GTA 6 Gameplay: Every System in the Extended Look

The video premiered on Netflix on August 27, 2026, and reached YouTube and Rockstar’s site the same evening. It mixes stretches you would actually play, with the HUD on screen, with cutscenes and fast montages, so not everything in it is something you control. Each system below separates what the footage shows from what Rockstar said in interviews and what the press has read into it. To see roughly where Leonida’s places sit, open the GTA 6 Interactive Map.

The video at a glance

Watch it on Rockstar’s official GTA VI video page, which also offers a 4K download, or on Rockstar’s YouTube channel, where it is age-restricted and needs a sign-in. The Netflix version, announced on Netflix Tudum, has the same content. To see where the video fits in the run-up to launch, check the GTA 6 news timeline.

Scene-by-scene index

The video runs in roughly chronological story order, broken up by a short gameplay reel and a longer activity montage.

What is new compared with GTA V

The biggest changes are in how crime is noticed and remembered, and in how much of the characters’ daily life you manage. Badges show whether a change is visible in the video or comes from Rockstar’s interviews.

Jason, Lucia and character switching

Two protagonists and switching

High confidence Switching appears in several sequences, and Rockstar has described it in interviews.

Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos are both playable and spend most of the video working as a pair. Control passes between them within a single mission, and when they are far apart the camera rises over the city to make the swap, much as it did in GTA V.

Shown in the video

• 14:02–15:02 In the getaway for Raul Bautista, Lucia drives while Jason shoots at police from the back seat; the chase then carries on with Lucia at the wheel.
• 19:01–19:02 A zoom-out into a high, top-down view of a beachfront district, in the style of GTA V’s switch camera.
• 23:42–25:38 The tower siege cuts between Jason in the corridors and Lucia in a fire-exit stairwell. At 23:52 a text from Lucia, warning him about the gunmen, appears on his screen.
• 10:02 A HOLD HANDS (R2) prompt as the couple walk into the Effluvia rooftop bar.

Rockstar says

• You can play as the couple or as either of them alone, swap between driver and passenger, and switch mid-mission without a break (Rob Nelson, co-studio head of Rockstar North, to Dazed, via VGC).
• In a hands-off demo, switching to Lucia lifted the camera over the city and brought it down to her on a street (NYT).
• Rockstar first considered four playable characters before settling on a couple, to make the emotional connection easier (NYT).
• The relationship grows through time spent together, from shared activities to robberies, and through texts and calls. Ignoring a goodnight message can dent it slightly. It gives no gameplay bonus but shapes how the story plays out (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).
• When Lucia is thrown down the stairs during the siege, play passes to Jason, who cannot hear her (Nelson, TROISCOULEURS).

New vs GTA V

• GTA V had three protagonists, often in separate storylines (Wikipedia). GTA 6 has two who mostly act together, down to swapping roles inside one car.
• The relationship layer (holding hands, texting, shared activities) is new to the series. The aerial switch camera is carried over from GTA V.

Not shown or unconfirmed

• A full character-select wheel or menu was not clearly shown.

Criminal Profile (behavior tracking)

Medium confidence Described by Rockstar in interviews, but nothing on screen is tied to it.

Rockstar says a system called the Criminal Profile keeps track of what kind of criminal you are. It is separate from Jason and Lucia’s relationship.

Shown in the video

• Nothing on screen is labeled as the Criminal Profile. The closest visible element is a dog interaction menu at 02:02, with PET and SCOLD among its options.

Rockstar says

• The Criminal Profile is different from Red Dead Redemption 2’s honor system and separate from the relationship. It only shifts if you consistently go further than a situation needs (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).
• Choices are meant to cut much deeper than the honor systems of Rockstar’s earlier games (Nelson, Dazed, via VGC).
• There is no right or wrong way to play; the world responds to how the characters behave (Nelson, NYT).

New vs GTA V

• GTA V did not track how you behave. Rockstar says this system is also distinct from the honor meter in RDR2.

Not shown or unconfirmed

• No Criminal Profile screen or meter appeared in the video.

