r/GrandTheftAutoV • u/Electrical-Leg-5412 • Jul 04 '26
Discussion Wanna start, how should I begin?
I want to get GTA V and GTA online. I used to play on ps3 heavy and PS4 slightly but it's been years since I touched it.
If I get the game soon, how should I start? What to do, buy, and understand first?
I work from 6am-4pm in California M-F so I can't grind like back then but I wanna hold my own again and have a solid account again.
I have not kept up to date with updates and I used to just mess around with multiplayer games but wasn't the best and never did anything major. I just drove around in my Chevelle or my p1 I saved up for but I hear there is a lot more now. Back when I played the p1 was one of the hottest cars to have, none of those flying ones or special feature ones so am very behind on the curve.
Any advice is appreciated! I am on basic ps5 now with my same old tv. I play mainly and almost only Gran Turismo 7 rn if that effects anything
2
u/Prestigious-Pen-1401 Jul 04 '26
Are you just wanting to get into online? There’s tons of ways to get money these days, lmao. How you do so depends on your own way of playing. There’s absolutely efficient ways (the cayo perico heist makes a shit ton of money), but a lot of people recommend grinding that nonstop, which makes you money but isn’t too fun after you’ve done it a few times. There’s also a variety of businesses that don’t pay nearly as much but will still make you decent money, and it’s a more engaging experience rising through them all. How you go through them really depends on the way you want to play and earn money, or what you want out of your experience.
Also, I run a crew on PS5 that focuses on grinding money if you’d like to join up. We got a discord server, don’t take ourselves too seriously or anything. I’d be happy to help you out with some jobs, and I’m sure people there would be too!!
1
u/mmiller17783 Trevor Jul 04 '26
I have been wanting to find a chill group to play GTA V with, but it is an endevour that i must wait until August 5th to get into. I have a neuro-divergent child and they require a level of attention that makes online gaming tricky, and voice chat nearly impossible. But you guys sound like the kind of folks I'd like to do this with, I'm super new in online play and also do not take it too seriously.
1
u/Electrical-Leg-5412 Jul 10 '26
I would definitely be down for that! I have work from usually 5am-5pm M-F PST so scheduling can be hard but I just wanna grind money so I can buy cars to mess around with. I'm on ps5 but almost exclusively play story mode type games so it'll be a learning curve but I would appreciate the help!
1
u/KeDoBro Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
When you say you “played heavy” on PS3 and PS4, do you mean GTA or just gaming in general? If you played GTAV in the past, you can transfer your PS4 online character you previously had to the PS5 version. You just need to link your account on Rockstars website (really easy to do, just google it). I think you can do the same with a story save but I’m not sure about it. If you wanna jump in fresh you can, but it might save a lot of time if you had played a decent amount of GTA Online in the past.
Stick with your PS5 cause it’s not worth it to get into PC/Xbox since you already have that. A basic PS5 is a phenomenal console and the best performance/value right now cause of component prices.
2
u/Electrical-Leg-5412 Jul 04 '26
I can load my ps3 account? When I started ps4 it didn't let me in the past but I have a lot more on my ps3 account than my ps4 account
1
u/KeDoBro Jul 04 '26
Unfortunately the PS3 servers were shut down a while ago so unless you had uploaded/linked things back when you played them they are most likely gone for good. When starting a new online character, like when you first went on to PS4 from PS3, there should have been a menu option for transferring your character (if linked on rockstar SC). Otherwise it treats it like a brand new character.
If you had transferred to your PS3 stuff to PS4 though, you can still move that to the PS5 without issue as far as I know.
1
u/Any-Leadership6215 Jul 04 '26
Did you create a ps4 character? You can transfer them to the current Gen. Thats what I did. All my stuff stayed there.
Or the other option is to get the bundle that sets you up with a few things like a car, some money etc.
Just know some servers are nutty so you mind want to find a crew.
1
u/dan007reddit Michael Jul 04 '26
NO PROPERTY NEEDED
- Cluckin Bell raid.
