GTA V Gunrunning Update 1.40 By: (Lahiru Thilakarathne)

“Time flies never to be recalled” Two months done with one month go. I hope all our readers are having a splendid vacation partying all day long. With that said, if you got no clue on what to do, go ahead and read our previous article on interesting things to do if you are still stranded in UAE.

To all GTA V fans on which ever console your playing, its been an amazing month or so with the release of GTAs latest gun running update (1.40v) along with the one of my ultimate favorite “Overtime rumble advisory mode” (I’m leaving it for a later review)

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Weaponised APC (PCgamer.com Photo)

As the name suggest, Gun running is all about illegal arms trade. Players steal supplies and the business manufactures high value weapons, and you then deliver it across Los Santos for millions of dollars. Its quite similar to the Motorcycle club update where the player had to put in hard hours to steal supplies.

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Staff working in the bunker (VG247.com Photo)

Initially a player has to be either a CEO, MC Club president or a VIP to purchase a bunker from the amazing bunkers located all across the map with prices ranging from $1,165,00 to $3,900,000. The bunker is a large and vast underground base, complete with a living quarter, shooting range, a gun locker and a storage location for your MOC.

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Los Stantos Airbase Bunker (GTA.wiki.com Photo)

The gunrunning business are broken down into setup, resupply and sell. The Setup is a one-time mission where you get your staff supplies required for manufacturing. Next on resupply (the most time consuming one) where you have to access the Disruption Logistics website from your bunkers laptop and either steal the supplies or buy them. (I highly recommend you steal) Finally once manufacturing is done its is pay day. These delivery missions are extremely dangerous and difficulty will vary with how many associates you got and how many your selling. The most interesting feature is where you can also use your stolen supplies to unlock parts for your vehicles and weapons. (The staff does the research)

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Mobile Operation Center (Rockstar.com Photo)

As always, there’s a host of new military themed vehicles available at Warstock.com ranging from a million to 3.5 million. Much like the import/export update, each of these vehicles will have a trade and stock price. You will be able to unlock trade price by completing missions in your MOC. Wonder what a MOC is? Keep reading to find out more.

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Military Themed Vehicles Lineup (Rockstar.com Photo)

Along with the bunker update came bunker missions and one of my favorites, the Mobile Operation center (There you go that is what MOC stands for). I’m not going to talk about the bunker missions because if I do this article will have no end. MOC on the other hand is a customizable huge oversized truck which not only allows you to start new mission but fit it with a command center, a living area and a weapons/vehicles workshop. Unfortunately, all these fixtures will cost you money and the MOC starts from $1,225,000 with the high end one costing $2,790,000.

Along with the gunrunning update rockstar also released the following:

  • 750 new clothing items
  • 30 new tattoos
  • 2 new hair styles
  • 7 new Bunker Series Adversary game modes
  • Hood: up/down option
  • Jacket: open/closed option
  • Ballistic Equipment added
  • VIP requirement only $50,000 (previously $1,000,000)
  • New MC and CEO outfits
  • Multiple new Special Race props added
  • 110+ bug fixes across Xbox One, PS4, and PC

Personally would I consider this the best update? Definitely not because it’s the exact copy of the MC update. With prices crossing the million mark, I would say its more of a shark card ploy update than player experience. But then again GTA did release amazing updates such as CEO work, Heists and even the import/export update.

Overall Rating: 5/10

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Featured Image Credit: (Rockstar.com Photo)

Sources used: IGN.com; Rockstar.com

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