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Grand Theft Auto 6fans have discovered a higher-quality version of the game’s first trailer that reveals some never-before-seen details. The gorgeous graphics and immaculate attention to detail inGTA 6’sTrailer 1 blew Rockstar fans away when it debuted over a year ago, but the greater quality of this newly-found upload has brought to light some details that are even more impressive.
As the next mainlineGrand Theft Autoentry, the excitement aroundGTA 6is at a fever pitch right now.GTA 6is scheduled to release in fall 2025, and fans have been chomping at the bit for new information about the game since the release of Trailer 1 in December 2023. Every fan theory attempting to predict the release date ofGTA 6’s Trailer 2 has turned out wrong so far, and it seems all but confirmed that Rockstar Games will break its silence surroundingGTA 6sometime before mid-2025, assuming the game’s launch window doesn’t slip to 2026.
Regardless of their previously unsuccessful efforts, theGTA 6faithful are still trying to nail down Trailer 2’s release date. It remains to be seen if their perseverance bears any fruit in the near future, but in the meantime, many Rockstar fans are obsessing over ahigher-quality upload ofGTA 6’s Trailer 1that was recently unearthed on Chinese video streaming app BiliBili and first brought to everyone’s attention byTwitter user takeshi_no_uta. The clearer detail in BiliBili’sGTA 6trailer is a result of the service’s 17,000kbps bitrate, a 70% increment over YouTube’s 10,000kbps bitrate.
Higher-Quality Version of GTA 6 Trailer 1 Shows Off Even Greater Attention to Detail
BiliBili’s quality boost has allowedGTA 6fans to pinpoint some incredible new details in Trailer 1that couldn’t be discerned from its YouTube version. Zooming into certain shots of the trailer reveals some hair on Lucia’s arm, stretch marks on an NPC’s thighs, extremely detailed lips for Jason, superior water textures, more defined leather creases on a car seat, sand sticking to an NPC’s feet on the beach, and potentially much more. It’s worth noting that Twitter’s own compression will somewhat diminish the quality upgrade inGTA 6’s BiliBili trailer, so those interested should watch it at 4K to be able to notice the differences.
AmidRockstar’s complete lack of communication aroundGTA 6, the discovery of this high-quality Trailer 1 upload provides some brief but welcome respite for fans who have been running short on topics for discourse in the past year. The community is now pinning its hopes on early 2025 for the debut ofGTA 6’s Trailer 2, and one can only hope that Rockstar pulls through soon.
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Grand Theft Auto VI heads to the state of Leonida, home to the neon-soaked streets of Vice City and beyond in the biggest, most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet.Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them. But when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida — forced to rely on each other more than ever if they want to make it out alive.
