Pre-Load the Free Grand Theft Auto V PC Upgrade Now

[macatak]

February 27, 2025

The upcoming upgrade for Grand Theft Auto V on PC is now available to pre-load from the Rockstar Games Launcher and Steam. This new version — with highly requested features previously only available in the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions including new vehicles and performance upgrades, access to subscribe to GTA+, and much more — arrives on March 4 and is available for free to all players who currently own GTAV on PC.

Anyone who already owns GTAV will see GTAV Enhanced available in their library to begin pre-loading. The existing version for PC has been renamed GTAV Legacy — which will continue to be supported.

Beginning today, you can also preemptively migrate your Story Mode progress to the new version, directly from the Pause Menu inside GTAV Legacy on PC. Please note, you can update the Story Mode Save Game uploaded to Rockstar Games multiple times — overwriting the previously uploaded Save Game each time — but you can only migrate it to GTAV Enhanced once, and while you will be able to continue playing from where you left off in GTAV Legacy, progress cannot be copied back.

On March 4, once the free upgrade is available, you'll be able to migrate your Story Mode progress and GTA Online character progress from within GTAV Enhanced. The GTA Online transfer is also a one-time migration that does not delete your GTAV Legacy progress, but it cannot be reversed, and includes any Characters, GTA$, Progression, Stats, Vehicles, Properties, Weapons, Clothing, and Player-Created Jobs.

Players on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One can still only migrate Story Mode and Online progress to PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S. Profiles cannot be migrated between PlayStation or Xbox console families and PC.

For more info on this free GTAV PC upgrade, including technical enhancement details and recommended specs, please check out our previous announcement.

https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/89953o1153a39a/pre-load-the-free-grand-theft-auto-v-pc-upgrade-now

[Zodiac011]

I don't understand why they didn't just update the old version with the anti-cheat, add DX12 or Vulkan or both, add the DLSS, FSR, RT support and all that and just patch this one. The fact we have to migrate our characters to the new one, and it likely won't carry backwards like the transition from PS3 to PS4 and to PS5 for example, where you would duplicate your characters not continue with them. If the new version turns out to suck and we decide to go back we lose our progress.

[macatak]

the new version doesnt update the legacy version "The GTA Online transfer is also a one-time migration that does not delete your GTAV Legacy progress" so you will have the option of playing either version, this the way i understand it.

you will not be able play with players who are using the new version if you launch the legacy version and vice versa, you will have 2 separate games

[macatak]

if you only want to play multiplayer you can transfer only your online progress to the E&E version, the same thing applies to singleplayer

https://gtaforums.com/topic/982336-gta-v-gen9-ee-pc-discussion-coming-2025/page/147/#findComment-1072511744

[SLIMDOG_187]

why are some peoples enhanced not showing up?

[macatak]

open steam and click on Library, you will see to entries for GTA 5, Grand Theft Auto V Legacy and Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced

[SLIMDOG_187]

Yea I know where it should be but I don't have the Enhanced, just the Legacy and I know of a few others that don't not sure if it was an issue.

[macatak]

maybe restart Steam ?

[SLIMDOG_187]

Yea I just did and it finally showed up thanks! I restarted it once but maybe didnt take the first time, I let the others know as well hopefully this will help someone else with the issue thanks again

[PRAET0R1AN™]

Originally posted by Zodiac011:

I don't understand why they didn't just update the old version with the anti-cheat, add DX12 or Vulkan or both, add the DLSS, FSR, RT support and all that and just patch this one.

It's not just a DX12 switch being toggled to "on".

It's an entire new engine upgrade afaik so simply doing it as a patch isn't possible.

It's whole new code that's updated from legacy code, the lighting system is totally reworked ( RTGI ), on top of the reflections, shadows, Ambient Occlusion..

The changes are so vast it needs It's own build and it maintains support for FiveM on legacy while they work toward supporting modding on the newer build.

[macatak]

and the new update won't support modding until R* update it in the future.

“Support for the previous version of GTAV will continue, allowing anyone whose hardware does not currently meet the minimum requirements of the new upgrade to keep playing. This also ensures that support for FiveM will continue uninterrupted while we work to extend support for it on the upgraded version.”

[psi onix]

Originally posted by macatak:

the new version doesnt update the legacy version "The GTA Online transfer is also a one-time migration that does not delete your GTAV Legacy progress" so you will have the option of playing either version, this the way i understand it.

you will not be able play with players who are using the new version if you launch the legacy version and vice versa, you will have 2 separate games

so for example when i migrate my level 500 Online character to the E&E, i still keep that level 500 character on Legacy as well? But from that point on they are now separate characters?

That's my only concern because i wouldn't want my Legacy Online to be reset back to 0. I assume i will still be playing the Legacy version on the Steam Deck as it probably cannot handle the E&E very well.

[PRAET0R1AN™]

Originally posted by psi onix:

Originally posted by macatak:

the new version doesnt update the legacy version "The GTA Online transfer is also a one-time migration that does not delete your GTAV Legacy progress" so you will have the option of playing either version, this the way i understand it.

you will not be able play with players who are using the new version if you launch the legacy version and vice versa, you will have 2 separate games

so for example when i migrate my level 500 Online character to the E&E, i still keep that level 500 character on Legacy as well? But from that point on they are now separate characters?

That's my only concern because i wouldn't want my Legacy Online to be reset back to 0. I assume i will still be playing the Legacy version on the Steam Deck as it probably cannot handle the E&E very well.

Correct, but only the one you're playing with will be updated, so if you continued playing legacy only your legacy will be updated.

If you switched entirely to enhanced, any updates on the enhanced edition won't carry over to legacy and vice versa.

[𝙏𝙚𝙠𝙉𝙚𝙞𝙡]

For those not seeing the 'Enhanced' version, be sure you aren't filtering it out via things such as 'Show ready to play games' only etc.

[Blunt Raps]

Public sessions gonna be lit for that 1st week.