GTA 6 Runs at 60 FPS on PS5 Pro—But There's a Catch

This week, Rockstar Games released a new—and most likely the latest—GTA 6 trailer to coincide with the start of pre-loading. Additionally, the studio confirmed that the game will run at 30 FPS on all consoles, including PlayStation 5 Pro. This disappointed some players who had expected the game to support 60 FPS on the most powerful console.

But that doesn’t mean the developers didn’t try to add 60 FPS support to GTA 6. According to well-known dataminer Lance McDonald —who is known for adding 60 FPS support to Bloodborne on PS4 and PS5—and citing a since-removed article from The Gamer, Rockstar managed to run GTA 6 on PlayStation 5 Pro at 60 FPS. However, during development, in order to make this work, they apparently had to remove all vehicles and character heads. This information should be treated as a rumor, but given the game’s scale and technical complexity, it’s not out of the question that this is exactly how GTA 6 might have achieved 60 FPS.

“Latest interview with Rockstar Games exec.: “we had a build that ran at 60FPS on PS5 Pro, but in order to achieve this, we had to remove all of the cars and most of the heads.”

Crazy to think rockstar was tossing up between 30fps and “characters have no heads or cars” but I guess they really gave it a shot! Do you think they made the right call?”

After reports surfaced that GTA 6 would run at 30 FPS, social media users indicated they had begun canceling their pre-orders, as they had expected the game to support 60 FPS. However, it doesn’t seem to have had much of an impact on sales, as of November 13, over 12 million copies of GTA 6 had already been sold. You can also purchase your copy of the game on Eneba and get 14% cashback. And with the EGW5 promo code, you’ll also get a 5% discount on any edition—and don’t forget to check out the Black Friday section!

Rockstar North's Rob Nelson recently spoke to The Guardian, where he shared new details about the gameplay and development of GTA 6. One of his key points is that the sixth installment in the series will be the first where your choices will truly influence what happens in the game world—whether it's the story or the gameplay.

Grand Theft Auto VI launches on November 19 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.