Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
analyzed 2026-10-22 · sample of 444 English reviews across the whole review history
Players consistently praise the story and characters, with the narrative called "really well writteN" and one reviewer noting it "remains as fun as it was all those years ago". The world draws similar warmth, described as making Los Santos "feel fresher than ever", and the graphics earn mostly positive mention, including ray tracing called "a game changer". Gameplay and addictiveness also lean positive, with driving through traffic and losing track of hours both coming up. Criticism clusters around technical and platform issues. Platform access is the most negative aspect, with players citing an inability to transfer accounts and one saying "I couldn't migrate, and wasn't given a reason for it". Bugs, stability, and cheating draw frequent complaints, from crashes at the gun store to being "booted out of casino heists". Developer conduct, monetization, and balance are uniformly negative in the sample, with mentions of subscription services and heists nerfed until making money is difficult. Multiplayer splits opinion, drawing praise and criticism in nearly equal measure, and players also raise chat and grind as recurring topics. Performance and updates divide more mildly, while price value stays mixed.
quotes copied verbatim from reviews · plain text is the language model's own wording
Aspects
share of sample, axis to 10% · ± is the sampling uncertainty around each share
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multiplayer
14 positive · 12 negative · 7 mixed · 0 neutral
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It may have taken over decade since the game came out but GTA Online is now enjoyable on PC even using a fresh account.
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Story mode is fire and online is pure madness, this game got it all.
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There are less hackers and fuller lobbies though.
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graphics
18 positive · 4 negative · 2 mixed · 0 neutral
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The ray tracing really is a game changer but only if you have a higher end RTX card.
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Graphics are Beautiful.
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Faster loading screens and some improvements in graphics and bugs.
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platform access
2 positive · 22 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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I know people are complaining about not being able to transfer their online accounts across versions and this is bad.
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I couldn't migrate, and wasn't given a reason for it, and had my support ticket closed without reply.
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Graphic improvements are so small that they aren't worth releasing a new version, Rockstar removed online chat so coordinating strategies won't happen anymore, also most accounts are blocked from being ported into the new version.
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cheating
5 positive · 15 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral
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Hackers still everywhere.
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95% of the PC player base has received modded cash at least once within the last decade, so how does rockstar expect anyone to transfer over?
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It has new microtransactions built into the main menu, it overhauled the online experience (for worse), and though it added anticheat, i doubt it'd do anything anyways.
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story
18 positive · 2 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral
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story mode is fine but i havent played online yet so idk
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Story mode is fire and online is pure madness, this game got it all.
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I don't know why more people don't talk about the story it's the only mode I play and it was really well writteN
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performance
10 positive · 7 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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I will say though I found it to still be pretty well optimized.
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Faster loading screens and some improvements in graphics and bugs.
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Runs great. The raytracing levels up the visuals quite a lot.
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bugs
2 positive · 14 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Hard pass on this until a mod is released that fixes both the bugs, and restores the content they removed for the new "mOdErN aUdIeNcE" that they keep religiously demanding exists.
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Online loads maybe half the time, and if you somehow loaded in, doing anything will force you into a infinite loading screen glitch.
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It has been 13 years and keep buggin the game every time i try to join on a mission Heist or heist setup
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developer conduct
0 positive · 16 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Furthermore the sterilization of the games content as well as word usage is further evidence that Rockstar not only refuses to listen to the community they garnered for profits, but actively does the opposite of what is demanded.
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It's crazy how good their products always are yet they always milk the audience while providing substandard support for multiplayer in any product especially for the PC platform.
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it seems a bit weird releasing this 2 years after the next gen consoles got it and releasing it the same year GTA 6 comes out like what's the point.
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stability
0 positive · 12 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Game crashes whenever I use the gun store. Same "AMD driver hangs and crashes" type error report.
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Still getting booted out of casino heists in the mantrap.
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it dosnt works on any graphics card below gtx or gt 1030, it justs opens, black screen, and closes
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updates
4 positive · 7 negative · 1 mixed · 0 neutral
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Garbage update that was not worth re-installing the entire game.
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If you have a good PC and want to play GTA V again then yes, this is the best way you can play story but I wouldn't say this was a needed update or even a good one as it got rid of big features.
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worst update of all time.
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monetization
0 positive · 11 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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BUY STUFF NOW ads in your face.
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Negligible visual upgrade, features that have been available on console for ages, and all it costed was censoring the game for the perpetually offended and the addition of a corny subscription service.
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Whole update was to try to squeeze every last bit of money out of the players before gta 6.
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characters
9 positive · 1 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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It was worth playing it for Trevor I guess though.
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Classic, game full of crazy people
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The characters are memorable, the missions varied, and the writing sharp, keeping the story engaging even after a decade.
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world
9 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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The graphical enhancements make Los Santos feel more alive, with improved textures and lighting that make the world more immersive.
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The graphical improvements, smoother performance makes Los Santos feel fresher than ever.
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The characters are iconic, the humor is unhinged in the best way, and the world somehow still feels alive after all these years.
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content amount
6 positive · 2 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Its MASSIVE. It is GTA, but MASSIVER and BETTER.
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so much to do
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gta is a classic game that everyone should play at least once & it's so much fun, story mode, co-op or even play solo in online version, so much to do & see!
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gameplay
5 positive · 2 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Driving super cars in this game weaving through traffic is so fun
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Less cheaters online, way better graphics, and the gameplay has plenty of depth and variation.
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This game, structurally, is alright. Well made, well designed, all that jazz.
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price value
3 positive · 2 negative · 1 mixed · 1 neutral
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I'm glad this is free, it is better than the legacy.
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and the upgrade was free.
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very fun and got it for 50% off.
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addictiveness
6 positive · 0 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Player since November 2019 with 1200+ hours of playtime, still enjoying it every day.
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Great game, you could play two hours and not even know it.
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still friggin peak yo -163 hours
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balance
0 positive · 6 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Nerfed every heist making it impossible to make good money, the new heist only pays good once a week and the money only goes to the host.
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It also seems like they balanced a lot of the fun out, likely in order to make it multiplayer-friendly and/or to push GTA+ subs.
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Some encounters in free roam have also become frustrating due to overpowered vehicles, weapons in the hands of tryhard players.
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community
