they need help with anything. They might say yes and you could be given with two choices: a) "Sure, I'll help out!" or b) "Alright, well, hope it gets done then!".
You can choose the way the characters are. Aside from antagonizing NPCs, you can pave a path for these characters depending on the way you want.
Wanted levels return, as well as the 6th star. Here is the new way the wanted system would react when given stars:

• 1 Star: Cops Chase You, Ram into Vehicle if needed. Given a ticket ($25, $50, $75, $100, or $125) depending on what the charges were, and the star is dropped.
• 2 Star: Cops use tasers, use batons and whatnot to attack. You can get "Busted" if they catch you.
• 3 Star: Angry Cops chase you and try to take you down, no exceptions.
• 4 Star: Same as 3 stars except more cops are deployed and more aggression is applied.
• 5 Star: NOOSE deployed.
• 6 Star: Military and State-Guard deployed, locking off all airports (unless broken into or in the air already). Very hard to survive.

A new gameplay experience that is added is backpacks or duffel bags. This will not be realistic in the sense where it will weigh down your character and slow them down. You can store different things in either one now, whether it be snacks for refilling health, armor, or other materials you can find. You can find collectibles across the map and store them in there.
Another returning feature is the stats: energy, driving, and flying. Energy encompasses the other stats such as stamina, strength, etc. The more energy you can max out, the more stamina and more health you have. Driving and flying are the same as before.

Story:

In terms of story, I think Project Americas' narrative based off of the leaks seem very interesting, and also makes for interesting scenarios gameplay-wise during the smuggling missions. Another feature I 100% want back is heists. They were done amazingly in V with their setups and then finales where you had somewhat of a variety was fun for the replay ability. The same can also be said for the Diamond Casino And Resort Heist and its diverse offerings.
For characters, in terms of playable ones, I would enjoy seeing 2 protagonists this time around, maybe a male and female if possible.
The game could end with 3 endings, one where our characters become enemies, one where they remain neutral (friends), and one where they begin a relationship or something like that.
Other characters could be possibly a funny crooked lawyer (think Saul Goodman), maybe another Phil Cassidy-esque character as well if we're heading back to Vice (IF that is).
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Last Topic, Time Period (?):

So, this is the big one. I'm having some trouble picking what time period might fit well for my ideal game.
Normally, I would say the 1980s, but even then some people wouldn't really enjoy it, so I decided to take a look at past games and see where this game might fit well in terms of time period:

1. GTA lll (2001): 2000s (2001 specifically)
2. Vice City (2002): 1980s (1986 specifically)
3. San Andreas (2004): 1990s (1992 specifically)
4. IV (2008): 2000s (2008 specifically)
5. V (2013): 2010s (2013 specifically)
6. Online (2013-2020): 2010s - 2020s (Specifically unknown, speculated 2020)

With this being said, I think one time period that could totally work is the 2000s, but instead of 2008 like IV or 2001, I say mid 2000s: somewhere around 2004 - 2006, with some flashback missions dating back to the 1980s (1984, 1987, or 1989).
Now, the internet as we know it wasn't fully developed like how it is today, but it was still actively rising. Funny internet videos and downloading was the norm during that time. Rockstar, with its satire can actively parody the internet as it did with IV and V.
Instead of using the internet to buy cars, players now actively have to go to dealerships, each with their own specific kind of cars (legendary motorsport with their fancy cars, warstock with heavy vehicles, etc).
Now, for the flashback missions. Thinking realistically, it's almost impossible for Rockstar to create different models and whatnot for two different eras.
Now, what I PERSONALLY can see Rockstar doing, if they do decide to go down the flashback route, I can definitely see them create a VERY linear mission-design for a small portion of the map where a mission takes place, and changing some of the buildings and billboards to fit the era (in this case, the 1980s).
For example, take Vice City for example. There could be a portion of the city where the buildings are abandoned, roads are cracked up, etc. There could be a story mission where it takes place in 1984, in that exact portion of the city, where the roads are freshly paved, and the buildings are lively and booming.
RDR2's jump from 1899 to 1907 is justified, in the sense that most of the map is just environments without as many buildings as GTA.
So yeah, that's about it. Hopefully you guys enjoyed it, I have some more stuff on the way!
If you like to add some new ideas to the existing ones or add on ideas in general, please do so.

Vandal RP 18+ | Freshly Wiped Economy 2/6/21 |TRAP HOUSE'S|Radial Menu's | GANG TERRITORIES | Car Finance & Repo |NEW-HOUSE FINANCING| Mayor | Surgeons | MOONSHINE | Skills | Player Shops | Heists & Missions |DRIFTMODE |300+ car list | BOUNTY HUNTERS | Crafting | CAD/MDT |Mechanic Workorder Tablet| Active Dev |Drag Speedway | Drift Track
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Vandal city is a Semi-Whitelist sever, meaning you can come check out the city and all the amazing features, if you decide to stick around fill out the whitelist app to apply for all the different orgs/pd/ems and mechanics. People come and go but the stories and impressions will last a lifetime! Join Vandal City RP today!
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*stock Market*
*locked npc cars*
*new car trailers*
*NEW CUSTOM CAR DEALERSHIPS**
**NEW Dragstrip and Drift Tack w/ Driftscore**
*NEW* TRAPHOUSE
*180 new custom wheels*
*shoot range to increase stats*
*New way of Planting*
*player shop search menu with custom banners*
*new drug Herion*
*New Heist-Port of Los Santos*
*NEW- Radial Menu's for PD,EMS,Mechanics,Vehicle,crim, and clothes.*
*Recently updated UI*
*Recently Wiped Economy! 8-21-2020*
HOME OF BOUNTYHUNTER & PRISON BREAK HEIST
BOUNTY HUNTER-As a bounty hunter you will track down and capture fugitives who are wanted for large sums of unpaid fines. Once in custody, bring them to 1 of 2 courthouses to be processed. If successful you will receive half of the bounty and the PD gets the other half.
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PRISON BREAK-Something we have been working on for a bit is now ready to be released. This is 100% Original Vandal content. Unless you and your team are the type to plan and prepare, don't expect it to be easy. Getting help from other inmates may increase your chances of escape, but what awaits you on the outside is a whole other ball game since responding cops will be on high alert.
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GANG TERRITORIES- Gain influence on territories by selling drugs,killing cops or other gangs, by having greater numbers in the zone, each zone has a perk like drug lab or money wash, police gain influence by killing, arresting, or having greater numbers. Think you have what it takes to be the top gang in the city?
VANDAL CITY MOONSHINE RUNNERS- Want to run Moonshine? you will need a still so you can Cook,Ferment,and distill, and then sell the fisnished product to Bar owners for a cut. The only people who have access to do shine runs are club/bar employees. The club/bar will get a piece of every moonshine run that's completed but be warned, police aren't the only thing to watch out for when doing these runs.
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TRAPHOUSE-
• Sells a random amount of each drug type every 10-20 minutes
• Can be owned by one person or a gang
• Drugs sold from a Traphouse receive the MAXIMUM price (unlike street sales which flucuate)
• For every cop that is on, sale prices increase by 5% (max 25%)
• The more drugs you put in a Traphouse, the higher your chance of selling bulk amounts
• Traphouses activate with more than 10 people online (able to be taken, starts selling drugs)
• Traphouses do NOT call the cops when being taken
• Traphouses only appear on the mini-map. Icon is a little cocaine bag and when being taken, will pulsate
• There is a very small chance a Traphouse notifies police that it is active
• There are a total of 5 Traphouses (for now)
• To take a traphouse, you must be armed and hold it for 10 minutes
• Dying or leaving the area will cancel the takeover
• A successfully capped Traphouse cannot be re-taken for a period of 20 minutes
Vandal City now has their own radio station, when your in the city listen for all the top hits,news,local business ads, giveaways and more!
SERIOUS ROLEPLAY
PROPERTIES with purchasable FURNITURE
Crafting
Player run businesses
casino
More clothing options
Legal Jobs that reward unique crafting items
Balanced Economy
Black Market
Pink Cage Motel!
Unique crafting items
Custom Locations/Cars
Debit Card
Bank & Store Robberies
Chop Shop
House burglaries
Multiple Drugs (Weed/Coke/Meth)
Events (PlayeStaff)
300+ car list
Easy to use Race Mod
Drifting Mod
Skills
• Stamina - As you run or swim, you will gain stamina which allows for longer running and swiming
• Strength - You gain strength by working out at the gym. This will unlock perks along the way (being able to lift someone up at 50%)
• Lung Capacity - As you swim under water, you gain more lung capacity over time
• Shooting - The more you shoot the more you gain this skill. Same perks as the GTA game (check their wiki)
• Driving - Gain this by driving faster than ~35mph. Same perks as the GTA game (check their wiki)
• Cooking - As you cook, you will gain this skill which will unlock better food recipes to give higher nutrition points
• Nutrition - Gain nutrition from eating good foods. The higher your nutrition, the faster you gain physical skills like Stamina and Strength.
• Hunting - Gain this everytime you slaughter an animal. Higher skills will increase yields. At 25% you gain the ability to get leather from the animal. At 75% you unlock the Muskett at the weapon shop
• Fishing - Gain this skill by fishing. The higher your skill, the better chance you have at doubling your reward (catch 2 instead of 1)
• Citizen - This one you gain just by being on. For every 10%, you gain 1% on every legal job goods you sell. Committing crimes or going to jail lowers this.
• Criminal - Comitting criminal acts increases this. Higher Criminal score means not being able to use the legal gunshop but you also get perks like being able to wash money at a better rate, depending. Going to jail will lower this drastically.
• Drugs - This skill is gained every time you successfully sell drugs to a local. For every 10% skill, you gain 1% on every drug you sell
• Planting - This skill is gained every time you successfully grow something. The higher the skill level, the higher your max yield can be
*Dying causes a loss of 25% for Stamina, Strength, Nutrition and Lung Capacity
Player Owned Shops
• Shops are purchased by going to the “Buy Shops” icon
• Shops can be stocked with any item.
• Shops can be robbed of 10% of the money in the shop
• Robbing a shop requires actually breaking the safe (with any weapon)
• Robbery cooldown is many many hours for player owned shops. Persists through restarts/crashses.
• Shops can order some items at a reduced cost but must wait several hours for the shipments
• All shops pay a daily rent (currently $500)
LSPD/BCSO (Whitelisted)
EMS/LFSD (Whitelisted)
Mechanic (Whitelisted)
Gangs (Cartel, Mafia, MC, etc)
Boxer
Fishing
Fueler
Lumberjack
Miner
Reporter
Security
Hunter
Butcher
Tailor
Taxi
Trucker
BOUNTY HUNTER!
SHOPS/GAS STATIONS
There are shops and gas stations around the map where you will need to refuel your vehicle or buy things like repair kits.
ILLEGAL JOBS
You can do any number of things from robbing stores, chopping cars, selling drugs and burglarizing houses. There are also criminal gangs and businesses that are player run that make doing some of these activities easier.
GANG PERKS
The Lost MC guys have as 25% increase on store robbery payouts, called the “Intimidation Factor”. The Mafia have a “No Witnesses” perk which means their gunshots are hidden from police because no locals call the cops on these guys. This is just a couple examples of the custom additions we’ve made.
DRUGS
The big thing with some cities is that all of their drugs are usually locked to whitelisted orgs. Here you can create 3 types of drugs with uniquely different ways of manufacturing each type.
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Phase 1 So, you've spawned into GTA Online for the first time. After completing the tutorial, the first thing you want to do is to open up these links and complete those missions (including the weapon challenges) as this will get you $500,000. While you do these missions, keep an eye out for a call from Lester, as you need to take that call for the next phase. https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Treasure_Hunt https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Bounty_Target
Phase 2 Once you have all that money, you're gonna want to open up the internet app on your phone and head to 'www.dynasty8realestate.com' in the 'MONEY AND SERVICES' section. Click on 'VIEW PROPERTY LISTINGS' and scroll down to Del Perro Heights, Apt 7 for $200,000 and buy it.
At this point, you probably have received a call from Lester. If so, proceed to the green 'L' on the map. Once you meet Lester, a green 'H' will appear in your new apartment. Go there to start a heist. Proceed to do all the heists in order on hard mode. This will be easier with friends and searching up detailed guides can make them a lot easier. I would also recommend buying and using the Karin Kuruma (Armoured) on www.southernsanandreassuperautos.com after you complete the Fleeca Job. This is the hardest phase, but it is well worth the rewards.
Phase 3+ Once you complete all of the heists in order on hard mode, you should have well over $2,000,000 in your account. Head to The Music Locker, an underground club in the Casino. Here you will meet Miguel Madrazo who will tell you about another heist. Once you have finished that, buy the submarine that he mentioned. Once you buy it, it should show on the map and if not, you can spawn it by pressing 'M' and heading to Services->Kosatka->Request Kosatka. You now have access to the Cayo Perico heist, which is the current meta for making money.
Do these heists repeatedly and you can get over $1,000,000 every hour. You can also complete them solo. Again, searching for detailed guides for the heist can be useful till you get used to it. Personally, I use the Kosatka Approach Vehicle and use the drainage tunnel to go straight into the compound, full stealth. The great thing about this heist is that you can do it in a wide variety of ways, so there's a method for any play style.
The first purchase you should make after the Cayo Perico Heist is the Sparrow, as it can be spawned at any time, anywhere through the interaction menu. This will make heist setups significantly faster and easier. After this, you can kinda buy anything. If you want to become good at PvP, buy the weapon workshop in your submarine and invest in vehicles like the Nightshark for safe travel and the Oppressor MK2 if you really want to be an asshole. You can also expand into passive businesses that will make money without you doing any work. If this is the case, buy them in this order; Bunker, Cocaine, Meth, Weed, Cash, Nightclub. With all of these businesses, make sure to fully upgrade them first and always buy supplies instead of stealing them.
Some other fun things you can do are the Casino and Doomsday heists, but by now you probably know what you want to do. Have fun!

