GTA 6 targets 30fps, Rockstar says, as its 'Pre-Load Now' video arrives

Rockstar Games released a 30-second video called "Grand Theft Auto VI: Pre-Load Now" on Nov. 10, as pre-loading opened for everyone who bought the game digitally. A Newswire post published with it says something Rockstar hadn't said before: on the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, GTA 6 is "targeting 30 frames per second while pushing both platforms to their absolute limits."

The post also names what the PS5 Pro adds, says Xbox One owners will be able to stream the game, and credits the video's song to Tove Lo. Here's the video and everything in the post.

The video

The spot opens and closes on PlayStation's logo and carries a "Plays best on PS5" badge. In between it cuts between nightclub dance floors, a waterfront with a Ferris wheel, a speedboat and a sports car on a neon-lit street at night, with "Pre-load now" across the footage, and it ends on the release date, Nov. 19, 2026.

The song is "Blood in Your Eyes" by Tove Lo, from Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, Rockstar says. It isn't among the seven singles released so far, and Rockstar didn't say when it comes out on its own; The Album arrives with the game on Nov. 19. Our soundtrack guide has the singles that are out.

Both versions went up on Rockstar's YouTube channel at 8:55 a.m. Eastern: the one above, and a vertical cut for phones. Every official video is on our trailers page.

30 frames per second

Rockstar says it built GTA 6 from the ground up for the current consoles, aiming for 30 frames per second without giving up the density and detail of Leonida's places and people. The post doesn't mention 60 frames per second or a performance mode on any console, the PS5 Pro included.

It's the first frame rate Rockstar has given. Headlines in August said Rockstar had confirmed 30fps, but they traced back to a YouTuber's secondhand account of a conversation, which our system requirements guide didn't count as confirmation. This time it's Rockstar's own word.

What the PS5 Pro adds

On the PS5 Pro, Rockstar says, the picture is sharper thanks to PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution, or PSSR, Sony's upscaling, and shadows are ray-traced, something no other console gets. Until now the PlayStation Store listed the game as "PS5 Pro Enhanced" without saying what that meant.

On every PS5, the DualSense controller's haptic feedback runs through the whole game and can be adjusted in the accessibility settings, spatial audio is tuned for Sony's Tempest 3D Audio, and load times are improved, according to the post. Rockstar says that makes the PS5 the best place to play GTA 6, the same claim as the video's badge.

Xbox: the cloud, and a way onto the Xbox One

Rockstar says GTA 6 will also be playable through Xbox Cloud Gaming on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One consoles, using the Xbox Series S's graphics settings, and it warns that connection speeds and other factors can affect how a streamed game runs. That makes the cloud the only way to play on an Xbox One: there's still no Xbox One version to download. The post doesn't say when cloud play starts or which Game Pass plan it needs.

The post names only consoles. Xbox's Matthew Ball said on Oct. 6 that GTA 6 wouldn't stream exclusively or to PC, as our story at the time reported, and our streaming guide explains how cloud play differs from Remote Play. GTA 6 fully supports Remote Play on both PlayStation and Xbox, Rockstar adds, which streams the game from your own console to another screen.

Our platforms guide has the full list of where GTA 6 runs.

How to pre-load

• When: on PS5, pre-loading opened at midnight local time on Nov. 10, so New Zealand had it first. On Xbox Series X|S it opened everywhere at once, at midnight GMT, which was 7 p.m. Eastern on Nov. 9. Our pre-load story has the start time where you are.
• Boxed copies: the code-in-box version reaches stores from Nov. 12, and you can redeem its code and start the download as soon as you have it, Rockstar says. Our code-in-box guide explains how.
• Size: up to 212 GB depending on the console, according to Rockstar. On a PS5 in New Zealand the download showed 209.8 GB, GTA BOOM reported. Our file size guide has the rest.
• Playing: pre-loading doesn't unlock the game early. The store listings unlock it on Nov. 19, at midnight Eastern across the US. Our release time guide has every region.

Rockstar ends the post by thanking players for their support and saying it can't wait to see everyone in Leonida on Nov. 19.