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| Component | Approx. Size | Can it be compressed to 500MB? | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Game world map (Los Santos & Blaine County) | 25 GB | No – geometry data resists lossless compression. | | Audio (dialogue, radio, SFX) | 12 GB | No – even at 8 kbps mono (unplayable), this alone exceeds 500MB. | | Textures (4K/2K) | 20 GB | No – reducing to 16x16 pixels would break visual recognition. | | Executable & scripts | 15 GB | No – code compresses poorly. | | Video cutscenes | 10 GB | No – would require deleting 99.9% of frames. | Size | Can it be compressed to 500MB