Im sure this is very common here but my brother and I just got GTA V as a chill drive around, gamble, sandbox game. Unfortunately, the online service/session joining is one of the worst I’ve ever experienced in a game.
I join his lobby since I have an XB1X and he has the OG XB1 so mine will load faster. We see each other on the minimap and meet up to go gamble. After going -10k at the BJ table, we decide to cruise and listen to Rebel Radio and go to the mountains to hunt but when I leave the casino, I’m in a completely different lobby with 3 people.
Is there any way to lock two players sessions together so when one leaves, the other leaves too or something? I just want the 5+ mins it takes to load into the game to be worth it without having to worry if we have to cut our game time short cuz we don’t wait to get into the same session just to be booted again.
Any help is appreciated and I hope there aren’t too many griefers that’ll troll this post.

Are you new to the online world, and struggling to get the ball rolling with your character?
Are the immense amount of possibilities leaving you feeling paralyzed with uncertainty of what to do first?
Have you never attempted the casino heist before, and want someone to help walk you through it?
Do you need help understanding the businesses in the game? Which ones are worth it, what order you should buy them in, etc.
Do you play solo, and are just looking for a friend to play with? Whether it be causing mayhem, trying out new missions, hunting down collectables, etc.
Then your shit out of luck. I'm just kidding.
I'm Steve! Im really bored right now. And I figured, what better way to pass the time, than to help my fellow gamer navigate their way through the beauty of GTA Online.
GT: Mfscubasteve I have a mic, but if you don't we can always just communicate through reddit.
Note: I tend to overlook messages on XBox. So messaging me on here first is much more efficient.

Hi there, so I platinumed GTAV a while ago and I ranked them based on difficulty, how long they took, and just generally how fun they were to achieve. This also is kind of a walkthrough of some sorts and includes tips for some of the more difficult ones. Oh and keep in mind that this is just my opinion, some trophies can be achieved easier by other people.
And there is some swearing in this, but that shouldn't be a concern considering this is talking about GTAV Pick option C at the end of the game so you don't miss any achievements

1. Pimp my sidearm- works on any gun, recommend beating the game and then fully mod a pistol for the cheapest results.
   
2. Los santos customs- beat the game and take franklins car (trust me, do franklin's car) and go to a Los Santos customs and buy every option
   
3. A lot of cheddar- When you finish the game go to one of the stock websites and purchase every stock you can, which means you should be able to purchase 40 million worth of stocks at a time, do this until you unlock the achievement. This should take around 2 minutes.
   
4. Out of your depth- Purchase a boat or call a taxi (if you do the taxi achievement before this one the taxi skips are free) and go to the ocean, drive or swim to the very end and swim down to find a shark, annoy the shark so he will kill you. Depending on how you do it should only take around 5-15 minutes.
   
5. Off the plane- nothing needed to be said here, just complete it.
   
6. Clean sweep- Just stay behind cover and purchase snacks and body armor, and use a gun like a pump shotgun or a one-shot weapon, such as the revolver.
   
7. Trading pure alpha- you can do this anytime within the game, just purchase a stock and then kill yourself repeatedly until next to your stocks a green arrow pointing up appears, sell it and you should get the achievement. Can take up to 5 minutes if stock prices don't go up quickly.
   
8. Three-man army- Play as franklin and call Micheal and Trevor and pick them up, get a wanted level and stay in your car, kill a cop so you can get 3 stars, and start driving away but still have the cops on your ass. Do this for 3 minutes and you should get the achievement easily. Make sure your car has some armor upgrades though.
   
9. Alls fare in love and war- After beating the mission Mr.Philips you are able to purchase businesses when you're able to play as franklin purchase the taxi business for 200k and then you should get a call after a while, do the job and you should get the achievement. The missions themselves don't take a long time, maybe around 5-10 minutes, if you don't get the achievement to try to do another one.
   
10. Red mist- After completing the Trevor Philips industries mission this will just look like standard strangers and freaks, complete it, and then the others should pop up after you finish the one before. Complete all 5 and you should get the achievement. Can take up to 30 minutes to an hour if you're not good at it, I recommend trying to get the gold for all these for another achievement.
    
11. Altruist acolyte- There are certain markers that will appear as you get close to them, play as Trevor and go to the "Domestic" random event, there are a few closer to the location such as the hitch lifts but I wasn't able to spawn them. Drive to the cult and you should get the achievement after the cutscene. Took me around 10 minutes if you use the domestic random event.
    
12. Wanted: Dead or alive: This will also appear as Trevor strangers and freaks, after doing it you will get an email giving a picture of where he should be hidden, you can search it up on youtube as I did and capture him, don't kill the target no matter what, deliver him to Maude and you should unlock the achievement. Took around 10 minutes.
    
13. Kifflom! Play as Micheal and go to the Epsilon Program website, and pay the 1000 dollars to start this, I recommend using another guide for this but whenever you need to do something like wear the robe for 5 days just go to Michael's house and sleep until you are able to go on another mission, and when you need to walk around the desert for 5 miles just walk in a circle. this can take up to 3 hours if not done correctly.
    
14. San Andreas sightseer- Purchase a helicopter for the quickest results but can be done using a car or a boat. Travel around and get 95% of the map uncovered, you can tell if it's uncovered by it being transparent, meaning you can see through the map. The reason why I recommend a helicopter is you also need to uncover the ocean as well, which can be done with a boat but the helicopter is faster, you can either steal one or purchase a helicopter hangar and a helicopter. Took around 5 minutes because I already had a lot of the map uncovered.
    
