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GTA 6 game mechanics

How GTA 6’s systems work: wanted levels, the economy, progression and other mechanics.

11 mechanics

Mechanics

  • Jason drives and Lucia holds a pistol in the passenger seat of an old car

    Car theft

    Cars in GTA 6 are stolen by tier: you scan a car with the WAINK phone app, then open it with a slim jim or a key cloner. Some carry trackers, and damage lowers the price.

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  • Jason loads a magazine at a table with a pistol and cartridges in the foreground

    Carrying weapons

    In GTA 6 you carry a few guns, not a whole arsenal: two handguns and two long guns, according to previews. Long guns stay visible, and the rest wait in the car trunk.

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  • Jason with a bruised face behind a chain-link fence, lit by red and blue police lights

    Criminal profile

    A record of how you commit crimes in GTA 6: professionally or with needless violence. It changes how people react to you and how the story plays out.

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  • Jason with a rifle and Lucia with a pistol during a bank robbery, glass shattering around them

    Focus

    An ability that slows the world around you and helps you aim, like Dead Eye in Red Dead Redemption. It also marks useful items in the world.

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  • Lucia in a gray hoodie and training gloves sits on a gym bench

    Gym and body

    Workouts raise Jason and Lucia’s stats and build muscle; overeating adds weight. Physical stats return for the first time since GTA: San Andreas.

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  • Jason and Lucia embrace at sunset in the Grassrivers wetlands, with police airboats behind them

    Jason and Lucia’s relationship

    Jason and Lucia’s bond is a gameplay system: it has a status in the game, grows through time spent together and affects how their story plays out. Romance is optional.

  • Lucia with a sports bag and a pistol outside a Fast Cash check cashing store

    Money and the bank

    Money matters more in GTA 6 than before: story missions alone don’t pay enough to move the story forward. Cash in your pocket can be lost; money in the shared bank account is safe.

  • Lucia and Jason in black tactical gear and masks inside a bank vault, with bills in the air

    Robberies

    Stores, businesses and banks can be robbed alone or as a couple. Explosives open a safe fast but damage the loot, and stolen goods go to a fence.

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  • Jason and Lucia in a motel room, official GTA 6 artwork

    Safehouses

    Jason and Lucia’s safehouses work like the camps in Red Dead Redemption 2: they change from chapter to chapter, other people drop by, and early on the garage holds three cars.

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  • Boobie Ike with a phone in his hand outside the Jack of Hearts, Dre’Quan leaning on a car behind him

    The phone

    The phone in GTA 6 is an object in the character’s hand. It has Snapmatic you can only browse, the Ryde Me taxi, the WAINK car scanner, fitness and bank apps.

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  • Jason drives a dirt bike with Lucia behind him, aiming a pistol at a police car in Vice City

    Wanted level

    In GTA 6 the police respond only to a reported crime and search by your appearance, clothes and car. The wanted scale goes up to six stars again.

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