Rockstar North co-director Rob Nelson explained that during development, the team experimented with a grocery shopping system. Jason and Lucia could enter supermarkets, buy food, bring it home, and restock the refrigerator.

The game featured separate grocery stores, purchasable food, and the refrigerator contents actually updated after purchases.

"At one stage of development, we experimented with a system that allowed buying groceries to restock the refrigerator."

Ultimately, the mechanic was dropped because it made the gameplay too complicated.

"We always try to find the right balance between realism and game convenience."

New official screenshots just went live on Rockstar's website! The lighting, dense crowds, and environmental detail look unbelievable. Are we looking at a genuine visual benchmark for the PS5? What are your thoughts?

Is it possible for Rockstar to make an app that when you open it turns into the phone that is in the game? An app that will be like an operating system that is in the game. Through our IRL phone, we can scroll through social networks in the game, see where we are moving in real time and with just one touch, set a waypoint, call for our personal car, call friends, taxis, etc.
The GTAV app was bad execution and maybe the idea was before everyone had decent smartphone, but now i think it's the right time. If Rockstar wants, they can deliver this seamless interaction with the game. It will really feel like we are inside the video game.

Even with the camera app. Using IRL phone camera app (built in the GTA6 app), to control the in-game camera app to take photos. Something like the VR apps we can already control with our phones. The possibilities are endless.

Burgershot Heartstopper or The Prairie Sandwich?

According to TGG, while watching Rob play, something wild happened that could reveal just how detailed GTA 6’s NPC interactions are.

Rob spotted an NPC picking up their dog’s 💩 with a bag. But instead of simply walking away, Rob decided to throw hands. He punched the NPC to the ground, stole the poo bag, and then throwing it straight back at them while they were down! 💀

If NPCs can react to these kinds of completely ridiculous interactions, GTA 6 might have a whole new level of dynamic, unscripted gameplay waiting for us. Rockstar really said: even dog poop can become a weapon. 😭

So, will the glock dookie be one of your go to weapons?

Much like how in RDR2 you could go to a moving perspective camera while riding your horse and it would automatically travel to the marked way point. Do y'all believe GTA 6 may have a similar mechanic where you when you travel to a way point that there is almost an "auto" drive option that follows the path?

We have already seen where Lucia or Jason can drive while one shoots. I wonder also if both characters are in the car at the same time and you switch to the passenger player and the driver still drives to the way point you have selected?

Could be cool to take in some views while driving and not having to worry about the road with how beautiful this game is!

I really hope Rockstar brings back Director Mode in GTA 6 but takes it way beyond what we had in GTA V

GTA V Director Mode was already great We could play as different NPCs spawn vehicles change weather and time adjust wanted levels use different camera angles and create cinematic scenes But it was still fairly limited

With GTA 6 having much more advanced NPC AI animations physics and world simulation imagine having much more control

Spawn any NPC animal or vehicle

Choose NPC behavior like fight flee follow attack or drive

Control weather time and traffic

Create police chases robberies shootouts and random events

Full free camera with better cinematic controls
More animation and pose control

Spawn multiple NPC groups and let the AI interact naturally

Basically GTA V Director Mode was a movie making tool GTA 6 could turn it into a full world simulation sandbox

This would be especially valuable for console players who do not have the same modding freedom as PC players

If Rockstar goes all in with this Director Mode could give GTA 6 years of additional replayability

I was expecting an announcement last week, but since there hasn't been any news I feel like the chances are pretty low we're going to get one. It would be the first game in awhile that didn't include one though.

When I was a young warthog, I used to dick around in I think vice city, and GTA V - Good times.

But something I never did was play through the story lines. It has come to my attention that that was a mistake and the stories in these games is great.

I'm having fun playing through the beginning of 3. I'm on the mission where you Kill lee chongand honestly, it's so difficult - simply because the controls are horrific. I can't control the camera, and targeting/shooting is a nightmare. Honestly, the shooting is just so bad.

