Rockstar says Grand Theft Auto VI is targeting 30 frames per second on both current-generation consoles. The statement is in the Newswire post of 10 November, "Pre-Load Grand Theft Auto VI Now", which opened pre-loading for everyone with a digital pre-order.
What Rockstar wrote
Rockstar says the game was developed from the ground up for the current generation of consoles. It targets 30 frames per second while pushing both platforms to their limits, and it says it keeps the density and visual fidelity of all the environments and the people in them. The post does not say how the target is met, which resolution the game renders at, or whether 30 frames per second holds in every area and situation.
PS5 and PS5 Pro
For PlayStation 5, Rockstar lists:
- Haptics: high-fidelity haptic feedback fully integrated across the game on DualSense controllers, adjustable through accessibility settings.
- Audio: improved spatial audio rendering so in-game sounds take full advantage of Tempest 3D Audio.
- Loading: improved load times.
Rockstar says these make the game play best on PlayStation 5. On the PS5 Pro, it adds improved clarity through PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) and ray-traced shadows that are only available on that console. PlayStation's blog post of the same day repeats the PS5 list, credits the console's ultra high-speed SSD for the load times, and names the same two Pro features. Our PS5 features page has the longer list.
Xbox
Rockstar says nothing about Series X or Series S performance in this post. Game Informer notes the same: on Xbox, the post concerns Xbox Cloud Gaming, which uses Xbox Series S graphics settings, and Remote Play on both PlayStation and Xbox. The Xbox One cloud gaming article covers that part.
What the post does not say
- A 60fps mode, a 40fps mode or any choice between performance and quality.
- A resolution target on any console.
- Whether the PS5 Pro uses the same frame-rate target as the base PS5. Rockstar's wording is "current generation of consoles", and Game Informer reads it as all consoles.
- Whether any of this changes after launch.
A target is not a measurement. How the game actually runs will be clear from launch-week coverage, and our PS5 Pro frame rate and resolution page and the console comparison are where we will record it. Until then, the best settings guide lists the options that are known.
Why it matters before launch
The post arrived on the day pre-loading opened, nine days before launch, so players who were still choosing a console or a TV setting could plan around it. Game Informer ran the news under the headline that GTA VI will run at 30 FPS on all consoles, with the PS5 Pro as the one platform-specific graphics difference. See the launch week page for the dates ahead.