15. Multi-disciplined- You'll need to get a single gold in only one of the shooting range challenges, triathlon, a flight school lesson, a sea race, a street race (which only franklin can do), and an off-road race. Complete all of them anyway for 100% achievement. This can take up to 30 minutes to an hour if you aren't able to gold one.
    
16. TP Industries arm race- After beating the mission Mr.Philips you need to purchase the hangar after beating the mission, it should cost 100,000 dollars. You get a special marker for the dune buggy and the airplane, there are 10 in total, 5 for the dune buggy (which is mainly just collecting supplies) and another 5 for the airplane (which is also mainly just supply drops) After doing the two quick save your game and reload it for the two missions to spawn. Can take up to an hour if doing the quick save method.
    
17. Crew cut- To easily finish this you either need to make a crew for a friend to join or join a friends crew
    

and play a contact mission with them to get the achievement.

1. A new perspective- Just leave one of the characters in the first person and just wait for the 15 hours or play some of

the story in the first person, I just recommend leaving it on overnight.

1. Calling digits- reach rank 20 and have 5000 dollars, call up Merryweather and ask for a backup helicopter.

20- stick up kid- rob every store on the map, can take up to an hour depending on how fast you move to each store.
21- enjoy your stay- for this achievement you need to play golf, play tennis, play darts, arm-wrestle,
win a shooting range challenge, rob a store, buy a lap dance, buy any clothes, buy a tattoo and change your hairstyle. Make sure you win or lose the sports activities because if your teammate leaves in the middle of the match it won't count.

1. Three-bit gangster- Pretty simple since ranking up is easy, just play 3x or 2x events or contact missions for the best RP. Can take up to an hour or two.
   
2. American dream- You're most likely going to need at least 1,000,000 dollars for everything, grind the 3x or 2x event or play heists for money.
   
3. 4-bit gangster- Same as a Three-bit gangster but more grinding is required. Can take up to 5 hours of pure grind.
   
4. Full refund- After rank 50 have a friend call Lamar so he can call a thief on you, kill the thief and take back your money. Takes around 5 minutes.
   
5. The midnight club- You can have a friend let you win 5 races by going to the menu-jobs-races and then
   

invite your friend and have you win 5 with a custom vehicle, depending on the map you play on
(I recommend taxiing, takes around 2 minutes to complete it) this can take up to 10-30 minutes.

1. Backseat driver- Do this with a friend, wait for people to join or join a rally race, and then guide them through the map. Once again I recommend making the rally race so you can play on a map you are familiar with.
   
2. Run like the wind- I did this in a solo match, I stole a car, got a bounty, and survived a GTA day (which is around 48 minutes) Move around and don't get kicked, you can die by anything but another player. You can do this with a friend where they have Lester give you a bounty.
   
3. Show off- Use an upgraded vehicle (preferably franklin's personal car) and search up a guide for all locations, ill put a link to the guide I used in the description, while most are easy 10 of them are a complete bitch, and took me around 15 minutes just to do one of them because of the requirements. This can take up to 3-5 hours.
   
4. From beyond the stars/a mystery solved- I can't really decide on which one is harder so I will group them up into one, both took me around 3 hours to do since there are so many. You can use the rockstar social club website or use a guide on YouTube as I did.
   
5. Waste management- After the second heist Micheal or Trevor and purchase the old dock for around 250,000 dollars, while it can be confusing just follow the dot on the map. Took me around 2 hours to do.
   
6. Close shave- Look up a guide, it's pretty much required for this. Buy the buzzard helicopter for the under the bridge and keep in mind not to do too much damage to your helicopter or it won't count, while most recommend stealing a jet from fort zancuddo I instead bought the mallard for 250,000. Took me around 3-4 hours.
   
7. Decorated- In GTA online there are certain rewards for doing certain things such as killing people with a pistol a certain amount of times, every single platinum that I earned were headshot kills, sniper kills (not sure how to be honest) Kill people using melee weapons, kill people using sticky grenades, kill players in GTA online, kill psycho's (I recommend doing most of these in deathmatches) win 10 waves of survival, (it's painful and achievement on its own), rob 20 stores which is also an achievement, pay for 25 lap dances (all you need to do is pay for the dance and then exit it) buy 25 haircuts, have a friend drive you around for a few hours (sit in a car with your friend in it, pretty simple one) Flippin hell (go to a stunt race with a flying car, get high in the air and do the flips) steal vehicles (pretty simple) Achieve the fastest lap in a race (can be done with a friend) land jumps 300 feet in a road vehicles win every deathmatch and race mode (can be done with a friend) participate in 25 races, buy 25 pieces of clothes (just buy 25 shirts) get the most kills in a 4 player survival (not too hard unless you camp all game, can be done with a friend) get the most kills in a gang attack (also can be done with a friend) shoot cop choppers down (when you get 3 stars start shooting the choppers down with a homing missile) win every race mode at least once (needed for 2 achievements) get a tattoo on every body part, win a race in a custom vehicle (needed for achievement anyways) wheelie for over 2000 feet (I don't remember getting this one, but the best way is to do it at the airport) Activate a 2 person key switch (I did this on the diamond casino heist) Complete the fleeca heist finale, do the aggressive approach on the diamond casino heist and earn 1,000,000 dollars and use the elevator on the diamond casino heist.
   
8. Solid gold, baby!- Do the heist setups and the strangers and freaks, every mission and strangers and freaks I got a gold in (not including prologue) was
   

Franklin and Lamar, Complications, Fatheson, marriage counseling, friend request, chop, the long stretch, daddy's little girl, the good husband, carbon rifles, Mr.Philips, Trevor Philips industries, Deadman walking, did somebody say yoga, by the book, Tow truck, boiler suits, masks, The multitarget assassination, Mr.Richards, Hang ten, Fresh meat, The ballad of Rocco, reuniting the family, Architects plans, doting dad, fire truck, meltdown, stingers, every gauntlet, something sensible, the times come, every Pulling favors, every rampage, shift work, Grassroots Micheal, grassroots the drag, Paparazzo, paparazzo the sex tape, Paparazzo the highness, every vinewood souvenirs expect Al Di Napoli, Exercising demons-franklin, liquidy risk, minute man blues, exercising demons Micheal and Trevor, targeted risk, uncalculated risk, a starlet in vinewood, chasing the truth, the last one, delivering the truth.
I may have missed a few but those were the ones I counted, this can take up to 5-10 hours unless if you already have quite a few on gold. You don't have to do every single challenge at once, so you can try to beat the level as fast a possible, reload it and try to get as many headshots as required for example.

1. Career criminal- This one requires pure fucking grind, let me tell you everything I did for the 100% completion. for hobbies and pastimes, I did Stunt plane time trials, 3 medals in every shooting range challenge, won every race (meaning offroad, street, and sea,) won every sport, got par or under in golf (getting par or under is required,) Bail bonds quarry and farm, every flight school mission, every arms traffic race (required for an achievement anyways,) got a private strip club dance, hunting, yoga and parachuting. Only franklin's strangers and freaks are required, my random events were the ATM robbery, Bike theft 1, construction accident, gang imitation, mugging 1, 2, and 3, security van 3, 4, and 6, sportbike theft, a countryside gang fight, a deal went wrong, and the drunk driver. To find out the spawn points of the random events go to the rockstar social club. All 30 misc were buying a haircut, weapon, any clothing, a car mod, a tattoo, and 5 properties, a vehicle from a website, ride the cable car, use the car wash, go on the rollercoaster, friend activities (meaning call up Micheal, Trevor, or franklin as any of the 3 characters) Visit the cinema, bar, play tennis, darts, golf, go to a strip club, 25 stunt jumps, 8 knife flights, rob a store, purchase stocks, watch T.V. (do at Micheals) complete a booty call (Play as Trevor in a strip club and get one of the girls like the bar to the max and drive them to their apartment) 25 under the bridge, walk and play fetch with chop, get 30 submarine pieces (one of Micheal's strangers and freaks) 30 nuclear waste (it's an achievement anyway) get all 50 spaceship parts and letter scraps (both achievements.) This can take up to 10-20 hours, it's a fucking pain.
   
2. Unnatural selection- Holy shit, this took me so fucking long to do, me and 2 other friends grinded for 10 hours straight and couldn't even beat it. Buy max snacks and body armor and the best map to do is the nuclear silo,
   

there is a certain hiding spot near the stairs and the stairwell that if you hide behind it's super difficult to get shot unless you peak for too long. Use the combat MG, does a lot of damage and can shred through enemy health, be careful at the beginning when getting health and armor not to be out for too long for else you will lose all your health and maybe even die. This took me prolly around 10-30 hours to complete.

1. Above the law- This requires so much god damn grinding that I grinded for 3 days straight, I started grinding hard on level 67 and got to level 100 by doing the 3x event "Target assault race" But by the 3rd day, it was this stupid deathmatch where if you die you can come back to life by an enemy dying or some shit, heists are also good ways of gaining RP, and heist setups too. this took me around 10-20 hours to complete starting from rank 67.
   
2. Numero Uno, the requirements for this achievement is to win a single Bike, Land, Sea, Air, Rally, and GTA-Race, win a Deathmatch, Team-DM, Gang-Attack, and Survival (10 rounds), and win Arm Wrestling, Darts, Parachuting, Golf, Tennis and Shooting Range. So not only do you need to complete the survival bullshit but more on top of it, now everything but a rally race, team deathmatch, and survival you can boost with a friend. But even then this still took me around 10-40 hours to complete due to the fucking survival bullshit.
   

