GTA 6 preload: date and how it works
Preload
From November 12, 2026
Platforms
PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
What preload means
With a digital pre-order you can download the game to your console before release, so it is ready when it unlocks. From November 12 you can download it; you play from November 19.
How long will GTA 6 take to download?
GTA 6 is about 210 GB (reported by @PlaystationSize, not by Rockstar). Download times are our own calculation.
OUR CALCULATION
Connection speed
In theory
In practice (+15–30%)
10 Mbps
46 h 40 min (almost 2 days)
53 h 40 min – 60 h 40 min
50 Mbps
9 h 20 min
10 h 45 min – 12 h 10 min
100 Mbps
4 h 40 min
5 h 20 min – 6 h 05 min
300 Mbps
1 h 35 min
1 h 45 min – 2 h
1000 Mbps (1 Gbps)
28 min
32–36 min
Our calculation: 210 GB divided by your line speed. In practice expect 15–30% more (Wi-Fi, busy networks, launch-day servers). If you can, plug the console in with a cable.
At what time it unlocks
Rockstar has not published the unlock time. Our estimate, based on the precedent of Red Dead Redemption 2, is midnight local time in each store region.
Estimated unlock time by city ›What is not known yet
The official download size is not in any Rockstar source we have read (as of October 29, 2026). We will add it when it is published.
Countdown to launch
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