Los Santos Tuners offers a new location called the Los Santos (LS) Car Meet, where all the players can show off their rides without worrying about griefers. The LS Car Meet is a large parking lot that can be accessed in Cypress Flats.

The LS Car Meet has a lot to offer inside, such as a shop with exclusive clothing, winnable vehicles, a tattoo shop, a quick and easy way to start the new races, and a mod shop to customize your vehicles, among other things.

Membership Benefits

You can visit the LS Car Meet area for free without any form of payment. This lets you look around and marvel at the exotic vehicles inside. However, to access the reputation points and rank up, you will need to buy a membership that costs GTA$50,000. You can buy the membership by talking to Mimi at the car meet.

You are only limited to viewing the LS Car Meet warehouse until you buy the membership. Buying the membership gives you access to a wide array of activities and unlocks a lot of new beneficial features such as:

• Merch Shop: Merch shop offers exclusive clothing only available to the members of the LS Car Meet. All the items are locked behind the reputation level and become available to purchase once you’ve reached that reputation level. The merch shop is displayed out of a van inside the car meet.

  

• Tattoo Parlor: A regular tattoo shop with no new tattoos. It is there just for the sake of quick access to the tattoo shop.

  

• Mod Shop: A mod shop that is easily accessible by sitting in your vehicle and using the in-car vehicle menu. You can modify your vehicle, and other players can watch the modifications taking place in real-time. The LS Car Meet mod shop is the only shop offering the Low Grip Tires added with the Los Santos Tuners update.

  

• Prize Ride Challenges: Every week, there will be a prize vehicle on display at the LS Car Meet that you can win by completing several challenges.

  

  Note that these challenges can take days!

  

• Private Takeover: Once you’ve reached reputation level 20, you can pay Mimi GTA$50,000 to have the entire LS Car Meet space for yourself. You can then use your interaction menu to invite or grant access to other players in the Free Roam Lobby. You can also get a range of interior customization options such as banners (with crew logo) and light colors.
• Test Rides & Test Tracks: You can enter the test track by getting in one of the test rides available by default or using your own personal vehicle (via the vehicle menu).

  

  You can also directly buy the test rides by walking up and interacting with them.

  

  You can have different races in test tracks, time trials, and even a “head-to-head” race with another player.

  

  You can also spectate other players by going into spectator zones, which are two secured raised areas around the test tracks.

  

  The zones are indicated by a steering wheel when outside the LS Car Meet parking lot. The entrance is behind the building.

  

• 5% Discount & Trade Prices: You can modify your vehicle at your Auto Shop and receive a 5% discount on all modifications. You also get trade prices on several vehicles as you progress through the reputation levels.

Ranking System (Reputation Points & Reputation Level)

The first level is automatically unlocked upon purchasing the membership from Mimi at the LS Car Meet for GTA$50,000. The number of reputation points (RP) required to reach reputation level 2 is 95, followed by 100 for level 3… you must be noticing a pattern here. The number of points required for the next rank goes up by 5 points each time. For instance, for reputation level 4, you will need 105. For level 5, you will need 110, and so on.

You will need a total of 1,100 points to reach reputation level 200. The points required to rank up beyond level 200 do not change and always remain the same, that is, 1,100 points. So, if you want to rank up to reputation level 201, you will need an additional 1,100 points. If you want to rank up to 202, the extra points required will still be 1,100, and so on. This means you need a cumulative 997,400 points to reach reputation level 1,000.

Earning RP

There are two main ways through which you can earn RP and level up your reputation – Activities & Racing.

Activities

Before we get into the details of the racing and how it rewards you with the RP, you must understand the amount of RP you get from doing different activities in and around the LS Car Meet. You can earn RP in many ways, including first-time activity bonuses, daily bonuses, and passive earnings.

First-Time Activity Bonuses

The first-time activity bonuses are awarded only once in the game. These are awarded when you complete the listed activities for the first time.

