Na finally: Rockstar has officially announced the Winter Update 2022 for GTA Online. We reveal what is known so far about the new content like cars and more
2022 is slowly coming to an end and so the question arises: What does the Winter Update for GTA Online look like this year? Rockstar already reveals: It”s coming. That”s why we collect in this overview all officially announced and also unofficial contents that are supposed to hit the multiplayer of GTA 5 this year. At least we already know a new car, new Quality of Life improvements and what else an established insider reveals.
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Release: When will the 2022 Winter Update be released?
Good question, at the moment we don”t know a concrete release date for the Winter Update 2022, so it”s impossible to say exactly when the new content for GTA Online will hit in December. Without a doubt, however, a detailed announcement should not be too long in coming. After all, the year 2022 is coming to an end – so there is not much leeway left for the release.
By the way: The fact that a new update for GTA Online will most likely be released at the end of 2022 was an open secret until now. After all, Rockstar has always been reliable in giving the multiplayer mode of Grand Theft Auto 5 a new expansion towards the end of each year. For example, The Contract was released at the end of 2021, and The Cayo Perico Heist was released the year before.
Story: What is the winter update about?
In the (most recent blogpost) Rockstar has officially announced the Winter Update 2022 for GTA Online, but there is not much information available at the moment. But established insider Tez2 provides additional details: a few of them have already been confirmed, a few not yet.
This is what we know officially: Rockstar promises a massive update that even spans several parts released one after the other. For a change, the setting will not be Los Santos, but the middle part of the GTA Online map: the desert Blaine County. Official screenshots also hint at additional details:
- A new character named Dax can be seen in the mobile phone contacts.
- Trevor”s buddy Ron from GTA 5”s story campaign and also various GTA Online missions is apparently returning!
- We
are expanding the awareness of the citizens of Los Santos
which sounds like a new drug business - A souped-up version of the Brickade armoured vehicle can be seen
- A new taxi can also be seen
This is what an insider reveals: The established Rockstar insider (Tez2) already provided potential details about the upcoming winter update of GTA Online a few weeks ago. He recently shared on Twitter that we will get to meet a new character named Drax and his Juggalo
gang, while an old acquaintance (Ron?) will return. According to Tez2, there will be a new property and an LSD lab, as well as additional missions for one to four players, collectibles and a taxi service as a quick-travel option.
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– Tez2 (@TezFunz2) December 2, 2022
Content: What kind of content is in the Winter Update?
This is what is to come: Rockstar is currently promising a massive update that will be released in several parts. In addition to new story missions, a fleet of new vehicles, additional in-game events, contact missions and more will be released. However, there are currently no concrete details on this.
Free car as a gift: But at least we already know that the new Declasse Tahoma Coupe will be free for all GTA Online players. With the car, Rockstar is rewarding the community that captured more than four trillion (yes, trillion) GTA dollars in the course of the last Heist Challenge.
Quality of Life: What improvements does the update bring?
This is to come: The Criminal Enterprises already delivered a whole range of useful Quality of Life improvements that GTA Online players had been waiting for for years. In the future, Rockstar plans to deliver more of them. For example, the following updates:
- Useless phone contacts can be hidden, which takes the hassle out of scrolling through the in-game phone. This should allow us to contact NPCs like Lester or the mechanic more quickly.
- The missions of the terror byte can be started in all sessions in future and thus no longer only in public ones.
- The penthouse missions of the Diamond Casino Resort by Agatha Baker can now also be completed alone and thus without a partner. Previously, at least one co-op partner was indispensable.
- Purchased vehicles appear faster in the selected garage.
- Selected armed vehicles can also be used in races, but their weapons are of course deactivated.
- The cash payout of contraband missions is tripled, finally making them more lucrative again. In addition, completing Vehicle Cargo sales missions in public sessions also pays out a High Demand bonus.
- The mechanic can now also deliver bicycles and not just cars and motorbikes.
- On Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X/S GTA Online gets ray tracing reflections.
- The value of Shark Cards available via real money will be increased: Players will get more GTA Dollars if they want to invest their real money in GTA Online.
What are your hopes and expectations for the future of GTA Online? What features and improvements would you hope to see in the next update? Let us know in the comments!
