Ranks, titles and the rest
Four separate ladders, and none of them can be bought.
Rank
XP moves it. Rank decides what every earner in the game pays you, so it is the one number that makes an hour worth more than the last one.
Crimes and OCs are what pay XP. GTA, the streets and Agency contracts pay cash and stats, and none of them move your rank. Quests and the vote shop give a bit of XP on top. If you leave the worker on it runs crimes for you and pays 20% less XP than a crime would by hand, so the ladder keeps going while you are away, a bit slower.
Joined late? If you are a long way behind the top player you get extra XP and stats on crimes and OCs, up to double. It shrinks as you climb and stops 3 ranks under whoever is top. The crime page tells you when its on. Never cash.
Achievements
There are 439 of them and they pay cash, a set figure for each rung of a ladder, the same for everyone whatever your rank. Every fifth rung on a ladder drops a car key item and the top of a ladder drops a claim on five million and an upgrade point. You do not claim them: they land the moment the game notices, a note slides into the banner, and an event goes on your Events page. Click either and it takes you to the one you earned.
They are on your Service Record, under Achievements.
Titles
260 of them. A title is a badge beside your name and you choose which one to wear. They come off what you have actually done, so nobody can be given one.
Education
8 degrees, 10 courses in each, so 80 in all. A course costs money and takes time, and the time runs whether you are logged in or not.
The first course of a degree is 1 hour and £ 500,000. The last is 10 hours and £ 10,000,000. Everything between climbs in step.
One course at a time. Not one per degree, one anywhere in the college, so which degree it belongs to is the choice. Every course also needs the one before it passed, which is why the long ones are at the end where they belong.
Every course pays something when it finishes: cash, stat points, boss training, gear, boss gear, a boss item or a car. What it pays is on the module list before you enrol.
What a degree is worth
Finish all 10 courses and you keep what it taught you for good. They show on your Service Record under Education perks.
- Race Craft
- You take 10% more from a race you win.
- Statistics and Probability
- The jackpot comes up 10% more often for you.
- Automotive Engineering
- A race puts 10% less heat on you.
- Criminal Law
- Every sentence is 12% shorter.
- Economics
- Crimes pay you 6% more.
- Logistics and Geography
- You are ready to travel again 10% sooner.
- Forensic Countermeasures
- Every chance of being nicked is 10% smaller.
- Security Systems
- You are 8% harder to notice.
Nothing here can be sold, given away or lost. Education is the only thing in the game that takes money and gives back something you keep.
Quests and Acts
Quests are a list of things to go and do. Acts are the story, and they open in order. Act 1 is open from the start and a new one opens every ten ranks, 15 missions each. Every mission says what it wants on its card; the count starts when you take it. Each has its own tab in the Service Record.
What opens when
You start with the crimes, the streets, GTA, the bank, trade and travel, your vehicle and garage, mail, events and your record. The rest of the menu shows up as you rank up, and each group tells you the next thing it will open. Once you have reached a rank it is yours for good.
| Rank | What opens |
|---|---|
| 5 | Daily Events, The Trader, Titles |
| 6 | OC |
| 8 | Businesses |
| 10 | Casino Floor |
| 12 | Agency |
| 14 | Items, Private Collection |
| 15 | StreetRace |
| 20 | Education, Crews, Dirty Money |
| 24 | Offshore Banking |
| Orange ends | Steal, Spy, Kill, Place Reward |