Robberies, heists and missions

Robberies and heists

High confidence Several kinds of robbery are visible; the deeper mechanics come from Rockstar-hosted previews.

Crime in the video ranges from quick stick-ups to an armored-truck holdup and a bank job with a getaway. Story jobs come from contacts: a drug pickup for Boobie Ike, work lined up with Brian Heder at the Effluvia bar, Raul Bautista’s bank job and private security for Andrés at the Megamundo party.

Shown in the video

• 02:42–05:42 A drug-lab pickup for Boobie Ike turns into a shootout with police after the pair are betrayed (story context from Game Informer).
• 09:30 A masked crew on motorcycles stops a Gruppe 6 armored truck, its guards lying in the road.
• 11:48–12:02 Lucia holds up a convenience store with an ATM and a sign warning customers they are on camera; the pair then appear in bandana masks.
• 13:42–16:42 The getaway for career bank robber Raul Bautista: a masked crew, a police pursuit, a car swap and a van with a bag of cash.
• 17:52–18:02 A jewelry-store robbery in a strip mall, where a bystander grabs Lucia and a CCTV icon appears on the wanted display.
• 20:42–25:38 A private security job at the Megamundo headquarters party ends in a siege by armed men.

Rockstar says

• Quick, efficient stick-ups and destroying security footage keep you ahead of the law, while going in guns blazing makes the police aggressive (Nelson, NYT).
• In a hands-off demo, a bank robbery went wrong when a guard hit the alarm, and the cash turned out to be marked bills that had to be taken to a fence (NYT).
• The story is divided into chapters, with major missions moving it from one to the next (Nelson, TROISCOULEURS).

New vs GTA V

• GTA V built its story around a handful of large, planned heists (Wikipedia). The Extended Look puts several smaller robberies (stores, a jewelry shop, an armored truck) alongside a bank job.
• Loot can come with strings attached: marked bills have to go through a fence.

Not shown or unconfirmed

• No heist planning board or setup missions were shown.

Missions and story presentation

Medium confidence The transitions are visible; story structure and length come from interviews.

Missions flow between full control, semi-interactive moments and cutscenes without obvious seams. The story beats shown are the Boobie Ike job, the meeting with Brian and Lori Heder, Raul Bautista’s bank job and the Megamundo siege.

Shown in the video

• 00:05–05:42 The opening walk through a tower block and an elevator ride lead straight into a cutscene and then a firefight, with no loading break. Nelson says the walk to the elevator is under player control (TROISCOULEURS).
• 22:22–22:42 In the boardroom scene with Andrés, the camera pushes in while the player keeps limited control; Nelson calls the moment semi-interactive rather than a cutscene (TROISCOULEURS).

Rockstar says

• The goal is for being on or off a mission to feel the same (Rockstar’s Phil Hooker, NYT).
• Nelson’s play-through in February took about 80 hours, covering the main story and some optional goals (NYT).

New vs GTA V

• Rockstar is aiming for no felt difference between missions and free roam, with smooth hand-offs from player control into cutscenes and semi-controlled moments.

Not shown or unconfirmed

• No mission select, checkpoint or failure screens were shown. Rockstar says arrests still end in a Busted screen (see wanted level), but none appears.

Wanted level and police

High confidence The HUD states are visible in the footage and match Rob Nelson’s descriptions; what each star color means is partly press interpretation.

The wanted meter now has six star slots and a row of icons for what the police know: a CCTV sighting, the couple, clothing, face, weapon and vehicle. Change the car or the outfit and the matching clue can drop away.

Shown in the video

• 11:48–11:52 During the store robbery, hollow (outlined) stars appear next to icons for a CCTV camera, the couple, clothing, a face and a gun.
• 14:02 In the getaway, six star slots with four lit, plus icons for the couple, clothing, face and car.
• 14:02–15:22 The minimap tints red, then blue, during the pursuit, and no police blips are visible on it.
• 16:02 After the car swap under an overpass, the four stars turn red and the car icon disappears.
• 17:00–17:06 A wall sign warns that the area is covered by security cameras.
• 18:22–18:42 Two-star chases: one while an influencer streams from the trunk, another at night with clue icons showing.