You are awarded 75 points for each activity completion.

Daily Bonuses

The following activities will award you 50 points once every day. When you’ve completed an activity, you need to wait for 24 hrs (real-time) to be able to earn RP from the same activity again. You earn 50 points for completing each activity except for the last three, where you must enter the LS Car Meet parking lot for 7, 14, and 30 days consecutively.

If you continue to enter the parking lot daily beyond 30 days and keep up with your streak, you will continue to receive 500 points daily.

Passive Bonuses

If you’re inside the LS Car Meet, you will passively earn RP. If you spend 4 minutes inside the car meet, you will be awarded 10 points. This has a limit of only 10 times until you hit a cooldown of 8 minutes. This means you can earn a maximum of 100 points in 40 minutes when inside the car meet parking lot, after which you will not earn any points for the next 8 minutes. Then, after the 8 minutes passes by, you will start earning the points for the next 40 minutes again, and the cycle continues.

You can also double your points if you’re wearing any of the LS Tuners clothing items inside the car meet. For example, if you are wearing any one of the clothing items, such as the Emperor Motors Tee, you will earn 100 points in 40 minutes, similar to the points you would earn when idle without the tee. This will double the points you get meaning 200 points every 40 minutes.

You can also earn points when buying LS Tuners clothing items from the clothing shop inside the LS Car Meet. You will earn 25 points on every purchase.

Races

Another method of earning the RP is by completing the races and challenges. Every race you complete awards you some RP.

The amount of RP you get is based on two primary things: your position in the race and the number of competitors. You can easily start a race by talking to the race organizer at the LS Car Meet parking lot.

The following tables show the number of RP you get per race type, your position, and the number of competitors.

Street Race

Pursuit Race

Sprint Race

Scramble Race

Head-To-Head

Reputation Level Unlocks

The following are all the unlocks in the new reputation system. Please note that the trade prices for the vehicles are unlocked every 5 levels. The trade prices will continue to unlock for all the vehicles as long as there are trade prices to unlock. Once all the vehicle trade prices have been unlocked, they will stop unlocking. Since this has been explained here, we have not included the trade price unlocks after every 5 levels starting from reputation level 50 and above.

Frequently Asked Questions

These contract missions are available once you’ve purchased an Auto Shop and have completed the setup mission. Feel free to check out our complete Auto Shop buying and setup guide here.

The contracts will be available on the job board inside your Auto Shop. These contract missions are given to you by both Sessanta and KDJ (Moodymann). There are eight contracts to play.

What is Hao’s Special Works?

Hao’s Special Works is an expansion to the LS Car Meet introduced in Los Santos Tuners. On the current gen consoles, it replaces the regular car customization shop found at the underground location, but matches all previous functionality while expanding upon it with new conversions and mods that weren’t previously available, as well as additional racing-based activities.

Hao’s Special Works also sports the particularly useful feature of allowing players to directly buy exact copies of other players’ vehicles being shown off at the car meet via the interaction menu. If you see someone else sporting a custom ride that’s to your liking, this feature makes it easy to get one of your own without having to guess the exact parts used.

What platforms is Hao’s Special Works out on?

While the port was rated for PC since, we don’t yet have official confirmation of such a release, meaning for the time being this content is exclusive to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Hao’s vehicle conversions & customization

Hao’s Special Works takes a page out of Lowriders‘ book and uses a system similar to Benny’s Original Motor Works, where before applying the exclusive customization options you need to buy a “conversion” for the vehicle in question. This gives you a new platform to work with, and in and of itself features some improvements over the base vehicle. In-game this is known as the HSW Performance Upgrade.

