GTA Online Thread (Useful Links in OP)

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To the people that I played survival with last night.. You were awesome .. That was my first time playing that mode so I had no idea what to expect.. I'll be doing much more of that! One person was a GTP member for sure and he/she was kicking azz !
 
So apart from the fact the two main ones being used are short anyone else notice a theme amongst the most popular race track?

Criminal Records
Down The Drain
The Commute
Route 68

I guess the GTA racers really don't like corners, or in particular several corners you need to brake for.
 
To the people that I played survival with last night.. You were awesome .. That was my first time playing that mode so I had no idea what to expect.. I'll be doing much more of that! One person was a GTP member for sure and he/she was kicking azz !
Survival mode is also a GREAT way to stock up on ammo. Whenever I start getting low, I start a game of survival and by the time 10 waves are finished you are loaded up for a LONG time.
 
Insta-Death in some cases :\.

The first corner is pretty pot luck with a lot of drivers sure but after that it takes skill of some sort to drive the corners quickly. With the straight line tracks it's all luck with drafting/not getting PIT'd.
 
The first corner is pretty pot luck with a lot of drivers sure but after that it takes skill of some sort to drive the corners quickly. With the straight line tracks it's all luck with drafting/not getting PIT'd.

This, But you can get a huge advantage with Trav trick.. Throw C4 on first checkpoint 3-4+ Kills instantly...
 
This, But you can get a huge advantage with Trav trick.. Throw C4 on first checkpoint 3-4+ Kills instantly...

Sorry I was talking about normal races, not GTA ones. I just meant the GTA racing 'community' when I said GTA racers.
 
I usually race the other tracks like Grand Tour and Driving Range. If nobody joins I'll race alone. Free RP for me!
I usually ignore invites to CR and DtD unless it's for Victory Tradeoffs.
 
I usually race the other tracks like Grand Tour and Driving Range. If nobody joins I'll race alone. Free RP for me!
I usually ignore invites to CR and DtD unless it's for Victory Tradeoffs.


Or seeing a Rolls Fly.
 
Whats this I hear about a flying Rolls? Mine went missing this morning so I'm suspicious.


Lets recap. Normal Race with Sedans. Ricer boy leads, I'm second. Its at "Down the Drain" couple yards before the bridge. The Rolls hits the prop of a burnt car goes flying over the train track bridge. Clears It without getting stuck on the bridge.
 
RSM-Eric stole it from you while "I Believe I Can Fly" was playing on the radio.
That is so... situational and perfect, but I want it back, and if there is chicken grease on the steering wheel I'll be round your house in the morning with an army of rampant Sloths.

Lets recap. Normal Race with Sedans. Ricer boy leads, I'm second. Its at "Down the Drain" couple grain tracks bridge. Clears It without getting stuck on the bridge.

Down the Drain is full of homeless trolls who leave cardboard on the road strong enough to flip you onto Grove Street.
 
I'm wondering, If I do the odd Criminal Records or DTD race and always thumb it down will the game stop giving me those races on quick race? Does it work like that? Because I've found sometimes they're all I get in quick race but if I manually go to another race with
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on the pause map usually one is being hosted. Quick Race just doesn't ever seem to put me in them.
 
I'm wondering, If I do the odd Criminal Records or DTD race and always thumb it down will the game stop giving me those races on quick race? Does it work like that? Because I've found sometimes they're all I get in quick race but if I manually go to another race with
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on the pause map usually one is being hosted. Quick Race just doesn't ever seem to put me in them.

Sadly that won't work. All Disliking does is lower the Rating of the race.
 
Criminal Records with 8 racers is stupid. You end up with spinners, and people who don't know how to drive and it's...impossible to complete without damage. So, I'm done with CR for now. Besides you only get decent money if you finish first, so...not worth it. I DID however race Down the Drain with three people and first got 8500 which increased to 8660 by the time we switched races. Second was 4700 and third was 2200, i believe and the guys I was racing with were noobs and one even liked to spin out people, so I was getting a lot of wins and second places. After a couple hours with those idiots I had made $96k. So, the best way to race is with 3-4 people. Which...kinda makes no sense. I mean they made those 8-16 player races for a reason right, so...encouraging only 3-4 people to race is...silly. Why not just make all races 3-4 people then?
 
A full room of 16 cars on any race that allows it is guaranteed mayhem, every time. Sometimes though you can get lucky and avoid it all, making a clean break for it.

I just wish they would make pitting harder. At the moment it's too easy for someone to punt you out.
 
These GTA races seem interesting, what you guys describe reminds me of the classic Burnout games, without the takedowns and speedy chaos though, more like modern NFS a bit.
 
A full room of 16 cars on any race that allows it is guaranteed mayhem, every time. Sometimes though you can get lucky and avoid it all, making a clean break for it.

I just wish they would make pitting harder. At the moment it's too easy for someone to punt you out.

There should be a no contact option, where everyone is simply a ghost and you can't ram into anyone. This would mean the winner would be determined on things like their driving line and outright skill. Like proper racing.
 
There should be a no contact option, where everyone is simply a ghost and you can't ram into anyone. This would mean the winner would be determined on things like their driving line and outright skill. Like proper racing.

I normally don't like ghost racing but in GTA I'd certainly like it as an option to do every now and again.

Changing the subject I'm finding it really hard to get a tennis win for the achievement. I either get someone much better than me that demolishes me or I get someone really bad, I get to 3-0 or 4-0 and they quit, so it doesn't count.

Golf may also take me a while, I'm not great at that.
 
I always stay back in GTA Races, then once all the scrubs blow themselves up, drive off and outrun everyone without the threat of some trigger happy donkey in a chrome Adder shooting missiles at me.
 
Guns are allowed in the races? :(

That sounds incredibly stupid. Did rockstar atleast put in an option to turn guns off in racey races?
 
Guns are allowed in the races? :(

That sounds incredibly stupid. Did rockstar atleast put in an option to turn guns off in racey races?

Only in GTA Races, normal ones lack the ability to throw sticky bombs at everything and blow nobody up but yourself on the first corner :l
 
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