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Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V)

is playable on Apple Silicon Macs via Steam via Parallels 16 on Windows 10 for ARM, Steam

Performance Reports

DevicePlayableEnvironmentAPIFPS ResolutionSettingsNotesSourcesDistribution
no CrossOver not able to get past the rockstar social club launcher Steam
💻 M1 MacBook Air 8GB 8GPU yes 30 FPS 1920 × 1080 low Parallels - 4 CPU cores and 4GB RAM. Resolution 1920x1080, turned everything to lowest, used 0.5 resolution scale, vsync turned on to 'half' for 30 FPS cap to help with driving sections, turned off shadows completely, resulting in a playable framerate. Install: Steam version of Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar Social Club, DirectX web runtime, Visual C++ Redistributable x64. Update Windows ARM build to 21277 for x64 emulation Steam via Parallels 16 on Windows 10 for ARM
🖥 M1: Mac mini 16GB yes Parallels (Windows on ARM) Low framerate but atleast it runs ! (As a proof of concept) This is with the first Parallels build and the first x64 emulation build of WoA on dev channel 12/18/2020 , Steam