Rockstar says

• A crime is only reported if someone sees it or an alarm goes off. Hollow white stars mean the police know a crime happened but not who did it (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global; NeoTeo).
• Officers remember what you were wearing. Buying a new outfit sheds heat, and splitting up or switching cars can throw the police off (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).
• Bystanders call the police if you walk down the street with a shotgun or rocket launcher out (NYT), and openly carrying a rifle has consequences (Nelson, Dazed, via VGC).
• Getting arrested still ends in a Busted screen and a respawn (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).

New vs GTA V

• GTA V capped the wanted level at five stars; GTA 6 goes back to six, as earlier games had (Wikipedia).
• The clue icons are new: GTA V’s meter only showed how many stars you had and whether police were searching.
• GTA V put police blips and sight cones on the radar. None appear on GTA 6’s minimap in the footage, and Rockstar says Focus mode highlights nearby officers (IGN interview via Inven Global).

Not shown or unconfirmed

• VGC reported a circle on the map marking the police search area (VGC), but it could not be confirmed in the footage.

Combat and weapons

High confidence The weapon interface and pickups are visible in the footage; the slow-motion targeting colors were reported consistently by five outlets.

Third-person cover shooting with brand-name guns, a Focus meter, close-quarters takedowns and a two-tab wheel for weapons and items. Ammo sits top-right next to an icon of the weapon in hand.

Shown in the video

• 04:22 The first full HUD: a heart-icon health bar and an eye-icon Focus bar top-left, and a pistol ammo counter top-right.
• 04:27 A pickup prompt for a Moreland 850 shotgun (L1).
• 04:42–05:42 Cover-based firefights with police in tower-block corridors.
• 14:02 Jason shoots at pursuers from the back of a moving car; Lucia fires from a convertible in a night chase at 18:40–18:46.
• 17:50 A weapon and item wheel with WEAPONS and ITEMS tabs, an unarmed and sidearm category, and empty slots.
• 25:26–25:30 In the finale, a circular aiming reticle settles on an attacker pinning Lucia down, and he collapses moments later.

Rockstar says

• Rockstar compares Focus mode to Red Dead Redemption 2’s Eagle Eye; it highlights things such as nearby police (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).
• Your personal vehicle can be called at any time and stores spare outfits and every weapon you have bought (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).
• You are no longer the only dangerous person around: other characters can be armed too (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).

New vs GTA V

• GTA V gave each protagonist a special ability, such as Michael’s bullet time (Wikipedia). GTA 6 shows one shared Focus meter instead.
• GTA V let you carry every gun at once. In GTA 6 you carry a limited set and the rest stays in your personal vehicle.

Not shown or unconfirmed

• Weapon customization and an Ammu-Nation-style gun store were not shown.

Driving, vehicles and car theft

High confidence The range of vehicles is visible in the footage; the theft systems were confirmed by Rob Nelson in two interviews.

How you steal a car now depends on the car: older models can be broken into and hot-wired, newer ones need a key cloner, and a phone app rates a car’s lock, alarm, tracker and value. The video shows everything from e-scooters and airboats to race cars and a private jet.

Shown in the video

• 08:22–08:58 A red convertible crosses Vice City with a GPS route and distance on the minimap, ending on a causeway bridge.
• 14:22 A police SUV flips during the getaway chase.
• 16:02–16:42 The getaway car is swapped for a van in a garage under an overpass, which clears the vehicle icon from the wanted display.
• 09:30–26:14 Vehicles on screen include an e-scooter, an airboat, jet skis, a kayak, motorcycles, GT race cars, dirt bikes, a private jet, motorboats, police SUVs and an armored truck.

Rockstar says

• Older cars can be broken into by smashing a window or jimmying the lock and then hot-wired; newer ones need a key cloner (hands-off demo, NYT).
• There is no one-button hot-wire. Some cars need tools such as a key cloner or a slim jim, but you can always pull a driver out instead (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global; NeoTeo).
• A phone scanner shows a car’s lock, alarm and tracker, plus its resale value and registration cost. The police can locate a tracked car if it moves too slowly (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global; NeoTeo).
• Your personal vehicle can be called at any time, and the Ryde Me ride-hailing app doubles as fast travel (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).
• Rockstar’s vehicle-handling team included race-car drivers (Nelson, Dazed, via VGC).

