GTA VI launch trailer: every shot
All 47 shots of the GTA VI launch trailer with exact timestamps: the Keys, Brian's Marina, the prison call, the vault, the showers and the Justice debut.
- When
- Oct 15, 2026, 1:00 PM
- Shots analysed
- 47
Rockstar released the GTA VI launch trailer on October 15: 90 seconds that run from a marina in the Keys to a vault in Vice City. Here it is in full, shot by shot and in order, with the exact timestamp of each. Full context in our story.
Shot-by-shot coverage
- 0:00
Plays best on PS5
Before the first image, the marketing card: the GTA VI logo, a PS5 and "Plays best on PS5." The Sony deal is front and center to the very end.
- 0:02
Welcome to the Keys
The trailer doesn't open in Vice City but in the Keys. A pickup tows a boat toward a "Welcome to The Keys" billboard with a heron and a shark.
- 0:04
Brian's Marina
An aerial view of a marina with boats stacked on racks and a big red sign: Brian's Marina. Brian Heder is one of the characters on the official site, so it's reasonable to think this is his business, though Rockstar doesn't say so.
- 0:06
Jason at the boatyard
Jason, with longer hair and a backwards cap, buffs a boat hull. His voice sets it up: "I got in some trouble in the Army. Didn't leave on the best of terms. They don't give loans or anything to people like me."
- 0:09
Boatyard shift
Inside a bright shed, two men work on a white yacht with a teal stripe: one on deck with a power tool, one on a ladder by the hull. This trailer opens Jason on a day job.
- 0:11
The prison call
Jason picks up the phone in the marina lot and a recording plays: "This is a free call from Lucia Caminos." That's the standard prison phone greeting, the same situation we first met Lucia in on Trailer 1, now heard from the other end of the line.
- 0:13
Seaplane at the seawall
A man in a tank top, seen from behind, looks at a floatplane moored in turquoise water, with a bridge and the skyline beyond.
- 0:16
Vice City by night
After "Rockstar Games presents," an aerial of downtown at night: towers trimmed in green and magenta neon and lit pools.
- 0:18
A lowrider up to no good
A green convertible lowrider with gold veins and three tattooed guys inside. One hangs a submachine gun over the door. Right after, an iguana crosses the road, which is about as Florida as a shot gets.
- 0:20
Iguana on the road
Close-up of a green iguana on the roadside as a red car approaches. Florida wildlife front and center, as in the earlier trailers.
- 0:23
Sunset over the bay
After the logo, the skyline at sunset from the water, with palms and a Ferris wheel. The postcard before the jobs begin.
- 0:25
Top down
Lucia leans on the door of a red convertible as they drive along the coast. After the title card the trailer changes gear: this is where the jobs start.
- 0:27
Through the mangroves
Armed silhouettes wade waist-deep through mangroves at sunset. Leonida's swamps were already in the first trailer; here they look like the setting for a job.
- 0:28
Brass knuckles
Under red light and an exit sign, a long-haired, bearded man slips on a multi-ring knuckle piece. It is the lead-in to the job.
- 0:29
Plate carriers
Very dark shots of the crew: plate carriers, headsets, green and red light. Rockstar shows the prep for the job without showing faces.
- 0:32
Airboat run
A man in a cap and black tee rides the raised seat of an airboat at full speed through the swamp, spray backlit. A very Everglades vehicle that points to Leonida's swamps.
- 0:32
Through the smoke
A figure in tactical gear crouches with a weapon in a smoke-filled concrete structure lit pink and blue.
- 0:34
The vault
The shot of the trailer. Through an open round door, two women walk into a smoke-filled vault as banknotes float. Before it there's a crew in plate carriers and headsets and a red exit sign: the easy score that, per Rockstar, goes wrong.
- 0:35
The shower
A couple under the water, backlit by sun through the window. It is the first intimate scene in a GTA VI trailer.
- 0:37
Seeing red
In a club drenched in magenta, a man in a patterned shirt arches back with one arm raised.
- 0:38
Chasing a plane
A pickup races down the runway under a plane's landing gear while someone climbs out toward it.
- 0:39
U.S. Army shirt
Jason and Lucia lean on a classic red sports car at a container yard. He's wearing a U.S. Army T-shirt, so the military past isn't a throwaway line.
- 0:41
Over the bar
A man ends up sprawled across a blue-lit bar, a cocktail umbrella in the foreground. The night turns.
