GTA V offline mode PC?

cholmes792 · Apr 16, 2015

I have the DVD-ROM of the game will be able to play it offline. I don't really have good internet connection.

mcnumpty23 · Apr 16, 2015

i think so--though might need internet connection first time you install/play it--but if you have the dvd then try it

Tom Tancredi · Apr 16, 2015

NO, you HAVE TO BE ONLINE becuase you HAVE to log into the Rockstar CLUB to run the game.
It is 2015 and all games are expecting / based around being online. Get a better Internet connection.

skylanepilot · Apr 17, 2015

Tom Tancredi :

Easy there fella. There are countless people on this planet that live in areas without high speed internet access. In the US alone, there are so many rural areas that don't receive anything beyond a crappy satellite connection.

Yett71 · Apr 17, 2015

You need to be online to activate the game. After that you can play it offline.

Tom Tancredi · Apr 17, 2015

I know I used to be on a 1MB shared connection for where I was living at. I know how painful this can be.
Basically it is CHEAPER for the makers to push the updates (GTA V has a update BTW you all didn't hear) and support the systems via ONLINE
then it is with IN PERSON or OVER THE PHONE. So in this modern age YES the only way you will be able to play these MODERN games is
being online. I had to manage MY GAMING by everytime I went to bed, setting the game to 'load' while I slept so it would download patches and so on
(for example all my Steam games). Many times it be DAYS of doing that before I could play my games.

Sorry the ONLY answer is GET better Internet. There are Microwave shots, there is Satellite, CableTV, Cell Phone, etc. available to reach every spot even the remotest spots, but it depends on how you manage it and how much your willing to invest. I seen the Satellite now is comparable to CableTV cost, and is very viable except in deep low Valley (high mountains) blocking the Satellite in the southern sky.

Madmanbarry · Apr 29, 2015

No you don't. I just unplugged my network cable and launched the game and it has an offline mode. Great news actually, but you will need it to install the game and get running.

Tom Tancredi · Apr 30, 2015

Madmanbarry :

And for the new patches being distributed, which another forum post already mentioned there was one released, but again it is GB rage of data, and well, sorry unless you call Rockstar and PAY for a DVD version with patches to be sent to you, you will have to get better Internet or be very very very patient from when you buy a game to when you can acutally play them (I remember once I had to wait a full week before I could play due to downloading limitations).

lisa chen · May 5, 2015

Yett71 :

yeah, you are right. but the second day when you want to launch the GTA5 story mode, the social club application will says it must be connected to internet to launch the game .

deezle21 · Jun 6, 2015

Tom Tancredi :

I know I used to be on a 1MB shared connection for where I was living at. I know how painful this can be.
Basically it is CHEAPER for the makers to push the updates (GTA V has a update BTW you all didn't hear) and support the systems via ONLINE
then it is with IN PERSON or OVER THE PHONE. So in this modern age YES the only way you will be able to play these MODERN games is
being online. I had to manage MY GAMING by everytime I went to bed, setting the game to 'load' while I slept so it would download patches and so on
(for example all my Steam games). Many times it be DAYS of doing that before I could play my games.

Sorry the ONLY answer is GET better Internet. There are Microwave shots, there is Satellite, CableTV, Cell Phone, etc. available to reach every spot even the remotest spots, but it depends on how you manage it and how much your willing to invest. I seen the Satellite now is comparable to CableTV cost, and is very viable except in deep low Valley (high mountains) blocking the Satellite in the southern sky.

I've never had the need to leave a comment on this site, but your asinine, self-centered, obtuse and arrogant comment compelled me. You don't live in reality.

tbt666 · Nov 9, 2015

deezle21 :

Tom Tancredi :

I've never had the need to leave a comment on this site, but your asinine, self-centered, obtuse and arrogant comment compelled me. You don't live in reality.

I definitely agree with you 100%. This guy is really arrogant to believe that the modern age is completely centered around being online. DUMBEST THING IVE EVER HEARD!

satyamdalai · Dec 20, 2015

As per my knowing you have to download a patch for 5-6 GB for the first time you activate the game before playing it offline. It seems very annoying a patch is for just playing the game online.

rafisalman · Dec 27, 2015

I never connected internet but I can play offline.

jtb907 · Feb 10, 2016

Tom Tancredi :

Why don't YOU come here to BUSH ALASKA and LAY SOME FIBER down OVER THE TUNDRA to get that better internet connection? Also, while you're doing that, I need you to CALL the SATELLITE INTERNET PROVIDERS and ARGUE with them to provide ME a BETTER INTERNET CONNECTION, because they tell me I'M TOO FAR NORTH. My current connection is a string of MICROWAVE towers and that's CRAZY EXPENSIVE and sometimes down.

Also, while you're at it, I'm going to need you to CONTRIBUTE to my INTERNET BILL every month, since it's $15 per GB in overage fees (with a 40GB per month cap). If I let every single game I played on PC connect to the internet all the time, I'd have pay out the nose in overage fees just to reply to this absurdity. This is especially true since GTA5 seems to want loads of updates (or at least it seems so).

vizokholie lohe · Mar 21, 2016

Tom Tancredi :

so does that mean that gta5 is an online game? . like coc?

Tom Tancredi · Mar 21, 2016

GTA V has modes involving achievements, multiplayer mode, and so on. In addition, as all games for the past 10 years, the only 'patching' is done via having a online connection. So if you want a 'fix' to the game you need to connect, register, then allow it to download and patch the game.

Johannes_6 · Jun 7, 2016

Tom Tancredi :

I know I used to be on a 1MB shared connection for where I was living at. I know how painful this can be.
Basically it is CHEAPER for the makers to push the updates (GTA V has a update BTW you all didn't hear) and support the systems via ONLINE
then it is with IN PERSON or OVER THE PHONE. So in this modern age YES the only way you will be able to play these MODERN games is
being online. I had to manage MY GAMING by everytime I went to bed, setting the game to 'load' while I slept so it would download patches and so on
(for example all my Steam games). Many times it be DAYS of doing that before I could play my games.

Sorry the ONLY answer is GET better Internet. There are Microwave shots, there is Satellite, CableTV, Cell Phone, etc. available to reach every spot even the remotest spots, but it depends on how you manage it and how much your willing to invest. I seen the Satellite now is comparable to CableTV cost, and is very viable except in deep low Valley (high mountains) blocking the Satellite in the southern sky.

I have basically the worst Internet here in Germany, I don't even get into the MB speeds at any time, luckily germany claims to have fiber glass everywhere in 2018...

ASarnovsky · Jun 18, 2016

I also just bought the game for pc. Hooked it up at my parents to complete activation. Now if I go home without Internet can I play the offline mode? And if not, which crack do I need so that I don't deal with this problem?

COLGeek · Jun 19, 2016

ASarnovsky :

Tom's Hardware does not support any form of software piracy. None. Period.

Tom Tancredi · Jun 19, 2016

First instead of posting to the thread, you should READ IT.

That said, it has been stated you can play offline BUT, you will NOT get any new free maps / other content offered (DLC), you will not get any FIXES (patches) to the game, you will not be able to do ACHIEVEMENTS or have them recorded to Rockstar (which is where they maintain such things), also in many cases attaining certain achievements or levels UNLOCKS other things like missions, guns, vehicles etc, but again that needs a ONLINE connection. Further you can't do the BIGGEST feature of the game, MULTIPLAYER unless you have a Internet connection.

Honestly this sort of discussion (being offline to playgames) is something people stopped focusing on back in 2005, games have been (Halo etc being the most famous) all about BEING ONLINE, and now are centered on it to work.

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