GTA 6 Side Activities and Hobbies: What We Expect

GTA 6 activities and hobbies are among the most searched-for features ahead of launch, and a handful of them are already officially confirmed. Rockstar has named several pastimes on the official Grand Theft Auto VI website and in Trailer 2, while many other GTA 6 minigames remain expected rather than confirmed. This guide separates what the studio has actually shown from what is still speculation.

What's officially confirmed

The strongest facts come straight from Rockstar's GTA VI website and the official screenshots that accompanied the marketing. The clearest cluster of confirmed activities sits in Mount Kalaga National Park, a forested area on the northern edge of Leonida (Rockstar's parallel-universe Florida).

• Hunting is confirmed, with official screenshots showing camo-clad hunters in the pine forests of Mount Kalaga.
• Fishing is confirmed, shown in screenshots and described as a Mount Kalaga pastime.
• Kayaking is confirmed, with official imagery of kayakers paddling down the park's rivers.
• Off-road trails are confirmed as part of the park's appeal, which points toward off-road riding and driving in that region.

Rockstar's own description frames Mount Kalaga as a destination for "prime hunting, fishing, and off-road trails," so these four are the safest things to count on. Everything past this point is observation or expectation, not confirmed fact.

Sports and fitness (mostly expected)

Trailer 2 showed Jason and Lucia doing things that strongly resemble returning sports and fitness systems, but Rockstar has not formally listed most of them as playable minigames.

• Working out and the gym look likely. Jason appears with a muscular build and is seen at an outdoor gym, while official screenshots show Lucia training with a punching bag. This echoes the body and stat systems from GTA: San Andreas, but a full transformation system is not confirmed.
• Cage fighting / MMA is heavily hinted. Lucia is shown throwing a high kick at a man inside a steel cage, which suggests hand-to-hand fighting as an optional activity. Treat the exact mechanics as unconfirmed.
• Basketball is expected. Hoops appear in the trailer, and basketball was a minigame in San Andreas, but Rockstar has not confirmed it as playable.

For reference, recent entries set the bar here: GTA 5 shipped with playable tennis, golf, darts, and triathlons, while San Andreas leaned on basketball, pool, and gym training. It is reasonable to expect GTA 6 to match or exceed that range, though specific sports remain fan speculation until Rockstar confirms them.

Leisure pastimes and minigames (expected)

Several classic GTA minigames are widely expected to return based on trailer scenery and series history, rather than direct confirmation.

• Pool appeared in GTA IV and San Andreas and is a strong candidate to come back, but it is not officially confirmed for GTA 6.
• Mini golf has been pointed to by some outlets as a potential new hobby, though Rockstar has not officially listed it. Treat this as rumored.
• Diving and snorkeling look plausible given Leonida's coastline and the Keys, but underwater exploration as a structured activity is not confirmed.

If buyable downtime spots return, expect them to live near the nightlife districts. You can track the official confirmed-facts feed on our GTA 6 hub as Rockstar reveals more.

Nightlife, partying, and dancing (expected)

Trailer 2 leans hard into Vice City nightlife. Jason and Lucia are shown drinking, partying, and dancing in clubs under neon lights, and several scenes place them in leisure moments together. That presentation makes some form of club and party activity likely.

What is not confirmed is whether dancing, club ownership, or social minigames will be interactive systems or simply cutscene set dressing. GTA's history with nightclubs (the management loop in GTA Online, the dancing minigame in San Andreas) makes interactive nightlife a reasonable bet, but it remains speculation for now.

Driving, racing, and water sports (partly expected)

Vehicles get plenty of screen time, and a few activities here are stronger bets than others.

• Off-road trails in Mount Kalaga are confirmed, so off-road driving and riding in that region is on solid ground.
• Street racing is expected. The trailer shows high-speed driving and dirt-track-style action, and racing has been a GTA staple, but a formal race mode is not confirmed.
• Jet skis and boats appear in marketing footage, and jet-skiing is shown, which makes water traversal a reasonable expectation even though Rockstar has not detailed a water-sports activity list.

Vehicle handling and the full activity loop will only be clear once gameplay deep-dives arrive. Until then, see our GTA 6 screenshots for the official imagery these expectations are built on.

How GTA 6 activities compare to past games

It helps to ground expectations in what Rockstar has done before. GTA 5 offered tennis, golf, darts, triathlons, yoga, hunting, scuba diving, and more as optional pastimes. San Andreas added gym training, basketball, pool, and dating mechanics. Red Dead Redemption 2, the studio's most recent single-player title, built deep hunting and fishing systems that many fans now expect GTA 6's confirmed hunting and fishing to resemble.

The pattern suggests GTA 6 will likely carry a broad menu of side content. The key caveat is that almost none of the specific minigames beyond hunting, fishing, kayaking, and off-road trails have been officially confirmed. When you see lists claiming a dozen confirmed activities, most entries are trailer observations or fan speculation, not statements from Rockstar.

The bottom line

Confirmed GTA 6 activities so far: hunting, fishing, kayaking, and off-road trails, all centered on Mount Kalaga National Park. Everything else, including the gym, cage fighting, basketball, pool, mini golf, dancing, and street racing, is expected based on trailers and series history, not confirmed. We will update this guide as Rockstar reveals more before the November 19, 2026 launch.

Sources

• Grand Theft Auto VI: Watch Trailer 2 Now (Rockstar Games Newswire)
• Grand Theft Auto VI is Now Set to Launch November 19, 2026 (Rockstar Games)
• The GTA 6 map will include a 'lush' national park in the mountains (PC Gamer)
• GTA 6: All The Potential Gameplay Activities From The Second Trailer (GameSpot)
• All activities in GTA 6 so far (Dexerto)
• Sports in the GTA series (GTA Wiki)