--- title: "GTA 6 Trailer Watch Checklist for Map Hunters" description: "A reusable scrub checklist for official GTA 6 footage: Landmarks filter, seven hubs, HUD X/Y, and what never becomes a pin." canonical: "https://map-6.com/en/news/gta-6-trailer-watch-map-checklist" source: "Map-6" updated: "2026-09-21T09:00:00.000Z" --- # GTA 6 Trailer Watch Checklist for Map Hunters A reusable scrub checklist for official GTA 6 footage: Landmarks filter, seven hubs, HUD X/Y, and what never becomes a pin. *Published 2026-08-10 by Map-6 Editorial* Official GTA 6 drops still move faster than notes. Chat fills with cropped stills, the wrong region label, and invented dates. This checklist keeps the [interactive map](/en/map) open beside the player so you capture **geography** instead of a Discord folder you will not reopen. It started as the 27 August **An Extended Look** desk (Netflix 21:00 CEST, YouTube / [rockstargames.com/VI](https://www.rockstargames.com/VI) six hours later). The Look has aired. The **same seven-hub list** is what you reuse on any future official upload — a Newswire cut, a TV spot, a gameplay week. Hours for that night: [how to watch](/en/guides/gta-6-extended-look-how-to-watch). Frame index: [trailer frames mapped to hubs](/en/news/gta-6-trailer-frames-leonida-hubs). Recap: [Extended Look notes](/en/news/gta-6-extended-look-live-notes). ![Vice City Landmarks filter on Map-6](/api/og/location/vice-city "Open Vice City with Landmarks on before you press play — downtown is the first easy match.") ## Scrubbing is not spoiling Map hunting is landmarks and biomes. It is not leaking a mission script. Pause on neon, skyline, causeways, cranes, mangroves, forested elevation, and gated wealth. Leave “plot confirmed” threads alone. The [locations index](/en/locations) and the [map guide](/en/guides/gta-6-map-guide) reward that patience. A useful notes doc has four columns: **timestamp**, **biome guess**, **Map-6 URL**, **confidence** (trailer-visible vs speculation). If you cannot fill confidence, you do not have a pin. ## Before play 1. Open the [map](/en/map) and filter **Landmarks**. 2. Keep tabs on [Vice City](/en/locations/vice-city), [Ocean Drive](/en/locations/ocean-drive), [Mount Kalaga](/en/locations/mount-kalaga). 3. Optional second row: Keys, Port Gellhorn, Grassrivers, Ambrosia Island. 4. Know where HUD **X/Y** live ([Privacy](/en/privacy) explains what Share copies). 5. Decide you will **not** name a shop from a blurry sign. ## The seven checks - Neon hotel / palm strip → [Ocean Drive](/en/locations/ocean-drive) - Dense skyline + freeways → [Vice City](/en/locations/vice-city) - Causeways / small islands → [Leonida Keys](/en/locations/leonida-keys) - Cranes / yards → [Port Gellhorn](/en/locations/port-gellhorn) - Mangroves / airboats → [Grassrivers](/en/locations/grassrivers) - Forests / elevation → [Mount Kalaga](/en/locations/mount-kalaga) - Gated mansions / yachts → [Ambrosia Island](/en/locations/ambrosia-island) - Unclear biome → **speculation**. Do not force a hub. Deep-link with `?loc=` — example [/en/map?loc=mount-kalaga](/en/map?loc=mount-kalaga). Copy coordinates only after the silhouette matches. Water alone is not a region. Keys and Grassrivers both have water; the **road grid** and the **horizon** decide. A teal grade can sit on Ocean Drive or downtown. Roofline first. ![Ocean Drive ready as a second tab](/api/og/location/ocean-drive "Ocean Drive is the postcard strip. If the shot is towers plus freeway, you want Vice City instead.") ## During a drop — facts vs noise | You see | Treat as | |---|---| | Clear match to a trailer-known landmark | Confirmed visual → note the pin | | “Official Trailer 3 date” from a random account | Unconfirmed unless Rockstar | | Store or mission names not on screen | Speculation | | PC launch tied to the trailer | Separate topic — [release briefing](/en/news/gta-6-release-date-platforms) | After the credits: publish notes with X/Y and links, wait for a sourced Map-6 [news](/en/news) update, prefer Newswire over anonymous calendars. If the hype wants you to buy a key, stop and open the [pre-order guide](/en/guides/gta-6-preorder-guide) instead. Reuse the checklist on a quiet night, not only on drop night. Play Trailer 2 from the [official player](/en/trailer), walk the seven rows, and see which hubs you still confuse. Most people mix Keys and Grassrivers, or Ocean Drive and downtown Vice City. That is the whole point of a written list: you notice the mix-up **before** November, when a wrong pin wastes a co-op evening. Write the mix-up down. “I keep filing mangroves as Keys” is a better note than another cropped still. The next official upload will go faster if that sentence is already in your doc. Do not add an eighth hub because a YouTube title promised one. Seven is the atlas Rockstar has shown. Extra names wait for extra frames. If you stream the scrub, say the confidence out loud. “Trailer-visible Vice City skyline” is a useful line. “Here’s the secret gun store” is not. The [clip kit](/en/guides/gta-6-map-clip-kit) is for overlays and Share links, not for inventing POIs on camera. Hardware FOMO during a trailer is a different job. Close the key-reseller tab. Open the [pre-order guide](/en/guides/gta-6-preorder-guide) and the [best-setup guide](/en/guides/best-setup-gta-6-ps5-xbox) after the credits, not during them. A console you already own beats a midnight scalper listing you will cancel. Console launch remains **19 November 2026** on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. PC for that window stays unconfirmed. Editions do not add checklist rows. The atlas Rockstar has actually shown is still seven hubs. That is enough work until the next official upload. ## Sources - [Rockstar Games — Grand Theft Auto VI](https://www.rockstargames.com/VI) - [Map-6 Interactive Map](https://map-6.com/en/map)