GTA Online: Personalizations, Heist Guide & The Many Microtransactions

A lot of information about GTA Online has been announced by Rockstar and they have given confirmation about all the rumours that were circulating about there being micro transactions, together with information about heists, jobs, reputation and more.


GTA Online launched on 1st October and here is what we know about it.


GTA Online lets players roam freely around the map.


At a launch you can play with up to 16 players. With Rockstar saying “from launch” we ay even see that increase to 32 players.


As well as being able to join in with GTA Online activities like shooting or watching films, GTA Online gives players the chance to earn money and better their reputation.


Rockstar provided some examples of ways to earn money as taking down gangs, robbing stores and robbing armoured trucks.


A lot of people are asking whether GTA Online will include the heists seen in the single player game.


There is some bad news, although also some good, as when GTA Online first launches there are no heists, but they will be added later on.


Rockstar has stated that heists will “introduce full-on cooperative heist missions that will require careful planning, teamwork and sharp execution – along with the Heist Planning Board for your apartment.”


We had the feeling that there was more potential with GTA 5 heists, however we did appreciate them and are glad to hear that they will feature some more in the future.


As far as GTA Online heists are concerned, there is going to be a planned flag update together with other updates, all of which will be free of charge.


GTA Online will include a reputation system and things that you do in the game earn you a reputation.


What this means is that you can unlock new feautures when playing, make new contacts in the criminal world and have the ability to get particular weapons. The new contacts will then be able to offer new missions to gamers.


You can spend cash on cars, guns, properties and clothes for the character.

Rockstar have stated that the economy in GTA 5 Online is different to the economy of GTA 5 so you are unable to transfer money.


You might be able to earn money faster on GTA Online than you are in the single player mode of the game.


It has been said that properties and cars are cheaper in GTA Online.


GTA Online will include micro transactions which allows players to buy in game case using real money. Rockstar have stated that this will not “disrupt the balance of the game” and players are not required to spend money if they don’t want to.


GTA Online comes with its own special missions and characters.


Players can get missions and jobs from characters, which helps their reputation as well as earns them money.


These missions can be done either on your own, with crews or with random players.


Players are able to race in street and off road events, together with in boats and in the air.


Rockstar have stated that there is going to be a co-op rally mode and the driver and the co-pilot need to work with one another.


There will be a number of different types of sporting events to take part in, such as golf, tennis and base jumping. These all help players to get a reputation and earn money.


GTA Online comes with character creations, which allows players to create their own character.


Gamers are able to buy cars, clothes and weapons.


In GTA Online players are able to customise their cars.


GTA Online will launch a content creator which will let players create their own death matches together with races.


Rockstar stated that they would update the content creator allowing players to then be able to make their own missions.


Rockstar has not said that players will experience problems when connecting to GTA Online, but that impression was given.


It doesn’t come as a shock as Rockstar launched the iFruit app on iOS and Rock Star Social Club.

“There will be the typical growing pains for an online game, including but not limited to crashes, glitches, crazy bugs, gameplay modes and mechanics that need re-balancing and other surprises,” Rockstar said.

“One thing we are already aware of, and are trying to alleviate as fast as we can, is the unanticipated additional pressure on the servers due to a significantly higher number of players than we were anticipating at this point – we are working around the clock to buy and add more servers, but this increased scale is only going to make the first few days even more temperamental than such things usually are,” said Rockstar.

“This is part of the problem some of you have been experiencing with the iFruit App and some Social Club services – we apologize in advance for this and thank you for your patience in this area,” Rockstar explained.

So it is looking like GTA Online will have a great deal of fascinating features, but expect there to possibly be some issues at launch.