Rockstar confirms if the new GTA 6 trailer is all cutscenes or gameplay

Rockstar has cleared up the confusion surrounding the new Grand Theft Auto VI trailer and if what is seen in the trailer is gameplay or cutscenes.

Rockstar confirms if the new GTA 6 trailer is all cutscenes or gameplay
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TL;DR: Rockstar's second Grand Theft Auto VI trailer features a blend of gameplay and cutscenes, all captured in-engine on a standard PlayStation 5. This showcases the game's impressive visual fidelity, closely representing the actual gameplay experience players can expect at launch.

Rockstar surprise dropped the second trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, and fans of the franchise have widely expressed their delight and the insane level of visual fidelity, begging the question as to whether what we are seeing here in the trailer is gameplay or cinematic cutscenes.

The developer has since responded to this widely asked question in a new post on X, formerly Twitter, with Rockstar writing that Trailer 2 is comprised of "equal parts gameplay and cutscenes." Additionally, Rockstar says everything seen within the trailer was captured in-engine from a standard PlayStation 5, not even the PS5 Pro. What does this mean for buyers of GTA 6? It means that what we are seeing here is representative of what gamers will see when they open up GTA 6 for the first time on their console.

There are, of course, a few caveats to that statement. Rockstar has clearly hand-selected the best-performing sections of the game to display in the trailer, and has also used a cinematic camera mode to move the camera to a spot that showcases the best level of graphical fidelity the game can display. But regardless of how Rockstar has selected the footage, what we see here will be extremely close to what will be seen in traditional gameplay footage.

Ultimately, the fact that there is any gameplay footage in the trailer is jaw-droppingly impressive, considering the level of detail showcased in it.