Rockstar released update 1.66 for Grand Theft Auto Online, bringing various improvements to the multiplayer offshoot of Grand Theft Auto 5. This update will allow players to further appreciate their time in Grand Theft Auto Online, whether they prefer racing cars in the streets of Los Santos or taking part in elaborate heists.
Grand Theft Auto Online features plenty of activities for players who want to play their own character in the GTA universe. This online multiplayer game brings everything needed to build a criminal empire, from heists to stunt races and other storytelling missions. The recent Los Santos Drug Wars content update for Grand Theft Auto Online even introduced ways to make and sell drugs to various dealers throughout Los Santos. Once they gathered enough in-game currency, players can purchase various properties including offices, warehouses, bunkers, apartments, and even a fancy garage to showcase up to 50 cars from their Grand Theft Auto Online collection.
Rockstar published the patch notes for update 1.66 of Grand Theft Auto Online, which is focussing on security and stability. This update fixes various bugs in Grand Theft Auto Online, brings general stability improvements, and implements a new data protocol to improve the security of network sessions and player-to-player messaging. Rockstar rolled out this update for all Grand Theft Auto Online players with minor differences between platforms.
This new security update comes a month after a Grand Theft Auto Online exploit was discovered. This major security breach allowed hackers to alter other Grand Theft Auto Online players' stats and even permanently corrupt their accounts so they couldn’t access the game after being hacked. Rockstar was quickly aware of this situation and logged any affected accounts before hackers could further abuse these exploits, before releasing a patch for the game. Besides Grand Theft Auto Online, the publisher rolled out a security update for Red Dead Redemption 2 and its multiplayer component Red Dead Online.
As the safety of Grand Theft Auto Online is now back to normal and the latest patch fixed various gameplay issues, players can once again enjoy the various activities included in this multiplayer open-world game. Players regularly share their gameplay highlights on social media, from funny glitches to weird performances, such as a Grand Theft Auto Online player obliterating a fighter plane with a single shot from an assault rifle or another player who somehow managed to get their boat in the rooftop pool of a casino.
Grand Theft Auto Online Update 1.66 Patch Notes
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S:
- Fixed an issue that prevented players from being able to modify the TM-02 Khanjali, RCV, and Chernobog in their facility.
PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S:
- Implemented a new data protocol in GTA Online to improve the security of network sessions and player-to-player messaging.
- General stability improvements.
PS5 and Xbox Series X/S:
- Fixed an issue that resulted in car windows missing reflections in some graphics modes.
- Fixed multiple crashes that occurred in GTA Online.
PC:
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players being incorrectly notified that they need to complete the Prologue to access GTA Online.
- Fixed an issue that prevented some accounts from accessing GTA Online due to stats having been modified by a third party.
- Fixed multiple issues that resulted in some users being able to abuse text chat systems on PC.
Grand Theft Auto Online is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Source: Rockstar