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GTA Online Weekly Update August 1, 2024

Drift races and Taxi work are here to make you richer in this week's GTA Online Weekly Update, and make sure to grab your free Pizza T-Shirt!

GTA Online Weekly Update August 1, 2024
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This week’s GTA Online Weekly Update seems to return to a more traditional tenor, bringing with it some huge bonuses for Drift races (particularly for GTA+ members). Otherwise, there isn’t anything too exciting in this week’s update besides the usual raft of discounts, bonuses, and the free Pizza T-shirt which all players can now claim simply by logging in.

GTA Online Weekly Update free spin

Login to GTA Online this week to get a free spin on the Lucky Wheel at The Diamond Casino & Resort, and be in for a chance to win this week’s grand prize: a Pegassi Zentorno (Super).

You get one free spin on the wheel every 24 hours, and have a 5% chance of winning the podium vehicle per spin. Of course, you’ll first need to sign up to the casino with a one-off membership fee of $500 if you haven’t already.

If you don’t get the vehicle, you are still guaranteed to win:

  • A mystery prize (5%)
  • A Vehicle Discount (5%)
  • Clothing (20%)
  • Poker Chips (20%)
  • Cash (20%)
  • RP (25%)

The amounts you win vary, but it’s always worth using your free spin, so make sure to login every day.

New GTA Online Weekly Update car

This week sees the arrival of the Benefactor Vorschlaghammer (Sedan) car, and is available for purchase from Southern San Andreas Super Autos. The new sedan car is toted as a great drift car option (no surprises given the week’s theme) after players have installed the Drift Tuning upgrade which is free for GTA+ members at the LS Car Meet.

Screenshot of the official Rockstar artwork used in their announcement of the August 1 2024 GTA Online Weekly Update.

GTA Online Weekly Update bonus GTA$ and RP activities

It seems this week is sliding (HA! PUNS!) towards racing bonuses, with a ton of lucrative opportunities to earn GTA$ this week in Drift races, particularly if you’re a GTA+ member:

  • Triple GTA$ on Taxi Work
  • Double GTA$ and RP on all Drift races (quadruple GTA$ and RP for GTA+ members)
  • Double GTA$ and RP on Issi Classic races (found in the stunt races tab)

You can earn an additional 100,000 GTA$ and a Rockstar Helmet by participating in six Drift races.

Finally, place in the top 5 for four days in a row in the LS Car Meet Series this week and you’ll walk away with a free Ocelot Ardent (Sports Classic).

Free GTA Online Weekly Update Pizza T-Shirt

With players successfully delivering more than 30 million pizzas in the new Pizza Delivery job (within just a day, for that matter), all players who log into GTA Online before August 7 will get a free “Pizza This… Tee” to own forever, regardless of whether the player delivered a pizza or not.

GTA Online Weekly Update discounts August 1 – 7

Almost every week, Rockstar discounts a variety of vehicles, properties, weapons, and more. Given that many items can cost millions of GTA$, you might want to hold off on buying anything until you see it in our complete list of GTA Online discounts below.

GTA Online vehicle discounts

  • 40% off the Överflöd Tyrant (Super)
  • 40% off the Western Annihilator (Helicopter)
  • 30% off the Bravado Hotring Hellfire (Sports)
  • 30% off the Übermacht Rhinehart (Sedan)
  • 30% off the Dinka Postlude (Coupe)
  • 30% off the Dinka Kanjo SJ (Coupe)
  • 30% off the Western Reever (Motorcycle)

GTA Online gun van discounts

  • 50% off the Stun Gun
  • 30% off the Railgun (must be a GTA+ member)

GTA Online Weekly Update Salvage Yard robberies August 1

Once you’ve got a Salvage Yard under your control, you can undertake special robbery-style missions for Jamal Amir. Much like heists, these Salvage Yard jobs require preparation jobs before the main mission in which you snag the week’s specially selected vehicles.

This week’s Salvage Yard vehicles are:

  • Enus Deity (Sedan)
  • Ocelot Jugular (Sports)
  • BF Weevil (Compact)

Screenshot of the GTA Benefactor Vorschlaghammer

Get more freebies with a GTA+ membership

Make the most of the GTA Online Weekly Update by signing up for a GTA+ membership. This month’s GTA+ bonus includes:

  • Free Benefactor Vorschlaghammer (Sedan)
  • Free Drift Tuning Upgrade for the Vorschlaghammer at the LS Car Meet
  • Bonuses on Nightclub Management and Casino Story Missions
  • Free Cobalt Jackal Racing Jersey and Pants and The Diamond Jackpot Tee

Of course, subscribing to GTA+ also rewards players with a bonus 1,500,000 GTA$ every month until the end of August 2024. GTA+ members also benefit from exclusive features such as the ability to replenish ammo, claim all business safe earnings, and request vehicles from the Vinewood Club app on the in-game mobile phone.

GTA+ is not yet available on PC. You can pick up a GTA+ Xbox membership and GTA+ PlayStation membership if you’re on console.