UPDATE 16/3/21, 7.07pm: Just a day after confirming it would be officially implementing a fan-made fix to reduce Grand Theft Auto Online’s load times by up to 70 percent on PC, Rockstar has announced the update is now live.
The fix arrives as part of GTA 5’s Title Update 1.53 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, which – as detailed on Rockstar’s support site – includes general network connectivity improvements alongside better load times specifically for players on PC.
“Thanks to t0st for his contributions around this part of today’s title update”, says Rockstar.
UPDATE 16/3/21, 9.26am: GTA Online fan t0st has now said his efforts to cut the game’s PC load times have earned him a $10k bounty.
“Just got awarded $10k through their H1 in-game bounty as an exception :)) (usually only for security issues)” t0st wrote in an update to his blog.
As confirmed below, Rockstar has said it will make t0st’s fix official. Toast him the next time you log on.
ORIGINAL STORY 15/3/21: Rockstar has confirmed it’ll be releasing an update that officially implements a recent fan-made fix to reduce Grand Theft Auto Online’s painfully long load times by up to 70 percent.
At the tail-end of February, a programmer going by the name of t0st did a little probing into GTA Online’s notoriously protracted load times – ones that can leave players waiting upward of five minutes to start a game – and made a number of fascinating discoveries.