u/InertiaGTA

New GTA Online event: May 21 through May 27.

Motor Madness continues: 2× on Auto Shop Robbery Contract finales, LS Car Meet Series, Junk Energy and RC Time Trials, plus 5× LS Car Meet reputation and the Obey Omnis claimable via The Gangbanger Robbery.

---

Motor Madness — rewards & discounts (through May 27)

Trigger	Reward / perk
Log in	Rockstar Helmet
Buy any vehicle at Premium Deluxe Motorsport	Rockstar Racing Suit (within 72h)
Buy any vehicle at Luxury Autos	LS Customs Varsity Jacket (within 72h)
Buy any vehicle featured in the LS Car Meet	Blue Banshee Tee (within 72h)
—	FREE horn customization & LS Car Meet membership

---

Weekly challenge

Task	Reward
Win 2 LS Car Meet races	Bright Manor Racing Suit + GTA$100,000

---

5× LS Car Meet reputation

Scope
All LS Car Meet–related activities

---

Bonus GTA$ & RP

Mult.	Activity
2×	Auto Shop Robbery Contract finales
2×	LS Car Meet Series (Street, Pursuit, Drag & Drift)
2× (4× GTA+)	Junk Energy Time Trials
2×	RC Time Trials
2×	Hotring Races

---

Discounts

50% off

Category
LS Tuners racing suits
HSW performance upgrades
Benny’s conversion upgrades
Turbo tuning
Blue & yellow tire smoke customization

40% off

Item
Auto Shop properties (incl. upgrades & modifications)
All small, medium & large garage properties
Bravado Banshee GTS
Declasse Lifeguard
Dewbauchee Rapid GT
Emperor Vectre
Enus Paragon R
Lampadati Felon GT
Nagasaki Hot Rod Blazer
Överflöd Entity XF
Übermacht Cypher

30% off

Vehicle
Dashound
HVY Chernobog
Pegassi Torero
RC Bandito
Vapid Desert Raid

---

Gun van (primary deals)

Deal	Item
50%	Railgun
30% (GTA+)	Combat Shotgun

---

FIB priority file

• The Brute Force File

---

Salvage yard robberies

Job	Vehicle (tier)	Notes
Cargo Ship	Grotti Turismo Omaggio	Top
Gangbanger	Obey Omnis — LS Car Meet vanity plate (claimable)	Standard
McTony	Vapid Hustler	Low

---

Free / rotating vehicles

Source	Vehicle	Notes
Lucky Wheel podium	Ocelot R88
LS Car Meet prize	Ocelot Virtue	Top 3 in 3 races in the LS Car Meet Series

---

Test rides

Location	Vehicles
Premium Deluxe Motorsport	Declasse Lifeguard, Dewbauchee Rapid GT, Lampadati Felon GT, Överflöd Entity XF, Western Rat Bike
Luxury Autos	Progen Luiva, Shitzu Keitora
Test track	Bravado Banshee GTS; Emperor Vectre (Xero 29 limited-time livery); Übermacht Cypher (Negative Speed Demon limited-time livery)
HSW premium test	Übermacht Niobe

---

Premium race & trials

Type	Name
Premium race	Criminal Records
Time trial	Stab City
HSW time trial	Del Perro Beach → Murrieta Heights

As many of you requested, the original PC post flair has now been removed and replaced with two separate options: PC Enhanced and PC Legacy.

Please use the new flair that best matches your post when creating content related to PC.

Thanks for the feedback, and thank you all for helping improve r/gtafriends!

Who's looking to run heists, race, or just not fail Cayo Perico the 100th time this week? This week's thread drop a comment and reply to someone who fits.

Comment with: Platform • What you want to do • How to add you
Example: [PS5] Cayo B2B, evenings PSN: YourName

Offering to help? Comment too. Plenty of people are looking.

Reply to others who match. Sort by New for the latest. For scheduled sessions: GTAFriends.com.

