GTA 6 takes place in Leonida, a fictional state directly inspired by Florida, anchored by a long-awaited return to Vice City, Rockstar's Miami analogue last visited in Vice City Stories (2006).
The neon-soaked heart of GTA 6's map — denser, taller, and far more vertical than its 2002 predecessor. Expect art deco coastline blending into a redesigned downtown core.
Leonida adds new districts, marshland, and rural environments around Vice City. Confirmed locations from Rockstar's Newswire posts, its official GTA VI site, the trailers and the August 27, 2026 Extended Look include:
Chain of small island communities running off the south of Leonida. Boating mechanics will matter here.
Rockstar has published no square-mile or square-kilometre figure for the GTA 6 map. Its only official size comparison, given to The New York Times on August 27, 2026, is that the map is three times the playable area of Red Dead Redemption 2. The "twice GTA 5" figure in circulation comes from a creator's account of a sanctioned Rockstar North preview, not from a Rockstar publication.