Next DLC Speculation Thread (Part 6)

[Gaffa]

1 hour ago, MajorVienna said:

Just spotted the teaser as an ad on Twitch, Not sure if Rockstar did this with other updates.

Yeah they've had their upcoming DLC trailers as ads on YouTube before now too I believe. That might suggest that's all the promotional video material we're going to get before the update drops. 

 

Also... the E-Type - I hope Rockstar made an option for both hard top and soft top variants... could easily do it with bodystyles (vehicle extras). 

 



 

Not sure which livery / stripe setup I prefer there. Maybe the top one. 

 

And let's not forget the more updated, modern version of the E-Type which was featured on Top Gear, the Eagle Speedster... 

 



 

[Guest]

^wow, Eagle Speedster looks nice, and you can even already see where R* will place the rocket launchers 

Edited June 28, 2018 by Guest

[MeisterJazz]

Has there been any leaks?

[Sanches]

@MeisterJazz

Just my basement pipes.

[Commander S]

1 hour ago, Lucy_Woooolfe said:

But I'm afraid, with the gaming community being as it is, the only way to "re-socialize" Freemode from our current random warzones back into a more balanced meeting place providing equal opportunities for everyone, is giving players more control over who they want to play the game with. And since neither vote-kicking systems nor the dubious bad-sport-points so far have worked, what remains for R* would be to finally increase dramatically accessible gameplay in closed lobbies, especially Crew lobbies (this is not necessarily about solo-ing, this is about improving chances of getting together with like-minded players and play the full game nevertheless). And the chances of R* doing that, are pretty low.

 

Yeah - not to be a big ol' cynic (who, me? ), but there's still a chance R* could screw this up. Two chances, in fact:

 

1. You can't hire staff or do anything meaningful in your club outside public Freemode - so if you want your peaceful, regular nightclub to run properly, you're forced to deal with orbital cannons, bombing runs, flying cars, etc. Yanno, just regular nightclub management stuff, exactly like in TBoGT.

 

2. Even worse: instead of having NPC patrons, the only people you can invite are ...other players. Perfect way to have clubs be completely useless by Day 2 of the update, because everyone in a session will be too concerned with buying/running their own outfit (or just earning money to afford new stuff) to come and hang out in yours.

 

I don't think R* is quite so bone-headed as to make Option 2 likely (although that said, look at CEOs/associate pay, and how that worked out...), but Option 1? Hopefully players can do all the club stuff solo, with the main public Freemode benefit of clubs being the consolidation angle, because otherwise... 

[symphonight]

Btw.. if they are really put two update in once.. it could be perfect to be the.. Mid/Nightclub héhéhé

[docpain222]

1 hour ago, Commander S said:

 

Yeah - not to be a big ol' cynic (who, me? ), but there's still a chance R* could screw this up. Two chances, in fact:

 

1. You can't hire staff or do anything meaningful in your club outside public Freemode - so if you want your peaceful, regular nightclub to run properly, you're forced to deal with orbital cannons, bombing runs, flying cars, etc. Yanno, just regular nightclub management stuff, exactly like in TBoGT.

 

2. Even worse: instead of having NPC patrons, the only people you can invite are ...other players. Perfect way to have clubs be completely useless by Day 2 of the update, because everyone in a session will be too concerned with buying/running their own outfit (or just earning money to afford new stuff) to come and hang out in yours.

 

I don't think R* is quite so bone-headed as to make Option 2 likely (although that said, look at CEOs/associate pay, and how that worked out...), but Option 1? Hopefully players can do all the club stuff solo, with the main public Freemode benefit of clubs being the consolidation angle, because otherwise... 

I highly doubt they would not have npc's in the club. Promoting it as stated in the newswire probably relates to the number of NPC's in the club is my guess.

[MaddenedGhost]

So this update, as yan said, is supposed to contain the content of two updates, if we don't get some decent clothing in this next package, there's no hope for the future.

 

Knowing Rockstar, we will get 50 camo textures for one T-Shirt, hopefully not.

 

11 minutes ago, docpain222 said:

I highly doubt they would not have npc's in the club. Promoting it as stated in the newswire probably relates to the number of NPC's in the club is my guess.

There are NPCs in the teaser from few days ago.

Edited June 28, 2018 by The-Ghost

[TheDribblyMidgetJame]

Totally forgot about this being a supposed 2-in-1 update.

 

My guess is that it's the Nightclubs as we were expecting, but with something like a High Life Pt. 2 mixed in. So more cars and other vehicles, clothes, and maybe a few weapons thrown in...

[Mach1bud]

I think Nightclubs + Business Consolidation = "two" updates in one.

 

 

[Sanches]

Didn't Yan told that these two are seperate?

[bulldog385]

Nightclub Heists with one involving a Casino and one involving Rigging the State Lottery in December. Calling it now … LOL 

[Mach1bud]

10 minutes ago, Sanches said:

Didn't Yan told that these two are seperate?

I think some mixed messages got crossed and it was always one update tbh. Just with two major features.

[lorsch]

Yan said he thinks they will combine those 2 updates. Watch the Podcast on Broughy's channel.

 

It might make sense, the Pounder Custom sounds like something that would be introduced with the business consolidation to me.

[Maeve]

Again, I’m not sure if Qabeta3 is relevant or not, but it’s just been updated again. 

 

And it’s just hit four months since the update on Qabeta.

[Mach1bud]

1 minute ago, lorsch said:

Yan said he thinks they will combine those 2 updates. Watch the Podcast on Broughy's channel.

They literally say it on the Newswire. Both are in this update and I think they always were intended to be together.

