Rockstar Confirms GTA Online Player's Game Load Fix And Delivers Bug Bounty Reward
Github tostercx, who goes by t0st on his blog, explained that the bug stemmed from the way the game parsed a 10MB JSON file. In essence, it was being looped over many more times than necessary and subsequently created loading issues. T0st ended up fixing the issue with a workaround posted to his Github, where it gained quite a bit of traction.
Perhaps with the earnings, tostercx can finally upgrade his PC from an AMD FX-8350 and GeForce GTX 1070 to get involved in more intensive research. With that being said, all players will soon benefit from the change as GTA Online load times improve for PC. We will have to wait and see when the update comes out, so keep an eye on HotHardware for any additional updates.