Rockstar Games has released the new GTA Online Los Santos Drug Wars update, one of the biggest updates to the PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X game this year. And as you would expect, Rockstar Games via Rockstar Support has provided the official patch notes for the update which reveal and detail everything said update does.

  • A new social space has been added, allowing players to launch new First Dose Story Missions, store and modify their new Acid Lab Business, purchase and modify Mk II weapons, as well as other social activities

  • Six new 1-4 player Story Missions have been added

  • Five new Fooligan Jobs are available through the new phone contact “Dax” after completing First Dose – Welcome to the Troupe

  • Once players complete the First Dose and steal the necessary lab equipment, they can install it in the rear of the new MTL Brickade 6x6 vehicle and unlock access to a new Acid Lab business

  • Players will be able to request and drive their Acid Lab while in Freemode

  • This Acid Lab will operate in line with existing businesses, launching source missions to gain supplies that will be turned into Acid product for players to sell

  • Acid Labs can be given custom names

  • Includes the Maibatsu Manchez Scout C, which can be requested in Freemode and is used to deliver Acid Product

  • Eight new vehicles (including the Mobile Acid Lab) have been added:

  • Överflöd Entity MT (Super) – with HSW Upgrade available on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S only

  • Declasse Tulip M-100 (Muscle)

  • Zirconium Journey II (Van)

  • BF Surfer Custom (Van)

  • Annis 300R (Sports) – with Imani Tech

  • Declasse Tahoma Coupe (Muscle) – Available for all players to claim for free from December 16 through December 18 as part of The Heists Challenge Reward, then available to purchase for the standard price starting on December 19

  • MTL Brickade 6x6 (Acid Lab)

  • Manchez Scout C (Motorcycle)

  • Överflöd Entity MT (Super) – with HSW Upgrade available on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S only

  • Declasse Tulip M-100 (Muscle)

  • Zirconium Journey II (Van)

  • BF Surfer Custom (Van)

  • Annis 300R (Sports) – with Imani Tech

  • Declasse Tahoma Coupe (Muscle) – Available for all players to claim for free from December 16 through December 18 as part of The Heists Challenge Reward, then available to purchase for the standard price starting on December 19

  • MTL Brickade 6x6 (Acid Lab)

  • Manchez Scout C (Motorcycle)

  • Hundreds of pieces of male and female clothing and accessories have been added to clothing stores

  • A new female hair style has been added

  • 39 Unisex tattoos have been added

  • Participation rewards for these missions have also been increased

  • The time to control shrinking play areas is now set to minutes and seconds, this was previously set to seconds

  • An option has been added to shrink the play area over the duration of a Deathmatch.

  • A new option has been added to swap between time remaining and time elapsed to delay the start of the play area shrinking

  • Team Score and Players Remaining have been added as new conditions to start shrinking the play area

  • New condition – LivesA Modifier Set can be applied to players based on the number of lives they have remaining

  • New condition – KillstreakKills earned within a single life can be used to trigger a Modifier Set change. The Modifier Set is lost on death and players change back to their most relevant modifier

  • A Modifier Set can be applied to players based on the number of lives they have remaining

  • Kills earned within a single life can be used to trigger a Modifier Set change. The Modifier Set is lost on death and players change back to their most relevant modifier

  • This also allows the use of the lobby settings to change these values and the condition check to scale with them

  • This was previously only specific values

  • +/- score when dying

  • As well as +/- score when dying to melee or a set weapon group as a bonusFor example, you can leave Death Score at 0 but set Melee Death Bonus to -1. In this case players with that Modifier Set active will lose 1 point when being killed with a melee weapon

  • For example, you can leave Death Score at 0 but set Melee Death Bonus to -1. In this case players with that Modifier Set active will lose 1 point when being killed with a melee weapon

  • This is done in the Manage Modifier Set menu, press X/Square/Del on the Modifier Set in the Modifier Sets menu

  • Selecting this will stop your Modifier Set from changing during the test