With just hours remaining until the initial launch of Grand Theft Auto Online,
here’s some more information to share to help get everyone ready for
tomorrow. You can also look forward to plenty of GTA Online game tips
and other community support features to roll out at the Rockstar Games
Social Club website tomorrow as well – expect tutorial tips to be
updated regularly as new content is added to GTA Online.
Access to GTA Online
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Access to Grand Theft Auto Online is free with your copy of Grand Theft
Auto V. On October 1st there will be a small downloadable Title Update
released on PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE. Upon installation of that
Title Update, direct access to begin GTA Online will be unlocked in
your GTAV game menu. You will be able to jump right into GTA Online via
the 4th (bottom) slot in your GTAV character wheel. We’ve received many
questions asking for a specific confirmation of what exact time GTA
Online will be available but of course this is contingent on both Title
Updates becoming available on each console’s network. As a general
timeframe, we do expect the Title Update to become available on PSN and
Xbox LIVE starting around 7AM ET tomorrow morning, and your best bet is
to stay tuned throughout the day here at the Rockstar Newswire and by
following us on Twitter and Facebook where we will be keeping everyone updated.
When does GTA Online Take Place?
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Some people who’ve been playing through Grand Theft Auto V’s Story Mode
have been inquiring how the narrative of GTA Online correlates or
crosses over. Grand Theft Auto Online is set a few months prior to the
events of Grand Theft Auto V’s single player story.
Home and Garage Security
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There’s plenty of havoc and treachery you can cause out in the open
world of course, but in order to prevent some really annoying
“griefing”, we’ve designed house party invitations specifically to be a
friendly social affair where players can visit each other’s pads without
fear of having them ruined or losing their hard-earned vehicles in the
process. If someone invites you into their property, then it is
considered a friendly visit and you will not be able to shoot up their
place or steal their cars from their garage. By the way, in any given
lobby, if you and another player own the same piece of property, you
will each be able to enter your own personal instance of that property
at any given time. You will also be able to enter each other’s instance
of that property if you exchange and accept an invite. This way,
multiple instances of ownership of the same property within a lobby can
co-exist.
GTA$ and Fair Play
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To allay some concerns we’ve heard on this subject, we can assure you
that the game is designed such that the option of purchasable GTA$
should not disrupt the playing field – and there are a few mechanics in
place to help ensure that. All players still have to rank up with
Reputation Points (RP) in order to get access to purchase high-end
items. No one can begin GTA Online and simply spend a lot of money out
of the gate to get a leg up. You will have to earn your stripes and play
to unlock access to the aspirational clothes, guns and other items.
Please also remember that in GTA Online, hustling to afford the finer
things by earning GTA$ doing robberies, stick-ups, winning races and
other profitable activities is a fun gameplay experience rather than
ever being a ‘grind’. As we mentioned on Wednesday,
we will constantly tweak all areas of the game to make it play fairer
and iron out any balancing problems (while fixing all the other problems
we encounter!), but we really need your help in figuring out what those
issues are. So please work with us on that!
An Ever-Growing Collection of Jobs
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Grand Theft Auto Online is a long-term GTA experience that you can
expect to be built-upon, to grow and to evolve in many ways in the
coming weeks, months and beyond. As part of that, there will be a
massive amount of Jobs available to play over time as we will be
regularly adding new ones for you to enjoy. Additionally, you will soon
be helping to add content to the game world yourselves, by creating
custom Race and Deathmatch Jobs through the Content Creator tool which
we plan to release this fall. Grand Theft Auto Online is a collaborative
project between Rockstar and all GTA players worldwide, so expect that
we’ll effectively be working on it together from day one. As a very
small example, the Crew Hierarchies feature that was introduced a few weeks back on Social Club was a direct result of popular fan feedback from last year
– and we’ll be looking at the GTA Online community’s feedback, input
and ideas constantly to help inform how the game itself will grow and
evolve. As mentioned last week, we’ll be looking closely at your
feedback emails sent to GTAOnline@rockstargames.com
and in the GTA Online Suggestion Box board at the forthcoming Social
Club Forums. We’re very much looking forward to welcoming you as active
participants in the world of GTA Online starting tomorrow.
The Character Creation System
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The hereditary-based character creation system of Grand Theft Auto
Online allows for a multitude of options to create your avatar that will
then inhabit the online world of Los Santos & Blaine County.
Choose your gender then decide on your mother and father. From there,
you can choose to give one parent genetic dominance or leave them more
evenly matched. The choice is yours. Next, you adjust a set of lifestyle
variables which help determine your character’s appearance and starting
stats. Decide how much sleep he/she gets, how much partying they
indulge in, how much honest work versus illegal activity, and more.
Essentially, you can adjust the genetics to wind up with a fresh faced
lad or lass or a grizzled, haggard degenerate or anywhere in between!
You’ll also be able to preview your end result in real time all
throughout to ensure you’re satisfied before putting your character on a
direct flight to LS. Of course, once you’re out and about in the open
world, you can further customize your character with haircuts, clothing
and accessories to suit your tastes.
Exclusive Social Club Features
- In Grand Theft Auto Online, Social Club members get access to weaponry and vehicular unlocks, a whole new suite of Crew features to represent and coordinate with your squad, and special tools to get the most out of Rockstar Jobs and user-created Jobs when the Content Creator tool launches this fall. Check out the updated www.rockstargames.com/V/socialclub for an overview of GTA Online Social Club features including new Crew customization possibilities like Crew colors and Emblem vehicle decals, Crew messaging options, and Open or Closed Crew Sessions. Plus unlocks like the Sawed-Off Shotgun, the Annis Elegy RH8 and the John Marston Parent option to do the Marston family proud in the modern day West. Also stay tuned for info later in October about the very first GTA Online Social Club Events which will have special Event Playlists curated by Rockstar, reserved in-game license plate awards for top players, and more. So, if you haven’t joined, we recommend doing so!
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