Much has been written about the latest “deep” update to GTA 5 Enhanced. Some like it, others complain about it. The reality is that even as Rockstar Games prepares for the premiere of GTA VI, the company is redoubling its efforts to make money from its most profitable game ever. A financial windfall that has now lasted more than 12 years since its first release. In anticipation of the new version, the idea is to maintain the hype around GTA. This is the aim of GTA 5 Enhanced, a rather large, 90 GB, enhanced version of the standard GTA 5 that introduces new graphical options. All Legacy Edition owners were given the opportunity to download the new version and transfer their backups free of charge.
GTA 5 Enhanced vs Legacy: a cosmetic improvement.
The graphical improvements are numerous, but it seems that fans wanted more than just a facelift. It’s worth noting that trying to improve rendering and performance while sticking to GTA V’s rather aging graphics engine is quite a challenge. However, among the long series of optimizations, the following stand out:
- Support for raytracing (shadows, reflections, ambient occlusion, global illumination).
- AMD FSR and NVIDIA DLSS support for improved performance and image quality.(AMD FSR1 and FSR3 and NVIDIA DLSS 3).
- Use of DirectStorage to reduce loading times.
- Better use of new-generation CPUs and GPUs (in line with the gains mentioned above).
- Anecdotal or not, we’ll also mention support for the DualSense controller – adaptive triggers and haptic vibrations on PS5 and PC.
As you can see, this is a 99% cosmetic update. However, it is far from satisfying the GTA community. Only 51% of reviews on Steam are positive for the Enhanced version. In addition to technical problems, some users are complaining of numerous bugs, not just old ones, but new ones too. Some users also mention numerous problems with the transfer of scenarios and characters to GTA Online.
