Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

Developer(s)	Rockstar Games
Publisher(s)	Rockstar Games
Series	Grand Theft Auto
Release date(s)	September 17, 2013
Release type	Multi-platform
Genre(s)	Action, Adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
GameID(s)	BLES01807 ^(IRD), BLUS31156 ^(IRD), NPEB01283, NPUB31154, BLJM61019 ^(IRD), BLJM61182, BLJM61304, NPJB00516
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Grand Theft Auto V is the first main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series since 2008's Grand Theft Auto IV. Set within the fictional state of San Andreas, based on Southern California, the single-player story follows three protagonists—retired bank robber Michael De Santa, street gangster Franklin Clinton, and drug dealer and arms smuggler Trevor Philips—and their efforts to commit heists while under pressure from a corrupt government agency and powerful criminals. The open world design lets players freely roam San Andreas' open countryside and the fictional city of Los Santos, based on Los Angeles.

The game is played from a third-person perspective, and its world is navigated on foot and by vehicle. Players control the three lead protagonists throughout single-player and switch among them, both during and outside missions. The story is centred on the heist sequences, and many missions involve shooting and driving gameplay. A "wanted" system governs the aggression of law enforcement response to players who commit crimes. Grand Theft Auto Online, the game's online multiplayer mode, lets up to 30 players engage in a variety of different cooperative and competitive game modes.

Configuration

Options that deviate from RPCS3's default settings and provide the best experience with this title are listed below.

GPU configuration

Setting	Option	Notes
Resolution scale threshold	128x128	Lower values will cause severe, striped visual artifacting in the sky if the render resolution is upscaled beyond 100%.
Write color buffers	On	Fixes missing lighting outdoors.

Advanced configuration

Setting	Option	Notes
Accurate RSX reservation access	On	Prevents random freezing/crashing while playing the game.
Write depth buffers	On	Fixes missing raindrops.
RSX FIFO accuracy	Atomic	Massive stability improvement that allows Driver Wake-Up Delay to be left at the default value of 1 μs.

Debug configuration

This tab is hidden by default. For instructions on how to enable the Debug tab in the settings window, click here.

Setting	Option	Notes
Disable ZCull occlusion queries	On	Greatly improves broken graphics when the player is in contact with water, although intermittent flickering of bright colors at certain camera angles may still occur.

Known Issues

This game is currently not fully playable due to broken water reflections that can cause intermittent flickering of bright colors at certain camera angles, even with the fixes above.

Fortunately, GTA V has a 'checkpoint skip' feature which allows you to get through missions such as 'The Merryweather Heist' by dying 3 times and skipping to the next checkpoint which isn't in the water.

Graphical rendering issues

This game suffers from some graphical rendering issues.

At this time, reflections are broken in Vulkan when the player is close to bodies of water, resulting in intermittent flickering of bright colors at certain camera angles.

Rain reflections on wet terrain also do not render correctly, and certain objects may at times appear translucent or render with minor artifacting at object edges that are in front of the sky.

Intermittent vertex explosions may also occur while driving vehicles under sunny conditions.

See Issue 3959 for further details.

Special Notes

If the game is failing to load data from disk (which can present as random freezing in-game especially when loading new terrain, or simply just getting stuck at the loading screen when attempting to boot the game), try disabling TSX if it is enabled. This was an issue on older builds of RPCS3, but seems to have been fixed.

Netplay testing

For the complete list of games tested with RPCN, please check the RPCN Compatibility List.

Game Version	RPCS3 Version	Connects?	Create/Join lobbies?	Match with others?	Online features working?	Requires custom servers?	Notes
1.00		Yes	No	No	No		Spams ·E sys_net: sys_net_bnet_select(): exceptfds not implemented. RPCS3.log

Patches

PPU-51eaefa466f3e26a4108f825e9b0856ee079aa2b:
  "60 FPS":
    Games:
      "Grand Theft Auto V":
        NPUB31154: [ 01.00 ]
        BLUS31156: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "illusion"
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Notes: "Max FPS is half vblank rate"
    Patch:
      - [ be16, 0x0043b7dc, 0x4800 ]
  "Skip Intro Video":
    Games:
      "Grand Theft Auto V":
        NPUB31154: [ 01.00 ]
        BLUS31156: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "illusion"
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ byte, 0x01698260, 0x0 ]

PPU-e5f9e0a066e4170a3251451b7ecd9b1a55da7c57:
  "60 FPS":
    Games:
      "Grand Theft Auto V":
        BLES01807: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "illusion"
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Notes: "Max FPS is half vblank rate"
    Patch:
      - [ be16, 0x004367fc, 0x4800 ]
  "Skip Intro Video":
    Games:
      "Grand Theft Auto V":
        BLES01807: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "illusion"
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ byte, 0x016808e0, 0x0 ]