In addition to new rides, contract missions, and cosmetic items, Los Santos Tuners also offers a new progression system called Reputation. Reputation is a new rank-up system similar to how the Arena Wars ranking system works, and the reputation system is completely independent of your base player rank.
Los Santos Tuners offers a new location called the Los Santos (LS) Car Meet, where all the players can show off their rides without worrying about griefers. The LS Car Meet is a large parking lot that can be accessed in Cypress Flats.
The LS Car Meet has a lot to offer inside, such as a shop with exclusive clothing, winnable vehicles, a tattoo shop, a quick and easy way to start the new races, and a mod shop to customize your vehicles, among other things.
Membership Benefits
You can visit the LS Car Meet area for free without any form of payment. This lets you look around and marvel at the exotic vehicles inside. However, to access the reputation points and rank up, you will need to buy a membership that costs GTA$50,000. You can buy the membership by talking to Mimi at the car meet.
You are only limited to viewing the LS Car Meet warehouse until you buy the membership. Buying the membership gives you access to a wide array of activities and unlocks a lot of new beneficial features such as:
- Merch Shop: Merch shop offers exclusive clothing only available to the members of the LS Car Meet. All the items are locked behind the reputation level and become available to purchase once you've reached that reputation level. The merch shop is displayed out of a van inside the car meet.
- Tattoo Parlor: A regular tattoo shop with no new tattoos. It is there just for the sake of quick access to the tattoo shop.
- Mod Shop: A mod shop that is easily accessible by sitting in your vehicle and using the in-car vehicle menu. You can modify your vehicle, and other players can watch the modifications taking place in real-time. The LS Car Meet mod shop is the only shop offering the Low Grip Tires added with the Los Santos Tuners update.
- Prize Ride Challenges: Every week, there will be a prize vehicle on display at the LS Car Meet that you can win by completing several challenges. Note that these challenges can take days!
- Private Takeover: Once you've reached reputation level 20, you can pay Mimi GTA$50,000 to have the entire LS Car Meet space for yourself. You can then use your interaction menu to invite or grant access to other players in the Free Roam Lobby. You can also get a range of interior customization options such as banners (with crew logo) and light colors.
- Test Rides & Test Tracks: You can enter the test track by getting in one of the test rides available by default or using your own personal vehicle (via the vehicle menu). You can also directly buy the test rides by walking up and interacting with them. You can have different races in test tracks, time trials, and even a "head-to-head" race with another player. You can also spectate other players by going into spectator zones, which are two secured raised areas around the test tracks. The zones are indicated by a steering wheel when outside the LS Car Meet parking lot. The entrance is behind the building.
- 5% Discount & Trade Prices: You can modify your vehicle at your Auto Shop and receive a 5% discount on all modifications. You also get trade prices on several vehicles as you progress through the reputation levels.
