GTA V Announced

[Mr. Adventure]

^ You can mark "points of interest" on the map. And I wouldn't doubt that 99% of people who find all the jumps/pieces/etc use guides at some point.

 

[Rincewiend]

How to make money using the stock market:

STEP 1:

Lester Assassination Mission #1 - Hotel Assasination

This will come naturally being that you cannot progress through the rest of the story without having to do the first one. Invest in [BET] BettaPharmaceuticals (BAWSAQ) with each character before starting the mission with Franklin. You won't have much money to invest so the take won't be that big. Im not exactly sure what the max return percentage is on the investment because at the time I did the mission I wasnt that familiar with how the stock market works. If i remember correctly though it caps out at around 80% profit at least.


STEP 2:

DO NOT DO ANYMORE OF LESTER'S ASSASSINATION MISSIONS:

There are probably other ways of manipulating the stock market and making vast amounts of cash without these missions but if you do them early on you will miss out on being able to invest your take from the final heist on his stock tips and thus not be able to make vast amounts of money as quickly.


STEP 3:

Finish all the main story missions besides Lester's assassination missions.

Once you finish the last story mission you get the money you made from the last heist you did at which point you can get on the road towards being a billionaire.


STEP 4:

Lester Assassination Mission #2 - The Multi Target Assassination

BEFORE accepting the mission invest all the money you have with each character in the stock [DEB] Debonaire (LCN). Immediately after this mission is completed the stock price will start to rise. It will take around 8 in game hours to reach its peak at 80% return percentage at which point you can sell all your stock with each character. If you wait too long to sell then the return will be significantly lower so keep an eye on the stock and wait for it to reach its peak and make sure to sell before the next trading day which begins every weekday at 8am in game time.

Here are my numbers to show you what I made with Michael.

$32, 081,246 invested. $58,714,376 return.


STEP 4.5

Invest in Redwood

This is the most important step and the step most people are not aware of. Even though you are meant to hurt this company with the last assassination mission they come out on top in the end. Invest all your money with each character in [RWC] Redwood (LCN). With any of your characters advance the in game clock by 48 hours past the last trading day which started at 8am by going the the save screen at any of safe houses and then backing out immediately. Each time you back out from a save the clock advances 6 hours. If you wait 2 days and land on a weekend you have to wait additional days to get to the next week as stock prices do not move on weekends. Once you get to start of the second trading day Redwood's stock will be up by a whopping 300% instantly at which point you sell.

Here is what I made with Michael.

$58,714,376 invested. $234,839,456 return.

STEP 5

Lester Assassination Mission #3 - The Vice Assassination

BEFORE starting the mission invest all your money with each character in [FRT] Fruit (BAWSAQ) and then complete the mission. You will net a max of 50% return from this stock at which point sell it on all your characters.

Here is what I made with Michael.

$234,839,456 invested. $353,735,360 return.


STEP 6:

Lester Assassination Mission #4 - The Bus Assassination

Complete the mission as you would do normally. AFTER completion invest all your money with each character in [VAP] Vapid (BAWSAQ). Advance the in game clock 2 days and at the start of the second trading day the stock will be up 100% instantly and will not peak any further at which point you sell.

Here is what I made with Michael.

$353,735,360 invested. $707,470,720 return


STEP: 7

Lester Assassination Mission # 7 -The Construction Assassination

BEFORE starting the mission invest all your money with each character in [GCD] GoldCoast (LCN) and then complete the mission. You will net a max of 80% return from this stock at which point sell it on all your characters.

Here is what I made with Michael.

$707,470,720 invested. $1,282,880,384 return.


Condensed Version:

STEP 1 - BEFORE the second assassination mission invest in [DEB] Debonaire (LCN). Sell at 80% return.

STEP 2 - Invest in [RWC] Redwood (LCN). Advance in game clock 2 days. Sell at 300% return.

STEP 3 - BEFORE the third assassination mission invest in [FRT] Fruit (BAWSAQ). Sell at 50% return.

STEP 4 - AFTER the fourth assassination mission invest in [VAP] Vapid (BAWSAQ). Advance in game clock 2 days. Sell at 100% return.

STEP 5 - BEFORE the fifth assassination mission invest in [GCD] GoldCoast (LCN). Sell at 80% return.

As you can see, depending on your take from the last heist you can make upwards of anywhere from 1-1.5 billion dollars. If anyone finds any errors or has any input regarding this method or the stock market in general feel free to leave a comment.

Thank you Romez5 for this guide, much appreciated.

LINK: http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/gr...5-billion-lesters-assassination-missions.html

Though getting so much money after beating the game defeats the purpose of making money and buying properties during the game...

