Why did they downgrade GTA V ?

[Jin-sama]

Ok, I thought this version was supposed to be an enhanced version but i'm still trying to figure how this can be :

-Whenever I want to enter my bunker, it takes like a full 5 mins compared to "legacy" and to be fair I don't see a difference in loading times in general.
-I can't rebind my keys to the way I did in Legacy because now there are hard bound keys (An Heresy in video games, dev team, yeah I'm speaking to you lazy ♥♥♥♥♥).
-Said Keys can't be reconfigured because they are bound to chat, said chat which is now missing from the game ?

So what is really great about this new version ? Please tell me !

[InterKajor]

Well... Nothing.

[Roland]

Originally posted by Jin-sama:

Ok, I thought this version was supposed to be an enhanced version but i'm still trying to figure how this can be :

-Whenever I want to enter my bunker, it takes like a full 5 mins compared to "legacy" and to be faire I don't see a difference in loading times in general.

That happened all the time in the OG version as well. It's some issue with a connection with one or more of the players in the lobby.
For proof (and to remedy the issue) switch to an Invite Only session and watch it never happen.

[GGcake]

They are planning to fix this bug on the 7th release of the game on the PS 6. but you'll have to wait 3 years before they bring it to PC.

[Levianne]

For loading times. Yea, that's unfortunately the nature of this online. It's peer to peer, everyone connects to everyone, instead of a solid game dedicated server. R* only has so called Services, which is only your character and profile storage, it's used to store and load your data and matchmaking (which is broken anyway). So like the other person said, use IO session, you'll see the difference.

As for keybinds and so called "missing" chat. It's basically a console port, because consoles don't have chat, so they ported E&E edition from consoles over to PC, added keybinds similar to Legacy and called it a day. It's even internally called "gen9" in the files (Updates.cfl for reference), which we all know is NOT PC, it's PS5 and Xbox Series S/X.

There is a workaround to port your keybinds from Legacy using settings.xml (or other file), but I have no idea, how to do that and I don't even care, since I'm using controller. Just ask around, someone has to know the process.

BTW, in the aforementioned Updates.cfl file is a note, that "textchat will be added soon". How soon? Hard to say, but yea, apparently R* is working on adding it.

[Kevin (Boricua_Kevin on gta 5 O]

Jin-sama:-----its terible...the game dont work..............use the old ver if you wan tto play

[V I D A L]

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[Labdog]

For me the audio is all muffled and sounds terrible, I can't change that because they removed audio output options in the "enhanced" version.

[Snarbles]

it looks way better now

[ShadowSorcery]

Originally posted by Labdog:

For me the audio is all muffled and sounds terrible, I can't change that because they removed audio output options in the "enhanced" version.

thats not a game issue, none of us has this issue

[Kevin (Boricua_Kevin on gta 5 O]

Originally posted by ShadowSorcery:

Originally posted by Labdog:

For me the audio is all muffled and sounds terrible, I can't change that because they removed audio output options in the "enhanced" version.

thats not a game issue, none of us has this issue

The new game SIMPLY WONT START..Lucky u..it's sound

[Labdog]

Originally posted by ShadowSorcery:

thats not a game issue, none of us has this issue

It is, Rockstar Support told me in a ticket:

"We're sorry to hear that you're having trouble with the sound quality.

At this time, there is no in-game option to switch audio output methods like in the Legacy version. You may try to change your headphone settings to stereo mode in Windows to help resolve the issue.

If you need any further assistance, feel free to let us know.

Best regards,

Crissa G. Rockstar Support"

Enhanced version doesn't have the same audio output options as Legacy, I have to externally change my computer audio settings (which by the way still doesn't work and GTA continues to sound like ass). This was blatanly a rushed port from console, they didn't test it's functionality and compatibily enough, many people got these audio issues.

[Zalzany]

Well for starters you need a good SSD its crazy but enhanced isn't built for people using the 50 bucks 2 terabytes left over from 2012. I don't even get why any one buys those damn things for 98 bucks you can get a 2 terabyte that is over 10 times as fast and if you pay like 120-160 you can get even faster hard drives.

And enhanced is based on Ps5, and what the hell they call newest xbox now, so its OPTIMIZED for hard drives not 20 years old tech wise. Its insane but I see this all the time on steam "why load so bad! What? My 2 terabytes from 2012 are no good now, you crazy. I just spent 800 bucks on GPU. You tell me I've got to spend more than 65 bucks on hard drive now!"

