Installation Manual

Installing GTA V

To enter the BackFire, you need a legitimate version of GTA V. We run the latest version of GTA V 1.66.

• Get GTA V PC (Steam)

• Get GTA V PC (Epic)

• Get GTA V PC (Amazon)

• Get GTA V PC (Newegg)

System requirements

To run BackFire your system must meet the minimum requirements of the original game.

Requires a fully updated version of Windows 8.1, Windows 10 or Windows 11. An outdated operating system may not work. It is generally advised to upgrade to Windows 10 when you can as this provides the best experience.

Additional details:

Requirements	Minimum	Recommended
CPU	Intel Core 2 Q6600 @ 2.40GHz / AMD Phenom 9850 @ 2.5GHz	Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2GHz / AMD X8 FX-8350 @ 4GHz
GPU1	NVIDIA 9800 GT 1GB / AMD HD 4870 1GB / Intel HD GT2	NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB / AMD HD7870 2GB
RAM	8GB (4 may work)	16GB
HDD2	105GB + ~4GB	105GB + 8GB

Notes:

1. May not work with some older AMD laptop GPUs.

2. 105GB for the original game + additional BackFire cache.

Disabling antivirus

Some antivirus vendors like Avast, AVG and others are known to block BackFire procedures. Make sure your antivirus allows BackFire to run by adding BackFire to its exclusions list. We are aware of the situation and are intending to work on a solution for these issues.

• First, locate where BackFire Launcher is installed.

  • If you installed BackFire Launcher in an empty folder, that's where you installed.

  • Otherwise:

    • Press WinKey+R on your keyboard

    • Type %localappdata%\backfire in the dialog that opens

    • Hit enter

• Copy the path to your Launcher folder.

• Add it to your antivirus exclusions. For the common antivirus vendors:

  • Avast

  • AVG

  • Avira

  • Bitdefender

  • Kaspersky

  • Malawarebytes

  • McAfee

  • Microsoft Defender

Installing Launcher

• Make sure you have installed and updated GTA V

• Download Launcher off the website.

• Run BackFire.exe. If you run the installer in an empty folder, launcher will install there. Otherwise, it will install in %localappdata%\backfire.

• Start BackFire launcher from your Windows start menu.