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GTAV - Modders Report Performance Degradation With The Latest Update Due To Anti-Modding Protections

It appears that the latest update for GTA V PC came with a performance hit due to Rockstar’s newly introduced anti-modding protections.

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crazychris41243640d ago (Edited 3640d ago )

This has to be one of the worst years for PC. How many more companies are going to treat us like crap? How hard is it to separate online and offline assets so modders can roam free without harming the integrity of vanilla mp? They only made a trillion bucks with this game, Im sure they can hire somebody to figure it out. Just make a GTA 5 single player mods only download. Yea it might be another huge download we have to download but at least we have the freedom to do what we want. Only reason I bought the game for PC was for the modding.

Crimzon3640d ago

Does this only affect modders or also normal users as well? I ask because I was going to buy this game on PC since I think it would run nicer than my PS4 version does, but I saw a lot of complaints form people on forums who said GTA5 ran brilliantly on PC at launch, but recent patches have introduced a lot of performance issues and stuttering that have made the game unplayable for some due to the severe downgrade in framerate after these patches were released.

It's really bizarre to see a game praised universally for superb performance on all kinds of hardware, then lose all of that performance in subsequent patches which people have no way of declining because they'll be locked from accessing the game if they do, even in singleplayer.

It's my understanding that this is a problem for people who aren't modding the game as well, since I've seen a lot of complaints from people purely running vanilla?

It's odd as well because I remember a huge uproar when Rockstar released a patch for the PS4/XB1 versions of the game that downgraded the graphics for some strange reason. A lot of people noticed and Rockstar apologized and quickly released a patch to restore the graphics to how they originally were. It seems like they're really screwing the game up with all these constant patches, and neither the console or PC versions are safe from the endless tampering Rockstar is doing that's harming the game and user experience. GTA5 is probably the first time I've ever seen a game get worse with each patch rather than better. Do they know what they're doing?

Glemt3640d ago

Well, I haven't read too much into it, but I have played GTA V on the 360 many, may hours, and have now sunk many hours in the PC version.
I used to be able to play it at 40-50 fps on average, but now struggle to get 30 at times. So yeah, since the new patches performance has definitely gone down.

(AMD R9 290 btw)

Glemt3640d ago

I agree, it should be optional to separate them at least. I barely play online (one might even say extremely rarely) but I hate that I have to check for mods again and again after every patch.
There is just so much more to do with mods, like taking the speed limiter off, better police etc. to create more immersion or just go bananas and shoot cars out of your gun if you like that sort of thing.
Who are the SP-players harming with these mods? No-one...

liran3640d ago

When there's no real "owner" to the PC gaming - companies can do any shit they can think of.

stupid changes like this will never hit the consoles, or stupid ports

memots3640d ago

if they kept the modding from going online then there would be no issue.

I am all for offline modding. But when you start ruining everyone games online with that sh*t then... Thats the reason they are trying to stop modding.

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GTA V Enhanced Updated vs Original Ray Tracing Comparison Shows Major Improvement

GTA V Enhanced has been updated on PC with improved ray tracing features. Read ahead to learn how it compares with the original version.

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Pyrofire958d ago (Edited 8d ago )

kinda feels like it just makes the image have less contrast, removing shadows somewhat.
Even if it's "more realistic" I think the standard looks better. Not in every situation but the standard likely runs better so I'll side with that more than likely.

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GTA5 Has Sold Over 215 Million Copies, Red Dead Redemption 2 Has Sold Over 74 Million Units

Take-Two announced its financial results for the fiscal year 2025, also sharing an update on the sales of GTA5 and Red Dead Redemption 2.
The anticipation for GTA6 has reached fever pitch, with the latest trailer being the biggest video launch of all time.

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LostPotato45d ago (Edited 45d ago )

Milk...get your milk...and so much more. Really when you release the same games in three editions over 15 years it's amazing how much money, and the amount of sales you earn. It's amazing how no one can compete.

Mr_cheese45d ago

To be fair, no many companies could release the same game over and over. They've earned that whether we agree or not

DarXyde44d ago

I mean Resident Evil 4 has had longer legs and still hasn't done anything like this.

Profchaos45d ago (Edited 45d ago )

GTA v isn't the only game that's released three consoles generations running but nothing has sold those numbers including GTA San Andreas which is now 4 console generations deep.

anast44d ago

Looks like a 2040 release for GTA6

gold_drake44d ago

thats insane right?
absolutely insane

rlow144d ago

No surprising considering that it’s been on every major platform and store.

I decided to look up the longest and most sold games list. To my surprise Tetris has takes the top spot.

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GTA VI Early Comparison Highlights Massive Jump in Character Detail, Environments & More Over GTA V

A new Grand Theft Auto VI early comparison video highlights the massive jump in character detail, environments and more over its predecessor.

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Snookies1253d ago

I mean, considering the amount of time between the two. It better be a massive upgrade. Especially with the amount of money Rockstar raked in from GTA Online.

MDTunkown52d ago

Most of scenes are pre rendered

andy8552d ago

Literally none are. If you know anything about rockstar they don't do that. Confirmed by themselves that this is all in-game

MDTunkown52d ago

Is that why first gta5 trailer looked better than the final product? Or is that why same happened with rdr2 ?
Rockstar told 50% are cutscenes and rockstars always used better models during cutscenes than in game.
You legit seems to know rockstar very well.

andy8551d ago (Edited 51d ago )

It didn't though? And neither did RDR2. In fact it was actually the opposite. What's with the hate boner? If you don't like it just avoid the topic

InUrFoxHole51d ago

Why don't either of you provide proof. This is just a he said, she said argument at this point

generic-user-name52d ago

You're either lying or just don't know what pre rendered means. Pre rendered means that if you change the character's appearance (clothes, accessories etc) they wouldn't show up in the cutscenes because they were already made and aren't being rendered in real time. This is something that doesn't happen in Rockstar games.

"Is that why first gta5 trailer looked better than the final product? Or is that why same happened with rdr2 ?"

In fact some of the scenes in RDR2 looked better in the retail version than at launched.

anast51d ago

The OP is taking the shot-gun approach: say a bunch of random tripe and see if something sticks.

repsahj51d ago

Damn! GTAV graphics are still awesome! But, I am so excited to play GTA6!!!