The taxi’s engine rumbled, a low, comforting thrum that usually preceded chaos. For Niko Bellic, the fare from the South Bohan safehouse to the old Union Drive tollbooth in Alderney was just another job. Another stepping stone to the man he was hunting.

The most common reason for the Union Drive freeze is the game running out of available memory addresses. Rockstar included a way to tweak memory management via a text file. This is the first thing you should try.

He tried to move. The joystick did nothing. He tried to honk the horn. Silence. He tried to pull out his phone to call Packie, to hear a voice, any voice. But the phone was a dead brick in his pixelated hand.

Try these solutions in order. The first method works for 80% of users.

The screen flickered.

If the in-game option doesn't work, right-click your desktop, go to Display Settings > Advanced Display , and manually set your monitor to 60Hz before launching the game. 2. Toggle VSync and Autosave