New vs GTA V

• GTA V let you get into most cars with a single button press; GTA 6 ties theft to tools and methods that depend on the car.
• New around cars: the scanner app, a callable personal vehicle that doubles as storage, and ride-hailing as fast travel.

Not shown or unconfirmed

• Flying aircraft, garage or vehicle-storage menus and car customization shops were not shown.

On foot: movement, food and fitness

Movement, swimming and diving

Medium confidence The moves are visible, but Rockstar has said little about traversal controls such as climbing or swimming.

On foot, the video shows jogging, diving into the sea, scuba diving in a cave, base jumping, fist fights and backyard wrestling. The HUD carries a third bar that looks like stamina.

Shown in the video

• 06:22 Lucia jogs down a street.
• 09:02 A street fight under a neon sign at dusk, and a backyard wrestling ring at 09:26.
• 17:18 Scuba diving inside an underwater cave.
• 17:24 Jason dives off a jetty into the sea.
• 17:28 Binoculars with a ZOOM prompt.
• 17:50 Three bars top-left: health (heart), a teal lightning bolt that is probably stamina, and Focus (eye).
• 18:48–18:58 A base jump from a rooftop, a freefall and a parachute ride over Vice City’s islands.

Rockstar says

• Workouts build muscle, and lack of sleep, police chases and benders all take a toll on the characters (Nelson, Dazed, via VGC).

New vs GTA V

• Scuba diving and BASE jumping were already free-roam activities in GTA V and return here (Wikipedia).
• A body that changes with training is new; GTA V tracked skill stats but not body shape.

Not shown or unconfirmed

• How climbing, vaulting and swimming stamina work was not explained.

Food, fitness and safehouses

Medium confidence The prompts and quick slots are visible; their effects come from Rockstar and press.

Eating and drinking give short-term boosts, consumables sit in quick slots on the HUD, gym work and overeating change the body, and safehouses are described as closer to the camps in Red Dead Redemption 2.

Shown in the video

• 07:02–07:22 The fridge in Jason and Lucia’s apartment.
• 09:06 Jason eats street food, with EAT (R1) and DROP prompts.
• 11:22 A SMOKE prompt at the Effluvia railing.
• 17:20–17:22 A bench-press workout at a gym, driven by trigger prompts.
• 17:50 Quick slots holding pill bottles and vials marked with heart icons.

Rockstar says

• Eating an apple or drinking a smoothie gives a temporary health boost, which is there to support role-play (Nelson, NYT).
• Gyms build strength, and overeating makes a character put on weight (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).
• At the gym, the triggers control lifting and lowering, and heavier weights unlock through training and good technique (hands-off demo, NYT).
• Safehouses are closer to RDR2’s camps than to the safehouses of earlier GTA games (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).

New vs GTA V

• Body changes from training and overeating return from GTA San Andreas; GTA V had skill stats but no body changes (Wikipedia).

Not shown or unconfirmed

• No hunger or sleep meters and no safehouse upgrade menus were shown.

Money, shops and disguises

Money

Medium confidence The counters are visible; what each one tracks has not been explained officially.

Two money counters appear on the HUD, some loot has to be fenced, and cars come with a resale value and a registration cost.

Shown in the video

• 16:42 A bag of cash in the getaway van after the bank job.
• 17:40 A THROW prompt inside the strip club, for throwing cash.
• 17:50 Two counters top-right: $15,150 next to a purple circular icon and $700 next to a green cash icon.

Rockstar says

• Besides crime, you can earn money racing monster trucks, diving for treasure and playing pool (hands-off demo, NYT).
• A car’s scanner readout shows what it would fetch at a Pay ’n’ Spray or a car fence, along with its registration cost (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).

