Grand Theft Auto Online players are going to live the high life in the game’s latest update, A Safehouse in the Hills. For the first time, the game is letting users purchase one of three luxury estates in and around Los Santos and all of the amenities that come with them. It arrives alongside the new Grand Theft Auto 5 Title Update 1.72, the full patch notes for which you can see below.
Each of the three mansions–The Richman Villa, Tongva Estate, and Vinewood Residence–have their own perks and visual identities. But all of the mansions come with a fast-travel ability that lets players go from the lap of luxury to any of their other properties in the city without the hassle of driving.
Players can take remote work to the next level by using a master control terminal to remotely manage their businesses. But when the need for travel arises, there’s a 20-car garage with ample space for personal vehicles as well as a private rooftop helipad that comes with a Volatus helicopter.
For a temporary boost in stats, players can use the gym equipment or yoga area. But the swimming pool and hot tub are strictly for leisure. Players can even get their own dogs or cats and let them enjoy the amenities of a comfortable kennel and bed, respectively.
The interior of the mansion can be customized to include trophy cabinets that display your achievements, an armory, an arcade, and a vehicle workshop. Being flush with money also allows players to beef up their security team to prevent raids on the businesses they own.
If you’re looking for a new ride, the following vesicles have been added with this update: Pfister X-treme (Super), Übermacht Sentinel XS4 (Sedan), and the Grotti GT750 (Sports Classic). But living that lifestyle gets expensive, so you may want the $400,000 bonus for completing the new mission, KnoWay Out. In it, players will attempt to help Avi Schwartzman sabotage a self-driving car start-up company. Players will also be able to design their own missions with the Rockstar Mission Creator.
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There will also be a new Getaway Driver random event, four new Emotes, and Missile Lock-On Jammer. More missions, cars, and seasonal Adversary Modes will be added in the future. For now, the latest GTA+ benefits include early access to the Vapid FMJ MK V, the ability to add Hao’s Special Works, Benny’s, Drift Tuning, and Missile Lock-On Jammer capability to vehicles from a mansion’s Vehicle Workshop, half off HSW Upgrades, and the ability to remotely give assignments to Hangar, Warehouse, and Bail Office Staff from The Vinewood Club App.
Once players settle into their new homes, Grand Theft Auto 5 protagonist Michael De Santa and his wife, Amanda, will introduce themselves as their new neighbors. Michael’s become a movie producer since giving up his life of crime, but the trailer for this update strongly suggests he may have to come out of retirement.
If you need some GTA cash heading into this update, Rockstar has given fans an easy way of earning $500,000’s worth of in-game currency. The complete patch notes for Grand Theft Auto 5’s update 1.72 are included below.
Grand Theft Auto 5 Title Update 1.72 Notes
New Content
- The A Safehouse in the Hills update adds new Mansion properties, Missions, and Vehicles as well as a new Mission Creator.
Mansions
- Players can purchase three customizable Mansion properties from the new Prix Luxury Real Estate website, providing access to exclusive features.
- An AI Assistant grants players the ability to temporarily increase the production speed of a chosen business, fast travel to all owned properties/businesses, and throw mansion parties.
- Players can choose from three distinct personalities for their AI Assistant: Angel, Haviland, and OG
- AI Assistants can also be accessed in Freemode via a new phone contact
- The office contains a Master Control Terminal, providing remote access to several owned business operations
- Upper floors contain a Media Room, Spa, Cigar Room, Salon, and Trophy Cabinets which allow players to display accomplished milestones and achievements
- The exterior includes Gym Equipment and Yoga mats, where players can build their Strength and Stamina to gain additional temporary stat bonuses, as well as a Rooftop Helipad for aerial entry and exit
- Basement levels contain a Garage with space for 20 vehicles, a private Nightclub, and a personal Vault containing all the cash the player currently has across their wallet and bank account
- Both a cat and dog can be purchased, which will appear throughout the mansion
- Additional Security staff can be purchased, reducing the chance of owned businesses being raided or eliminating the risk entirely if the respective business Security upgrade has also been purchased
- The following additional rooms can be purchased:
- Armory – Provides access to the Mk II Weapon Workshop, a range of weapons to purchase, and a gun rack to customize weapon loadouts
- Arcade – Allows the player to place and play owned arcade cabinets
- Vehicle Podium – Displays a personal vehicle of the player’s choice inside the mansion
- Vehicle Workshop – Allows the player to modify Personal Vehicles inside the mansion. GTA+ Members also gain access to the same exclusive mod options granted inside the Vinewood Club Garage:
- Hao’s Special Works (HSW)
- Benny’s Original Motor Works
- Drift Tuning
KnoWay Out
- Players will be contacted by Avi Schwartzman who has information on the new self-driving taxi company, KnoWay
- These five new Story Missions come with new Awards as well as Career Progress Challenges
- Career Progress challenges can be completed on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced on PC
- The new Story Missions can be played with 1–4 players
Getaway Driver Random Event
- Players can aid in a robbery in progress to earn GTA$ and RP.