- 0:42
Back in the shower
A wet hand against the tiles and a kiss. The trailer cuts back to the shower between action shots.
- 0:44
On the floor
A woman in a corset, fur jacket and jeans dances in a magenta-lit club.
- 0:46
Art Deco chase
After a red sports car flashes past, a neon-green supercar cuts across an Art Deco arcade street with a police car right behind it and people on the sidewalks. Vice City by day, flat out.
- 0:48
Off the elevated line
A dirt bike jumps off the elevated rail line as a train goes by. Bike stunts get their own shot again.
- 0:50
An ankle monitor
A quick, dark shot of wet legs in a shower shows an ankle monitor with its red light on. Three feet are visible, so there may be two people. It fits someone on supervised release, but you can't see whose it is, so we're not calling it.
- 0:52
Rooftop fire
A man on a rooftop at night as a fireball erupts over the skyline behind him. This is the night it all goes sideways.
- 0:54
Biplane over the beach
A biplane trails pink smoke over a packed beach with someone standing on the wing. Peak Leonida.
- 0:56
At the gym
A tattooed, shirtless man in a black durag works a cable machine in a dim gym.
- 0:57
A python in the living room
A tattooed man in a tank top slumps by the window with a snake wrapped around his arm. On the table: a red cup, food and a controller.
- 0:59
Pink balaclavas
Two women in pink balaclavas pose with rifles in front of a banner. Another crew, or the same job seen from another angle: the trailer doesn't say.
- 1:00
Blast on the road
A person with braids, seen from behind, faces a sparking explosion on a night road, police lights in the distance.
- 1:01
On the site
At night on a construction rooftop, a long-haired, bearded man in sunglasses stands over someone lying on the ground, with a man in a jacket and a blonde woman beside him. He looks like Jason, but the shot is not enough to say so.
- 1:02
"Are we gonna be okay?"
The music shifts and the couple speak: "Are we gonna be okay?" "We've stuck together through everything. Just gotta get through it." Meanwhile: a night street race, a man with a pistol in the fog and a skyscraper with its windows blowing out.
- 1:02
On the terrace
As "Are we gonna be okay?" plays, a woman with a ponytail and crop top looks out from a terrace at sunset, cranes behind. The shot does not make clear whether it is Lucia.
- 1:03
Night race
A street race at night under green highway signs. The plate on the car ahead reads "Sunshine State" and the signs point to Shoreline Amphitheater and Port VC and the Keys. A lime supercar pulls away in tire smoke.
- 1:04
Pistol in the fog
A heavyset man in sunglasses aims a red-dot pistol through green fog.
- 1:06
Sunset embrace
A couple embraces on a balcony as the sun sets over the sea. It's the breather before the final stretch: helicopters, sheriff's cars and a woman firing a rifle through flames.
- 1:07
Shattered glass
Low angle between towers: something smashes through a glass facade as a helicopter sweeps the street with a searchlight.
- 1:09
Hanging off a chopper
A figure clings to the side of a white and yellow helicopter high above the lit city.
- 1:10
The sheriff
A sheriff's SUV on a dark road through the trees, then a line of patrol cars with lights on. The chase leaves the city.
- 1:11
Sniper
A short-haired man with an earpiece aims a scoped rifle. A helicopter is reflected in the scope.
- 1:12
Rifle through the flames
A woman in a cap, sunglasses and vest advances down a street with an assault rifle, fire and workers in hi-vis vests running behind her.
- 1:13
Into the water
Top-down shot: a couple holding hands, her in a sequined dress, leaps from a height into a blue-lit pool. It is the last shot before the logo.
- 1:20
The end card
After the logo, a night aerial of the city and the card: "November 19, 2026 · Pre-order now," the M rating and "Captured on PS5." Rockstar doesn't say whether that's the base console or the Pro. It closes on PlayStation's "Play Has No Limits."
Frequently asked questions
- How long is the GTA VI launch trailer?
- 90 seconds. Rockstar released it on October 15, 2026 on YouTube and its website.
- What song plays in the launch trailer?
- "Flower in a Hurricane" by Justice featuring Tame Impala, SZA and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. It is the only song in the video and it is on Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album.
- Is it GTA VI Trailer 3?
- Rockstar calls it the launch trailer, not Trailer 3, but it is the game's third trailer after Trailer 1 and Trailer 2. An Extended Look was a presentation, not a trailer.
- What console was it captured on?
- PS5, according to the end card. Rockstar does not say whether it is the base console or the Pro.