How to create a private session in GTA Online? What do you have to do if you want to open a private lobby in GTA Online in 2020 and how does it work on the PS4, Xbox One or PC? When you join a lobby in Grand Theft Auto 5’s online mode, there are usually other players there. In some situations it would be very practical if you could play alone in a solo session or just with friends in a lobby. The only question is, how can you even create a private session?
Create private lobby via story mode
The first and “old” method with which you can create a private session in GTA Online looks like this (you should use the new method, see below).
- The first thing you do, of course, is start Grand Theft Auto 5 and switch to the game’s story mode.
- Once the game has loaded, you have to press the start button and select “Play GTA Online” under “Online” in the menu.
- Here you can now join a normal session with other players via “Go”, but you can also select a “session only for invited players”, “closed friends session” and a “solo session”.
It is also possible to create a crew session here so that only players from your own crew can join the lobby. The friends can then join the session using the start button under “Friends”.
Create Private Session (2020)
Even if the above method for creating a private session still works without any problems in 2019, the loading times when switching from GTA Online to story mode and back are relatively long, especially if you are playing on the PS4 or Xbox One. If you want to save yourself the long loading times, you can create a private session in another way when you are currently in online mode.
- In GTA Online you press the start button again and open the menu. In the menu, select the “Editor” under the “Online” tab.
- As soon as the editor is loaded, you can press the start button again and switch to the “Online” tab in the menu.
- You can now create a private lobby or solo session as well as a private session with friends and crew via “GTA Online”.
The method using the editor is significantly faster than using the story mode, as the loading time is much shorter.
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