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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
| Device | Playable | Environment | API | FPS | Resolution | Settings | Notes | Sources | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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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 |