[Nutduster]

Yeah, the bit about using the nightclub as a front for your other businesses seems like it's definitely referencing the consolidation concept.  And since that's a rather realistic thing that criminal organizations actually do, I agree with Mach - this was always just one update.  I think Yan's source(s) had him like the proverbial blind man touching parts of an elephant and not realizing it was all the same animal.

[Kiwikieron]

If the 10th is the most likely date for the update which is less than two weeks and yet we haven't got a qabeta update yet do you think qabeta 3 may be the new test branch?

[Maeve]

2 minutes ago, Kiwikieron said:

If the 10th is the most likely date for the update which is less than two weeks and yet we haven't got a qabeta update yet do you think qabeta 3 may be the new test branch?

I’d say it’s possible, but I cannot confirm. I don’t think we ever found out the true purpose of Qabeta3.

[ajheadshot777]

11 minutes ago, Jester The Marble Fox said:

I’d say it’s possible, but I cannot confirm. I don’t think we ever found out the true purpose of Qabeta3.

If that is the case, then that's a smart business move by Rockstar. We're all sitting here waiting to see qabeta to update (and I'm sure they know that) but qabeta3 has been the new test branch the whole time, and then BOOM, new hella expensive DLC outta nowhere!

Edited June 28, 2018 by ajheadshot777

[Maeve]

1 minute ago, ajheadshot777 said:

If that is the case, then that's a smart business move by Rockstar. We're all sitting here waiting to see qabeta to update (and I'm sure they know that) but qabeta3 has been the new test branch the whole time, and then BOOM, new hella expensive DLC outta nowhere!

Oh yeah, I totally agree. I’m starting to think that this is actually the case. If qabeta doesn’t update within the next few days, I’d put my money on qabeta3 being the one to watch.

[Mach1bud]

If they stick to the roughly 91 days between updates....

 

RDR2 comes out October 26th, 91 days before that is July 27th, a Friday. Now I assume they will want a buffer between GTA content and the release of RDR2, as by then marketing will surely be being pushed hard.

 

This last update they released dripfeed cars every two weeks, so I assume there will be two weeks between the last dripfeed content and RDR2 release.

 

If the release on July 10th, the dripfeed would end on October 9th (a Tuesday, exactly 91 days), and then RDR2 releases 2.5 weeks later on the 26th.

 

Just random thoughts on my Thursday morning.

 

Edited June 28, 2018 by Mach1bud

[rollschuh2282]

I have a theory about qabeta3.

I think qabeta3 was originally just for the new launcher that will use the playGTAV.exe like with L.A Noire and max payne 3.

But they started to test it in that branch too.

So i think they used qabeta3 for testing and the new launcher this update, and after the update they will use qabeta again.

Edited June 28, 2018 by rollschuh2282

[Bahama mammas]

1 hour ago, TheDribblyMidgetJame said:

Totally forgot about this being a supposed 2-in-1 update.

 

My guess is that it's the Nightclubs as we were expecting, but with something like a High Life Pt. 2 mixed in. So more cars and other vehicles, clothes, and maybe a few weapons thrown in...

And more garage space, would be nice.

[Gridl0k]

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[IceDree]

18 minutes ago, Mach1bud said:

I think some mixed messages got crossed and it was always one update tbh. Just with two major features.

 

That's what it looks like to me.

 

Money Laundering is one of the reasons why criminals would own a nightclub.

 

Illicit cash + Nightclub + cooking the books = clean money.

 

The illicit cash is where the "businesses consolidation" comes into play. I'm looking forward to see how R* gonna pull this one off.

 

____

 

I also think update was planned for a July release from the get go.

 

We all know R* doesn't schedule dlc releases to complete with other Studios\Games, but what if there's something that could potentially steal the spotlight from GTAO? Something big? an international event that attracts the attention of hundreds of millions of people? Enter the World Cup.

 

Why take the risk of releasing an expensive, major & a game changing update that might go unnoticed? We're not talking about I'm Not a Hipster here. Just wait for the buzz to die a little or even wait for the whole thing to end before you make your move.

 

The World Cup will end on July the 15th, a Sunday.

[Tails Prower]

Just to add my two cents to the equation but I have a feeling that with the returning player rewards/discounts that are proposed

(newswire articles) it looks more likely that the middle of July is DLC time after the world cup.

 

If were getting an incentive to log in this week and asked to return again between 3-9 July for the money incentive and again

asked to login later in July for each week this concludes the plan is either to make the DLC available mid July or we get something

from each event week between now and end of July and then get access to the DLC.

 

Hopefully as IceDree speculates it's just after the world cup but my money is now on August and the "drip-feeD" will drag it

out until Red Dead Redemption 2 launches...(prepares for daggers/insults )

Edited June 28, 2018 by Tails Prower

[rollschuh2282]

Looks like R* wants me to buy the criminal enterprise starter pack.

Have it 50% off 

[Fatsanchez]

I wonder if GTA5 will reach the end of its life without having some kind of tuners update. This one was looking like it could be the one (i got high hopes when Yan told us about how it would be 2 updates in one), but judging by the teaser its probably a lost battle. I mean this is probably the last opportunity for a great DLC as RDR is just around the corner I guess.

[IceDree]

14 minutes ago, Tails Prower said:

Hopefully as IceDree speculates it's just after the world cup but my money is now on August.

 

I wouldn't make that bet if I were you

 

The nightlife scene in Los Santos is getting a major upgrade. Thanks to the efforts of one well-known, well-connected and somewhat financially sound impresario the underground dance club scene is about to blow open in July

 

https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/60474/Coming-Soon-to-Los-Santos?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=gtao-comingsoon-06252018&utm_content=newswire