RhinoPower Ltd

Los Santos is meant to feel packed, but the stock streets can be oddly quiet. You'll roll through Vinewood, hear the city noise, and still only spot a couple of pedestrians doing laps. It's not "bad," it just kills the vibe. If you're the kind of player who cares about immersion, you've probably looked at all sorts of fixes, from traffic tweaks to economy mods like GTA 5 Money, but population is the one thing that always stands out when it's missing.

What XtremeTool actually changes

XtremeV's new XtremeTool for the Enhanced Edition isn't the usual "spawn more peds and pray" approach. It goes after the boring, important stuff: how the game budgeted memory in the first place. The tool opens up control over heap settings like Main Heap Size, Resource Heap Size, and Pool Heap Size, plus the ped and vehicle memory budgets that decide how much the engine can keep alive at once. If you've ever pushed pop mods before, you know the pattern: it looks great for five minutes, then you hit stutters, missing models, or a straight crash. This is trying to stop that cycle by giving the engine more room to breathe.

Why the 4GB ceiling matters

The standout bit is letting heaps go beyond the old 4GB limits. On modern PCs, that ceiling is just pointless, but it's baked into a lot of setups people still run. With bigger heaps, the game doesn't freak out the moment a crowded sidewalk meets a busy intersection. More entities can exist at the same time, and the world stops feeling like it's constantly being "thinned out" behind your back. You'll notice it fast in places like downtown and around popular storefronts, where the vanilla game usually cheats by keeping things sparse.

Bundled files and real-world setup

What I like is that it's not dumped on you as a pile of numbers. The release ships with a custom gameconfig.xml and a tuned popcycle.dat, which is where a lot of the "city feeling" comes from. The config helps stability, while the popcycle tells the game when to push crowds and when to back off. Still, don't pretend performance won't matter. On a weaker rig, you'll hear it first: fans ramping, frame pacing getting messy, and the occasional hitch when you swing the camera across a dense block. The practical move is simple: start with the included popcycle, then dial counts down if your system can't keep up.

How it feels in play

Once it's running right, the city finally behaves like a city. Corners look lived-in. Traffic doesn't feel like three cars politely taking turns. And it changes how you play, too—escaping the cops through a crowded area is suddenly chaos, and cruising stops being that lonely sightseeing tour. If you're already tuning your setup for a more modern Los Santos experience, this fits nicely alongside other quality-of-life upgrades, and it pairs well with the way players think about progression and spending when they're browsing RSVSR GTA 5 Money buy options for their next session.