0 positive · 5 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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… myself to play this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pile of steamy ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that has been catered to appease the underdeveloped minds of 12 year olds that froth at the mouth just from the thought of purposely ruining the experience of someone who's been grinding their fingers down to bone playing this game since …
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Aside from a few people who like to kill you over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and …
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its boring going from console to pc ppl so bad here on E&E PC Edition
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servers netcode
0 positive · 5 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral
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Online loads maybe half the time, and if you somehow loaded in, doing anything will force you into a infinite loading screen glitch.
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Severs are ass, constant game breaking bugs that make you have to force quit just to get out of.
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They still expect you to grind for any reasonable amount of cash but grinding is near impossible as servers will go down, connection will be lost, games will freeze and people don't have much incentive to help you with heists.
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Emergent themes unvalidated
topics reviewers bring up that are not on the validated list; raw counts only, no error bars
- chat 6
- grind 6
Review timeline
weekly peak 18,449 reviews · all languages
weekly share rated positive · 50% reference · weeks with <5 reviews faded
the timeline as a table
| week | reviews | up | down | positive | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| week of 04 Mar 2025 | 18,449 | 9,909 | 8,540 | 54% | |
| week of 11 Mar 2025 | 7,128 | 4,654 | 2,474 | 65% | |
| week of 18 Mar 2025 | 4,682 | 3,469 | 1,213 | 74% | |
| week of 25 Mar 2025 | 3,115 | 2,361 | 754 | 76% | |
| week of 01 Apr 2025 | 2,300 | 1,831 | 469 | 80% | |
| week of 08 Apr 2025 | 2,042 | 1,595 | 447 | 78% | |
| week of 15 Apr 2025 | 1,862 | 1,453 | 409 | 78% | |
| week of 22 Apr 2025 | 1,887 | 1,494 | 393 | 79% | |
| week of 29 Apr 2025 | 2,059 | 1,710 | 349 | 83% | |
| week of 06 May 2025 | 2,607 | 2,195 | 412 | 84% | |
| week of 13 May 2025 | 2,552 | 2,123 | 429 | 83% | |
| week of 20 May 2025 | 2,173 | 1,808 | 365 | 83% | |
| week of 27 May 2025 | 1,988 | 1,675 | 313 | 84% | |
| week of 03 Jun 2025 | 3,059 | 1,547 | 1,512 | 51% | |
| week of 10 Jun 2025 | 2,751 | 1,468 | 1,283 | 53% | |
| week of 17 Jun 2025 | 2,686 | 2,071 | 615 | 77% | |
| week of 24 Jun 2025 | 2,336 | 1,883 | 453 | 81% | |
| week of 01 Jul 2025 | 2,076 | 1,726 | 350 | 83% | |
| week of 08 Jul 2025 | 2,085 | 1,721 | 364 | 83% | |
| week of 15 Jul 2025 | 1,939 | 1,621 | 318 | 84% | |
| week of 22 Jul 2025 | 1,699 | 1,391 | 308 | 82% | |
| week of 29 Jul 2025 | 1,517 | 1,277 | 240 | 84% | |
| week of 05 Aug 2025 | 1,464 | 1,254 | 210 | 86% | |
| week of 12 Aug 2025 | 1,751 | 1,465 | 286 | 84% | |
| week of 19 Aug 2025 | 2,494 | 2,118 | 376 | 85% | |
| week of 26 Aug 2025 | 2,287 | 1,943 | 344 | 85% | |
| week of 02 Sep 2025 | 1,791 | 1,493 | 298 | 83% | |
| week of 09 Sep 2025 | 1,698 | 1,437 | 261 | 85% | |
| week of 16 Sep 2025 | 1,483 | 1,258 | 225 | 85% | |
| week of 23 Sep 2025 | 1,247 | 1,037 | 210 | 83% | |
| week of 30 Sep 2025 | 1,946 | 1,680 | 266 | 86% | |
| week of 07 Oct 2025 | 1,867 | 1,653 | 214 | 89% | |
| week of 14 Oct 2025 | 1,875 | 1,628 | 247 | 87% | |
| week of 21 Oct 2025 | 1,855 | 1,631 | 224 | 88% | |
| week of 28 Oct 2025 | 1,736 | 1,537 | 199 | 89% | |
| week of 04 Nov 2025 | 1,636 | 1,374 | 262 | 84% | |
| week of 11 Nov 2025 | 1,585 | 1,328 | 257 | 84% | |
| week of 18 Nov 2025 | 2,758 | 2,433 | 325 | 88% | |
| week of 25 Nov 2025 | 14,821 | 14,171 | 650 | 96% | |
| week of 02 Dec 2025 | 2,475 | 2,134 | 341 | 86% | |
| week of 09 Dec 2025 | 3,551 | 3,075 | 476 | 87% | |
| week of 16 Dec 2025 | 3,395 | 2,974 | 421 | 88% | |
| week of 23 Dec 2025 | 3,426 | 3,009 | 417 | 88% | |
| week of 30 Dec 2025 | 3,507 | 3,120 | 387 | 89% | |
