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GTA Online’s August 13–20 Week Will Bring Brand Wars Rewards and 4X Payouts

The scheduled rotation will also discount several Hotring vehicles, reset weekly completion bonuses, and add the Gallivanter Warden for GTA+ members.

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GTA Online’s next weekly rotation is scheduled to begin around 5 a.m. ET on August 13, 2026, and run through August 20. The Brand Wars Event will bring rewards for Team Sprunk and Team eCola, boosted payouts across several activities, new vehicle discounts, and a reset for weekly Heist and Mission completion bonuses.

GTA+ members will also be able to claim the new Gallivanter Warden SUV for free at The Vinewood Car Club showroom through September 9, one week before it becomes available to the wider player base. The August and September GTA+ benefits begin on August 13 and are detailed through the GTA+ benefits page.

GTA+ August benefits

The August GTA+ lineup will also offer the following benefits:

3X GTA$, RP, and LS Car Meet Rep: Drift Races
2X GTA$ and RP: FIB Files from the Garment Factory
2X GTA$ and RP: Garment Factory safe income
60% off: Garment Factory
50% off: Drift Tuning Upgrades and Terrorbyte Bureau Tech upgrades, including the Master Control Terminal, Missile Lock-On Jammer, Silent Running, and Collectible Scanner
Clothing: PRB Shorts and Tee, plus the Pink SN x PRB Bomber Zipped
Vehicle customization: Light Purple Pearl Chameleon Paint and matching Wheel Paint at no extra cost

The Drift Races bonus will rise to 6X GTA$, RP, and LS Car Meet Rep from August 27 through September 2.

Brand Wars rewards run through August 26

The Brand Wars Event will continue beyond this weekly rotation. From August 13 through August 26, players can link their Twitch and Rockstar Games accounts, then watch participating Twitch Drops-enabled streams for Team Sprunk or Team eCola.

Team Sprunk viewers can claim the Sprunk Sweatsuit.
Team eCola viewers can claim the eCola Tracksuit.
Watching eligible streams can also grant up to GTA$2,000,000.
Sprunk Bodysuits and eCola Bodysuits will be free at Clothing Stores.
The Declasse Hotring Sabre will be free through Southern San Andreas Super Autos.
Logging in will grant the Sprunk x eCola livery for the Declasse Hotring Sabre.
Sprunk and eCola vanity plates can be claimed at Vehicle Workshops after logging in.

Weekly challenges, races, and test rides

Podium Vehicle: Pfister Astron through the Lucky Wheel.
Prize Ride Challenge: Place in the top four in the LS Car Meet Series for three consecutive days.
Prize Ride Vehicle: Enus Deity.
Time Trial: End to End.
Premium Race: A Sign of Things to Come.
Test Ride 1: Vapid Clique Wagon.
Test Ride 2: Överflöd Autarch.
Test Ride 3: Pegassi Osiris.

The HSW Time Trial will run from Terminal to Chiliad Mountain State Wilderness on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC Enhanced. The HSW Premium Test Ride will feature the Karin S95.

The first Brand Wars Weekly Challenge runs from August 13 through August 19. Completing three Business Battles awards the Impotent Rage Sweatsuit and a 2.5X reward worth GTA$250,000.

From August 20 through August 26, winning three Races will complete the second challenge and grant the Princess Racing Tracksuit plus another GTA$250,000.

Heist, robbery, and mission targets

The Kortz Center Heist will feature three Primary Targets during the week:

Gone to Seed
Chat on Fruit
Juiced

The three Salvage Yard robbery vehicles will be:

The Podium Robbery: Truffade Z-Type
The Duggan Robbery: Übermacht Sentinel Classic
The Gangbanger Robbery: Vapid Caracara 4×4

The week’s challenge requires players to complete three Business Battles. The reward will be the Impotent Rage Sweatsuit and a 2.5X reward worth GTA$250,000.

The FIB Priority File will be The Black Box File. Daily Objectives were marked as TBA at the time of the schedule.

Luxury Autos and Premium Deluxe Motorsport vehicles

Luxury Autos will feature:

Benefactor LRC GT
Pfister X-treme

The Premium Deluxe Motorsport showroom will offer:

Obey Tailgater S
Shitzu Keitora
Mammoth Patriot Mil-Spec
Benefactor Stirling GT
Progen GP1

4X and 3X GTA$ and RP activities

The Brand Wars payout schedule extends through August 26. The biggest payout increases will apply to the following activities:

4X GTA$ and RP

Hotring Circuit Series
Freemode Challenges
Freemode Events

3X GTA$ and RP

Paper Route
Firefighter
Forklift Operator
Safeguard deliveries
QuickiePharm medical deliveries
Community Series

Weekly completion bonuses will reset with the new rotation, giving players a larger initial payout for completing a range of Heists and Missions.

From August 21 through August 23, players who register as a VIP or CEO and complete VIP Work can earn 5X GTA$ and RP.

Vehicle discounts from August 13 through August 20

Free

Declasse Hotring Sabre

The in-game Southern San Andreas Super Autos listing shows the vehicle’s usual GTA$830,000 price crossed out. To claim it, open GTA Online’s in-game internet, visit Southern San Andreas Super Autos, choose the Declasse Hotring Sabre and a color, then complete the order at the $0 price.
40% off

Hands On Car Wash
Bravado Hotring Hellfire
Karin Hotring Everon

30% off

Överflöd Autarch
Pegassi Osiris
Nagasaki Weaponized Dinghy
Mammoth Patriot Mil-Spec
Obey Tailgater S
Progen GP1
Vapid Clique Wagon
Benefactor Stirling GT
Shitzu Keitora

Gun Van inventory

Unholy Hellbringer: Free
Battle Rifle: 50% off
Precision Rifle: 40% off for GTA+ members
The Shocker
Up-n-Atomizer
Railgun
Widowmaker
Tear Gas
Molotovs
Sticky Bombs

No new or returning content listed

The schedule does not list any new content or returning content for this week. The focus is instead on Brand Wars rewards, boosted activities, weekly completion payouts, rotating vehicles, and discounts.

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Grand Theft Auto Online is an online multiplayer action-adventure game, and is a standalone version of Grand Theft Auto V. Set within the fictional state of San Andreas (based on Southern California), Grand Theft Auto Online allows up to 30 players to explore its open world environment and engage in cooperative or competitive game matches. The game features a range of technical and graphical improvements across the entire experience including performance enhancements for select vehicles in GTA Online, and so much more.

Genre Shooter, Adventure
Platforms Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Perspective First person, Third person
Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Release November 18, 2014
Publisher Rockstar Games
Age Rating