But if you are a curator, a modder, or a fan preserving the "Day 1" patch without the later microtransaction updates? Keep the RAR on a cold storage drive.
The answer lies in .
Let’s open the archive. First, the technicals. Why .rar and not .zip or .7z ? Most scene releases of The Phantom Pain (TPP) from 2015 utilized split RAR archives ( .part1.rar , .part2.rar , etc.) to bypass file hosting limits. If you found a single .rar weighing in at roughly 28–30 GB, you are likely looking at a repack. Metal-Gear-Solid-V-The-Phantom-Pain.rar
But today, we aren't here to judge. We are here to dissect. But if you are a curator, a modder,
Let’s address the elephant in the control room immediately. But if you are a curator