Things you didn't know about GTAO until now

[Pedinhuh]

Snow is gone now, but when it was here i noticed that the newest batch of stunt races had the snow on them.

 

Pretty odd, I might add.

[Jamwes]

35 minutes ago, Pedinhuh said:

Snow is gone now

 

And apparently the Christmas clothes are still available. Or, at least, my saved Christmas outfit hasn't gone away yet.

[Spider-Vice]

There's even a new Festive Tee for New Years' so yep.

[Timsalabimbo]

22 minutes ago, Jamwes said:

 

And apparently the Christmas clothes are still available. Or, at least, my saved Christmas outfit hasn't gone away yet.

Correct, and the trees have remained too.

[ventogt]

I just realized today that Danny McBride [Kenny Powers from Eastbound and Down] is a DJ and show host on Blaine County radio.  Pretty effing funny too I heard it today driving back from a gang elimination mission from the Agency at the motel 

[fw3]

I KNOW that when you shoot a flare at a pedestrian, cop, or other player they will catch fire and usually die.

I DID NOT KNOW that when you shoot a fireman he will not catch fire and usually survives.

It's also worth noting that one should never lie upon a log and fall asleep wearing a bikini with their hand in a fire.
Just saying.

[suicidal_banana]

2 hours ago, fw3 said:

I KNOW that when you shoot a flare at a pedestrian, cop, or other player they will catch fire and usually die.

I DID NOT KNOW that when you shoot a fireman he will not catch fire and usually survives.

 

Did you know that when the Casino Heist DLC just released the fireman outfits we could unlock from that were also fireproof?

Lasted for like 20 hours until somebody at R* decided that it was too OP against flying bikes and everybody running around with 50+ explosives, so they removed the functionality...

-----

 

I did not know that after a cheater gets you banned by using your R* profile, they can continue to use your R* profile...?!

Just noticed a few new friend requests from completely unknown people, even though i havent been on any R* game in 2 weeks

Spoiler

Take a wild guess on the nationality of most of these profiles that send requests in the past few days... remind me to join the army if we ever go to war with the whole slav region...

 

Edited December 30, 2021 by suicidal_banana

[meterano7]

There is a clothing rack at Record A Studios where you can buy some exclusive clothing

[Shiloh Comes]

13 hours ago, suicidal_banana said:

 

Did you know that when the Casino Heist DLC just released the fireman outfits we could unlock from that were also fireproof?

 

 

I was playing with a guy around that time and he accidentally menu punched me after exiting whatever he was doing. I was wearing the firefighter outfit and we were next to to the Rockford Hills fire station. As soon as he hit me, the firefighters ran over and started kicking the crap out of him. It was hilarious. They look after their own, I don't know if that's still a thing but it had us both in tears from laughing.

[Gridl0k]

Somewhat ironically, Dre's record studio interior is actually under the golf course

[Jamwes]

9 minutes ago, Gridl0k said:

Dre's record studio interior is actually under the golf course

 

I think the Agency is too. I had a VIP mission that didn't load properly, I was stuck in the Agency garage interior and couldn't leave. The map said I was at the golf course. 

[Sn1perguy1040]

You can use the widowmaker or the minigun to set the target's car on fire in the cofounder payphone mission 

Edited December 31, 2021 by Sn1perguy1040

[nb2010]

Just delivered a car from my autoshop and my car meet rep increased, not by much I guess but the ranking bar thing appeared in the corner of the screen.

 

New thing? Don't recall seeing it before.

[Captain Yamamoto]

26 minutes ago, nb2010 said:

Just delivered a car from my autoshop and my car meet rep increased, not by much I guess but the ranking bar thing appeared in the corner of the screen.

 

New thing? Don't recall seeing it before.

yea that was a change in this update

[FrugalDangerMan]

9 hours ago, Gridl0k said:

Somewhat ironically, Dre's record studio interior is actually under the golf course

 

It took a lot of balls to build there without anyone noticing. 

[Rev. Gnash]

1 hour ago, FrugalDangerMan said:

 

It took a lot of balls to build there without anyone noticing. 