Solo Creator Mode Online (CMO) – Xbox capture + lobby camera method (updated steps)

by Kvexir

---

Platform(s): Xbox and PlayStation (Xbox One / Series; buttons = A / B / Xbox button / D-pad)

Requirements

• A race and a capture saved in Rockstar Creator (not published — saved jobs only).
• You can change your Online character appearance and use Save and Continue.
• Comfort with Xbox network offline/online from the guide while alerts are open.

What you get

Creator Mode Online (CMO): you end online with creator-style behavior / options depending on what you do after the glitch.

Related: Creator Mode Online Glitch (older thread — this post is a different route.)

---

Prerequisites (before the long chain)

1. Have the race and capture saved to your creator (published jobs do not work for this method).
2. In Online, open Change appearance once and use Save and Continue so the game stores that flow.
3. For this route, always load Story first, switch character if needed, then enter Creator from story when the steps say to.

---

Part A — Online appearance + restart

1. Load Online, go to Change appearance, Save and Continue.
2. Wait until you are fully loaded in a GTA Online session (free roam lobby), then fully restart the game.

---

Part B — Story → invite only until “change appearance” alert

3. Load Story mode. From pause, try Invite Only Session.

   • If you get the Change appearance alert: you are set for the next part.
   • If you do not get it: close the game, repeat from step 3 until the alert appears.

4. When you have that alert: restart the game again and load Story mode.

---

Part C — Creator → capture → lobby camera preview

5. From Story, open Rockstar Creator.
6. Load your saved capture (again: not a published job).
7. In the capture editor, go to Placement → Lobby camera.
8. Preview the lobby camera: A to preview, then hold B + D-pad Down (use your usual timing).
   • If it worked, you leave preview in a weird state and you should see Exit to Story Mode (or similar) on an alert.

---

Part D — Network on the alert until you can pause

9. Stay on that alert. Open Xbox network settings → Go offline, then Go online, return to GTA. (Pick your profile if asked.)
   • Repeat offline → online → back to GTA until you can open the pause menu. As soon as you can pause, do it.

---

Part E — Play GTA Online while holding alerts

10. In pause, go to Play GTA Online.

    • Accept Leave Creator if prompted.
    • Stay on the Story mode alert (do not dismiss it yet).

11. Still on that alert: Offline → wait ~10 seconds → Online → return to GTA.

---

Part F — Rockstar services error → connection restored (timing matters)

12. You want the error: Unable to connect to Rockstar game services / check network / return to main menu.

13. Accept that error immediately.

14. Do not press A until the Connection restored (or equivalent) alert appears; then continue.

After this, the pause menu should be invisible — that is the state you need for the next inputs.

---

Part G — Invisible menu → change appearance (hard section)

You are navigating a menu you cannot see. The game is still highlighting real rows; use counting, steady D-pad, and Guide open/close if focus feels wrong.

Main sequence

15. D-pad Down ×5 (slow and steady — count out loud).

16. Press A.

17. Open Xbox Guide → close Guide (one clean open/close).

18. Press B once.

19. Accept Change appearance when that alert appears.

20. In the appearance flow, Save and Continue.

If change appearance never appears

• Try D-pad Down ×4 or ×6 instead of ×5 before A, then still do Guide open/close → B.
• Listen for menu tick sounds on each D-pad press; no sound can mean focus is not on the menu.

Fallback combo (from testing — if main sequence fails)

Accept alerts including Connection restored as your method requires, then: D-pad Down ×3 → A → Xbox Guide twice → D-pad Up ×1 → wait for Change appearance → spam A on that alert (Save and Continue if the editor opens).

---

Part H — Leave creator → race → quit → quit creator → fly

21. Leave Creator.

22. A, then D-pad Down, A to your saved race.

23. D-pad Down ×3, A ×2.

24. Hold the Interaction menu button ~3 seconds.

25. D-pad Down ×1, A to quit race.

26. D-pad Up ×2, A — should be Quit Creator → A to confirm.

27. D-pad Down ×5, A again.

28. D-pad Up ×1, then fly high (your usual CMO movement step).

---

Part I — Final network + spam A on appearance

29. Offline → Online, but stay in Xbox network settings ~15 seconds before returning to the game.

30. On Change appearance alert: spam A to push through.

Done.

