GTA 5 and server question

[Floki ™]

Hi All

Quick question, just purchased GTA 5 after many years away from the franchise and I've never played it online.

I purchased the starter pack where you get the million dollars etc

I'm guessing the server I was put in to is a public server so if I spend the million on there and buy a business, apartment etc and decide I want to apply to join a private server what happens to my mo ey I've spent, cars, apartment etc?

Thanks in advance everyone.

[Caped Crusader]

With GTA Online there really isn't a difference between using a public or private lobby in terms of what you own. Certain activities, mainly sourcing supplies and running cargo, aren't allowed in a private lobby, but you would still have access to those buildings, like to visit, they wouldn't disappear. Additionally, GTA Online doesn't use servers for lobbies. There is a home server that stores what you own and other details about your character, but that's simply used for syncing purchases and what money you have. Lobbies themselves use peer-to-peer networking so Rockstar can keep their running costs at an absolute minimum and thus maximize profits. Frankly, given the plague of cheaters in public lobbies on PC, many players now focus on the Cayo Perico island heist and Casino heist, because those pay quite respectably and can be done without ever setting foot in a public lobby. The release of Cayo Perico kind of skewed the situation even further since that can be done entirely solo, whereas the finale for the Casino heist needs at least 2 players.

Anyway, I'd suggest keeping away from public lobbies as much as possible, unless you have a special need to be there. Even if one seems to be OK at first, it's likely to go south at some point. Plus, if you do get into the cargo business stuff, there's fairly easy methods to make what's called a private public lobby, which allows for doing cargo work, but via networking magic keeps random players from joining. There's guides here and also if you use Google about how you can go that route.

[Maviba]

Originally posted by iGoPostal ™:

Hi All

Quick question, just purchased GTA 5 after many years away from the franchise and I've never played it online.

I purchased the starter pack where you get the million dollars etc

I'm guessing the server I was put in to is a public server so if I spend the million on there and buy a business, apartment etc and decide I want to apply to join a private server what happens to my mo ey I've spent, cars, apartment etc?

Thanks in advance everyone.

there's no dedicated game server for GTAO. It's P2P.
So if you open a private Lobby, you are the server. If you join a private lobby the guy who opened it is the server.
Everything you bought for GTAO will be available on any server you play on.

[Floki ™]

Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated.