Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced

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This page is for the enhanced 2025 rerelease. For the original PC release, see Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced

Developers
	Rockstar North
Publishers
	Rockstar Games
Engines
	RAGE
Release dates
Windows	March 4, 2025
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions	Currency, Infinite spend, Unlock, Free-to-grind
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Adventure, Open world, Racing, Gambling/casino, Shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced is a singleplayer and multiplayer open world action game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is part of the Grand Theft Auto series.

The game is based on the Expanded and Enhanced version released in 2022 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles, which in turns the enhanced port of the original game. In addition to the ray-traced shadows and reflections that were carried over from the console releases, the PC version also includes DLSS and FSR upscaler support.

It was released on March 4, 2025, and is available for free for owners of the original PC release.

General information

Developer Discord server

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
Microsoft Store		Bundled with Grand Theft Auto V Legacy. Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.

All versions requires Rockstar Games Launcher DRM.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription	Players can purchase an optional subscription called GTA+ that unlocks numerous in-game benefits and exclusive content for the game's multiplayer portion, otherwise known as GTA Online, as well as access to a library of other Rockstar Games releases known as the GTA+ Games Library.
Subscription gaming service	Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

Microtransactions

The microtransactions apply only to the game's multiplayer portion, otherwise known as GTA Online.

Type	Notes
Currency	Real money purchase of Shark Cards in various denominations. Shark Cards are an instant addition of GTA$ to a player's account. In addition, GTA$ 500,000 are deposited monthly to GTA+ subscribers. GTA$ are otherwise earned in-game.
Free-to-grind	All content can be earned and played without Shark Cards, albeit with a considerable grind.
Infinite spend	There is no cap on the amount of Shark Cards that can be purchased. There is no current GTA$ spending cap as new content is regularly added.
Unlock	GTA$ can be spent on vehicles, weapons, and clothing. Additionally GTA$ are used to purchase various properties such as offices and warehouses. These properties are required to experience much of the game's post-launch content.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use ASI mod to skip intros
Download Script Hook V and Windows Game Patches. Copy all files of Script Hook V, and the GTA5_Enhanced.Patches.asi file from Windows Game Patches, to <path-to-game>. The same patch also unlocks frame rate limit.

Modify internal game files

Download CodeWalker (version R30_dev48). Launch CodeWalker. Locate the game's installation folder and select it. Open the menu by clicking the "<<" button Click on Tools > RPF Editor Enable Edit mode Scroll down to x64a.rpf within mods used by CodeWalker and open it. Inside x64a.rpf, navigate to movies, then delete rockstar_logos.bik. Back to the main directory, scroll down to update.rpf within mods\update\ used by CodeWalker and open it. Inside update.rpf, navigate to x64\movies\ and delete rockstar_logos.bik. Save the file and close CodeWalker. Download OpenRPF and extract it into the game's installation folder.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTAV Enhanced\settings.xml
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3240220/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTAV Enhanced\Profiles\<user-id>
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3240220/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher		Handled through the cloud sync of Rockstar Games Launcher.
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud		Handled through the cloud sync of Rockstar Games Launcher.
Xbox Cloud		Handled through the cloud sync of Rockstar Games Launcher.

Transferring save game data from GTA V Legacy

As GTA V Enhanced uses an updated save format, conversion only works from Legacy to Enhanced.

Using the save transfer system

1. Launch GTA V Legacy
2. Enter Story Mode
3. Open Pause Menu
4. Go to Game tab
5. Select Upload Save Game and follow on-screen instructions
6. Launch GTA V Enhanced and repeat steps 2-4
7. Select Download Save Game

All unlocked Story Mode achievements from GTA V Legacy are carried over.

Only one save can be transferred per account.

Manual copying of save file

Progression in GTA V Legacy story mode can be transferred by copying the files in the save game data location from %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTAV\Profiles\<user-id> to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\GTAV Enhanced\Profiles\<user-id>.

Much quicker, doesn't require GTA V Legacy to be installed and enables carrying over multiple saves.

Skips additional conversion to the updated save format, which results in achievements not carrying over from GTA V Legacy, and may result in other issues.

Video

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ scaling. Cutscenes are pillarboxed to 16:9. Use RoseTheFlower's fix for the cutscenes and FOV.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		45-55° vertical. Applies to first-person view mode only. Use the FOV and Ultrawide (GTA V Enhanced) plugin for Flawless Widescreen to increase FOV values beyond their defaults. Requires you to disable BattlEye from within the Rockstar Games Launcher settings, which disables GTA Online connectivity.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Separate options for Borderless Fullscreen and Windowed Borderless are available.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Options for no anti-aliasing, FXAA, TAA, Nvidia DLAA, and FSR Native AA. SSAA is available by setting "Frame Scaling" to "Sampling" and set "Resolution Scaler" to x1.250 or higher. Temporal anti-aliasing is required when ray tracing features are enabled, but can be disabled by editing configuration files.
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 4, FSR 1, FSR 3.1 Listed as "Frame Scaling" in the options menu. Basic spatial upscaling is available by setting this to "Sampling". DLSS was updated to v310.2.1 with Jun 17, 2025 patch. The new DLL is using transformer model K by default.
Frame generation		DLSS Frame Generation, DLSS Multi-Frame Generation, FSR Frame Generation Added in the August 12, 2025 update.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Half Refresh Rate option is also available.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Stutters above 140 FPS. Use Windows Game Patches or UncapFPS to remove the 163 FPS cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)		Ambient Occlusion, Global Illumination, Reflections and Shadows. Each setting includes adjustable quality levels, and the option to adjust the Scene BVH Quality is also available.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Disable forced TAA while keeping RT enabled

Anti-aliasing options are restricted to TAA (or DLSS/DLAA and FSR) when ray tracing features are enabled.

