'The whole world doesn't look like that. You focus on the areas of the trailer' — Former Rockstar environmental artist says what fans see in GTA 6 trailers has been 'madly polished' but 'everything that's not in that view' won't be as refined yet

GTA 6 marketing is expected to begin soon

09 Apr 2026, 11:16 by https://www.techradar.com/uk/author/demi-williams · TechRadar

News By Demi Williams published 9 April 2026

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A former GTA 6 environmental artist has expressed excitement for the third trailer
He says that the city he worked on has been "all fleshed out so much more than when I'd last wandered it"
He adds that trailers are more polished than what is not captured by cameras

As we wait for the next Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer to drop, a former Rockstar Games developer has also shared his excitement, but says what you see in trailers has been polished more than anything off-camera.

Speaking on the Kiwi Talkz podcast, and as spotted by GamesRadar+, environmental artist David O'Reilly, who has credits on GTA 5, GTA 6, and Red Dead Redemption 2, teased the game's cityscape, which he had a hand in creating.

"I can't wait for the next trailer too, all that stuff I have no idea about, the characterization, seeing that city all fleshed out so much more than when I'd last wandered it," said O'Reilly.

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With that being said, the developer suggested that everything fans see in these grand trailers has been more refined than what isn't captured by the camera.

"When you make a trailer, they look at where the camera's going to be, and that view is getting madly polished," he explained.

"Whereas everything that's not in that view is not getting madly polished yet. The whole world doesn't look like that. You focus on the areas of the trailer."

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When the last GTA 6 trailer was released, Rockstar confirmed that the footage was captured on the base PlayStation 5, and while we don't know what frame rate the game was running at, what we saw does look incredible.

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