1. Gta V Heist Crew Members

This guide shows how to maximize both 'Take' and 'Cut' from each and every heist in GTA 5 by choosing the right approach and team members.

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Recruit Additional Crew Members

Gta V Heist Crew Members

Patrick McReary

After the mission 'Complications' you'll unlock the random event 'Getaway Driver' found between Forum Drive and Strawberry Avenue.
Completing the random event by helping the two robbers, Patrick McReary will be unlocked and becomes available as a Gunman for the Heists.
Taliana Martinez

After the mission 'Mr.Philips' you'll unlock the random event 'Crash Rescue' found on the Senora Freeway near the Braddock Pass.
Competing the random event by helping the girl, Taliana Martinez will be unlocked and becomes available as a Driver for the Heists. (If you don't get Taliana to her house in time, she'll bleed out and die, and you'll never be able to unlock her!)

The Jewel Store Job (Smart Approach)

• Max Take: $4,946,153
• Max Michael cut: $1,223,073
• Max Franklin cut: $293,539

• Driver: Karim Denz (8%)
• Gunman: Patrick McReary (12%)
• Hacker: Ricky Lukens (4%)

The 'Smart Approach' is better than the Loud one because only Michael and the Gunman will grab the jewels inside the store. Instead in the 'Loud Approach', the Driver will help too and if you don't get a good Driver, part of the take will be dropped and lost.
So, choose 'Smart Approach', then choose the lowest take Driver because the only thing that will change is that Franklin has to get off the heat using a Bati 801 instead of Sanchez. Choose a good Gunman - Patrick is the best with the lowest take - or your gunman will drop part of the take inside the store and will be killed before reaching the tunnel.
Even if you take the bag from the street when he falls dead, the lower take together with the casualty expenses, will make the worst gunman cost more than a good one.

• Bad Gunman: $4,515,930
• Good Gunman: $4,946,153

As for the Hacker, choose Ricky first of all because he gives you exactly 50 seconds before the alarm starts and 50 seconds is the time given to complete the objective 'Quick Grab' for the Gold medal.

The Merryweather Heist (Any Approach)

• Max Take: $20,000,000
• Max Michael cut: $0
• Max Franklin cut: $0
• Max Trevor cut: $0

In this heist you won't have to choose crew members because the whole job is done by the trio.Also, unfortunately, at the end of the job, whichever approach was chosen, no one gains money.

The Paleto Score

• Max Take: $8,016,020
• Max Michael cut: almost $463,000
• Max Franklin cut: almost $463,000
• Max Trevor cut: almost $463,000

• Gunman: Norm Richards (7%) or Daryl Johns (6%)

The take on this heist depends mainly oh how we move. Each time someone shoots you in the back, you drop money. To avoid that, keep your back covered.
For the team you'll only need one Gunman and if you want to maximize the main characters' cuts, choose either Norm or Daryl. Both will be killed during the mission, but you can grab their bag without any problems. Differently from the Jewel Store Job, the take won't be affected and the casualty expenses are lower than hiring a good gunman - a saving of $18,000 more or less.

The Bureau Raid (Roof Entry Approach)

• Max Take: $331,985
• Max Michael cut: $0
• Max Franklin cut: $242,346

• Hacker: Ricky Lukens (4%)
• Gunman: Daryl Johns (6%), Norm Richards (7%) or Hugh Welsh (7%)
• Driver: Taliana Martinez (5%)

No money for Michael in the Bureau Raid, but Franklin can make a little less than a quarter of a million and to maximize his income, choose the 'Roof Entry' approach.
In the Firefighter approach you'll have two gunmen and if both are mediocre, one will die.
If you hire two good gunmen or two bad gunmen, the cut or the casualty expenses will be higher than by completing the heist with the other approach. Once 'Roof Entry' approach has been chosen, get Ricky as the hacker again( his skills have improved from the previous heist, so he will not cause problems). As your Gunman, choose one guy with the lower cut. He will not die and he'll improve his skill which is best for business.
Last the Driver, take Taliana so you'll get the best getaway vehicle with the lowest cut. Karim costs more and if you didn't use him in the first heist, he will arrive late at the meet up aboard a Burrito instead of an Ambulance. Obviously if this happens, before reaching Lester, you'll need to shake off the heat.

The Big Score (Obvious Approach)

• Max take: $201,600,000
• Max Michael cut: $41,664,000
• Max Franklin cut: $41,664,000
• Max Trevor cut: $41,664,000

• Driver 1: Taliana Martinez (5%)
• Driver 2: Karim Denz (8%)
• Gunman 1: D. Jonhs (6%), N. Richards (7%), H. Welsh (7%) or K. Abolaji (8%)
• Gunman 2: D. Jonhs (6%), N. Richards (7%), H. Welsh (7%) or K. Abolaji (8%)

Here we are at the last heist, the Big One. Choose 'Obvious Approach' to maximize your income because you'll need four guys instead of five. But if you like the 'Subtle Approach' more, go on but avoid selecting Karim Denz as first driver - if you haven't used his services in a previous job - because in this case he will get caught by the police before reaching the highway.
So, after selecting the 'Obvious Approach', take Taliana as the first driver (she will pilot first helicopter) and Karim as the second (he will drive the train). Don't do the opposite, especially if Karim is without experience or you'll lose half of the take.
For both Gunmen, select the guys you want, lower their cut, more money you'll take. They won't die or do anything stupid, so don't worry and select guys like Daryl Jonhs (6%), Hugh Welsh (7%), Norm Richards (7%) or Karl Abolaji (8%).

