Downtown Vice City is pretty much your initial mental picture of the map. Skyscrapers and a harbour skyline come together to create a dense urban core that frames the rest of the city. Trailer 2 actually spends a decent amount of time here, and it reads relatively cleanly.

This is an article about downtown in particular, separate from our Beach and Art Deco coverage. For Vice City in general, visit the Vice City map hub.

What downtown looks like in the trailer

Mid-rise and high-rise mixed. Glass office buildings typical of a modern financial district. Multi-lane roads weaving through them. Bustling street-front retail on the ground floors of buildings - cafes, banks, mid-end shops. In real Miami terms, think Brickell - the modern financial and residential core as opposed to the older downtown grid.

Density at ground level appears substantial. Pedestrian numbers visible in trailer scenes hint at a bustling cityscape instead of the curated emptiness found in older GTA cities. We discuss the wider density question in the density vs size piece - downtown appears to be one of the densest areas in the city.

How downtown sits relative to the rest of Vice City

Wide aerial shots in Trailer 2 show downtown on the mainland, separated from the art deco beach strip by water. Causeways connect them. This setup matches real-life Miami and also the original 2002 Vice City.

North of downtown the city heads into the port and industrial district, and eventually the suburbs further out. South of downtown the trailer suggests a residential and commercial mix before the city eventually heads toward the bridge route into the Keys.

What is likely to live downtown

Speculative. Banks - something you can expect to see in Rockstar games. Office buildings - typical hostage scenarios, story heists, urban backdrop content. Retail would likely be mid-end at street level. There may be a stadium or convention centre somewhere close by, though specifics are unconfirmed. The real Brickell has an active nightlife district; it's unclear whether GTA 6's downtown carries that over into nightlife specifically or whether nightlife would be centred around the beach strip.

We don't commit to specific businesses beyond what is shown in the trailers. Downtown bank heists are a Rockstar trope - but that's historical comparison, not confirmation.

What we don't know

Exact named buildings. How much of downtown has interior access - most buildings or only a few. Whether downtown's skyline is taller on the south or north end of the district. Downtown's significance to the main story.

Most of these will be answered either through additional trailer drops or at launch. We will continue to update this page as information becomes available.