Grand Theft Auto V

Tips

• Start here

  Flight school before the big heists

  Franklin's slow-mo, Trevor's rage, and Michael's bullet time are the story kit. Complete flight school before the Paleto or Big Score setups so the helicopter legs stop being the wipe.

• Start here

  Skip the first real-estate pitch

  The in-game property ads are not the good investments. Spend story cash on a garage and a weapon loadout; the assassination missions are the money.

• Advanced

  Lester's assassinations move stocks

  Before each Lester assassination, invest the three protagonists in the company that will spike, then sell after the mission. That loop is the story-mode money glitch that isn't a glitch.

• Secrets

  Epsilon, the jet, the mine

  The Epsilon program is a long-form scam with a tractor at the end. Fort Zancudo's jet is stealable with a cargo bob or a sprint through the gate; the naval mines around the carrier are how a lot of those attempts end.

• Multiplayer

  Cayo Perico is the solo heist

  The Kosatka submarine starts the Cayo Perico heist, which is still the cleanest solo money in GTA Online. Don't buy a nightclub first; buy the thing that prints setups you can finish without three randoms.

• Secrets

  Epsilon and yoga are missable

  Michael's yoga and the Epsilon long-form questline can lock out if you skip the phone calls. Chop's interactions with Franklin are easy to never open once the story starts assigning heists.