Grand Theft Auto Onlineis one of the most popular games in the world. The live service spin-off ofGrand Theft Auto 5offers frequent content updates, as well as events in between that encourage players to play a diverse range of content. Despite its success and post-launch content support,Grand Theft Auto Onlinedeveloper Rockstar Games still makes mistakes. Take for example a recent decision by Rockstar to begin removing content to improve matchmaking, a decision that’s now been reverted.
In a message from Rockstar shared on July 8, theGrand Theft Auto Onlinedeveloper announced plans to begin removing certain jobs from the game. The footnote says only that the removal of these jobs will “make room for further updates.” On September 16, Rockstar did another wave of job removals, taking out a broad swathe of content fromGrand Theft Auto Online’s parachuting, sea races,target assault races, and versus missions. The issue with their removal is that it made completing a certain achievement impossible.
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TheNumero Uno achievementforGrand Theft Auto 5requires thatGrand Theft Auto Onlineplayers “Obtain first place in all competitive game types.” Naturally, the list of competitive game types required for the achievement includes victories in both parachuting and sea racing, which were no longer accessible.Grand Theft Auto Onlineplayers were understandable frustrated with the decision and asked Rockstar to revert the change until it had a better solution.
Rockstar, to its credit, has followed through. In the September 30 update forGrand Theft Auto Online, the Lamar Contact Missions update,Rockstarre-enabled both parachuting and sea races jobs. The jobs were reimplemented specifically to encourage players to unlock the Numero Uno achievement. Rockstar notes, however, that this is a temporary change, though it doesn’t clarify when it plans to remove parachuting and sea races once more.
This will apparently be the cycle ofGrand Theft Auto Onlinemoving forward. Rockstar will continueremoving jobs fromGrand Theft Auto Onlineto “free up space” and “assist with player matchmaking.” These jobs will be brought back from time to time but only ever temporarily.
While Rockstar clearly brought parachuting and sea races back to allowGrand Theft Auto Onlineplayers to acquire the achievement, it doesn’t explicitly mention the controversy regarding the situation. If anything, Rockstar is warning players the achievement will once again be unavailable soon, indicating that it doesn’t see the situation as worth making more meaningful changes over. That could change, butGrand Theft Auto Onlineplayerswould likely be safe to assume that this may be their last chance to acquire Numero Uno for some time.
Grand Theft Auto Onlineis available now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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