Remove Rockstar Games Social Club application



Separate RGSC application no longer required to launch game



Social Club login now occurs during the launch process



A new, less memory-intensive, and better-looking scalable shadow solution has been implemented



Enhanced Night Shadows added with user-selectable level of detail (replaces Shadow Density)



Rendering optimizations have been made to improve performance, particularly when enabling shadows



User-configurable graphics settings have been added for shadow control



Improved memory management



Enhanced security to isolate users from cheaters and hackers



Provide in-game support to purchase "The Lost and Damned" and "The Ballad of Gay Tony"



Vehicle shadows re-enabled between 8pm and 6am



Fix floating street textures



Pedestrians in vehicles appear further out from the player to allow for long range sniping



The Moon has been implemented with simulated lunar phases



RESC 10" error fix for specific hardware configurations



Updates to Grand Theft Auto IV have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: