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GTA V Enhanced is the upgraded PC version of GTA V and GTA Online, released on 4 March 2025 as a free upgrade for anyone who already owned the game on PC. It brings the features of the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions to PC, adds ray tracing effects only available on PC, and lets you migrate your Story Mode and Online progress. The original version stays available as GTA V Legacy.
| GTA V Enhanced | GTA V Legacy | |
|---|---|---|
Price for existing PC owners | Free upgrade | Already owned |
Ray tracing | Shadows, reflections, ambient occlusion and global illumination | No |
Upscaling | NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR | No |
Loading | Faster with SSD and DirectStorage | Original |
Controller | DualSense with adaptive triggers | Original |
GTA Online extras | Hao's Special Works, GTA+, Career Progress, ambient animals | No |
Online sessions | Enhanced players only | Legacy players only |
Yes, for anyone who already owns GTA V on PC: the upgrade is free, through the Rockstar Games Launcher, Steam or Epic Games. Anyone buying GTA V on PC now receives both versions, Enhanced and Legacy. Current key prices are in our GTA 5 price comparison.
On the technical side, ray-traced shadows and reflections, as on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, plus ray-traced ambient occlusion and global illumination that only PC has; NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR; DualSense support with adaptive triggers; faster loading with SSD and DirectStorage; better support for higher resolutions, aspect ratios and frame rates; and Dolby Atmos audio. In GTA Online, it brings Hao's Special Works and its vehicles, GTA+ membership, the Career Builder and Career Progress, and ambient animals with a wildlife photography challenge.
No. Rockstar keeps GTA Online players on Legacy separate from those on Enhanced, so friends need to be on the same version. Legacy stays available for PCs that do not meet Enhanced's minimum requirements. Which mod tools run on each version is covered in our GTA 5 mods guide.
Yes. Rockstar lets existing players migrate both their Story Mode and their GTA Online progress from Legacy to Enhanced.
The PS5 and Xbox Series X|S version, out since 15 March 2022, already had most of these features. Every release date is on our GTA 5 release date page, and this week's GTA Online bonuses on our weekly update.