New vs GTA V

• GTA V’s story-mode economy centered on heist payouts, a stock market and property purchases (Wikipedia). GTA 6 adds fences for marked bills and stolen cars, resale values and registration costs.

Not shown or unconfirmed

• No property purchases, businesses or stock-market screens were shown.

Shops, clothing and disguises

Medium confidence Disguises are visible in use; shop interiors and purchase menus were not shown.

What you wear now feeds the police system: masks and outfit changes help hide who you are. The video shows many outfits and a wig, masks during a robbery and plenty of storefronts, and Rockstar adds safehouse haircuts, salons and outfit storage.

Shown in the video

• 08:02–19:22 Lucia’s look keeps changing: a skeleton-print jacket, a pink dress, a yellow dress, a teal sports jersey and a black bob wig at the airport.
• 09:06 A clothing storefront, A1 Fashions, next to a market selling food by the pound.
• 11:56–12:02 Bandana masks on the pair during the store robbery.
• 17:52 A strip mall of jewelry, watch and repair shops.

Rockstar says

• Buying a new outfit removes heat, and your personal vehicle stores spare outfits (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).
• Hair can only be cut shorter or shaved at a safehouse; salons offer new styles, each with a signature look (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).
• In a demo, holding hands on the way out of a clothing store needed a strong enough relationship (NYT).

New vs GTA V

• Clothing now matters to the police, through clothing clues and heat, something GTA V’s wardrobe did not do.
• Spare outfits can travel with you in your personal vehicle rather than waiting at a wardrobe or a store.

Not shown or unconfirmed

• No clothing-store or barber menus were shown.

Activities and wildlife

Activities and side content

High confidence Most activities appear with their own HUDs in the official montage.

A montage of about two minutes (17:07–19:05) runs through the side content: races, a gym, a shooting range, watersports, basketball, a strip club and base jumping, with backyard wrestling and TV elsewhere in the video.

Shown in the video

• 07:42 Watching TV at home.
• 09:26 A backyard wrestling ring.
• 17:08 An e-scooter, then an airboat in a swamp (17:10), basketball under a stilt house (17:14), jet skis at sunset (17:26) and kayaking past the skyline (17:30).
• 17:32–17:40 The Jack of Hearts strip club, from the ID check at the door to the interior.
• 17:42–17:46 A circuit race: lap 1 of 2, climbing from 11th to 8th in a 16-car field.
• 18:32–18:34 A timed shooting range that counts the targets left and awards time bonuses.
• 18:36–18:38 An off-road dirt-bike race with 12 riders.
• 20:22 A night street race with a progress percentage, six cars and a timer.

Rockstar says

• Tennis courts exist, but you can only pick up a racket and hit a ball; there is no tennis minigame like GTA V’s (Nelson, NYT).
• Activities double as relationship time for the couple, from pool to mini golf and kayaking (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).

New vs GTA V

• Strip clubs, BASE jumping and scuba diving return from GTA V (Wikipedia).
• Weight training with lasting effects on the body is new compared with GTA V.

Not shown or unconfirmed

• Golf, a tennis minigame, bowling, darts and arcade games were not shown.

Wildlife and pets

Medium confidence Only the dog menu is pinned to a timestamp; the species figures come from statements made after the reveal.

Animals are mostly in the background, but the opening shows a dog you can pet, scold or study. Rockstar later said the game has more than 170 species.

Shown in the video

• 02:02 A dog interaction menu with SCOLD, PET and STUDY options.

Rockstar says

• You can study animals as part of a collection mechanic carried over from Red Dead Redemption 2 (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).
• Pet snacks can be bought at convenience stores and handed out (Nelson, NYT).
• There are more than 170 species, including over 60 kinds of bird and over 30 land mammals, plus marine life. Some animals you can track come in rarity tiers including Legendary (Game Informer cover story).

New vs GTA V

• Studying and collecting animals is new to the series, starting from the Study option.

Not shown or unconfirmed

• Hunting was not shown, and no official statement found for this page confirms a hunting system.

Phone and social media

Medium confidence Messaging and the livestream overlay are visible; the full phone interface was not shown.

