GTA 6 preorders went live this week without a single new trailer to accompany them. No fresh gameplay reveal, no performance breakdown, nothing beyond a handful of screenshots and the same teaser footage we've all already memorized frame by frame. People are preordering the most anticipated game in the medium's history based almost entirely on vibes, and the experts who actually study this stuff for a living are increasingly convinced the cat in that bag might not run the way anyone's hoping.
Digital Foundry has been the most vocal on this front, and their conclusion is blunt: nothing in the recently released screenshots or footage suggests a 60fps mode is achievable on current-gen consoles. Worth noting too – DF has separately flagged that those preorder screenshots are likely promotional renders rather than genuine in-engine captures, which makes the entire "judge the performance from the pictures" exercise even murkier than it already was.
The 60 FPS Debate, Again
Retailer listings sparked the latest round of speculation by suggesting GTA 6 might ship with a dedicated 60fps performance mode. Digital Foundry's Will Judd pushed back hard on that idea: "Unfortunately, the level of detail evident in the trailer, preorder screenshots...
