GTA Online weekly update (January 12) : adds railgun and First Dose rewards

January 12, 2023

GTA Online’s weekly update January 12-18 lets players of crime game Rockstar buy stun guns in Grand Theft Auto 5 single-player

What time are the GTA Online Weekly Updates?

The update is usually released on Thursday mornings, and here are the times when it drops:

  • UK: 10am (GMT)
  • Europe: 11am (CET)
  • East Coast US: 5am (EST)
  • West Coast US: 2am (PST)

Here are the GTA Online weekly update  for January 12-18:

GTA Online LS Car Meet Prize Ride

Finish in the top 3 for 5 days in a row to win the Vapid Caracara 4×4 on the Slam Truck in the LS Car meet from now until January 19th!

Luxury Autos cars

You can buy the Dinka RT3000 and Truffade Nero from the Luxury Autos showroom this week.

Simeon’s Showroom cars

This week’s Simeon’s Showroom cars are:

  • Dominator ASP
  • Drift Tampa
  • Furia
  • Hotring Sabre
  • Windsor

RC Bandito Time Trials

This week’s RC Time Trial is at the Pillbox Hill. To cash in your $100,000 prize, you’ll need to beat a 01:12.00 par time

Time Trials

This week’s regular time trial is at the Zancudo River. To earn the top prize, you’ll need to beat the event in under 001:24.20.

Bonus GTA$ and RP Rewards

For those looking to make the most out of their time spent in GTA Online, you can earn bonus cash and RP in game through completing certain mission types.

2x RP and GTA$ can be gained from the following missions:

  • The seven new Community Series Modes

1.5x RP and GTA$ can be gained from the following missions:

  • First Dose Missions

Clothing Unlocks

Sadly, there are no free clothing unlocks this week.

Weekly Discounts

Here are the GTA Online discounts for January 12-18:

40% off:

  • Sultan RS ($477,000)

30% off:

  • Bunkers (and bunker renovations)
  • Dominator ASP ($1,242,500)
  • Previon ($1,043,000)
  • RT300 ($1,200,500)

Gun van discounts:

  • 20% off body armour
  • 15% off throwable weapons
  • 10% off weapons

Prime Gaming Rewards

Prime Gaming rewards are also regularly up for grabs for those with Amazon Prime and Twitch.

  • GTA$100,000 for all players who connect their Rockstar Games Social Club account with Prime Gaming and play this week.