How to Transfer GTA 5 Saves from Legacy to Enhanced Edition

You figured it out exactly right. Rockstar’s “official” migration tool is mainly there to unify progress and handle cross-platform cases, but for single-player GTA V saves on the same PC, you don’t need it at all.

Here’s the clean step-by-step way (for anyone else running into this):

How to Manually Move GTA V Single-Player Saves

(Legacy → Enhanced Edition on PC)

Locate Legacy saves:

Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA V\Profiles\[your profile ID]

Locate Enhanced saves:

Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA V Enhanced\Profiles\[your profile ID]

Identify the right save file:
- Launch Legacy GTA V.
- Load the save you want.
- Save the game again (this updates its timestamp).
- In the folder, sort by Date Modified — the newest SGTA5#### and its .bak partner are the ones you need.
Copy both files:
- Example: SGTA50008 and SGTA50008.bak.
- Paste them into the Enhanced folder’s profile directory.
Start Enhanced Edition:
- If you get a cloud/local conflict warning, choose the local save.

Why Rockstar Forces Migration

The upload/migration system is really there for console to next-gen upgrades (PS4 → PS5, Xbox One → Series X/S).
On PC, both “Legacy” and “Enhanced” are installed side by side, so a simple file copy works just fine. Rockstar just doesn’t explain that anywhere.