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.

Ranking System (Reputation Points & Reputation Level)

The first level is automatically unlocked upon purchasing the membership from Mimi at the LS Car Meet for GTA$50,000. The number of reputation points (RP) required to reach reputation level 2 is 95, followed by 100 for level 3... you must be noticing a pattern here. The number of points required for the next rank goes up by 5 points each time. For instance, for reputation level 4, you will need 105. For level 5, you will need 110, and so on.

You will need a total of 1,100 points to reach reputation level 200. The points required to rank up beyond level 200 do not change and always remain the same, that is, 1,100 points. So, if you want to rank up to reputation level 201, you will need an additional 1,100 points. If you want to rank up to 202, the extra points required will still be 1,100, and so on. This means you need a cumulative 997,400 points to reach reputation level 1,000.

Earning RP

There are two main ways through which you can earn RP and level up your reputation — Activities & Racing.

Activities

Before we get into the details of the racing and how it rewards you with the RP, you must understand the amount of RP you get from doing different activities in and around the LS Car Meet. You can earn RP in many ways, including first-time activity bonuses, daily bonuses, and passive earnings.

First-Time Activity Bonuses

The first-time activity bonuses are awarded only once in the game. These are awarded when you complete the listed activities for the first time.

You are awarded 75 points for each activity completion.

Daily Bonuses

The following activities will award you 50 points once every day. When you've completed an activity, you need to wait for 24 hrs (real-time) to be able to earn RP from the same activity again. You earn 50 points for completing each activity except for the last three, where you must enter the LS Car Meet parking lot for 7, 14, and 30 days consecutively.

If you continue to enter the parking lot daily beyond 30 days and keep up with your streak, you will continue to receive 500 points daily.

Passive Bonuses

If you're inside the LS Car Meet, you will passively earn RP. If you spend 4 minutes inside the car meet, you will be awarded 10 points. This has a limit of only 10 times until you hit a cooldown of 8 minutes. This means you can earn a maximum of 100 points in 40 minutes when inside the car meet parking lot, after which you will not earn any points for the next 8 minutes. Then, after the 8 minutes passes by, you will start earning the points for the next 40 minutes again, and the cycle continues.

You can also double your points if you're wearing any of the LS Tuners clothing items inside the car meet. For example, if you are wearing any one of the clothing items, such as the Emperor Motors Tee, you will earn 100 points in 40 minutes, similar to the points you would earn when idle without the tee. This will double the points you get meaning 200 points every 40 minutes.

You can also earn points when buying LS Tuners clothing items from the clothing shop inside the LS Car Meet. You will earn 25 points on every purchase.

Races

Another method of earning the RP is by completing the races and challenges. Every race you complete awards you some RP.

The amount of RP you get is based on two primary things: your position in the race and the number of competitors. You can easily start a race by talking to the race organizer at the LS Car Meet parking lot.

The following tables show the number of RP you get per race type, your position, and the number of competitors.

Street Race

Pursuit Race

Sprint Race

Scramble Race

Head-To-Head

Reputation Level Unlocks

The following are all the unlocks in the new reputation system. Please note that the trade prices for the vehicles are unlocked every 5 levels. The trade prices will continue to unlock for all the vehicles as long as there are trade prices to unlock. Once all the vehicle trade prices have been unlocked, they will stop unlocking. Since this has been explained here, we have not included the trade price unlocks after every 5 levels starting from reputation level 50 and above.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Reputation do in GTA 5?

In GTA 5, Reputation is a new progression system introduced in the Los Santos Tuners DLC. Reputation levels unlock exclusive clothing, vehicle mods, and car trade prices.

How to increase Reputation in GTA 5?

To increase Reputation in GTA 5, players must earn Reputation Points (RP) through various in-game activities, daily bonuses, and participating in races in GTA Online.