Various mission changes were made to the game before its initial release.
In Artworks, Franklin can be seen wearing earrings in only his left ear. At one point during the game's development, Michael had an LSPD uniform. This can be seen in the Social Club image of the mission and in the unused gear intended for Franklin.
In The Paleto Score, the crew originally wore masks along with their Ballistic Equipment rather than helmets. Also in Michael's trailer, Tahir Javan appears totally different than his final version. In Michael's trailer, Jimmy De Santa can be seen in Daddy's Little Girl wearing a red cap and striped shirt. In the Loud approach for The Jewel Store Job, Michael and the crew members originally wore balaclavas. Ron Jakowski wore a different outfit in the second trailer. In Did Somebody Say Yoga?, Amanda wore a white robe and towel on her head as if she got out of the shower. Franklin Clinton was meant to wear a helmet during the Dom missions, and was able to wear different undershirts. In Prologue, Trevor's and Brad's Balaclava had a different design. In The Long Stretch, Lamar Davis originally wore his green cap backwards, and his T-shirt had a logo of San Andreas Magnetics on it as seen in Franklin's trailer and some GTA Online missions.
In Franklin's trailer, Denise Clinton can be seen having a different appearance with a different hairstyle, glasses and a green hoodie representing the Families but this was changed before the game's release. Dexie was originally named Mr Muffy Cakes. Mark Fostenburg was originally named Glen Stanky. In the game files, Michael is named Michael De Santo in police scanner audio files. In the gameplay trailer, Jordan was playing tennis against Michael, but she was replaced by Rae instead. According to the Rush Casting Call, a lot of characters' names in Grand Theft Auto V were changed.