Grand Theft Auto V/Title Update Notes

Periodically, Rockstar will release Title Updates, also known as Patches, that will fixes some issues found within GTA V and in GTA Online that have been reported by the community or found by Rockstar Games, themselves. The title updates range from fixing issues and glitches to exploits or mods being created or used by other players or hackers.

The lastest update for GTA V/Online, 1.10, was released and made available to the players on February 13, 2014.

Title Update 1.01

The first title update, released on October 1, 2013, fixes some issues found in single player. This update also enables access to GTA Online

Access to GTA Online enabled
Fix for interface issues when using Internet on the cell phone after completing the game, or during a mission replay
Fix for the Vanilla Unicorn occasionally becoming locked
Fix for issues where the character’s money could drop below zero and become stuck there
Fix for the Epsilon Program missions not progressing properly after delivering some cars
Fix for issue where the Atomic Blimp sometimes does not appear as a phone contact for Collector’s Edition owners
Fix for issues with saved vehicles going missing, or losing their upgrades
Fixes for several map escape and collision issues along with other various bug fixes

Title Update 1.02

The second title update was released on October 4, 2013, a few days after the first one. This update patches some issues found by the community in GTA Online and some tweaks improving overall stability. Most of the issues were due to its buggy launch, anticipated by Rockstar Games, themselves.

Fix to address the issue where players were stuck launching a session before the Mall or Nothing race in the online tutorial.
Fix to address an issue where bank & cash were deleted incorrectly in some cases.
Fix to address incorrect amounts of cash being dropped when the player dies in Missions and Last Team Standing.
Fixes an issue where the Character Switch Wheel would disappear after a failed load.
Fixes an issue where attempting to enter GTA Online via the Character Switch Wheel caused a black screen.
Fixes an issue where temporary characters were overwriting main characters.
Fixes an issue where players were losing apartments and the money they spent on them.
Fixes an issue that caused Story Mode missions to be missed in some instances.
Removes the autosave that occurred when transitioning into GTA Online from within GTAV Story Mode to prevent the chance of Story Mode saves becoming corrupted.
Several tweaks to GTA Online including improving overall stability.

Title Update 1.03

The third title update, released on October 9, 2013, fixes some issues regarding from character deletion to infinite load times.

Fixes multiple issues causing character deletion or other loss of progress
Fixes issues causing infinite loading, infinite sky cams, and missing interface options between jobs
Fixes an issue causing the "replay" option to be locked out on certain jobs
Fixes an issue where a player would become stuck in the mod garage when respraying a Sanchez motor bike
Fixes an issue where the Player became stuck inside Los Santos Customs during Online tutorial flow.
Fixes an issue causing the loss of guns and ammo
Fixes issues causing GTA races ending early because of players spawning too far ahead
Fixes issues in Last Team Standing where sessions would not progress past the lobby
Fixes issues with network errors when joining Last Team Standing using Quick Job
Added clarifications around when a player is using a temporary character in GTA Online during Rockstar Cloud server outages
Adjusts the monetary penalty for being killed in a One on One match

Title Update 1.04

Released on October 18, 2013, this title update patches issues happening with the lost of vehicle, their mods, and duplication glitches. This update also fixes some invite issues, in which players were not receiving by their friends or crews and some changes with the UI and character creation.

Fixes numerous issues that were causing vehicle loss and/or loss of vehicle mods
Fixes an issue where the incorrect car is replaced when choosing to replace a car in a full garage
Fixes an exploit allowing players to sell the same vehicle multiple times
Fixes an issue that caused personal vehicles to be duplicated
Fixes an issue where some players were unable to pay utility bills on an owned apartment or house
Fixes an issue where players were not getting Crew invites in-game
Fixes an issue where the starting point for the tutorial race was not appearing
Fixes issues with joining Jobs from within a player-owned garage
Fixes issues with players getting stuck while using playlists
Fixes additional issues causing black screens, long load times, and players getting stuck in the sky cam
Adds details in the UI to clarify that characters created while Rockstar cloud is unavailable are temporary (non-saved)
Adds changes to the character creator to make better-looking default characters with the “random” option
Players now only lose a maximum of 500 GTA$ upon death in Freemode

Title Update 1.05

The fifth title update was released on November 5th, 2013. Not much updates and patches were released, only increased measures were implemented to insure users keeping their progress, money, and vehicles during a Rockstar Cloud outage. It also released the GTA$ Stimulus Package, which granted every user 500,000 GTA$ only for those who played during the month of October.

