Previously, the Short Trips mission was only available as a part of the quest, The Contract, which tasked players to hunt down music hidden by Dr. Dre in Grand Theft Auto Online. So, this new access means that players won’t be required to finish these previous missions in order to take on the tasks set out by Short Trips and walk away with a few special rewards.
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The mission itself will only be made available for a limited time, starting from when Rockstar first announced the easier access early February 11th, through February 16th. While playing Short Trips, groups of two players will be given control of the characters Franklin and Lamar, previously seen in San Andreas and coming to Los Santos as part of Grand Theft Auto Online. That makes this an exceedingly rare mission for the online title, as players won’t be either their own customizable character or the three main protagonists from the connected Grand Theft Auto V.
In addition to making this mission available, players will also earn extra rewards in the form of double cash and RP for finding and completing Short Trips before February 16th. So, not only do all players now have easy access to a story-heavy activity in Grand Theft Auto Online, but also an extra incentive to go jump in with a friend and play the roles of Franklin and Lamar. However, the limited-time nature of this access does mean that players will have to act fast in order to take Rockstar up on this offer to get a free look at this unique content.
There is currently a laundry list of things to do in GTA Online, from story missions to public challenges, but there is no such thing as too much content for this type of living game. This makes the reintroduction of Short Trips and other pieces of side content all the more welcome, especially to new players who might be a ways off from access to the mission otherwise. Hopefully, this new availability can also show that smaller story content than just more heists are also among what fans have been looking for and could lead to similar new missions releasing in the future.
Grand Theft Auto Online is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, with a PS5 and Xbox Series X/S release set to release March 15th.
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