Grand Theft Auto V Legacy News

Rockstar pays $10k to the modder who fixed GTA Online's ridiculous load times

Grand Theft Auto V's load times are ridiculous. That's true of GTA V proper, and it's extra true of GTA Online. One modder discovered a way to reduce those loading times by 70%, and it seems Rockstar has taken notice - thankfully, this time it's not just to shut down the mod in question. Instead, that loading time fix is getting officially implemented in an upcoming patch.

In the most basic terms, t0st reported that there's a single-thread CPU bottleneck when GTA Online starts loading up, and the game spends ages reading redundant information from a JSON file that doesn't have much reason to exist. In his original findings, t0st wrote: "If this somehow reaches Rockstar: the problems shouldn't take more than a day for a single dev to solve. Please do something about it."

In a new update to that post, t0st says he "just got awarded $10k" through Rockstar's bug bounty programme, which is normally used only for major security issues. t0st adds that "I did try asking for more technical details but they couldn't say anything."

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GTA Online's weekly update brings double rewards for putting up with Lamar

It's Thursday in Los Santos, which means GTA Online players are mulling around to see if there's anything decent in the crime game's weekly update. Rockstar Games will have its usual roundup up on its newswire later today, but the update has already gone live, so, uh, why wait?

This week you're getting double rewards for doing Lamar Davids' contact missions, which is excellent news for those of you who are a fan of the recent Franklin roast memes. Lamar's missions are a good time and almost heist-like. That said, they don't pay the best in terms of dosh, so hopefully, this week will make them more worth your time. If you fancy switching things up, Martin Madrazo's contact missions are also paying out double rewards, and offer the same kind of experience you get with Lamar, just - you know - without Lamar's nonsense.

There are more ways to make better money in GTA Online this week, too. Business Battles and Transform Races are paying out double their usual rewards. The former is a freemode event that involves nicking cargo, whereas the latter is a variant of GTA Online's stunt races.

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GTA 5 modders are turning the Mile High Club construction site into DLC

For close to eight years, Grand Theft Auto 5's Mile High Club has remained unfinished. The skyscraper's skeletal structure looms over the Pillbox South Station of Los Santos Transit, and it'll likely stay that way for a while longer. While GTA Online has seen the Diamond Casino open its doors and Cayo Perico become a far-off destination for robbers, GTA 5's offline offering has mostly remained untouched. It's a scenario that begs the attention of modders.

One group of players have banded together to complete the Mile High Club's construction, and it's clear they have big ideas. The project's lead architect, Kalit, tells me that it all started as a small side project meant to help them grow familiar with modelling environments for videogames. Close to a year later, though, and a completed version of the Mile High Club is now a slice of something much larger.

Rags and Riches is a piece of fan-made DLC that fleshes out the Mile High Club and Facade Theatre's interiors and exteriors. The mod also features story missions that whisk you away to new locations that the team has stitched together. You can tackle those missions as Michael, Trevor, Franklin, or a version of yourself if you want a GTA Online-like experience. Plenty is being kept under wraps right now, though we know that new weapons and vehicles are also in the works. It's currently available on Patreon, but a free version will be free when the mod is done.

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GTA 5 Cheats: every cheat code for PC, PS4, and Xbox One

Grand Theft Auto 5 features one of the most expansive open worlds in gaming, which makes it a trek to explore on foot. Sure, you could hail a taxi, or steal a random car on the side of the road, but there is an easier way to get around. There are times where it would be far less complicated to simply spawn a helicopter right at your feet, and these GTA 5 cheats will help you do exactly that, plus much more.

We've assembled a list of GTA 5 cheats to help make your time in Los Santos even more enjoyable. Whether you want to become fully invincible, or you want to have every gun available on a whim, these cheats will transform you into an unstoppable force. Be warned that using any of these cheats will disable achievements/trophies from unlocking during your current session. It may be worth loading up a separate save when you want to mess around with cheats to avoid any issues.

It doesn't matter if you're using a PC, Xbox, or PS4 as we've listed every platform to ensure you have all the best cheats at your disposal. The method of inputting the cheat codes varies between PC and console, so we'll focus on how to use these codes first.

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GTA Online's weekly update offers double rewards on yacht and plane missions

It looks like a pretty good week to rack up some dosh in Los Santos. GTA Online players are mulling around to see what's new in this week's update ahead of Rockstar Game's usual newswire post. While Rockstar doesn't post its rundown until later on in the day, the weekly reset happens earlier than that so people can find out what's new reasonably quickly.

This week you're getting double the rewards on sea races, air races, the Stockpile adversary mode, A Superyacht Life missions, air freight, hidden caches, and treasure chests - phew! As you can probably tell, this is all themed around GTA Online's yachts and planes. You've got a few decent options here for racking up some extra money in races or doing more open-world activities like cargo running. Even if you don't fancy races, you can still rack up some money doing other activities.

Rockstar is also introducing a heap of discounts to help you get set up with what you need to tackle the missions. Several planes, such as the Jobuilt P-996 Lazer, are 40% off, and you'll find that all hangers have been discounted by 60%, too. The Orion, Pisces, and Aquarius versions of the Galaxy Super Yacht are discounted by 50%.

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