Business Knowledge Base - Import/Export

[Sagrawa]

 

sorry if this has been answered, i don't really wanna fish through 36 pages.. but when you get a timed bomb equipped source, can you hook it to a cargobob before it activates (since these tend to spawn in covered areas) or will it blow up regardless since you got in it?

 

It won't activate until you get out of the Cargobob and into the car. If you just pick it up with the 'Bob then the mission itself won't even progress as it would act like you're picking up a normal car.

 

Problem is that you have to drive it for 2 minutes anyway, so you're better off driving it to the warehouse. I only had one location so far where it wasn't easy to get it to the warehouse within the two minutes without damage.

[IntrepidElas]

Just a small thing I found out.

 

When exporting a car, your blip timer won't begin until you end the call from your assistant. This means you can potentially gain an extra 5 seconds of off radar cargo if you let her talk rather than ending the call immediately.

 

At least with my warehouse in El Burro, it means I can be in the highway before the lobby is notified rather than f*cking around in the dirt still.

 

Again it's just a tiny thing, but can make the difference in having a speedy head start in a clusterf*ck lobby.

Edited January 3, 2017 by IntrepidElas

[Gridl0k]

My tip - learn and use the highways. Players are rarely on them, they can't react in time to catch you, the traffic is more predictable and if you get the right warehouse(s) you can be in them within 10s of leaving the highway (Murrieta Heights is mine, exit directly from highway).

[kav173]

 

couldn't find this on the forum

 

but sometimes when you go steal a car they are at a car meeting where there are other cars modded up with things like neon, can you steal these other cars and keep them then go back to the one you were actually meant to steal?

Pretty sure they are all locked.

 

 

I tried it once I got a steal mission where it was a meet up again, you could take the other cars but when you et to mod shop it says it is not open right now, wonder if you could let a mate drop off the main car then you wait in other till after mission is done

[No Use For A Name]

It's a bittersweet day for me. Apparently, Rockstar got wind of people blowing up standard range cars just so they could get a better one next time. They now can't be destroyed till you get in them, then they act like any other car. But on the bright side, they also can't be damaged until you take possession. I'm now rolling up in a Hydra, blowing everything to hell, then driving off with $0 of damage.

 

I can't confirm this works on ALL cars. So far the only missions I've tried it in are the car meets and others where the car is surrounded by enemies

[Johnny GTA Watson]

So because I enjoy variety and I am sh*t at sniping drivers, I have a tip for the steal missions at the racetrack.

 

If you have a Dashound bus in your Pegasus list go ahead and call it when you are nearing the track. Get in the bus and block the exit to the track. It fits perfectly. Start f*cking up all the other cars and after a second those that remain will try to escape only to be stopped by the bus. Just walk up and get in the car you need, blow up the bus, and drive out.

Nice tip.I'm ok at sniping but this just sounds fun.

I've been picking cars straight from the road with the cargobob.Delivery includes driver lol

(Obviously this only works with moving vehicles.I tried it at the racetrack but it was an roofless 811)

Edited January 3, 2017 by JOHNNY GTA WATSON

[GY The Gaming Mastermi]

i am doing this pattern and i am earning about 280k$ per hour on solo.

[spoiler]

To do this pattern you must have:
All 10 normal range cars
all 10 mid range cars
at least 1 top range car.
Selling cars in a session with at least one other person
will prevent any A.I. opposing you in sales.[/spoiler]

[Crafty-]

So, right now I have 3 top range, 8 mid range and 10 standard range, no duplicates.

 

Just sourced a car and its a mid range.

 

Still looking for proof that there is some sort of pattern to car sourcing.

[⁣V⁣]

You can sell 3 cars in 60 minutes if you're playing solo. 1 car for 20 min cooldown. Can probably steal 2-3 cars in the meantime.

BUT

If you got 3 friends and sell 4 cars at once you get 50 min cooldown. That's what f*cking with me.

 

 

And car sourcing are random. I got 3 sh*t Standard range cars in a row. Switched sessions and got 3 top range, part of a collection cars. And if you sell a car you'll get bigger chances to source the same car but with a different license plate.

Edited January 3, 2017 by --V--

[GY The Gaming Mastermi]

So, right now I have 3 top range, 8 mid range and 10 standard range, no duplicates.

