Anyone else skipping the launch checklists and just wandering on day one?

by opNov 14, 2026, 11:35 AM
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Nov 14, 2026, 11:35 AM

Been seeing a bunch of videos pop up where people lay out their whole GTA 6 launch plan. Checklists, step-by-step routines, a schedule for what to do first. And I get the impulse, launch day is a big deal and people want to make it count.

But I think that's the wrong way to go into it. The second you write a list, you've turned the game into a chore list. Your brain starts ticking off boxes instead of just existing in Leonida. Half the fun of a new GTA is the stuff you never planned on. You're driving to a mission and a random encounter pulls you off course, and suddenly two hours are gone and you don't even remember what you were supposed to be doing.

That's the good stuff. That's the memory you'll actually keep.

Nobody's first run through a GTA map is efficient. Mine never were. I wandered, got lost, found some weird corner of the map and just sat there looking at it. Those are the moments I still think about years later, not the order I finished missions in.

So my plan for November 19 is basically nothing. Boot it up, pick a direction, see where it goes. No guide open on a second screen, no checklist taped to the wall. Just the game and however long it takes me to come up for air.

Curious how many of you are actually doing the same, or if the checklist people are the silent majority here?


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