GTA 6 screenshot has fans questioning its realism

Rockstar Games shared new details about Grand Theft Auto 6’s music and radio stations, along with a few new screenshots. The update confirmed that several well-known musicians, including Bad Bunny, will host stations in the game. Rockstar also said players will be able to listen to the stations while on foot using their phone.

One screenshot from the update stood out right away. It shows cars and people on a rainy street at night in Vice City, with neon lights, wet pavement, and reflections in the puddles. The image quickly spread online because many people thought it looked almost too good to be real.

Some fans wondered if the screenshot had been touched up or taken under special conditions. Digital Foundry’s Oliver Mackenzie suggested Rockstar may have used a debug photo mode or a similar tool to capture it at a very high quality. He also pointed out a few details that look more like console-level graphics, such as messy reflections, missing shadows in the distance, and lower-detail people far away.

Rockstar has often used real in-game screenshots for past games, so the image may still be a fair look at what GTA 6 can do, even if the final game does not always look quite that sharp.