Again, GTA Online players have broken the game physics engine in the most ridiculous way possible. This new viral clip details the procedure behind INSTANT plane takeoff; let me tell you, chaos in its pure form. The clip was shared by Reddit user u/emcazey showing an absurd method that in theory should not work… but of course, it does. Because this is GTA.
The story goes as follows: Planes normally take off after taxiing down the runway for a while, right? Not anymore. Players found out that one can wooosh a car into the plane at the highest speed, propelling it into the skies like a rocket. No taxiing, just instant lift-off-and-mayhem. The clip even shows the player who backs the car and survives the velocity of shooting hard into the plane at its tail, watching the aircraft YEETS itself up into the skies. It is the kind of glitch that might make you wonder if Rockstar even tested their own physics engine.
Comments served up in response to the tweet were just as crazy as the exploit. One player joked, “Plot twist: you can’t land the plane,” which really is pretty much on-brand for GTA-style chaos. Another said, “GTA V has the wildest physics engine I have ever seen,” and honestly, so true. It’s almost been a decade now, and people are STILL finding new ways to break that game.
Some comments were comedic genius: “Me logging into GTA just to turn every plane into a rocket lmao. Chaos is more fun when it’s efficient.” Indeed. Why should you be playing the game as intended when you can be creating a physics-defying playground of madness? Another player tagged Toronto Pearson Airport and said, “They should teach this to real pilots.”
And in fact, it’s no mere random glitch, but a summons to the otherworldly creativity that players can bring to bear when given the wrong tools. For years, a part of the community has taken it on themselves to stretch the game mechanics to their utmost limit: building impossible stunt tracks, revealing hidden exploits, and just generally finding new ways for planes to disobey what planes are actually supposed to do.
In all honesty, such things are why GTA Online is still totally functional. No game would ever let you turn a commercial airliner into a ballistic missile just by hitting it with a sedan. One of the reactions said it all: folks have been obsessed over uncovering odd interactions like this for years. Another said, “Year 2067 – GTA VI Trailer 73 just dropped.” At this rate, that might well be true.
So, what now? Someone, knowing the GTA community, is already figuring out how to catapult planes via a bicycle or maybe just strap jetpacks on seagulls. The possibilities are endless when physics are just a suggestion. And honestly, that’s present.
Until then, if you boot up GTA Online tonight, skip the runway and just yeet the plane into the sky. Efficiency comes first. Don’t come crying to us when you’ll never figure out how to land it.
