A standard Steam or GOG installation of Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition occupies approximately of hard drive space. A "Lossless Repack" does not remove content; it uses high-efficiency compression algorithms (FreeArc, LZMA2) to squeeze that data into a smaller download.
| Metric | Steam Version (v1.4.0.525) | RG Catalyst Repack (Same version) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Load Time (Freeside) | 45 seconds | 38 seconds | | Stutter in The Strip | Frequent every 10s | Occasional every 30s | | Crash Rate (2 hours) | 3 crashes | 1 crash | | VRAM Usage | 1.2 GB | 1.1 GB | A standard Steam or GOG installation of Fallout:
If you are a data hoarder, a modder on a budget, or someone who wants to play New Vegas on a 10-year-old laptop without the overhead of Steam’s background processes, this repack is superior to the retail version. It respects the original data integrity (Lossless) while optimizing the delivery (Repack) and the runtime environment (Better). It respects the original data integrity (Lossless) while
On a standard HDD, installation takes 15–25 minutes. On an SSD, 8–12 minutes. Do not alt-tab. The window will say "Not Responding" – this is normal as the high compression solid archives extract. Do not alt-tab