Rockstar Games has released a trailer for today’s Grand Theft Auto: Online update that highlights The Chop Shop and Liberty City’s Yusuf Amir.
It’s a 30-second video that aims to bring GTA 5 fans back into the driver’s seat with fast cars, eccentric characters, and new missions to enjoy. It’s a closer look at a more substantial addition that Rockstar promised late last month.
It’s a Liberty City-meets-Los Santos crossover that takes players back to the golden days of GTA 4, but as detailed in a blog post from Rockstar, it also adds new content to enjoy. However, you’ll mostly be spending your time stealing cars and selling them off for profit.
Players will utilize Salvage Yards as hubs for vehicle-stealing operations.
“There are five Salvage Yard properties to choose from, whether you’re operating remotely from Paleto Bay or getting valuable, central real estate in Strawberry,” Rockstar says. “The Salvage Yard also features optional upgrades including Trade Rates, which extend your chop shop connections to a special discount when requesting destroyed vehicles from Mors Mutual or repairing vehicles in any custom shop. Upgrade the yard with a Tow Truck, allowing you to tow designated delinquent vehicles back to the Salvage Yard for another source of auto parts.”
GTA Online Chop Shop robberies require planning. That means players will search for intel and complete Preps and Freemode Tasks before capping it all off with a “high-speed Finale.” In other words, it’s not quite as simple as just hopping in a car and driving off into the sunset. These missions, which involve some of Los Santos’ shiniest automobiles, require players to think on their feet and prepare for the worst.
The Chop Shop also adds new vehicles, Daily Challenges, Pause Menu Awards, and Career Progress challenges.
GTA Online Isn't Done Yet
GTA+ console members, meanwhile, also get a suite of new rewards, including the illustrious Vinewood Club Garage, which allows players to store up to 100 Personal Vehicles. It’s a bonus that comes with a new car in the form of the Declasse Impaler LX, as well as other perks.
Today’s update is one of GTA Online’s biggest in some time, so you shouldn’t be surprised to hear it comes with more than fast cars and places to store (and steal) them. As previously promised, multiplayer enthusiasts can now enjoy Los Santos' roaming wildlife, which has made the trek over from single-player. Creatures can now be found roaming around on console as players enjoy the new Battle Rifle, Drift Races and Handling Kits, a nice selection of purchaseable law-enforcement vehicles, and more, with Rockstar promising to improve other aspects of the experience, such as voice chat moderation, in the future.
Rockstar can’t help itself but continue to ride the high its set with the release of its GTA 6 trailer last week. While GTA Online is still going strong, the video proved that Rockstar is more than ready to head into the future with new visuals new characters, and new locations.
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