Rockstar has dropped two GTA 6 trailers. Both are a couple of minutes long; together they contain the richest official insight into the map we've seen yet. On this page we break them both down - pointing out which moments take place in which Leonida territories and what every frame reveals about the game's broader setting.
Our GTA 6 map guide and map analysis page give you the bigger picture.
Trailer 1 (December 2023) - the Vice City reveal
The first trailer served as the official reintroduction to Vice City. Much of the featured footage concentrated on the dense urban beachfront - neon signage, art deco hotels, palm trees lining the streets, beachfront crowds. Frame-by-frame breakdowns linked distinct shots to Miami Beach's Ocean Drive and the surrounding district.
A few other non-Vice City frames made it in there as well: rural footage, something that looked like a trailer park, and short glimpses of what appeared to be a mugshot sequence inside a small police station that didn't match Vice City's scale. This was our first clue that the map was much larger than just the city itself.
Trailer 2 - the Leonida reveal
The second trailer blew the picture wide open. Shots of wetlands from above, the Keys-style string of islands, the port district, downtown Vice City itself and at least one other secondary city. Lucia and Jason were shown travelling across the whole state, cementing the idea that traversing the different areas is a fundamental part of the gameplay loop.
New regions confirmed in trailer 2: Everglades-lookalike swamplands (with airboats), the southern island chain, a massive port district, and inland rural villages. The mid-trailer aerial flyover is likely the single most revelatory shot with regard to how big the map truly is.
How the community is identifying locations
There are three main methods the community uses to pin down frame locations. One: comparing architecture to known Florida buildings and landmarks - the art deco hotels offer the easiest leads as they have direct Miami equivalents. Two: comparing road geometry and bridge layouts to known Florida highways. Three: comparing the shape of the coastline to the Florida coastline itself. Rockstar did not build Leonida at a 1:1 scale, but there is enough similarity to match up points.
We label every identification with the source frame it came from, as well as its real-world reference, on our GTA 6 map locations page.
What the trailers don't show
Notably missing from both trailers: any clear indoor gameplay (most shots are outside), any mission-based HUD/UI, and any substantial dialogue revealing character alliances beyond Lucia and Jason teaming up. Rockstar traditionally holds back the largest chunk of map content for launch, so we should anticipate a significant number of unannounced locations and points of interest at release.
Map mods that add to or remix the areas featured here will be documented at GTA 6 modding and GTA 6 map downloads when custom content becomes possible on PC.