Built in measures to prevent users from losing their progress when there is a cloud outage
Built in a number of measures to protect players’ cash balances even if there are network problems
Fixed an issue where on rare occasions during network problems the player could lose their Online vehicle or mods after exiting GTA Online

Title Update 1.06

The sixth title update was released on November 20, 2013. This update was highly anticipated by fans, as it included the Beach Bum Pack, a free DLC for singleplayer and online which includes four new vehicles, two new weapons, 30 new beach-themed jobs, and access to Rockstar's first multiplayer event for GTA Online, the Vespucci Beach Party. However, despite the free content provided to the eager players, this update caused some controversy, as it removed police vehicles from garages and decreased payouts from missions to the point they are counted on how long you take to complete it. Aside from all of this, the update fixes primarily vehicle losses and certain exploits. This patch also features Dynamic Tuning, which made some significant changes in the gameplay.

Fixed an issue where the game would delete your personal Vehicle if you have another player in it when you add a Tracker and Insurance.
Fixed an issue where players could become stuck on the aerial view when entering GTA Online with cloud servers down and having just launched a mini-game.
Fixed an issue where the mission 'Damaged Goods' would start even though it had previously been completed.
Fixed an issue where under rare circumstances players couldn't claim back their personal vehicle in GTA Online.
Fixed an issue where under rare circumstances players were able to get the Declasse Sheriff SUV into Los Santos Customs and respray it causing the menus to malfunction.
Fixed an issue where in rare circumstances players would lose all personal vehicles after being idle kicked and unable to rejoin an online session.
Fixed an issue where players could occasionally get stuck after killing a pedestrian with a golf ball.
Corrected an exploit where players would retain their personal vehicle after selling it at Los Santos Customs mod shop by transitioning back and forth between Story Mode and Online.
Corrected an exploit where players could keep repeatedly selling a Bati 801 to Los Santos Customs.
Corrected an exploit where players were able to duplicate vehicles by accepting a Mission while leaving a high-end garage.
Corrected an exploit where a player could start a Team Deathmatch with all players on the same team.
Players are no longer able to delete their GTA Online character while the Rockstar cloud servers are unavailable.

Dynamic Tuning

The Bad Sport penalty for destroying personal vehicles has been reduced significantly.
Players will no longer receive a Bad Sport penalty when they are in a non-moving tank and other players crash a vehicle into them.
The GTA$ and RP rewards for Races, Deathmatches and Parachuting are now based on the average time they take to complete.
Players now receive GTA$ and RP rewards when failing a cooperative Job or being a member of the losing team during a Versus Mission, depending on how long the Job / Mission lasts.
Players now receive a bonus GTA$ multiplier for Missions when played at the higher difficulty levels (Normal = 1.25, Hard = 1.5).
In Team Deathmatch, all players on a team now receive the same GTA$ and RP rewards, with the winning team getting roughly 4-5x what the losing team receives.
Removed some instances of debris in specific Races, including the cardboard from the 'Down the Drain' Race.
Deliveries from Pegasus have been reduced from $1,000 to $200.
The cost of removing a wanted level by calling Lester has now been scaled based on the amount of stars you have - at a cost of $200 per star.
Restricted cars and vehicles that have been added to player garages through exploits have been removed. This includes tanks, helicopters and police vehicles.
The following vehicles have been added to the southernsanandreassuperautos.com website in-game: BF Dune Buggy, Canis Bodhi, Karin Rebel, Maibatsu Sanchez 2, Vapid Sadler, Vapid Sandking SWB.
To eliminate any remaining vehicle loss issues, an additional automatic cloud save will occur when purchasing a vehicle or vehicle modification.

