GTA 6 launch trailer: 30 key details you probably missed

Rockstar Games has released a launch trailer for GTA 6 five weeks to the day ahead of its release.

Grand Theft Auto 6 releases on 19 November on PS5 and XBOX Series X/S. Those who pre-order the Standard or Ultimate edition can load it a week early from 12 November.

The launch trailer is the third GTA 6 trailer to release and shows off new cinematics, gameplay and loads more.

Here are 30 key details you probably missed from the GTA 6 launch trailer.

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• Cal Hampton is on top of the boat when Jason passes the tool up
• Of the scene where three gang members are driving a green car, it appears to have a custom livery
• Jason wears night vision goggles and has a silenced rifle, along with two other people, when in knee-high water at dusk, hinting at stealth missions
• Jason's knuckle dusters might be a weapon that could be used in the game
• Some deaths will be very grisly as Jason throws a person into the propellors of an airboat in the Grassrivers
• Light reflections, particularly in the first Jason and Lucia shower scene, look to be the best we've ever seen in a game
• Characters will only get slightly damp at first before looking more soaked the wetter they get
• Jason's t-shirt says 'US Army Marauder Combat Training School, North Fort Law' - North Fort Law is a military base from the first ever Grand Theft Auto which is in the Fort Law district of New Guernsey
• Jason going to army combat training school there could explain how he and Lucia met as Lucia is from Liberty City
• It looks like players will get to go to a Real Dimez gig

Jason's tee may reveal details about his and Lucia's beginnings / Rockstar Games

• Lucia's ankle monitor looks as though it will play a pivotal part during some sections in the game
• Explosions, such as the helicopter crash, are incredibly detailed and have different stages to them, like in real life
• NPC density on the beach looks as though it will match that seen from the very first trailer
• The harder players work in the gym, the more they will sweat
• A second kind of lifestyle, of the man holding a snake, appears to show a very different way the game can be played as there is takeaway and a video game controller - these two scenes one after the other appear to show how different actions could affect Jason and Lucia's in-game weight
• The scene of two women in masks holding guns is speculated online to potentially show a photo mode
• Lucia holding a gun hanging out of a plane while a huge explosion happens looks to be gameplay
• It seems KFC and fast food parody Cluckin Bell could be back as Raul Bautista is eating chicken while assaulting someone
• Mendez appears to be the main antagonist due to the darker tone when he features
• Jason's voiceover when Mendez appears saying "we stuck together through everything" hints at a key past between Mendez and the main couple

Mendez appears to be the main antagonist in GTA 6 / Rockstar Games

• Varying degrees of destruction will play a key part as the helicopter load skimming a skyscraper breaks the glass but doesn't cause full structural damage
• It seems sniper missions are back and Jason is aiming at someone or something in a helicopter because of the reflection on his scope
• Lucia wears armour when she is seen in daylight with an assault rifle and this could be a key gameplay feature for player health
• When Jason and Lucia jump from the rooftop into the pool in the final scene, Lucia is wearing the same gold sparkly dress seen in the party scene in trailer 2
• Someone is already in the pool to meet them, hinting they're being helped to get away from somewhere
• The launch trailer was captured on a PlayStation 5, understood to be a base PS5
• The trailer goes up to 4k resolution but 60fps (frames per second) is not mentioned in the settings on YouTube
• Justice is soundtracking GTA 6 with an original score
• 'Flower in a Hurricane' by Justice feat. Tame Impala, SZA and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard is the ninth track from Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album
• New GTA 6 artworks of Jason and Lucia, plus of Justice, have been shared

Elsewhere from Indy100:

• GTA 6 extended look: 145 mind-blowing details you missed
• GTA 6: GTA Online mode current stance for new game 'revealed'

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