Glad the 'Authentication error' still hasn't been fixed after THREE YEARS

[Ghost of Mildred Monday]

So cool to launch my game one day and just hit a wall of "Authentication error", that keeps happening no matter how many fixes you attempt. Glad I bought this game instead of pirating it just to get locked out of the game altogether with literally no solution from R*

Welp I sure won't be paying money for GTA 5 or the RD1 Re-release, just remember everyone- your pirated copy is more likely to actually work then your paid copy.

♥♥♥♥ Rockstar

[Brudokeg]

and its not our wifi sucking. ive tried several different isp's and now using ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ STARLINK. still getting the error

[Brudokeg]

watch gta 6 have this issue

[RageMojo]

Do you live in 1995? A 1 second google search revealed a dozen solutions.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Just relaunch the game again until it gets past that. It will.

The ISP is generally not the issue, but DNS can often be an issue. Change it.

[XOLiD]

Strange, I've never had this issue once in my 1600+ hours playing.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Had it a couple times; but that was back in 2020, never had a problem since except on some rare occasions that the rockstar services were down.

One major reason it can happen is your OS clock being out of sync.

[Ghost of Mildred Monday]

After two days of messing around I finally solved this issue, and it was from a single buried reddit comment instead of the countless "How to solve the authentication issue" threads everywhere.

What did NOT work:

-Verifying Game files
-Deleting R* Games launcher and verifying files
-Deleting R* Games launcher and re-installing from the website
-Logging out then logging back in to the R* launcher
-Deleting and Re-Installing the game
-Deleting Mods
-Syncing my system clock
-Loading down CPU by launching/having other programs running in the background
-Running the game as an Administrator
-Running the R* Launcher as an Administrator
-Changing my Social Club Password
-Changing my DNS settings
-Turning off firewall/defender
-Doing an IP flush via Administrator level CMD
-Tried using a VPN
-Changed/Opened Ports on Modem

What DID work:

-Running Steam as an Administrator, in 'Compatibility Mode'


The most SIMPLE fix, not listed in any major threads about this issue, or even on the official R* Support page for this issue. I've launched the game a Dozen times now, no issues. Just make sure to change Steam to always run as an Administrator and you shouldn't (Hopefully) have any issues.

I hope this helps at least one other person having this issue, I cant imagine the collective time wasted on trying to fix this problem- when all that time should have been used enjoying this masterpiece of a game.

[ItTakes2ToMango]

Originally posted by Ghost of Mildred Monday:

After two days of messing around I finally solved this issue, and it was from a single buried reddit comment instead of the countless "How to solve the authentication issue" threads everywhere.

What did NOT work:

-Verifying Game files
-Deleting R* Games launcher and verifying files
-Deleting R* Games launcher and re-installing from the website
-Logging out then logging back in to the R* launcher
-Deleting and Re-Installing the game
-Deleting Mods
-Syncing my system clock
-Loading down CPU by launching/having other programs running in the background
-Running the game as an Administrator
-Running the R* Launcher as an Administrator
-Changing my Social Club Password
-Changing my DNS settings
-Turning off firewall/defender
-Doing an IP flush via Administrator level CMD
-Tried using a VPN
-Changed/Opened Ports on Modem

What DID work:

-Running Steam as an Administrator, in 'Compatibility Mode'


The most SIMPLE fix, not listed in any major threads about this issue, or even on the official R* Support page for this issue. I've launched the game a Dozen times now, no issues. Just make sure to change Steam to always run as an Administrator and you shouldn't (Hopefully) have any issues.

I hope this helps at least one other person having this issue, I cant imagine the collective time wasted on trying to fix this problem- when all that time should have been used enjoying this masterpiece of a game.

God I wish any of this worked but not even your solution helps me and I've also tried all of your prior attempted solutions to no avail.

I even tried using an entirely different network, same issue.

No idea what to do.... about to just refund.

[Man o' War]

Uninstall both R* Launcher and R* Social Club, not just the Launcher.

Then delete their R* folders found in prog files (x86) , prog files and your documents folder.

After that launch the game via Steam and everything you need to play the game should be freshly installed.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes it's more less a generic error due to your PC, the credentials or your ISP connection.

Change your DNS at the very least.
Scrub the LAN/WIFI cache.

Launch Steam and Rockstar Launcher via Run As Admin. Launch RDR2 from the Launcher, not Steam

[ximbica melancia]

Any solution?

[$2 Hero]

Originally posted by Brudokeg:

watch gta 6 have this issue

Then it's fixed in a day lol which proves OP's point.