Title Update 1.07

This title update was released on December 10th, 2013. This patch adds and changes some features in GTA Online, corrects some exploits and fixes some issues with weapons in Deathmatches and Races. This update also enables beta access to the Content Creator, a mode which allows you to customize your own races and deathmatches. Just like patch 1.06, this one caused controversy, as it removed the Rat Loader, and certain models of the Tornado and the Rebel.

Players are now able to sell vehicles that they have purchased from websites.
Players are now able to run in apartments and garages.
Reward for being a good sport has been increased from $1,000 to $2,000
Fixed an issue where a character’s tattoos would disappear when encountering cutscenes.
Corrected an issue where players could make their vehicles and passengers invisible.
Sticky Bombs can no longer be thrown during the countdown for the starts of GTA Races.
Resolved issues where players were having problems accessing their accounts.
Corrected issues with Bounties.
Fixed an issue where Grenades could be filled up to maximum during UGC GTA Races.
Team Balancing has been improved, friends and Crew members are now grouped together and Rank is taken into consideration.
Fixed an issue where if a player has banked all of their cash, they were only charged minimal amounts for dying.
The Karin Futo can now be recovered normally after being impounded.
Fixed an exploit where players were able to clone Tanks.
Respawning has been improved to reduce the chance of repeatedly spawning in the same location.
Cash rewards have been adjusted in Races, Deathmatches, and Parachuting to allow increases in pay-outs.
There is now a 25% RP bonus at the end of Deathmatches, Missions, LTS, Survival, player kills, and AI kills when playing in Free Aim. This gives extra credit for completing actions with more skill.
Until a Race has been verified, players cannot earn RP in UGC Races.
Reduced the chance of being noticed by the Cops in stolen vehicles.
Impromptu Races can no longer be launched when in certain jobs.
Holdup Shopkeepers now have access to Ammu-Nation. You have been warned.
Due to changes in Deathmatches (Weapon Locking), some objectives will no longer appear in this specific type of match.
Weapon rewards (e.g. Shotgun in cop car) are blocked during weapon locked Deathmatches.
During Weapon Locked Deathmatches, Ammo Drops will not contain Molotovs.
Players who do not participate during Survivals can now be flagged as such by other players in the group and removed from the Survival.
New awards added for the Creators.
Players are given 1RP for every ‘like’ they receive for their creations in the Creators.
Leaderboard functionality has been removed for any non-Rockstar content, i.e. no access to Social Club leaderboards in corona/end of mission, no best laps/personal bests, matched Crew for Head to Head etcetera.
Passive Mode is now free ($0) to allow players more options when playing with friends.

Title Update 1.08

Released on December 17, 2013, this title update increases payouts in certain matches and missions for losing teams or ones with more players, fixes for player bounties, adding new features, and patches the popular North Yankton glitch. It also fixes Bad Sport timers, which were a problem reported by many players. Also, this update debuts two new modes: Capture, turn-based game modes which requires you to capture bags or vehicles and take them back to your base and Crew Head-to-Head (in BETA status), in which you can assemble your crew and take them to battle other crews.

