Comparison

GTA 6 vs GTA 5: What's New and Different

Published June 11, 2026

How does GTA 6 stack up against GTA 5? Here are the confirmed differences.

Setting

GTA 5: Los Santos (a take on Los Angeles)
GTA 6: Vice City and the state of Leonida — a modern-day take on Florida

Protagonists

GTA 5: three male protagonists (Michael, Franklin, Trevor)
GTA 6: two protagonists — Lucia Caminos (the series’ first playable woman) and Jason Duval — in a Bonnie-and-Clyde story

Platforms

GTA 5: launched on PS3/Xbox 360, later PS4/Xbox One, later PC
GTA 6: current-gen only — PS5 and Xbox Series X|S; no PS4/Xbox One, and no PC version yet

Technology

GTA 6 is built from the ground up for modern hardware — expecting far greater world detail, density, and physics than GTA 5, which originally launched back in 2013.

For the full confirmed picture, see Everything We Know.

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Characters

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Characters

Lucia Caminos: GTA 6's First Female Protagonist

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Money

GTA 6 Stock Market: Will It Return?

Will GTA 6 have a stock market? Here's what we know, how the GTA 5 stock market worked, and our full GTA 6 investing guide coming at launch.

Frequently asked questions

What's different about GTA 6 compared to GTA 5?

GTA 6 is set in Vice City and Leonida (vs Los Santos), stars two protagonists including the series' first playable woman, is current-gen only, and is built from the ground up for modern hardware.

Is GTA 6 bigger than GTA 5?

Rockstar hasn't confirmed the map size, but GTA 6 is its most ambitious project yet, so a larger, more detailed world is expected.