Rockstar Games has rolled out a new GTA Online Weekly Update to coincide with the launch of The Kortz Center Heist, refreshing the game's rotating content lineup for an Event Week running from July 14th through 22nd.
Players heading to the Diamond Casino this week can take a daily spin on the Lucky Wheel for a shot at the Dinka Jester RR, a vehicle valued at $1,970,000 from Legendary Motorsport, with GTA+ members now getting two spins every 24 hours instead of one. Elsewhere, finishing in the top four of an LS Car Meet Race this week unlocks the Obey Omnis e-GT as a Prize Ride, priced at $1,795,000 from Legendary Motorsport. Rounding out the vehicle rotation, this week's Premium Test Ride is the Weeny Issi Rally, available across PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC Enhanced, while the Test Track lineup features the Karin Futo GTX, Bravado Greenwood, and Vysser Neo.
The headline Weekly Challenge for the period is straightforward: complete The Kortz Center Heist for a GTA$100,000 payout. That challenge ties directly into the week's biggest addition — Rockstar's newest (and possibly final) major GTA Online heist ahead of GTA 6.
What The Kortz Center Heist Actually Involves
The Kortz Center Heist sends players to scope out Los Santos' premier cultural space, plan an approach, and steal some of the venue's most valuable artworks, with the job playable solo or alongside up to three other players. Scoping the museum means photographing paintings without tipping off security and mapping escape routes, and the location holds Secondary Targets in addition to the main paintings — spotting them during recon meaningfully boosts the potential payout. Discretion matters too: art known to be stolen sells for less, so eliminating witnesses and wiping CCTV footage keeps the final cut higher.
To even start the job, players need infrastructure in place first. Mansion owners must add the new Art Studio expansion, where a counterfeiter forges replacement pieces while the space doubles as a planning hub for storing gear and tech ahead of the Finale. The Art Studio itself runs $4,700,000 through the in-game website, and players also need to be enrolled in the new Fine Art Collector program before diving in — though enrollment was made available ahead of the update's release.
Once stolen, Primary Target paintings can either be sold off to Mr. Faber's client list or kept and put on display inside a player's Mansion, and three new paintings become available to steal each week to keep the heist worth revisiting. Players can also frame their stolen goods as part of rotating exhibitions, giving the mission structure some long-term replay value beyond a single run.
Early Login Bonuses and Release Timing
Rockstar sweetened the update's arrival for players who logged in ahead of time. Mansion owners who logged in between June 18 and July 13 received a GTA$1,000,000 discount on the Art Studio upgrade, plus the chance to unlock a unique painting for it. That pre-release window also came with a free Vault Keypad upgrade for practicing the Kortz Center's security systems, a decorative Kortz Center sculpture called The Crescent Tense, and the opportunity to steal a high-value painting called The Outcome of Endeavour on a first attempt during each of the next three weeks. Players who logged in before the update went live separately received GTA$500,000 in-game cash and a free Benefactor Turreted Limo.
The update itself went live just after 10am BST / 5am ET / 2am PT on July 14 across all platforms. On the technical side, the patch — GTA V Title Update 1.73 — clocked in at 1.9 GB on PS5 and 5.1 GB on Xbox Series X|S.
New Vehicles and Broader Changes
GTA+ members get a week of early access to the new Grotti Veleno GT before it opens to general purchase on July 23, and finishing all of the heist's Tier 4 Career Progress challenges on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, or PC Enhanced unlocks a new Vapid Caracara (Armored). New Supercars and Drift vehicles are joining the roster alongside the heist as well. Rockstar also brought back several previously delisted vehicles for general sale, now upgradeable inside an owned Agency mod shop with the Missile Lock-on Jammer.
Beyond the heist itself, Rockstar used the update to touch up long-running systems. Several existing heists and missions now pay out a noticeably higher bonus for their first completion each week, with the bonus applying separately per activity.
The Bigger Picture
With GTA 6 looming, this update carries extra weight for the community. The Kortz Center Heist arrives as what could be the final DLC for GTA Online before Grand Theft Auto VI's release, positioned as a continuation of the earlier Mansions content. Coverage elsewhere in the games press has framed it similarly — as a send-off for the GTA 5 era rather than just another content drop.
For now, though, the immediate focus for most players is simpler: get into an Art Studio, meet Mr. Faber's fixer, and start planning the job before this Event Week's bonuses roll over on the 22nd.
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