 

Just sourced a car and its a mid range.

 

Still looking for proof that there is some sort of pattern to car sourcing.

Once you have 10 normal and 10mid with no dups, you will start to only get top cars until you get all of the 12 top

[Rafae]

You can sell 3 cars in 60 minutes if you're playing solo. 1 car for 20 min cooldown. Can probably steal 2-3 cars in the meantime.

BUT

If you got 3 friends and sell 4 cars at once you get 50 min cooldown. That's what f*cking with me.

 

 

And car sourcing are random. I got 3 sh*t Standard range cars in a row. Switched sessions and got 3 top range, part of a collection cars. And if you sell a car you'll get bigger chances to source the same car but with a different license plate.

So selling 3 cars per hour doesn't bother you but selling FOUR at once every 50 minutes does?

[Tez2]

So, right now I have 3 top range, 8 mid range and 10 standard range, no duplicates.

 

Just sourced a car and its a mid range.

 

Still looking for proof that there is some sort of pattern to car sourcing.

Trust me, I have spent my time looking at the script and it works exactly like others said.

It's how the game is scripted to do it, If you have less than 32 vehicles then the game will ignore duplicates and supply you with new vehicles until you hit the limit which is 32 vehicles then it will stop checking and just move forward to the part where it choose a random vehicle and gives you the details.

That's how you trick the game, by having 10 different Standard and Mid range cars then you leave nothing but Top range cars to supply.

Anyway just like others said, increase the amount of Mid range cars you have to 10 cars and then sell all top range cars and start sourcing.

Edited January 3, 2017 by Fun De Panda

[BodyCounter]

Don't know if this was mentioned today but seems payouts are 25% more right now. 125k for top tier cars for instance.

 

Side note: 30% of my warehouse is Standard and Midrange. Every car I source now is Top End.

Edited January 3, 2017 by BodyCounter

[Vidya Cowboy]

Can you own 5 crate warehouses And a special vehicle garage at the same time? Also can you trade in your special vehicle garage for a different one? Sorry for all of the questions.

[⁣V⁣]

 

You can sell 3 cars in 60 minutes if you're playing solo. 1 car for 20 min cooldown. Can probably steal 2-3 cars in the meantime.

BUT

If you got 3 friends and sell 4 cars at once you get 50 min cooldown. That's what f*cking with me.

So selling 3 cars per hour doesn't bother you but selling FOUR at once every 50 minutes does?

 

It's not that. I can't sell 4 cars when I'm alone. And gotta f*ck around, helping others, returning the favor in the meantime.

And I can't stand the cooldown. We sold a 4 car collection, I set my timer (like I usually do) to 50 min.

50 min go by. I go to the warehouse to see if I can sell another collection, 32 minutes on the cooldown.

 

Do they reset when you switch sessions? What is it?

[CaliMeatWagon]

You can sell 3 cars in 60 minutes if you're playing solo. 1 car for 20 min cooldown. Can probably steal 2-3 cars in the meantime.

 

That's pretty amazing you can sell a car in 00:00:00. Share your secret...

[HopalongCasidy]

So everyone is right on with the 10/10. I sold a duplicate verillier today, giving me 10/9 std./mid, all unique, and I've only gotten top range since, at least 10 vehicles in a row.

 

Also, on the bomb mission, I picked up one in a location today that usually has the bomb, due east of the golf course, dropped it off no prob.

 

Anyone's playlists not working for them today? (xbone)

Edited January 3, 2017 by HopalongCasidy

[feiaschdada]

It's a bittersweet day for me. Apparently, Rockstar got wind of people blowing up standard range cars just so they could get a better one next time. They now can't be destroyed till you get in them, then they act like any other car. But on the bright side, they also can't be damaged until you take possession. I'm now rolling up in a Hydra, blowing everything to hell, then driving off with $0 of damage.

 

I can't confirm this works on ALL cars. So far the only missions I've tried it in are the car meets and others where the car is surrounded by enemies

Does that really work without a code change?

[ash-274]

anyone else do this solo?

 

source

sell

source

vip - hostile takeover at LSIA

 

repeat

 

been working like a charm

I tried that once but it said I can't do VIP work with another event going on. I was alone in the lobby with nothing else going on.

