The Epic Games Store has been bought to its knees by a deluge of gamers looking to redeem their free copy of GTA V. Users have been greeted with a plethora of errors while trying to do so. If you are unable to get your hands on a copy, you should try later as the game will be available for free on the platform until May 24th.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/GTA-V-giveaway-has-taken-Epic-Games-Store-s-servers-hostage.465607.0.html
Why are people rushing? You have lots of other sites where you can download this for free.
I thought it was my slow mobile internet loading.