 

[TheGodBen]

I wish it was possible to mark jumps on the map so you can go back to them if you happen to pass them and are in the middle of something so can't use it, or need a better car/whatever. Instead they're scattered around, hidden, with no easy way to remember where they are or to find them again.

If you link your game with a Rockstar Social Club account, they track everything you need to do to achieve 100% completion and have maps for most of the things you have yet to find. You also don't have to accomplish all 50 stunt jumps, just 25 of them.

I got 100% completion on all the 3D GTA games, and I was sitting at 85% when I finished the story in V, so I may as well go for 100% again. At least this time there's none of those fecking birds that you have to shoot, triggering a wanted level every. Single. Time.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Had a pretty good moment last night. After a character switch to Michael at the movie studio there are two actors in astronaut gear by the exit. I tried to take a "selfie" with them but they got belligerent. Took the fight outside the studio gates and roughed them up. Got in my car and started taking shots from the security guard chasing in a golf cart yelling "No one fucks with this rent-a-cop." Great stuff.

 

[Sephiroth]

GOD FUCKING DAMNIT, thats the 5th time i've switched to trevor with him in the middle of the interstate with a fucking wanted level i've had to get wasted/busted so many fucking times because of that shit

 

[Trekker4747]

Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation reviews GTA5.

 

[Rincewiend]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpk2el7e2EE&feature=youtu.be[/yt]

 

[Mr. Adventure]

^ I inadvertently dumped out of the helicopter two or three times looking for the right button and forgetting one was "exit".

 

[JarodRussell]

Damn, that game looks great.

Any news on a PC version? PS4?

 

[Sephiroth]

I found a place to pick up molotov cocktails

 

[TedShatner10]

How do you rate the soundtrack for GTA V? I'd say it wasn't quite as solid as the revolutionary soundtrack for GTA Vice City (or Vice City Stories), but it was better than the soundtrack for GTA IV (and spin offs), and more comparable to the track selection for GTA San Andreas.

I find myself returning to the Classic Rock Radio and Non Stop Pop, with the music selections on those stations having the most personality, nostalgia factor, and entertainment value (even though the latter station was a bit too short). Three of my favourite music selections are "Anthem", "Music Sounds Better With You" and "Rhythm of the Night" (which are reminiscent of the underrated track selections "Pacific State", "Voodoo Ray" and "Break 4 Love" which were featured on San Andreas' SF-UR).

 

[Sephiroth]

I always liked the talk stations, the LS talk station is weak but the public radio one is great

 

[TedShatner10]

I like the segments featuring Lazlow having an on air meltdown, plus the political ads and debates featuring a knuckle headed Republican (ex-stuntman) and pompous Democrat (ex-teacher).

 

[PsychoPere]

I'm proud to say that Franklin has now become a legitimate businessman with his first acquisition - a medical marijuana dispensary. The towing company will probably be his next one.

 

[Sephiroth]

Just south of Hookies is a very small bridge (ninja panther alert!) underneath it is a molotov spawn, and in the porta-john cabin outside of Hookies is a baseball bat

 

[Rincewiend]

Played a bit of online yesterday, it's ok i guess...

 

[TheGodBen]

How do you rate the soundtrack for GTA V? I'd say it wasn't quite as solid as the revolutionary soundtrack for GTA Vice City (or Vice City Stories), but it was better than the soundtrack for GTA IV (and spin offs), and more comparable to the track selection for GTA San Andreas.

The soundtrack is alright, but I don't think any game can top the amazingness of soundtracks in the Vice City games.

I love the new radio wheel, that's a great innovation that should definitely become the new standard for GTA-clones. But the downside is that I find myself sticking to the stations I know I like instead of flicking through the stations and discovering new songs, which would happen sometimes in the previous games.

I'm proud to say that Franklin has now become a legitimate businessman with his first acquisition - a medical marijuana dispensary. The towing company will probably be his next one.

The towing company is a waste unless you really love the towing minigame. It provides no weekly income, only $500 for each car towed, so to get a return on your investment you need to tow a whopping 300 cars.

 

[PsychoPere]

Yeah, I found that out after my post by reading this guide. I had really only been considering it as part of Franklin's "role-play" anyway, so definitely no loss in not buying it.

I would've ended up towing some cars, but definitely not 300!

 

[TheGodBen]

I actually did buy it, expecting it to be like the businesses in Vice City where you had to do a couple of missions to unlock a decent daily income. I did five towing missions, looked it up online, and realised that I had made a terrible mistake.

All the businesses in V are a waste of money really because they take far too long to make a profit. It's more realistic, but it makes them pointless from a gameplay perspective.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

I find the properties are more fun just for the pseudo missions that come up occasionally than for actual profit. "Hey someone stole our weed shipment!"

Free upgrades at Los Santos Customs is a good perk as well.