 

Instead I do:

Sell gang car, Sell, Source, Source, Sell, Source, Sell gang car, Source, Sell, Source, Steal gang cars until the timer's up, Sell, Sell gang car, Source, Steal gang cars until the timer's up, Sell, sleep mode

Roughly 100 minutes played, $439,000-$639,000 net earnings (depending on the bonus events), all solo.

Edited January 4, 2017 by ash-274

[ash-274]

 

 

sorry if this has been answered, i don't really wanna fish through 36 pages.. but when you get a timed bomb equipped source, can you hook it to a cargobob before it activates (since these tend to spawn in covered areas) or will it blow up regardless since you got in it?

 

It won't activate until you get out of the Cargobob and into the car. If you just pick it up with the 'Bob then the mission itself won't even progress as it would act like you're picking up a normal car.

 

Problem is that you have to drive it for 2 minutes anyway, so you're better off driving it to the warehouse. I only had one location so far where it wasn't easy to get it to the warehouse within the two minutes without damage.

 

No. If you hook it with the Cargobob and delivery it directly to the warehouse then there is no bomb.

The problem is that most of those jobs spawn the car where it's difficult or impossible to get the hook to it.

If you pick up the car, then end up having to get inside it before delivering it to the warehouse for some reason, then you have to defuse the bomb by driving.

Edited January 4, 2017 by ash-274

[Sagrawa]

You're right, Ash. I should've been clear that it only applies to most, not all of those missions. Thanks for clearing that up:)

[mmm chocolate]

i am doing this pattern and i am earning about 280k$ per hour on solo.

[spoiler]

 

To do this pattern you must have:

All 10 normal range cars

all 10 mid range cars

at least 1 top range car.

Selling cars in a session with at least one other person

will prevent any A.I. opposing you in sales.[/spoiler]

 

dude, switch out your sightseer(s) for hostile takeovers at the airport (LSIA) - way faster. almost the same payout.

[CaliMeatWagon]

Can you own 5 crate warehouses And a special vehicle garage at the same time? Also can you trade in your special vehicle garage for a different one? Sorry for all of the questions.

 

From my understanding yes. But I only own 3 warehouse and the Import/Export

[Jamwes]

 

i am doing this pattern and i am earning about 280k$ per hour on solo.

[spoiler]

 

To do this pattern you must have:

All 10 normal range cars

all 10 mid range cars

at least 1 top range car.

Selling cars in a session with at least one other person

will prevent any A.I. opposing you in sales.[/spoiler]

 

dude, switch out your sightseer(s) for hostile takeovers at the airport (LSIA) - way faster. almost the same payout.

 

 

I'm thinking about doing crates instead of VIP work so that I don't have to worry if anyone else is trying to do VIP in the session.

 

Crate

Source

Crate

Sell

 

Or if you have two crate warehouses and don't like leaving the vehicle warehouse after a source mission.

 

Crate

Crate

Source

Sell

[Business_Cat]

I have a complaint related to import export. I'm referring to the cargobob.
Sometimes, the cargobob unexpectedly hooks the car off, dealing significant damage to it and it makes me angry. How does this happen?

[Jobbo]

 

i am doing this pattern and i am earning about 280k$ per hour on solo.

[spoiler]

 

To do this pattern you must have:

All 10 normal range cars

all 10 mid range cars

at least 1 top range car.

Selling cars in a session with at least one other person

will prevent any A.I. opposing you in sales.[/spoiler]

 

dude, switch out your sightseer(s) for hostile takeovers at the airport (LSIA) - way faster. almost the same payout.

 

I wouldn't suggest switching Sightseer for Hostile Takeover other than for variety - it's rare that it takes 6 minutes, and that would only be if the first package was at the other end of the map. However, how is he doing Headhunter back to back with Sightseer? There's always a 5 minute cooldown before I can do one after the other, or a 10 minute cooldown before I can do the same one again.

 

Anyone suffered the same glitch I did yesterday? Delivered one top range car on my own, got the 25% extra payout. 20 mins later delivered the collection of X80, T20 and Osiris which I'd saved for a couple of days. I only got the standard $300k for the cars, though the bonus payment was 25% higher ($43,750 rather than $35k). Anyone else delivered a collection and not got the 25% extra?