Hao’s Special Works vehicles available for conversion with conversion price:

• Karin S95 (GTA $525,000)
• Pfister Astron Custom (GTA $395,000)
• Coil Cyclone II (GTA $475,000)
• Imponte Arbiter GT (GTA $375,00)
• Pegassi Weaponized Ignus (GTA $500,000)
• Grotti Turismo Classic (GTA $897,00)
• Übermacht Sentinel XS (GTA $1,374,000)
• Bravado Banshee (GTA $1,840,000)
• Shitzu Hakuchou Drag (GTA $1,450,000)
• Principe Deveste Eight (GTA $1,110,000)
• Grotti Brioso R/A (GTA $1,097,000)

Some of these vehicles weren’t available for conversion immediately when the update launched, but were made eligible later on. This implies that more vehicles might be added to the roster later on. Getting the upgrade will allow players to apply special HSW customizations to these rides, including liveries and more.

Hao’s Special Works races

Hao’s Special Works includes races and time trials not otherwise available, requiring vehicles that have been converted with the HSW Performance Upgrade. There are 14 races which are identical to pre-existing Rockstar created Land Races, except all participating vehicles have the HSW upgrade.

The exclusive time trials work in a similar way. However, the par times have also been adjusted here to account for the changed performance of the vehicles being used. You can unlock a special livery by completing all 8 Hao’s Special Works time trials, and a featured time trial rotates on a weekly basis.

Additionally, Hao offers special opportunities on the Test Track, allowing players to try out converted vehicles for free before they make a purchase. This selection also rotates on a weekly basis.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Exotic Exports vehicle list is available inside your Auto Shop once you’ve completed your first Los Santos Tuners contract. The list is on the wall on the upper floor of your Auto Shop. The Exotic Exports vehicle list refreshes every 24 hours.

Payout

When you find a vehicle, you must deliver it to the docks. Successfully delivering the vehicle will reward you with GTA$20,000 and 1,000 RP. That is per vehicle. If you manage to deliver all the vehicles on the list, you will also get an additional bonus of GTA$100,000. There are always ten vehicles on the list for every 24 hour block.

Job Mechanics & Locations

The dock icon automatically appears on your map once you collect the vehicle.

The cars are randomly spawned in the Free Roam world, and are indicated by a small blue dot on your mini-map. The blue dot makes it easier to identify the vehicles.

Prepare to be annoyed as the blue dot can also represent one of the random events such as a sleeping Cayo Perico guard, a Drug Delivery random event, etc. If you do come across one, complete the random event to increase the chances of an exotic vehicle spawning.

The good thing about this job is that you can complete this mission in any session type, whether public, invite-only or solo. You can complete this mission without having to worry about the griefers. If by any chance, the vehicle is destroyed, it will spawn back in later.

There are 100 possible fixed spawn locations where you can find the vehicles on the list, and these are always marked by a blue dot on your minimap. You need to deliver all 10 that can spawn in any of these 100 possible locations to get the GTA$100K bonus – yup that’s right! The following map shows the locations of all 100 spawn points. It is a high-resolution 8K image. Feel free to click on it and save it for better viewing.

The locations are always random in every lobby, and all the players in the lobby will get the same locations. This means if another player gets to the car before you, they can deliver it, and you will miss your chance.

Now, just glancing at 100 possible locations might seem like an impossible task to complete but remember, you can always complete this in an invite-only session without worrying about griefers.

Otherwise, do not fret, this mission can be completed in a few hours if you follow our guide.

The fastest way to complete this mission is by getting into one of the flying vehicles such as an Oppressor MKII, Buzzard helicopter, or a Hydra jet and fly around the map until you see a blue dot appear on your minimap.

When the blue dot appears you will know as the minimap will flash white as soon as the dot appears, so you can’t miss it. What makes this easier is that we already have the locations of all 100 possible spawn points. All you need to do is fly over these locations. You can plan your route from the bottom of the map all the way to the top, covering all the possible spawn points.

Don’t get discouraged if you do not see a blue dot appear – just make sure you go through all the points. If you are already in the middle of delivering a vehicle and decide to switch, you won’t continue the same vehicle delivery if you do change lobbies. Instead, you will enter a new lobby with a different set of vehicle spawns.

