Prior to December 18, 2019, FitGirl offered a repack of the base CODEX crack. However, users complained that the repack was "heavy" (roughly 18GB compressed, 46GB installed) and that the DX12 mode was buggy.
The Update 20191218 refers to the specific build of the game patched to version 1.044. This was a critical release for several reasons: RESIDENT EVIL 2 Remake Update 20191218 CODEX- FitGirl
A hallmark of the FitGirl "Update 20191218" release was the installation interface. Unlike standard installers (like Steam or GOG), repack installers are often custom-made command-line interfaces. Prior to December 18, 2019, FitGirl offered a
Users downloading this specific torrent would find a setup that allowed them to select specific languages (deselecting others to save space) and choose which DLCs to install. The trade-off for the small download size was a longer installation time, as the user's CPU had to decompress the heavily archived data on the fly. This was a critical release for several reasons:
If you are installing the RESIDENT EVIL 2 Remake Update 20191218 CODEX- FitGirl version, note a major requirement: You must have the base CODEX game installed first. This was not a standalone repack of the entire game in every case; some FitGirl releases were "full repacks," but the specific patch variant required the original ISO.
