Having played almost every beta release, I assumed the full game would have had a different curve to it. I was expecting that by the end of the run my deck would be unrecognizable

You’re right, I misremembered It’s not just about breaking the seal on the cap, the mere friction of the cap on the bottle adds the bulk of microplastics found within

I was thinking of an article from years ago where they were talking about macro plastics nearly visible to the eye getting into the liquid from breaking the seal. Can’t seem to find it now though

Yes but to a much lesser extent. The act of merely breaking the seal on the cap injects a lot of plastic into the liquid, so skipping that has to count for something

The PS5 version of GTAV came to PC recently