I want GTA 6's map to feel like a proper road trip, not just a quick drive

That mission in V where Trevor drives from Sandy Shores all the way down to Los Santos still sticks with me. The radio's on, the scenery changes, and even though the map isn't actually that huge, it felt like a real journey. I'm hoping Leonida cranks that up to eleven.

I keep seeing people say a massive map would just be empty space, but I don't buy it. RDR2's world was enormous and it never felt dead, there was always something to stumble into. If GTA 6's map is even bigger than that, and all the rumors point that way, we could get actual road trips between Vice City and places like Port Gellhorn or the Keys. Flying a plane out of the airport would finally feel like you're covering real distance, not just buzzing over a few blocks.

I'm not asking for a boring commute, obviously. But that sense of scale, where you have to commit to a drive and the world changes around you, that's what I'm chasing. The extended look later this month might give us a hint, but I'm trying not to overanalyze every frame.

Do you think Rockstar's actually going to make the map that big, or are we hyping ourselves up for something more compact?

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felt like a real journey

Yeah, that Trevor drive nails it. Here in Brazil we have this too when you go from São Paulo down to the coast, everything changes around you.

I don't think map needs to be RDR2 huge to work though. Just needs the regions to feel different. If the drive from Vice City to Port Gellhorn takes real time and the road has life around it, I'm happy.

About the extended look, I'm just hoping they show some of that countryside. Not overthinking every frame either.

felt like a real journey

I'm down for the long haul if my build handles different on highway vs backroads. Need that SICK camber.

regions to feel different

Exactly.

I'm lucky to get an hour after the kids go down. I don't need a commute simulator.

Make the drive from Vice City to Port Gellhorn feel like entering another state. Change the radio stations, the road texture, the air. That's worth more than square miles.

entering another state

ok so we've got six distinct regions on the official list and Grassrivers plus the Keys already sound nothing like Vice City. if they're committing to that much variety they gotta know players want that feeling. i'm betting the highway system actually matters this time and it's not just fast travel bait! we'll see in two weeks.