Frame-by-frame map analysis
GTA 6 Trailers & Extended Look — Timestamped Map Analysis
Short answer
Rockstar has released two official trailers and An Extended Look (August 27, 2026, 26:49, in-game PS5 footage). This page pairs each beat with a YouTube timestamp and, when the terrain is readable, a Map-6 hub — so you jump from a frame to a pin instead of a Discord screenshot.
A trailer is only useful to a map project when someone writes down where each shot sits. That is what this page does: press a timestamp, watch the beat, then open the Map-6 hub it belongs to and compare the coastline, the causeways, or the crane silhouettes yourself. We never claim a district name Rockstar has not shown, and estimated geography stays labeled as an estimate.
How to scrub a trailer with Map-6
- Open the interactive map in a second tab and filter Landmarks — neon hotels, wet skylines, and industrial yards all blur together without a filter.
- Play a beat below, then pause on the first stable silhouette: rooflines, street curvature, and bridge counts survive colour grading better than pink saturation.
- Open the paired Map-6 hub and compare the frame against the pin. If it matches, copy the HUD X/Y into your notes with the timestamp.
- Hit Share on the map to copy a deep link that lands anyone on the same camera — that beats posting a blurry screenshot.
- When a frame does not match a hub, write it down as speculation. An honest gap is worth more than a forced pin.
Timestamped scrub list
Each entry jumps the player to that moment and links to the region it cross-references. Beats without a region are story or tone moments with no geography to place yet.
Timestamps are approximate and being verified frame by frame against the official uploads. Treat them as a starting point for your own scrub, not as citable frame numbers.
An Extended Look
August 27, 2026 · 26:49 · Official in-game PS5 footage. Netflix first, then YouTube. Mechanics, wanted HUD, and more time in Leonida than both trailers combined.
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Slim Jim lock-pick minigame
A timing meter driven by the right stick. Older cars fall to this; higher-end locks are a different problem. No geography to pin.
No region to place yet
Pause map goes 3D
Building volumes instead of flat road lines. Useful for density talk, not for a new district name.
No region to place yet
One-handed shotgun while carrying cash
Lucia fires with one arm occupied. Combat reads the body — this is a systems beat, not a location pin.
No region to place yet
Binoculars for scouting
Distance scouting before a job. Pause on the skyline behind the optic if you want a hub match; the tool itself is not a pin.
No region to place yet
Dialogue choices at a rooftop bar
A named rooftop beat (Effluvia in press recaps). Vice City energy — match towers and water, not a guessed street name.
Vice City — Compare on the mapSix-star wanted meter visible
Six star slots on the HUD during the chase (four lit in the clearest stills). Hollow vs solid vs colour-shift is the real story — see the wanted-system guide.
No region to place yet
Face coverings from the item wheel
Masks go on before a robbery. This is how you deny the police a description — it feeds the hollow-star state.
No region to place yet
Weapons holster automatically in a store
You walk in as a customer until you decide otherwise. Robbery is a choice, not a default animation.
No region to place yet
Lifeinvader livestream on R3
A live feed pulled up mid-chase. Satire layer, not a map pin.
No region to place yet
Instant firearm swap, no wheel
Two carried guns, swapped without opening the weapon wheel. Combat beat.
No region to place yet
Jason ↔ Lucia mid-chase
Character switch during a pursuit. Dual-lead is a system, not just a story beat.
No region to place yet
Faster weapon pickups in a firefight
Office shootout — animation speed, not a new district. Do not invent a building name from the interior.
No region to place yet
Fishing returns
A leisure beat with an RDR2 nod. Water biome — do not file it as Keys vs Grassrivers unless the shoreline is readable.
No region to place yet
Trailer 2
May 6, 2025 · 2:47 · Longer and far denser. More characters, more biomes, and the clearest read yet on how Leonida's regions connect.
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Stilt house over water
Shallow water, wooden decking, boats as transport. Placement depends on channel width — check it against the Keys before assuming mainland canals.
