GTA 6 gameplay: every confirmed feature so far

Confirmed GTA 6 is a single-player game you can play offline (PlayStation Store). Most of what we know about how it plays comes from Rockstar’s gameplay video, An Extended Look, in August and its Game Informer cover story in September. Here’s all of it in one place.

Playing as Jason and Lucia

• Confirmed When the two are together you can swap between them instantly, even mid-action, for example one drives while the other shoots. When they’re apart, switching takes a few seconds, like GTA 5 (shown in Rockstar’s Extended Look; Push Square).
• Reported Some jobs are offered to only one of them (PC Gamer, GamesRadar+).

Police and the Wanted level

• Confirmed The six-star Wanted level is back, after GTA 5 capped it at five (shown in Rockstar’s Extended Look; Push Square).
• Confirmed Police don’t show on the minimap. Small icons under your stars show what they know: your face, your clothes, your car, whether you’re armed. Outrunning them may not be enough, so a change of clothes or a haircut can help you lose them (shown in Rockstar’s Extended Look; Push Square).
• Confirmed A Criminal Profile tracks the crimes you commit in free roam (shown in Rockstar’s Extended Look; Push Square).

Combat

• Reported Free aiming and a modern cover system, plus a slow-motion mode that lets you target weak spots such as hands and joints, a bit like Red Dead Redemption 2’s Dead Eye (Push Square, PC Gamer).
• Reported Melee fighting, disguises for some missions, and shooting from a moving car while your partner drives (PC Gamer, GamesRadar+).

Talking to people

• Confirmed Hold a trigger near someone to get a list of prompts, like Red Dead Redemption 2. You can pet dogs too (shown in Rockstar’s Extended Look; Push Square).

Things to do

Reported Activities shown or confirmed so far include jet skis, scuba diving, fishing, kayaking, basketball, dirt bikes, base jumping, street racing, gyms and weightlifting, club dancing and strip clubs (Push Square, PC Gamer).

Reported Heists and protection jobs are part of the story (GamesRadar+, PC Gamer).

The world

• Reported A rebuilt weather system with hurricanes and tropical storms, and over 170 animal species, with rare “legendary” animals to find, like Red Dead Redemption 2 (Kotaku, Game Informer).
• Confirmed The minimap shows buildings in 3D as you pass them (shown in Rockstar’s Extended Look; Push Square).
• Confirmed Lots of clothing to collect, from tank tops to suits and sequin dresses (shown in Rockstar’s Extended Look; Push Square).

We’ll turn each of these into a full how-to guide once the game is out on 19 November.