GTA 6 Gameplay Clip Is So Real Fans Think It's Miami

Is this GTA 6, or a phone video from Miami? A new clip shared by Rockstar Games has fans doing a double take, and it is easy to see why.

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The clip shows a drive down Vice City's version of Ocean Drive. It runs about 20 seconds and is shot from a first-person view, like a video filmed from the passenger seat of a moving car. Palm trees, pedestrians, buildings and traffic fill the street. That is exactly why people are fooled.

Only in Dade, an Instagram account that posts videos from around Miami, put the clip up. Rockstar Games then shared it on its own Instagram Story. Kotaku reports that Rockstar also liked the original post.

Can you tell real Miami from GTA 6?

Plenty of viewers could not. Try it yourself. Below are six photos. Some are real places in Miami and Florida. Some are official Rockstar screenshots of GTA 6. Pick which is which.

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Why does GTA 6 look like real Miami?

Vice City is Rockstar's take on Miami, and Leonida is its take on Florida. The clip appears to recreate a viral video from October. In that video, Rockstar and West Coast Customs took custom cars to the streets of Miami to promote GTA 6. The new footage puts the same kind of shots inside Vice City, so the two are easy to confuse.

A side-by-side comparison has been circulating on Reddit. It lines up the real Miami video with the in-game version, and fans say the match is close.

What have fans spotted in the clip?

Sharp-eyed fans have spotted an Invetero Coquette, a Pegassi Tempesta police supercar and a green Albany Buccaneer lowrider, according to KeenGamer. Those are in-game versions of the kind of cars Rockstar took to Miami. The six vehicles in the real stunt were a Grotti Cheetah, a Pegassi Tempesta, an Invetero Coquette, an Albany Buccaneer, an Albany Manana and a Progen Emerus.

Some fans also think Jason and Lucia can be seen on the sidewalk. Beebom says they appear to be the ones filming. Kotaku says that is a maybe, and it is not confirmed.

Is this really GTA 6 gameplay?

Rockstar has not put out a statement about the clip. The Instagram Story share is the main sign that it is genuine. Kotaku reports that it is GTA 6 gameplay made by Rockstar. Notebookcheck says there is no explicit confirmation that the footage is unaltered. Some viewers guessed it was AI generated.

What we still do not know

• What hardware or settings the clip was captured on.
• Whether the footage is unaltered gameplay from the final game.
• Where Only in Dade got the clip, which Notebookcheck calls still unclear.

When can you play GTA 6?

The GTA 6 release date is November 19, 2026. The game launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S only, at 30 FPS on all consoles, and it is single-player at launch. Read more about the GTA 6 platforms and how big the GTA 6 map is compared to GTA 5.

Image credits

Quiz photos from Wikimedia Commons: Miami waterfront skyline by Gaetano Cessati (CC0), Ocean Drive, Miami Beach by Spudgun67 (CC0), and Everglades airboat tour by chensiyuan (CC BY-SA 4.0). GTA 6 screenshots: Rockstar Games.