GTA 6 LIVE: Trailer 2 and screenshots 'reveal' hugely controversial feature

GTA 6 trailer 2 amazingly recreated in GTA 5

That didn't take too long - GTA 6 trailer 2 has been reimagined as if it was set in GTA 5.

YouTuber Gu1maz posted the scene-for-scene recreation of the trailer, with Michael acting as Jason - and Trevor as Lucia.

It's as mad and chaotic as you'd expect and it's gone down incredibly well on the GTA 6 Subreddit too.

'GTA 6 v Google Maps locations' comparison

A popular GTA 6 Subreddit post has compared how Rockstar's Vice City compares to Miami, the city that section of the game is based on.

ProfessionalPop2348 posted screenshots from the trailer and from Google Maps, comparing the beach, the highway, skyscrapers, stadiums and motels.

And Redditors have been left in awe at how lifelike and detailed Rockstar's Vice City is.

xShawnMendesx said: "The graphics are so beautiful."

Mister_Frowdo said: "Is it just me, or does the scale come really close to the real life variant? I mean, it's not 1:1 and I don't expect it to be, but man... Those are some big distances to drive, fly or sail and I love it!"

Ok_Brother9262 said: "The real life looks like game lmao. Rockstar did a pretty good job."

FrostyJurassic said: "GTA 6 is so much more gorgeous than the real life."

En4cr said: "Goodness this is absolutely bonkers. I'm gonna need to take at least two weeks of vacation next year. 😅"

GTA 6 is set in the fictional state of Leonida, based on Florida.

New Mapping Project update reaction

Redditors have been reacting to the latest speculated in-game map for GTA 6.

The Mapping Project is an online community that's piecing together what the in-game map is likely to look like based on co-ordinates from the trailers, screenshots, Rockstar's website, leaks and widespread speculation.

The community continues to work through the latest information shared by Rockstar and in this update, the big changes are that Ambrosia has been added and Lake Leonida has been updated based on new triangulation data and some speculation, according to the change log.

There's also been an update of Vice City International Airport - and it looks huge - along with a "cleanup" of Port Gellhorn. Mount Kalaga's speculative position has been tweaked too.

And Redditors have been sharing their thoughts on what they've seen so far.

Rude_Improvement7467 said: "That's one big a** airport."

greninjagamer2678 said: "Really love the airport and the Keys being so detailed."

Cool_Newspaper5891 said: "The airport is almost bigger than the city."

To be clear, the map has not yet been officially revealed by Rockstar.

'Niko is still the best protagonist'

Obbe Vermeij thinks GTA 4 "should" be remastered, adding he thinks its protagonist is the best in any GTA game to date.

Vermeij spent 14 years at Rockstar as a technical director, working on Grand Theft Auto projects such as Vice City, San Andreas and IV before leaving in 2009.

Replying to a comment on X / Twitter about the rumoured GTA 4 remaster, Vermeij said: "I would like to see it updated. Niko is still the best protagonist in any GTA game I think."

Another potentially controversial feature?

There's another social media theory doing the rounds that could lead to a hugely controversial feature.

Social media users claim they've spotted a pregnant woman NPC in the background of one of the scenes in trailer 2 for GTA 6.

As previously mentioned, kids have never featured in a Grand Theft Auto game before, and neither have pregnant women or babies.

GTA games have very mature themes and including pregnant women could end up being a hugely controversial move if they do appear in GTA 6, especially given the past controversies of some of the content in previous GTA games.

However it seems highly unlikely Rockstar Games would do this. The studio has shown off NPCs with more different body types than ever in the first two trailers for GTA 6.

Pregnant women appearing in GTA 6 has not been confirmed and is speculation.

Trailer 2 and screenshots 'reveal' hugely controversial feature

There is widespread speculation on social media that kids could feature in GTA 6.

In a zoomed in screenshot that's been widely shared, some users are claiming they have spotted a kid as one of the NPCs.

Kids have never featured in Grand Theft Auto games before. GTA games have very mature themes and this would likely end up being a hugely controversial move if they do appear in GTA 6, especially given the past controversies of some of the content in previous GTA games.

Kids did infrequently appear in Red Dead Redemption 2 but could only be interacted with in a very limited way.

Kids appearing in GTA 6 has not been confirmed and is speculation.

New Mapping Project update

The latest speculated in-game map for GTA 6 has been revealed.

The Mapping Project is an online community that's piecing together what the in-game map is likely to look like based on co-ordinates from the trailers, screenshots, Rockstar's website, leaks and widespread speculation.

