Another alleged GTA 6 gameplay video surfaced online on the morning of August 20, providing what may be the clearest unofficial aerial look yet at Vice City and the surrounding areas of Leonida. The roughly two-minute development clip appears to show Jason flying a small propeller plane across the map during the day, passing over highways, residential districts, industrial zones, waterways and the dense Vice City skyline. The footage also appears to expose new radio interface details, including several station names and an intriguing “On Demand” option. Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive have not publicly authenticated this specific video, so every gameplay detail shown should still be treated as development material rather than a confirmed representation of the final game.
Jason Appears to Fly a Plane Across Leonida
The latest alleged footage focuses almost entirely on air travel, making it very different from the recent clips centered around basketball, driving, robberies, combat and NPC interactions.
Jason appears to be piloting a small propeller aircraft while flying toward the dense urban area associated with Vice City. From the air, the footage provides an unusually broad perspective of GTA 6’s world, with roads, highways, neighborhoods, industrial areas and waterways stretching across the landscape.
Community analysis describes the aircraft as a crop duster traveling toward Vice City from the direction of the Keys. While the exact route cannot currently be independently authenticated, the video itself clearly presents a large transition from less-developed areas toward a much denser skyline.
The Leak Provides a Huge Aerial View of Vice City
The most immediately striking part of the footage is the scale of the environment visible from the sky.
Vice City’s skyline can be seen from a considerable distance, with clusters of high-rise buildings surrounded by highways, bridges, smaller neighborhoods and large bodies of water.
As Jason approaches the city, additional details become visible across the landscape, including dense road networks and what appear to be marinas and waterfront districts.
Community members analyzing the clip have also claimed that several locations seen in Rockstar’s official promotional material can potentially be identified from the air, including areas associated with Lucia’s incarceration and locations previously visible in trailers. These identifications remain community interpretations rather than official confirmations.
GTA 6’s Draw Distance Looks Particularly Impressive
The footage has also attracted attention because of how much of the world appears visible simultaneously.
Even while Jason is flying at significant altitude, buildings, roads and geographic features remain visible far into the distance.
Some viewers have highlighted the apparent lack of aggressive environmental pop-in during the aerial sequence, particularly considering the enormous amount of scenery being rendered at once.
That said, development footage should never be treated as a reliable benchmark for final performance.
Graphics settings, hardware configuration, optimization and environmental detail can all change substantially throughout development. It is also currently unknown exactly what hardware was being used to run the build shown in the video.
The footage is therefore more useful for understanding the apparent geographic scale and density Rockstar has been experimenting with than for drawing conclusions about GTA 6’s final technical performance.
Volumetric Clouds Draw Comparisons With Red Dead Redemption 2
The sky itself has become another talking point.
Large cloud formations are visible throughout the flight, producing a dramatic atmosphere above Leonida. Community discussion has compared the apparent volumetric cloud system with technology used in Red Dead Redemption 2, although the GTA 6 implementation appears designed for a much different environment.
Rockstar has not officially explained the game’s weather or cloud-rendering technology.
However, GTA 6’s official trailers have already demonstrated a strong emphasis on environmental atmosphere, including storms, sunsets, beaches, wetlands and dense urban lighting.
An advanced weather system would therefore be consistent with the broader presentation Rockstar has shown officially, even if the exact technology visible in this leaked development clip remains unconfirmed.
New GTA 6 Radio Menu Appears in the Footage
One of the most interesting details isn’t related to flying at all.
The latest footage also appears to reveal a version of GTA 6’s in-game radio interface.
Community analysis of the menu has identified multiple station names, including V-Rock, eMotion 98.3, Back Country Radio, Symphony FM, Stockyard FM, Circoloco Records Radio and Dirty South Classics.
Some of those names immediately stand out to longtime Grand Theft Auto fans.
V-Rock and eMotion have strong associations with previous Vice City titles, while Circoloco Records already has a direct relationship with Rockstar through GTA Online and Rockstar’s real-world CircoLoco Records music label.
However, because this is development footage, the appearance of these names does not guarantee that every station will exist unchanged in the final release.
