Rockstar doesn’t use licensed cars in its games, for obvious and violent reasons (automakers don’t want players mowing down pedestrians in their vehicles, surprise).Īnd that’s really all we have. Later we’d be talking about ’80s cars popular in America-so anything from representations of Mustangs, Camaros, Cadillacs and BMWs, along with stand-ins for the Lamborghini Countach and Ferrari Testarossa. I’m imagining Fiats and Fords and Volkswagens in the early chapters, with maybe a Puma GTE thrown in for fun. in the ’80s with our fancy cars and adult cocaine habits. It would make sense if your character started out in South America with cheaper, less powerful cars and progressed into the U.S. Each successive game seems to have at least one new big gameplay feature.
And that time-passing mechanic does seem like a believable new wrinkle to throw in for the sixth installment. If GTA 6 plays in chapters like one of the rumors states, we could see cars from as early as the ’60s up to the ’80s or ’90s. Here’s where things get murky, because the answer to that question depends on both the location and the time period.