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One modder cut GTA V load times by 70 percent

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A billion-dollar studio spent years ignoring a glaring inefficiency that one guy fixed in an afternoon. The incredibly long load times were caused by the application poorly parsing a massive text file on a single thread. A fan rewrote the bloated logic, slashed load times by 70 percent, and practically shamed the company into adopting his patch.

One modder cut GTA V load times by 70 percent
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