The wider state of Leonida — its regions, towns, geography and the way it draws on real Florida without copying it.
Leonida is the fictional state Vice City sits inside - a Florida-inspired region with cities, wetlands, beaches, and a Keys-style island chain. Here's how the new state map breaks down.
South of Vice City, a chain of bridge-connected islands extends into the ocean - GTA 6's Florida Keys analogue. Here's what trailer footage reveals about the region, its likely gameplay role, and where Key West-inspired content sits.
Inland from Vice City sits something Rockstar has never built before: a true wetland environment modelled on the Everglades. Airboats, alligators, dense waterways - here's how the region works and what gameplay it supports.
The chain of islands south of Vice City reads unmistakably as the Florida Keys. Here's the side-by-side, with notes on what's similar, what's compressed, and what's missing.
The wetlands region in GTA 6 reads unmistakably as the Everglades. A guided tour through what's visible, what's likely, and what's worth being careful about claiming.
Leonida is modelled on Florida but it is not a 1:1 reproduction. Here's a careful comparison of where the two line up and where Rockstar has invented.
The bridge route from Vice City out into the Keys analogue is one of the most distinctive stretches on the entire GTA 6 map. Here's the careful read.
North of Vice City, the map transitions through suburbs into small towns. Here's what trailer footage shows about Leonida's rural settlements.
The highway network is what binds GTA 6's regions together. Here's the working read of what's visible in trailer footage.
A pre-launch route plan for the GTA 6 map. Educated reading of the visible road network, clearly hedged.
GTA 6 hasn't published a county map for Leonida. Here's the working inference based on visible regional structure - clearly hedged.
The agricultural backdrop of inland Leonida is unmistakably citrus country. Trailer 2 confirms it.
Trailer parks are part of how Rockstar codes working-class environments. Trailer 2 includes them - here's the careful read.
The transition zone between Vice City proper and the inland small towns - suburban Leonida.
The Keys aren't the only islands. Trailer aerials show smaller barrier islands along the coast as well.
Leonida is a wet state - rivers, canals, tidal channels. Here's the working overview.
Florida is famously flat. Leonida is too. Here's the careful read of what passes for elevation on the GTA 6 map.
Leonida invents its place names. Here's a working index of which fictional names map to which real Florida places - clearly hedged where uncertain.
Beyond Vice City's main airport, Leonida likely has smaller regional facilities. Here's the working read.
Florida is a tourism economy. Leonida should be too. Here's where the tourist coding is visible.
Trailer aerials show what reads as theme-park content. Here's the careful read.
Industrial zones are where GTA missions historically happen. Here's what's visible across Leonida.
Industrial infrastructure visible or implied across the GTA 6 map.
Trailer 1 opens with a prison-coded scene. Here's the read on Leonida's correctional facilities.
GTA 5 had Fort Zancudo. Whether Leonida has a military base is an open question.
Editorial on what kind of small-town life the rural Leonida frames imply.
Beyond the orange groves, trailer aerials show other agricultural land. Here's the working list.
Different angle on the same comparison - written from Leonida's side.
Three core long-form drives across the GTA 6 map.
Editorial picks for scenic driving on the GTA 6 map.
Closer look at the bridges within the Keys chain itself.
A specific route editorial - the headline drive of the entire GTA 6 map.
Buses, trains, trams. Speculative read of what GTA 6 may include.
Specifics on bus networks - speculation grounded in GTA history.
Taxis have been in GTA. Whether ride-hailing is part of GTA 6 is the new question.
Whether GTA 6 will have a real train system - and what that might look like.
Real Florida has tolls. GTA games typically don't model them. Speculative read.
Highway, US-route, county road, dirt track. The road vocabulary of Leonida.
How Rockstar handles map edges - based on history.