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GTA Online: How To Fix Infinite Loading-Screen Glitch

If you are stuck on the loading screen in GTA Online, we go over what you can do to fix that problem.
GTA Online: How To Fix Infinite Loading-Screen Glitch

When playing GTA Online, you are likely going to experience some glitches when playing the game. The game is older and glitches do tend to happen.

One particularly annoying glitch is the endless loading screen glitch. Luckily, we have a solution for you to get out of this glitch and enjoy the GTA Online events happening constantly.

What Is The Infinite Loading Screen Glitch?

As you might have guessed, the glitch is when you are stuck in the loading screen of GTA Online. In GTA Online, the game will give you a skybox view of the map as you load in or out of the map.

In some cases, the loading screen does not seem to end and you are stuck in the sky looking down on the map. If it lasts for a minute or more, more than likely, you are experiencing this glitch. So, what do you do when you have this glitch?

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The infinite loading glitch on GTA Online is pretty common, but it is relatively easy to fix. (Picture: Rockstar Games)

How To Fix The Infinite Loading Screen Glitch On GTA Online

If you are playing on a console, there is only one way to fix the infinite loading screen glitch on GTA Online. You will have to turn GTA Online off and on again. As frustrating as that is, the fix works on consoles, so you can get right back into the action when you turn the game back on.

Although you can do this on PC as well, there is an alternate fix you can implement to fix this glitch.

First is that you have to turn on your task manager on your computer. Then go to the networking tab and hit resource monitor. Once you do that, find the GTA 5 file and suspend it for about 10 seconds. Un-suspend it, go back to GTA Online, and then it should be fixed.

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Turning your game on and off again will usually fix the infinite loading screen glitch for GTA Online. (Picture: Rockstar Games)

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