1. Add wearable bandanas on the forehead like zombie John Marston wore one. Add in as "Hat" option.
   1. Add a break free button from wolves, I mean if you can break free from cougars and alligators why not wolves?
   2. Add free aim only lobbies. GTA V has separate firing mode lobbies, Red Dead Online should too.
   3. Add the option to wear a bandana with a poncho. Also, be able to wear a coat with any poncho.
   4. Update the hunting wagon were it allows posse members to store carcasses in your hunting wagon. Players need to be able to remove pelts/carcasses without them being discarded.
   5. Add unlimited distance from the hunting wagon without it despawning, it becomes a burden when hunting.
   6. Update the hunting wagon to expand the number of big animal carcasses it can hold. Players mostly hunt big animals.
   7. Add a feature where the player can whistle at the horse that controls the hunting wagon so it goes to the player.
   8. Add the option to sell fish to the camp's butchers table.
   9. Add the option to replace the scrawny nag with another horse that the player has purchased and the option to set up a backup horse at the horse shop.
   10. Add the option to sell horses that are already owned and maybe the option to sell stolen/broken horses.
   11. Add the ability to grab or drag carcasses out of the water while swimming because players can't lasso everything out of the water.
   12. Add the ability to set the jawbone knife or any other weapon without it reverting to the hunting knife by itself.
   13. Bandoliers should provide storage for bullets not only be used as a cosmetic item.
   14. Add the option to store old equipment (old lasso) into the weapons locker or some sort of chest at camp.
   15. Add sit or lay option for bed at camp or more camp/tent interactions.
   16. Add the option to have two characters (Male and Female) in one account and be able to swap them whenever (like GTA online).
   17. Add the option to change gender in the change appearance menu.
   18. Allow the player to wear the legendary garment hats without the garment coat.
   19. Add a new variety of ability cards that help with other aspects of the game. For example, an ability card that lets you get closer to animals without immediate detection.
   20. Add a Holster positioning option. That allows players to decide where to put their holsters and what way they face (The off-hand holster and the hip holster are facing the same way, towards the right hand only at the moment).
   21. Add "eat" mechanic for the horse that allows the horse to eat plants directly off of the ground (since the horse can pick up plants already).
   22. Add a physical satchel that the player can wear (not one from role outfits). Add different satchel colors and variations.
   23. Add the option to sell hair pomade for female characters since they can't use it.
   24. Add passenger trains. NPC's wait at train stations but they never board the train since there is nowhere to sit.
   25. Add a rob option. players can't rob anyone or anything.
   26. Add the option to give up to the police.
   27. Add more to fishing, add legendary fish, add fishing from boats.
   28. Add in the casino boat or any type of casino.

People frequently bring up the argument that vehicle speed can contribute to the feeling of size of the map
They say that RDR2 feels bigger than gta 5 even though it’s smaller because the horses aren’t as fast as cars
I’m gonna have to say this isn’t entirely true. GTA 5 feels smaller because the majority of its area isn’t playable, you play a bit in sandy shores and paleto bay and aside from that the whole map is just Los Santos. You don’t use most of the right side of the map that’s past the casino, none of the mountains are useful, the game isn’t playable in those areas
When talking about map size it’s important to consider playability, having shit to do. If the majority of businesses can be entered in gta 6, and you can rob NPCs with mechanics that require actual skill and finesse, if you can get paid for stunts you do while off roading, or look for any of 50 different treasures that are hidden around the map worth actual money, those are the things that will make the game feel big. Because the entirety of the map you have something fun to do
In gta 5 if you aren’t in a populated area the only thing you have to do is find a way to get back to a populated area, meaning that the majority of the game is unplayable
In terms of actual playable area I’m sure that gta San Andreas is bigger than gta 5, because although gta 5 has a much bigger map, the majority of it is mountains. In gta SA there were 3 full sized cities and each was playable
All I want is a map that’s 100% playable. This is why RDR2 can be fun despite sometimes being a mile away from another human. At any time you can hunt, or tame a horse, what have you.

What we need in gta 6 to avoid it feeling like the playable area is small

• No more than one mountain should be in the game, all it does is serve as a barrier in gta 5 so that you can’t see the desert from the top of maze bank tower. That’s probably the only reason it’s there
  
• NPCs should have interaction, even online. The ability to pick pocket NPCs or hold them up for money or whatever trinkets that are in their pockets would be nice. Maybe with a certain skill and finesse needed so that they’ll call the cops if you’re too aggressive or make your pick pocketing to noticeable or whatever. This allows for areas with minimal playability like paleto bay to seem playable
  
• Animals should wonder the land, especially in online. There was a bit of this in gta 5 story mode but even that was lacking. There should be birds that walk around the metro, rats that rarely spawn that freak out NPCs, dogs which can be tamed and trained to find buried goods out in the desert, animals allow the less playable areas to still feel lively
  
• The ocean should be playable. Maybe add buried treasure collectibles you can dive for that pay you, add ships that can be raided, and small islands with rich peoples houses. Maybe a weird rock formation that a treasure hunt leads you to which is too weird of an angle for you to get to by helicopter. Things like this would encourage boat exploration. Also, I can’t stress this enough. There should be actual fish models, seagulls that eat fish, and dolphins.
  
• More animations. While not necessary for increasing the playable area size it means that the interaction with unique and obscure places will seem unique. Maybe there’s a specific marsh area where you trudge through different from anywhere else in the map. Maybe your character enters certain cars different, like jumping over the door into the seat if a top is down.
  

Maybe you could even choose animations which have different pros and cons. So maybe holding pistols sideways and gangster decreases accuracy but increases the amount of RP you get per kill, or hip firing a machine gun rather than holding it proper decreases accuracy but has a 1/8 chance of auto locking to the head rather than the body.
Maybe you can choose between diving away from bullets which allows you to stay shooting while dodging or rolling which allows you to get back up to your feet faster
Imagine if gta 5 has 100 brand new animations how much more interesting it would be to play. Animation variety absolutely increased the playability of a game because it doesn’t feel stale, and if you want a game to feel playable even in the most boring of places, a ton of animations is the way to do it

At the risk of being downvoted to all hell, THIS GAME IS NOT REAL LIFE!
The prices for cars in this game isn't supposed to be indicative of the real world value of these cars, its supposed to indicate how much Rockstar thinks a player would pay for the car, and for the most part they aren't far off.
Now, I hear the arguments that the cars are so expensive for the sole reason to sell shark cards, and while that may be potentially true, it's easier than ever to make money in this game.
I'm sure anecdotal evidence isn't the most valued, but I think I can make a pretty good point by stating my own. A friend and I wanted to do some last minute grinding before the DLC dropped and honestly, it didn't take very long for both of us to make a decent bit of money doing casino heists (all legit and zero glitches, to those who wish to accuse me of such).
Yes, the initial investment for the arcade is quite steep (cheapest one in LS being 2 million dollars), but guess what, to quote myself, "it's easier than ever to make money in this game." For new players just getting into the game, you can get upwards of a million dollars with quite literally minimal effort by completing all the treasure hunts and bounties, which shouldn't take more than a couple hours.
After that (basically) free million there's the other free million for PlayStation users (possibly the largest community for this game) and Twitch Prime bonuses (which includes an arcade btw, admittedly the worst one, but can still get you started). Instead of spending all this money, in you'd invest on a business then you'd be set for money.
This is an online game, designed to keep you playing. Grinding is its lifeblood. If you'd rather not grind for a couple hours to get yourself started, then of course you'd have no choice but to rely on shark cards.
From someone who enjoys the grind and has never spent money on any in-game purchase in my life, this game's online is perfectly fine, definitely above average, and the reason I keep coming back to it.
Don't get me wrong, I love to bag on R* too, but I personally think that things are getting out of hand. This brilliant game company has not only made all of our childhoods epic with their ps2 titles, but they have given us constant updates for a 7+ year old game.
All this aside, I'd still take a gta 6 instead of 5 again on the PS5.
(I guess nobody's perfect)
PS: Sorry for the long rant, it was just something getting on my nerves. TL;DR: the prices of everything is fine enough, it's easy to make money.
PPS: If you're struggling to find someone to help you with the casino heists, there are plenty of sources for you to find help.

So I've been thinking a lot about the substance of Red Dead Online, and I've come to the quick conclusion that, there really is no substance. There's a lot of wide open space in terms of the map as well as wide open space in terms of the roles that you can be a part of, but more so the Bounty Hunter role which has a lot of potential to it. I've even been thinking about something that would be pretty dope for the Story Mode. Here are just a few of my ideas

