Coming Soon to GTA Online: Increased Payouts, Price Changes, and a Summer Update

Developers have announced that starting with the next bonus week (beginning May 14), several balance adjustments will be introduced to GTA Online. The changes are aimed at improving earnings, reducing expenses, and combating cheaters and players abusing vehicle resale exploits.

Increased Payouts

Several activities will receive permanent payout boosts:

• 2× GTA$ payouts for:
  • Special Vehicle Work;
  • Mobile Operations Missions;
  • Casino Story Missions;
  • Casino Work (via phone).
• 1.5× GTA$ payouts for:
  • Standard Bail Office Targets;
  • Most Wanted Bail Office Targets;
  • A Superyacht Life;
  • Project Overthrow Missions.

Price Adjustments

Prices for more than 30 vehicles will be rebalanced. Some will become cheaper, while others will increase in price.

Price reductions confirmed for:

• Brute Police Riot,
• Progen Tyrus,
• Överflöd Imorgon.

Price increase confirmed for:

• Mammoth F-160 Raiju.

In addition, the promotional image accompanying the announcement strongly suggests that prices may also change for:

• Annis 300R,
• Ocelot XA-21,
• Übermacht Revolter.

Summer Update

Devs also teased the next DLC. Following the usual pattern, it is expected to launch this summer, although no exact release date has been announced yet.

One possible clue was the final day of the current GTA+ period, which ends on June 11. However, that falls on a Thursday, while major GTA Online updates typically release on Tuesdays or Wednesdays (as happened with the December DLC).

Before the official announcements, June 16 briefly surfaced as a rumored release date, though its reliability remains unclear. Another possibility is that the current offers could simply be extended for half a week — something Rockstar Games has done before.