GTA Online DLC Concept - Jet-setters & Party Animals

[elwainio]

**Updated Sept -17 given DLC released since this article was created**

So you’ve spent your ill-gotten gains, you’ve become a VIP and now you run your own criminal organisation? But are you left feeling like you’re missing out? Well it’s time to become an international Jet setter, live the true high life and party like it’s 1999!

This concept DLC for GTA Online is my thoughts and ideas on what Rockstar could do as part of a future update. Please share this with people if you like some of the ideas, as you never know some elements could end up with Rockstar.

CARS

This DLC would focus on a select number of high end sports and classic sports cars along with amendments to an old favourite, who’s been made a little redundant by some recent changes:

• Eagle Speedster

  • Whilst this may look like a classic car (specifically the E Type or Grotti Stinger) this is in fact a modern car in disguise.

    If like me you find the sports classic a bit of a handle on the roads, this is car which has the modern handing and acceleration of a new car, but the curves of the 1960’s!

• DeLorean

  • New sports classic with the famous gull-wing doors.

    But can you get it over 88 mph?

• 1960’s Mini Cooper

  • Another new sports classic, whilst it may seem small and under powered, a few enhancements from Benny will bring this car to the 21st Century and allow for some exciting rally colours and dangerous speeds.

     

    Just don’t blow the doors off…

• Model T

  • ​Comes in any colour except black

• The Existing Limo

  • ​Whilst driving around in the limo is pretty cool, it’s been put in the shade by the new armoured limo. Therefore it’s time to come back to this car and make some changes.

  • Flags – Like on your Pegasus Yacht this car should have the ability to have national flags on the bonnet to give it a real diplomatic flair.

    Add in a chauffeur option to be driven around (essentially making it like a taxi cab – this could be enable via the iFruit or a call to a chauffeur).

  • The sunroof. You can stand up in the armoured limo on the main gun, just like the insurgent. Well the standard limo has a sunroof, why can’t we stand through this, just like Jimmy did in the main game!

PLANES & HELICOPTERS

• ​Drones / UAV’s

  • Controlled via laptop purchased from ammunation, however you’re going to be vulnerable when using the idrone and your attention is elsewhere. However, the suitcase will make a nice melee weapon should anyone get too close.

• Hot Air Balloon

  • ​Because how else will you recuse someone from the prison?

BOATS & OTHER VEHICLES

A few extra boat ideas

• A super speed boat

  • ​The last speedboat added to the game was a bit of a let-down. What is needed is something along the line of the XSR48, a super-fast speedboat that would leave all others in your wake.

• Hovercraft

  • ​Because who doesn’t want to drive from the sea and on to the beach and just keep going. There would be two types, Small / individual and a larger 4 person variety. Controls would be challenging and work similarly to a plane / helicopter.

• Submarines

  • ​New option when calling Pegasus to have your submarine delivered in the sea (as now) or on a lorry for you to drive off in and use where you want it.

GALAXY SUPER YACHT

The super yacht was a bit of a let down. Therefore the following suggestions may help it become useful again:

• Bigger internal layout, including engine room, kitchen and panic room
• New flags (jolly roger etc)
• A moon pool, fitted with an underwater door system (see the film Licence to Kill) where your own sub can dock and venture out from. Entering and leaving in the sub will be mostly like entering or leaving a garage with a small animation and the sub will be specific to the yacht, see a Deepflight Dragon or The Triton as submarine examples in real life.
• A Gun safe and heist room
• Party mode - accessed via the interaction menu and populates the boat with NPC’s and exotic dancers all getting inebriated at your expense! Price will be circa $20k to cover drinks, food and damage but will include:

• Disco lights and spot lights on interior and exterior of your yacht;
• DJ;
• Dancing (see interaction additions below);
• Mercenaries / bodyguards to ensure that trouble makers are swiftly dealt with;
• Fireworks fired from the AA guns;

NEW OUTFITS & CLOTHING

First of all the update will double the number of player saved outfits and also add the following new accessories:

• Belt Buckles

  There are number of small accessories already in the game (Hats, watches etc). However, the humble belt buckle has been neglected for too long and will further allow player customisation.
  

