How to play GTA: Rio de Janeiro on Mac
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Game summary
GTA: Rio de Janeiro is a mod of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. There are many different versions of the mod, by different people, but all of them try to change the aesthetics of the game (cars, ads, music and others) to new ones based on Rio de Janeiro, a Brazilian city known for being a tourism destination (and also for elevated crime rates). Some version of the mod also change the layout of the city for a new one resembling the Brazilian city.
This mod and it's variants were very popular in Brazil, where it was sold in parallel shops as a pirate game.
Play GTA: Rio de Janeiro on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play GTA: Rio de Janeiro on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.
Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.
Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).
GTA: Rio de Janeiro installation steps for Mac
Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install GTA: Rio de Janeiro like you would on any PC.
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