GTA V launched in 2013 and its online mode is still going over a decade later. GTA VI has a lot to live up to — and a lot it’s changing. Here’s an honest, hype-free comparison. Where GTA VI details aren’t confirmed yet, we say so rather than guess; the GTA V figures come straight from our vehicle database.
Setting & map
- GTA V: Los Santos and Blaine County — a satirical Southern California, ~49 square miles.
- GTA VI: Vice City inside the state of Leonida — a modern Florida, spanning the Keys, the Everglades-style Grassrivers, a northern national park and more. Rockstar hasn’t published a size figure; community estimates put it well above GTA V (treat those as estimates, not fact). Explore it on our interactive Leonida map.
Single-player vs online
This is the biggest day-one difference: GTA V shipped with GTA Online (which became a juggernaut), whereas GTA VI launches as a single-player experience with no online mode at release, and none announced. If you live in GTA Online’s businesses, heists and Shark Cards, note that none of that is confirmed for GTA VI yet — which is also why our GTA VI economy calculators stay off until there’s an economy to calculate.
Protagonists
- GTA V: three switchable protagonists — Michael, Franklin and Trevor.
- GTA VI: two switchable protagonists — Lucia Caminos (the series’ first female lead) and Jason Duval — with a tighter, Bonnie-and-Clyde story and more duo-driven moments.
Weapons & inventory
GTA V lets you carry a full arsenal at once. GTA VI is reported to adopt an RDR2-style limit — roughly two rifles and two pistols on-person, with the rest in your vehicle trunk, plus a redesigned weapon wheel and auto-concealment. That’s outlet reporting, not a Rockstar statement yet (see the features tracker). Browse what’s been identified so far in the GTA VI weapon database.
The GTA V benchmark GTA VI will be measured against
For reference, here are some of the fastest cars in GTA Online today — the kind of data we’ll have for GTA VI once it ships and the community tests it:
| Vehicle | Class | Top speed | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pariah | Sports | 136 mph | $1,420,000 |
| Itali RSX | Sports | 134.5 mph | $3,465,000 |
| Emerus | Super | 126.75 mph | $2,750,000 |
| Krieger | Super | 128 mph | $2,875,000 |
| Adder | Super | 126.25 mph | $1,000,000 |
Our GTA V database tracks 768 vehicles, 99 weapons and 41 properties with real, community-tested figures. The moment GTA VI’s data is real, the GTA VI vehicle database fills in exactly the same way — no fabricated numbers in the meantime.
What’s likely to carry over
Cheats, collectibles and 100%-completion hunting are GTA staples — our map already tracks Leonida’s regions and landmarks, and completion tracking comes online as the game’s collectibles are confirmed. Vehicle classes, manufacturers (Bravado, Pegassi, Vapid and friends) and the satirical brand world all return.
GTA V set the bar. GTA VI changes the formula in real ways — and we’ll have the data to measure both, side by side, the day it’s real.