GTA Online Tips and tricks - Levelling up, setting up heists, owning a yacht and more!

If you're wondering how to make money in GTA Online almost a decade after it's initial release, don't worry! There are plenty of methods of building stacks of cash in the Rockstar Games Action Adventure game. Regardless if you're a tried and tested criminal, or a newbie hopping in with the latest port, a lucrative future awaits you in GTA Online.

Grand Theft Auto 5 is one of the greatest games ever made, and you'll find it on all deserving formats; it began on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 before getting the upgrade treatment for release on the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S

The game also comes with GTA Online, a massive, sprawling online city that allows you to run wild through its streets, taking part in missions, races, elaborate heists and a multitude of other criminal activities. Packed with vehicles to hoard, you can build your own empire, running illegal businesses, employing other players and living large in mansions and yachts. It really is an epic crime drama.

The Diamond Casino is now open, complete with all-new activities. GTA Online players can now pick up the Übermacht Zion Classic car and earn bonuses on Casino Work and VIP/CEO Work Missions this week.

The new Survival challenges include fending off a Ballas attack on Grove Street, a battle against Avon Hertz and their goons in the Nuclear Bunker, and more. The new King of the Hill mode is live and double GTA$ and RP just for taking part.

And so, we present the most complete guide to GTA 5 Online you'll find. From cheats and tips in the single-player game to advice for becoming a CEO, earning massive amounts of cash for pulling off bank robberies, buying the best cars and having your fingers in as many lucrative pies as possible. Own the streets, buddy.

GTA Online guide: earn cash fast, double RP, rank up quickly

You need cash and RP, fast cars, slick clothes, an apartment and a quick trigger finger if you're going to carve out a lucrative online career. We're here for you.

• How to earn quick cash and easy RP

You need cash to buy your first set of weapons and RP to unlock new guns, discounts and bonuses as you rank up. Here's the basics.

• The best missions for RP and cash payouts

These missions pay good money and you can do them solo or with buddies. They reward you for time well-spent.

• The most valuable cars to steal and sell

Some cars are worth more than others. Grab these and drop them off with your contacts for a quick cash injection.

• How to get to rank 50 quickly

Do all of this and you'll soon hit rank 50. It doesn't take long if you're a dedicated career criminal.

• Every unlock and every rank

Everything that unlocks as you work from Rank 1 to Rank 120. Any higher than that and it's just for bragging rights.

• The best weapons and load out

Don't carry around duff firepower. Load up with the best in each class, from pistols to assault rifles and rocket launchers.

• Where to find the Annihilator, Buzzard and Maverick helicopters

Helicopters are expensive but useful. If you don't have the spare cash, here's where you can borrow one for a mission or two.

• Deathmatch tips and the best 30-player maps

Deathmatch is a hoot in GTA Online. These are some of our favourites that support up to 30 players.

GTA Online Heists guides

Heists can only be unlocked by the player in order. This means you'll have to work through them systematically if you want to be the guy in charge. Otherwise, you can accept any heist and take part, but you're only ever going to be the dogsbody, never the one who takes the biggest cut. Here are guides to all five heists and all the rewards you get for completing them.

• The Fleeca Job

The Fleeca Job is your intro to heists. It only takes two of you, and the payout isn't half bad. Let's get some practice in.

• The Prison Break

The prison break is one of the most popular heists, as you break and out of the maximum security prison with human cargo and a daring escape.

• The Humane Labs Raid

EMPs, 4-wheel drives, a VTOL jet, the Valkyrie chopper and a tricky stealth mission. Things are about to get tough.

• Series A Funding

Raid a massive yacht and steal a tonne of drugs while under heavy fire. The bullets fly but the payoff is well worth it.

• The Pacific Standard

Stock up on ammo and armour for the biggest bank job yet. The money's fantastic if you can survive long enough to spend it.

• Heists: make the most money with Special Bonuses and Elite Challenges

All of the above jobs pay out a lot more money when you complete special objectives. This is how to make those heists really work for you.

• The Diamond Casino Heist

The Diamond Casino heist is one of the more recent additions to the game heist-wise, and is a great way to bring in a fat stack of cash. Here's how to get it started!

• The Diamond Casino Heist setup and crew

Or if you're after a look at how to set up your plan and what rewards are in store, here's our setup and crew guide.

Hit rank 100: be a CEO, VIP, president and own a yacht

Now you're in the big league and you want everyone to know your name. It's time to rank up, pull in millions in profits and run an entire criminal empire from the most lavish location you can afford. You're big time, baby.

• How to earn daily, weekly and monthly rewards

Play every day to really ramp up your earnings with multiple easy jobs that only take 15 minutes of your time.

• 12 tips for getting big bucks in Freemode Events

Freemode Events kick off every 15-20 minutes when you play in free mode. Some of them can be massive money-earners if you know how to exploit them...

• How to become a CEO and earn big money

If you're rolling in money you can now buy an office and warehouse, hire associates and move expensive cargo across Los Santos and Blaine County.

• How to be a VIP and hire bodyguards

If an office is a little out of you league, become a VIP with bodyguards to earn dollars by running around LC taking out rival organisations.

• How to form a motorcycle club and become president

Form a biker gang, ride in formation and earn cash by shifting illegal product across Blaine County. It's a brotherhood, not a gang.

• Import/Export jobs and how to get Special Vehicles cheap

This is all about stealing, respraying and selling on tasty motors. Here's how to do that with the minimum fuss and maximum payout.

• How to live on a Super Yacht

When you're ballin' outta control you need to go large and buy a $10 million yacht. It comes with its own missile defense system - need we say more.

• Don't argue: you need to buy a gun locker

Keep your hand-carved ebony grip revolver locked away and organise you arsenal with an overpriced gun safe.

• Everything you need to know to create movies using the Rockstar Editor & Director mode

Make and direct your own movies to document and show off your ridiculous criminal lifestyle. Winners don't need to be shy.

• What to play next: games like GTA 5

You're done, huh? Or at least until GTA 6 comes along. Speaking of, here's out report on GTA 6 heading for a rough 2025 release date, as well as our excellent feature on the GTA 6's biggest problem isn't living up to the hype, it's the fact that parody is dead.