Leonida Keys — Compare on the mapPrison release
Institutional interiors and a parking lot. Story beat with no placeable landmark.
No region to place yet
Neon strip after dark
Hotel signage, crowds, wet asphalt reflections. Match the hotel roofline shapes rather than the colour of the neon.
Ocean Drive — Compare on the mapDense skyline and freeways
Tower cluster plus elevated roadway. This is the frame that tells you how far downtown sits from the waterfront.
Vice City — Compare on the mapMangroves and airboats
Grass-to-water transitions and shallow channels. Once the road stops being straight, you have left the city grid.
Grassrivers — Compare on the mapGated mansions and yachts
Walled frontages, private moorings, manicured planting. Wealth enclaves sit apart from the tourist strip by design.
Ambrosia Island — Compare on the mapPort and freight
Cranes, warehousing, tank farms. Compare the waterline against the beach frames — same state, opposite economy.
Port Gellhorn — Compare on the mapForest and elevation
Tree cover, ridgelines, and actual altitude change — the clearest evidence Leonida is not flat coastline all the way through.
Mount Kalaga — Compare on the map
Trailer 1
December 4, 2023 · 1:31 · The reveal. Vice City's postcard energy, the first look at Lucia, and a Florida-shaped state Rockstar calls Leonida.
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Beachfront at first light
Art deco facades, palm rows, and a wide beach strip — the Ocean Drive silhouette the whole marketing campaign leans on.
Ocean Drive — Compare on the mapLucia, in custody
Interior scene with no exterior geography. Useful for tone and story, not for pins.
No region to place yet
Alligator in a convenience store
Flat swamp-adjacent sprawl and strip-mall retail — wetland energy rather than a Vice City block.
Grassrivers — Compare on the mapCauseway and island chain
Low bridges linking small islands. Count the spans: causeway geometry is the fastest way to tell the Keys from the mainland shore.
Leonida Keys — Compare on the mapCranes and yards
Container stacks and gantry cranes. Industrial silhouettes read as the working edge of the state, far from the neon.
Port Gellhorn — Compare on the mapDowntown skyline at dusk
Glass towers and freeway curves. Zoom out until the coastal arc is visible to place the shot against the inland grid.
Vice City — Compare on the map
Why this page embeds rather than reuploads
These videos play from Rockstar Games' own YouTube upload through the official player, which is what framing a freely accessible video means: the rights holder controls the file, the view count, and can pull it at any time. An Extended Look is age-restricted on YouTube, so Map-6 cannot embed it — timestamps open the official watch page instead. Map-6 never downloads, mirrors, or reposts a trailer or its frames, and never overlays anything on the player. Map-6 is an unofficial fan project with no affiliation to Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive. Grand Theft Auto and all related marks belong to their owners.
FAQ
- How many official GTA 6 videos are on this page?
- Three official Rockstar uploads: Trailer 1 (December 4, 2023, 1:31), Trailer 2 (May 6, 2025, 2:47), and An Extended Look (August 27, 2026, 26:49). Anything circulating as 'Trailer 3' is unconfirmed unless Rockstar Newswire posts it.
- Are the timestamps on this page official?
- No. They are our own scrub notes, currently labeled as approximate while we verify each one against the official uploads. Rockstar does not publish chapter markers for the trailers.
- Can I trust the region each beat is paired with?
- Treat it as a research starting point. We pair a frame with a region when the terrain type is clearly visible, and we leave a beat unpaired rather than inventing a district name Rockstar has not shown.
- Why does the video only load after I click?
- Because a YouTube iframe pulls a large amount of third-party JavaScript and would slow the page for everyone who came to read. Loading it on click keeps the page fast and sends no request to YouTube until you actually want to watch.
- Does the trailer tell us where collectibles are?
- No. Trailers show geography, not pickup coordinates. Rooftops, piers, and swamp huts are historically good hiding places, but that is a pattern, not a spoiler — collectible pins only land on Map-6 once there is real evidence.