Station branding, music licensing and entire radio lineups can still change during production.
“On Demand” Option Could Point to a New Music Feature
Perhaps the most intriguing element of the radio interface is an option labeled “On Demand.”
Its exact function isn’t demonstrated clearly enough in the footage to determine what it does.
One possibility is that Rockstar has experimented with allowing players to access certain songs outside the traditional linear radio station format. Another possibility is that the option relates to podcasts, saved tracks, streaming-style functionality or another type of audio content entirely.
At this stage, any specific interpretation would be speculation.
What can be said is that an “On Demand” option appears within the radio interface shown in the alleged footage, making it one of the more unusual new UI elements discovered in the latest video.
Several Songs Are Reportedly Visible in the Radio Interface
Community members examining the footage have identified multiple tracks associated with the radio menu.
Among those discussed are “Overpowered” by Róisín Murphy, which reportedly appears on Stockyard FM, as well as songs by Stevie Nicks and Glen Campbell visible elsewhere within the interface.
As with previous songs heard in leaked GTA 6 footage, this does not necessarily confirm their inclusion in the final soundtrack.
Music licensing can change before release, and development builds sometimes contain tracks that are later replaced.
Rockstar has not officially revealed GTA 6’s complete soundtrack or radio station lineup.
Circoloco Records Radio Appears to Return
The appearance of Circoloco Records Radio is particularly notable.
Rockstar Games partnered with CircoLoco to establish CircoLoco Records, and the brand has already been incorporated into GTA Online’s musical ecosystem.
Its apparent presence in the GTA 6 radio menu could indicate Rockstar intends to carry that relationship into Leonida.
Again, the leaked build alone isn’t sufficient to confirm the station’s final inclusion, but it would make logical sense given the longstanding relationship between Rockstar, electronic music and Miami-inspired nightlife.
GTA 6’s World Looks Extremely Dense From the Air
One advantage of aerial gameplay is that it exposes the relationship between different parts of the map in a way ground-level footage cannot.
The latest clip appears to show extensive suburban development between major landmarks rather than vast stretches of completely empty terrain.
Highways branch into smaller roads, dense neighborhoods surround larger metropolitan areas and waterways divide several sections of the landscape.
This is particularly interesting in light of the alleged GTA 6 map image that began circulating earlier this week. That image claims Leonida contains multiple counties extending well beyond Vice City.
The new plane footage doesn’t authenticate that map, but the broad aerial perspective does reinforce the idea that Rockstar has built a substantially larger environment around the game’s central city.
The Video Ends With Jason Shooting a Wall
The final section of the footage takes a strange turn.
After the flight sequence ends, Jason appears on foot near a wall and begins firing a weapon directly into it.
The bullet impacts appear to form the word “LEEK,” an apparent reference to the group distributing the unauthorized material.
Community members have interpreted this sequence as evidence that the source may have interactive access to a playable GTA 6 build, rather than simply possessing a fixed collection of previously recorded videos.
That interpretation should still be treated cautiously.
The footage demonstrates that someone recorded gameplay containing an intentionally created message, but it does not independently establish how the build was obtained, how complete it is or whether the source currently maintains access to Rockstar’s systems.
Environmental Destruction Is Visible During the Shooting Sequence
The wall sequence also reveals a smaller technical detail.
When bullets strike the surface, pieces of material appear to break away and fall toward the ground.
Community observers have highlighted this as evidence of localized environmental damage or more detailed impact effects.
However, the interaction occurs on a specific surface under specific conditions.
It would therefore be premature to conclude that GTA 6 contains a large-scale destruction system based on this sequence alone.
The safest interpretation is simply that the development footage demonstrates visible physical debris and bullet damage on the wall being fired upon.
This Is the Latest in a Rapid Series of GTA 6 Leaks
The plane video arrives after several other alleged GTA 6 gameplay clips appeared over the previous few days.
Earlier footage reportedly showed Jason playing basketball, driving through Leonida, engaging NPCs in combat, interacting with vehicles, entering restricted properties and encountering police.
Other footage appeared to expose development versions of systems involving inventories, healing items, carrying NPCs and crime reporting.
