Nearly a decade on, GTA Online continues to thrive with a massive community. After a successful heist event last month, the developers have revealed a few details about the next update. Stating that it’s a ‘multi-part update,’ Rockstar has revealed multiple quality-of-life changes coming to the game. While no new content as such has been revealed yet, the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions will be getting a visual uplift with ray-traced reflections.
Here’s what we know so far.
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GTA Online to get ray-traced reflections and quality-of-life updates in the next update
This December’s GTA Online update will add a wide range of new experience improvements and more, in the first installment of a massive multi-part update: https://t.co/GRc0IbE8Ah pic.twitter.com/X8o0HRV1kr
— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) December 6, 2022
After taking player feedback into consideration, GTA Online is getting the following changes:
General Improvements
- Get to your favorite iFruit Contacts faster — select which Contacts to display or hide via the Interaction Menu.
- The Benefactor Terrorbyte can be used to launch Business Sell Missions in all Session types, including Invite-only Sessions.
- Take on Agatha’s Casino Story Missions as a solo operator by visiting the Management Office of The Diamond Casino & Resort (these missions previously required at least 2 players).
- PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X will add ray-traced reflections via the Fidelity Mode graphics setting.
Vehicle Updates
- New vehicle purchases will arrive in your Garage faster than before.
- Select Custom Weaponized Vehicles can now be used in Races, where appropriate — weapons will be disabled outside of GTA Races.
- Bicycles will be added to the list of vehicles that can be requested from your Personal Garage when calling the Mechanic.
- Players on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S can enjoy full access to Hao’s Special Works without needing to complete Hao’s introductory race.
GTA Online Economy Updates
- Completing Vehicle Cargo Sell Missions in Public Sessions will award a High Demand Bonus, bringing this in line with all other business activities, while payouts on Smuggler’s Sell Missions will be permanently tripled.
- Get more of what you want faster with an across-the-board increase in the GTA$ value of all Shark Cards. Starting today, all Shark Card denominations have been boosted by 20–25% when purchased directly in GTA Online or via any of the platform stores. For special GTA+ Member Shark Cards, this is on top of the current 15% bonus GTA$.
As of now no release date for the update has been specified.
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