Mapping Vice City / Map Discussion Thread (NO LEAK FOOTAGE ALLOWED)

[BlueskyTheFox]

if Rockstar says the game take place in the state of Leonida then that's it, that's the final. just like back in 2012 when they says GTA 5 would take place in southern California. they mean it. as we indeed get southern San Andreas map and that was it. 

Edited December 30, 2025 by BlueskyTheFox

[Akshit67]

2 hours ago, Fail_At_GTA said:

Just like GTA 5 only took place strictly in a reimagined southern California.

This doesn't make any sense, I never said that they cannot combine geographies and landmarks of other regions that may be in different states. I said that the game takes place strictly in Leonida. As stated by them that it "heads to the state of Leonida", which leaves no room for ambiguity and implies that that the game takes place in it. This rules out the possibility of another "State", big or small.

 

Edit: Also I was talking about it being strictly in Leonida, not being strictly in a reimagined modern florida which would be incorrect. GTA 5 also doesn't take place in a strictly imagined Southern California, it takes place in a part of the fictional in-game state of San Andreas.

Edited December 30, 2025 by Akshit67

[Akshit67]

5 hours ago, MaxLogan said:

 

 

Strictly? Seriously? Sorry to tell you but the games is not yet rated, we are far away to know this information for sure, not me, not you.

 

The license plates with different state are clearly a hint, never happened before, for me this is a clear example of most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series.

 

RDR II was set before the advent of cars but it had different states.

 

These guy below have mentioned another hint, even Leonida is not yet full discovered:

 

 

 

You are right, beyond is clearly for Leonida other counties, but my question is: Mount Kalaga? Only cliff and water in the border?

 

To clarify my thoughts, I'm not saying that there will be another great state like Leonida, it's out of range even for Rockstar without great additions like DLC or expansion but like Guarma and little states in RDR II and North Yankton in GTA V it happened before to have different locations from the main "island".

 

Yes strictly. My reply was to the other person ruling in the possibility of another in-game state. Which by the description of their website is wrong to assume when it says it heads to a single state. I was not talking about ruling out the possibility of other regions of real life places that may be in different regions/states parodied in the game.

[Spider-Vice MilesMorales]

6 hours ago, Akshit67 said:

Yes strictly. My reply was to the other person ruling in the possibility of another in-game state. Which by the description of their website is wrong to assume when it says it heads to a single state. I was not talking about ruling out the possibility of other regions of real life places that may be in different regions/states parodied in the game.

One could argue whether “and beyond” is meant to refer to “Vice City” or to “Leonida,” as the wording allows for both interpretations. However, the comma placement suggests that it clearly belongs to “Vice City,” since there is no comma after it that would imply an association with “Leonida.”

 

I, for once, think it’s just going to be Leonida. But maybe we’ll have a section of the story set somewhere else.

 

Spoiler

yo mommas house

for example

Edited December 30, 2025 by Spider-Vice MilesMorales
did i really write an entire comment waffling about something so profusely discussed about just to make a quick yo momma joke? yes. yes, I did, indeed.

[Eccel9700]

On the top left of the Grass rivers post card.

 

Are those tiny shadows the skyline of Vice City? 

 

 

[PauloJz]

3 hours ago, Eccel9700 said:

On the top left of the Grass rivers post card.

 

Are those tiny shadows the skyline of Vice City? 

 

 

I think it's the Keys. @Saukko505 made a video and I'm almost certain he mentions that it's the Keys on the horizon from Grassrivers.

[Auditore]

On 12/29/2025 at 8:52 PM, GIGI 123 said:

I also feel that Gloriana license plates were too obvious (more emphasis on Gloriana plates than Leonida plates, across both trailer 2 and screenshots) for it just being for the "lore".

But let's see, the official communications so far only told about Leonida.

 

Might be a bit delusional but I'm still like 55/60% on the probability of Gloriana being a playable area rather than just lore.

i could totally see Gloriana being the linear "off map" section of the story.

GTA 6's Guarma/North Yankton. But that's it, i can't see another open world state

Edited December 31, 2025 by Auditore

[Eccel9700]

On the topic of Gloriana. 

 

While it does make sense that the license plates of different regions can be shown as just an attention of detail for world building. 