Major outlets have now reported that multiple pieces of purported GTA 6 gameplay are circulating and that Take-Two has issued copyright removal requests against some of the leaked videos. Rockstar and Take-Two have not publicly authenticated every individual clip.
Cyberleek Continues to Promote Itself Through the Footage
As with the previous videos, the latest footage contains prominent overlays associated with Cyberleek, including cryptocurrency promotion and QR codes.
Those elements are not part of GTA 6.
Reporting from PC Gamer, GamesRadar and The Verge has highlighted the group’s attempts to use interest in the GTA 6 material to promote a cryptocurrency and a manifesto criticizing various practices in the gaming industry.
That means readers should distinguish between the alleged development footage itself and the promotional material placed over it by whoever distributed the video.
GameRStar News does not reproduce links, QR codes, cryptocurrency addresses or instructions directing readers toward the unauthorized files.
Rockstar Has Not Confirmed the Plane Footage
Despite growing confidence among some community members that the latest clips originate from GTA 6, Rockstar Games has not publicly authenticated this specific plane video at the time of writing.
That remains an important distinction.
The footage appears to show a GTA 6 development environment and several recognizable elements associated with Leonida, but only Rockstar or Take-Two can definitively establish its provenance.
It also clearly appears to represent development material rather than a polished final release.
Menus, graphics, radio stations, environmental systems and other mechanics shown here may have been changed since the footage was recorded.
GTA 6’s Official Gameplay Reveal Is Almost Here
The unauthorized footage is appearing just days before Rockstar’s next major official presentation.
The company is preparing an extended look at GTA 6 on August 27, with reporting indicating the presentation will debut through Netflix before becoming more broadly available.
That means fans will soon have a much better opportunity to judge GTA 6 through material Rockstar actually intends the public to see.
Until then, the plane footage provides a fascinating but unofficial look at the game’s apparent scale, aviation, radio interface and Vice City skyline.
GameRStar News is reporting on the existence and general contents of the alleged footage and is not hosting, reproducing or providing access to the unauthorized video.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the new GTA 6 plane leak show?
The alleged footage appears to show Jason flying a small propeller aircraft across Leonida and toward Vice City, providing an extensive aerial view of highways, neighborhoods, waterways and the city’s skyline.
Does GTA 6 have airplanes?
The footage appears to show Jason actively piloting an aircraft. However, Rockstar has not officially detailed GTA 6’s complete aviation system, and this specific leaked video has not been publicly authenticated.
How big does GTA 6’s map look in the new leak?
The aerial footage appears to show a very large environment extending far beyond Vice City’s downtown core. However, the video alone cannot establish GTA 6’s exact map dimensions.
What GTA 6 radio stations appear in the leaked footage?
Community analysis has identified names including V-Rock, eMotion 98.3, Back Country Radio, Symphony FM, Stockyard FM, Circoloco Records Radio and Dirty South Classics. Because this is development footage, the final radio lineup could change.
What is the “On Demand” option in GTA 6?
An “On Demand” option appears in the radio interface shown in the footage. Its function is currently unknown, and Rockstar has not officially announced such a feature.
What song is playing in the GTA 6 plane leak?
Community analysis reports “Overpowered” by Róisín Murphy playing on Stockyard FM during part of the footage. Rockstar has not confirmed the song for GTA 6’s final soundtrack.
Does Circoloco Records Radio return in GTA 6?
The station name appears in the alleged radio interface, according to community analysis. Its final inclusion has not been officially confirmed by Rockstar.
Why does Jason shoot a wall at the end of the leaked video?
The bullet impacts appear to form the word “LEEK,” apparently referencing Cyberleek. Some community members believe this suggests the source has access to a playable build rather than only prerecorded footage, although that conclusion has not been independently confirmed.
Has Rockstar confirmed the latest GTA 6 gameplay leak?
No. Rockstar Games has not publicly authenticated this specific plane footage at the time of writing.
When is the official GTA 6 gameplay presentation?
Rockstar’s next extended GTA 6 presentation is scheduled for August 27, 2026.