It is also possible for the blue dot to appear twice. Yes, even if you’ve already collected one car and are on your way to deliver it to the docks, another one can spawn in. Do not leave your current car in hopes of coming back for it after delivering another one. If you leave one vehicle and collect the other, your previously collected vehicle will despawn.

The second car can sometimes spawn because the spawning of the vehicle is already determined by the game and has a fixed sequence – unknown to the players, of course. As soon as you collect one marked car, another one spawns in one of the 100 possible spawn locations. Hence the reason you can see another blue dot appear on the map whilst already delivering one of the exotic vehicles. This is also one of the reasons why when you switch the session, you get a new set of vehicle spawns, because a new sequence starts.

Rewards

You also get awards for all the hard work and grind you go through when delivering these vehicles. There are two main awards – Car Exporter and Pro Car Exporter.

You get the Car Exporter award for delivering 10 (Bronze), 25 (Silver), 50 (Gold), and 100 (Platinum) vehicles to the docks. The Bronze award rewards you 100 RP, Silver rewards you with 200 RP, Gold rewards you with 400 RP, and Platinum rewards you with 800 RP. You get the Pro Car Importer Platinum award upon successfully delivering all ten vehicles on the list.

Here are a couple of things that you must take care of if you’re experiencing any issues with this job.

• If you cannot see the blue dot at all, make sure you set your ‘Air-Freight’ option to ‘Show’ in the interaction menu. First, open your interaction menu and then navigate to Hide Options > Others > Air-Freight to reach this option.
  
• If you see one of the listed vehicles on the road but not indicated by a blue dot, do not pick it up as doing so will disrupt the activity resulting in you changing the session for a new sequence.
• You cannot see the blue dot if you’re in Passive Mode. You will also not be able to see the other players delivering the exotic vehicle. So make sure you’re not in Passive Mode when carrying out this activity.
  
• Do not switch sessions in the middle of delivering your vehicle.

Frequently Asked Questions

If you’re just beginning this DLC, feel free to check out our Auto Shops guide to get started.

There are a total of four media sticks and one secret media stick. Collecting all four unlocks CircoLoco’s EPs. Each EP is associated with one media stick, and collecting all four also rewards you with a CircoLoco Tee along with an additional mix called “CLR Launch Party (Seth Troxler).”

You also get 1,000 RP per media stick. So, by the time you’ve collected the fifth media stick, you would have earned a total of 5,000 RP. When you collect the fifth one, you unlock Kenny’s Backyard Boogie by Moodyman.

This guide shows you the location of all five media sticks and the associated rewards. We also have a video guide for your reference.

Note that all the media sticks are red in color.

Media Stick #1 – Black EP

The first media stick can be found at the LS Car Meet.

The media stick is on the red toolbox to the far left as soon as you enter the LS Car Meet.

Media Stick #2 – Blue EP

The second media stick is on the Casino Rooftop.

The media stick is on the second shaded table.

Media Stick #3 – Violet EP

The third media stick can be found at any one of the Nightclub Offices. You do not need to own a nightclub to acquire this media stick.

Media Stick #4 – Green EP

The fourth media stick can be found at any one of the arcade bars. Once again, you do not need to own an arcade to collect this one.

Media Stick #5 – Kenny’s Backyard Boogie

The fifth media stick can be found at the LS Car Meet. It is found in a white Bravado that spawns randomly at the LS Car Meet. The stick is in the trunk of the vehicle with a red record.

The car does not always spawn at the car meet. If that happens to you, exit the LS Car Meet and re-enter. The vehicle does not spawn in a fixed location inside the car meet location.

The car will also have a number plate that reads “MOODYMAN.”

You will have to look around the area as it can spawn anywhere in the car meet lot.

Rewards

The following are the rewards associated with the collection of the media sticks. In addition to the following, you also earn a total of 5,000 RP (1,000 RP per media stick) for finding all the sticks.