 

It makes absolutely zero sense to mention a brand new never before seen state in the GTA universe without presenting any of it to players. 

 

The GTA universe is an extremely elaborate and large setting now with all the different cities we have. It's become one of the most prominent fictional universes in pop culture. So something like a new state has huge ramifications for what's in their world.

 

Given that rockstar put the presidents of RDR 2 in the currency notes of GTA 6, it's clear that they're connecting all of these separate strands to create a bigger picture.

 

 

What's also odd is how the Gloriana plates are presented in such a direct and obvious way like this Lucia screenshot.

 

If the plates were just a world building detail, why have it presented so in your face to players who will not see it?

 

Add on top of this that Gloriana seems to be based on Georgia which is the direct neighbouring state to Florida in real life. And which seems to have inspired some of the northern area of the map.

 

I am absolutely certain we are going to see it in the game. The question is to what extent.

 

 

In their more recent games, rockstar has tended to keep a surprise that they save for later in the game. The best example of this being Guarma and New Austin being hidden during the promotion campaign leading up to RDR 2.

 

I am personally completely fine with it not being in the game. The game is absolutely incredible in scope already. But rockstar tends to always push boundaries in their games.

 

 

 

And given that they already got practice with making an island in the form of Guarma (albeit unfinished), I wouldn't be shocked to see the Bahamas as well.

 

Given the proximity and importance of those islands to the culture of Miami and Florida as a whole. 

Edited December 31, 2025 by Eccel9700

[AfroUchiha]

I want to get you peoples thoughts on this fan made map?

 

 

Spoiler

 

Edited December 31, 2025 by AfroUchiha

[tolgagures]

 

4 hours ago, AfroUchiha said:

I want to get you peoples thoughts on this fan made map?

 

 

  Hide contents

 

 

 

Port Gellhorn is called Panama City, but it's not just Panama City; it's also inspired by places like Tampa, Fort Myers, and Port Charlotte. Draper Island in Port Gellhorn is actually Davis Island in Tampa. I don't know if Jacksonville and Orlando will actually be in the game. Also, the mountainous area in the game will be in Gloriana, not Leonida; you can't really see mountains or plains in Florida anyway. Yorktown might be Jacksonville, as the names are similar. St. Joseph is St. Augustine.
 

 

 

[helloworld]

7 minutes ago, tolgagures said:

 

 

 

Port Gellhorn is called Panama City, but it's not just Panama City; it's also inspired by places like Tampa, Fort Myers, and Port Charlotte. Draper Island in Port Gellhorn is actually Davis Island in Tampa. I don't know if Jacksonville and Orlando will actually be in the game. Also, the mountainous area in the game will be in Gloriana, not Leonida; you can't really see mountains or plains in Florida anyway. Yorktown might be Jacksonville, as the names are similar. St. Joseph is St. Augustine.
 

 

 

The website literally says the mountains are in Leonida.

[Short Dawg]

56 minutes ago, tolgagures said:

 

 

 

Port Gellhorn is called Panama City, but it's not just Panama City; it's also inspired by places like Tampa, Fort Myers, and Port Charlotte. Draper Island in Port Gellhorn is actually Davis Island in Tampa. I don't know if Jacksonville and Orlando will actually be in the game. Also, the mountainous area in the game will be in Gloriana, not Leonida; you can't really see mountains or plains in Florida anyway. Yorktown might be Jacksonville, as the names are similar. St. Joseph is St. Augustine.
 

 

 

lol this is all inaccurate - PGH is mainly Panama City & idk where you got Fort Meyers & Port Charlotte from because there’s no landmarks from these places that were found in game yet , St Joseph is most likely Port St. Joe which is right outside Panama City Beach 

Edited December 31, 2025 by Short Dawg

[Fido_le_muet]

Hey,

Just FYI, I've updated the first post to add YANIS V9 map in lieu of Dupzor's one. 

Also added a link to lxr's landmarks map, where all the identified buildings are overlayed on YANIS map, with ingame and IRL pictures attached (when possible).

