Rockstar has released the first big update for Grand Theft Auto Online: A Safehouse in the Hills.
Title Update 1.72 comes with a host of fixes across the game, including the vehicles, mansions, and mission creator. It’s also one of the biggest that the game has received in recent memory.
Why Did Grand Theft Auto Online Need This Patch?
Players found a lot of bugs and issues since Grand Theft Auto Online: A Safehouse in the Hills launched. Rockstar actually pushed a background update shortly after release, so this isn’t the first update since its launch.
But for its scale, it’s definitely one of the most significant.
As per Harryodini588, the patch has these file sizes on the different platforms:
Playstation
– PS5 version 1.010.001 – 789.5MB
– PS4 version 1.655 – 2.391 GB
Xbox
– Series X|S – 3.98GB
PC
– Enhanced version (Rockstar Games Launcher) – 3.5 GB
– Enhanced version (Steam) – 517MB
Did Rockstar’s Patch Fix Everything?
We won’t run down all the changes here, but it looks like Rockstar addressed the vast majority of the issues that we found at launch.
This includes the big issue with the ghost rabbits in the mansion swimming pools, and a smaller issue that led to players losing their vehicle customizations.
Unfortunately, this last note has to come with a warning. We’ll share Rockstar’s note below:
Fixed an issue that resulted in players losing HSW upgrades, special liveries, and vehicle mods when using the Mansion Garage
- Players will have to re-purchase and reapply any lost HSW upgrades, liveries, and mods to their vehicle
It doesn’t say if players will be refunded for the cost of purchasing these vehicle customizations. We’ll have to verify that later when the players get their chance to check on their cars.
But even if they get paid back, this is clearly going to be frustrating for the players. At least if you already have a mansion and GTA+, you can do all these changes while in the mansion.
What Rockstar Still Has To Address
There are other issues in the game that Rockstar will need to deal with in the future. And some of these issues are not necessarily related to bugs or performance.
As we noted this week, some players are abusing the Mission Creator. In open defiance of Rockstar’s guidelines, they are making missions that reference real-world events, and can cause real-world harm.
Videotechuk suggested making a blacklist of keywords, but it remains to be seen if Rockstar will use a more sophisticated, or stricter, solution than that.
You can read the patch notes here.
