“Take your newly upgraded HSW vehicles into the new HSW Race Series using these specially modified vehicles..”
— Rockstar Newswire description.
The Hao's Special Works Race Series is a series of Land Races featured in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the Expanded and Enhanced version exclusive to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, released on March 15, 2022.
Description[]
The races are available for 1 to 8 players. Entry is restricted to Hao's Special Works vehicles.
List of Races[]
There are 20 total races, with 14 initially added with the debut of Expanded & Enhanced, and six added as part of The Criminal Enterprises update. All HSW races reuse existing Land Races. These are listed in the "Races" list, with the "HSW" prefix.
| Race | Image | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HSW - Cutting Coroners |  |
Following the well-beaten path of many an ambulance, this short lap race takes you from South Central Los Santos, by the police station, to the Medical Center, and back out again. Helps if you have a gunshot victim on the back seat. Lap race for Hao's Special Works vehicles only. |
| HSW - Dock Ring |  |
Like a trucker, hit the blacktop and keep going 'til you run outta gas. Point to point that loops through the Port of LS and gets on the freeway all the way to the San Chianski Mountains, for Hao's Special Works vehicles only. |
| HSW - Dorset Drive |  |
Take your baby for a drive around glamorous Vinewood studios, romantic Vespucci Canals, and glitzy Rockford Hills mansions. But remember, baby likes a winner. Lap race for Hao's Special Works vehicles only. |
| HSW - Downtown Underground |   |
Figure of eight track over multiple levels in the business slash surveillance state hub of Downtown Los Santos. Lap race for Hao's Special Works vehicles only. |
| HSW - Greenwich Meantime |   |
A lap race for Hao's Special Works vehicles passing Los Santos International, the Maze Bank arena, and Little Seoul. You'll see lots of unused grassland where you might be able to bury a body. The 'Prepare for Take Off' billboard will separate the women from the girls. |
| HSW - In the Grove |   |
Starting on Grove Street and heading out of the city, you'll go through Ballas, Families, and Vagos turf in South Los Santos. Point to point for Hao's Special Works vehicles only. |
| HSW - Lost and Found |   |
On ramps, off ramps, road bridges, and freeways. Proof that Los Santos is a city for cars and not much else. Point to point around the road network of East Los Santos for Hao's Special Works vehicles only. |
| HSW - Over the Hump |   |
An opportunity to get some air over the theme-park canals of Vespucci Beach in this lap race for Hao's Special Works vehicles. Starts in Little Seoul. |
| HSW - Pier 2 Pier |   |
Starting on the Del Perro Pier, do a circuit around the whole of Los Santos finishing back at the end of the Pier. Point to point race for Hao's Special Works vehicles only. |
| HSW - Scenic Route |   |
They call it the Tongva Grand Tour: down a bottle of merlot, get on the wide open road northbound out of the city, weave up the hillside by the Marlowe Vineyards, lose control through some high-altitude hairpins, and hit Richman just in time to puke into the nearest hot tub. Point to Point Race for Hao's Special Works vehicles only. |
| HSW - Senora Freeway |   |
Look out for sticky tires and hot asphalt as you make your way across the desert in this road race on the Senora Freeway. You'll have to weave past oncoming traffic, go through Sandy Shores, and wind up at Davis Quartz quarry. Point to point race for Hao's Special Works vehicles only. |
| HSW - Stadium Tour |   |
City planning at its finest - negotiate the complex system of freeway interchanges around Los Santos International Airport. Then be grateful you're not late for a flight at rush hour or on the way to a concert at the Maze Bank Arena. Lap race for Hao's Special Works vehicles only. |
| HSW - Taking Off |   |
Emergency services are on standby for collisions at this figure of eight track on the runways of Los Santos International Airport. Lap race for Hao's Special Works vehicles only. |
| HSW - The City Commute |   |
Your alarm should have gone off hours ago, your mouth tastes like a donkey pissed in it (because one did), and you've got a marketing presentation in ten minutes - point to point from the suburbs to the city for Hao's Special Works vehicles only. |
Added as part of The Criminal Enterprises[]
| Race | Image | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HSW - Crossing Paths |   |
Lap race for Hao's Special Works vehicles through South LS that crosses over itself at two of the most brutal intersections in the city. If you don't already know that whiplash is your body's way of telling you that you suck at driving, you will soon. Luckily the Medical Center is just around the corner from the finish line - try and make it that far. |
| HSW - Dipping In |   |
See the power of stolen water and senseless irrigation at work with this long lap race. Up to eight Hao's Special Works vehicles can take this track over the hills from leafy Vinewood to the arid Grand Senora. |
| HSW - Dockyard |   |
Keep your head on the swivel as you duck between containers, gantry cranes, and the occasional union worker on a break at the Jetsam Terminal in Port City. Lap race for Hao's Special Works vehicles only. |
| HSW - Grapeseed Circuit |   |
It's tragic what decades of high-fructose corn syrup will do to a poorly connected rural community. Silver lining: all the boarded-up shop fronts and abandoned machinery make for an atmospheric final lap. For Hao's Special Works vehicles only. |
| HSW - Learning Curve |   |
Help students swap their college debt for medical bills in this lap race for Hao's Special Works vehicles starting on the ULSA campus. Track covers the wide roads and narrow canyon drives of Rockford Hills. |
| HSW - Panic Stations |   |
Bring dog-eat-dog capitalism out of the boardroom and into the streets with this gritty race through the banking sector for Hao's Special Works vehicles. Laps from El Burro Heights straight through the heart of LS, where cars and credit are fast. Only this time, there aren't any bailouts. No matter how big you are, or how screwed you get. |
