GTA Online update slow: How to speed up your download if the update is taking ages

Updating GTA Online is a much-beloved moment of calm before the storm of chaos, guns, and general debauchery that often occurs in-game.

It's the kind of thing that gives you time to reflect upon your life, your goals, and that sweet cash that you're about to earn.

However, sometimes it lasts far too long, and in those cases, it can become an exercise is frustration and rage.

To help get you through those troubling times, you'll want to speed up your GTA online update speed, and we're here to help.

How to speed up your GTA Online update speed

When the downloads are slow then you know where to go. To your router, to turn it off and then turn it on again about 30 seconds later. It's a classic, so it's a good starting point.

Next up, make sure everything else that is downloading is paused. Often you'll have something else downloading, which can split your speeds and really hamper what you care about.

It's worth doing this across any and all devices that are connected to your router too, even your phone downloading something can impact the speed on your PC or console, so keep an eye on it.

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What to do if this doesn't work

Of course, sometimes these things won't work either. The best thing to do in these instances is to check your connection.

A wired ethernet connection is going to be a lot faster than a wireless one, so get a cable, or move your router around to allow for a good wired connection.

Of all the things listed here, making sure your connection is wired is the biggest change, and you'll notice a huge difference in everything to do with the internet once you make that physical connection. Let's get physical, physical, baby.

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