'60fps Feels Like a Bridge Too far' — Tech Experts Cast Doubt on Those GTA 6 Quality and Performance Mode 'Leaks'

You mightiness person seen reports doing the rounds that GTA 6 volition travel with a mode that lets you play it astatine 60 frames per second, based connected retailer listings that person emerged online. Well, similar truthful galore things astir Rockstar’s upcoming gaming behemoth, bash not judge everything you read.

The tech experts astatine Digital Foundry person said there’s thing they’ve seen of GTA 6 truthful acold — including the precocious released screenshots and little video clips — that suggests a 60fps mode is imaginable connected the existent procreation of consoles, though of people Rockstar has yet to marque thing official.

“Unfortunately, the level of item evident successful the trailer, preorder screenshots and other, much caller footage seems highly challenging to standard down successful a mode that allows for a 60fps mode,” DF’s Will Judd said.

That appraisal is based connected the established demands that games dense connected simulation person connected the CPUs of the astir six-year-old consoles (“the GTA 6 satellite looks different level of magnitude much challenging than the likes of Dragon's Dogma 2 oregon Baldur's Gate 3”). With GTA 6 this is an adjacent tougher situation due to the fact that of the velocity you tin determination astir the unfastened world. DF predicts 30fps for GTA 6 crossed the consoles, saying “60fps feels similar a span excessively far.”

Even the much almighty PS5 Pro would conflict to output GTA 6 astatine 60fps, DF suggests, due to the fact that it lone offers “a fractional CPU show bump” implicit basal PS5 (the Pro is much more astir improved Ray Tracing and enactment for PSSR upscaling than it is higher framerate). At best, DF suggests a 40fps mode could beryllium imaginable connected PS5 Pro, but again, that’s unconfirmed for now.

And it's worthy noting Rockstar’s ain merchandise past suggests 60fps isn’t happening for GTA 6. GTA 4, GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 each launched astatine 60fps connected console, with the absorption connected fidelity astatine 30fps. The developer conscionable doesn't thin to merchandise games built astir delivering 60fps.

A expected prime and show mode isn't the lone questionable gta 6 rumor doing the rounds. Over the weekend, we reported connected viral societal media posts and articles that claimed a carnal disc transcript of GTA 6 was successful the works, each of which turned retired to beryllium untrue. Why has Rockstar decided not to spell with a disc mentation of GTA 6, risking angering halfway gamers successful the process? There are a fig of reasons, analysts told IGN this week, and they each marque commercialized sense. Meanwhile, immoderate retailers are refusing to merchantability GTA 6 due to the fact that the carnal mentation lacks a disc.

Last week, IGN reported connected the results of our ain canvass wherever we asked if you’re going to bargain the $100 Ultimate Edition oregon the $80 Standard Edition. Somewhat surprisingly, implicit 70% of you mean to bargain the much costly version.

GTA 6 releases connected PS5 and Xbox Series X and S connected November 19, 2026.

Wesley is Director, News astatine IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].