GTA Online Corrupting GTA V Save Files

As well as all of the errors when trying to access the online component of Grand Theft Auto V, and the issues with characters not yet saving to the Rockstar cloud servers, it seems as though GTA V is corrupting save files, due to the way the game switches between protagonists.

This sectioned part below doesn’t spoil anything major story-wise, but look away now if you don’t want to know a small detail from around 60% into the game.

If you’re at a point in the game where you’re unable to play as Michael, then the game will automatically switch back to him when it fails to connect to GTA Online. This means that since he isn’t playable at this point, it effectively breaks the game.

Switching to either of the other characters means that you won’t find their missions as you’d expect, so the save is essentially broken, and you’ll miss out on this mission entirely it seems.

Tread with caution if you’re at this point in the game, we’d suggest just waiting until GTA Online is more stable but we know how hard that is ourselves!

Source: NeoGAF (beware, spoilers!)