If downloaded online, each episode requires the original GTA IV game disc in order to be played, but doesn't require the disc if the Episodes from Liberty City game disc is used instead. Episodes from Liberty City is set concurrently to the events of the base game, following new protagonists whose stories intertwine with Niko Bellic's, the protagonist of GTA IV.Įpisodes from Liberty City can be purchased either digitally as an add-on to the original game or as a separate game physically. Each expansion adds new content including missions, weapons, vehicles and side-activities related to the respective expansion's theme and aesthetics. Both expansions were later released for PlayStation 3 and Windows in 2010.Īs with the original Grand Theft Auto IV game, both expansions are set in Liberty City during the year 2008. It includes The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, both originally released on the Xbox 360 in 2009 as part of an exclusive deal with Microsoft.

Someone could also suggest you to try to downgrade GTA IV to 1.0.4.0 version, but if you're running your system on Windows 8/8.1/10 you'll have to use commandlines and stuff like that.Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City is a compilation of two expansion packs released for 2008's Grand Theft Auto IV. But when I replaced my old i5 4440 with an i5 8600K I immediately noticed a little performance boost.

Some years ago I had an i5 4440 + GTX 650 (1GB VRam), when I replaced that GPU with my GTX 970 I didn't noticed so much difference in GTA IV. What I noticed during all these years is that GPU doesn't matter a lot in this game, decent GPUs paired with a good CPU give more or less the same results. Your PC is not quite powerful, it's VERY powerful! I guess you have an i5 8600K, right? I have an i5 8600K combined with a GTX 970 and for playing GTA IV at a quite stable 60 FPS (at 1080p, not 4K) I turned down 'Detail Distance' and 'View Distance' to 30% and 'Vehicle Density' to 50%. I know, when you're used to run games above 60 FPS it's hard to play with 30 FPS, but at least you could max out every option. GTA IV (and EFLC too) is one of the worst Console to PC ports that is ever existed, in my opinion in some scenarios is even worse than the 1st Crysis!Īnother solution you could try is to cap the framerate to 30 with a software like RivaTuner. Do you have the options 'Vehicle Density', 'Detail Distance' and 'View Distance' maxed out (100%)? If yes, try to decrease all these options, try to go down to 50% and see how your FPS have changed.

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