Hold the Wheel

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Type	FREEMODE EVENT
Hold the Wheel
Game	Grand Theft Auto Online
For	All GTA Online players
Location	San Andreas
Target	Hold the Wheel Vehicle
Mission Objectives
[Player] has the vehicle. Take it from them. Enter the vehicle and stay on it until time runs out. (if vehicle) Get on the vehicle and stay on it until time runs out. (if motorcycle) As Associate/Bodyguard [Player] has the vehicle. Help them hold on to it. Sudden Death Enter the vehicle to win. (if vehicle) Get on the vehicle to win. (if motorcycle)
Conditions of mission failure
The Hold the Wheel vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle was destroyed No player had the vehicle when time ran out No player had the Hold the Wheel vehicle when time ran out. [Player] took the Hold the Wheel vehicle during sudden death
Reward(s)
$20,000 (first place)

“A Sanchez, a Golf Cart or another otherwise humble mode of transport is made into an indestructible marked vehicle. Take command of it and avoid all the other jackers and assailants in your session to be the one in the driver’s seat when time runs out. Try and go for it solo to keep the entire GTA$ award for yourself, or shrewdly partner up with a gunner to ride with you for protection and split the earnings.”

— Rockstar Newswire description.

Hold the Wheel is a Freemode Event available in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the Freemode Events Update.

Description

“Stay in the vehicle until the time runs out”

When Hold the Wheel becomes available, a vehicle will be marked on the map with a purple vehicle icon . The vehicle chosen will be a rather "humble" mode of transport, such as a Fieldmaster, Caddy or Sanchez becomes a target vehicle for players to collect and hold onto for 10 minutes. The players must compete in holding the vehicle for the longest time. Players can either help each other by riding in the same vehicle and/or keeping other players away, or kill the player holding the vehicle and steal it. The vehicle is significantly stronger than in normal gameplay, however it can still be destroyed.

Possible vehicles:

• Caddy
• BMX
• Tri-Cycles Race Bike
• Sanchez
• Faggio
• Lectro
• Fieldmaster

Sudden Death

“Get in the vehicle to win the event”

If a player is knocked off/out of the vehicle, killed or otherwise dismounted from it after having taken it, and no one is present in or on the vehicle until the end of the game, the game will enter a 'Sudden Death' phase after the initial event has finished. This will occur immediately after the 30 second countdown and allows all players to retrieve the vehicle within 1 minute. The objective for this stage is to simply enter the vehicle first, and the first player to do so within 1 minute will win the game. Once retrieved, the player does not have to wait until the 60 seconds are complete, and is instantly rewarded as winner.

Hold The Wheel Vehicle Locations

The type of vehicle depends on the location of the vehicle.

Fieldmaster

• Farm field in Grapeseed.

Sanchez

• Los Santos International Airport, near the main entrance, under a porch.
• Grand Senora Desert, at the end of a cul-de-sac.

Lectro

• LTD gas station, Richman Glen, Pacific Bluffs.

Caddy

• Los Santos Golf Club

Tri-Cycles Race Bike

• End of Del Perro Pier

Faggio

• Near a 24/7 store in Chumash.

BMX

• Atop Hawaiian Snow in Alta, on a skateboard ramp.

Map

Parked locations of Hold the Wheel target vehicles (Los Santos County).

Parked locations of Hold the Wheel target vehicles (Blaine County).

Instructional Messages

A Hold the Wheel vehicle is available. Hold the vehicle when the time runs out to earn cash and RP.

Enter the vehicle to start Hold the Wheel.

Get on the vehicle to start Hold the Wheel.

Get in the vehicle to win the event

Get on the vehicle to win the event

Get in with other players to share the reward.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack that plays during Hold the Wheel is called "Plus One" and was added as part of the Freemode Events Update. It only plays during this Freemode Event.

Another soundtrack named "Sudden Death" will play during the Sudden Death phase after the 30 second Freemode Event countdown has finished playing.

Grand Theft Auto GTA V 5 Online Freemode Events Update - Hold the Wheel Mode Music Theme

Plus One.

Grand Theft Auto GTA V 5 Online Freemode Events Update - HtW Mode (Sudden Death) Music Theme

Sudden Death.

Gallery

A Hold The Wheel vehicle is available.

Enter the vehicle.

Enter the vehicle as an enemy.

Stay in the vehicle.

Take the vehicle.

Vehicle collected.

Winner.

Exiting/dismounting the vehicle during the mission.

Trivia

• The event is known as "Pass the Parcel" and "PTP" in the game files.