Things you didn't know about GTAO until now

[effenG]

Well, YOU may not have known about it until now but lots of us have found it very useful to know that: you Won’t Get A Bounty for stealing any car if you Do It While In Passive Mode. Passive is easy to turn on and off and it’s really nice to just grab a damn car and not draw the heat sometimes! Most FNG’s aren’t aware they can easily bypass the threat so, sharing is caring.

[JoeMamma81]

6 minutes ago, effenG said:

Well, YOU may not have known about it until now but lots of us have found it very useful to know that: you Won’t Get A Bounty for stealing any car if you Do It While In Passive Mode. Passive is easy to turn on and off and it’s really nice to just grab a damn car and not draw the heat sometimes! Most FNG’s aren’t aware they can easily bypass the threat so, sharing is caring.

 

Yeah, but getting a bounty is a fun and easy way to get money and XP.....if you do it in an "invite only" or solo session.....

[Taterman]

4 hours ago, effenG said:

Well, YOU may not have known about it until now but lots of us have found it very useful to know that: you Won’t Get A Bounty for stealing any car if you Do It While In Passive Mode. Passive is easy to turn on and off and it’s really nice to just grab a damn car and not draw the heat sometimes! Most FNG’s aren’t aware they can easily bypass the threat so, sharing is caring.

Never knew this thanks. Does it apply to stealing Simeon cars?

[Timsalabimbo]

1 hour ago, Taterman said:

Never knew this thanks. Does it apply to stealing Simeon cars?

I don't think you get bounties when stealing cars for Simeon. However, this trick does help when you've got daily objectives that require you to steal 10 cars.

[Taterman]

11 minutes ago, Timsalabimbo said:

I don't think you get bounties when stealing cars for Simeon. However, this trick does help when you've got daily objectives that require you to steal 10 cars.

I see. I've gotten wanted levels stealing Sentinal's to sell myself and when it's a Simeon car I get wanted every time.

[Timsalabimbo]

1 hour ago, Taterman said:

I see. I've gotten wanted levels stealing Sentinal's to sell myself and when it's a Simeon car I get wanted every time.

It's not about wanted levels, it's about getting a bounty on your head. You will get a wanted level when stealing cars, even in passive mode, but not a bounty.

[Gridl0k]

If you time it right you can have both the bounty and passive mode fwiw 

[pez2k]

On 9/17/2020 at 7:28 PM, JoeMamma81 said:

Unsure if it's been brought up before or not (not looking back through 536 pages), but if you haven't gotten the Simeon SMS Text about the Export cars, but you get the Two-Star Wanted level, like it's coming within some time soon in-game, for stealing a car (that's going to be ON the list), you can still delivery that car and get the money.

Yeah, the traffic spawns will start to include the cars on the list, which becomes a nuisance when you start to get 2 stars stealing traffic cars while trying to do something else. I used to prioritise stealing a car that would be on the Simeon list early in a session so that I could sell it and get rid of that automatic wanted level.

 

The Simeon list that included the Tailgater was also one of the few ways to get one to spawn in free roam, due to this changing of the spawns. I'm assuming the new lists don't include it though.

[Zak Ras]

The Fleeca Job.

 

You can aim the Flashlight at the hostages to keep the imtimidation meter raised. If you're wondering how I came to find that out, let's just say when you're the Driver on the Fleeca Job and it lasts 37 minutes, you tend to try and keep yourself occupied to stop yourself going insane.

 

This game is 7 years old and there's still new ways of finding humour in it, to have NPC's screaming and cowering in fear because some guy's shining a torch in their face has me picturing the whole clientele of The Pacific Standard lying on the floor screaming in fear because two guys are walking around shining torches on them light cinema ushers pointing out chairs.

[Taterman]

18 hours ago, Timsalabimbo said:

It's not about wanted levels, it's about getting a bounty on your head. You will get a wanted level when stealing cars, even in passive mode, but not a bounty.