• iFruits

  Now with customisable covers, such as jewel encrusted, skulls etc, see the knuckle dusters for inspiration.
  

• Parachutes with flags on

  Some flags are already in place on the parachute bag But this is on the bag, not the actual chute, therefore this will add countries flags so that you can feel like James Bond on Stand Smith whenever you jump from a plane or helicopter.
  
  And like the bike helmet, you will now be able to select a default option for your parachute so that it is the same whether in game or in a heist, such as the Prison Break or Humane Labs finales.
  

• Balaclavas or Masks

  As above, you can now set a default mask you own to be the standard choice when in a heist, such as pacific standard finale.

NEW COSTUME SHOP

To cope with all the new weird and wonderful outfits requested by Los Santos residents and to get you into the party spirit, a new clothes store is opening in town; complete with:

• Period clothes

  Whether it’s a flapper or gangster from the 20’s or a white suit from the 70’s you’re now covered.

• Movie Themes

  Whether it’s the Rambo or Commando look or the intrepid archaeologist the movies section will keep you coming back for new outfit styles.

• Superhero’s.

  Maybe you want a cape to dress like Impotent Rage, or your other costumed hero, the superhero section will allow you to get your geek on.

• Pirates

  Whilst on board your luxury yacht you may want to look the part and dress like black beard, complete with eyepatch and pirate hat. Yarrrr!

• New Hats

  In addition to the pirate hat, there will be a selection of new party hats and fedoras / fezzes. Plus come back at Halloween and Christmas for your one stop shop for some special limited edition outfit choices.

NEW PLAYER INTERACTIONS

If you love some of the existing interactions, then some of these may also tickle your fancy:

• The Robot

• Breakdancing *Breakdancing (fail) i.e. falls over smacks into pavement etc. *Talk to the hand *“Don’t go there girlfriend”

• Cigars

  • Available from the store like beer or snacks

  • main difference is that they hang around much longer (i.e. a GTA day)

  • Idea based on the Sargent from Aliens or the A Team.

  • Alternatively equip them as an accessory like a hat and buy from a clothes store.

NEW WEAPONS

This update is going to add a couple of new weapons to the game, to fit in with your new jetsetter look and partying atmosphere:

• Walking Cane

  Victorian Gentleman or Pimp style cane to add some class to your character, walk in style when in sneak mode.

  Also useable as a weapon to ‘bop rapscallions on the head’! if they happen to get in your way.

  Or if you prefer the more jewel encrusted look then ammunition will have the variations for you.

• Cricket bat
  Because you never know when you might need one to fend off Zombies Shaun of the Dead style!

MANSIONS

I know that this is an area where many people will have pleaded for them to be added to the game. I am sure that the counter is always, what rooms would you put in a mansion? to avoid some of the disappointment players had once they purchased a yacht . Therefore, rooms in a Mansion could include:

• The usual rooms from High End Apartments (albeit bigger in size), Heist rooms 3 or more Bedrooms and ensuites, like in the yachts. Walk in wardrobes Large kitchen & Dining area

• Garage

  A mansion would likely have a two car garage from the exterior. However implementing a car lift animation could allow a basement garage for storage up to say 20 cars

• Helipad

  effectively mirror the yacht with a pre-set helicopter in the grounds.

• Cinema Room

  Including the ability to watch films from the in game cinemas and content created using the Rockstar editor by players.

  Think of some of the competition winners and music videos created using the editor already.

• Armoury / Load out etc.

  A room to also show off all your guns owned, like in the office.

• Trophy Room / Safe

  Collectables could be a good addition to the game as showing off achievements within an apartment or mansion, winning land races, death matches, completing heists etc.

  A good example of collectables managed well would be the ships, trophies and fish tank from Mass Effect 2 & 3.

• Home Gym

  Have a punching bag to level up your characters strength

• Hot tub & indoor pool

  effectively the same as the yacht, but a large pool in the basement.

• In addition to the above, you could add an NPC butler to follow you round the house (much like in the original tomb raider game).

Other / Small Tweaks & Game Fixes

This section is all about minor amendments to the game that don’t make anything really new, but help improve or balance peoples overall experience:

• Night Club

  As part of the new part mode, you’ll now have access to a new night club, it’s only open to players at night and to get in you’ll need to be on the guest list.

