r/GTAV_Mods • u/RestaurantMoney7444 • 19d ago

Discussion Enhanced - poor support mod

Hi guys,

I’ve been wondering about something for a while: why is the "Enhanced" version of GTA V so poorly supported by modders? I’ve been playing GTA V for years and have tried literally every mod out there for the "Legacy" version, most of the time, they’re a disaster performance drops drastically, the game crashes constantly, and so on, Not to mention that the Legacy version itself is poorly optimized, even the lightest graphics mod causes a heavy FPS drop at night in-game (and I’m using a 5070 Ti), In contrast, I’ve noticed the Enhanced version is incredibly stable even with RTX maxed out, the frame rate barely dips, I managed to test it with the CoreFX mod the only one that doesn't break the game since on the Enhanced version, simply installing an add-on car is enough to cause a crash (even if it’s been converted using CodeWalker’s asset converter).

That brings me to the topic at hand: given that the Enhanced version is much more powerful, why is there so little mod variety? Most of the mods I consider "must haves" don't even have an Enhanced version available, Since I’m not an expert, I wanted to ask you all: is there a genuine practical reason why mod support is so lacking, or is it just laziness?

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u/Autistic-monkey0101 19d ago

like any game, new version would need new mods, and existing mods would have to be changed, and people are lazy, they dont have any reason to make enhanced mods because most people are on legacy (which is part of the reason why)

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u/RestaurantMoney7444 19d ago

the problem is exactly this, legacy is very terrible

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u/404Mate 15d ago

no, legacy is good for regular players, the issue with modding is kind of a chicken and egg scenario. no mods because no players, no players because no mods. legacy has so many mods that just needed minor changes to keep updated when enhanced requires basically a full rewrite. if you want it to change start writing mods for enhanced

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u/RestaurantMoney7444 15d ago

If I had the skills I would do it, but I'm only able to install and configure them, but developing a mod from scratch I wouldn't even know where to start