Grand Theft Auto Online can be a borderline unplayable experience on previous-generation consoles, as shown in a recent video by a player. Even though Grand Theft Auto Online launched in 2013 during the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 generation, its performance can take a severe hit in certain situations, even on the comparatively more powerful PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles.
The immense scope of Grand Theft Auto 5 (for its time) made it a fairly CPU-intensive game for systems when it first launched. The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions could barely reach their 30fps targets in story mode, and framerates dipped even further when players jumped into GTA Online. The PS4 and Xbox One allowed developer Rockstar Games to launch an upgraded version of GTA 5 that cleaned up the performance significantly, but the AMD Jaguar CPUs couldn't quite push it to 60fps. Thankfully, the "expanded and enhanced" version of GTA 5 for PS5 and Xbox Series consoles finally had enough headroom for a 60fps target.
A popular video compares Grand Theft Auto 5 Graphics quality on multiple platforms, including PC and 9th Gen consoles like PS5 and Xbox Series X....