I want to know if I should be eager to try running the game semi-caually (1h slower than WR). Answer from that perspective of a decent speedrunner, please. Copy/paste this and fill in the blanks. 1-5 scale (5 is very good or "very bearable bullshit") or own words general "interestingness": traffic bullshit (like unpredictable turning into you): guess: run time variance purely due to luck (e.g.: good luck: 8h, bad luck 7:40 -> 20 minutes): stress factor: how often does it happen that I am stressed that one mistake now costs 5 min (none, just quick save every 30s?):

Other stuff I should know? Thanks for posting. :)

i would say 3. Traffic is a nightmare, big RNG factor, some missions are too long and boring. If you like the game then offcourse go for it. You can get sub 8 if you consistantly run the game. I am bad at the game but can do sub 8.

Thanks for the elaborate response ryedawg, I didn't hope for that.^^ I'm satisfied with the input for the start, seams like V is only decent for running and therefore I doubt I will run it for a long time.

Stress due to time loss: SA seams much worse due to lack of checkpoints. The run killers listed don't seam too bad. Traffic: 1/5, but I'll see how much the in-mission-scripting helps. RNG: low end of acceptable all still acceptable, the biggest problem is: too much boring/"slow down, let me hold your hand" bullshit

Less tricks/glitches for PC? >95% of the gta community (non-GTAV) is using PC. The percentage of game breakers on PC lower than that, but still.