GTA V Unable To Launch Game Please Verify Your Game Data - Solved 2024

If you’ve ever encountered the challenge of being “unable to launch the game” and the persistent prompt to “please verify your game data,” you’re not alone. Whether it’s GTA V or another title like RDR2, facing these issues can be frustrating.

If you are running on MSI or ASUS motherboards. Specifically, quitting Nahimic Audio or closing processes related to audio software like Sonic Suite or SS2Svc64.exe in Task Manager has helped resolve the issue for some users

In case, you are using Epic game, Rockstar game, or Steam game clients and you still see this error, then don’t worry. Here we have explained the best fixes to resolve and verify game data errors.

How To Fix Unable to Launch Game, Please Verify Your Game Data Error in GTA 5

Apply these fixes if you are stuck with unable to launch games on Steam or Epic games.

1. Quit Nahimic Audio (for MSI users)

Open Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc or Ctrl + Alt + Delete and selecting Task Manager.
Look for the Nahimic Audio process. It may be named something like “NahimicSvc32.exe” or “NahimicSvc64.exe.”
Right-click on the Nahimic Audio process and choose “End Task” or “End Process.”

2. Close Sonic Suite or SS2Svc64.exe (for ASUS users)

Open Task Manager as mentioned above.
Locate processes related to Sonic Suite, such as “SS2Svc64.exe.”
Right-click on the Sonic Suite process and choose “End Task” or “End Process.”

3. Disable audio-related drivers or services

Press Win + R to open the Run dialog, type services.msc, and press Enter.
Locate the service named “RTHDMIAzAudService” or any Realtek High Definition Audio-related service.
Right-click on the service, choose “Properties,” and set the Startup Type to “Disabled.” Click “Apply” and then “OK.”

4. Use MS Autoruns to disable audio-related startup items

Download MS Autoruns from Microsoft’s official website.
Run MS Autoruns with administrator privileges (right-click and choose “Run as administrator”).
In the “Everything” tab, look for entries related to audio drivers or software.
Uncheck the boxes next to these entries to disable them from starting up with the system.

5. Try alternative Launchers

Download the “NO GTAVLauncher 2.0” or any alternative launcher you prefer.
Follow the instructions provided with the launcher for installation and usage.

6. Verify the Integrity of Game Files

Soon the Unable to launch the game, please verify your game data error appears the first thing you should try is to verify the game files.

For Rockstar Game Launcher:

Run the game launcher.
Navigate to Settings.
Under My installed games on the left, select the game you need to Verify i.e. GTA 5 or Red Dead Redemption 2.
Click on the tab VERIFY INTEGRITY.

Once the process completes you will see a message telling you that your game is verified and ready to play.

How To Verify Game Data Epic Games launcher:

Open the game launcher
Go to the Library.
Right-click on the game and from the drop-down menu select Verify.

It will take a couple of minutes, during that process launcher will re-download any missing or corrupted game file.

For Steam launcher:

Open Steam launcher.
Click on Library.
Right-click on the Game and choose Properties.
Select the Local Files tab and click the Verify Integrity of Game Files button.

7. Sign Out from Launchers

Many players reported that all they can do is see the menu screen but they can’t play GTA V or RDR 2 due to an account sign-in problem.

Just create a new account and then get it verified using the launcher.

If you can easily sign in, then try to sign out from your Steam, EPIC, or Rockstar Launcher, and then sign in again.

8. Clear the Launcher Webcache on Windows PC

Exit the Epic Games Launcher by right-clicking on the system tray icon in the bottom-right corner, and then clicking Exit.
Press the Windows key + R and type “%localappdata%” to open a File Explorer window.
Open the Epic Games Launcher folder.
Open the Saved folder.
Click the webcache folder, and then delete it.
Restart your computer and start the Epic Games Launcher.

9. Download Free VPN

It’s not clear what connection VPN has for solving the unable to launch the game.

Many users on forums confirmed that they downloaded free VPN software and changed it to a different country. Amazingly it has fixed the unable to launch the game, please verify your game data error.

10. Close Launcher Processes

This fix is also tested and confirmed by users. All you need to do is to close the Epic Game launcher, Rockstar Game launcher, or Steam.

Then open Task Manager and close all the processes running in it including Rockstar Social Club Service.

Now relaunch the game launcher and try to run the game.

11. Disable Sound Card Drivers

If you have the following audio drivers installed on your PC then try to disable them.

RTHDMIAzAudService Service for HDMI
Realtek(r) High Definition Audio Function Driver
Realtek Semiconductor Corp

It’s quite weird as to how these sound drivers messed with your game launch but it surely fixes the issue.

Another lot of users confirmed that by deleting the Rockstar Social Club folder you can fix the unable to launch the game, please verify your game data problem on your PC.

Follow these steps: