My technique to find fellow revellers is simple: drive my monster truck around town honking and firing flares to broadly indicate chumliness.Īfter dodging several close-range rockets without returning fire, I prove my intents to one bystander who soon hops in. But when everyone's zooming around at top speed, how do you make your celebratory intent clear? By buying the special event car too. I hop into my wardrobe and fish for one of the outfits Rockstar only sell during certain events and. The morning may not feel like Independence Day, but my clothes certainly don't help the mood. Handily, the Independence Day event has brought back the usual party supplies. I've seen television I know how Independence Day works. Perhaps that's just what happens when an Englishwoman living in Scotland plays a game made by a Scottish studio on servers populated chiefly by Eastern Europeans, but I knew I could do better. Despite the GTA Online city being as all-American as Disneyland, spirits were low, crime was high, and none of my neighbours were launching hot dogs or grilling fireworks.

As the sun rose over Los Santos this morning, mist clung to the city and it did not feel like Independence Day.