These types of mods are some of the community's most popular and entire communities have been built around the variety of different servers they have. These online mods allow people to create customized servers with unique game modes, vehicles, weapons, and more. Online mods are standalone modifications or total conversions for Grand Theft Auto V meaning that they have their own separate client and do not interfere with any of the original game files. Among these mods are ones made specifically for GTA Online.

There are gameplay and visual mods that turn Los Santos into a realistic SoCal experience, allow players to jump into dedicated servers, or put Los Santos in the middle of zombie apocalypse. One of the cornerstones of Grand Theft Auto Online on PC, is its interesting and hardworking modding community, so popular that it dominates Twitch on the regular. The types of mods that the community creates are limitless.