Pac Standard Guide Without Kuruma Glitch

While actually stealing the bloody thing is pretty difficult, it is hardly impossible and once everyone's inside, you can rest easy. That said, you'll likely lose quite a bit of cash before you get into the vehicle, so the second method might be a better option.

The other method stems from a handy little side-effect of the mission's scripting. Once you reach the checkpoint where you're supposed to get on the bikes, the enemies begin spawning in a different way. Basically, the cops won't shoot at you, nor will they set up roadblocks, unless you shoot at them first. Since gunning down the blues is a kneejerk reaction in GTA Online, most players are had.

However if you stay your itching trigger finger, the incoming police helicopters will be the only thing taking potshots at you, while all other police will simply attempt to ram you, something easily dodged. Grab the first four-seater you encounter, herd the whole heist team into it and zoom off to the dinghy without attacking the police, and you should be golden.

This second method generally results in less wasted money, but is harder to coordinate, especially with randoms. Generally speaking "get into the armored vehicle" is a message that is easier to convey than "ignore everything the game has taught you up until now and don't shoot the cops".

Even so, one of the main strengths of the Kuruma method was its fame. After one and a half years of doing it all the time, most of the community has learned it and assumed it was the default way to approach heists. Now, you'll have to assume that the randoms don't know the above methods, and the whole thing becomes yet another logistical nightmare.

The third method is very effective, and can be used to also complete the elite challenge. You'll need to do a bit of setting up before kicking off the heist for this to work. All players need to own the 0604 Las Lagunas Boulevard apartment, which is closest to the heist location. It isn't expensive at GTA$ 126,000, so everyone should have it.

Basically, you need to position a car right outside the bank, and a helicopter at the location of the bikes. A helicopter can be stolen from a nearby police station, as seen in the video we are embedding below. Once the vehicles are in place, you need to start the heist and have one of your teammates kill a civilian to fail it and respawn. This way those vehicles will reappear at the locations you placed them. The car will be a great way to escape the cops and reach the bikes, where you deposited the helicopter. Destroy the bikes to get the waypoint to appear on your map, then fly there with the helicopter. Easy as pie!

Happy heisting...