Vehicles
Five new vehicles have been added:
- Vapid FMJ MK V (Super) – with HSW Upgrade (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and GTAV Enhanced only)
- This vehicle will be exclusively available to claim for GTA+ Members until December 18, when it will be made available for general purchase
- Progen Luiva (Super) This vehicle will be exclusively available to purchase for GTA+ Members at The Vinewood Car Club until December 18, when it will be made available for general purchase
- Pfister X-treme (Super)
- Übermacht Sentinel XS4 (Sedan)
- Grotti GT750 (Sports Classic)
The following vehicles are returning for general sale and can now be upgraded inside an owned Agency mod shop with the Missile Lock-on Jammer upgrade:
- BF Raptor
- Bravado Gauntlet
- Canis Bodhi
- Canis Mesa
- Coil Brawler
- Dewbauchee Massacro
- Dewbauchee Massacro (Racecar)
- Grotti Cheetah
- LCC Hexer
- Mammoth Patriot
- Nagasaki Blazer
- Pegassi Vacca
- Übermacht Sentinel
- Vapid Bullet
- Vapid FMJ
- Vapid Peyote Gasser
- Weeny Issi
- Weeny Issi Sport
- Western Bagger
The following vehicles can now be upgraded inside an owned Agency mod shop with the Missile Lock-on Jammer upgrade:
- Albany Cavalcade XL
- Annis Elegy RH8
- Benefactor Schafter V12
- Benefactor Schafter V12 (Armored)
- Gallivanter Baller LE LWB
- Karin Futo
- Lampadati Komoda
- Maibatsu Manchez
- Nagasaki BF400
- Ocelot Ardent
- Pegassi Ignus
- Pegassi Pizza Boy
- Pegassi Vortex
- Übermacht Niobe
The following aircraft can now be upgraded inside an owned Hangar Aircraft workshop with the Missile Lock-on Jammer upgrade:
- Buckingham Alpha-Z1
- Buckingham Conada (Non-Weaponized)
- Buckingham DH-7 Iron Mule
- Buckingham Howard NX-25
- Buckingham Luxor
- Buckingham Luxor Deluxe
- Buckingham Maverick
- Buckingham SuperVolito
- Buckingham SuperVolito Carbon
- Buckingham Swift Deluxe
- Buckingham Volatus
- Western Besra
- Western Cargobob
- Western Cargobob Jetsam
- Western Dodo
New Actions
- Four new actions have been added that players can perform via the Interaction Menu or Quickplay Action button prompt.
Experience Improvements
- Several changes have been made to GTA Online as part of this update:
- Players will now receive GTA$500 in addition to existing RP for rating content
- Vehicle websites now have a tab displaying some of the most popular vehicles from previous updates
- Odd Jobs are now represented with cyan blips in Freemode
- Patrick McReary is now available by default to all players for use as a Gunman in the Casino Heist, and his associated Random Event has been removed
- Gunman Gustavo Mota’s cut has been lowered to 8% for Casino Heists
- The map blip options for Odd Jobs have been consolidated to allow all of them to be hidden/shown at once
- The button prompt for exiting an active Creator test has been updated to make it more difficult to exit accidentally
- When using the Override Rotation in Creators, the ‘Alignment’ setting ‘World’ has been renamed to ‘Free Rotation’ in line with the new Mission Creator
GTA+ Updates
The Vinewood Club App can now remotely manage the staff members of owned properties to send them on jobs:
- Hangar
- Warehouses
- Bail Office
GTA+ Members that own a mansion with the Vehicle Workshop upgrade can make use of the same exclusive mod options granted inside The Vinewood Club Garage:
- Hao’s Special Works (HSW)
- Benny’s Original Motor Works
- Drift Tuning
- Mission Creator
Players can now create and publish their own missions in the new Mission Creator.
