GTA Online Short Trips Now Available to Everyone

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Rockstar Games has announced that Grand Theft Auto Online will be unlocking access to a series of side missions that were previously only available when completing a different event earlier in the game. The mission, called Short Trips, is one of the game's few multiplayer activities that only puts two GTA Online players together, as opposed to grabbing groups of four like the popular heists.

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