 

[tolgagures]

2 hours ago, Short Dawg said:

lol, bu tamamen yanlış - PGH ağırlıklı olarak Panama City ve Fort Meyers ile Port Charlotte'u nereden aldığını bilmiyorum çünkü oyunda henüz bu yerlerden hiçbir simge yer yok, St Joseph muhtemelen Panama City Beach'in hemen dışında olan Port St. Joe'dur

I might be wrong about Fort Myers, but Redneck Mud Park is in Port Charlotte, not Panama City. Also, Draper Island is actually Davis Island and is located in Tampa, and Port Gellhorn is a hybrid city.

[Auditore]

18 hours ago, Eccel9700 said:

Given that rockstar put the presidents of RDR 2 in the currency notes of GTA 6, it's clear that they're connecting all of these separate strands to create a bigger picture

GTA 5 has a Red Dead book by a Jack Marston, a way more direct call out between the two franchises but that's it, just an easter egg

Edited January 1 by Auditore

[Hyper_Viper]

16 hours ago, tolgagures said:

I might be wrong about Fort Myers, but Redneck Mud Park is in Port Charlotte, not Panama City. Also, Draper Island is actually Davis Island and is located in Tampa, and Port Gellhorn is a hybrid city.

Yea idk about Fort Myers or Port Charlotte as theirs no evidence Tampa on the other hand is very likely considering the evidence we've seen. This includes the Sunshine Skyline bridge, the Port of Tampa and Davis island likely being Draper island. However I believe Yorktown is where we will see more of Tampa as we have a sign saying "Welcome to Port Gellhorn" in trailer 2 around the area of the Bocamar bridge which would mean that's the edge of the town and across the bridge is another jurisdiction. Further proving this is there being a sign in one of the Gas station leak clips showing that you can reach Yorktown from the Bocamar Bridge, so it's likely to assume that a major bridge like that would lead to lager urban area in this case Yorktown which I believe to be the games version of Tampa.

[tolgagures]

4 hours ago, Hyper_Viper said:

Evet, Fort Myers veya Port Charlotte hakkında bilmiyorum, çünkü onların elinde hiçbir kanıt yok, Tampa ise gördüğümüz kanıtlar göz önüne alındığında çok muhtemel. Buna Sunshine Skyline köprüsü, Tampa Limanı ve muhtemelen Draper adası olan Davis adası dahildir. Ancak bence Yorktown'da Tampa'yı daha çok göreceğiz çünkü Bocamar köprüsü çevresinde 2. karavanda "Port Gellhorn'a hoş geldiniz" yazılı bir tabela var, bu da kasabanın sınırı olduğu ve köprünün karşısında başka bir yargı alanı olduğu anlamına geliyor. Bunu daha da kanıtlayan bir şey olarak, benzin istasyonu sızıntı kliplerinden birinde Yorktown'a Bocamar Köprüsü'nden ulaşabileceğinizi gösteren bir tabela varsayılır, bu yüzden böyle büyük bir köprünün bu durumda Yorktown'a kadar büyük bir kentsel alana çıkacağı varsayılır; bence Tampa'nın oyun versiyonu.

 

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4 hours ago, Hyper_Viper said:

Evet, Fort Myers veya Port Charlotte hakkında bilmiyorum, çünkü onların elinde hiçbir kanıt yok, Tampa ise gördüğümüz kanıtlar göz önüne alındığında çok muhtemel. Buna Sunshine Skyline köprüsü, Tampa Limanı ve muhtemelen Draper adası olan Davis adası dahildir. Ancak bence Yorktown'da Tampa'yı daha çok göreceğiz çünkü Bocamar köprüsü çevresinde 2. karavanda "Port Gellhorn'a hoş geldiniz" yazılı bir tabela var, bu da kasabanın sınırı olduğu ve köprünün karşısında başka bir yargı alanı olduğu anlamına geliyor. Bunu daha da kanıtlayan bir şey olarak, benzin istasyonu sızıntı kliplerinden birinde Yorktown'a Bocamar Köprüsü'nden ulaşabileceğinizi gösteren bir tabela varsayılır, bu yüzden böyle büyük bir köprünün bu durumda Yorktown'a kadar büyük bir kentsel alana çıkacağı varsayılır; bence Tampa'nın oyun versiyonu.

If it weren't for the leaked video, I would have called Yorktown Jacksonville; the name itself sounds similar to Jacksonville, so there's a resemblance. I think it's ridiculous that Jacksonville and Orlando aren't in the game.

