system
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human
ELI5: In open world games like GTA V, is the entire world constantly running the simulation, or is it just the parts where the playable character resides?
gpt
To be efficient with resources, the game only loads in the chunks where the player is present, or where a relevant event to the player may be occurring. If the entire simulation were running at all times, it would be far too taxing on the computer.