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So what's the most up to date guide on Cayo + on PC for now + best cars for racing in each class + extra questions


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Darth Absentis

After a 5 year break i am looking for a guide that still is up to date after all the changes to do the Cayo perico heist on PC

 

Especially a variation to do the heist with 2 and take the right steps to go for the gold.

So mainly looking for a guide on which guards to take out and which not, which weapon load might be the best for it, or a certain path between all those guards in a non-lethal way as to not to alert anyone.

 

Also curious: is there any method to go and get at the gold solo ?

 

Besides all that, what is the best car in each class for racing and the fastest 4 door on a track ?

 

 

also a lot of random questions:

 

-Is there any way to change the order of all your garages in the list you get when calling your mechanic for a vehicle ?

 

-Is it true that for cargo missions in the night club, you should avoid buying the mule custom ?

 

-Is a phantom wedge worth buying if you are into the cayo perico grind, assuming you can call for it ?

 

-at the LS car meet, what is the fastest way to rank up ?

 

-Any way to iddle at the LS car meet without rubber banding ?

 

-is there any method to make the client cars at the auto shop come in faster ?

Asking this because with all those removed vehicles, there are still a lot of removed vehicles i have not seen yet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airwolf359

I can only talk about heists and businesses, not cars or racing.

 

Cayo Perico has been patched again, no way to get gold solo. They added some additional checks. It requires another player and a lot of dead guards.

You can still glitch yourself into the storages, but you can't interact with the loot until you have opened the doors properly with 2 players and 2 keycards.

 

If you are going to kill guards, learn their parol routes, and kill the Juggernaut early (Aggressor loadout with auto shotgun is most effective for that)

And be careful not to drop any bodies in places where the second shift will spot them. (mainly around the edges of the compound, around the office is ok as long as you make sure the Juggernaut won't get there)

If the alarm goes when you grab the main target, it's because a body has been found by the new guards.

 

If you play solo, I recommend not wasting time killing any of the guards, not even the one by the office upstairs, you can wait for him to walk downstairs and then sneak by behind him.

For secondary loot, don't be picky. If there are paintings in the office, grab them, and / or fill your bag with whatever you can find at your favourite entry / exit location.

Doesn't have to be the white stuff, or even the green stuff, as long as you pass the elite challenge.

 

I have done some full scopes, and it is not worth the time. Just make sure you have unlocked the drainage tunnel and the main docks as entry point.

If you play solo, maybe check for loot, uniforms and the supply truck at the air strip, then grab a bike and make your way to the tower.

Check the office cameras for paintings, maybe parachute to the main docks to check for loot there, before you let the guards catch you and return to Los Santos.

 

Buying a Phantom Wedge is definitely worth it if you frequently play the Longfin approach or the Lost MC Auto Shop contract. You can travel to the police station by air, and call it in on the spot.

Please note that it requires a vehicle warehouse. If you have to buy that specifically for the Phantom Wedge, it's going to take a lot of time to unlocking the Phantom Wedge trade price, so you might want to pay the full price.

However, if you "import" 16 cars, you can unlock some other vehicles at trade price too, your call.

 

For the Nightclub, yes, avoid the Mule Custom and get the Pounder Custom instead.

Edited by Airwolf359
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On 2/2/2025 at 11:39 AM, Darth Absentis said:

Besides all that, what is the best car in each class for racing and the fastest 4 door on a track ?

 

Check out https://gtacars.net/. It's Broughy's site with results from all of his car testing. There are many search and filter options on the site.

 

On 2/2/2025 at 11:39 AM, Darth Absentis said:

-Is there any way to change the order of all your garages in the list you get when calling your mechanic for a vehicle ?

 

You can customize which garage is in which "apartment" slot by buying a new garage and removing/overwriting a previously owned garage. All of the other business garages are static where they are in the list.

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Aragorn71
7 hours ago, SHARKEM said:

Ive done about 30 runs/resets of cayo since yesterday. Looks like the pink diamond has been removed.

You are the architect of your own disappointment. 

Airwolf359
On 2/4/2025 at 11:18 AM, SHARKEM said:

Ive done about 30 runs/resets of cayo since yesterday. Looks like the pink diamond has been removed.

Trying to get a good primary target is a waste of money. You just wasted 3 millions (and possibly Hard mode) trying to get a target that's only half a million more (with secondaries at lower price)

Just make sure you launch the heist in hard mode and take whatever you can get. The secondary loot now pays more if you have a lower value primary target.

With restarts costing 100k each, I'd be more concerned about keeping Hard mode and passing the elite challenge. (full bag(s), 15 minutes, undetected)

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Exsanguination

Solo the airstrip approach is my favorite (fill loot bags) then shoot a boater and steal it and go to drainage tunnel entrance.

 

Once inside I do typically kill a couple guards near the office but it usually works, I go quick and leave via the main gate then into the ocean ...

 

I haven't played it in a while, talking about it makes me want to but I dread doing the preps ....I'm beyond burned out on it 

On 2/5/2025 at 8:58 PM, Airwolf359 said:

Trying to get a good primary target is a waste of money. You just wasted 3 millions (and possibly Hard mode) trying to get a target that's only half a million more (with secondaries at lower price)

Just make sure you launch the heist in hard mode and take whatever you can get. The secondary loot now pays more if you have a lower value primary target.

With restarts costing 100k each, I'd be more concerned about keeping Hard mode and passing the elite challenge. (full bag(s), 15 minutes, undetected)

Ok fair enough. Im not fussed about the money, other than getting the career challenge done quick. I have seen pink diamond since posting that but seems so rare now.

Aquamaniac

Anyone noticed that the "elite guards" lost their red cone I think since the last DLC, so a player who hasn't done the heist before couldn't tell who the elite guards are (only relevant when in guard disguise).

Airwolf359
On 2/7/2025 at 12:12 PM, SHARKEM said:

Ok fair enough. Im not fussed about the money, other than getting the career challenge done quick. I have seen pink diamond since posting that but seems so rare now.

Oh, so you only need the pink diamond for the career challenge and it isn't about money?

My bad, we don't have any of that stuff on PC.

 

Maybe let the heist cool down for 3 real-life days so it gets better primary loot chances.

You might have to steal another tequilla before that works properly.

 

  

On 2/7/2025 at 12:23 PM, Aquamaniac said:

Anyone noticed that the "elite guards" lost their red cone I think since the last DLC, so a player who hasn't done the heist before couldn't tell who the elite guards are (only relevant when in guard disguise).

Yes, I hope that gets fixed soon, it's just a visual bug and those cones should be red.

They are still elite guards that instant detect you, and Pavel still warns you about them over the radio.

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