[Leija-La]

On 12/31/2025 at 5:22 PM, Fido_le_muet said:

Hey,

Just FYI, I've updated the first post to add YANIS V9 map in lieu of Dupzor's one. 

Also added a link to lxr's landmarks map, where all the identified buildings are overlayed on YANIS map, with ingame and IRL pictures attached (when possible).

 

Yanis map link not work

[MaxLogan]

On 12/30/2025 at 4:24 AM, Akshit67 said:

Yes strictly. My reply was to the other person ruling in the possibility of another in-game state. Which by the description of their website is wrong to assume when it says it heads to a single state. I was not talking about ruling out the possibility of other regions of real life places that may be in different regions/states parodied in the game.

 

Ok, right. So if you "was not talking about ruling out the possibility of other regions of real life places that may be in different regions/states parodied in the game" it is not so strictly...

 

Check out the wonderful analysis of Eccel9700 up here, that is what I am talking about.

 

We have to look what Rockstar have maid with RDRII, multiple and very different states, Guarma location and also locations hidden from early trailers and screenshots, in GTA VI this would be possibile and we have already hints...

Edited January 1 by MaxLogan

[Short Dawg]

On 1/1/2026 at 10:27 AM, tolgagures said:

 

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If it weren't for the leaked video, I would have called Yorktown Jacksonville; the name itself sounds similar to Jacksonville, so there's a resemblance. I think it's ridiculous that Jacksonville and Orlando aren't in the game.

Bro thought GTA VI was gonna be a Florida Tourist Simulator  but for what it’s worth , there were a few landmarks R* took from Orlando and placed in Ambrosia 

Edited January 3 by Short Dawg

[LTA1992]

While I'm not trying to get my hopes up, I am suspicious about Gloriana actually existing because of two reasons:

 

The first being the fact that, like another poster said, it's too in our faces.

 

The second is that, if this story is Bonnie and Clyde inspired, then it would make sense for there to be more than one state. They're gonna have to lay low somewhere if they end up wanted all over Leonida.

 

Keeping expectations low, but a Trailer 3 surprise would be amazing

[BlueskyTheFox]

"Grand Theft Auto VI heads to the state of Leonida, home to the neon-soaked streets of Vice City and beyond" as Rockstar said in their website. that was it, they never said anything about there being another state. if there were they should have worded it different. also they said in 2012 that GTA 5 would take place in southern California and we got that. i'm not sure why it would be different this time..

Edited January 3 by BlueskyTheFox

[Agent Edward]

I can see Gloriana being part of GTA6 among the likes of North Yankton and Guarma, being part of a heavily scripted sequence which doesn't give the players too much freedom, but that's about it.

 

It can always return as a full state in GTAO later though, but we already know that Rockstar usually abandons the Story Mode once the game gets released, adding every post-release content to the Online Mode only.

[Punkd]

i dont even get all the hype for the rumoured gloriana state

just the size of vice city itself PLUS all of leonida will be huuuge to explore, i wont need another map part thats maybe barely necessary to explore to

bigger map doesnt mean better map

they just have to fill the whole map with interesting stuff to explore to, unlike gta 5's map

 

and imo (unlike gta 5) rockstar plans to release gta 6 without having additional singleplayer content in mind (dlc)

they will make sure the base game runs smooth and dodge singleplayer asap, because thats what gta 6 will be in the end, a massive online world with shark cards

Edited January 3 by Punkd

[lxr]

YANIS V10 is out, the landmarks map has been updated.

-> https://map.gtadb.org/#VI

 

 

 

Changelog:
 

