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Its pretty staggering to think thatGTA Onlinewill be celebrating its ninth anniversary later this year.

In that time, its jumped across three console generations and been bolstered by nearly 40 updates.

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Fundamentally, though, GTA Online is still the same game you will have played all those years ago.

The sheer breadth of things to do is where it thrives, however.

Perhaps the most pressing question surrounding GTA Online is how friendly it is to new players.

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For starters, youll get an instant cash injection of $4 million dollars.

you’re free to then use the career builder to pick a lane.

Simply by being poor and low-levelled, you instantly become a target.

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There simply arent enough measures for players to keep themselves out of harm’s way, however.

And let me tell you, trolls on Oppressor MK IIs litter the skies like gnats these days.

GTA Online in 2022 is packed full of excellent distractions.

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Heists are exhilarating, multi-stage missions that can be a blast with a good group of friends.

In many ways, now is as good a time as any to get into GTA Online.

The price of admission is low, and the Cunning Stunts races are a particular highlight.

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Theres cheap fun littered here and there in GTA Online, if you know where to look.

But that shouldnt be the case, surely?

Rockstar sure doesnt make it easy to enjoy its game at face-value.

But theres a feeling that much of the experience is still irreparably rooted in 2013. you might find plenty more pieces like it in ourState of the Game hub.