New GTA 6 leaked footage has been popping up on various sites and social networks, appearing in a very short demo video by a former Rockstar Games animator. It’s not a big leak like in 2022, but short animations that at first glance look like part of internal development. The video was posted on Vimeo and disappeared immediately after being shared on Reddit, which is a classic signal from Rockstar Games that the material was not intended for public consumption. However, once again, the internet is slow to forget and copies immediately began to spread further.
The former animator posted two short demos in his portfolio. In the first animation we see a bike rental from the “LomBike” system, where a male character takes the bike out of the rack, rides it briefly and then returns it.
The second animation depicts the female protagonist, presumably Lucia, jumping off the back and roof of a pickup truck, which acts as a testing of the transition between different movement states. Both scenes look like prototypes from in-house development, as suggested by the simple lighting and temporary textures. Such materials are often only used by developers when tweaking animations but do not represent a sample of the final game’s visuals.
What the leak suggests about the state of development
These GTA 6 leaked footage don’t show much new, but they fit nicely with what we’ve already seen in previous leaks. Rockstar has been testing the details of motion animations, body physics, and various micro-interactions for a long time, which should improve the overall feel of Vice City’s sandbox world. Even the bike-sharing system feels logical in the city, which according to the trailers will be much more dynamic than previous installments. The short videos could be from before the official trailer, but their style matches the current direction presented in the marketing materials.
The situation almost identically replicates past instances where staff have left fragments from internal projects in work samples. Although these GTA 6 leaked footage don’t contain anything sensitive, they show that development is still going at a great pace and the final version is still undergoing a lot of tweaking.
Of course, the footage has also been noticed by well-known GTA channels, and one of the biggest is MrBossFTW, which has been bringing content from all episodes of the franchise for years now, especially from GTA 5 Online. On his YouTube channel, he immediately broke down the entire video frame-by-frame and added his own commentary on what these short animations could mean for GTA 6. You can check out his analysis here:
GTA 6 performance expectations
After big games like Red Dead Redemption 2, it’s clear that the PC version of GTA 6 will be extremely challenging, especially if Rockstar delivers quality ray tracing, denser traffic, more dynamic NPC systems and open areas with no loading. That’s why with every leak, the performance and anticipated hardware requirements immediately start to be addressed. Our recommended graphics cards for each resolution are as follows, but for now this is just an estimate based on experience from previous Rockstar games. Final requirements may still change when the developers release official information.
- A graphics card like the RTX 3060 12GB or Radeon RX 6700 XT should be sufficient for 1080p, which is a reasonable minimum for stable gaming at medium detail.
- At 1440p, the RTX 4070 or Radeon RX 7800 XT models appear to be the ideal choice, which can handle smooth performance even in demanding urban scenes and heavy traffic.
- If you’re aiming for 4K, you’ll need graphics like theRTX 4090, or newer high-end models like the RTX 5080 or Radeon RX 9090 XT, which will be ready for maximum detail, high resolution and full ray tracing.
Conclusion
GTA 6 remains the most anticipated game of the entire generation, and today’s GTA 6 leaked footage once again shows how quickly even a few seconds of unofficial video can get an entire community moving. While the animations don’t reveal much, they confirm the ongoing development and that Rockstar responds to every leak immediately. While we wait for more information, it’s clear that there will be more short leaks like this to come – and with a planned release in November 2026, it pays to keep your PC ready and keep an eye on what’s happening around the game’s hardware and performance requirements.
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