GTA IV has always been a resource hog. It was notoriously CPU-bound upon release. While this repack doesn't rewrite the game's engine code, the removal of background processes significantly helps.
If you bought the game on Steam today (the official "Complete Edition"), you would be missing roughly 15 songs from the in-game radio stations due to Rockstar letting licenses expire. The Vladivostok FM tracklist, in particular, took a massive hit. Build 14009960 restores all of this music. Cruising through Broker listening to the original Ruslana tracks or the removed David Bowie songs restores the atmospheric integrity of 2008 Liberty City.
: High frame rates can break the physics. Expect weird camera zooms in cutscenes and an impossible final mission where you can’t climb the helicopter unless you limit your FPS to 30 or 60.
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition » Patches - SteamDB 11-Jun-2024 —
The most critical improvement for GTA IV is switching from its outdated DirectX 9 renderer to using DXVK , which can drastically reduce stuttering and improve frame rates.
Get ready to experience the ultimate version of Grand Theft Auto IV, one of the most iconic open-world games of all time. The Complete Edition includes the base game, along with its two expansion packs, "The Lost and Damned" and "The Ballad of Gay Tony".
: If your game is in a .rar or .7z format, you'll need software like WinRAR or 7-Zip to extract it. Right-click the file and choose to extract files here or to a specific folder.