GTA 6 on Base PS5 Looks Incredible, but Can It Run at 60 FPS?

GTA 6 looks remarkable on a base PlayStation 5, with dense crowds, long views across Vice City, complex reflections, detailed interiors, and busy roads all visible in Rockstar's Extended Look. The major unanswered question is whether GTA 6 can run at 60 FPS on PS5.

The short answer is that Rockstar has not confirmed a GTA 6 60 FPS mode for PS5, PS5 Pro, Xbox Series X, or Xbox Series S. The Extended Look proves that the showcased visual target runs on standard PS5 hardware, but a presentation video cannot confirm every performance option planned for launch.

Was the GTA 6 Extended Look captured on a base PS5?

Yes. Rockstar states that the entire GTA 6 Extended Look was captured from in-game footage on PlayStation 5. Netflix also identified the source console as a standard PS5 rather than a PS5 Pro.

That distinction matters. The footage was not labeled as a high-end PC build or a development target running on hardware unavailable to most console owners. What viewers saw represents GTA 6 operating on the baseline PlayStation console that Rockstar plans to support at launch.

The presentation includes several demanding scenes:

• crowded sidewalks and beaches;
• heavy traffic across long city streets;
• reflective wet roads and glass interiors;
• detailed hair, clothing, and body animation;
• boats, aircraft, wildlife, and water simulation; and
• police chases with multiple vehicles and environmental destruction.

For a direct look at how the new city compares with Los Santos, see our GTA 6 vs GTA 5 visual and gameplay comparison.

Does the footage confirm 60 FPS?

No. Rockstar did not announce the frame rate, resolution, graphics modes, or use of upscaling in the Extended Look. The distributed video is not enough to prove that the final game has either a 30 FPS cap or a selectable 60 FPS mode.