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Performance Checked

Frame rate

Frame rate is the most-asked unanswered question about GTA VI, and the internet has turned one developer comment into a spec sheet. Here is precisely what was said, by whom, and what Rockstar has actually published.

Is GTA 6 30 FPS?

Reported

30 FPS

Plan for 30 FPS on launch night and treat a 60 FPS mode as a possible later patch rather than a launch feature. If frame rate decides your platform, note that Rockstar has never confirmed a PC version either - so there is no confirmed 60 FPS route to this game today.

Frame rate on console at launch
  • Grand Theft Auto VPS3/Xbox 360, 2013 30 FPS
  • Red Dead Redemption 2PS4/Xbox One, 2018 30 FPS
  • GTA V current-gen re-release2022 60 FPS
  • Grand Theft Auto VICurrent builds, per Rockstar North (reported) 30 FPS

Every "GTA 6 confirmed 30 FPS" headline traces back to one developer comment relayed from a preview, not a Rockstar spec sheet. Past games are shipped launch configurations, for context.

Claim by claim

  • Reported

    Current console builds run at 30 FPS

    Rockstar North's Head of Development Rob Nelson said this to creators at a hands-off preview held before the Extended Look premiere. It describes builds during development, not a final shipped spec.

  • Reported

    No 60 FPS performance mode is promised at launch

    Nelson said the technical team would have to weigh in before he could say whether 60 FPS arrives at launch or in a later patch. He did not rule it out - the widely-shared 'no 60 FPS' headline is firmer than the quote it came from.

  • Official

    The Extended Look footage was captured in-engine on a PlayStation 5

    Rockstar states this about the August 27 showcase. It tells you the footage is real gameplay on retail-class hardware, but Rockstar did not attach a frame rate to it.

  • Official

    GTA VI is listed as PS5 Pro Enhanced

    The PlayStation Store listing carries Sony's "PS5 Pro Enhanced" label. That label means the game has improvements for PS5 Pro hardware - it does not say what they are, and it is not a frame-rate promise.

  • TBA

    What the PS5 Pro version actually improves

    Nothing announced. Rockstar has not said whether PS5 Pro gets higher resolution, better effects or a higher frame rate. Leaked Sony guidelines circulating online are not a GTA VI spec, and we do not treat them as one.

  • TBA

    Resolution and ray tracing

    Nothing announced. Nelson explicitly declined to get into resolution, ray tracing or other graphical technicalities.

Related: what the Extended Look officially showed (Rockstar states that footage was captured on a PS5), the PC situation, and which edition to buy.

Sources: Kotaku - GTA 6 sounds like it won't be 60 FPS at launch () · Tom's Hardware - GTA 6 will run at 30 FPS on consoles at launch () · PlayStation Store - Grand Theft Auto VI (US listing) ()

Last checked . Tracked on the Newswire watcher - if Rockstar publishes a frame rate, this page changes the same day and the changelog records it.