Joining a public solo lobby in GTA 5 Online on PC, PS4, PS5, or Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S works with tricks. This allows safe money making.
What is it about? In order to make a lot of money in GTA Online, you usually have to play in public lobbies, which carries a risk. Opponent players could destroy the expensive virtual goods that you want to sell for profit. A lot of money is at stake here.
While you can also start solo sessions in GTA Online, you cannot sell all goods and start missions there, and you earn accordingly less money.
Players therefore use tricks to fake a bad connection in GTA Online and suddenly find themselves alone in a public session. Another reason for solo lobbies is problems with modders who ruin the online experience.
What tricks are used for solo sessions on PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox One / Xbox Series X|S?
Here’s how to proceed: Different methods are used on PC and the consoles PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. These tricks have been circulating in the community for years. Usually, players first join a normal public session with other players.
PC: On PC, you then unplug your internet cable from the computer, wait a few seconds, and plug it back into the PC. Suddenly, the whole session clears out, and you are left alone there.
Alternatively, you can pause GTA Online for a few seconds through the Task Manager and then restart it. The effect is the same as with the cable: the session clears.
On PS4/PS5, you change the MTU value in the internet settings to play alone in public lobbies.
On Xbox One/Series X|S, you can test the NAT type in the settings to get into a solo lobby.
These “tricks” keep appearing in YouTube videos and threads on reddit. Especially now, where many players have managed to get GTA 5 Online for free, the topic seems to be interesting.
Why do players do solo sessions?
This is what players say: The reasons why players look for solo lobbies vary. Often, however, it is about sales.
To make a lot of money in GTA Online, you can fill warehouses by collecting many crates. These are sold, when you have collected enough, in a large delivery and you may receive millions of GTA dollars for it.
However, there is a risk in this sale that other opposing players may destroy the cargo. This type of player is among the 5 most annoying player types in GTA Online.
To avoid this risk, players use the trick with solo sessions and then play alone in public lobbies. While you don’t get a sales bonus because there are no opponents in the session, the lucrative sale is secured.
As another reason, players also mention hackers/modders who simply annoy others with their Godmode hacks.
Why not use sessions with friends? GTA Online itself does offer the option for sessions that you can play only with invited players or friends. However, you cannot perform many of the mentioned cargo sales there.
For this reason, some feel forced to resort to tricks.
If you do not want to resort to solo sessions, then another trick makes your sales missions in GTA Online much easier.
