GTA 6 Story to Feature Distinct 'Chapters' — Could Red Dead Redemption 2 Offer a Blueprint?

GTA fans are buzzing about how the story in Grand Theft Auto 6 will be structured, following apparent confirmation that it will be divided into chapters, similar to Red Dead Redemption 2.

An official reference to content unlocking across various chapters can be found on Rockstar's website, where the developer details bonuses available in GTA 6's $100 Ultimate Edition. Rockstar cautions that these bonuses won't be available immediately, noting instead that the extras "are threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia's story, with new items uncovered behind each chapter."

Players can access various cars, safe houses, side quests, and guns as they progress through GTA 6 — and it sounds like the game will adopt a chapter-based structure. How exactly this will work — whether the world opens up gradually over time, featuring Red Dead Redemption 2-style time jumps — remains to be seen, though fans have already begun speculating.

"Chapters like RDR2 could allow time jumps or bigger changes to the map," wrote GTA fan VimDim in a Reddit thread discussing the topic.

"In RDR2 these chapters were based in different locations of the map," noted SquashTurbulent5309, "so GTA 6 story might be the same."

"The story will be divided into chapters with each one probably mostly featuring a different part of the map and different vibes in terms of mood and overall tone," suggested Any_Objecct_5151. "It doesn't mean you can't go explore other places or anything though."

That said, this is a GTA game rather than one set on the frontier. It seems unlikely that players will lose access to properties or cars acquired earlier in the game as the action moves from location to location, even if the current action is now centered elsewhere.

"Hopefully we keep the safehouses for the entire game instead of having only one per chapter like in RDR2," wrote llambordins. Replied aneuryst: "Probably will, we only had one per chapter in RDR2 cause it was a camp that moved. I'm sure apartments/houses in this won't move."

Need to catch up on all of today's GTA 6 news? Rockstar has now announced GTA 6's price and also a pricier $100 Ultimate Edition, released 63 new GTA 6 screenshots, and confirmed that physical editions of the game won't include a disc in the box.