

If you can't find a working solution on google/youtube, you should submit a ticket to Rockstar Support. By doing this you exclude all the possibilities of other applications/settings interact with your GTA 5 plus having missing/corrupt DLL files in your system. Once installed try starting GTA 5 again and it should work. I don't feel attached to anything I have on my computer, because I can re-download it pretty fast and most of the times, a fresh windows install is the way to start, cause of all the applications you installed in the past/registry entries and so on. Make sure you select which clocks in at 903.2 MB. Windows 8 on the other hand, meh, it's gonna take you a while and I don't know if it's worth it. That's pretty easy to do with windows 10 because you only have to do a reset from Settings. What I would do if I were you is reinstall windows and see if gta v works on a fresh install. The fact that restarting messes up your social club is weird so I have no idea. Windows security(file access - user security settings) / anti-virus. Yes, that fixed OP's problem - that does not mean it will fix all infinite loading. If the files are not corrupted and reaquiring them does not help, you should look into the possibility of social club not being able to access them. Removed my docs / rockstar games - recreated rockstar games / 'gta v' and 'social club' Ran steam as admin, not the. Most of the issues with the Social club, are caused by its files(appdata/documents), so usually, deleting them fixes the problem.

Do you have an anti-virus on your computer? Did you try running the game as an administrator? Does your Social Club username contain non-english characters?
