Strategy guides
Learn the streets
Ten guides that take you from a nobody with five grand to a name people whisper in the feed. Every number is checked against the live rules. Start with the basics, then pick your side.
- 10Guides
- $5,000Starting cash
- 14 daysFirst payback
- 3Sides to master
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New players
Getting started
Your first hour, day and week: picking a side and a city, a Food Cart on day one, registers and the safe, the daily routine and when to stop building small.
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The numbers that matter
- Starting cash / salary
- $5,000 / $274 a day
- Food Cart / Taco Stand
- $108 / $252 a day
- Register holds
- 24 hours of rent
- Safe from muggers
- 2 days of salary
- Overhead starts after
- 6 buildings
- Cities open at
- Levels 3, 5, 8
- Found a crew
- $10,000 at level 3
- Casino and Speedway return
- 95%
Pick your path
Side guide
Criminals
Every dirty dollar with real numbers, the 6-hour arrest-immunity window, cooling heat for free and laundering loot into property.
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Side guide
Police
Probable cause, arrest odds and fines worked out, overtime versus dock work, and the targets worth your eight arrests a day.
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Side guide
Civilians
Paybacks a quarter shorter than anyone's, the best cities to build in, shifts, heist seats and staying off a mugger's list.
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Economy
Property
The full building ladder from Food Cart to Resort with paybacks, land math, portfolio overhead, upgrades, upkeep, turf and the bank tax.
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Fighting
Combat
The odds formula with examples, the cheapest strength in the game, every weapon and armor, the safe, revenge, bounties, jail and bail.
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Daily play
Activities
All eleven check-in games with exact rewards and timers, the daily streak table and a routine that fits around a working day.
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Social
Crews and invites
Founding or joining, ranks, fight backup, what a block of turf is worth, the optional vault and the $62,500-per-friend invite program.
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The long game
Heists and the long game
Heist payouts and odds, the six roles, contract standing, season tiers and titles, bounties, the market, vacation and luxury.
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Games of chance
Casino and Speedway
The three slot machines, the free daily wheel's odds, Speedway betting, what a 95% return really costs and playing responsibly.
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Theory's over
Your first five moves are free as a guest. No email required.