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Los Santos Summer Special is a content update for Grand Theft Auto Online, released on August 11th, 2020.
Description
Content
Jobs
- Yacht Missions
The update introduces a series of six new A Superyacht Life co-op missions, initiated on the Galaxy Super Yacht, introduced by a phone call from Brendan Darcy if the player already owns a Super Yacht, otherwise onscreen prompts will inform the player that they need to purchase one from DockTease to be able to initiate the new jobs:
- A Superyacht Life - Overboard
- A Superyacht Life - Salvage
- A Superyacht Life - All Hands
- A Superyacht Life - Icebreaker
- A Superyacht Life - Bon Voyage
- A Superyacht Life - D-Day
- Business Battles
Business Battles from the After Hours update also receive an expansion with two high-value battles added:
- Aircraft Carrier Assault
- Factory Raid
- Adversary Modes
There is a new "Diamond Adversary Series" with existing Adversary Modes taking place on The Diamond Casino & Resort premises.
- Entourage
- Every Bullet Counts
- Hardest Target
- Juggernaut
- Kill Quota
- Resurrection
- Slasher
- Trading Places
- Open Wheel Races
9 new Open Wheel Races utilizing the two new Open Wheel vehicles added in this update, and the Open Wheel Race Creator for players to design their own Open Wheel race tracks.
- Open Wheel - Abridged
- Open Wheel - Dam
- Open Wheel - Headwind
- Open Wheel - It's a Sign
- Open Wheel - Keeping Track
- Open Wheel - Life's a Beach
- Open Wheel - Morningwood Glory
- Open Wheel - Road to Ruin
- Open Wheel - Top of the Town
Collectibles
Solomon Richards is introduced into GTA Online for the first time, claiming his studio has been robbed, requiring the player to recover 10 Movie Props stolen from his office.
Other
- Two new Arcade Games have been added to Pixel Emporium:
- A new Drug Vehicle "ambient" random event has been added.
- 15 new sets of Off-Road Wheels have been added and can be purchased at any modification garage.
- 30 new sets of new class of Street Wheels have been added and can be purchased at any modification garage.
Character Customization
Over 200 new items and variations of clothing have been added.
Vehicles
This update includes 15 vehicles, all of which are immediately accessible to the players on the appropriate websites, including 6 Benny's Original Motor Works upgrades to existing vehicle stock:
Two of the Benny's vehicles, the Manana and Peyote, provide the first opportunity to purchase the stock vehicles legitimately, and the description of the Peyote on the Benny's site makes clear reference to the fact that it could previously only be obtained by stealing one off the street. There are now only eight vehicles in GTA Online that are allowed to be stolen and stored that cannot be purchased legitimately: Baller (1st gen), Blista, Dubsta, Duneloader, Emperor, Mesa (stock), Phoenix and Speedo.
Quality of Life Updates
See the full update notes for more information.
- Players now have an increased cap on how many standard properties they can own. This has been raised to eight.
- When a player enters The Diamond Casino & Resort, they are now told how long they have remaining before they can spin the Lucky Wheel again.
- A ‘Return Personal Vehicle to Storage’ option has been added to the Interaction Menu allowing players to return their personal vehicle whenever they choose.
- Snacks can now be purchased from Wendy in the Arcade property.
- New spawn locations have been added to the Pegasus Lifestyle Management system to increase the chances of the requested vehicle spawning successfully.
- Updates have been made to the frequency that players receive the help text “The Terrorbyte is parked nearby.”
- Updates have been made to the frequency that players receive the calls from LJT about their Businesses.
- These "calls" are now received via SMS, not phone call interruptions.
- The vehicles in Simeon’s Export Requests have been updated to increase the reward for successful delivery.
- Sourced vehicles can now only be resprayed, but the respray is free, increasing profit.
- Several updates have been made to Open Wheel Races:
- Pits:
- White screen effects now appear when healing
- New particle effects now appear when healed
- Players are now always Passive when in the pits
- Players can now change tire type mid-Race while stationary when in the pits
- Pits map blip and checkpoints have been updated
- Vehicle Damage:
- New UI has been added that indicates when players have broken their front/rear wings and main vehicle body.
- Red screen effects now appear when losing a part of vehicle or if a tire bursts.
- Camera Shake effect has been added for when losing part of vehicle.
- All tire types now wear down faster and Hard and Medium tires now have noticeably less grip.
- Anti-Grief:
- If players do not collect a checkpoint within 12 seconds or if the player is given a wrong way shard, they will be made passive/ghosted until collecting another checkpoint. This only applies to Rockstar Created Open Wheel Races.
- Vehicles:
- The two new Open Wheel vehicles can be used in all Rockstar Created Open Wheel Races.
- Music:
- Ambient music is now off by default in Rockstar Created Open Wheel Races. Players can choose this to be on in UGC Open Wheel Races.
- UI:
- Bar displays for ‘Vehicle Health’ and ‘Lowest Tire Grip’ have been replaced with a new UI display showing the current health/wear of all vehicle parts.
- A new Start Countdown has been added.
- Pits:
- Players can no longer rapidly tap accelerate and always get the boost at the start of the Race. Players must now only accelerate once “Go” is shown to get the boost. For Open Wheel Races, you need to only accelerate after the countdown lights are removed.
Discounts & Bonuses
- The Lucky Wheel prize was changed from the Dinka Sugoi to the Emperor ETR1.
- Double GTA$ and RP rewards in the "A Superyacht Life" strand of missions.
- Double GTA$ and RP in Open Wheel Races.
- Double GTA$ and RP rewards in the "Diamond Adversary Series".
- 30% discounts on selected vehicle upgrades:
- Benny's vehicle upgrades
- Discounts on selected properties:
- Galaxy Super Yachts - 30% off
- Yachts upgrades & modifications - 30% off
- Arcades - 30% off
- Arcade upgrades & modifications - 30% off
- Master Control Terminal - 30% off
- Drone Station - 30% off
- Large Garages - 40% off
- Exclusive bonuses and discounts for Twitch Prime members:
- Free Vespucci Canals Nightclub
- Grotti X80 Proto - 70% off
- Bravado Gauntlet Hellfire - 80% off
- A further 10% discount on all other discounts
- Premium Race, Time Trial, and RC Time Trial schedule:
- Premium Race - Boots on the Ground (locked to Motorcycle)
- Time Trial - LSIA II
- RC Time Trial - Cemetery
Gallery
Official Screenshots
Content
Videos
Trivia
- The song used in the trailer for the update is Photograph by Def Leppard, which can be heard on Los Santos Rock Radio.