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I have done 1- 2 setups a day since they launched the DLC and I have learnt a few things that may help someone.

1st Planning Board: Casino Scope and Vault

Scope Out
There are 10 spots to get, most of them need the keypad and camera in the frame of pic others none. When you enter lobby take the pics there then take elevator to Roof Terrace to meet Yung Ancestor. He is needed for you to do patrol routes, when he rings answer and complete his silly mission. I haven't got all POIs because I have not been to the blueprints in Ms Baker's office, on her desk. You can then build a vault door in your nerve center for 900k. I do have it now. Also I have not panned all the cameras in the vault contents mission which i will do next time.
Vault Contents
You have to find a dude and scan his phone while following him. Using an Oppressor II makes it easy to spot him from approach but dont let him see you on bike before or after, finding him on foot is a bit harder but not bad and dont arm up either, just make sure he is close when you start hacking because he walks off. Go to the casino...
Casino Hacking

• Open your phone, go to bottom right app and launch.
• If the bar is below 1 go to the rear, near managers entrance in toilet next to it.
• BAR 1-2 the opposite side of managers area, 2 Big doors with keypad.
• Bar 2-3 The Inside track room.
• The opposite side of casino from inside track, just outside semi circle white room wall.
• Bar 3+ Behind the Cashier on left looking at from lobby.
• It will tell you to open app and cams come up.

Vault Cam
Cycle through theses slow loading cams until you find the vault, pan right and when Lester says what is inside you can leave and finish. I dont like cash, so if I get it, I ring Lester and cancel the heist losing the 25k initial cost. I've done it up to 3 times but it is still worth it to me not mashing away madly and losing lots in getaway.
Choose your Style
Silent and Sneaky
Hard to do and really hard if you get caught.
The Big Con

Easy to do with Grupp Secs gear entry and any Disguise leaving. Take stairs up from vault and use pause to see their cones of vision, get in behind and knock them out (dont shoot) then sneak into to laundry change and walk out.
Aggressive

Easy to do with good guns and all the 10 Dugan shipments completely killed. Enter through Sewer and leave shooting your way out. You can see that I have the Big Con active on hard, defined by the skull in the icon. When I refer to a Heli they are buzzards except for Dugan Shipments and are all guns only

2nd Planning Board Setup Support Crew

Choose your team 3 types of help. Guns Cars and Hacker.
You have to choose these before you can proceed further.

• Guns I use expert for Aggressive, lowest for big con and 7% or above for Sneaky.
• Cars I ONLY use lowest guy to get the sentinel classic car option in the set up start.
• Hacker I use the best I have for Big Con and Sneaky. Lowest For Aggressive cause it doesn't mater.
• Guns Choosing now between 2 types of weapons. Choose the one you like best.
• Cars Select this and choose Sentinel, it is all you need. When you have them in your garage get in each car car and you will see an option to upgrade it, at least bullet proof tyres. I only do 1 to full and remove livery to tell it apart.
• Hacker As I said above. 'I use the best I have for Big Con and Sneaky. Lowest For Agro cause it doesn't mater.'

3 Planning Board Missions

Now you have that sorted you have a lot of options to select from. Some are compulsory and others not. If it is your first time you should do them all. If it isn't your 1st , you dont need to do Patrol Routes again or Drills. as drills are for safety deposit boxes which i hardly ever get time to do unless I have 4 people.
A lot of players do not realise there are options within these options as well (like team options). You can choose types of Guns, Cars, Entry disguise, Exit disguise, Patrol routes and Security pass Level 1 or 2.
For each Type of Heist there are different options only for that type of Heist and others that you do for all types. I will start with the general ones first.
Aggressive
Thermal Charges
They are usually in a warehouse or Biker clubhouse with 3-4 guys out front and 6 or so inside to kill, medium to hard to live through solo and always 2 packages to collect. When you leave, 2 cars chase you and 2 helicopters a bit later, all are easy to run from if you are lucky.
Vault Explosives

There are 4 sites where they spawn:

• Elisian island this the easiest as you can park quite close to the search site.
• Palteo Bay hard to live through heli assault, I have 50/50 record of living.
• Catfish View hard again.
• Alamo Sea (where Valkerie is in Human labs heist) hard again.

All of these follow the same pattern. When you get there, kill 6 or so guys on land then a heli and 3 boats over the search site. Get changed into scuba gear and park your aircraft on an island or land close to search site. Swim down and find the 2 packages then you have a countdown to get to safety before the helis attack. You can find the other package later if you are solo.
If you are lucky you get away, the helis will still be there when you get back but if you die you are in big trouble. I call the Terrorbyte before I go down to site and if you are lucky you can get in and shoot them with it if they kill you. There are waves of 2 helis that show up each time you kill them and I have seen 3 waves and up to 6 waves come in.
Go away then come back when they are settled over search area and they are easier to kill. Once they are all dead you can collect package/s and go. I've done these solo without dying and you can run out of time if you die, but having 2 ppl makes it a lot easier.
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