How many missions will GTA 6 have and will it run above 30 fps on consoles? This is what the latest leaks claim

Less than three weeks remain until the release of GTA 6, and leaks are increasing, even though Rockstar Games has reportedly watermarked review copies. The two latest leaks address precisely the questions that interest players the most: how long the game will keep them entertained and whether it will run smoother than 30 frames per second on consoles.

201 missions, and that’s without side quests

The first leak comes from the remus_r account on X. According to it, players can expect 201 missions in the main storyline alone, plus two prologues, an epilogue, and several flashbacks, all divided into nine chapters. Side quests and random encounters are not included in this number, according to the author. Both prologues, according to the discussion under the post, could separately introduce the beginnings of Jason’s and Lucia’s stories. Flashbacks, in turn, would make sense for Jason’s military past, which was hinted at in the latest trailer.

For comparison: GTA V has 69 story missions according to game statistics, Red Dead Redemption 2 has 104. GTA 6 would thus offer almost twice as many missions as Rockstar’s last major story. This is not entirely out of the question, as the map is said to be roughly twice as large as in GTA V, according to the studio.

Five posts and no source

The catch is the source. The account has only five posts, all about GTA 6, and none state where the information comes from. As recently as October 26th, the author claimed the game would take up 230 GB. When a figure of approximately 210 GB then appeared, he clarified that he meant the size including the day-one update. Such clarifications do not help credibility, so take the number 201 as an interesting tidbit, not a fact.

Performance mode existed. At least once

The second leak is more cautious, as it is not based on an anonymous number, but on materials that have already leaked before. User Frizky re-examined screenshots from two older leaks. In the first, this year’s from the 808mafia group, debugging data from an Xbox console is visible, mentioning a mode emphasizing image quality and a resolution of 1440p to 2160p. The second, from 2023, according to him, reveals that an older version of the game also included a performance mode. This would logically aim above the 30 frames per second limit.

Officially, 30 frames per second still applies

The reality is more sober for now. Rob Nelson from Rockstar North studio stated in August during a visit by content creators that the game runs at 30 fps on all consoles, including PS5 Pro, and a decision on another mode is still pending. Furthermore, Digital Foundry analysts deduced from trailers recorded on the base PS5 a native resolution of 1440p at 30 frames, which is upscaled to 4K. The simulation of dense traffic and pedestrians heavily taxes the processor, while ray-traced lighting strains the graphics.

The greatest hope thus lies with the PS5 Pro, with its more powerful graphics and PSSR upscaling. However, if the processor is the bottleneck, even that might not be enough. Rockstar released both GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 on consoles at 30 frames per second and only brought higher frame rates later, if at all.

In three weeks, it will be clear

GTA 6 is released on November 19th for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, pre-loading will be available from November 12th, and the standard edition in the Czech Republic will cost 2,009 CZK. Reviewers already have the game in their hands, so we won’t have to wait long for the truth about missions and frame rate. Until then, a simple rule applies: the more precise the number without a source, the more skepticism.

Would you play GTA 6 even at 30 frames per second, or would you wait for a performance mode?

Source: Notebookcheck (1, 2), X, PC Games Hardware