Kev556

This worked perfect. And I agree, pursuits are much better and more realistic.

You're welcome!

Fixed! Thank you!

Hi. Look in the gtav main folder and you see a file named ragepluginhook.log or something like that. 

Perfect, thank you!

Same thing happens with me. Thought it was just a bug with something I installed, but I'm glad it's not just my game. 

This worked perfect. And I agree, pursuits are much better and more realistic.

Try adjusting the "Population Density" slider in the graphics settings.

never really had a problem with too many peds or ai vehicles that spawn, i actually found it to be to little lol but the mod that i use to change the game config also has options to lower it below the GTAV normal... so you may want to try one of the game configs in this mod that is lower than the GTA standard.
 
https://www.gta5-mods.com/misc/gta-5-gameconfig-300-cars
 

However, first. Mess around a bit on pcpartpicker. You maybe able to build a better PC for that price. if you're spending $1500 on a PC.. you want the best bang for your buck (especially performance).
 
Pre-builts can be good, however i have seen some with stupid price tags on them which are literally halved if you just buy the parts and build it yourself (which isn't that hard. it's actually fairly easy once you watch some YouTube videos) 

For Performance it should be the same. Now, I run the Hard Copy cause my internet isn't the greatest, and I have a data cap every month. Also from what  I've seen it's a lot easier to block the Hard Copy from updating when R* decides to ruin our fun. 

I agree with BLS, performance wise it doesn't matter but I would personally suggest Steam. It is much easier to fix problems if they arise, and a lot of the solutions on the internet are for people with the Steam edition. And  minor thing that is good is its easier to screenshot, and add friends and stuff like that. One downside is you are forced to update every time even when it is unstable whereas with the retail version you can block updates. You can weigh those yourself to whatever preference you want idk. I personally have the retail version which is fine, and blocking updates has been a huge advantage to me especially as a modeler/modder, and I have Nvidia GeForce to fix the screenshot issue.

I second this. These specs make me jealous....
 
GTA V is a very CPU-intensive game and the 7700k is one of their newest and best -performing products marketed for gaming setups. And the 1080 is an excellent graphics card to complement it. The 16 gb of RAM will be plenty and a 500gb SSD will allow you to install OS, any programs, and the most modded version of GTA w/ ample room to store for other games you don't want to keep in the other 2 TB of HDD.

It's a Top of the line PC you should be good to run anything, old and new with no issues.