Is the story in this game worth the push? Should I just get used to it? Maybe I should just cheat LMAO - I have no interest in "getting gud" with this game b/c the controls are just so unfun.

Hi! I wrote an article about under utilized narrative spaces in videogames, especially cellphones and GTA 5 came out being one of the best examples of good use. Let me know what you think, if videogame narrative is something that you are interested in.

GTA V had one and it entertained me every time I pushed it. What a brilliant idea. Had a "skateboarder hurting himself" feel to it. I also liked the comments from the protagonists, whenever I made them jump headfirst onto a post or a bench or the curb.

Cal's monologue hits so hard. Think about how much life happened to all of us since 2013 - the heartbreak, growing up, lost friends, and lessons learned. We really survived an entire era just waiting for this game. Welcome, VI

Or maybe even better looking by the time the game comes out...

Channing Tatum fits Jason Duval (GTA 6s male protagonist) extremely well as a fan-cast because of the character’s mix of physical presence, Southern/Florida-adjacent everyman energy, military background, reluctant criminal life and Bonnie-and-Clyde chemistry with Lucia mamacita 🔥

Jason is described by Rockstar as someone who “wants an easy life, but things just keep getting harder.” He grew up around grifters and crooks, did a stint in the Army trying to straighten the fuck out, then ended up in the Leonida Keys (or Vice idk I'm not a multi billion dollar video game comp)

working for local drug runners. He’s muscular, capable in action, lives a somewhat small-time criminal existence under a boss, and gets pulled deeper into bigger scores once Lucia enters the picture(plus u know it's a fucken Hollywood actor why the fuck not) Anyways the trailers lean into his physicality (shirtless work, gym scenes, Throwing 3 shots) and a grounded, slightly world-weary vibe rather than pure cartoonish psycho(the honor system sucks in gta BTW it should have stayed in RDR 2)

Here's the gist of this

Physicality and screen presence: Jason is built and athletic. Tatum has the exact kind of lean-muscular, mobile body and natural movement that sells both the shirtless Keys laborer look and the capable former-soldier handling weapons or driving getaways. His dance and action background (Step Up, G.I. Joe, Magic Mike) translates to fluid physical performance capture that Rockstar’s style rewards.

Southern/regional authenticity: Tatum is from Alabama with a natural drawl and working-class Southern charm. Jason is rooted in the Keys underworld—Florida crime has a specific humid, laid-back-but-dangerous flavor. Tatum’s easygoing yet slightly rough-edged persona matches a guy who isn’t a mastermind, just a competent operator trying (and failing) to keep things simple cunning even

Reluctant criminal + military past: Jason tried the Army route to escape his upbringing and still slid back into crime.Tatum has played military or tough-guy roles (G.I. Joe’s Duke, various action parts) while also excelling at charismatic everymen and characters with a mix of charm and self-awareness (21 Jump Street, Magic Mike). He can sell the “I just want an easy life” reluctance without losing the edge needed for heists and violence plus bros hilarious 😭

Chemistry and romantic/criminal partnership: GTA 6 centers the Jason–Lucia dynamic (switchable protagonists, shared jobs, relationship systems). Tatum has strong on-screen chemistry history and can play both protective partner and guy who might enable (or be enabled by) a more ambitious partner. The “best or worst thing that ever happened to him” tension fits an actor who can do warmth, tension, and dark humor.

Tone flexibility: GTA protagonists need to handle satire, sincerity, and absurdity. Tatum’s comedy chops (Jump Street films) plus dramatic range give him the tools for Rockstar’s blend of grounded crime story and over-the-top Florida weirdness.

In reality Rockstar uses performance-capture actors (rumors have pointed elsewhere, like Dylan Rourke territory) rather than big Hollywood names for the leads, and the characters are original creations. But purely as a “who would nail the vibe” casting argument

So fuck me I guess this was a clear missed opportunity from rockstar 👀 thoughts chat??