Increased cash payouts for losing teams in Last Team standing and Team Deathmatch.
Increased cash payouts for Races, Deathmatches, and Last Team Standing, especially in games with 8 or more players
Players in passive mode now take reduced damage from vehicle collisions.
Increased the cash and RP rewards for Races with multiple laps.
Cash payouts for Parachuting now take points scored into account.
Improved spawning for Deathmatches where the spawn points were previously very far apart.
Improved support for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian in the Creator.
Calling the mechanic now shows you if a vehicle on the list is destroyed or impounded.
Team balancing does a better job of putting friends and crew members together.
BETA Crew Head to Head matches are now available to play. To initiate a Crew Head to Head, you'll need to create a Playlist that does not contain Vehicle Deathmatches, Survivals or any Jobs that require more than 2 teams. From there, go into My Playlists and you'll see a prompt for Head to Head (BETA). This will launch the lobby and you'll be able to invite other players from your Crew, Friend's Crews or Skill Matched Crews.
Player blips no longer remain red on Missions when the player has a Bounty.
Players who end a Race as DNF are now awarded cash relevant to the amount of checkpoints they passed through during the course of the Race.
Players who race solo now earn cash. Previously, zero cash was awarded for a solo race.
Last Team Standing, Capture and Missions are separated out in the Create Playlist menu.
Small deduction to the amount of cash the winners of Races, Parachuting and Last Team Standing matches receive in order to increase payouts for all other participants.
Masks are now removed during Races where a helmet is required and are also removed by default when a player uses the Smoking animation.
The Purchase All Ammo option now charges the full value of filling all player held weapons with ammo.
Fixes an issue where GTA Online players could reach North Yankton.
Fixes a rare issue where characters could be lost if the player attempted to join GTA Online when disconnected from the Network.
Fixes for various duplicate vehicle exploits.
Fixes issues when using the Character Select from inside the Creator.
Fixes issues with ammo vanishing after testing a Deathmatch in the Creator.
Fixes exploits of the Fastest Lap bonus.
Glasses from the Beach Bum update now appear in the inventory menu.
Players in Tanks now have more protection from other players attempting to deliberately give them a Bad Sport rating.
Bad Sport timers now read properly and show the correct time left in the Bad Sport lobby instead of “00d00h00m”.

Title Update 1.09

The long-awaited title update was released on January 11, 2014. Alot of players wanted and demanded this patch to fix some issues and ban modders, hackers and shut down DNS server-modded lobbies. Prior to this patch, it was speculated that there was a stealth/hotfix patch released between January 6th and January 9th, which patched some exploits to get instant RP and shut down DNS modded lobbies. With the actual update being released, it only improved anti-cheat measures and fixed more exploits, such as buying certain vehicles, which requires a rank to be met, prematurely and the exploit to buy the Collector's Edition vehicles, even if you do not have the pack.

Improved anti-cheat measures
Fix for several GTA$ and RP exploits

Title Update 1.10

Released on February 13, Update 1.10 responds to many issues and complaints that players have even having.

