Use [19] Use update 5 (1.0.350.1) of the game Begin the whole process by logging normally into Social Club account online once - otherwise activation in offline mode fails, and clicking retry won't help. Make sure you have deleted all newer updates than patchday5ng and older in \update\x64\dlcpacks\. Leave previous patchdayXng folders. metadata.dat, update.rpf, GTAV.exe, GTAVLauncher.exe, and Social Club specific version have to be gathered from external source, relevant to the files of update 5. Also preserve previous mp_xxx folders until the update 5, otherwise, some missions may be unplayable (eg. Tonya will not appear outside Franklin's house - christmas2 and mppatchesng). To uninstall your current Social Club version without uninstalling your games from Rockstar see. Play offline mode (or with -scOfflineOnly parameter) with logged/saved account before, to avoid game updates. It is one of the latest versions without game files encrypting/decrypting - with less load on CPU.[17] Can cause disappearing of textures, and more stuttering if you use 4GB RAM, or/and slow HDD (e.g. 5400RPM) for the game or HDD for pagefile/system. Playing online is possible only with the newest updates. Can increase overall FPS. Certain users reports that update 7 (the last before infamous 1.28/update 8) performs worse than update 5, but for others (maybe with better CPUs), it behaves the same, fixing viewing emails and phone stuck, and character cannot function properly.[18] Frame scaling is unavailable in update 5. You can still use DSR/VSR instead.