Curiously, when I first logged onto GTA online it put me straight into a race with 7 other guys and then into a mission with 3 guys, before I could roam around freely in sessions. Is this the normal / standard welcome for newbs to GTA online, or is there a way to skip it? Not that I care too much, I'm just curious if everyone gets that and it paired me up with some other noobs, or if I accidentally entered missions with randoms.
Nonetheless, after the mission was complete I gunned down everyone who helped me, ala the joker in The Dark Knight. I felt like a flamin mongrel, but I was laughing too much. Then picked fights with pros who owned me and ended up in really personal battles with other randoms that sometimes went 16-15 cause we kept respawning near each other and running each other over.
Good fun! Does playing single player mode help you with GTA online or are they independent of each other?