The phone shows up in story scenes and as on-screen messages, and an influencer livestreams a chase with a scrolling chat. Rockstar says Snapmatic can only be browsed this time, and that phone apps scan cars and hail rides.

Shown in the video

• 06:42 Lucia on her phone in bed at home.
• 18:12–18:27 An influencer films the couple, then livestreams from the open trunk during a chase, with an in-game viewer count of roughly 51,000 to 53,000, a scrolling chat and a VIEW LIVESTREAM (R3) prompt.
• 23:52 A text from Lucia pops up on screen with an emoji avatar.

Rockstar says

• You can text or call the other protagonist at any time, and ignoring a goodnight message can affect the relationship a little (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).
• Snapmatic is in the game, but Jason and Lucia can only browse it because they are a couple on the run; the Ryde Me app doubles as fast travel (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).

New vs GTA V

• GTA V’s phone handled calls, texts, the internet and posting Snapmatic photos (Wikipedia); in GTA 6, Snapmatic is browse-only.
• New on the phone: a vehicle scanner and ride-hailing as fast travel. Watching NPC livestreams, chat and all, inside the world is new too.

Not shown or unconfirmed

• The phone’s home screen and full app list were not shown.

World simulation, weather and media

NPCs and world simulation

Medium confidence Behaviors are visible in short clips; the depth of the simulation comes from Rockstar’s statements.

Crowds are dense and varied, bystanders react to crimes, and some named NPCs can be interacted with.

Shown in the video

• 01:02 An NPC with a name tag, San4San, and an interaction prompt (L2).
• 08:58 A pedestrian standing on a bridge railing.
• 18:00 A bystander grabs Lucia during the jewelry robbery.
• Crowds at the Effluvia bar, on the beach and at a street car meet (26:06).

Rockstar says

• NPCs were art-directed one by one, and Rockstar set up a Los Angeles team of writers, directors and producers to work on them (Rockstar’s Aaron Garbut and others, NYT).
• Current consoles allow far more variety in NPC heights and body shapes, and characters notice if you stand too close or listen in (Nelson, IGN interview via Inven Global).
• More than 50 street artists contributed graffiti to the world (Nelson, Dazed, via VGC).

New vs GTA V

• Rockstar says the game has well over 600,000 animations, compared with about 55,000 in GTA V and 300,000 in Red Dead Redemption 2 (NYT).

Not shown or unconfirmed

• No reputation or recognition display for NPCs was shown.

Weather and time of day

Low confidence No weather system is demonstrated in the video; the details come from a cover story published a month later.

The video moves through day, dusk, sunset and night, but no rain or storms appear. Rockstar announced hurricanes and localized weather a month after the reveal.

Shown in the video

• 08:22–26:10 Daytime drives, a neon street at dusk, jet skis at sunset, a night runway and boats under a spotlight.

Rockstar says

• Rockstar told Game Informer that weather is localized and persistent, with tropical storms, hurricanes and wind effects such as ripples on water. The same cover story mentions dynamic cloudscapes and rainbows (Game Informer).

New vs GTA V

• Hurricanes, tropical storms and localized, persistent weather were announced as new features after the video.

Not shown or unconfirmed

• Rain, storms and hurricanes do not appear in the Extended Look.

Radio, TV and brand parodies

Medium confidence The ads are visible in the footage; the brand list was compiled by press.

In-world media is back in force: TV commercials, a banner plane, licensed music on the car radio and plenty of parody brands.

Shown in the video

• 07:34–07:42 A TV commercial with wild boars, which VGC identifies as an ad for Chacey’s Prairie Sandwich (VGC).
• 09:30 Gruppe 6 branding on the armored truck.
• 18:28–18:30 A banner plane advertising Nine1Nine over the beach.

Rockstar says

• Rockstar calls GTA VI’s radio its biggest and widest-ranging selection yet, and adds the series’ first on-demand podcasts, which you can hear on foot through headphones or earbuds (Rockstar Newswire).

New vs GTA V

• Radio stations, TV ads and parody brands are long-running series staples, GTA V included.

Not shown or unconfirmed

• No radio station names or station list were shown.

