Is Career Progress Worth it for the Firebolt ASP? Grind OR Buy for Agents of Sabotage new content?

In this video I look at the Vapid Firebolt ASP from the brand new Agents of Sabotage DLC in GTA Online, more specifically is it worth the effort to claim this from career progress or should you just buy it?
Deadman Down Under: / @deadmandownunder
So this week's GTA Online Weekly Update has dropped and we have a little bit of new content in that the Vapid Firebolt ASP is now available to buy from the website. So if you want to buy this, you can head over to Southern San Andreas Supersport and you can pick this up for 1.8 million. However, many people already have this, including myself.
Now, some people did it the correct way in that they went through all four of the tier levels for the career progress for the Agents of Sabotage DLC. I didn't do that. I bought it from someone who did.
However, now the car is actually released to buy, I thought it was worth looking at whether it's actually worth claiming it for free or whether you should just forget about it and buy it. Because the Agents of Sabotage DLC is one of those DLCs that is grindable. And by grindable, I mean it pays enough to justify doing the missions repeatedly.
If you look at my career progress, I haven't unlocked all that many because some of these are painful. Some of them are actually okay. And at first look, the Agents of Sabotage one looks okay too.
Because, as you see here, I've only done a handful of these because I haven't actually had time to really dive into this DLC much. But even though I've only done six files, I believe, I've still cleared off the first three tiers of the career progress. So that means all I need to get this car for free is to clear Tier 4. So let's have a look at what you need to do for Tier 4. So for Tier 4, we have to complete all the mission challenges, complete 25 files, and unlock nine Platinum Awards.
Now, the 25 files is going to be easy. The mission challenges is just about remembering what you need to do for each one. So, quick rundown of those.
For the Brute Force file, you need to reach Fort Zancudo within five minutes. You need to reach the loading bay undetected. And you need to destroy five vehicles with the Scarab.
For the Black Box file, you need to destroy all four engines on the plane, recover all of the plane content, so there were two extra crates to pick up, as well as the one you get from the cockpit. And you need to get five kills during the escape. For the Fine Art file, you need to enter undetected, you need to find the switch within one minute, and you need to take all three cabinet contents.
And for the Project Breakaway file, you need to locate the hideout within five minutes, you need to get 15 headshots, and you need to collect the Black Box and the Server Blades. Now, all of those optional extras are incredibly easy to do. It's just a matter of remembering which ones you need to do on which mission.
So, that part of the career progress is easy. But the one that isn't, is this one here. Complete all Platinum Awards.
So let's head over and have a look at the Platinum Awards. So, for the Platinum, you're going to have to complete 50 planning works. We're going to do that anyway.
You need to earn two and a half million. So, for the Gold Award, so that's probably going to go up to five or ten million. For the Platinum Award, not a problem.
It pays reasonably well. You're going to hit that fairly quickly. The tricky one is this one over here.
To get Platinum for this, you need to complete 50 of the files. And that's where the grind comes in. For a lot of these career progress rewards, you will find there's one quite often that's complete, or the Platinum Awards, where there is just a huge amount of repetitive stuff to be done.
So what I thought I'd do, is I would actually have a look at whether that's worthwhile. So what I did, I fired up a session, and I thought, I'll go through a couple of these files. Because I've only done these a handful of times, so this is not a speedrun guide.
I'll get that straight out there, straight away. This is not a speedrun guide. If you've come here looking for a guide to how to do these missions perfectly, you are in the wrong place.
You need to be over here. You need to go see Deadman Downunder. I'll link a couple of his videos in the description.
He gets to grips with these missions far faster than I do. He does great guides. So yeah, if that's what you're after, I would go over there and check his stuff.
What I'm doing, I'm seeing whether you should bother. So, bear in mind, this is only the second time I've done each of these. So each of the ones that I'm choosing to do today, I've only done once before.
So, whizzing through, they're actually fairly straightforward missions, to be fair. And this first one, the Project Breakaway file, ended up taking me a touch over half an hour.

[@perengerin]

Just realised I mispoke a little in this. When I said "I'm checking whether you should bother" I was not talking about whether you should bother checking out @DeadmanDownUnder 's channel, you absolutely should. I was talking about whether you should bother grinding for the Firebolt ASP, the answer to that is in the video :)

[@DeadManDownunder]

Thanks for the shout out again man. The fastest way to grind out the 50 files is when neither the Project Breakaway File or Fine Art File are the priority file and just go back and forth between those 2 as those 2 are the fastest 2 missions to complete.

[@perengerin]

No drama, got to be honest with people, if you want to see someone do an 'OK' job of a heist in a 'reasonable-ish' time. I'm your man!! 😂 I'm not gonna grind it. I'll probably get in in a month or two, just from plodding through. As long as I have enough for the Lozzspeed Uranus, I'm happy.

[@DeadManDownunder]

@perengerin I'm looking forward to the Uranus, although I fear it will be very underwhelming. I also grinded the career progress out before the Firebolt was released, now it's available for everyone to buy, I'd just buy it.

[@ThatOneChick420]

Well since I don't get the career progress option, I'll be buying this one outright, just so I can say I own it. I drove Jodie's a few times during some of the Sabotage missions, and enjoyed driving her stock version. I imagine the upgraded version will handle and drive even better. Even without the HSW option. Thanks for the video Pen, enjoyed as always.

[@perengerin]

Yeah, it's pretty nice as standard but really good with HSW. I completely forgot that you don't have career progress on PC yet. TBF, you're not missing much. Most of the awards are much easier to get through grinding other missions and buying them. So it really is one for the completionists, and looking at my long, LONG history of incomplete games. I don't get to call myself a completionist.🤣

[@saintgtx]

Thanks, this is exactly what I was wondering. I'd rather just grind Cayo and Cluckin Bell Raid to buy it outright.

[@perengerin]

Definitely, it's not the worst tier 4 career progress, but yeah, if it's all about the car, then a Cayo will see you right.

[@DigbyCCeasar]

Does seem like a staggering amount of effort to get an... "underwhelming" truck lol. I can't criticize it TOO hard, it is a really nice truck. Shame it is specifically intended for the HSW upgrades, so for the rest of us that can only LSC it's just kinda there. I can see doing the progress path if you are getting an exclusive, like the weed van, but for just a plain old vehicle you can pick up for a couple of mil, nah.

[@perengerin]

As a proud Yorkshireman with a very comfortable bed, it's definitely an amount of energy that will not be expended quickly! And you're right, the HSW upgrades make it, it's a really fun drive with those on.

[@JokerOrTickle]

As someone who is about to complete it, no, if you want to earn it I BEG OF YOU TO DO WITH OTHERS BACK TO BACK

[@perengerin]

That's good advice

[@Kuma_Cordova]

This truck is not worth grinding Tier 4 to get for free IMO. I drove and it’s mid at best. At some point in the future when I eventually complete the Tier 4, I will get it eventually. Honestly don’t care if I do.

[@perengerin]

Yeah, it's all down to what you like. I've always had a soft spot for the F150 lightning, so I was always gonna like this.. It's the same with the Lozzspeed Uranus that were getting soon. It will probably be crap, but I love that car irl, so I'll probably love the one in the game too. I just thought it would be interesting to see if there is any benefit to grinding for this, and it turns out that you really should just do a casino or a Cayo and buy it if you want it I think.

[@Kuma_Cordova]

@ All facts.. Great video 👏

[@perengerin]

Thx dude 😎👍