O Separate RGSC application no longer required to launch game O Remove Rockstar Games Social Club application It also allows you to buy the just released Grand Theft Auto episodes in-game, though The_B reports errors trying to buy in the UK, but we suspect that's because of - er - something or another.
In short, you need a Social Club log in, but nothing else.
As in, the Rockstar Social Club application is no longer necessary to play the game - you log in on a web interface without another program sitting there eating your computer's thinky-time. What makes this posting is what the patch actually removes. oh, this is minor, but splendid patch stuff.
A hefty GTA4 patch has been released, which promises less-memory intensive (and better looking) shadows and performance boosters and.