Ah, got it now. I was mixing the two up. Thanks.

[gnomefromnome]

When you bring a car for Export to Simeon, you can add your crew's Emblem as well.

 

Spoiler

but don't cuz Simeon don't want the crew emblems lmao

 

 

Edited September 21, 2020 by gnomefromnome

[SummerFreeze]

More Casino Heist stuff:

 

You can hijack the Cargobob (roof/helipad entry) during the Aggressive approach, but not Silent & Sneaky.

 

What's even more interesting is that during Big Con with the Yung Ancestor disguise you can shoot a guard outside and the heist will (obviously) turn aggressive, but it means you won't have to watch that long, non-skippable cutscene, and when you come out, you will still get to use Yung's Furia for the getaway.

 

That's a pretty fun way to do this heist. Yohan (5% hacker) should be enough for a good 2-player team to get all art on hard*, and I'd recommend using Packie (8% gunman) for his compact rifles.

 

*edit: Or use Paige to be safe.

Edited September 21, 2020 by SummerFreeze

[Gaffa]

This guy's ready for next gen...

[Pedinhuh]

If your property, like a safehouse or business, is close to a road and you want to have your Personal Vehicle outside, you can call one of your Personal Vehicles by calling the mechanic, he usually will deliver your PV near your doorstep but not all the time though.

 

This works on my Casino Penthouse but it doesn't work on my Stilt House, 2044 North conkers drive.

Edited September 24, 2020 by Pedinhuh

[Erased]

I don't know if it's just me because I just never noticed I guess but I just now noticed that there is loud ass radio music playing in the casino. I literally never noticed it until now. Heard BSB blasting over the noise of the slots and was like WTF is that? lol

[Gridl0k]

As if to underline the fact they don't know their MLRS from their SAM, Chernobog does this when you fire, but you can't see it if you're the one firing;

 

 

ps GIVE ME BACK OLD CHERNOBOG YOU f*ckS. Can't believe ok can believe that in a world of OP broomsticks they nerfed the f*cking long range anti-air asset.

 

pps dear rockstar if you give me proximity defence like in battlefield I will orally service all of you.

Edited September 22, 2020 by Gridl0k

[EkaSwede]

You can actually die from smoking. You just have to keep walking and smoke otherwise you'll regen too fast while standing still.

[Pedinhuh]

You lose health from strong vehicle crashes and collisions but you can't die from them.

 

To prove this, just get any car that low enough to wedge itself into the underside of a overpass and build up some speed towards, if you crash it right your car will wedge itself in and out between the underside of the overpass, damaging the vehicle and making you lose health...But even when it reaches the minimum of the HP bar you still wont die.

On 9/20/2020 at 9:48 PM, Zak Ras said:

The Fleeca Job.

 

You can aim the Flashlight at the hostages to keep the imtimidation meter raised. If you're wondering how I came to find that out, let's just say when you're the Driver on the Fleeca Job and it lasts 37 minutes, you tend to try and keep yourself occupied to stop yourself going insane.

 

This game is 7 years old and there's still new ways of finding humour in it, to have NPC's screaming and cowering in fear because some guy's shining a torch in their face has me picturing the whole clientele of The Pacific Standard lying on the floor screaming in fear because two guys are walking around shining torches on them light cinema ushers pointing out chairs.

Dousing gasoline on them is funnier if you ask me.

[touchedmysoul09]

Apparently you can’t play arcade games in passive mode 🕹

[ilovefreebird]

18 hours ago, touchedmysoul09 said:

Apparently you can’t play arcade games in passive mode 🕹

I thought that fixed that in the newest update?

[touchedmysoul09]

6 hours ago, ilovefreebird said:

I thought that fixed that in the newest update?

I had just tried to do it when I posted that, so I don’t think so. 