Mechanic no longer delivers Personal Vehicles; the Personal Vehicles just spawn nearby.
Rat Loader is now counted as a muscle car and can be stored in garages.
Valentine's Day Massacre Special is released.
A player who kills a passive player must now pay their hospital bills
Fix for incorrect time display on the Bad Sport pool timer
Fix for several exploits that allowed duplication of vehicles
Fix for several exploits that allowed too much RP during missions
Fix for issues with Cornrows haircut
Fix for issue causing characters to become bald after using a mask
Fix for Story Mode issue where all shops could remain closed with their blips missing
A new “Blow Kiss” Celebration has been added. Show some love.
Corrected an issue where a player could become stuck when entering a Garage for the first time.
Fixed an issue where rank was displayed incorrectly in the Friends section of the Leaderboard.
Fixed an issue where lower-level players had access to vehicles from Pegasus they should not have had.
Players who have received their shared cash limit for the day will now be greyed out in the Share list.
A Next Job Voting Screen has been added after Random Event Missions.
Fixed an issue where players were able to gain access to Michael’s house in Online.
Fixed an issue where players could earn too much RP per Job in some situations.
The Give Cash option has been removed from the Interaction menu.
An option has been added to the Inventory menu to allow players to auto-equip purchased body armor.
The House icon on the minimap in Capture mode now flashes when holding a package and the icon on the floor is permanent through the match.
Fixed an issue where a player could become invisible and unblipped by jumping onto truck as it entered a modshop.
Fixed an issue where players were not earning JP for finishing second or below in some Jobs.
Players no longer receive any reimbursement for resprays from the Import / Export awards.
New animations have been added for when a player chooses to Shoplift.
Added an acknowledgement window to prevent accidental deletion of characters.
Resolved an issue where players could fall through the world after dying for the first time and seeing the Kifflom cutscene.
Fixed an issue where players were able to teleport around the map by using Playlists.
Functionality has been added to the game in order to allow easier recovery of vehicles form the Impound yard.
Players can no longer call for Ammo Drops while weapon-locked.
Fixed multiple issues where players were able to duplicate vehicles.
Corrected an exploit where players were able to exploit discounted vehicles for gain.
Fixed an exploit where players without special edition DLC could access certain restricted vehicles.
Corrected an issue where players could receive multiple RP bonuses for liked content.
Fixed an issue where players could receive the incorrect value of RP for having their UGC Job liked whilst on another job.
Fixed an issue where players could occasionally receive incorrect RP for playing UGC content with others.
Corrected an issue where players could lose mods when purchasing Shark Cards whilst in LS Customs.
Fixed an issue where some vehicles were being sold for a lower price than normal in LS Customs.
Fixed an issue where ramps in UGC Races were not allowing players to progress over them. This primarily affects motorcycles and bicycles progressing over the “Large Ramp”.
Packages now have height indicators to indicate whether they are above or below a player.
Cornrows now clear normally after haircuts. If you have cornrows stuck on your character, please choose any new haircut at a nearby barber shop.
Added functionality to allow passengers into a Personal Vehicle, but only the owner into the driver’s seat.
Players can now quit the Leaderboard whilst awaiting 50% of Racers to finish.
A confirmation screen has been added for the “Purchase All Ammo” option for purchases over $10,000.
Fixed an issue where a player could become stuck in the shower after joining a friend’s session via the friends tab whilst in the shower.
Added functionality to allow players to see their death location on the pause menu map for a short time after respawning.
Players can now replay Contact Missions via the Pause menu.
Added functionality when signing into a GTA: Online session to let players know how many of their friends are online in other sessions.
Fixed an issue where characters became bald after buying and trying on Masks.
Corrected an issue where players were occasionally spawning too close to where they had died previously.
Added a “Random” button to the vehicle selection screen when entering a Race.
Respawn invincibility has been reduced to 2 seconds in all modes except Deathmatches.
There is now an option to choose a Spawn Location in the Interaction Menu.
Cash rewards earned from Vs Deathmatches have been changed to allow for better structure and rewards.
Added functionality to show player height during Missions where players are in air vehicles.
Corrected an issue where the good sport discount was not being applied correctly.
Added a warning screen when saving a new Personal Vehicle over an older destroyed one.
Fixed an incorrect message shard when a player and a power player killed each other at the same time.
New icons have been added to the Next Job Voting Screen to help distinguish Job types.
Fixed an issue where Vote Kick was not working correctly.
MVPs in Team Deathmatches & CTFs now get a bonus Job Point.
Corrected a translation issue for players downloading jobs in different languages.
Removed incorrect text about enemy blips in the Deathmatch Power play help text.
Added a new option in the Inventory menu to allow a player to set their Hat to be kept on when using a motorcycle.
Corrected an issue where players were not able to sell some of their vehicles in LS Customs.
