The longest continuous look at driving and shooting in Grand Theft Auto VI so far is a police pursuit through Vice City, with Lucia Caminos behind the wheel and Jason Duval hanging out of the window with a rifle. It runs several minutes, moves between cutscene and player control without a hard break, and ends with the crew destroying their own car.
Quick answer: The chase is part of Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look, the roughly 26-minute PS5 gameplay presentation Rockstar released on August 27, 2026. Lucia drives while Jason fires at pursuing cruisers and a helicopter, the crew breaks pursuit by parking inside an alley garage, then burns the sedan in a parking structure and leaves in a van.
Where the police chase gameplay comes from
The footage is official. Rockstar confirmed the whole presentation was captured from in-game footage on PlayStation 5, and it premiered on Netflix before landing on Rockstar’s own site and YouTube. The chase sits alongside other segments covering shootouts, street racing, dirt bikes, fishing, scuba diving, basketball, and nightlife across Leonida. You can watch the full presentation on the Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look page.
| Detail | Confirmed |
|---|---|
| Presentation | Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look |
| Released | August 27, 2026 |
| Runtime | About 26 minutes |
| Captured on | PlayStation 5 (standard or Pro not specified) |
| Characters in the chase | Jason Duval, Lucia Caminos, and Raul |
| Game release date | November 19, 2026 |
| Launch platforms | PS5 and Xbox Series X|S |
How the chase plays out from start to finish
The segment opens quietly. Lucia drives a black sedan across a waterfront bridge toward Vice City while talking to Jason on the phone about meeting a contact named Raul. The two then wait in the parked car until Raul, in a leather jacket and glasses, drops into the back seat and immediately tells her to go. Sirens start almost at once.
| Beat | What happens |
|---|---|
| The pickup | Raul gets in the back seat and orders an immediate departure as police close in. |
| Weapon handoff | Raul tells Jason to move to the back and hands him an assault rifle. |
| Vehicle combat | Jason leans out the window and fires at cruisers, a police pickup, and a helicopter. |
| Break line of sight | Lucia reverses into a covered alley garage while patrol cars pass on the street. |
| Spotted again | A passing cop car sees the sedan, and Lucia accelerates back out. |
| Alley evasion | The car threads narrow back alleys and main roads while both passengers shoot. |
| Pursuit lost | Police radio chatter confirms officers have lost visual contact. |
| Ditch and burn | The crew parks in a garage, exits, and sets the sedan on fire. |
| Vehicle swap | Bags go into a maroon van, which drives out through a toll plaza toward the outskirts. |
| Split the cut | Raul hands duffel bags of cash to Jason and Lucia in an alley, then leaves on a moped. |
Shooting from the passenger seat while Lucia drives
Player control kicks in once the rifle is in Jason’s hands. Lucia handles the driving on her own, weaving through traffic, while you aim out of the window at whatever is behind. Raul shouts encouragement in Spanish from the back seat throughout, which is what turns the sequence into a scripted set piece rather than an open-world escape.
Targeting matters. One pursuing police truck is stopped by fire aimed at the engine block, which starts smoking before the vehicle flips over in an intersection. A helicopter tracks the car overhead at the same time, so pursuit is not limited to what is directly behind you.
Hiding in the alley garage to break pursuit
Instead of outrunning the police, Lucia backs the sedan into a dark covered garage off an alley and waits. Cruisers speed past on the main road outside while the crew sits still. During the pause, Raul talks to Lucia about dealing with problems nobody planned for and questions whether she is a professional.
The hiding spot does not hold. A patrol car rolls past the entrance, spots the sedan, and Lucia pulls straight back out into a second round of alley driving with both passengers firing behind them.
The escape is confirmed by audio rather than an on-screen prompt. Police radio traffic states that officers have lost sight of the vehicle, which is what ends the active pursuit.
Burning the sedan and switching to the van
With the police gone, the crew drives into a covered parking garage and gets out. The weapon wheel opens on screen and a Molotov goes onto the sedan, setting it alight to destroy the evidence. It is a deliberate player action, not a cutscene beat.
Bags then go into the back of a maroon van parked nearby, and the three of them pull out onto the road.
The drive out is calm by comparison. The van moves along the coastal boulevard, through a toll plaza, and out toward residential areas on the city outskirts while the crew talks over the job. The camera eventually cranes up for a wide shot of the causeway, the waterways, and the skyline behind them.
The sequence closes with the payout. Raul hands duffel bags of cash to Jason and Lucia in an alleyway before riding off on a moped, and the pair walk through the Bayside neighborhood talking about where they stand and what comes next.
What the chase does not confirm
Plenty is visible in the sequence, but several systems behind it remain undocumented. Rockstar has not detailed the wanted system, how police AI escalates or de-escalates, or the final vehicle damage model, even though crashes and visible damage appear on screen. Frame rate is also open, with no confirmation of 60fps and no announced Performance or Quality modes for PS5, PS5 Pro, or Xbox Series X|S.
Character switching shows up elsewhere in the presentation, including a transition that travels across Vice City between Jason and Lucia, but how freely you can swap has not been explained. A PC version has not been announced.
Note: the hiding-in-the-garage moment reads as a scripted mission beat here, so treat it as part of this specific job rather than proof of a general line-of-sight evasion mechanic.
Leaked chase clips are not the same footage
Separate pursuit footage circulated before the showcase and still gets mixed up with it. One leaked clip runs under two minutes and follows Jason on foot as he smashes the window of a modified Declasse ’80 Impaler, taps a prompt to pull the driver out, and takes the car. Police respond to the crime, a cruiser tails him, and the two vehicles trade hits on the street while the car takes damage. It ends on a short scene with Lucia in a bar.
That material is unverified footage of unknown build and vintage, and Rockstar issued a statement in response to the leaks. Anything you want to treat as current should come from the Extended Look instead.
What the chase really demonstrates is structure. A pickup turns into a pursuit, the pursuit turns into a hiding game, and the cleanup afterwards — torching the car, loading the van, splitting the cash — stays under player control rather than cutting away. Grand Theft Auto VI launches November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
