{"id":863053,"date":"2026-08-18T23:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/863053\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T23:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:18:09","slug":"gta-6-leaked-gameplay-shows-off-chaos-in-a-knockoff-ranchero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/863053\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA 6 Leaked Gameplay Shows Off Chaos in a Knockoff Ranchero"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In nine days, Rockstar will premiere an \u201cextended look\u201d at Grand Theft Auto VI<\/a> via Netflix. But internet sleuths are never satisfied waiting, and so Tuesday afternoon, two clips purportedly showing off a leaked build of the game hit the web.<\/p>\n

Each video is a little over a minute long. To get an idea of how closely Rockstar appears to be monitoring things, between when I started to write this and publication, the original uploads were already taken down with a copyright claim. That might say something about their legitimacy. These videos were also plastered with URLs, QR codes, and ads for somebody\u2019s cryptocurrency, which is unfortunately exactly the kind of clout chasing you\u2019d expect to be attached to a GTA leak in 2026.<\/p>\n

One of the pieces of footage<\/a> shows protagonist Jason getting some fresh air at his house by the water, and shooting some hoops. This is the less relevant of the two clips to us at The Drive, though one particular point to note is that when Jason makes a basket, he gains a \u201cFocus\u201d stat. Perhaps GTA 6 will give people a reason to engage in all those frivolous recreational activities that some of us (hi) avoided in the last game, but that\u2019s neither here nor there.<\/p>\n

The other clip<\/a> involves driving, if only briefly, and I\u2019ve already seen some try to extrapolate sweeping inferences about the vehicle physics from it. It all happens at low speed, with the player ripping some handbrake turns in a rusted-out 1970 Vapid Ganado\u2014the Ranchero-looking ride we\u2019ve seen before. At one point, the pickup gets tagged by a mail truck and spins. The driver of the other vehicle can\u2019t let it go, comes back to ram Jason again, and pauses his day of deliveries for a fight he\u2019s bound to lose.<\/p>\n

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\nThese two cars\u2014the 1995 Grotti Cheetah and 1967 Vapid Dominator Buggy\u2014are bonuses tied to the pricier, $100 version of the game, along with the custom Ganado at the top. Take-Two Interactive<\/p>\n

As this brawl happens and Jason very quickly emerges victorious, a naughty devil-emoji-style icon appears on the right side of the screen, perhaps indicating some kind of honor system. And when he walks past the truck\u2019s bed to get back inside, options to modify his loadout appear overhead.<\/p>\n

In previous games, you could basically carry as much equipment as you wanted, but GTA 6 appears to be a little more grounded. Similarly, tiny icons for the Ganado\u2019s engine and fuel appear over the mini-map when Jason returns to the driver\u2019s seat, hinting that you\u2019ll have some additional considerations when wheeling about Leonida.<\/p>\n

Based on all of these little details, some have inferred that GTA 6 is going in a slower-pace, more methodical, and realistic direction. I personally feel like I can\u2019t make that call after two minutes of rather low-intensity gameplay, and it pretty much just looked like classic GTA 5 to my eye, with more intricate animations and much better lighting and shadows.<\/p>\n

Some have said that these captures date back to 2023, suggesting that the final product will benefit from a visual bump. The footage shown with the publisher\u2019s blessing on Netflix is sure to look better than this low-quality stream though\u2014that\u2019s for certain.<\/p>\n

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Backed by a decade of covering cars and consumer tech, Adam Ismail is a Senior Editor at The Drive, focused on curating and producing the site\u2019s slate of daily stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-863053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}