-Removed the panhandle
-Made the speculative part of Starlet Highway less straight see [#507]
-Connected Route 10 and Route 35 as well as the train tracks from Vice City to Ambrosia see [#505]
-Extended the in game version of NW 12th avenue more west under the metro station see [#501]
-Moved High Rollerz and updated the surroundings (speculative) see [#497]
-Added mound field to the Allied Crystal Sugar Refinery see [#519]
-Updated the La Perle Area see [#518]
-Added houses near Delights from Port Gellhorn 04 see [#517]
-Added (Gables Estates) and (Flagami) labels see [#512]
-Added Courtyard by Marriott (200 SE 2nd Ave) from T2/74 see [#510]
-Added Watson Bay houses seen in Grassrivers 02 see [#509]
-Added more sugar fields SW of Ambrosia see [#502]
-Made Watson Bay a bay (Extended the Grassrivers west) see [#500]
-Extended the hills further south see [#499]
-Added new mountain north/northeast of Mount Waffles [#498]
-Added Public Access Boat Ramp on Lake Leonida's west coast see [#494]
-Adjusted the positions of the southern VC port cranes see [#493]
-Updated Port Gellhorn Bay and bridges see [#490]
-Added route 50 see [#487]
-Redesigned Waning Sands see [#445]
-Improved the rail network see [#430]
-Added red overlay markers on unseen landmass see [#503]
-Fixed the roads on Key Lento see [#404]
-Fixed the roads on the outskirts of Port Gellhorn see [#485]
-Added parking lot at Prison Entrance see [#481]
-Added map icons see [#415]
-Added hill north of Watson Bay see [#468]
-Increased speculative size of key west rotated the NAS for the keys to have a more agressive bend north and added SFUWO School building see [#480]
-Added missing buildings in Rockridge see [#479]
-Fixed the metro interchange see [#473]
-Updated the PGH street layout see [#426]
-Added Miami Beach Police Station see [#234]
-Added Speculative Caloosahatchee Canal/River see [#521]
-Updated Contributing users to the credits

 

 

Edited to add:

 

 

Edited January 3 by lxr

[Obito Uchiha]

6 hours ago, lxr said:

YANIS V10 is out, the landmarks map has been updated.

-> https://map.gtadb.org/#VI

 

 

 

Changelog:
 

-Removed the panhandle
-Made the speculative part of Starlet Highway less straight see [#507]
-Connected Route 10 and Route 35 as well as the train tracks from Vice City to Ambrosia see [#505]
-Extended the in game version of NW 12th avenue more west under the metro station see [#501]
-Moved High Rollerz and updated the surroundings (speculative) see [#497]
-Added mound field to the Allied Crystal Sugar Refinery see [#519]
-Updated the La Perle Area see [#518]
-Added houses near Delights from Port Gellhorn 04 see [#517]
-Added (Gables Estates) and (Flagami) labels see [#512]
-Added Courtyard by Marriott (200 SE 2nd Ave) from T2/74 see [#510]
-Added Watson Bay houses seen in Grassrivers 02 see [#509]
-Added more sugar fields SW of Ambrosia see [#502]
-Made Watson Bay a bay (Extended the Grassrivers west) see [#500]
-Extended the hills further south see [#499]
-Added new mountain north/northeast of Mount Waffles [#498]
-Added Public Access Boat Ramp on Lake Leonida's west coast see [#494]
-Adjusted the positions of the southern VC port cranes see [#493]
-Updated Port Gellhorn Bay and bridges see [#490]
-Added route 50 see [#487]
-Redesigned Waning Sands see [#445]
-Improved the rail network see [#430]
-Added red overlay markers on unseen landmass see [#503]
-Fixed the roads on Key Lento see [#404]
-Fixed the roads on the outskirts of Port Gellhorn see [#485]
-Added parking lot at Prison Entrance see [#481]
-Added map icons see [#415]
-Added hill north of Watson Bay see [#468]
-Increased speculative size of key west rotated the NAS for the keys to have a more agressive bend north and added SFUWO School building see [#480]
-Added missing buildings in Rockridge see [#479]
-Fixed the metro interchange see [#473]
-Updated the PGH street layout see [#426]
-Added Miami Beach Police Station see [#234]
-Added Speculative Caloosahatchee Canal/River see [#521]
-Updated Contributing users to the credits

 

 

Edited to add:

 

 

Top of the map looks hella ugly. It needs correction

[bonwottle]

1 hour ago, Obito Uchiha said:

Top of the map looks hella ugly. It needs correction

gamers be respectful challenge failed

[Auditore]

3 hours ago, Obito Uchiha said:

Top of the map looks hella ugly. It needs correction

I suspect Trailer 3 is the final puzzle piece

[lxr]

 

[BlueskyTheFox]

12 hours ago, lxr said:

 

dont let Take Two see this