A phone video of supercars cruising a sunny Miami street fooled plenty of people this week, but it isn’t Miami at all. The Miami-Dade account Only in Dade first posted the GTA 6 gameplay clip, tagged #OnlyinViceCity.
With GTA 6 a week from launch, the clip is a rare look at the game’s visuals that Rockstar itself has shared. According to Kotaku, Rockstar shared it as a Story on its official Instagram page on Wednesday, 11 November, and liked Only in Dade’s original post. The studio hasn’t put out a written statement about the clip.
What the clip shows
The footage drives past a line of customised cars on an Ocean Drive-style street in Vice City, filmed like a phone recording. It recreates a real Miami promo with West Coast Customs, and Keengamer identified six cars: the Grotti Cheetah, Pegassi Tempesta, Invetero Coquette, Albany Buccaneer, Albany Manana, and Progen Emerus.
RockstarINTEL says the “incredible fidelity and NPC density in the clip” stand out straight away. Some fans also believe they can spot Jason and Lucia recording from the sidewalk. Others theorise the shot comes from the in-game phone camera. Keengamer points out that the first-person angle doesn’t necessarily mean a playable first-person mode at launch, and Rockstar hasn’t said whether there’ll be one.
Real or rendered?
Plenty of viewers didn’t buy that it was a game. “This ain’t no gameplay footage this is in real life,” one viewer wrote on X, and Reddit replies argued over whether it was made with AI. Only in Dade insists it’s 100% gameplay, and NikTek posted a side-by-side comparison on X calling it “uncanny valley levels of realism”.
Polygon compared it with the real promo and found the tells. The real video has far more people walking about and less saturated colours, while the game clip has shaky camera work. Polygon argues the sparse sidewalk makes the game footage look more convincing, and the crowds on the beach suggest the game could render a busier street anyway.
While Rockstar has not outright said the clip is real, it seems unlikely that the developer would share fake footage
Polygon
The clip joins other recent glimpses of the game, including GTA 6 footage in South Park, and the old question of trailer polish vs the real game.
The 30fps question
The clip also landed a day after Rockstar’s pre-load announcement on 10 November, which confirmed GTA 6 targets 30fps on PS5, PS5 Pro, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S. Rockstar says the game pushes the consoles to their “absolute limits”.
GTA 6 launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on 19 November 2026, and pre-loading is already open. Our pre-load guide has the timings and file size, and the GTA 6 UAE price guide covers what it costs here.