  That can only mean a new selection of themed jobs are available from a new contact before a night of dancing and drinking are open to you.

  It’s time to strut your stuff on the dance floor (from the new player interactions) and get drunk at the bar!

• Radio Stations

  Now you can pre-set all your favourite radio stations, whether it’s for your cars, apartments or yachts.

  Apartment radios will now also tell you which station you are listening to.

  The only exception will be NPC cars, as they’ll all be listening to their own favourite stations.

• Using Armour

  After a few levels the highest level of armour becomes available. Most people then only buy that armour set.

  However, when equipping in game, you have to scroll through to the one you want. This update would only show armour you hold and not the empty slots.

  If you have no armour available then the armour option is greyed out.

• Test drives

  Available for high end cars only.

  in addition to the buy option you can test drive the car which takes you to a single player mode (effectively a solo race) on a test track to drive the car around and test it for yourself.

• Garage interaction

  As a big fan of the new car interactions, the only option in your main garage is to move your cars around to different positions.

  This should extend to open all car doors and bonnets, turn on all the engines and select which cars will be available for races or heists by creating favourites. This will allow quicker selection of your preference when finding the right car for you, especially when you’re on the clock to choose.

  The main car remote will also be upgraded to allow your hazard lights to flash and rev the engines remotely, or lock the car and enable the alarm, any attempt thefts will now alert the police.

• Car Thefts

  Are you still smashing windows like a chump?

  Well a new mission from Lamar will give your character the skills to steal a car like Franklin and leave the window intact, turn off the alarm and disable any tracker (no more NPC bounties).

  This is however only open to ‘Kingpin’ level players.

• Pacific Standard Bank Heist- ‘botched’

  At present you can go into the Bank on the last heist. There’s a big set up and one of the most important of these is the frequency jamming to prevent dye packs going off. Well, what if you could enter the Bank in free play and hold it up like a store?

  Well the Tellers will cooperate and give you up to $50k, however when you walk out the dye packs go off and the money is erased.

  You’ve then got an immediate 5 stars from police and Noose is called, but worst of all, your character is partially covered in blue dye for the next game day, highlighting you to other players, a nice way to troll people!

  In addition you’ll receive a call from an angry Lester saying to not mess with his carefully constructed heist plans! And given the achievement for - world’s stupidest criminal.

Amendments to Heists

As well as the updates above, there’ll also be some minor amendments to the existing heist setups to allow greater enjoyment:

• Outfits and cars can be selected by you when waiting in the lobby of a heist (assuming player saved outfits are available). This will also be true for races and missions (it will work in a similar way to how you currently choose a radio station).

• You will of course still have the option to review your choices in the next screen, but unlike before you can buy ammo and armour at this point also.

• Enforcing minimum player levels, this will be an option for the host to choose whether a level requirement is enforced, so that a level 1 doesn’t join your finale, if you don’t want them there!

• In addition, all the heists will have increasing levels, the Fleeca Job and Prison Break will still be available from level 12, but later jobs will require levels 22, 25 and 30 to participate (but only if enforced by the host).

• New game logic for assigning roles. Whilst the heist leader can still decide who takes what role, the finales will now review player stats and decide who has the best flying skills (if planes or helicopter roles are available) and assign those roles first. This would stop some leaders launching before realising that they should have moved some players around.

• In addition to this, a failed heist will now have the option to return back to the heist planning board, rather than people quitting straight into the game world, whilst some players may still leave, it will allow for people to try a different role in the finale, but most importantly, save on load times.

I hope you like some of my ideas above, please let me have your thoughts and comments on anything which you would like to see in the game.

Edited September 9, 2017 by elwainio

[Geekatoni]

I could see only some of this being possible but i wouldnt see myself dress as a pirate

[ChoosyCircle]

Yeah maybe not the pirates

[elwainio]

Yeah. Didn't think the pirates thing would be for everyone. But the piracy mission for CEO,s made me think about it. As you never know, some people may want to dress up as jack sparrow.

[ChoosyCircle]

Actually looking back it is a good idea all these new features but still no pirates for me