TIGGEEK · GTA 6 · NEWS
A GTA 6 Vice City clip fooled some viewers into thinking it was Miami
Kotaku reports that a Grand Theft Auto VI Vice City clip posted by OnlyInDade on November 11, and shared by Rockstar on Instagram, was mistaken by some viewers for real Miami footage.
TIGGEEK Newsroom · · 2 min read
A short clip that circulated on November 11 looks, at first glance, like a phone video of cars on a Miami street. It is in-game footage from Grand Theft Auto VI, Kotaku reports, and Rockstar Games amplified it.
This article is based on that reporting, not on unverified social-media claims about what the clip contains. We are not republishing the video or fan side-by-sides here.
What Rockstar actually did
Kotaku says the Florida Instagram account OnlyInDade posted the clip on November 11. The account typically shares real local street videos, which is part of why some viewers took the footage for a live Miami recording. Others, Kotaku says, wondered if it was AI-generated.
Rockstar shared the same clip as a Story on its official Instagram and liked OnlyInDade's original post, according to Kotaku. That is the studio's public endorsement of the footage, not a Newswire post with technical credits. Rockstar has not, in the coverage cited here, published a separate statement on how the clip was captured or whether any of it was edited.
Kotaku also reports that the sequence appears to recreate an earlier real-world promotional video from last month, when Rockstar and West Coast Customs showed custom cars on Miami streets. Fan accounts have since posted side-by-side comparisons. Those comparisons are not official, and this article is not treating any of them as a documented 1:1 match beyond what Kotaku describes.
What is not confirmed
Some viewers told Kotaku they thought they could see Jason and Lucia on the sidewalk, recording the second part of the clip. Kotaku flags that as a maybe. It is not confirmed, and this article is not confirming it.
The clip is marketing around a game that still launches on November 19. It does not change the [30fps target](/blog/rockstar-gta-6-30fps-all-consoles-ps5-pro) Rockstar has confirmed, and it is not a substitute for a hands-on review.
The takeaway
Per Kotaku, Rockstar recreated a real Miami promo street scene inside Vice City, OnlyInDade posted the result, and Rockstar shared it on Instagram. Treat it as official gameplay footage the studio chose to circulate, not as a documentary of Miami, and be wary of unofficial claims about who appears in the shot.
Cover image: The downtown Miami skyline, photographed by Don Ramey Logan. Licensed under CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The photo is a real-world view of the city that inspired Vice City; it is not official Grand Theft Auto VI artwork or a still from the clip.
Key facts
- Posted
- November 11, by the Instagram account OnlyInDade, per Kotaku
- Rockstar
- Shared the clip as an Instagram Story and liked the original post, per Kotaku
- What it is
- In-game Vice City footage, not a live Miami recording
- Jason and Lucia
- Unconfirmed; Kotaku treats sidewalk identifications as a maybe