So I’ve had GTA V on every platform since it dropped. Xbox 360, PS4, PC, I’ve restarted the story more times than I can count. Usually I’d just mess around in free roam, do a few missions, maybe get lost in GTA Online for a bit, then drift away from the game for a few months. Rinse and repeat.

But this past month, I made a weird promise to myself. I’m gonna 100% this game. Like for real. Every mission, every stunt jump, every side quest. Not just because I wanted the achievement, I think I just needed to finish something for once.

I’m in college right now, juggling classes, a part-time job, trying to stay consistent in the gym, and honestly just feeling kind of burnt out. There’s been a lot of moments lately where I feel like I’m grinding but not getting anywhere. So I figured, screw it, let me pick a challenge and actually see it through.

It took way longer than I expected. Some of the missions I had never even seen before. Those collectibles? Pure pain. The golf minigame? Miserable. But slowly, day by day, the checklist started to shrink. I’d knock out a few tasks between studying or after a workout, just chipping away at it. Some nights I’d be playing at 2AM, half-asleep, trying to land a stupid stunt jump for the 20th time.

But here’s the thing, somewhere in the middle of all that grind, I started to feel better. Not just in-game, but like… in my actual life. There was something really satisfying about committing to something and pushing through all the boring, frustrating parts to finally see that 100% screen pop up. No one really cared. I didn’t post a screenshot or anything. But I cared. It felt good. Like a quiet little win that I hadn’t had in a while.

It also made me think a lot about how I approach stuff outside of gaming. How often I start things and never finish. How easy it is to get discouraged when progress is slow. How I rush through stuff just to get it done and miss the good parts. GTA’s a game I’ve known for years, but taking the time to actually finish it made me see things I never noticed, hidden jokes, small details, surprisingly deep writing in the side missions. It was kinda eye-opening.

Anyway, I know it’s just a video game, but finishing it felt like a small personal milestone. Like I proved to myself that I can follow through, even when no one’s watching.

If you’ve never 100%’d GTA V, I highly recommend trying it. Not just for the game, but for what you might learn about yourself in the process.

Anyone else ever done it? Or a different game that ended up teaching you something?

Im on 3060 12GB + 7500f. Im running GTA V enhanced with NaturalVision enhanced and optiscaler. I can only have like 20-30 minutes of gameplay time before it crashes. FPS while playing is around 130-180fps. Settings for reference is NaturalVision on Performance mode, DLSS Quality: DLAA, FSR3 frame gen, Ultra for Raytracing and Post FX while everything else is High/very High. Are there performance mods for GTA V enhanced or is there a certain setting that I can lower that solves this issue?

I’m currently experiencing an issue where my game is crashing on the cutscene after Franklin takes the stolen Motorcycle to meet Lamar at the car wash. It will render the first frame of the cutscene and then crash with no error message.

I’ve played around with it. I’ve changed my game to windowed borderless, turned off ray tracing, running the game as an administrator. I’m not overclocking my hardware. My GPU at most is pushing like 65-70% and my CPU like 25-30%.

And just for added context the only mods I’m running at the moment are NVE and Central Enhanced Add-on car pack v1.1

Any help would be beyond appreciated

And the reason why is my 7 yo grandson will be coming over and a few months ago he was playing the game at a point - not at the beginning - where he was driving a car and shooting stuff. I think it was daughter that got it to that point.

I "accidentally" sold that game and now yesterday my daughter went out an bought another copy and the ps3 said the installed data was corrupt, so it reloaded, and now when I start it, it starts at the beginning.

I can't do it - I just ended up shooting the bank employees. game over, man.

I'm hoping for some cheat code?

Clue: two of the most recognizable anime cars