How do you start playing gta online after finishing gta v story mode?

Grand Theft Auto Online is a separate product that runs alongside Grand Theft Auto V and is developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on 1 October 2013 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, 18 November 2014 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, 14 April 2015 for Windows, and 15 March 2022 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. The game takes place in the fictional state of San Andreas, mirroring the open‑world environment of Los Angeles, and allows up to thirty players to explore the same setting as the single‑player story. Players can customize a silent protagonist who can either drive or walk around the city. The online mode offers cooperative and competitive game modes, but the specific procedure for entering it after finishing the story mode is not described in the cited Wikipedia entry. As a result, while it is clear that GTA Online is the multiplayer counterpart to GTA V, the article does not provide explicit instructions on how to start playing it once the narrative is complete.