| week of 06 Jan 2026 | 2,836 | 2,488 | 348 | 88% | |
| week of 13 Jan 2026 | 2,421 | 2,110 | 311 | 87% | |
| week of 20 Jan 2026 | 2,562 | 2,287 | 275 | 89% | |
| week of 27 Jan 2026 | 3,108 | 2,818 | 290 | 91% | |
| week of 03 Feb 2026 | 2,669 | 2,370 | 299 | 89% | |
| week of 10 Feb 2026 | 2,211 | 1,965 | 246 | 89% | |
| week of 17 Feb 2026 | 2,039 | 1,814 | 225 | 89% | |
| week of 24 Feb 2026 | 1,848 | 1,656 | 192 | 90% | |
| week of 03 Mar 2026 | 1,705 | 1,525 | 180 | 89% | |
| week of 10 Mar 2026 | 2,062 | 1,847 | 215 | 90% | |
| week of 17 Mar 2026 | 2,537 | 2,289 | 248 | 90% | |
| week of 24 Mar 2026 | 2,421 | 2,174 | 247 | 90% | |
| week of 31 Mar 2026 | 2,794 | 2,538 | 256 | 91% | |
| week of 07 Apr 2026 | 2,362 | 2,126 | 236 | 90% | |
| week of 14 Apr 2026 | 1,850 | 1,644 | 206 | 89% | |
| week of 21 Apr 2026 | 1,848 | 1,672 | 176 | 90% | |
| week of 28 Apr 2026 | 1,881 | 1,697 | 184 | 90% | |
| week of 05 May 2026 | 1,657 | 1,498 | 159 | 90% | |
| week of 12 May 2026 | 1,477 | 1,309 | 168 | 89% | |
| week of 19 May 2026 | 1,545 | 1,394 | 151 | 90% | |
| week of 26 May 2026 | 2,052 | 1,842 | 210 | 90% | |
| week of 02 Jun 2026 | 2,199 | 1,988 | 211 | 90% | |
| week of 09 Jun 2026 | 1,793 | 1,598 | 195 | 89% | |
| week of 16 Jun 2026 | 1,920 | 1,735 | 185 | 90% | |
| week of 23 Jun 2026 | 2,754 | 2,480 | 274 | 90% | |
| week of 30 Jun 2026 | 3,308 | 3,040 | 268 | 92% | |
| week of 07 Jul 2026 | 3,375 | 3,103 | 272 | 92% | |
| week of 14 Jul 2026 | 4,884 | 2,846 | 2,038 | 58% | |
| week of 21 Jul 2026 | 3,036 | 2,557 | 479 | 84% | |
| week of 28 Jul 2026 | 2,488 | 2,117 | 371 | 85% | |
| week of 04 Aug 2026 | 2,078 | 1,825 | 253 | 88% | |
| week of 11 Aug 2026 | 1,902 | 1,660 | 242 | 87% | |
| week of 18 Aug 2026 | 1,728 | 1,507 | 221 | 87% | |
| week of 25 Aug 2026 | 2,357 | 2,106 | 251 | 89% | |
| week of 01 Sep 2026 | 2,379 | 2,137 | 242 | 90% | |
| week of 08 Sep 2026 | 2,208 | 2,021 | 187 | 92% | |
| week of 15 Sep 2026 | 2,136 | 1,938 | 198 | 91% | |
| week of 22 Sep 2026 | 1,698 | 1,553 | 145 | 91% | |
| week of 29 Sep 2026 | 1,803 | 1,640 | 163 | 91% | |
| week of 06 Oct 2026 | 2,020 | 1,861 | 159 | 92% | |
| week of 13 Oct 2026 | 1,677 | 1,545 | 132 | 92% | |
| week of 20 Oct 2026 | 518 | 473 | 45 | 91% |
How this report was made
- Population
- all Steam reviews of the game (every language, purchase type, and verdict), walked newest-first per window; only English-language reviews are analyzed
- Sample
- 444 English reviews, time-proportional draw over 86 windows (newest-first within each), taken from an all-language walk and kept English-only — where English is a minority the sample runs smaller than the draw, and every margin of error is computed at 444
- Aspect yield
- 169 of 444 analyzed reviews carry at least one aspect (38.1%); every share on this page divides by all 444
- Interval regime
- calm: standard margins of error for a share of a sample (Wilson interval), no widening needed
- Fetch paths
- 86 time windows fetched directly (windowed)
- Language mix
- 1,000 fetched: english 446 · brazilian 175 · spanish 102 · 20 more
- Steam-marked windows
- none flagged by Steam (Valve's off-topic flagging began March 2019)
- Marked share
- 0.0% of sample inside marked windows, under the 2% floor
- Narrative
- passed the grounding gate after one corrective retry
- Evidence floor
- aspects and emergent themes appear only with 5+ supporting reviews; smaller counts sit at the classifier's false-positive floor
- Instrument readings
- measured once on the study corpus for this model and prompt: frozen calibration, not properties of this run
- · aspect tagging vs. human labels
- 0.801 [0.752–0.844] (F1 against a human-labeled test set; 1.0 is best)
- · quotes filed under the wrong aspect
- 11.6% [6.6–19.6] of quotes, measured by hand on a sample; lower is better — measured on the prior model (2026-08-05); re-measurement pending
- · independent model vs. production labels
- 0.791 [0.772–0.810] (F1 of the production labeler against an independent judge model) — measured on the prior model (2026-07-25); re-measurement pending
- Versions
- deepseek-flash · prompt classify-v1 · ontology v2
- Run
- serve-20261022T135337Z-b4564e36 · code 798e06c
full methodology in the milestone write-ups