Anybody looking forward to the PC GTA V release?

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**Co'tor Shas**

kb_lock wrote:
Co'tor Shas wrote:
kb_lock wrote:
We got a new internet connection Monday, then I saw GTA was released and decided to buy it.

18 minutes total download time

That was about the best part of it for me so far.

My god, how fast is your connection?

500Mb/s

I did the math on it, and it is actually faster to download something than copy it from USB

That's pretty awesome. I'm stuck with DSL at home, and even my school connection is a 1mb/s download speed (and I go to a tech school).

**H.B.M.C.**

Looking forward to getting this!

**Sir Arun**

500MBit/s? Damn son, you must pay a lot for that speed.

**kb_lock**

This was at work, $1,350/month - cheaper than the previous line (30Mb @ $1,800)

**Soladrin**

Lol, I get 160 Mb for 50 bucks a month.

**Doctadeth**

Got up to the Long Stretch. Having trouble with the diving mechanics, (underwater mechanics) which is really annoying.

**Blacksails**

Wait, is it possible to transfer my multiplayer character from my 360 to PC?

**Co'tor Shas**

I'm pretty sure you can do it with the Xbone and PS4, not sure about 360.

**Ratius**

Loving it so far. Just got to Trevors chapter last night.
Is anyone else badly addicted to the tennis mini game?

**kb_lock**

Soladrin wrote:
Lol, I get 160 Mb for 50 bucks a month.

It is almost like Australia and the Netherlands are different countries

We are the literal internet third world

**Sir Arun**

And GW third world. And overpriced just about for anything else

**H.B.M.C.**

Bought it today. Man... 7 discs. It's gonna take the rest of the weekend to install!

**kb_lock**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Bought it today. Man... 7 discs. It's gonna take the rest of the weekend to install!

There is apparently a 5Gb retail patch as well

Sir Arun wrote:And GW third world. And overpriced just about for anything else

You aren't wrong :(

**H.B.M.C.**

kb_lock wrote:
There is apparently a 5Gb retail patch as well

And then a 300mb patch after that!

Finally got to playing it. The way it transitions between keyboard/mouse and controller is great, but driving is the same as every other Rockstar game - like driving a big heavy car with another bigger, heavier car strapped to the roof.

**Deathklaat**

how is GTA 5 Graphics wise? do i need a super computer to have it look as nice as the PS4?

i'm currently running an AMD fx 8120 8 core processor, 16 gigs of ram with an Nvidia GTX 560 with 2 gigs of ram on it.

I can run World of Tanks and Planetside 2 on max settings, it just makes my PC heat up like a shuttle on re-entry.

I refuse to play my 360 version anymore because the next gen version looks so much better. I think this might be my first Steambox purchase though.

**kb_lock**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
kb_lock wrote:
There is apparently a 5Gb retail patch as well

And then a 300mb patch after that!

Finally got to playing it. The way it transitions between keyboard/mouse and controller is great, but driving is the same as every other Rockstar game - like driving a big heavy car with another bigger, heavier car strapped to the roof.

Be thankful it runs, I am now stuck at the social club launch page, and cannot get into the game at all.

E: deathklaat, your system sounds fine for medium/high settings easily

**Doctadeth**

I love the cars, each has its own distinctiveness. The sports cars and the high performance cars are so fast, but they are also really hairy driving at high speeds....I found the raceway as well, and got into that, driving my car at top speed around it.

pity you have to impound your car to get it back after that.

**Sir Arun**

Deathklaat wrote:
how is GTA 5 Graphics wise?

Let me put it this way: It is a surprisingly good PC port compared to the atrocity that was the GTA IV port (even the current 970/980 cards can only run it around 45-55 something FPS while GTA V is respectively run at 20 extra FPS over that.

**H.B.M.C.**

kb_lock wrote:
Be thankful it runs, I am now stuck at the social club launch page, and cannot get into the game at all.

IIRC, that's a graphics processor issue, essentially the game is detecting another form of graphics processor (like on your motherboard) and has gone "Nope! Ain't havin' nun'a dat!", and won't load. You'll need to disable it so it can see your actual graphics cards.

Or it might now be. Check here to see if there's anything that might fix it.

**Ratius**

I intend to blow all of Sunday in this.....

**kb_lock**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
kb_lock wrote:
Be thankful it runs, I am now stuck at the social club launch page, and cannot get into the game at all.

IIRC, that's a graphics processor issue, essentially the game is detecting another form of graphics processor (like on your motherboard) and has gone "Nope! Ain't havin' nun'a dat!", and won't load. You'll need to disable it so it can see your actual graphics cards.

Or it might now be. Check here to see if there's anything that might fix it.

It actually fixed itself, I think it was a routing issue or something dumb.

I did manage to wipe out my save games in the process of trying to fix it though, so I get to start again...

**Ratius**

This is just getting better and better for me.
The Michael drug induced flight scene was absolutely brilliant. Superb choice of music and voice over clips.

**H.B.M.C.**

Ratius wrote:
This is just getting better and better for me.
The Michael drug induced flight scene was absolutely brilliant. Superb choice of music and voice over clips.

That scene was pretty funny. The minigun is fun!

**sing your life**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Ratius wrote:
This is just getting better and better for me.
The Michael drug induced flight scene was absolutely brilliant. Superb choice of music and voice over clips.

That scene was pretty funny. The minigun is fun!

He was talking about the Yoga mission, not Michael's Grass roots mission [you were referring to]. Whilst those aliens do appear in both you don't get to use a minigun in the former.

**H.B.M.C.**

Oops. I read "fight scene", not "flight scene". My bad.