GTA Online for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S: Rockstar Offers New Career Builder Details

Rockstar has offered more details about GTA Online’s new Career Builder tool, which will let new players jump more smoothly into the game on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.Revealed alongside pre-loading for the new console versions going live, Career Builder effectively allows players to start a new Online account with a number of perks that might otherwise have taken considerable time (or some real-life money) to unlock, keeping them on something of a par with existing players. It is available only on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of the game.Career Builder gives players a choice of business properties, vehicles, weapons, and extra in-game cash from the start of the game. Your first choice will be to choose one of four career paths in the multiplayer game: Biker, Executive, Nightclub Owner, or Gunrunner.After choosing one, players are given $4 million of in-game money to buy a from a range of upgraded or non-upgraded properties, vehicles and weapons. $1 million of that cash can be brought with you into the game if you’d prefer, but $3 million must be spent on starting upgrades.GTA 5 and GTA Online – PS5 and Xbox Series X/S ScreenshotsOf course, this option is open to anyone opening the new version of GTA Online on their new-gen consoles, meaning you can abandon a profile on a last-gen version of the game if you want to. However, as Rockstar previously confirmed, one-time GTA Online profile transfers will be available from March 15. There’s an important point to noted about profile transfers. While in-game money earned by playing GTA Online can be carried from any platform to any platform, in-game cash purchased with real-life money can only be transferred within a console family – i.e. PS4 to PS5.Those that choose to bring a character over will receive “a fully converted Karin S95 souped up by the experts at Hao’s Special Works, along with a Hao’s Special Work Racing Outfit and set of new Chameleon paints usable on all vehicles.” Hao’s Special Works is a new addition to the Los Santos Car Meet, offering vehicle upgrades, and in-game events.We had it confirmed today that GTA 5 and the newly standalone GTA Online won’t be offered as free PS5 and Xbox Series upgrades, but they will launch with significant discounts – and Online will be entirely free on PS5 for three months.Joe Skrebels is IGN’s Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.



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