• Heist: There needs to be bigger action that gives players a reason to want to play it, and heist would be one of the modes to do it. Same as GTA Online's heist, but of course with that Western feel which can be done slightly the same as the heist in Story Mode. The heist would consist of two things, which would be Banks and Gold Mining. In order for this to play right, of course there would need to be a few updates done. With the Banks, I would say that the development of Black Water would have to be fully complete in order for the heist to really feel right, which would lead to Black Water and Saint Denis having the biggest banks to rob. Gold Mining heist would also be interesting because they would either take place out in the open or in a cave. All heist would be 2 to 4 players with the recommended amount of players of course being 4 seeing how these won't be and should be made to be easy. These two ideas would also help with the pay out because to be honest, even with all the hunting and bounties you collect, the pay out in Red Dead Online really isn't satisfying.
• Robberies: In the Story mode, we were able to do things in this category such as rob Stage Coaches and Trains, but we aren't able to do that online. I'm not too sure why this was taken out, but these things need to come back for online players to enjoy. Also, in addition to the Stage Coaches and Trains, online players would be able to rob Boats, either it be cargo which can supply player camps and the Cripps business that's at player camps or the Casino Boats, allowing us to earn at least a mid level amount of money that would be split between the posse leader and those who have taken part in the robbery.
• Gangs: Another aspect of the game that's in Story Mode which gave it that special feel, not even thought of being placed in online play. Putting all of the gangs in online play would give even more life to Free Roam, so not only would you have to worry about another player and their posse coming after you, but there might be a chance while you're running, you bump into the Lemoyne Gang or the crazy Murfree Gang. Also, by doing this, it would give more substance to the Bounty Hunter role. This addition to the Bounty Hunter Role would give The Women With No Name, the Bounty Hunter that's introduced before you buy your Bounty Hunter's Licence, a good range of missions that she will assign for online players to do which have us going right after these gangs in a team or 2 to 4 players, again with 4 being the most recommended seeing how it won't be an easy task.
• Side Thoughts: Other ideas I've been thinking about would be bringing back for a limited time, the horses from Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare. To be able to ride those horses again in Red Dead Online with the amazing graphics, would be really fun to see and have. I feel it would work because that DLC, from what I've seen, was a big hit. Also, The Naturalist DLC, should have been more of a DLC that should have been introduced by Rains Falls or at least someone in that tribe (This is just a thought here. I know I'm probably "wrong" in thinking that, but that's just how I feel about the DLC)
• Story Mode Add On: With beating the game and discovering what we discover, (I'm going to talk like this because I'm not sure if there is anyone playing the game right now, so I don't want to give too much of a spoiler) there should be a DLC where we end up finding out more of what happened, how Pinkerton approached, and seeing how everything forms together, allowing us to play through the events of Red Dead Redemption 1 in Red Dead Redemption 2. Now, I know some people, if not most, will just say "Just buy Red Dead Redemption 1 and see for yourself." Yes, I get that, but to have the story continue in that way, along with the graphics of RDR2 as well as the added features in the game would make it something special and probably never done before. It would basically be RDR1: Remastered inside of RDR 2. I feel this would be a huge step for Rockstar to take and make it where more people play RDR2

GTA Online is simply getting way too much attention. I totally understand that GTA is Rockstar's biggest, most well known game and because of this, more work would be put into it. At the same time, that really shouldn't be the case. With all of the aspects that GTA Online has, it can honestly be left alone for at least a few months to 1 year and it would be still stand. In the case of Red Dead Online, it wouldn't last that long. What we have now in Red Dead Online is too open and repetitive. It's never good to have a great game with wide open space with little to nothing to do and having it where PVP is actually carrying the game on it's back. Rockstar needs to truly stop babying GTA Online and focus way more on Red Dead Online.
If anyone has anything else to add that they would like to see, feel free to out it in the comments.
I also hope that Rockstar sees this post and seriously thinks about these ideas cause they are pretty legit ideas that will give Red Dead Online more play time. Would be dope if everyone who agrees with this post, helps with making those at Rockstar see this. We're all lovers of this game and it would be great if these things come to development.

Chiliad Mystery Megathread 2020
Welcome to the Chiliad Mystery! It’s hard to really explain what the Chiliad Mystery is, so I will let you figure that out by reading my attempted abridged summary of it.
Full Unorganized Original Megathread
Version 2.
Version 3
This is now the 4th edition. I swear reddit archives posts quicker than they used to.
Please comment with your favorite theories, leads, videos, whatever
Diamond Casino (July, 2019)

• Rockstar released a secret peyote hunt for about a month
  
• You can buy Chiliad Mystery art for your Casino Penthouse along with some other items that were pretty on-the-nose.
  
• They even hid a UFO on a slot machine
  
• In a crossover from Red Dead Redemption 2, Madam Nazar shows up as an arcade fortune teller with mysterious responses.
  

Arena Wars (December, 2018)

• STILL UNSOLVED! More* hidden symbols were added. They appear in three of the SciFi Arena Wars maps.
  
• If you have completed the Gunrunning Alien Egg Mission*, getting wasted at your nightclub can possibly lead to waking up on Mt. Chiliad in your underwear, with a tattoo and a UFO flying off into the distance.
  

After Hours (July, 2018)

• Getting wasted at your nightclub might lead to you waking up at the Epsilon HQ with a new shirt.
  
• Your online character will receive the Epsilon robes and medallion after tipping the nightclub bathroom attendant $577.
  

The Doomsday Heist (December, 2017)

• STILL UNSOLVED! Hidden symbols in Avon/Cliffford's lab under Chiliad.
  
• Rockstar caves and adds the jet pack to the game. (for a few million dollars of course)
  
• There are also a few new murals to check out.
  

Smugglers' Run (August, 2017)

• A new podcast by Ron on Blaine County Radio mentions a Jetpack.
  
• A new back tattoo option is a treasure map, with Bigfoot, spiders, and sea beasts.
  

Gunrunning (June, 2017)

• A secret bunker supply mission was added with an out-of-this-world surprise. To unlock this mission, you must have completed 600 resupplies for your bunker. After that, as long as you start your resupply between 21:00 and 23:00, you have a certain probability of getting this special mission.
  
• You can now buy a rocket bike that is strangely similar to a jetpack.
  
• Ned Luke and Shawn Fonteno continue to troll on social media.
  

Import/Export (December, 2016)

• A new UFO was added, and it still hasn’t been used.
  
• We get a glimpse of an alien invasion in one of the paint options for the garage in the CEO offices.
  
• A super meta Easter Egg was found by a user.
  

Bikers (October, 2016)

• SOS Morse Code was heard on the Rebel Radio tower.
  
• Sewer Gator sounds were located.
  

Further Adventures in Finance and Felony (June, 2016)

• Special Cargo missions became available, including special items like ornate eggs and sasquatch skins.

Freemode Events (September, 2015)

• Jetpack Hash in new scripts
  
• The “Black Cellphone” or EMPDROP/EMPEROR phone number was found, which turns your phone black/grey and creates a small explosion above the character’s head.
  
• A golden peyote was discovered in the game files, but nobody knew what it would do. Nobody could even find the damn thing. But sure enough, a week after it was noticed, it was found by rkRusty, and it turned him into Bigfoot. His replication instructions included how to find the golden peyote every Tuesday morning; what he didn’t know, was there are actually 7 golden peyotes plants, one for each day of the week (but they all turn you into the same version of Bigfoot). rkRusty noticed Rockstar updated the peyote scripts and left a note referring to him personally: “He was wrong to start his hunt on Tuesday.” Although, in hindsight it is a simple solution, at the time nobody bothered to experiment with taking the peyote plants every day of the week. 6 months later, the_stoned_ape decided he needed to restart the investigation, which led to NIC779 eating the golden peyote plants from Monday-Sunday, and finding the dead hunter. A few days later, Mozmachine noticed the Bigfoot had a growl, and when used, something growled back. This furry game of Marco Polo kept going around in circles until a few dedicated hunters dug through the files to figure out the outcome. The growls were actually coming from Teen Wolf, and if you beat him in a scrapyard showdown, you unlock him in Director Mode.
  

How to complete the Sasquatch – Beast Hunt

PC Release (April, 2015)

• New camo/skin option for the Sniper Rifle features a UFO over Chiliad.
  
• In the Lowriders Update, Lamar showed us his love for eggs.
  

Next Gen Release (November, 2014)

• 27 peyote plants were added, including the hidden Golden Peyote.
  
• The satellite dishes in the desert started giving off a very alien glow.
  
• The infamous “Picket Fence” trailer.
  

Beach Bums (November, 2013)

• In the first content update for GTA Online, Rockstar added the Paradise van; the underwater UFO, and Bigfoot were hidden in the background of two of the paintjobs.

GTAV Release (September, 2013)

• There is a cryptic mural at the top of Mt. Chiliad.
  
• 4 flying saucers are found. One sunken off the coast, one hovering over the hippy camp in Sandy Shores, an advanced one floating over the military base, and one above Chiliad that seems like a hologram.
  
• There is an underwater hatch with an old friend inside. He taps you a very familiar message – if you can translate morse code.
  
• The ghost of Jolene Cranley-Evans haunts Mt. Gordo. You can see and hear her from the campsite at the foot of the mountain, or you can climb up and get a closer look.
  
• The Infinite 8 Killer, a serial killer with an obsession with the number 8, allegedly murdered 8 people and dumped their bodies in the ocean North of Paleto Bay.
  
• You can see an alien trapped under the ice in North Yankton. You can only go visit him during the mission Bury the Hatchet.
  
• A drawing in the sand was found near the hippy camp in Sandy Shores, seemingly pointing towards the UFO on Mt. Chiliad.
  
• Someone put their face on Mt. Chiliad, and it was not Jesse Pinkman
  

There is much more in the original megathread,
PLEASE HELP ME ADD TO THIS LIST BY COMMENTING WITH YOUR FAVORITE MYSTERY

GTA Online just got a boost in new players due to the free giveaway at Epic Games, myself included.
After playing and doing some research online I decided to write this brief no-nonsense "tl;dr" list of tips, sadly not included in the game itself, for my friends. As it got larger and more thorough I decided to post it publicly - hope it helps!
(June 2020; PC version 1.50, mostly applies to console too)
 

The order of tips is simple to technical, meaning arguably the most important stuff is near the end.