The EPs

The EPs you’ve unlocked upon collecting all the media sticks can be played by first turning on the radio and selecting the “Media Player” from the radio wheel.

Then you can select the EPs from the inventory in the interaction menu.

The additional mix called “CLR Launch Party (Seth Troxler)” can also be played from the media player. You can also play Kenny’s Backyard Boogie by Moodyman here.

CircoLoco’s Tee

You’ll also receive CircoLoco’s Tee. You can find the Tee by going to the Tops > Labels > CircoLoco Tee in your Wardrobe.

In this article, we’ve laid out all the missions for each heist in GTA Online as well as the payouts each heist at each difficulty level. We’ve also linked to our expert guides to completing each heist, for easy access.

Finally, as well as all the heists payouts, we’ve also listed the maximum potential earnings that you can expect from other missions such as Los Santos Tuners contracts and San Andreas Mercenaries, etc.

Original GTA Online Heists

The Pacific Standard series of heists were the first heists introduced in GTA Online. Each heist comprises a series of setup missions leading up to the grand finale, The Pacific Standard. While the time investment for completing the entire series is significant, its payouts do not really mesh up with the time investment required when compared to other heist options.

Payout

Below, you’ll find a breakdown of the original heists, their setup costs, and the potential earnings across various difficulty levels (easy, normal, and hard).

Heists’ Elite Challenges

In every GTA Online heist finale, players can undertake a series of bonus objectives known as Elite Challenges. These challenges task players with either finishing the heist finale within a restricted timeframe or accomplishing specific tasks throughout the mission.

If players successfully complete all Elite Challenges within a single heist, they unlock an additional $100,000 bonus – except for The Fleeca Job, which offers a $50,000 bonus.

The following are the challenges

• The Fleeca Job
  • Complete in under 5:20
  • Vehicle damage under 6%
  • Nobody gets wasted
• The Prison Break
  • Rashkovsky damaging 1% or less
  • Extraction in under 4:40
  • Nobody gets wasted
• The Humane Labs Raid
  • Complete in under 11:00 minutes
  • Vehicle damage under 2%
  • Nobody gets wasted
• Series A Funding
  • Complete in under 6:30 minutes
  • Kill 75 enemies
  • Nobody gets wasted
• The Pacific Standard Job
  • Complete in under 10:15 Minutes
  • NOOSE not called
  • Nobody gets wasted

The Doomsday Heist

The Doomsday Heist is a three-act heist that marked a substantial milestone in GTA Online’s history, offering players a chance to partake in a massive heist, with the potential to earn up to $2.2 million upon completing the finale.

The Doomsday Heist consists of three acts (Data Breaches, Bogdan Problem and Doomsday Scenario), each functioning as a separate heist. Within each act, players complete series of prep missions, setup missions, and finales.

The Doomsday Heist Payout

Below is a table detailing the setup cost and payouts for each difficulty level in The Doomsday Heist. Unlike other heists, The Doomsday Heist does not offer an easy mode, with players only having the option to choose between normal or hard mode.

The Doomsday Heist Elite Challenges

Similar to the original GTA Online heists above, The Doomsday Heists feature elite challenges that offer players the opportunity to earn extra cash. Completing all elite challenges for each act rewards players with an additional $50,000. Below are the elite challenges for each act.

• Act 1 – The Data Breaches
  • Complete in under 5:30 minutes
  • 78 kills
  • Nobody gets wasted
• Act 2 – The Bogdan Problem
  • Complete in under 15:00 minutes
  • Vehicle damage 5% or less
  • Nobody gets wasted
• Act 3 – The Doomsday Scenario
  • Complete in under 30:00 minutes
  • 0 hacks failed
  • 150 headshots
  • Nobody gets wasted

The Diamond Casino Heist

The Diamond Casino Heist, as the name suggests, lets you plan and pull off a daring casino heist. It’s one of the most exciting series of missions in GTA Online, and Rockstar Games nailed it!