Players will now always respawn with ammo if they die in a Deathmatch, rather than respawning with a weapon that has no ammo.
Players abandoned by their Rally co-driver are moved into spectate instead of being removed from the job.
Bounty Payoff system added to allow players to start playlists who have Bounties, so long as they can pay the value of the Bounty.
The Character Creator layout has been updated. Lifestyle now appears above Heritage and Gender has been moved to the top of the Heritage section.
Fixed an exploit where players could gain unlimited RP during Missions.
NPC bounties can no longer be triggered by stealing a Tank.
Ammo Drops have now been disabled in Vehicle Deathmatches.
Players are no longer able to use the Kill Yourself option in Air Races.
The Clothing Store Clerk is now invincible during the GTA: Online opening Missions.
Fixed an issue where players were unable to drop the Pistol .50 despite being able to drop other Special Edition weapons.
Spectators can now hear everyone during a free for all Deathmatch.
Players should no longer be able to access North Yankton in Online.
Players can now use bank cash for vending machines.
Fixed issue where passenger could get stuck without HUD elements if driver left game while exiting garage.
Fixed issue where players could get stuck in garage elevator if transitioning between apartment and garage at same time as another player.
Fixed an issue with names not appearing in the Mors Mutual Insurance menu when insurance was paid by other players.
Fixed issue with cash sometimes failing to drop out of an armored truck robbery after blowing open the rear doors with a sticky bomb.
Added a splash across the screen to create a more obvious warning when the player leaves the survival bounds.
Fixed an issue where helicopters in survival would sometimes get stuck at the boundary of the survival and not fly towards the action area.
Fixed an issue in survival where enemy peds would sometimes navigate quite far away from the main action area, making them difficult to target.
Fixed an issue in survival where enemy peds would sometimes look like regular pedestrian peds.
Fixed an issue where players would sometime get stuck in the sky after quick restarting a contact mission.
Fixed an issue where the difficulty multiplier was not correctly applying to cash rewards.
Fixed an exploit where players could continually farm enemies in certain Missions.
Fixed an exploit where players could farm RP by picking up and dropping Mission objectives.
Fixed an issue that caused Jobs to launch early if the player had no cash available for betting.
The “Created By” field when viewing Rockstar verified Jobs now uses the creator’s Social Club name.
Fixed an issue where players could get stuck on a black screen when joining a Survival in progress.
Added a screen for notifying players when GTA Online is down for maintenance.
Cash that is able to be shared with other players has now been capped.
The amount a Vehicle can be sold for immediately after modding it (without Insurance and a Tracker) in LS Customs has now been capped.
Fixed and issue where a player could spawn with arms missing/random clothes after wearing Christmas present clothing, then rebooting without Christmas present extra content.
Fixed an issue where a player could become stuck on a black screen if they tried to join a friend’s game through their friends list.
When a player is banned from GTA Online they are now immediately sent back to Single Player.
The Mechanic has now been removed when delivering a Personal Vehicle. The vehicle is now created nearby instead.
Added a new option to the Interaction Menu that lowers the attack priority against Friends.
When changing Masks, Hats, or Glasses via the Inventory the close-up camera no longer turns on if player is in a combat stance.
eCola can now be drunk when Parachuting. No animation will played in this case.
A Personal Vehicle option has been added to the Quick GPS list in the Interaction Menu.
The lobby start timer for Rally Race will no longer begin until a minimum of 4 players have joined.
Solo players in Race now earn cash.
Fixed an issue in Parachuting where large amounts of cash were being incorrectly awarded.
Fixed an issue where with flashing button prompts in the transition to Leaderboards.
Fixed an issue where a player could become stuck on a loading screen when joining a friend’s session during a Mission replay and choosing to spectate.
Fixed an issue where Betting winnings could be incorrectly attributed.
Fixed an issue where a Leaderboard could be missing columns after completing a Mission.
Fixed an issue where players could be informed they had won a Deathmatch when they had not.
Fixed an issue where players were occasionally and randomly losing Insurance on their vehicles.
Redwood Cigarette coupons now affect Hospital bill reductions properly.
Corrected an issue where purchasing/removing a Tattoo could cause the incorrect tattoo name to show up when it is being purchased/removed.
Fixed an issue where occasionally players did not have to pay for weapons.
Corrected an issue where players lost all ammo when dying with a Minigun, Grenade Launcher, or RPG equipped.
The price of a Merryweather Airstrike has been reduced.
Fixed an issue where the option to delete a character did not work with Asian, Russian and German languages.
Fixed an issue where attacking enemies in the green circle before a Crate Drop would cause the crate not to drop.
Fixed an issue where replacing one Personal Vehicle for another in Online would make the original not visible in the Garage and only retrievable via the Mechanic.
Fixed an issue where masks could be removed from a player in a performing the Smoking animation.

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