1. Gameplay
2. Equipment
3. Business
4. Settings
5. Troubleshooting

 
[ 1. Gameplay ]

• Go to the Casino every 24 hours to spin the Lucky Wheel. Free and easy rewards.
• Complete your Daily Objectives for extra cash (found in the Interaction Menu, "M" key by default).
• Max Health increases significantly with every rank you gain until 100. Don't expect to beat a veteran player of similar skill or have an easy time in end-game combat missions early on.
• Strength increases through fistfights (NOT melee weapon fights or kicking vehicles, contrary to claims in other guides) and sports minigames. It's an important stat because of damage resistance. Best trained either by beating up pedestrians frequently or powerleveled using the "Blow Up III" mission (which is easy and prevents you getting a Wanted level) while beating up Paramedics (who take more hits than pedestrians) in front of any hospital (where they respawn in large groups). Takes 1.5-2 hours to go from 10 to 100 this way.
• The other stats will level up naturally as you play.
• If you run missions, always follow the temporary bonus rates. For example, Martin Madrazzo's missions gave 2x RP (XP) and cash rewards when I started so I ran those on repeat, with the added advantage of knowing them inside out. This is great for leveling, especially on Hard difficulty, though there are better cash options described below.
• If you have the Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack (CE from here on) included in the Epic Games giveaway, "buy" the free stuff ASAP. You'll find it in the Escape > Online menu.
• The Bounty Hunter and Treasure Hunt activities (received through in-game e-mails) both give you a weapon: An axe with rage ability and a revolver respectively, plus $250k each after completing a quick challenge.
• A similar but unmarked activity is the LS Slasher for another 250k and revolver, though you'll want a guide to hunt it down (thanks to shoryuXE10).
• Playing with crew members increases mission rewards by 10%. Playing while in a business (CEO/Associates for example) gives minor RP rewards if you're nearby.
• It's possible to create a "solo public" session, as explained here. This can also occur randomly, which may either be a good thing or a bad thing depending on what you're doing (thanks to gargamel999).

 
[ 2. Equipment]

• Your weapon wheel will become a mess and the game will keep equipping the wrong weapon constantly. To solve this you can purchase a Weapons Locker for various player-owned Businesses, storing what you don't use (175k for Bunker is cheapest as far as I'm aware). Merely dropping crappy weapons only works temporarily.
• Get a bulletproof helmet ASAP at a clothing store, ideally a "Combat Helmet with Four Goggles" as this includes Thermal Vision (costs 80-100k). Both versions will increase the amount of headshots you can survive from 0 to 2, or 0 to 1 if the enemy uses a Heavy Sniper.
• "Cosmetic body armor" bought in clothing stores doesn't add any protection except during specific Heists. Only "Body Armor" bought at Ammu-Nation or during the Job start/end screens does.
• Get a suppressor ASAP for stealth Missions/Heists/Deathmatches, ideally on a Sniper and an (accurate) Assault Rifle. Missed shots and corpses can still alert the enemy.
• Unless your aim is amazing, get an Assault Shotgun ASAP. Also very good for blindfiring around cover if low on health.
• Get a Homing Launcher ASAP to take down moving vehicles, especially aircraft. You'll need to lead the target to ensure a hit, meaning "aim where the vehicle is going to be", or in some cases directly behind the vehicle so that the missile "slings" around to hit the rear.
• The Mini SMG is an excellent drive-by weapon due to its high fire rate, allowing you to headshot enemies in vehicles or pop tires more reliably. A similar option is the AP pistol with slightly lower fire rate but significantly higher damage.
• A very popular and cheap vehicle is the Armored Kuruma. While it can't withstand explosives like the more expensive armored vehicles can, it'll protect you extremely well from bullets without sacrificing much speed. An ideal mission and heisting vehicle (bought from southernsanandreassuperautos).

 
[ 3. Business ]
Once you have competent equipment, consider investing your cash into a (single) Business to earn more cash later. Note that most of my info on this comes from other guides:

• Ideally buy locations close together, centrally on the map and well-connected via roads/highways.
• Most importantly, choose something you'll enjoy! If you don't like driving, don't get Import/Export.
• The Office with Vehicle Warehouse creates the most profitable solo activity in the game, namely Import/Export (only sell "Top End" cars!). La Mesa, the cheapest warehouse, is often recommended. Cargo Warehouse is also a good option but requires friends to run efficiently.
• The Bunker is one you'll want eventually due to research (new ammo types, special vehicles etc), though early on it's more interesting as a source of semi-passive income which you can run solo (if you only sell a partial batch of product, also removing the need for the Security upgrade) or with friends (full batch).
• The Motorcycle Club with Cocaine, Meth and Counterfeit businesses for semi-passive income if you have a few friends to help you sell the goods every few hours. Cocaine can potentially be done solo with partial batches as well. Interestingly the Clubhouse that comes free with CE is the best one according to most guides.
• Facilities, Nightclubs and Arcades are better later on so I'll leave those for now.
• Arena Wars is a very interesting vehicular onslaught-type game mode, and its garage happens to be the best in the game for customization. You'll need to buy this to start upgrading vehicles to use in the Arena, but you can also try the mode without.

 
[ 4. Settings ]
First the important stuff:

• "Vehicle Camera Height" should be set to "High" so you can see what's in front of you past the first car or hill.
• Tweak graphics for a smooth framerate. Stutter during a shootout can get you and your teammates killed.
• Since Online mode blasts you with constant phone alerts, turn those off.
• If you use first person mode in combat it's probably best to still have cover in third person so you can see past whatever you're hiding behind; "First Person Third Person Cover" to "On".
• If you play Online exclusively you could disable the Landing Page and have GTA boot straight into Online, allowing the game to load while you do something else. However, first booting into Story mode and then switching to Online is reported to be faster (thanks to gargamel999).

The default keybinds are poor. Here are my recommended changes:

• This game doesn't allow you to leave functions unbound, so firstly rebind those you never use to keys out of your hand's reach. On my keyboard these are -, =, [, ], ;, ', \, ,, ., /, O, P, K, L etc. Possible functions include character select to free up the Alt key; recording for F1-F3; next/previous radio station for scroll down in vehicles if you use Q instead, or play without in-game music etc.
• Make "Interaction menu" easily accessible - I use F1.
• Make "Toggle Helmet Visor" easily accessible if you like thermal goggles - I use Left Alt.
• Make your favorite weapon categories easily accessible - I use 1 for Shotgun, 2 for Assault Rifle, 3 for Sniper Rifle, 4 Heavy Weapon, 5 Special Weapon.
• You'll likely want to tweak the Aircraft controls in-depth. How you prefer them is entirely up to you. In flight, Leftclick to enable or disable mouse controls (set the default control type in the settings menu). I personally use Shift for acceleration, Control for deceleration, W/A for pitch up/down, A/D for yaw, Q/E for roll and the mouse for pitch/yaw in case I need it (optimized for helis). Better yet, use a controller as that's what the game was optimized for.
• Optionally lower auto-center on Aircraft to avoid twitchy behavior.
• Also tweak the mouse settings. You've got Sensitivity, Acceleration and "Fine Aim" to toy with.

 
The "Online" > "Options" menu:

• Set "Remain Host after Next Job Vote Screen" to "On" if you know what type of job you want (including difficulty and team size).
• Set "Matchmaking" to "Closed" if you play with friends often, else the game will auto-invite from your session. Alternatively play in an invite-only session.

 
[ 5. Troubleshooting ]
This section is only useful if the game is malfunctioning somehow (which sadly is very common):

• If the load times are ridiculously long despite having a good PC, the network ports used by the game are likely getting firewalled by your router. You'll need to set up port forwarding on the router to fix this (1990's called, they want their dev team back). Google/DuckDuckGo "port forwarding" to find many excellent guides, combined with this official Rockstar page for the port numbers.
• If that's not enough or someone else on your network wants to play the game along with you, you may have to set up a "DMZ" or "De-Militarized Zone". IMPORTANT: This is HIGHLY unsafe. Any douche script kiddie will be able to infiltrate your network, so only do this if you know what you're exposing yourself to or have nothing to protect (like bank information/passwords). Again, Google/DuckDuckGo this if interested.
• If the game crashes frequently including during single player, try lowering the graphics options - particularly the VRAM usage shown in the graphics menu. The game amateurishly self-terminates when certain limits are exceeded.
• If that doesn't help, UPDATE YOUR GRAPHICS DRIVER. Often this is lazy general advice which rarely helps, but GTA5 has actually had major driver-specific issues (notably the d3d.somethingsomething error).

 
Lastly, and I had nowhere else to put this: You can currently get a free million and Pete's Arcade using an Amazon/Twitch Prime temporary offer. NOTE that it's set up so that although you can get the whole thing for free, it comes with automatic renewal for the subscription at 3 bucks a month. You can get rid of this either on the Twitch page or by contacting Amazon (chat) support.
Edit: Fill the arcade with the free games to get $3600 per "day" (48 mins). Optionally add the 90k game in the empty slots to raise this to the $5000 max (1400 more). You'll recoup the investment in: 90/1.4=64 "days" or 51.42 real-time hours.
 
P.S. If any veteran players have more tips to share in the comments I'd appreciate it.

Okay let's just get this straight, GTA 5 and Rockstar sucks doodoo. They are milking the living hell out of this game, there are way too many issues that could easily be handled, and the community is the worse than every other game combined. With that being said, I have constructed a small list of every major issue (that I could come up with) in GTA 5 Online.
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1. Sharkcards

The sharkcards are shit to put it mildly, they are expensive, they are pointless and anybody who buys them should be forced to drink dog piss.
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1. Oppressor Mk II

Ah yes, the vehicle of the giefers. The Oppressor Mk II is so OP where it ranks #1 in all tier lists. I'll bet you $200 that you can ask any developer, staff member or anybody who has ever worked at Rockstar during the development of GTA 5 and they will say that they have not ever created a more powerful monstrosity than this. It’s a flying bike with missiles, it can’t get any better.

1. Connection issues

I pay for the best internet distributor in my country, yet every 45 minutes my game freezes and I get kicked to story mode. How in the flying fuck does a game that costs 265 million to make, and earned over 6 BILLION dollars since its release not have the ability to get their fucking servers to properly work or get some that actually work.

1. Modders

There are 4 types of modders.

1. The one who uses mods for personal gain.
2. The one who uses mods to ruin other peoples experiences.
3. The one who uses mods to help other players.
4. The one who doesn’t even fucking use them.

