GTA 6 Extended Look: every gameplay detail Rockstar showed

GTA 6 borrows Red Dead Redemption 2's focus system: hold L2 on someone and a set of context options appears.

• People: the footage only shows basic conversation options so far, such as approaching a dealer at the start of a job.
• Animals: Jason focuses on a dog and gets three choices: scold it, pet it, or study it (R1). What "study" does is not explained yet.
• Cutscenes: the camera moves from over-the-shoulder play straight into cutscenes without a visible cut.

Shooting looks closer to a dedicated third-person shooter than any GTA before it, with clear echoes of Max Payne 3.

• Cover: characters snap to walls and fire from cover, as in GTA 5.
• Slow-motion aiming: a Dead Eye-style slow-mo lets you pick a target zone: head, knee, or the weapon in an enemy's hand to disarm them.
• Kill cams: some takedowns play as short slow-motion montages.
• Scavenging: characters pick up guns dropped by enemies.
• Hand-to-hand: Lucia fights with more varied animations than GTA 5's brawling and appears to counter attacks.
• One-handed shotgun: Lucia clears a room firing a shotgun with one hand.
• Damage: cars show damage to the bodywork, engine bay, windscreens and tyres; violence is noticeably gorier than GTA 5.
• Car shootouts: Jason leans out of a moving car to fire at a police helicopter and pursuing trucks.

The wanted meter now runs to six stars, and a small row of icons beside it shows what the police know about you.

• Six stars: GTA 5 capped at five; the footage shows four- and two-star chases with six slots on the meter.
• What the cops know: icons cover your vehicle, your face, your clothes, how many of you there are, and CCTV.
• Losing the heat: in one chase the duo burns their car in a parking lot and switches to a van. The vehicle icon disappears and the police drive straight past them.
• Takeaway: escaping becomes about changing what you look like and what you drive, not only outrunning the stars.

Car theft now gives you a choice of method instead of one animation.

• Two ways in: use a slim jim on the lock, or smash the window.
• The duo's car: a red late-80s sports saloon in the style of a BMW M3.
• Traffic: dense traffic, roadworks, crowded pavements and people waiting at bus stops.
• Racing: street racing with nitrous appears near the end of the reveal.
• Bikes: bicycles are visible in the world, but nobody rides one on screen yet.

GTA 6 keeps the weapon wheel and adds a separate item wheel, closer to RDR2's satchel than GTA 5's quick menu.

• Item wheel: switches between body armour, health items and tonics.
• Two balances: the top-right HUD shows both money in the bank and cash in your wallet.
• Food heals: Jason eats on the way out of a convenience store, and it restores health.
• Drinks with effects: the apartment fridge holds two beers and a smoothie that seems to boost health and a focus meter, likely tied to slow-motion aiming. The exact stats are not shown.

You play both protagonists, and switching between them looks faster and more grounded than GTA 5's zoom-out swap.

• Switching: works when they are side by side, for example mid-chase in the same car, and when they are apart.
• Teamwork: in one firefight Jason calls for cover fire and Lucia provides it. It is unclear whether that was scripted or a squad command.
• Romance is optional: press previews say the relationship only develops if you spend time together outside missions. Either way, they stay a crime duo.
• Couple activities: holding hands (R2) and date-style outings, such as drinks with another couple at a rooftop bar.
• Small touches: Jason holds doors open for Lucia, which happens several times in the footage.

Downtime is a bigger part of the game, starting with the couple's small Vice City apartment.

• Apartment: lights switch on and off, the TV shows parody shows and ads, and the fridge is usable.
• Basketball: Jason shoots hoops in the driveway.
• Diving: an underwater scene with scuba gear.
• Working out: Lucia trains with trigger-based controls, so it is played, not a cutscene. Whether fitness affects stats is not confirmed.
• Oddballs: eccentric NPCs to meet, including a backyard wrestling scene.
• Phone culture: Lucia mentions Snapmatic, GTA's version of a photo-sharing app.
• Story jobs: a robbery at a diner styled on a well-known all-night waffle chain, and a bodyguard job for wealthy clients that turns into a firefight.
• Open world between missions: story scenes hand you back to free roam, with talk of joining a crew run by a character named Raul.

Leonida is the largest map Rockstar has built, and the reveal shows it busy at every scale. Rockstar North's Rob Nelson gave these comparisons in press previews:

• Whole map: about twice the size of GTA 5 and three times Red Dead Redemption 2.
• Vice City: about twice the size of Los Santos; with its suburbs, about 11 times Los Santos and its surroundings.
• Density: crowded beaches, pavements and roads, with no visible drop in NPC numbers in wide shots.
• Interiors: cluttered, lived-in apartments with detailed lighting.
• Hardware: the reveal was captured on a base PS5, not a PS5 Pro. Previews report 30 fps on consoles at launch.

The reveal mixes licensed tracks with an original score that is upbeat and 80s-flavoured rather than dark.

• "Let Your Love Flow" by the Bellamy Brothers plays over the opening montage.
• "People Are People" by Depeche Mode plays as the duo drives to a job.
• Whether these tracks sit on in-game radio stations is not confirmed.

These are hints in the footage, not features we can confirm until the game is played on November 19.

• Destructible walls: an NPC is slammed through a wall in a cutscene. Player-driven destruction is not shown.
• Squad commands: the cover-fire moment may be scripted.
• "Study" on animals: the option appears but its effect is not shown.
• Fitness stats: workouts are playable, but any effect on stamina or appearance is unknown.
• Riding bikes: bicycles appear in the world but are never ridden.
• GTA Online: the reveal says nothing about multiplayer.