Grand Theft Auto 6 Leaks Reveal Exciting New Features

A pair of clips purportedly showing Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay footage have appeared online, along with several images of an in-game map of Leonida, the Florida-inspired state where GTA 6 takes place.

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Rockstar has not confirmed whether or not the clips are genuine, but they look legit to our eyes, with the caveat that even if they are, they could come from an outdated build of the game.

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Gameplay Features

In both clips, the player is controlling Jason, one of GTA 6’s two protagonists. In one clip, the player shoots a basketball outside Jason’s dilapidated waterfront home. In the other, their car gets clipped by a delivery truck, and then they go full road rage homicide on the poor delivery driver before scrambling to get away from incoming police.

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The clip ends just as the player drives up to a helicopter that looks ripe for stealing. The wanted level can reach six stars: that’s one more than in GTA 5! It appears beating a delivery driver to death with a pipe wrench will get you a mere two stars.

When you commit a crime and the cops are after you, they ID you with three categories, as seen in the top right corner of the screen: your clothing (an icon shows a hanger), possibly your face or hair color (shown with a blank face icon), and your car (a car icon).

Presumably changing your clothing or car (or repainting it as in other GTA games) while wanted can help you escape.

Stamina Meter and Stealth Indicator

From the moment Jason starts throwing punches at that angry delivery driver, what appears to be a stamina meter starts depleting. When he starts beating him to death with a wrench, the stamina depletes all the way to zero.

The edges of the screen start to vignette, and I’d wager no stamina means some sort of movement penalty. The cops pull up after Jason beats the Scoop driver to death, and we see something new to GTA here: a blue stealth indicator arrow that tracks how close the cops are to noticing the player.

Based on how brazen the player is being, the time it takes to fully alert law enforcement seems pretty generous—maybe you can play GTA 6 stealthily, if you choose?

Player Character Locations and Traits

It looks like we’ll be improving the traits of Jason and Lucia just like we did with Arthur Morgan in RDR2. We see Jason sink a basketball and gain +2% Focus. Called shot, but I’m guessing that trait has something to do with slo-mo bullet time.

When Jason is shooting hoops in his driveway, he uses a simple ‘press the button when the rings overlap’ system.

Karma System and Negative Consequences

GTA 6 might judge you for your actions in a similar way to Red Dead Redemption 2’s karma system. As Jason pummels the delivery driver, we see a little devil icon on the right with a minus symbol.

Sure looks like the evil side of a karma system. Interestingly, the symbol doesn’t appear until he starts beating the unconscious man—perhaps the game won’t judge you for starting fights with locals, but it will for senseless murder?

Other Notable Features

Cars have a gas and engine meter: fill ‘er up! Looks like you’ll need to monitor your vehicle’s gas level (a popular mod for GTA 5 lets you do this, so I guess Rockstar incorporated it fully into GTA 6) and engine condition.

The trunk and bed of the car also shows ‘loadout’ and ‘storage 0/4’ menu options. In the hoops clip, we see Jason has two dollar amounts shown in the upper right corner: $39 (presumably his cash on hand) and $1,643 next to a house icon.

The circle around the house is filled only a tiny bit, so that could indicate that he’s got rent due, or perhaps that’s how much money he’s got stashed in the bank (similar to how it works in GTA Online).