Which one do you think is the most common one? Of course it’s the 2nd one. Which takes me to the next point.
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5. Anti-Cheat System
I would like for you to tell me how many times you have heard of seen a modder get banned? If you’re like most people, you would say 0, if you have seen 1 or more, count yourself lucky because the anti-cheat system is as productive as my 2 inch penis in the bed. It doesn’t work properly and I’m not the only person to say that.
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6. Chat Censorship
The game is rated M for mature, it’s intended for adult audiences, there is absolutely no reason for censorship to exist in this game. If you are able to put a strip club, murder, gore, torture, robberies, extreme violence and “ghosts” in a game, you should be able to put in 2 swear words into your fucking message when typing a goddamn sentence in a public or private session.
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7. Vehicle Prices
This point is kind of connected to point 1 regarding sharkcards. There are a variety of vehicles for purchase in GTA Online, boats, cars, motorcycles, planes, helicopters, anything you can get your hands on. There are up to 464 vehicles in GTA 5 online, and around 15% of them costs over 2 million dollars, that is 32 dollars, 31% of the vehicles costs over 1 million dollars, which is $20 in sharkcards and 48% of all vehicles costs over 500k, which is about $10. This means that almost half of all vehicles in GTA online costs you a total of 10 DOLLARS TO BUY. The afterhours DLC costs about 6.2 times as much as the original game does.
8. Arena Wars
That one bitch, Bryony or whatever, keeps calling basically everybody who hasn’t bought a workshop for the stupid ass Arena Wars. The award is pathetic, being a level 20-50 and playing Arena Wars is like a kid being bullied at their first day of school, but the kid being 6 and the bullies being 24. It’s rocket league in GTA 5, it’s just another cash grab. It’s just like freeroam but with a smaller map and with worse rewards. It’s just amazing how the DLC could fail so quickly.
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9. Guns
Widowmaker is the main issue with this. It's cheap for its power, it's a laser gun with a rate of fire faster than me losing my will to live after playing this god forsaken game.
10. Community Behavior
You cannot go 20 minutes without getting shot by another griefer, modder or general assholes who you haven’t done any harm to. The community is filled with people insulting each other, griefing, being assholes and not knowing how to show respect to each other. It has come to the point where the Discord is 80% made only for community assistance. Just got killed by a guy 37 fucking times because I quit his heist when he started trolling. It was like 20-37 because I didn't want to fucking fight him, and for some goddamn reason he got 2 of his fucking friends to help me. Ain't nobody want 2 oppressors and a Hydra on their asses.
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11. Heists
It has gone 7 years as of the creation of this document, yet we only have like 8 heists in GTA online, the Casino Heist, the Doomsday Heist, Series A Funding, Humane Labs, Prison Break, Fleeca, Pacific Standard and whatever. 80% of the time you get teamed with people who cannot communicate, are toxic and disrespectful or leave early or late-heist.
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12. Load Times
The load times in GTA Online is worse than Loading Screen Simulator. For the people with extremely good internet like me, it takes about 7-9 minutes to load. A friend of mine who had a mid-tier connection had to wait for 24 minutes to get into the actual game. If you tab out it will “load” perpetually, meaning that it shows it as loading but it doesn’t do jackshit.
Loading online from Story Mode is cloud simulator. -Combat Wombat
what the fuck
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13. Phone Calls
I have bought a high-end apartment, nightclub, facility, vehicle warehouse, office, money factory, MC club, basically a majority of the things purchasable, yet I constantly get phone calls to buy more. This is not only about purchasing properties either, it’s Lester, Bryony, Tony, everybody who spam calls you to do shit. When you’re in a call you can’t jump, aim, equip guns, shoot. Fucking Maude and the treasure hunts as well, the rewards are insulting. I do not want to randomly kill people, I do not want to spend 15 minutes trying to find a treasure that 25% of the time doesn’t even exist.
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Tell me if there are any other issues, which wouldn't surprise anybody because this game has gone to absolute shit, and I will edit the post.

Diamond Casino Guide:
So you decided that you wanna rob a casino, great! The Diamond Casino Heist is one of the best ways to earn money, but you're wondering, how do I get started? Well, you're in luck! This guide is going to teach you the ways to get the best out of the Diamond Casino Heist!
Step 1: Arcade
Alright to get started, you’re going to have to own an arcade. Now, it may seem better to go for the arcades on the top of the map to save yourself some cash, however, this will make all the preps much harder, as most of them take place in LS or Sandy Shores.
The best arcade locations are 8-bit ($2,530,000, located in Vinewood) and Videogeddon ($1,875,000, La Mesa). When buying your arcade, none of the upgrades are necessary, as most of them are cosmetic. You’ll have to complete a quick arcade setup mission to access the basement where the diamond casino heist planning board is located.
Step 1.5: Arcade Income
While this isn’t related to the diamond casino heist, I thought I would put this in there. The arcade generates income based on how many games you have, going up to 5k per in-game day (48 min). The game doesn't matter, so you can just buy the cheapest one (Monkey’s Paradise, $90,000) and fill up your arcade with it.
Step 2: Scope out casino
After you’ve finished watching Lester scribble a big mess over the whiteboard, you’ll be able to start the casino heist. Normally, you’ll have to pay a setup cost of 25k, but since it’s your first time doing it, it’ll be free. After you’ve confirmed that you want to start the casino heist, you’ll need to finish the scope out mission. For the scope out mission, you’ll need to take a variety of pictures for Lester in order to unlock entrances for the heist. A full guide is linked here but I’ll sum up the most important ones.

• Staff Lobby: This entrance is arguably the best entrance for the Silent and Sneaky approach. It gives you easy access to the control room where you can get the daily vault easily. It is also the best exit for most approaches as not many guards patrol it. The staff lobby should be around the back of the casino and should look like a white door behind some yellow bollards.
• Security Tunnel: By scoping out this entrance, it gives you the ability to enter the casino as a Gruppe Sechs team for the Big Con. This entrance is the best if not one of the best approaches to the casino heist. The disguise will allow you to go straight to the vault undetected and back up, however, you will be detected when going back out of the casino on the casino access floor, so I would suggest getting some exit disguises to make your escape easier. The security tunnel should look like a big metal garage door with a security camera watching over it under the racetrack.
• Sewers: The sewers allow you to burrow down right into the vault access floor giving you easy access as you are right next to the vault mantrap. The sewer exit, however, is only available in the aggressive approach.
• Roof Terrace: At first glance, the roof terrace may seem like a horrible entrance/exit, however as it turns out, the roof terrace is actually a contender for one of the best aggressive exits. By taking the roof terrace, you can shoot down the guards at the racetrack while they're not being able to shoot back and then parachute down.

