How custom GTA maps came to be — the modding history we learned from, and what to honestly expect for GTA 6.
Custom maps don't exist yet - GTA 6 hasn't even shipped on PC. But it doesn't hurt to speculate about what the modding community could build. Here are the most likely avenues for custom map projects when the toolchain becomes available.
GTA 5 launched without custom maps. They emerged over years - tools first, then the scene, with multiplayer mapping arriving last. This is the timeline that actually matters.
Will GTA 6 have custom maps? Yes, but not when it launches and not on console. Here's our careful, hedged answer to one of the biggest GTA 6 questions.
San Andreas spawned the first truly robust GTA modding community. Here's the working history.
The modding community for GTA IV wasn't as big as San Andreas's or V's. Here's why - and what it still accomplished.
An editorial compilation, not ranked by popularity, of the GTA 5 custom maps that left their mark on the scene.
The most popular custom maps. What's popular isn't always what editors would pick.
FiveM and singleplayer maps can appear similar, but they're not the same thing at all. Here's the difference.
GTA 5 modding's biggest ambition: rebuilding other GTA cities inside V. Honest editorial.
The long, strange trip of a fan project bringing GTA IV's Liberty City into V. An honest editorial on its progress.
2002's Vice City recreated in GTA V. A community effort spanning years. An honest editorial.
NYC, LA, London - mods that add real cities to GTA V.
Modders creating their own cities within GTA V. Proper originals.
One notable fictional-city mod for GTA 5.