GTA 6 Trailer Breakdown: Every Official Video, Shot by Shot

Last checked: Oct 12 2026.

Three videos, about 31 minutes of Leonida, and fans have freeze-framed every second. Trailer 1 gave us 90 seconds of Florida chaos and one name, Lucia. Trailer 2 gave us the love story. An Extended Look gave us real play. Here is each one in order: what happens, who is on screen, where we are, what is playing, and the jokes outlets spotted in the background.

One rule: every timestamp and Easter egg here comes from a named outlet. Where no outlet gave a clock time, we give the scene order instead. Dates, runtimes and view counts live on our GTA VI trailers page; this page is about what is inside the videos.

At a glance

Trailer 1: Dec 4 2023

The reveal is a mood reel: a prison, a beach, a swamp, then a flood of phone videos that feel like a year of "Florida Man" headlines. The table follows PC Gamer's scene-by-scene breakdown, the only one we found with timestamps.

The end card read 2025. That date did not hold, as our delay timeline shows.

Easter eggs, as reported:

• The Cheetah is back. VGC: a Cheetah has been in every main game since GTA III, and this one goes back to the Testarossa look. More on the cars in GTA 6 vehicles and weapons.
• "The United States of Paranoia." That is what the cash in Lucia's hand says, per VGC.
• Angstipan. A pill ad that "cures emotions" (VGC). Keep that name in mind, it comes back.
• Piswasser Nein. An alcohol-free take on the series' classic beer, VGC guesses, along with Logger Light Dreich, a Scottish in-joke.
• The sign on the liquor store door. "We will no longer accept cash stored in underwear" (VGC, PC Gamer).
• Why "Leonida." VGC links the name to Juan Ponce de Leon, the Spanish explorer who led the first European expedition to Florida in 1513.
• Old Vice City. GamesRadar thinks it sees updated takes on Starfish Island and the original Ocean Beach.

Trailer 2: May 6 2025

Trailer 2 slows down and tells a story: in Rockstar's description, "an easy score" goes wrong and a conspiracy spreads "across the state of Leonida." Rockstar also says it is "equal parts gameplay and cutscenes." The table follows GameSpot's scene order. The one clock time we have is GamesRadar's: at 00:23, Jason walking into his house is the clearest handoff to gameplay it could find.

GameSpot gives Cal a different surname; Rockstar's profile says Cal Hampton (see the named cast).

Easter eggs, as reported:

• "Just fixing some leaks." PC Gamer reads Jason's first line as Rockstar poking fun at the 2022 hack.
• Phil's Ammu-Nation. PC Gamer wonders if this is Phil Cassidy, the gun dealer from GTA III and Vice City, and lists reasons it may not be. Treat it as a question, not a fact.
• "Hurricane Roxy." The words behind the bar where Cal orders shots. GameSpot points out that a character is named Roxy; in Rockstar's profiles, Roxy is one half of the rap duo Real Dimez.
• Cats. Behind Brian, and by Jason outside the store (PC Gamer).
• The Manatees. A green football jersey reads "Manatees," which PC Gamer calls GTA's Miami Dolphins.
• A familiar console. A console and controllers that look like a PS5 and DualSense (GameSpot).

An Extended Look: Aug 27 2026

The big one: about 26 minutes, all in-game on PS5 by Rockstar's account, and our first long look at Jason and Lucia under player control. No outlet we could open gave clock times, so this is the scene order as GamesRadar's and PC Gamer's live coverage logged it.

Songs. Rockstar credits none. NME listed 12 tracks, including Birdman and Lil Wayne, Def Leppard, Depeche Mode, Cliff Richard and Phil Collins, and GamesRadar places "Against All Odds" in an elevator. Rockstar's launch credits will be the final word. For the dial itself, see GTA VI radio stations.

Easter eggs, as reported:

• Righteous Slaughter: Hood Ops. A T-shirt in the opening scene, a nod to the in-game shooter series from GTA V. GamesRadar says the shirt "briefly appeared in the first trailer" too.
• A Fleeca Bank sticker on Jason's fridge (GamesRadar).
• The Prairie sandwich box, "only 30,000 calories," which GamesRadar reads as an Arby's parody.
• The Sentinel. The convertible is an old Sentinel, a car from the 2002 Vice City, per GamesRadar.
• Two Phil Collins nods, per GamesRadar's live team. Collins played himself in Vice City Stories.

What keeps coming back

Our favorite part of lining up all three: Rockstar plants things in one video and pays them off in another.

The pattern: Trailer 1 sells the world, Trailer 2 sells the couple, and the Extended Look sells the play. For what Rockstar itself says about the pair, see Lucia and Jason.

Where the sources disagree

• Trailer 1's length. YouTube says 90 seconds. GamesRadar called it "91-second," and PC Gamer "one minute and thirty-one seconds." Call it 1:30 to 1:31.
• Trailer 2 and the Extended Look. YouTube says 2:47 and 26:48; GameSpot called the first "three-minute," and outlets round the second to 26 minutes.

Sources and method

Song credits and capture notes are from Rockstar's YouTube descriptions, read Oct 12 2026. Everything else is from the outlet named on each line, never from leaked footage. GameSpot blocked our fetch, so we read its gallery via the Internet Archive. IGN, Polygon and Eurogamer were not reachable to us, so they are not used.

• Rockstar Games on YouTube, Trailer 1, Trailer 2, An Extended Look
• PC Gamer, Trailer 1 scene-by-scene breakdown, Dec 5 2023
• GamesRadar, 12 things you might have missed, Dec 5 2023
• VGC, GTA 6 trailer Easter Eggs, Dec 5 2023
• PC Gamer, Trailer 2 details and takeaways, May 6 2025
• GameSpot, GTA 6 Trailer 2 Breakdown, May 6 2025 (Internet Archive copy)
• GamesRadar, "equal parts gameplay and cutscenes," May 7 2025
• GamesRadar, Extended Look live coverage, updated Aug 28 2026
• PC Gamer, Extended Look live coverage, updated Aug 28 2026
• TechRadar, 16 new GTA 6 details, Aug 27 2026
• GamesRadar, Extended Look: 7 things you might have missed, Aug 28 2026
• NME, Loading Leonida, Aug 27 2026