Serriously if you are struggling with this GTA 6 is gonna make you way more mad as this is just upgraded old ass game so they change some things but kind of limited, like biggest change I say with this tech wise is its made for SSDs now GOOD SSDs. Not discount bin ones that are like 400-500 read write barely 2 times as fast as your 2012 hard drive. Talking M203s where its 2000-5000 mb read write speed.

[Jin-sama]

Originally posted by Levianne:

For loading times. Yea, that's unfortunately the nature of this online. It's peer to peer, everyone connects to everyone, instead of a solid game dedicated server. R* only has so called Services, which is only your character and profile storage, it's used to store and load your data and matchmaking (which is broken anyway). So like the other person said, use IO session, you'll see the difference.

As for keybinds and so called "missing" chat. It's basically a console port, because consoles don't have chat, so they ported E&E edition from consoles over to PC, added keybinds similar to Legacy and called it a day. It's even internally called "gen9" in the files (Updates.cfl for reference), which we all know is NOT PC, it's PS5 and Xbox Series S/X.

There is a workaround to port your keybinds from Legacy using settings.xml (or other file), but I have no idea, how to do that and I don't even care, since I'm using controller. Just ask around, someone has to know the process.

BTW, in the aforementioned Updates.cfl file is a note, that "textchat will be added soon". How soon? Hard to say, but yea, apparently R* is working on adding it.

So my issue was solved by following your advice, i copied the old setup to the new config folder and I could use my old keybinds.
In The meantime, I read on the Official Discord that Rockstar fixed the T Keybind that was being used for no reason and that was exactly my issue since I use TFGH instead of WASD to move.

[March 13, 2025] - PC (Enhanced)

Fixes

Fixed an issue that resulted in the framerate dropping when underwater
Fixed an issue that resulted in the Avenger’s rotor shadows appearing incorrectly with ray traced shadows enabled
Fixed multiple issues that resulted in crashes
Updated error messaging for issues related to out-of-date drivers, machines under minimum specs, etc. 
Fixed multiple issues affecting users playing with DLSS enabled
Fixed multiple issues that resulted in the game running out of VRAM unexpectedly
Fixed an issue that resulted in descriptions not appearing in the graphics options in the Pause Menu
Fixed multiple issues that resulted in a player’s GTA+ Membership status not being recognized in-game
Fixed an issue that resulted in GTAV Enhanced not closing correctly when exiting the game via ALT + F4 or the Pause Menu  
Fixed an issue that resulted in players being unable to bind the T and Y keys on their keyboard 
Fixed an issue that resulted in Chameleon Paint not persisting after being applied to vehicles
Fixed an issue that resulted in players not receiving the Homing Launcher if selected during the Career Builder  
Fixed an issue that resulted in the Organization leader getting stuck on a black loading screen in the Mission LSA Operation - Direct Action

[Jin-sama]

Originally posted by Zalzany:

Well for starters you need a good SSD its crazy but enhanced isn't built for people using the 50 bucks 2 terabytes left over from 2012. I don't even get why any one buys those damn things for 98 bucks you can get a 2 terabyte that is over 10 times as fast and if you pay like 120-160 you can get even faster hard drives.

And enhanced is based on Ps5, and what the hell they call newest xbox now, so its OPTIMIZED for hard drives not 20 years old tech wise. Its insane but I see this all the time on steam "why load so bad! What? My 2 terabytes from 2012 are no good now, you crazy. I just spent 800 bucks on GPU. You tell me I've got to spend more than 65 bucks on hard drive now!"

Serriously if you are struggling with this GTA 6 is gonna make you way more mad as this is just upgraded old ass game so they change some things but kind of limited, like biggest change I say with this tech wise is its made for SSDs now GOOD SSDs. Not discount bin ones that are like 400-500 read write barely 2 times as fast as your 2012 hard drive. Talking M203s where its 2000-5000 mb read write speed.

I understand your point and that's why I use Samsung 970 Evo plus 2tb nvme ssd for all the games I play online. I'm just telling you the loading time was more than unusual when I play the first week enhanced was available. My machine is more than okay to run GTA Online, trust me.