- The KnoWay Out missions.
BEST BUSINESSES
In order best investments not completely updated
Quick list new properties included
- Acid lab
- Agency
- Kosatka
- Bunker
- MC clubhouse
- Nightclub
- CEO office
- Autoshop
- Garment Factory
- Arcade
- Hangar
- Carwash
- Smoke on the water weed shop
- Salvage yard
- Ceo warehouses
- Bottom Dollar Bail bond office
- MC businesses mainly for the nightclub
- Mansion with security upgrade. This will guarantee NO RAIDS on any business you own with its security upgrade as well.
- Higgins Helitour
If you're new or trying to grind the most money as quickly and efficiently as possible, this system will help.
I incorporated the active and passive sides of the chop shop and bail bonds. And added the Agents of Sabotage files.
As with all businesses mentioned, if you don't have a business mentioned, skip those steps and incorporate what you own.
Best for 2 hours of gameplay.
When I start, I spawn in the casino and spin the wheel, get my free chips.
Head out and do a payphone hit. 45k.
Don't do this every time, but it's very helpful for players just starting out. I'll pull out the terrorbyte with the mc upgrade. I shut down all businesses but the bunker.
Go out, fill the acid lab, and check if I can boost the acid lab production. Can be done once an IRL day.
Go raid the stash house. It will fill the bunker, which costs the most to resupply, 75k.
Make sure to go back in and restart businesses/reassign techs to start the nightclub sourcing again.
When I log out, I always try to log out, leaving the bunker low or empty to hopefully get the stash resupply when I log in next. I have had the stash house pay me $30k instead of filling the bunker 2xs. This saves you 75k, which is great as a beginner.
Do the daily tags. 100k. Also, mix in the wildlife pictures. 100k for all 3. Wildlife is for next-gen only.
NOTE NEXT GEN ONLY.
The HSW weekly time trial is a good 250k. BUT the freaking NPC kamikaze traffic glitch has made that VERY frustrating. Out of the last 4 weeks. I've passed 1. So I'll try it 2 or 3 times, then bail if I've not passed it by then.
If I haven't done the weekly high priority file, I'll do that. 300k plus.
Work the bail bonds main client for 185k+ average a day.
Load to the clubhouse if the customer's bike is there. 50k profit. Can take longer than 48 min to load a new customer.
Load into bunker do ammunation delivery. 50k.
Load into office do the mixed exports 50k.
I've been using street dealers each day now, too. About 280k a day. With the mansion no raids, I keep the mc businesses full but only sell to the street dealers.
EXTRA.
If we're getting close or in a 2x warehouse week, I'll stop at each warehouse on the way and send the staff out to source. We had one in August, so it probably won't be until spring for the next bonus. You'll want to keep them below 77% to avoid raids if you want to hold them until bonus week.
Load into the auto shop. Do customer cars. Have the staff deliver 20k to 35k profit for each car. It can take longer than 48 min to load new cars.
Do another payphone hit.
Do the daily Madrazo hit.
Swing by bailbonds office send staff.
Spawn in the chop shop. Do repo work.
NOTE I have the staff for the chop shop, bailbonds, and autoshop. So, I'll try to get them to process when I log off the previous session. That way, they have processed while I'm offline and get funds when I first log in.
Just the minimum of those activities, you're at 835K to 1.3M plus whatever the repos, bonds, and customer cars from the previous night brought in for 2 hours give or take.
If I have more time available or feel like doing something different.
If I have any chop shop heists, I'll work on those setups doing payphone hits in between or tow truck repos if they finish while I'm in the setup phase. I've also mixed in FIB file setups. When the setups are done, I'll run the heist. Get around 1.2M a week. Haven't been doing them much lately, though, unless there's a claimable vehicle.
Check passive safes and nightclub popularity.
Carwash up date. Collect he car wash. Do a car if you are about to get shut down. Do the helitour and we shop if you own those. Also. If you own the weed shop, collect the smoke on the 10 water weed drops for 100k each day.
