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Deep guides for the map, missions and money.
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GTA 5 Heists: The Gold Medal Guide for Every Job and Approach
Every GTA 5 heist has a Gold Medal hidden behind extra conditions. Here's how the medals work, which approach is easiest for each heist, and how to stack objectives across replays until you've got gold on every job.
Jul 23 - Guides
GTA 5 Rare Vehicles: Where to Find Every Hidden Car on the Map
Hunt down GTA 5's rarest vehicles, from the armored Duke O'Death to the elusive golf-course Tailgater, with exact spawn locations, mission triggers and tips for improving your odds.
Jul 23 - Guides
The GTA 5 Indestructible Train Glitch, Explained
The GTA 5 indestructible train glitch gets you inside the locomotive cabin, where nothing can kill you. Here is how it works, and whether it still works in 2026.
Jul 22 - Guides
The GTA Online Lazer Garage Glitch, Explained
The GTA Online Lazer garage glitch let players stash Fort Zancudo's fighter jet in a personal garage instead of a Hangar. Here's how it worked, why Rockstar patched it, and the legit way to keep one today.
Jul 22 - Guides
GTA 6 Interactive Map: Collectibles, Hideouts and How to Use It
There's no official GTA 6 interactive map yet. Here's what community maps of Leonida already show, how GTA 5's collectibles worked, and how to actually use a tracker once the game launches.
Jul 20 - Guides
GTA 5 Graphics in 2013: Why It Was So Impressive
GTA 5 launched in 2013 on eight-year-old PS3 and Xbox 360 hardware, yet looked like nothing else on the market. Here's how Rockstar's RAGE engine, a $265 million budget, and a 1,000-person team pulled it off.
Jul 19 - Guides
Bad Sport: How GTA Online Punished Cheaters and Griefers Starting in 2013
In October 2013, Rockstar launched Bad Sport, a segregated matchmaking pool that punished GTA Online griefers and quitters with a dunce cap, a red blip, and lobbies cut off from regular players.
Jul 19 - Guides
GTA 5's Three Endings: Which One Should You Pick?
GTA 5 forces Franklin to choose who lives at the very end of the story. Here is what each of the three endings, Assassination, Betrayal and Deathwish, actually changes, and which one Rockstar treats as canon.
Jul 19 - Guides
GTA 5's Best Viewpoints: The Dam, the Observatory and Every Iconic Vista
The Land Act Dam, the Galileo Observatory, Mount Chiliad and the Vinewood Sign: where to find GTA 5's best views, and how to reach every one fast.
Jul 18 - Guides
The GTA 5 Ragdoll Glitch, Explained: Why NPCs Go Haywire
GTA 5's Euphoria physics engine occasionally sends pedestrians into spinning, T-posing, or flailing meltdowns. Here is what actually causes the ragdoll glitch and why Rockstar has never fully patched it.
Jul 18 - Guides
GTA Online Glitches: The Full History of Rockstar's War on Exploits
From the first patches in 2013 to BattlEye in 2024, here is how Rockstar has spent thirteen years chasing down GTA Online money glitches, duplication exploits and mod menus.
Jul 17 - Guides
Every Vehicle Shown in the GTA 6 Trailers: Cars, Motorcycles and Boats
Every vehicle Rockstar has shown in the GTA 6 trailers so far - cars, motorcycles, boats and helicopters, with real-world inspirations and where each one appears.
Jul 17 - Guides
The Best Businesses to Buy in GTA 6 (What We Expect)
GTA 6 hasn't confirmed a business system yet, but Brian Heder's smuggling operation and a decade of GTA Online economy give strong clues. Here are the businesses we expect - and how to get ready.
Jul 16 - Guides
Beyond Vice City: Every Other Region Confirmed for GTA 6
GTA 6 is not just Vice City. Here is what Rockstar has confirmed about the Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga.
Jul 16 - Guides
Will GTA 6 Let You Switch Characters Like GTA 5?
GTA 5 let you swap between Michael, Franklin and Trevor at will. Here's what's actually confirmed about character switching in GTA 6, and what's still just retailer wording about Jason and Lucia.
Jul 16 - Guides
GTA 5: The 2011 Debut Trailer vs. the Final Game
Rockstar's first GTA V trailer landed in November 2011, almost two years before the game shipped. Here is exactly what changed between that first look and the Los Santos players actually got in 2013.
Jul 15 - Guides
The First Cult Cars of GTA Online: Meet the OGs From 2013
GTA Online launched in October 2013 with the same vehicle roster as GTA V. Here are the launch cars, from the Truffade Adder to the Bravado Banshee, that built the game's car culture before a single DLC existed.
Jul 15 - Guides
GTA 5 Strangers and Freaks: The Complete Guide to Every Side Mission
GTA 5 has 66 Strangers and Freaks missions across Franklin, Michael and Trevor, but only 24 count toward 100% completion. Here is every chain, its reward, and how to trigger it.
Jul 14 - Guides
GTA 5 Fort Zancudo: Military Base Guide and the Secret Bunker Mystery
Fort Zancudo is GTA 5's most dangerous military base: cross the fence and you get 4 stars instantly. Here is how to get in, steal a P-996 Lazer jet, and the truth behind the base's mysterious -1 elevator.
Jul 14 - Guides
The 10 Funniest GTA 5 Glitches From 2013-2014
From Blue Hell to ghost bus drivers and floating barber scissors, these are the 10 funniest glitches from GTA 5 and GTA Online launch era, 2013-2014.
Jul 13 - Guides
Why Rockstar Wiped Duplicated Money From GTA Online in Late 2013
Weeks after GTA Online launched, duplication glitches flooded the game with hundreds of millions of illegitimate GTA$. Here's why Rockstar wiped that money from every account that held it, how the community reacted, and why the decision still shapes how Rockstar handles exploits today.
Jul 13 - Guides
GTA 6 Heists: How They Could Work
Rockstar's trailers already show Jason and Lucia robbing a diner and a bank. Here's how GTA 6's heists could build on GTA 5's formula - and what's still pure speculation.
Jul 12 - Guides
GTA 6's Vice City in 2026 vs. 1986: What's Changed
GTA 6 sends players back to Vice City, but forty fictional years have passed since Tommy Vercetti's 1986. Here is what the trailers and Rockstar's own history confirm has changed, and what has not.
Jul 11 - Guides
GTA 6 Story: Everything We Know About the Plot (No Spoilers)
Jason and Lucia, Rockstar's first criminal-couple leads, get pulled into a conspiracy across Leonida after a heist goes wrong. Here is every plot detail Rockstar has actually confirmed, with nothing from leaks or datamines.
Jul 11