[fryday]

On 9/20/2020 at 9:54 PM, pez2k said:

Yeah, the traffic spawns will start to include the cars on the list, which becomes a nuisance when you start to get 2 stars stealing traffic cars while trying to do something else. I used to prioritise stealing a car that would be on the Simeon list early in a session so that I could sell it and get rid of that automatic wanted level.

 

The Simeon list that included the Tailgater was also one of the few ways to get one to spawn in free roam, due to this changing of the spawns. I'm assuming the new lists don't include it though.

If you start fortified before, you wont get a wanted Level.

[stagolee]

On 9/24/2020 at 8:06 PM, EkaSwede said:

You can actually die from smoking. You just have to keep walking and smoke otherwise you'll regen too fast while standing still.

Thanks, that's useful 

 

[Gridl0k]

For the first time ever I think my alt's stats have actually atrophied over time, I'm sure I remember levelling her strength (kicking a car with an NPC in it...) but now it's down to 1 bar along with low stealth and lung capacity. I'm a noob! halp. She's not been umm played with for over 2 years.

 

Playing DCH with her because wanted to see who gets kicked more, level 1280 guy or 143 woman, hmmmmmm

Edited October 1, 2020 by Gridl0k

[nb2010]

On 9/20/2020 at 3:17 AM, effenG said:

Well, YOU may not have known about it until now but lots of us have found it very useful to know that: you Won’t Get A Bounty for stealing any car if you Do It While In Passive Mode. Passive is easy to turn on and off and it’s really nice to just grab a damn car and not draw the heat sometimes! Most FNG’s aren’t aware they can easily bypass the threat so, sharing is caring.

This is good to know as once a bounty is placed on you, you cant go passive.

[PwnageSoldier]

22 hours ago, Gridl0k said:

For the first time ever I think my alt's stats have actually atrophied over time, I'm sure I remember levelling her strength (kicking a car with an NPC in it...) but now it's down to 1 bar along with low stealth and lung capacity. I'm a noob! halp. She's not been umm played with for over 2 years.

Err.. Did you max those stats? Because if they are maxed out they don't atrophy, at least in my experience.

 

On 9/22/2020 at 6:55 AM, Gridl0k said:

GIVE ME BACK OLD CHERNOBOG YOU f*ckS. Can't believe ok can believe that in a world of OP broomsticks they nerfed the f*cking long range anti-air asset.

What do you mean by nerf?! Please god don't tell me the 1000m lock-on range was nerfed... 

Edited October 2, 2020 by PwnageSoldier

[Gridl0k]

1 hour ago, PwnageSoldier said:

Err.. Did you max those stats? Because if they are maxed out they don't atrophy, at least in my experience.

 

What do you mean by nerf?! Please god don't tell me the 1000m lock-on range was nerfed... 

Pretty sure I maxed those stats but can't swear to it.

 

Every time there's a point change there's changes to chernobog, the lock on isn't what it was and the missile speed is lower too, so jets can actually circle and evade.

23 hours ago, Gridl0k said:

Playing DCH with her because wanted to see who gets kicked more, level 1280 guy or 143 woman, hmmmmmm

Trick question, network errors and black screens don't care about rank

[PwnageSoldier]

1 minute ago, Gridl0k said:

Pretty sure I maxed those stats but can't swear to it.

 

Every time there's a point change there's changes to chernobog, the lock on isn't what it was and the missile speed is lower too, so jets can actually circle and evade.

w h y

I literally cannot say anything else than that. I'm speechless, R*. The Chernobog was my anti-air baby, and you stolen some of him from me.

 

Well, at least it's still relatively useful in anti-air.

[Pedinhuh]

In a surprisingly attentive continuity nod, the Benefactor BR8 actualy has the same engine sound of the Benefactor Krieger, only its touched up to sound louder at higher revs but the engine sound note is actually the same.

Edited October 5, 2020 by Pedinhuh

[MikeyDLuffy]

After changing sessions, mc crew members have to be re invited.