Modders (specifically credited to ) achieved this massive size reduction by removing almost everything except the "skeleton" of the game :
Many sites claiming to offer GTA 5 in tiny sizes (like 500MB or 1GB) are often fake and contain viruses or "surveys" that never give you a working game . gta-5-game-on-pc-highly-compressed-gameboy
They deleted almost all missions, audio files, textures, and store interiors . Modders (specifically credited to ) achieved this massive
The phrase "" refers to a viral modding experiment where Grand Theft Auto V was stripped down from its original ~120 GB size to a mere 2.5 GB . gta-5-game-on-pc-highly-compressed-gameboy
Large portions of the map were removed, and the entire GTA Online component was stripped away .