A storm can leave a trail of puddles
Rockstar described storms that soak one part of Leonida while sunlight falls on another. Reach the patch of road where you saw rain a few minutes ago and the puddles can still be there.
Making Leonida.
How Rockstar builds a place you can hear, see and feel, down to the weight of a traffic cone.
Even a traffic cone got a physics note
During a studio visit, a TROISCOULEURS reporter watched Rockstar’s Rob Nelson test the game. When a car hit a traffic cone, he flagged the cone for an adjustment. It felt too heavy.
Where would this character take you?
That was a question for the writers while the map was taking shape. Rob Nelson described choosing characters who could plausibly lead you into very different corners of Florida, from the Everglades to an exclusive nightclub.
Feathers have their own tricks
Rockstar built on its Red Dead wildlife work for Leonida’s animals. It can now model different types of feathers, make colors shimmer as the view changes, or let light pass through parts of an animal.
A weather reporter with an airboat
Back Country Radio has its own swamp meteorologist. Mud Dog Mike reports from an airboat in Grassrivers. Jason and Lucia can keep listening on their phones after they park the car.
Half of Trailer 2 is gameplay
Rockstar captured the whole second trailer inside the game on a PlayStation 5. Gameplay and cutscenes share the running time equally, all set to “Hot Together” by The Pointer Sisters.
Justice wrote music that follows your lead
Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay composed GTA VI’s original score to change with the way you play. The version made for listening away from the game turns that moving score into a 30-track album.