With Grand Theft Auto 6 having been hit with yet another delay to refine the gameplay experience even further, there’s been another wave of speculation regarding how massive the game will be when it finally launches. Even if there’s no way to tell the sheer scope of GTA 6‘s playable world with certainty just yet, that hasn’t stopped some fans from piecing together a few frighteningly detailed maps.
Map speculators have had a pretty good track record in the past for Grand Theft Auto 5, but some fans, like Reddit user That_one_Man123, have a hard time believing the rumors. Pointing out how Vice City in GTA 6 is speculated to be roughly the same size as “the entire GTA V map“, it’s not hard to see why players are struggling to buy into the ambitious sequel’s expectations.
GTA 6 Is Set To Be Big, But This Big?
With GTA 6 aiming to be even bigger and better than its predecessor in just about every way, it makes sense that one of the first ways Rockstar might strive to achieve this is by providing one of its biggest maps yet. Based on all the footage that’s been shown already, some GTA 6 fans have estimated that the map will be between 2.4–2.7 times larger than the entirety of GTA 6.
Even if the map size of GTA 6 helps justify its similarly rumored $100 price tag, it has already been raising several concerns outside of its plausibility for some time now. GTA 6‘s astounding level of visual detail will already be pushing hardware to its limits, and a larger map would be even harder to get running on modern systems, which makes its delays more understandable.
Another issue players have brought up is that many of GTA 5‘s sprawling environments have very little incentive to actually explore outside of Los Santos, and GTA 6 will likely facing a similar issue.
Fans Aren’t Convinced
Even if the GTA 6 mapping community has plenty of dedicated fans behind it, the sheer number of gameplay hoaxes and overly optimistic rumors that have been circulating for years makes it even harder to accept the ambitious scale of what’s been officially confirmed by Rockstar, let alone assumptions made by fans.
Despite plenty of fans shunning the idea of GTA 6‘s true map scale, Rockstar’s experience has shown that it might not be as impossible as it seems, even if its immersive game world doesn’t manage to match up to its rumored 2.7x scale compared to GTA 5.
Unfortunately, it seems like we’ll have to wait until November 19 of next year to find out for ourselves, so long as Grand Theft Auto 6 doesn’t get delayed again. For now, there’s no real way to confirm the size without even more Grand Theft Auto 6 trailers or official content to analyze.
- Released
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November, 2026
- ESRB
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Rating Pending – Likely Mature 17+
- Engine
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Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE)
- Multiplayer
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Online Multiplayer