GTA 6 preloads are live for those who live in New Zealand (or are pretending to live in New Zealand to play early) and fans are scanning the game files for new information. Of course, the files are encrypted so they can only tell us so much.
The main takeaway is how much space each of the things in GTA 6 takes up. Rockstar has announced that GTA 6 weighs in at up to 212 GB, “depending on your device.” But following the release of the preload today, it was reported that the audio file alone is 22GB.
Elsewhere, one Rockstar fan believes that because the files for story content are separated out from the main game files, the same will be true for the inevitable next version of GTA Online. This would suggest that you’ll eventually be able to install single-player and Online separately.
An account focused on reporting PlayStation game file sizes also noticed “intentType”: “launchMultiplayerActivity,” seemingly confirming Online’s eventual appearance in GTA 6. Rockstar has been completely silent on the existence of GTA Online for GTA 6, but the enduring success of GTA 5’s online portion means it’s safe to assume it’ll happen at some point.
Interestingly, a file named “core_restofworld001” is missing from the Australia & New Zealand version of GTA 6, perhaps suggesting there’s cut content in those regions. Another fan noticed that BVH8 will be supported in GTA 6. BVH8 specifically makes ray tracing work better on PS5 Pro, which Ubisoft used for Assassin’s Creed Shadow’s PS5 Pro support.
“By itself, the PS5 Pro’s faster GPU helps performance without much effort from developers, but the game changing technology is the improved ray tracing capabilities of the PS5 Pro that BVH82 offers over BVH4,” Ubisoft said at the time. “With our implementation of BVH8 support on PS5 Pro, we were able to speed up GPU tasks involving hardware ray tracing usage by about 300%.”
Officially, all we know about PS5 Pro support is the confirmation from Sony that GTA 6 will feature “PS5 Pro Enhanced Support.” Unfortunately, there’s been no word on what exactly that means. Indeed, Rockstar has yet to announce resolution and frame rate details for GTA 6 on any platform.
However, those hoping for higher frame rates might be disappointed. According to experts, it’s unlikely GTA 6 will go higher than 30fps on any platform because of its ray tracing and physics simulations.
While you wait for GTA 6’s November 19 launch, there’s still a small chance you might be able to bag some GTA 6 merch from Selfridges, but it’s selling out fast. And we’ve got all the information you need on the GTA 6 preload global release times, as well as details on the physical poster.