---

Notes for readers

• Published vs saved: published jobs break this for most people; use saved capture/race only.
• Step 14: waiting for Connection restored before A is what sets up the invisible menu

---

New GTA Online event: May 14 through May 20.

Motor Madness runs two weeks in Los Santos: 4× on Land Races, 3× on HSW Time Trial payouts and Simeon Contact Missions, rare showroom & podium prizes, Salvage Yard perks, Simeon bonuses, the new Water Like livery for the Vapid FMJ MK V, and GTA Series Videos’ Old School Hits is now permanently in the Jobs menu.

Spotlight

• Water Like livery — Vapid FMJ MK V

---

Weekly challenge

Task	Reward
Win any 2 races	Dark Manor Racing Suit + GTA$100,000

---

Bonus GTA$ & RP

Mult.	Activity
4×	Land Races
3×	HSW Time Trial
3×	Simeon Contact Missions
2×	Tow Truck Service
2×	Community Race Series

GTA$ only (Salvage Yard)

Mult.	Activity
2×	Salvage Yard daily income
2×	Salvage Yard robbery target sale & salvage value

---

Motor Madness — rewards & discounts (through May 27)

Trigger	Reward / perk
Log in	Rockstar Helmet
Buy any vehicle at Premium Deluxe Motorsport	Rockstar Racing Suit (within 72h)
Buy any vehicle at Luxury Autos	LS Customs Varsity Jacket (within 72h)
Buy any vehicle featured in the LS Car Meet	Blue Banshee Tee (within 72h)
—	FREE horn customization & LS Car Meet membership

Motor Madness — 50% off

Category
LS Tuners racing suits
HSW performance upgrades
Benny’s conversion upgrades
Turbo tuning
Blue & yellow tire smoke customization

---

Discounts (40% off)

Item
Salvage Yard properties (incl. upgrades & modifications)
Eclipse Blvd Garage
Bravado Banshee GTS
Canis Castigator
Dewbauchee JB 700
Dewbauchee Rapid GT Cabrio
Grotti Itali RSX
Karin 190z
Lampadati Furore GT
Nagasaki Shotaro
Överflöd Pipistrello
Western Rat Bike

Discounts (30% off)

Vehicle
Bravado Gauntlet Classic
Coil Brawler
Declasse Impaler SZ
Lampadati Novak
Übermacht Rhinehart

---

Gun van (primary deals)

Deal	Item
40%	Compact EMP Launcher
40% (GTA+)	Precision Rifle

---

FIB priority file

• The Black Box File

---

Salvage yard robberies

Job	Vehicle (tier)	Notes
Podium	Invetero Coquette D10 — LS Pounders vanity plate (claimable)	Top
Gangbanger	Vapid Dominator GT	Standard
Duggan	Karin Previon	Low

---

Free / rotating vehicles

Source	Vehicle	Notes
Lucky Wheel podium	Benefactor LM87
LS Car Meet prize	Benefactor Krieger	Top 5 in 5 races in the LS Car Meet Series

---

Test rides

Location	Vehicles
Premium Deluxe Motorsport	Dewbauchee JB 700, Dewbauchee Rapid GT Cabrio, Karin 190z, Lampadati Furore GT, Western Rat Bike
Luxury Autos	Übermacht Sentinel XS4, Vapid FMJ MK V (Water Like livery)
Test track	Bravado Banshee GTS; Grotti Itali RSX (Monochrome limited-time livery); Överflöd Pipistrello (Street Camo Right limited-time livery)
HSW premium test	Weeny Issi Rally

---

Premium race & trials

Type	Name
Premium race	The Commute
Time trial	Galileo Park
HSW time trial	East Vinewood → Vespucci Beach

r/gtaclips is under new moderation, feel free to ask questions via modmail.