The community continues to work through the latest information shared by Rockstar and in this update, the big changes are that Ambrosia has been added and Lake Leonida has been updated based on new triangulation data and some speculation, according to the change log.

There's also been an update of Vice City International Airport - and it looks huge - along with a "cleanup" of Port Gellhorn. Mount Kalaga's speculative position has been tweaked too.

To be clear, the map has not yet been officially revealed by Rockstar.

May 2026 release date 'not guaranteed' says industry insider

A Bloomberg article from Jason Schreier says "there's no guarantee that May 2026 is a sure thing" for GTA 6.

GTA 6 was delayed from Autumn 2025 to May 26 2026 by Rockstar Games on May 2.

Rockstar has a track record of delaying a game to make sure it is in a complete state before release - Red Dead Redemption 2 was delayed twice before release and GTA 5 and GTA 4 were both delayed too.

Rockstar has only just announced a delay and social media is now in meltdown about the potential of GTA 6 being delayed further.

To be clear, this will not be known for months and months, most likely until the end of 2025 or the start of 2026 if the recent delay timeframe is anything to go by.

Former Rockstar dev's 'priceless' reaction to GTA 6 characters 

A former Rockstar developer had a "priceless reaction" when going through the GTA 6 website.

Mike York was an animator at the studio from 2012 to 2017 having worked on GTA 5, GTA Online and Red Dead Redemption 2.

And he was left completely stunned when looking at the Real Dimez characters.

In a video posted on social media, York on a stream said: "This is absolutely bananas. Look at her vibing, look at her hair, that's in game, I can tell that's in game... Oh f***."

ICYMI: Release date delay 'absolutely necessary' Rockstar insider says, it's claimed

A Rockstar insider said a release date delay is "absolutely necessary" as content was being cut, it's claimed by a prominent social media account.

@GameRoll_ regularly posts about GTA 6 and Rockstar Games and correctly identified the full names of main protagonists Lucia and Jason weeks before they were officially revealed.

The YouTuber said a source told him about these names in advance. And @GameRoll_ has now said the same source revealed to them the recent delay announcement was "absolutely necessary".

@GameRoll_ posted: "One thing I'll also say is that this source made it very clear to me that a delay to 2026 was ABSOLUTELY necessary.

"If we had gotten GTA 6 in 2025, it would have been a significantly worse game. They began cutting a lot of cool stuff to try and make that deadline."

On May 2, Rockstar announced GTA 6 was delayed from Autumn 2025 to May 26 2026.

Expected performance across all consoles revealed by tech experts

Tech experts at Digital Foundry have given their verdicts about how GTA 6 is likely to run across all consoles and it may not be good news for those wanting to play the game on Xbox Series S.

Speaking about that console in particular, Richard Leadbetter, founder of Digital Foundry, said: "You don't have the memory bandwidth, which could be problematic, and you don't have the same amount of memory so there are going to be cutbacks."

Expanding on that, Oliver Mackenzie said: "Greatly decreased rendering resolution could be the first thing, lower texture streaming quality, lower texture detail assets, lower res shadow volumetric assets, reduced ray tracing quality big time, possibly the removal of ray tracing reflections.

"That's one I think they could probably remove but it would not look very pretty because this game is full of glossy surfaces, it's full of artificial environments, it really does appear to rely on ray traced reflections to an extent I've never seen before in a game.

"The hair strand system could be replaced with some crappy looking hair currents."

"Scaling down is going to be challenging," Alex Battaglia, video producer, added. He also spoke about what's expected from the PS5 Pro.

"If that's an area [draw distance] that's cut back on PS5, it would be wonderful to see PS5 Pro extend that, I think that would be very useful," he added.

"RT [ray tracing] quality and distance will be most interesting, utilising the expanding ray tracing capabilities of the hardware," Mackenzie agreed.

Digital Foundry previously said it does not expect the game to run on Nintendo Switch 2 as it's "too big". The game is currently only confirmed to release on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

GTA 4 port coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S claims insider

Moving away from GTA 6 for a sec, a port of GTA 4 may be coming to the current generation of consoles as soon as this year, according to an insider.

Tez2 is a dataminer, someone who analyses game files such as code to uncover information about unknown or unreleased content, and regularly posts updates about Rockstar Games.

Comments from the user in response to a question about a GTA 4 port on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S have been spotted on an online forum.

Read the full story here.

'What no-one has been talking about'

Redditor OkAtmosphere7572 posted in the GTA 6 Subreddit something they claim "no-one has been talking about".

