How to fix The Rockstar update service is unavailable (code 2) in GTA 5 on PC

Have you encountered the error «The Rockstar update service is unavailable (code 2).» when you run GTA 5?

In this case, there is a simple solution to this problem. This solution works on Windows 10 64-bit and Windows 8 /8.1. This decision provides that you will need to reinstall the game. Perform the following steps to solve the problem:

1. Open the folder Documents / My Documents, and then — «Rockstar Games»;
2. Delete folder «GTA V» and «Social Club»;
3. Uninstall GTA V and make sure that the folder from the previous installation did not have any files.
4. If the folder «Grand Theft Auto V» cannot be removed automatically — do it manually;
5. Now re-install the game on your C drive, or on the drive where you installed the operating system. The error occurs because of game installation to other drives. For some reason, because of location on different drives, there is a communication problem between the game and Social Club.