Cash, Heat, Repeat

Crime fantasy is a budget. If a night out, a car, and a safehouse do not compete for the same dollars, the satire of American appetite goes soft.

Story versus Online

Do not assume shark-card logic in the campaign. Single-player economies can be generous because they end. Online economies are designed not to end.

Houses, clubs, and docks are perennial leaks. Trailer interiors prove the art team can build them, not that you can buy the skyline.

Small crimes as a daily loop would fit dual leads with different reputations. Completely unconfirmed, extremely on-brand.

If stores are rooms with clerks, spending becomes a scene. If they are menus, Leonida shrinks.