The user posted: "In GTA 5 planes are scaled down a bit from their irl size. However in GTA 6 we can see how big they will be in the scene where Lucia can even fit in the landing gear compartment of a plane. As a player how loves aviation in GTA 6 this is getting me excited."

And others have been sharing their thoughts.

sidewinda98 said: "The detail on the landing gear is crazy."

Business-Jury4785 said: "They need to make airports bigger though. LSIA (Los Santos International Airport) was ridiculously small for those 747s. I hope smaller planes like the A320 or B737 will be flyable in the game as well."

Pistoluislero said: "That shot showcased few buildings in the city from above. This game will be crazyyyyyy."

'Jason is not a cop'

There is a popular fan theory about GTA 6 that Jason is actually an undercover cop working against Lucia and this will be played out over the course of the game's campaign.

However others have pointed out a "massive plot hole" with that theory, summed up by X / Twitter user @that1detectiv3.

The user said: "Jason Duval is not an undercover cop. It would make no sense for a police officer to willingly murder innocent people and commit countless crimes across Leonida.

"That would be a massive plot hole and would make the GTA 6 story comedically bad. Rockstar is better than that."

Release date delay 'absolutely necessary' Rockstar insider says, it's claimed

A Rockstar insider said a release date delay is "absolutely necessary" as content was being cut, it's claimed by a prominent social media account.

@GameRoll_ regularly posts about GTA 6 and Rockstar Games and correctly identified the full names of main protagonists Lucia and Jason weeks before they were officially revealed.

The YouTuber said a source told him about these names in advance. And @GameRoll_ has now said the same source revealed to them the recent delay announcement was "absolutely necessary".

@GameRoll_ posted: "One thing I'll also say is that this source made it very clear to me that a delay to 2026 was ABSOLUTELY necessary.

"If we had gotten GTA 6 in 2025, it would have been a significantly worse game. They began cutting a lot of cool stuff to try and make that deadline."

On May 2, Rockstar announced GTA 6 was delayed from Autumn 2025 to May 26 2026.

Former GTA 6 dev reveals development timeline

A former GTA 6 developer has revealed the game has not been in development at Rockstar for as long some may think.

David O'Reilly, a former Rockstar North environment artist, posted a video on YouTube as Game World Art reacting to trailer 2 and screenshots for GTA 6.

In the video, he said: "I worked on GTA 6 from 2018 until 2023. Went onto it after we wrapped up on RDR2. It's fascinating having a look at all this stuff."

The game may have been in pre-production for longer than that but it seems GTA 6 was not in active development until Red Dead Redemption 2 was released.

'GTA 6 could open up a whole new can of worms' with how violence and sex are handled

​​Grand Theft Auto​ games have courted controversy in the past because of their content and what they allow players to do.

A published ​Metro​ reader letter​ said this could once again be the case with ​GTA 6​, particularly because of how realistic the game looks and how it may handle the themes of violence and sex.

Lumpy wrote: "I'm not taking a stance on it, at least until I see how they handle it, but if you can just let rip with a heavy machinegun, or whatever, into a crowd, that's going to be pretty disturbing if it all looks and plays out realistically.

"GTA 6 could open up a whole new can of worms and that's before we find out how it handles sex. There's a sort of sex scene in the second trailer but if Rockstar try [sic] anything more than that I can just imagine how the usual suspects are going to react.

"The better the graphics get the harder these questions are to answer with a 'it's not real'."

Trailer 2 and screenshots 'reveal' playable minigames

A Redditor has posted an image in the GTA 6 Subreddit of "possible" minigames that could feature in GTA 6 based on trailer 2 and the screenshots Rockstar has shared.

The image shows 13 different potential activities, which are pool / billiards, fishing, tennis, basketball, scuba diving, mini golf, kayaking, beach football, hunting, dirt bike racing, cage fighting, strip club and dancing.

BlackChamber007 added: "These are by far not every minigame that will be in the game, and some are speculation based on the screenshot itself, or rumours I've read / heard; but it will be interesting to see the full list of mini-games once the game releases. Hopefully bowling, darts, archery, full course golf, arcade games, air hockey and any other fan-favourite minigames will be included; as well as the ones on the list I have compiled here."

And others have been sharing their thoughts.

cooper-howard-1 said: "I hope you can play 🎱 pool."

Abvk0 said: "There is racing and also dice in the leaks so it's not farfetched to say poker and gambling in general is in the game as well. What I personally want is those badminton tournaments like in the 3D era and vigilante missions."

Rex_Digsdale said: "I really hope there's surfing. As real as possible. Paddling and whatnot."

Specific playable minigames have not yet been confirmed by Rockstar.