HUD, minimap and map

High confidence The HUD elements are visible in the footage.

The HUD is cleaner than GTA V’s: health, a probable stamina bar and Focus top-left; ammo, money and wanted information top-right; a 3D minimap with a GPS route bottom-left; and context prompts bottom-right. No pause map is shown.

Shown in the video

• 04:22–17:50 Top-left bars for health (heart), a teal lightning bolt (probably stamina) and Focus (eye).
• 08:22–08:42 A minimap with 3D buildings, a pink GPS route and the distance in miles (1.86 mi, then 1.72 mi).
• 09:06–17:40 Context prompts bottom-right, such as EAT, DROP, SMOKE, HOLD HANDS, THROW and ZOOM.
• 17:50 Consumable quick slots bottom-left and two money counters top-right.
• 17:42–20:22 Activity displays with laps, positions and timers, a progress percentage and targets remaining.

Rockstar says

• Rockstar will post a free printable map of Leonida on its GTA VI site on November 19, 2026 (Rockstar Newswire).

New vs GTA V

• Vitals move to the top-left with icons, where GTA V kept health and armor bars under the minimap, and Focus and stamina-style bars are added. TechRadar calls the result much cleaner (TechRadar).
• The minimap shows buildings in 3D, where GTA V’s radar was flat (Push Square, Kotaku).

Not shown or unconfirmed

• No pause map, full map of Leonida or map legend was shown, and press noted there was no map reveal (PC Gamer, WIRED).

Until Rockstar’s own map is out, our GTA 6 Interactive Map is a schematic of Leonida. Its markers are placed using official trailers, screenshots and Rockstar announcements, plus the real-world places that GTA Wiki and the press compare them to. Positions are approximate and will be replaced with in-game ones after release.

Where it takes place

Medium confidence Vice City is certain; other regions can only be inferred from the scenery.

Vice City is the only part of Leonida you can identify with confidence. A swamp airboat ride fits Grassrivers, Leonida’s wetlands region, which is widely compared to the Everglades (VGC), but no region is named on screen and no map is shown. For what Rockstar says about each area, see the GTA 6 regions guide.

Named places in the video

• Effluvia, the rooftop bar where Jason and Lucia meet Brian and Lori Heder; its sign is visible at 11:02.
• Starfish Island, named on a highway sign during a drive at 12:36.
• Jack of Hearts, a strip club, from the ID check at the door to the interior (17:32–17:40).
• Megamundo headquarters, the first US headquarters of a Spanish-language media company, where a party for its opening ends in a siege (20:35–25:40). The name and background come from dialogue and press coverage (Game Informer, SVG) rather than a visible sign.
• An unnamed causeway bridge over the bay, crossed at the end of the drive (08:54–08:58).

To explore Vice City and the rest of the state, open the GTA 6 Interactive Map.

What the video did not show

Several things people hoped to see never appear in the 26 minutes:

• A pause map, a world map or region names on screen (see HUD and map).
• GTA Online or any multiplayer.
• Prices, editions or pre-order bonuses: the final card only points to pre-orders. Prices are in the release date guide.
• Hunting, rain or storms, property buying and the full phone interface.

GTA Online

High confidence The absence is clear from the full video and from press breakdowns.

No multiplayer or GTA Online content appears anywhere in the video, as press breakdowns also noted (PC Gamer, WIRED). Rockstar has described GTA VI as a single-player experience (PC Gamer, June 2026), and the video gives no online mode, upgrade path or date.

Capture platform and performance

Medium confidence The capture platform is stated on screen; Rockstar has published no performance figures.

An end card at 26:30 says the footage was captured on PS5, and Rockstar’s Newswire says the whole video comes from in-game footage on PlayStation 5. The downloadable master on Rockstar’s video page is 4K at 30 frames per second, but a video file’s frame rate does not prove the game’s. No graphics or performance modes, PC version or Xbox footage appear, and Rockstar has not published a frame rate for the game, so treat any figure you see elsewhere as unofficial.

FAQ

More answers about the game are in the GTA 6 FAQ.