fitness · Vice City
Gyms are confirmed for GTA 6. Trailer 2 includes a clear shot of a workout interior — squat racks, free weights, and the kind of neon-lit fitness aesthetic that fits Vice City's mid-2020s reimagining of 1980s Miami body culture. It's the first time since San Andreas that working out has been previewed as a stand-alone protagonist activity. The likely loop returns to the San Andreas model: build stat lines that affect melee damage, sprint stamina, and possibly aim sway, with visible body-shape changes over time. Lucia and Jason have distinct silhouettes in the marketing, so the system might track them separately. Expect gym memberships as a buy-once unlock, plus per-machine minigames in the tradition of the casino-prep arc. This is one of the activities where Rockstar can quietly add depth without committing to it for the trailers — protein, body-fat, sleep, and recovery systems are all plausible. Whatever the exact mechanic, the gym's biggest narrative job is grounding the protagonists in Vice City's daily life between heists. Visually, Rockstar has been clear about wanting the protagonists to feel like physical actors rather than animated mannequins. The body-shape changes from San Andreas were limited by the era's tech; in 2026, depending on the engine's morph-target work, we could see genuinely visible muscle development, fat gain, and posture changes that affect both cutscene framing and gameplay animation blending. The gym, in that scenario, becomes a slow-burn cosmetic activity with stat side-effects — a habit you maintain across the campaign rather than a one-time stat dump.
