Grand Theft Auto Online has been incredibly successful so far. Numerous events in GTA Online have managed to keep the experience fresh by adding new challenges, vehicles, and things for players to explore. However, the game has had issues and while Rockstar Games is fixing some bugs, players can proactively take action to fix some problems.

The Heist missions in Grand Theft Auto Online have proved to be very popular, yet there is an issue plaguing Heist prep missions in the game. During loading sequences, players are finding themselves stuck on a black screen. Restarting the game is one way to fix the issue but players will lose their progress. Fortunately, there is a simple fix for console and PC players.

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If players encounter a lingering black screen when doing the preparation missions for the Diamond Casino heist they need to do the following steps. Firstly, players need to disconnect their Xbox or PlayStation controller - equally PC players need to disconnect their keyboard. After waiting for a few seconds players will need to do the second step, which is reconnecting their controller or keyboard. Then players should only have to wait a few more seconds before the mission loads up and continues as normal. While this may annoy Grand Theft Auto Online fans, this unconventional method appears to be the easiest way to fix the issue without Rockstar Games patching the problem.

GTA Online heist glitch fix

Despite some lingering issues, Rockstar is working on plenty of ways to keep GTA Online players interested. Ranging from financial incentives to timely events, there appears to be plenty of new content being developed for the game.

This temporary fix will help players from getting too frustrated with the online experience, and with Rockstar still releasing updates, it may be rectified fully in the future. Many will hope the glitch is fixed permanently, and there will be some who expect the game to get ahead of these problems when going into the next generation of consoles.

Grand Theft Auto 5 is available now for PC, PS3, Xbox 360, and Xbox One, with PS5 and Xbox Series X versions also in development.

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Source: Reddit