So, I had to reinstall GTAV onto another drive and I have the retail version.  After the new install, I had to download/install the new GTAV Launcher.  Then the updates start.   Let's round it off to 98Gb of updates.  About 6 hours on my 12MB DL speed.  Hope I don't have to do this again.  When GTAV came out, like i said I have retail, and it required 60Gb of free space on 7 dics.  Years later here, it's at 98gb of updates.  I don't think I've seen a game where updates passed the original space requirements.  Interesting to me.  Of course. I've only played about 15 PC games in the past 23 years.  I think my first game was Titanic: Adventure Out of Time and I still have it.  Can only play it through a mod that supports Windows XP because that game came out around the Windows 98 era. 

On 4/19/2021 at 8:45 PM, JBin818 said:

So, I had to reinstall GTAV onto another drive and I have the retail version.  After the new install, I had to download/install the new GTAV Launcher.  Then the updates start.   Let's round it off to 98Gb of updates.  About 6 hours on my 12MB DL speed.  Hope I don't have to do this again.  When GTAV came out, like i said I have retail, and it required 60Gb of free space on 7 dics.  Years later here, it's at 98gb of updates.  I don't think I've seen a game where updates passed the original space requirements.  Interesting to me.  Of course. I've only played about 15 PC games in the past 23 years.  I think my first game was Titanic: Adventure Out of Time and I still have it.  Can only play it through a mod that supports Windows XP because that game came out around the Windows 98 era. 

To be fair, any game that uses DLC that adds a lot of content will increase the total game space. Some examples would be World of Warcraft which adds a lot of new zones and other content with each new major patch and DLC or Fortnite which adds additions to their map with each Seasonal change. It would be nice, and Im not sure if its possible, if the Developers could archive some of the stuff they used to use but dont anymore so that it gets removed from the game files themselves and helps save on space. But sometimes its just easier to leave them in in case they re-add them later on which Fortnite has done many a times.

10 hours ago, UnknownBastion said:

To be fair, any game that uses DLC that adds a lot of content will increase the total game space. Some examples would be World of Warcraft which adds a lot of new zones and other content with each new major patch and DLC or Fortnite which adds additions to their map with each Seasonal change. It would be nice, and Im not sure if its possible, if the Developers could archive some of the stuff they used to use but dont anymore so that it gets removed from the game files themselves and helps save on space. But sometimes its just easier to leave them in in case they re-add them later on which Fortnite has done many a times.

Oh ok.

I haven't played any of those.  Actually this is the only game I've played that has regular updates some I guess I am somewhat new to this area.  Original Game install is about 60gb and updates are totaling to 98gb so I thought adding those 2 together would give you 158gb of space taken but with all updates installed, the main games folder totaled 98gb.  So I guess I misunderstood how those updates affect the space of the Drive.

8 hours ago, JBin818 said:

Oh ok.

I haven't played any of those.  Actually this is the only game I've played that has regular updates some I guess I am somewhat new to this area.  Original Game install is about 60gb and updates are totaling to 98gb so I thought adding those 2 together would give you 158gb of space taken but with all updates installed, the main games folder totaled 98gb.  So I guess I misunderstood how those updates affect the space of the Drive.

Yeah, with all the updates and having to make copies of the base game files to put in the mods folder can really add up after a while. Its one of the more sucky features of GTA V. Great game and great mod, but costs you a lot of space on your SSD or harddrive.