 

 

[CiggSour]

I found out recently from others being called an idiot(Im level 900+) that if you drink Alcohol before entering the sale vehicle(Weed-business) you don't get high from the Weed. No wonder I didn't know this as I am very well educated in the Substance-business IRL and this makes no sence at all. Maybe if we were selling Alcohol and used Speed/Meth you would actually feel sober as Amphetamines demolishes every other drug/high. You can awake dead people with that sh*t.

[RyuNova]

4 hours ago, RevoIutioN said:

I found out recently from others being called an idiot(Im level 900+) that if you drink Alcohol before entering the sale vehicle(Weed-business) you don't get high from the Weed. No wonder I didn't know this as I am very well educated in the Substance-business IRL and this makes no sence at all. Maybe if we were selling Alcohol and used Speed/Meth you would actually feel sober as Amphetamines demolishes every other drug/high. You can awake dead people with that sh*t.

 

IRL it makes no sense but I would guess that our characters can only have one "status effect" active at once so if you have the drunk effect the high effect can't activate.

[SummerFreeze]

4 hours ago, RevoIutioN said:

I found out recently from others being called an idiot(Im level 900+) that if you drink Alcohol before entering the sale vehicle(Weed-business) you don't get high from the Weed. No wonder I didn't know this as I am very well educated in the Substance-business IRL and this makes no sence at all. Maybe if we were selling Alcohol and used Speed/Meth you would actually feel sober as Amphetamines demolishes every other drug/high. You can awake dead people with that sh*t.

There are so many little tricks in this game that compiling them all would be a list with easily over 200 entries.

 

Even pretty fundamental ones, like that in 3rd person there's a small angle whenever you have cover to your left where you can attack enemies but they can't attack you, aren't much known among the player base.

[Super Grunt 281]

35 minutes ago, SummerFreeze said:

There are so many little tricks in this game that compiling them all would be a list with easily over 200 entries.

 

Even pretty fundamental ones, like that in 3rd person there's a small angle whenever you have cover to your left where you can attack enemies but they can't attack you, aren't much known among the player base.

If it's corner shooting you are talking about it's working over obstacles and in cover mode too (enabling the technique in the other direction) , out of cover mode it won't work if you are too close to whatever you are using to 'corner shoot' .

 

I can never remember if explosives (grenade/rocket launcher) with cover mode enabled corner shooting phase through the wall.

 

EDIT : it worked with the rocket launcher and the railgun when I tried behind the fire station of fort zancudo (good spot to gather rifle ammo by the way) , the rocket is easily seen going through the wall.

Edited January 1, 2022 by Super Grunt 281

[Pedinhuh]

Couple of things I noticed while using the perks from the phone contacts while doing Agency contracts on freeroam:

 

-The Agency driver is a half-decent getaway driver, provided that the traffic ahead of him isn't going haywire, he f*cking floors it and can even shake off pursuers in lowriders and Fugitives;

 

-The limo driver isn't too shabby either, but the lack of BP windows on it means you gonna have to shoot your enemies on the getaways and the limo itself is a really bad vehicle to drive while dealing with the civilians driving crazy on the streets, because of the shootouts you're trying to get away from; 

 

-The Merryweather backup helicopter is of surprisingly decent help to do Gang Extermination jobs, they won't exactly kill anyone unless it's a lucky shot, but they will draw the attention and fire away from you, effectively allowing you to pin down the gang members on the ground...It's just a shame that they don't stick around for more than 5 minutes, and they really need better weapons;

 

-Merryweather Airstrike is really useless even to dispatch NPCs that don't leave their positions, you can use it as a distraction though, throw the flare and the surrounding explosions will stun the enemy NPCs, allowing you to get out of your position or counter attack while they are stunned...But the costs doesn't make this worth it;

 

-Merryweather helicopter lift can be used as a makeshift sniper perch for killing the Undercover CEO of one of the Payphone Hits missions.

[rollschuh2282]

well...even though a lot of people already saw it.
i decided to repost the video that shows how we were supposed to see johnny get hit with the golf club.

as you can see, he has a extra blood texture which we never see and there are even particle effects for every hit.
which means that they changed the camera angle last minute

 

Edited January 1, 2022 by rollschuh2282

[Gridl0k]

The Deity gets dangleberries

 

[ApexPulmo]

Just found out today after playing Payphone Hit Mission

 

If you ever failed the assasination bonus, right after you finish the mission don't leave the area, put up the phone, search for contact missions, play (leave the session), finish the job, and then quit the voting screen, when you're in another session, the game still counts that you have met the assasination bonus criteria, still gets paid for 100k

Edited January 2, 2022 by ApexPulmo

[shadyslady]

I played Titan of a job or The Los Santos connection like over 1000 times.. platinumed the game.. Still play gta online.. since 2015

 

But just a few days ago I discovered a ramp at the airport. Leftest entrance, there's the stunt jump ramp which I always used.

 

I just discovered that the ramp left is much easier to maneuver thru cuz there is no traffic coming and the ramp is much broader. 

 

Also, I asked myself why suicide costs 500 $ and sometimes 0 $. 

The latter is the case when you put all your money in your bank account 

[whywontyoulisten]

34 minutes ago, shadyslady said:

I played Titan of a job or The Los Santos connection like over 1000 times.. platinumed the game.. Still play gta online.. since 2015

 

But just a few days ago I discovered a ramp at the airport. Leftest entrance, there's the stunt jump ramp which I always used.

 

I just discovered that the ramp left is much easier to maneuver thru cuz there is no traffic coming and the ramp is much broader.

Maybe one day you'll discover that they unlocked the gates several years ago.

[Zak Ras]

On 1/1/2022 at 8:19 PM, rollschuh2282 said:

which means that they changed the camera angle last minute

Can't think of any reason other than legal getting involved on Dre's behalf. This update was to serve as marketing for Dre's new music, someone in PR probably shat themselves over the idea of Dre as himself, as opposed to as a character, bludgeoning someone over the skull with a golfclub. Going over what you've provided and how it compares to the final product, there's probably 4 shots in total that were censored, here's a run through and my very cheap (and I do mean; very cheap) visualisation of what 2 of them looked like originally.
 

 

Censored Shot 1: After Dre strikes Johnny the first time in the torso, there's a very obvious moment the camera is keyed to whip back up and go in tight on Dre to keep Guns out of frame when he gets hit over the head.

Spoiler

 

 

Censored Shot 2: Our characters reactions are awkwardly framed in an over the shoulder behind Dre, as Dre's doing something horrible for an over the shoulder shot, jumping up and down. This is feels like the camera should've been pulled out more and orientated around the 6 actors to the right a bit.

Spoiler

 

 

Censored Shot 3: The low dutch angle of Dre is very tight, only for the following shot to be another front shot of him? That would've been pulled out more to frame Dre standing over Johnny's beaten body.

Spoiler

 

 

Censored Shot 4(?): Given there's slight facial animation on Guns leftover later on in the scene ("Turns out, golf puts me in a better mood"), I'd say we would've have seen Guns staggering away or something, but given the change of camera angles, it'll have been easier for the animators to just delete the mocap keys after Dre stops attacking him to keep his model still and easier to work around.

 

For anyone thinking; why keep him still and present in the scene rather than just key him under the floor if your not gonna show him? You would run the risk of having the camera show the space he's supposed to be occupying suddenly empty. He already vanishes in the final build of the cutscene when Dre starts beating him up - I doubt the cutscene director would've been happy with a storyline's antagonist, whose just had the sh*t kicked out of him, doing a Batman exit.

Edited January 2, 2022 by Zak Ras

[rollschuh2282]

5 minutes ago, Zak Ras said:

Given there's slight facial animation on Guns leftover later on in the scene ("Turns out, golf puts me in a better mood"), I'd say we would've have seen Guns staggering away or something

nah i think those could just be leftover captures of the actor.
but the thing i also noticed, is how when dre and the player characters walk to the car, the camera seems to move in Johnny´s direction.
which seems weird when we don´t even see him.
so maybe they just moved the camera up there and before they changed it, they had it show Johnny laying there

[Bella Odessa]

Apparently when it rains, the steps in the agency get wet, and while running down them you'll hear and see the splash of water. At least mine in Vespucci does that; don't know about other locations.

[Spider-Vice]

Chop can also make a mess of the living room area in your personal quarters. The carpet will be even dirtier.