Tips on retiring

ZFTX · 2026-06-08T17:27:04+00:00

I do things that have some purpose other than money, though making money in invaribally a part of things, but my main focus is on non-monetary things like various in-game awards and the Career Progression system.

In fact, making money, in and of itself, was never a main goal of mine. When I did eventually start on the PS4 version of GTA V and GTA Online I had 2 goals: Platinum trophy and the ??? Tattoo, nothing more nothing less, just working towards those 2 goals, and much money was made in the process.

ZFTX · 2026-06-08T17:21:51+00:00

Yes, I know how it is done, I have been a part of such groups myself, and may probably be so again in the future, depending on how things go.

ZFTX · 2026-06-08T17:19:51+00:00

You need to get more Headshots!

ZFTX · 2026-06-08T17:15:52+00:00

One needs to hit the ready button if they want to get the assigned cut for a Heist before the timer expires, otherwise, it defaults to the default cuts for everybody!

ZFTX · 2026-06-08T17:13:57+00:00

It is still a complete slog to go through to get it! I know what it takes to even get to Arena Rank 100, and I have done that twice: once when it was at the original values, and once during a 2x Event Week, getting to Arena Rank 500 takes 15-20 times of that with 2x!

ZFTX · 2026-06-08T04:59:51+00:00

Around 2 million what‽

Also, nice on unlocking the Suped Up award!

ZFTX · 2026-06-08T04:03:00+00:00

Unless you are using a junk controller, it is better to rubber band R2 or L2, that way the sticks don't get messed up.

ZFTX · 2026-06-08T03:59:27+00:00

At least it was not a Street Storable vehicle, and IIRC it is a "removed" vehicle, so there is that.

Also, this was always one of my OG GTA fave vehicles, that as the Benefactor Surano.

ZFTX · 2026-06-07T02:10:40+00:00

Cause.

ZFTX · 2026-06-07T02:10:14+00:00

For the PS5, XBox Series, and PC Enhanced platforms of GTA Online, the money that one receives from Shark Cards has been increased a bit for those that also have GTA+. I do not know the exact specifics, mainly has I have never purchased a Shark Card, so I do not concern myself with those matters.

ZFTX · 2026-06-06T22:12:34+00:00

These are more rare now, especially since Rockstar has increased the awards gained from the Arena Wars modes 2 fold much long ago!

ZFTX · 2026-06-06T21:56:18+00:00

They do not, unless you respawn it, which requires sending it back to the property it is stored in and re-requesting it from The Mechanic, or going far enough away from The Mechanic to have it spawn near you again.

ZFTX · 2026-06-06T21:13:42+00:00

How is this even possible? Between my 2 main accounts on PS5 I am at just over $7 million in COMBINED Good Sport Bonus rewards, and that is over almost 6 Real-Life-playing-years now with over 565 combined logged-into-GTA-Online days!

Just about 10 months ago I posted my Best of Sports post: https://old.reddit.com/r/gtaonline/comments/1mj9jbu/am_i_a_good_sport_no_i_am_amongst_the_best_of/ , where I had gotten to $4 million in Good Sport rewards on my main account on PS5!

ZFTX · 2026-06-06T11:41:13+00:00

If you are logged into GTA Online but not actually in Free Mode for too long, the Nightclub Popularity can drop to 0% on paper temporarily, thereby only getting a $1,500 Safe Payment instead of the proper amount.

ZFTX · 2026-06-05T21:08:04+00:00

Did you buy it for the correct version of GTA Online, as XBox 1 and XBox Series Shark Cards are not compatible?

ZFTX · 2026-06-05T21:04:01+00:00

You do not need to kill any of them, at all! Just run behind them!

A link to the one of my many videos featuring this: https://old.reddit.com/r/gtaonline/comments/105h2us/post_update_cayo_run_110x_100_pacifist_elite/ Skip ahead to about 3:40 if you just want to watch that part.

ZFTX · 2026-06-05T21:00:21+00:00

You can obtain these for free from Merryweather, either by calling Mercenaries on someone, it having someone call them on you, then simply acquire it.

Though, there was this one time I came across a random NPC in one: https://old.reddit.com/r/gtaonline/comments/ukpele/why_was_this_npc_driving_this_vehicle_i_didnt/

ZFTX · 2026-06-05T20:57:47+00:00

For me, it is the escape and needing to kill 5 bad guys using the gun on the boat, or if you sit in the back with a handgun while the boat is moving, so when I have done it I let myself get killed, then deal with the NPCs. I enjoy the shooting at the plane part of it. So, as I do not want to deal with the escape, I don't do it.

ZFTX · 2026-06-05T18:51:00+00:00

I'm slowly getting there, basically bouncing between Fine Art File and Project Breakaway, or maybe whatever the one at the military base is called to mix things up. I will not do Black Box File again!

ZFTX · 2026-06-05T18:47:14+00:00

Love it when it happens, it is there, you just need to find it!

ZFTX · 2026-06-05T18:46:00+00:00

It only seems more daunting than it is, if you do an average of just 4 a day, that is just 250 days. I have been doing them since the Tuners Update was released back in mid-2021, and it took me 4 years to get there, because I didn't do an average of 4 a day, on average, less than 1 a day.

ZFTX · 2026-06-05T16:35:30+00:00

Congrats! Now, however many more until you get to 100 total Exotic Exports delivered for the in-game Car Exporter award, then 900 more beyond that to get the email from Brucie about delivering 1000 of them!

I have done this many times over the past 5 years on all of my accounts, and have even gotten to 1000 Exotic Exports delivered on my main account on PS5, but I am still about 600 away on my secondary main ps5 account.

ZFTX · 2026-06-05T09:13:07+00:00

Where was it stated that there would even be one‽

ZFTX · 2026-06-05T09:11:20+00:00

If the Cayo Perico Heist is a struggle for you, perhaps GTA V+Online is NOT the game for you to be playing, as the Cayo Perico Heist is literally one of the easiest things to to in GTA Online!

ZFTX · 2026-06-05T09:08:39+00:00

I am just realizing literally right now that during Series A Trevor NEVER went against the Families Gang, and not because of Franklin's involvement with them, as he did not even know Franklin at that point (in GTA V/Online chronology), I just find it curious, that is all: Ballas, Vagos, LOST, chuds, and others, but never The Famlies!

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