Unlike other heists, players can select among three different approaches – Silent & Sneaky, Aggressive, or The Big Con – to pull off this heist. Your approach must be selected before the heist preps can be started, as the prep missions are dependent on what approach you select.

The Diamond Casino Heist Payout

In the Diamond Casino Heist, your target isn’t just one thing. You could end up with cash, artwork, gold, or even the rarest find of all: diamonds. These valuables are randomly assigned. Diamonds are available on limited occasions.

The following are the average completion times (minutes) for each approach:

• Silent & Sneaky Approach: 20-25 mins
• The Big Con Approach: 20-25 mins
• Aggressive Approach: 20-25 mins

The following is the potential payout for each difficulty level (normal or hard), there is no easy mode.

The Diamond Casino Heist Elite Challenges

Completing elite challenges in the Diamond Casino Heist can net you an extra $50,000 on normal difficulty or $100,000 on hard mode. Each approach comes with its own set of elite challenges that are as follows:

• Silent & Sneaky Approach
  • Complete in under 15:00 minutes
  • Nobody gets wasted
  • 0 hacks failed
  • Don’t get detected
• The Big Con Approach
  • Complete in under 15:00 minutes
  • Nobody gets wasted
  • Don’t get detected
• Aggressive – Approach
  • Complete in under 15:00 minutes
  • Nobody gets wasted
  • 80 headshots

The Cayo Perico Heist

The Cayo Perico Heist is one of the best heists if you’re looking to earn money as a solo player. With relatively quick prep missions, this heist offers solo players the opportunity to rake in millions with minimal effort.

The average completion time for the Cayo Perico heist is around 10-15 mins as a solo player.

The Cayo Perico Heist Payout

Throughout the Cayo Perico Heist, players aim to secure both primary and secondary targets. While the primary target may vary, with the exception of the initial playthrough where the Madrazo Files are fixed, subsequent attempts at the heist will offer different primary objectives.

Primary targets include items like the Sinsimito Tequila, Ruby Necklace, Bearer Bonds, Pink Diamond, and the elusive Panther Statue, available only during special occurrences.

Secondary targets, on the other hand, provide optional loot opportunities, including artwork, weed, cocaine, cash, and gold, giving players a way to maximize their payout. The amount of secondary loot you get depends on how much you can carry in your loot bag.

PRIMARY TARGETS

SECONDARY TARGETS

The Cayo Perico Heist Elite Challenges

In addition to its regular rewards, the Cayo Perico Heist offers players the chance to tackle elite challenges for extra cash. Completing these challenges can earn an additional $50,000 in normal mode and a hefty $100,000 in hard mode. The following are the elite challenges.

• Complete the Cayo Perico Heist in less than 15 minutes.
• Full loot bags.
• No failed hacks.
• Nobody gets wasted.

You can check out our in-depth guide on how to complete The Cayo Perico Heist as a solo player as well as doing the elite challenges along the way.

Los Santos Tuners Contracts

Once you’ve established your Auto Shop and completed the setup mission, you gain access to contract missions. These missions are listed on the job board within your Auto Shop. Both Sessanta and KDJ (Moodymann) will assign you these contracts.

In total, there are eight contracts waiting for you to dive into. If you need assistance setting up your Auto Shop, be sure to check out our buying and setup guide.

Los Santos Tuners Contracts Payout

Whenever you get the total payment for completing a contract, KDJ and Sessanta always take 5% each (total 10%) cut from the payment. We’ve stated both the payouts (before and after the cut) below. For some reason, KDJ and Sessanta didn’t take any cut from the ECU job.

San Andreas Mercenaries DLC

In the San Andreas Mercenaries DLC, players can complete in two types of missions: Project Overthrow and LSA Operations. Project Overthrow forms the core storyline of the DLC, consisting of six main missions that players progress through. LSA Operations offer freemode missions akin to security contracts, presenting a variety of challenges and bonus rewards for completion.

San Andreas Mercenaries DLC Payout