Lower Shadow Quality to High and set Soft Shadows to "Sharp" or "Soft" . Advanced shadow settings like "High Resolution Shadows" in the Advanced Graphics menu should be turned Off .

Boosting your FPS in GTA V (2023 edition) involves a mix of Windows-level optimizations and tweaking specific in-game graphics settings that are known to be resource-heavy. While the game is well-optimized, certain settings like and MSAA can tank performance even on modern hardware. Core In-Game Optimization Settings

Set to High or Very High . This controls motion blur and bloom; lowering it from Ultra can gain you roughly 7–8 FPS. Advanced Performance Tweaks

Reduce these sliders to 50% or lower . This significantly lowers the CPU load by reducing the number of cars and NPCs rendered at once.

Located in Advanced Graphics , setting this below 1x (e.g., 0.750 or 0.834 ) renders the game at a lower resolution and upscales it, providing a major FPS boost at the cost of some sharpness.