Pacific Std. Job : Is it worth it?

This mission is easy if you devise a methodology for getting to the end without losing much money. For me and my associates we do the bank job and 1 guy takes all the money, not 2. Hacker or demolitions, doesn't matter which. Upon leaving the bank, the other 3 lead the way clearing out all cops. (If you have the Noose on you when you leave the bank, than your crowd control teammates are shit, and you should just restart. Its pointless to lose money due to incompetence on the part of crowd control. Its the easiest job of all heists.)

Anyways, once the main-street is clear. Everyone heads for the alley, and the guy with the money stays in the middle. With 2 in lead clearing the way, and the 4th watching the rear. As soon as possible the money guy jumps the walls on the right of the alley and gets into the backyards of the apartment complexes. Out of the line of fire of the cops. From there, the money guy works on the choppers as the other 3 are jumping.

At this point you should have at least $1,200,000, and if you don't you fucked up somewhere.

With everyone in the backyards the cops will swell up in the alley and on the streets. Here everyone takes em out as fast as possible and makes a run down the final alley to the bikes.

At the bikes, armor up and put 2 guys on 2 bikes. Run for the cop car parked next to the trash can jump. Stop at it and every one piles into it. Make sure the guy with the money rides in the back so he won't take hits. If you get a flat tire along the way, switch to another cop car carefully, and quickly or just restart.

Now the driver has to run for the highway or "interstate" and head north towards the Windmill farm. Once near it, there are train tracks, get to them, and ride them all the way to the lumber mill without having to dodge cops anywhere. While riding the tracks, just remember when they fork, always go left, and you'll go straight to the lumber mill just north of the Altruist cult compound.

Along the way you'll pass close by Trevors, and there will be some close side roads on either side of the tracks, where cops might shoot at you and take out your tires. So have all occupants firing on them to prevent this. Once you hit the bridges, and then end up going thru a large long tunnel. You'' notice that you've passed the way-point in the tunnel. No problem, just get off the tracks after the tunnel and go to the way-point in the tunnel. Once you hit it, do a 180 and drive to the jump. Carefully.

You'll be low on time at this point but drive up the mountain and take the cop car all the way to the jump and fly off it at half speed. EVERYONE STAYS IN THE CAR! No one jumps, cause the games mechanics often make them ragdoll off the car doors and they won't be able to pull their chute at all resulting in a death. So stay in the damn car!

So long as the car lands flat and on a fairly even surface, you'll be fine. At worst you'll lose a few thousand bucks from slight damage, but its entirely possible to land and lose nothing at all. Once you've landed this 1st jump near a dirt road, you have to continue down the mountain with a small jump down a fairly step incline. to the final road near the stream below. Once there, drive right up to the boat and everyone gets in it.

My games average 17:30 minutes for this heist, and we've done it more than 20 times now. Our best run was 1,240,000, our worst was 1,100,000. Anything less and we restart it.

Just drive to the boat on the tracks in a cop car. Make sure your passengers do more than enjoy the sights and sounds of the ride and make sure they shoot at any cops that pursue or block you. When they shoot at them, they need to target their tires, not the occupants. Cops will just push dead drivers out and keep coming, but cop cars with flats are easy to evade and won't ram you at 200mph from behind.

Tactics & strategy, and this mission is easy as pie.

I'm just under 8 million now, and I already own everything the heists offered. This method works, try it yourself and see.

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