rewatching the trailers and now i'm convinced some cutscenes are gameplay

I've been going through the trailers frame by frame again and something clicked. We all saw Lucia hanging out the passenger window in a few shots. I'm convinced now that's just a passenger animation whenever Jason is driving, maybe tied to their mood or what you did before getting in the car. Rockstar's procedural animation system has been getting better every game, so how far can they push it with a couple as the two protagonists?

Then I noticed the scene from the first trailer where Jason takes a hard turn and Lucia grabs onto the A-pillar. At the time everyone called it a cutscene. But after seeing how much actual gameplay they've been showing in these trailers, I'm starting to think that's just what happens when you turn hard with a passenger. Same with the drive past the Angstipan billboard. The cops don't ram you, they just drive by on their way to a scene. And Lucia nervously following them with her head? That could be a procedural animation too, not scripted.

What really gets me is the potential for couple specific idle stuff. Lucia driving while Jason air-drums to a song in the passenger seat? Lucia reaching over to turn the volume up when her song comes on the radio? If Rockstar is putting this much detail into basic passenger behavior, the little interactions between Jason and Lucia could be insane.

Anyone else been picking apart these animations? What other small details do you think are actually gameplay and not cutscenes?

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