Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 are opening at midnight tonight, with two versions of the game up for sale. The first will give you the base game, and is priced at $80 - a little better than many of us feared. However, if you want the full experience, you'll need to put $100 down for the ultimate edition.
As per the pre-order details, we can see that Rockstar is paywalling a whole lot of content in GTA 6. This includes vehicles, character customisation options, activities for Jason and Lucia, and even entire locations. You'll only get access to these if you buy the $100 version of the game, and fans aren't happy.
GTA 6 Is Locking Haircuts, Clothes Stores, And Much More Behind A Paywall
From the Rockstar website, here's everything included in Grand Theft Auto 6: Ultimate Edition. Or, in other words, here's everything that you can't access in the base game.
- ’95 Grotti Cheetah - Vehicle
- Hawk & Little Morgan Revolvers - Weapons
- Personalised variants - Weapons
- Vice City Style - Cosmetics (clothes, tattoos)
- Jason’s Safehouse - Vehicles
- Ganado Retro Build - Vehicle customisation
- Rideout Customs - Vehicle customisation store
- Sara's Unisex Salon - Cosmetics store (hairstyles, facial hair, makeup, nails)
- Shitzu Squalo - Watercraft
- Stock 305 - Cosmetics store (clothes)
- '67 Vapid Dominator Buggy - Vehicle
- Electric Fang Tattoo - Comsetics store (tattoos)
- One-eyed Willies - Vehicle customisation store
- Goodtime gear - Cosmetics store (Clothes)
- Ptt Youngin$ Illegal Goods Store - Gang compound
- Classic Car Collection - Vehicle salesman
While it could be argued that many of these are just cosmetic, these cosmetics will be sold in stores that can only be accessed with the premium edition, locking parts of the map off if you have the standard version. The most significant inclusion here appears to be the gang compound, another area that you can only access with the premium edition, and one that is likely to host the exclusive activities included in the pricier release.
Needless to say, fans are not happy. After the initial relief of GTA 6 having an $80 release, it now turns out that many will have to fork over $100 after all if they want the full experience. And while Rockstar certainly isn't the first studio to do this, it is a particularly egregious example of locking content behind a paywall, and shows how far we've fallen since GTA 5.
OpenCritic Reviews
- Released
- November 19, 2026
- ESRB
- Rating Pending - Likely Mature 17+
- Developer(s)
- Rockstar Games
- Publisher(s)
- Rockstar Games
WHERE TO PLAY
- Engine
- Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE)
- Genre(s)
- Action, Adventure