[Black-Dragon96]

 

 

 

 

i am doing this pattern and i am earning about 280k$ per hour on solo.

[spoiler]

 

To do this pattern you must have:

All 10 normal range cars

all 10 mid range cars

at least 1 top range car.

Selling cars in a session with at least one other person

will prevent any A.I. opposing you in sales.[/spoiler]

dude, switch out your sightseer(s) for hostile takeovers at the airport (LSIA) - way faster. almost the same payout.

 

 

I wouldn't suggest switching Sightseer for Hostile Takeover other than for variety - it's rare that it takes 6 minutes, and that would only be if the first package was at the other end of the map. However, how is he doing Headhunter back to back with Sightseer? There's always a 5 minute cooldown before I can do one after the other, or a 10 minute cooldown before I can do the same one again.

 

Anyone suffered the same glitch I did yesterday? Delivered one top range car on my own, got the 25% extra payout. 20 mins later delivered the collection of X80, T20 and Osiris which I'd saved for a couple of days. I only got the standard $300k for the cars, though the bonus payment was 25% higher ($43,750 rather than $35k). Anyone else delivered a collection and not got the 25% extra?

You got 300k because of the bonuses, without them you would have got 160k (80k per car). You get 20k less per car in collections because you dont need to pay 20k to modify them. Edited January 4, 2017 by Black-Dragon96

[C64fanatic]

I have a complaint related to import export. I'm referring to the cargobob.

Sometimes, the cargobob unexpectedly hooks the car off, dealing significant damage to it and it makes me angry. How does this happen?

It's a bug on PC. As far as I know there is no way to prevent it. It just happens.

 

People say that it happens too on consoles, but it has never happend to me on the PS4.

[Classique]

 

 

I wouldn't suggest switching Sightseer for Hostile Takeover other than for variety - it's rare that it takes 6 minutes, and that would only be if the first package was at the other end of the map. However, how is he doing Headhunter back to back with Sightseer? There's always a 5 minute cooldown before I can do one after the other, or a 10 minute cooldown before I can do the same one again.

 

Anyone suffered the same glitch I did yesterday? Delivered one top range car on my own, got the 25% extra payout. 20 mins later delivered the collection of X80, T20 and Osiris which I'd saved for a couple of days. I only got the standard $300k for the cars, though the bonus payment was 25% higher ($43,750 rather than $35k). Anyone else delivered a collection and not got the 25% extra?

 

 

There's a "mini-bug" with VIP Missions. When you start up Headhunter and finishes it, Sightseer will get a 5 minute cooldown. Wait out the cooldown, and start up ightseer. Once Sightseer is done, Headhunter will be available, as there's only a 10 minute cooldown on it (waited 5 min for Sightseer, and completed Sightseer in roughly 5 mins).

So yes, the cooldown for Headhunter (and other VIP missions) decreases even if you're on VIP Work.

 

Regarding you question with selling sourced vehicles, I can't educate you on that. I have little knowledge about sourcing vehicles

You got 300k because of the bonuses, without them you would have got 160k (80k per car). You get 20k less per car in collections because you dont need to pay 20k to modify them.

Erm, wat?

Selling a collection of Top Range Cars will net you exactly $300.000, as each car is worth $100.000, and he sold all three of them as a collection (hence why he didn't have to pay +$60.000 for modifying them).

The bonus should apply, but didn't. Bonus should be +$75.000.

 

 

I have a complaint related to import export. I'm referring to the cargobob.
Sometimes, the cargobob unexpectedly hooks the car off, dealing significant damage to it and it makes me angry. How does this happen?

It's a bug on PC. As far as I know there is no way to prevent it. It just happens.

People say that it happens too on consoles, but it has never happend to me on the PS4.

Hah, it happens for me on PS4 Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Just gotta get lucky!

Edited January 4, 2017 by Classique

[Jobbo]

 

You got 300k because of the bonuses, without them you would have got 160k (80k per car). You get 20k less per car in collections because you dont need to pay 20k to modify them.

 

As Classique says, you don't pay the $20k per car if you sell a collection. And in any case, modification costs are deducted from your bank before you spawn outside your warehouse so it still shows the full figure ($125k or whatever) even if you're not selling a collection.

 

Have you actually delivered any Import/Export cars?