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New GTA 6 clip recreates a real Miami video so well that many viewers thought it was real
Rockstar shared a 15-second GTA 6 clip that copies a real video of its promo cars in Miami. Many viewers thought it was real life or AI. A second clip followed.
© Rockstar Games (opens in a new tab)A new piece of GTA 6 footage looks so much like a real phone video that many people did not believe it came from the game. The clip appeared on November 11 on Only in Dade, an Instagram account that posts real videos from around Miami. Rockstar then shared it in its own Instagram Story, IGN, Kotaku and Polygon report.
What the clip shows
Polygon says the video runs for only 15 seconds. IGN describes it like this: someone drives down GTA 6’s version of Ocean Drive and films a row of flashy cars while people walk past. A second person on the sidewalk films the same scene from another angle.
The scene copies a real video from October. That month, Rockstar and the custom car shop West Coast Customs drove real-life versions of GTA 6 cars around Miami to promote the game. IGN says the game version even recreates some of the same people, such as a person on a motorized scooter and a man taking photos in front of one of the cars.
Some fans think the two people filming are Jason and Lucia. IGN says the footage is not clear enough to tell.
Is it really from the game?
At first, some viewers thought the clip was real life, and others thought it was made with AI. Rockstar shared it in its Instagram Story and liked the original post, IGN and Kotaku report. Kotaku calls it gameplay footage made by Rockstar. Polygon notes that Rockstar has not said outright that the clip is real, while Only in Dade says it is 100% gameplay.
Polygon also put the clip next to the real video. The game version has fewer people on the street and stronger colors, and a shaky camera makes it look as if someone is holding a phone. Many fans think it shows how the game looks when you film with the in-game phone, Polygon says. For now, that is a fan theory.
A second clip
On November 12, Only in Dade posted another GTA 6 clip, IGN reports. This one shows several flashy cars driving around. IGN thinks it is probably another copy of a real video, filmed when the real cars were out on Miami’s streets.
GTA 6 comes out on November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. For Rockstar’s longer gameplay video, see our FAQ. One of the real cars Rockstar built with West Coast Customs is in our Selfridges story.