GTA 5 Load Times Are Twice as Fast on PS5 Compared to PS4

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Grand Theft Auto 5 is coming up on its ninth year of being available to gamers. Since then, many have enjoyed the experience Los Santos and the San Andreas map have to offer. From a single-player story that was celebrated by many upon the game's release to an online mode that still receives consistent, free updates such as the GTA 5 Contracts DLC, it's clear Rockstar is still happy to be working on and supporting the game.

Initially, Grand Theft Auto 5 released on the Xbox 360 and PS3. Later in the year, the Xbox One and PS4 dropped, allowing Grand Theft Auto 5 to re-release for that generation of consoles in 2014. The PC release came soon after, and with a new generation of consoles becoming available in 2020, many thought it was inevitable that a new version of the game would be released alongside these platforms. Grand Theft Auto 5 suffered delays for its PS5 and Xbox Series X versions though, meaning that a 2021 release date was abandoned.

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Now, though, it looks like Grand Theft Auto 5 for the PS5 and Xbox Series X is guaranteed as the game looks to launch on March 15, giving new graphical and gameplay enhancements to the game. Considering the SSDs that were added to both the PS5 and Xbox Series X, many fans of the series were hoping that the notoriously long load times of Grand Theft Auto 5 would be trimmed down with the new release.

It looks like the updated hardware of the new consoles will be able to do just that, as a video shows off how quickly the game loads on PS5 in comparison to the PS4. There seems to be little competition between the two consoles as the PS5's load times finally bring an end to Grand Theft Auto 5 slow loading. This comes with a number