Disable TAA (and switch to FXAA, SSAA or No AA) with RT enabled

Switch to FXAA/no anti-aliasing: Disable DLSS/DLAA/FSR if it's enabled and turn on TAA, as well as enable and configure ray-tracing and quit the game. Go to Configuration file(s) location and open settings.xml with any text editor. Change <AAType value="x" /> from 2 (TAA) to 1 (FXAA) or 0 (OFF). Save and close the file. Changing settings in the Graphics tab will revert anti-aliasing back to TAA. This will produce noticeable dithering and RT noise on the image. Enabling SSAA and changing resolution scale to higher value will reduce these effect. Enable SSAA (resolution scale) & adjust it's value: Change <ResScalingType value="x" /> from 0 (Off) to 1 (SSAA) to enable SSAA (values 2, 3 and 4 instead enable FSR, FSR 3 or DLSS/DLAA respectively). Adjust SSAA quality by changing <SamplingMode value="x" /> value (set to 4 for x1.25, 5 - x1.5, 6 - x1.75, 7 - x2.0 and 8 - x2.5). Save and close the file. Higher resolution scale will increase performance impact, however.

Post-processing

The game has combined chromatic aberration and lens distortion effects always present at the edges of the screen.

Setting the in-game depth of field option to off does not fully disable the effect.

Setting the in-game motion blur slider to the minimum amount does not fully disable the effect.

Use No Chromatic aberration & Lens distortion
Notes This mod also removes the lens distortion and film grain effects.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Called Fine Aiming Control, only applies when zoomed in. Mouse smoothing also available through the Mouse Smoothing Scale option.
Mouse sensitivity		Must use the Raw Input option (set by default), otherwise: mouse sensitivity will follow Operating System's Mouse Pointer Speed (under "Windows")
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Presets only
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 4, DualSense, DualSense Edge Touchpad is supported. Adaptive triggers are partially supported. Speaker and Haptic Feedback functions are not supported.
PlayStation button prompts		DualSense prompts only.
Motion sensors support
Light bar support		Lightbar changes based on in-game events. (e.g. Playable character's color scheme when playing GTA5 Story mode, or while under Police/Military alert)
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support		Standard rumble only.
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth) Bluetooth connectivity is only supported on the DualSense controllers.

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Button prompt flicker based on Mouse Movement. Pop-Up tutorials will show the last active input's button prompts.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Separate sliders for SFX Volume, Music Volume and Dialogue Boost under the Audio menu.
Surround sound		3D Audio support via Microsoft Spatial Sound API (Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, Windows Sonic).
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Under the Audio menu.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Turkish				Fan translation by CriminaL277, download.

Network

Online features require a Rockstar Games Social Club account.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		30	Versus, Co-op
Asynchronous multiplayer
Crossplay

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Bullet Physics, Euphoria
Interface	Scaleform GFx	v3.3.94
Cutscenes	Bink Video	v2020.07
Anti-cheat	BattlEye

DirectStorage

The game uses Version 1.2.2.

It is possible to update to the latest version here.

OpenRPF

An alternative to OpenIV for the Legacy edition. Used to install mods with the usage of a "mods" folder.

Modifying the game files require version R30_dev48 of the CodeWalker tool.

The game requires the xinput1_4.dll ASI Loader file from Script Hook and the OpenRPF.asi plugin to allow loading of ASI mods and modified RPF files as their signature is removed when editing them. These modifications won't allow the game to boot into Online, so xinput1_4.dll must be removed to play Online. This will not remove any of the mods - merely the ASI Loader.

You also need to disable BattleEye in Rockstar Games Launcher settings or by using -nobattleye launch argument to prevent startup issues.

Modifications

Mods are safe to use in Story Mode, however, the games' anti-tamper solution will detect them and prohibit online-play until they are uninstalled (applies to all mods).

Script Hook may be a prerequisite for some mods.

Restored Old Gen Assets

This mod restores various content, from map to props, UI, characters, weapons and vehicles models and textures from and based on the PS3 and X360 versions of the game.

Remastered Old Gen Minimap

This mod changes the colors of the radar/minimap to be the same as the PS3/X360 versions while still keeping the additional details (buildings, roads, etc.) from the current one.

Fixes & Improvements

Fixes various errors and oversights in the game.

Map Fixes

Fixes various map collisions, models, textures and placements errors.

V PropRestore

Aims to restore props that are unable to spawn due to a bug in RAGE's code.

Quality of Life Vehicle Pack

Fixes the broken shading on various vehicles.

Emergency Sirens - Fixes & Improvements

Does various fixes or improvements to the emergency vehicles' sirens.

AI TrafficSpeed Fix

Fixes a bug where some vehicles in the traffic are way too slow.

Handle Speed Fix

Fixes the speed of hand wheel rotation in first person view.

Visual Paradise

This mod restores various graphics elements from the PS3 and Xbox 360 version of the game.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10 (1909)		11
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i7 4770 AMD FX 9590		Intel Core i5 9600K AMD Ryzen 5 3600
System memory (RAM)	8 GB		16 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	105 GB (SSD)
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 AMD Radeon RX 6400 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible		NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 AMD Radeon RX 6600XT 8 GB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 10 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Because of the use of DirectStorage 1.2 API, a M.2 NVMe SSD is recommended over a SATA SSD.