GTA V Christmas

Just in time for Christmas, it's snowing in Los Santos

Even the custom tracks have the snow.

Hopefully snow will be a permanent weather option for custom levels/missions.

GTA5 - Race Track Mission Creator - Skyscraper Launch

Another track we've made in GTA-V has been the skyscraper launch, which we decided to name "Sunday Drive."

It seems to start out like any other race.

Wait, what?

Wat?

Oh shit

Weeeeeeeee

Let's try that again...

Off we go

It's raining sportscars!

Weee! Again!

Hint: The key to winning this race is to try and *not* smash into
the giant office building while upside down.

 You have to put the activation zone on one of the top tiers of the buildings to make it work. Most cars actually survive the start of this race. So we decided to make things interesting by placing large propane tanks in the likely landing zones.

Boom

GTA-V Track Creator - Maze Bank Arena Rooftop

Rockstar has released a beta version of the online mission builder for GTA-V online. So far, you have various options to create death match arenas and race courses. The races can either be lapped events, or A-to-B point-to-point affairs. Already, people are scrambling to turn some of their favorite spots into race courses. One unexpectedly popular spot is the roof of the Maze Bank Arena in downtown Las Santos. NASCAR fans immediately realized the potential for a "Bristol" style high banked oval. Combined with the crazy selection of cars you can get in GTA-V, such a course was bound to be a popular arena to really battle it out for everyone. The added danger of smacking into a girder or flying off the arena to the ground below makes it even better.

So far, building the track has been difficult. There is a minimum distance requirement, which is judged in a straight line between checkpoints. So you have to stagger checkpoint placement in a way that makes 2-3 laps around the roof count as one "lap" for the game. Also, it's easy to miss the checkpoints if they aren't placed perfectly, because they can only be put on flat surfaces.

One good thing is you can add up to 50 objects, including concrete walls and/or fences, making racing at the track more fun/forgiving.

Check out some of the shots we took while building our own version of the course:

Check out the banking in the corners. Just don't go over the walls.

We tried fencing for the other end of the track, to stop you from flying off.

Of course, what's GTA without a consequence or two. We put an exploding
propane tank at the outside of one of the corners. If you were unlucky enough...
BOOM!

Well.. crap.