A set of five example Missions can be played and edited inside the Creator to provide examples of how different mission types are achieved
Fixes
- The A Safehouse in the Hills update brings a range of fixes to various issues:
Game Stability and Performance
- Fixed multiple crashes and issues affecting stability in GTAV
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players experiencing long load times when changing sessions and entering properties
- GTA 5 Enhanced has been updated to DLSS version 2.9.1, allowing the use of Frame Generation with VSync
Matchmaking and Networking
- Fixed multiple issues that affected network stability in GTA Online
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players incorrectly entering Bad Sport-only sessions
Content
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players dying unexpectedly during Bunker Resupply – Hack Plane
- Fixed an issue that resulted in several crates of cargo becoming inaccessible during Special Cargo Source Missions
- Fixed an issue that resulted in the hostile Avenger in Project Overthrow – On Parade being excessively strong
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players not being awarded the Snowman Outfit after collecting all Snowman collectibles
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players being unable to complete the Participate in the Cayo Perico Series daily objective
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players seeing under the map during the closing cutscene of Tycoon – ROI
- Fixed an issue that resulted in some audio playback volume being too low during Tycoon – ROI
- Fixed an issue that resulted in enemies remaining idle during Tycoon – Mutual Funds
- Fixed an issue that resulted in button prompts being incorrect during the lockpicking section of Tycoon – Liquid Market
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players starting Tycoon – Liquid Market at the wrong small business
- Fixed an issue that resulted in the final payment not being restored upon repairing the target vehicle during Car Wash – Customer Cars
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players getting stuck after delivering the target vehicle during Car Wash – Customer Cars
- Fixed an issue that resulted in conquistador enemies taking more melee hits than intended before dying during Cayo Perico Survival
- Fixed an issue that resulted in zombies not moving after spawning during Ludendorff Cemetery Survival
- Fixed an issue that resulted in the incoming missile proximity alarm not playing during Oscar Guzman Flies Again – The Titan Job
- Fixed an issue that resulted in Oscar not flying the Velum at the start of Oscar Guzman Flies Again – Setup: Ammunition
- Fixed an issue that resulted in defenders getting stuck at the start of Assault on Cayo Perico
- Fixed an issue that resulted in attackers being unable to respawn during Assault on Cayo Perico
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players being unable to leave the Orbital Cannon Terminal during Assault on ATT-16
- Fixed an issue that resulted in spectators being wrongly kicked for idling during Cayo Perico Motor Wars
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players being unable to progress in the Brute Force File Finale
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players getting stuck when operating drones during Arena War modes
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players driving the incorrect vehicle at the end of VIP Contract Mission – Don’t Fuck With Dre
- Fixed an issue that resulted in enemy golf carts moving erratically during VIP Contract Mission – On Course
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players having access to their own weapons when playing Short Trip – OG Kush
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players being unable to progress during First Dose 4 – Uncontrolled Substance
- Fixed an issue that resulted in enemies endlessly appearing during Last Dose 1 – This is an Intervention
- Fixed an issue that resulted in enemies not moving during Last Dose 1 – This is an Intervention
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players being unable to progress during The Data Breaches – Finale
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players getting stuck on a loading screen when trying to launch The Data Breaches – Setup: Dead Courier
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players getting stuck on a black loading screen when completing Nightclub Sell Mission – Undercover Cops
- Fixed an issue that resulted in multiple interface elements overlapping when playing Special Cargo Source Missions
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players receiving a blank email from Maude after completing a Bounty Target
- Fixed an issue that resulted in Rashkovsky not following players during The Prison Break – Finale
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players getting stuck on a loading screen after quitting from The Prison Break – Finale
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players not progressing when playing The Prison Break – Finale
- Fixed an issue that resulted in Daily Weed Package collectibles not being reset after collecting all of them
- Fixed an issue that resulted in special zombies from the Cayo Perico Survival appearing in the Ludendorff Cemetery Survival
Properties
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players being able to drive vehicles inside their Arena Workshop
- Fixed an issue that resulted in the Bunker intro cutscene not playing
- Fixed an issue that resulted in Hands On Car Wash having an incorrect blip on maps
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players being unable to get out of bed when spawning inside an owned Hangar
- Fixed an issue that resulted in owned arcade cabinets disappearing after joining a new session
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players being unable to leave the LS Car Meet
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players getting stuck on a loading screen when entering an owned Bunker
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players entering an unexpected location when trying to enter a Motorcycle Clubhouse
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players being unable to switch stations or turn off the radio inside properties
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players being unable to park a vehicle inside the Diamond Casino Parking Garage
Vehicles
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players being unable to exit an owned Garage that contained The Mighty Bush variant of the Bravado Bison
- Fixed an issue that resulted in multiple instances of enemy helicopters appearing without pilots present in the cockpit
- Fixed an issue that resulted in help text for an associated outfit continuing to appear after purchasing the Police Bike
- Fixed an issue where the Chavos V6 brake lights would appear in the wrong place
- Fixed an issue that resulted in Personal Vehicles appearing invisible after joining a new session
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players getting stuck when entering a vehicle stored inside their Mobile Operations Center
- Fixed an issue that resulted in a second Mobile Operations Center appearing when leaving one in a Personal Vehicle
Miscellaneous
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players being unable to save the LSPD Summer Outfit
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players dropping The Shocker weapon and permanently losing it from their loadout
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players being unable to access the Merryweather Ammo Drop service despite reaching the required rank
- Fixed an issue that resulted in GTAV Enhanced players having to double-click landing tile options to progress
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players not being charged the expected GTA$1 when using a vending machine
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players being unable to equip purchased Rebreathers via the Interaction Menu
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players getting stuck when attempting to purchase a vehicle from the Vinewood Club phone app
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players being unable to hide Seasonal Series map blips from the Interaction Menu