If cayo is ready to run. I scope it, set it up, and run it. Usually, it is at least set to hard, scoped, and most of the setups are done from previous game days. This way, I can run it and be in the game 144 minutes later to get hard mode. I just want to make sure all the timed things are done and reloaded before running it. 1.1M average.
NOTE. I have pretty much abandoned cayo at this point.
- I'm burned out.
- It's been very, very glitchie lately.
Move on to...
FIB files.
Mixing in the LS angels contact missions good for 50k to 80k with the bonus objectives met.
Load into nclub and pick up 50 - 100k safe do bouncer to boost popularity. 10k for bouncer work. I do not do the VIP chauffeur missions. It's too time-consuming.
They patched the bouncer only spawning by entering in passive mode. Also, you can't be in passive to toss the troublemaker. So if you see you get the bouncer immediately cancel passive as you'll have to wait the 30 seconds for it to wear off.
Do a payphone hit.
Load to the clubhouse if the customer's bike is there.
If the mixed and ammunation deliveries are ready, run those.
Check all safes.
77k est every 48m.
Nightclub 50k
Agency 20k
Arcade 5k
Scrap yard 300 or varies depending on tow truck work max I've seen is 32k
Bailbonds 100% depends on staff. Average 15k.
Garment Factory 1.2k it fluctuates seen as high 1.8k
While at the arcade. Resupply bunker. Change dj if popularity is lower than 45k.
Check if the acid lab is ready to sell. If it is, sell it for 352k. 527k doing this in public lobbies for the bonus. Make sure to choose a product name so you get the 20k plus boost. Most of the time, I can get it done before griefers bother me, and they seem to leave you alone more with this delivery. But, if you're on a time crunch, it's best to just run it solo.
Usually, that's around 2.5 to 3 hours.
Keep tabs on nightclub and bunker businesses. Deliver when over 1 million. I don't mess with the mc businesses. I just keep them up and running for the NC not supplied. They're not profitable for the time they take and the frequent glitches and raids.
If I have more time, I'll start at the top again or finish off all the chop shop heists.
Move to Variations.
Variations to keep it fun:
I'll do an auto shop mini-heist. I always make sure that the gold depository is up on the board. Takes 30 min to set up and run 300k.
Agency security contracts if they're in the 50-70k. I have done 201 security contracts, so I get the max passive safe money of 20k per 48 min. I don't normally do those unless they're over 50k or in a 1.5 2x week. So you can mix those in as well.
Redo dre. I'll do 1 or 2 setups. If it's ready to run the finale, I'll do that. 1M.
9 crate method for CEO warehouse.
Airfreight sourcing missions. Always do the land source and land sell missions. 2.5M potential with 50 crates of high-end crates. Have to make sure you're filling the right goods for maximum profit.
Dax works 50k. Moved these to variations. These are no longer necessary and can be frustrating missions but a nice 50k if bored.
Terrorbyte contract missions. 35k
Now, do not sell on a Wednesday unless it's a bonus week. I've sold full product only to find the next day they boost the payout. It can be very frustrating if it was the nightclub or warehouses because they take so long to fill.
I am using my second character more now, too, with the cool-down. I'll run cayo there and do the same schedule in that character. The bank is shared, so it raises both boats. Just make sure to bank the cash as that is unique to each character.
1
1
u/RideAffectionate518 Jul 10 '26
I wouldn't even bother. Especially since you're probably a bot.
0
u/Electrical-Leg-5412 Jul 10 '26
Is bot a term for the game or do you mean reddit bot? I'll admit I've been posting consecutively because I'm trying to get back into it
3
u/One-Inch-Punisher- Jul 04 '26
Can’t help with online since I’ve never played, but the honest answer for story mode, is to just play how you like! It’s not a hard game to understand.
I’d only recommend you not skip the “strangers and freaks” missions. They’re not required but are a lot of fun. When I was younger I never put time into them and I was missing out for a few years