You’ll only need to do this mission once, and it will be completed for all future casino heists.
Step 3: Vault Contents
The vault contents mission is pretty easy. You’ll be given the rough location of a Duggan security guard, once you find him, you can either hack him, which can take some time but you won’t get the cops on you if you do it right, or you can kill him and grab the phone, which will save you some time but you’ll need to lose the cops before you can enter the casino.
After you’ve entered the casino, you’ll need to bring out the sightseer app on your phone to find a wifi signal. After you’ve located the wifi signal, you’ll need to figure out the vault contents. Beware that you only have a limited time to do this (2 min).
Since it’s probably your first time, I would recommend that you go through every camera to scope out each POI. The target will be cash since it’s your first time, which has a payout of 2.1 mil on normal. The first time will always be cash (payout of $2,115,000 on normal), but if it’s not your first time, the targets can be either cash, artwork (payout of $2,350,000 on normal) or gold (payout of $2,585,000 on normal).
There is a 4th target, which is diamonds (payout of $3,257,100 on normal) however this vault content is only available for special occasions and has been removed from the vault contents.
If you do the heist on hard by doing the same approach after you’ve done another one, the payout will be 10% larger. If you’ve completed all 3 approaches to the heist, you can cancel the heist which can be helpful if you’ve got a bad target. Link to this is here.
Step 4: Selecting your approach
Once you’ve finished the vault contents mission, you’ll be able to select your approach.
There are 3 approaches to the diamond casino heist. Silent and Sneaky, The Big Con and Aggressive.
For beginners, I would recommend alternating between Big Con and Aggressive, because those are the easiest ones. For Big Con, choose the Gruppe Sechs disguise for the easiest entry. Aggressive is good for newer players however it does end up in a lot of money loss. After you’ve got the gist of it, alternate to doing Silent and Sneaky in place of aggressive for a bigger payout.
Step 5: Selecting your support crew
After you’ve selected your approach, you’ll need to select your support crew before you can do any of the prep missions.
Selecting your support crew is very simple. You’ll need a gunman to source guns, a driver to source cars, and a hacker to delay the nerve agent inside the vault.
Selecting your support crew depends on the approach and target in the vault. For Big Con, SnS, any target EXCEPT for art, you’ll want the worst gunman (Karl Abolaji, take his Micro SMG on big con, heavy revolver on aggressive and on SnS the choice is up to you), the worst driver (Karim Denz, take his sentinel classic) and the best hacker available to you, for most people, this will be Paige Harris (unlocked when the Terrorbyte is purchased, gives 3:25 in the vault when undetected and 2:23 detected).
For aggressive, you’ll still want to have the worst driver and best hacker, however, the gunman is up to you since you’ll be using guns a lot. I normally go with Charlie Reed (unlocked when purchasing a hangar), he takes a 7% cut (2% more than Karl) and gives you an assault SMG, however, you can get by with Karl, as every gunman gives you an SMG to go along with another weapon, which is still a perfectly fine weapon.
For Big Con, SnS and the target is Art, if you and your heist partner can both hack very well, you can get by with Yohan Blair (takes a 5% cut and gives you 2:51 in the vault if you are undetected and 2:01 if you are).
Step 5.5: Secret heist crew members
There are 2 hidden heist crew members that can’t be unlocked by purchasing a business like most heist crew members. There 2 are Patrick McReary and Avi Schwartzman. Patrick McReary is a gunman who takes an 8% cut and gives the choice a Combat MG or an Assault Shotgun in aggressive. Avi Schwartzman is a hacker that takes a 10% cut and gives 3:30 undetected in the vault and gives 2:22 if you are detected. To unlock Patrick, he spawns as a random event around the map. He spawns in a police car that you will need to hijack. A guide is linked here. To unlock Avi, you’ll need to destroy 50 signal jammers that are located around the map. A guide is linked here.
Step 6: Prep Missions
Now that you’ve selected your support crew, you’ll be presented with a plethora of prep missions. Some mandatory and some optional. To complete these missions, I suggest that you use a Kuruma, Buzzard, or Oppressor Mk2 to make your life easier. In some prep missions, you will not be able to call Lester, so be prepared. All of the missions can be done solo but it makes it easier if you have a friend with you to help you out.
Now onto the optional prep missions. Optional prep missions, are, as the name suggests, optional. The optional prep you should do depends on the approach. If you own a penthouse and have completed all of the missions, you will gain access to the security intel mission. It’s very easy to complete and you will only need to do it once. A nice trick is that the gauntlet actually spawns when you start the mission, not when the cutscene is triggered, so you can just shoot the driver and take the gauntlet. A guide will be linked below.
Let’s start with Silent and Sneaky. For Silent and Sneaky, the optional prep missions depend on your skill level. If you’re an experienced player, you don’t need to do much, only level 2 security passes. Power drills you can do if you think you have enough time. However, if you are a very new player, I’d recommend that you do patrol routes, Duggan shipments (you only need to destroy 3 to get rid of their bulletproof helmets), level 2 security passes, emp device and infiltration suits and power drills if you think you have enough time. If you do all these, the heist should be a breeze.
Going onto the Big Con, if you’re doing Gruppe Sechs, you don't need to do much. You only need to go through one door if you exit out the staff door, so you can decide if you want to do level 2 security passes or not. Patrol routes do make things easier, however are not necessary. Again, only do power drills if you think you have enough time. Make sure you do exit disguises. Noose and firefighter are exactly the same, so do firefighters since it has an easier mission.
For aggressive, again, patrol routes make it easier but are never necessary. Make sure to do Duggan shipments. You can solo it, but it will be much easier with another person. If you don’t get them all you can just close the game and you’ll be able to do the mission again. Reinforced armor allows you to take more damage, so I would recommend it even if it makes you slower. Be sure to also do boring machine as it allows you to enter through the sewers. Make sure to also do level 2 security passes unless you really like hacking doors.
Step 7: Finding people to play with
Now that you’ve completed all your required prep missions, you need some people to play with. If you don’t have any friends to play with, I recommend checking out HeistTeams or the GTAO Discord LFG Channels to find people to play with. Make sure to have good communication between your teammates otherwise the heist will be in chaos.
Step 8: Completing the heist
Now that you’ve got a solid heist crew waiting to grab all of that sweet loot out of the casino’s vault, you’ll be able to start the heist. If you're doing aggressive, the plan is pretty simple, shoot your way in, grab the loot, then shoot your way out. The easiest entry for aggressive is sewers, and the easiest exit is the eastern roof terrace. If you exit through the staff lobby, you’ll get shot a ton when going over the racetrack, however, if you exit through the roof terrace, you can shoot the guys behind the stones on the racetrack then safely parachute down.
For The Big Con, I’m going to assume you’re doing the Gruppe Sechs approach. By doing the Gruppe Sechs approach, you can pretty much waltz into the vault and back out of it, just be careful that this has some limitations. When going back up the stairwell/elevator to the casino access floor, the guards will have checked the vault and know it’s been robbed, so you disguise ain't gonna work anymore. I strongly suggest getting exit disguises, as they will greatly help your escape. The easiest exit for this is the staff lobby.
For SnS, I’m not really going to go into too much detail here because there’s a full video linked below. What I will talk about is when to use the emp (If you did the prep mission). I recommend emp’ing when you’re at the vault access floor, allowing you to waltz into the mantrap, or when you're coming back up to the casino access floor and are in the mantrap. Be warned that if you decide to get the daily vault when you trigger the emp, the emp’s timer will run out before you can get to your exit, so plan ahead. The easiest entrance for this is the staff lobby and the easiest exit is also the staff lobby.
Tips and tricks to complete the heist

• If you are disguised, do not bump into any of the guards. They will detect you and start shooting.
• In the control room, there is a button that you can press to open the door to the daily vault. One person has to hold the button while the other goes in and grabs the cash. This can be done with any approach.
• Running and jumping is faster than just running normally, use this to your advantage while inside the vault.
• Running in first person is actually faster than 3rd, so use this to your advantage when trying to knock out guards.
• Don’t bother trying to escape the cops by hiding in an alley or something, either take your car into the sewers down by the LS river or take the heli that usually spawns on top of the police station. The sewers will result in you losing less money, however will be much slower. I will link both of these methods below in the useful media section.
• Normally when exiting the casino from the staff lobby without any disguise, you’ll need to knock out a guard to the left of the swat fan to your right, before hugging the race track wall and then dropping down. I have found that sometimes if you run, the guard will hear you and detect you, causing you to get shot at. To prevent this, walk up to him making sure you stay out of his FOV then knock him out.
• You walk much faster in the casino if you are in first person, making the vault contents mission much easier.
• In prep missions, you can change any accessory (glasses, hat, ect.) to lose 1 star which is useful on missions where you can’t call Lester to remove your wanted level.
• On some missions, you can lose the cops by entering your Terrorbyte/MOC/Avenger.
• On some missions, you can lose the cops if you accept Lester’s apartment heist invite. This only works if you have a heist active.
• In the hacking device mission where you have to infiltrate the FIB building, you walk a lot faster if you aim down sights on any gun, however, if you go into any agent’s LOS you will get detected instantly, so be careful when using this trick.
• You can upgrade your getaway vehicles in the arcade by getting in them and pressing the button shown on the prompt that appears on the top left.

Useful media

• Practice casino fingerprint hacking
• Easiest way to complete Silent and Sneaky
• Casino Heist Big Con Gruppe Sechs
• Casino Heist Aggressive Sewer Entrance
• How to make the most money out of the Diamond Casino Heist
• Casino Heist Sewer Escape
• Casino Heist Heli Escape
• Security Intel

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Diamond Casino Heist FAQ
Welcome to the Diamond Casino Heist FAQ! This thread is going to go through all of the new changes and content added to the Casino Heist DLC. The information in this thread is up to date as of 28/7/2020.
Release Date
Announced on December 5th and released on December 12th, 2019, the Diamond Casino Heist is the latest DLC to come to GTA Online as of July 25th, 2020. This DLC adds a bunch of new content, including new vehicles, properties, vehicles, and a brand new heist!
New Content
Vehicles:
Maxwell Asbo (SSASA): $306,000 - $408,000
Karin Everon (SSASA): $1,106,250 - $1,475,000
Lampadati Komoda (Legendary): $1,275,000 - $1,700,000
Vapid Retinue Mk II (SSASA): $1,215,000 - $1,615,000
Ubermacht Rebla GTS (Legendary): $1,175,000
Maxwell Vagrant (SSASA): $1,660,500 - $2,214,600
Grotti Furia (Legendary): $2,055,000 - $2,740,000
RUNE Zhaba (Warstock): $1,800,000 - $2,400,000
Karin Sultan Classic (SSASA): $1,288,500 - $1,718,000
Nagasaki Outlaw (SSASA): $951,000 - $1,268,000
Declasse Drift Yosemite (SSASA): $981,000 - $1,308,000
Dinka Sugoi (SSASA): $918,000 - $1,224,000
Dinka Blista Kanjo (SSASA): $435,000 - $580,000
Nagasaki Strider (Legendary): $502,000 - $670,000
Dewbauchee JB 700W (Warstock): $1,470,000
Overflod Imorgon (Legendary): $2,165,500
Albany V-STR (Legendary): $1,285,000
Progen PR4 (Legendary): $3,515,000
Ocelot R88 (Legendary): $3,115,000
Nagasaki Blazer Lifeguard (Warstock): $62,000
Brute Boxville (Warstock): $298,500 - $398,000
Declasse Bugstars Burrito (Warstock): $450,000 - $598,000
MTL Fire Truck (Warstock): $2,471,250 - $3,295,000
Declasse Lifeguard (Warstock): $865,000
Brute Stockade (Warstock): $1,680,000 - $2,240,000
Weapons
Ceramic Pistol (Ammunation): $20,000
Navy Revolver (Unlocked after finishing the Los Santos Slasher treasure hunt): Free
Properties
The release of the Diamond Casino Heist DLC introduces a new property: arcades. Arcades are a passive business that allows you to host the diamond casino heist. The maximum daily income of the arcade is $5,000.
They are purchasable from Mmazebankforclosures at 6 different locations. The cheapest is at $1,235,000 (Pixel Pete’s, Paleto Bay) and the most expensive being at $2,530,000 (8-bit, Vinewood Hills).
Customization options on offer are 2 arcade styles, $290,000 - $470,000, 8 mural options, $50,500 - $107,500, 8 floor options, $78,000 - $165,000, 8 neon art styles, $107,500 - $320,000, personal quarters, $150,000, high score screens, $295,000 and a garage $215,000. 2 extra options are available to purchase from the arcade computer, which are the master control terminal, $1,740,000 and the drone station, $1,460,000. A variety of arcade games are also available to purchase, ranging from $90,000 to $420,000.
Credits
u/Pepperooney_ for adding a bunch of info on the tips and tricks section
u/what_it_dooo for suggesting the roof terrace and the hacking device trick