GTA 6 side activities — Confirmed tape vs Reported previews
Rockstar’s footage shows GTA 6 activities beyond the story; gym, fishing and sports details come from previews Reported. This checklist separates the two. New here? Start here.
Watch An Extended Look on Rockstar’s YouTube channel (YouTube asks you to sign in to confirm your age, so we link it rather than embed it).
Quick answers
What can you do besides missions?
Reported Fishing, hunting, the gym and more, per previews; this page lists them.
Are activity names official?
Not confirmed Only where Rockstar printed them. We don’t invent names.
Are there podcasts?
Official Yes. See Podcasts.
Official tape Extended Look, 27 Aug 2026 - Netflix then YouTube tJbzMqJGH4k. Not Trailer 3. Watch order: watch order · checklist: watch checklist.
On the tape / stills
Spotted in Extended Look or named on the screenshot library / editions page.
Preview press
IGN Rockstar North session and matching creator notes. Not a Newswire activity card.
Clip leftover
Basketball Keys clip and similar HUD files stay Unverified where press did not name them.
Not a bible
No official side-activity menu. No payout table.
Confirmed on tape or printed stills
Extended Look aired 27 August 2026. Desk and press spotting logs what appears on that cut and what Rockstar already captioned. Existence on screen is not a named mini-game SKU unless the company printed a label.
| Activity | Stamp | Where | Not this |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crest Kayak | Official | Screenshot library caption inside Jason’s Safehouse Vehicles set. Vehicles. | A kayaking mission title. A date-menu bible. |
| Classic Car Collection | Official | Editions page activity line + library stills. Restore targets not printed. Editions. | A four-car model sheet someone invented. |
| Basketball, pool, weightlifting, mini golf | On EL tape | Extended Look spotting (IGN side-activity roundup, 28 Aug). Visible loops, not Newswire names. | Official sport league names. A gym SKU list. |
| Kayaking, jet skiing, airboating, dirt bikes, rally | On EL tape | Same Extended Look spotting pass. Water and race metal on the cut. | A printed race series. A boat dealership roster. |
| Cave diving / scuba, base jump / chute, shooting range | On EL tape | Extended Look. Gear and locations on screen. | A dive-shop mission. A parachute unlock tree. |
| Electric scooters, sunbathing, studying animals, backyard wrestling, watching TV | On EL tape | Extended Look flavor loops. Wildlife study pairs with wildlife. | A collectible animal bible Rockstar has not printed. |
Extended Look hub · Watch checklist · Vehicles · Wildlife
Reported from Rockstar North previews
IGN sat with Rob Nelson. Creator deep-dives (labeled Reported) filled gym desks, fishing depth, and hunting framing. Magazine already carried weight / gym / romance: /133 · /188 · /451 · /540.
| Claim | Stamp | Desk | Not this |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gyms need a front-desk membership; weight / food / sleep change bodies | Reported | Dazed via Kotaku · Eurogamer · IGN window. Tracker + /133 · /188. | A Newswire body bible. Exact calorie tables. |
| Fishing with RDR2-depth feel, catch-and-release (no keep inventory) | Reported | Creator preview notes citing Rob Nelson. /451. | A fish-market economy. An official rod SKU list. |
| Hunting framed as money-adjacent and tied to a character who knows Jason | Reported | Same preview window. Character name not printed here until Rockstar prints one. | Inventing a hunter’s full name. A poaching mission list. |
| Optional romance / shared activities (kayak as date beat) | Reported | Eurogamer / Dazed / press. /215 · /237. | Forced romance. A jealousy meter as Newswire. |
| Jason basketball minigame at a Keys stilt house | Unverified | Circulating clip. Tracker + /65. EL spotting of basketball is separate from that HUD file. | Hosting the clip. Calling the HUD official. |
Reported Creator preview commentary after Extended Look. Start with the official tape above. Roundup post: /540.
TGG deep dive — Gyms, Basketball, Fishing, Hunting
Reported / Unofficial — not Newswire. Creator deep dive 4imTpB82edE (TGG) stacks Rob Nelson preview color onto the Extended Look tape. Useful heat. Not a Rockstar activity card.
| Loop | Stamp | What the deep dive says | Not this |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gyms | Reported | Front-desk membership; button-timed reps; bodies change with food / sleep / workouts; inactive partner can train alongside. | A Newswire gym SKU list. Exact calorie tables. |
| Basketball | Reported | Playable shot-aim / timing — not an NBA 2K sim. Creator notes float Focus as a possible reward; that reward line stays soft. | A league bible. Calling the Keys clip HUD Official. |
| Fishing | Reported | RDR2-depth feel; catch-and-release — keep inventory “didn’t fit,” per Nelson via TGG. Challenges / narrative hooks, not a fish market. | A rod shop catalog. A sell-fish payout sheet. |
| Hunting | Reported | Money-adjacent loop introduced through a character who already knows Jason. Name stays off this page until Rockstar prints one. | Inventing the hunter’s full name. A poaching mission list. |
Reported Creator pass after Extended Look. Start with the official tape above. Money itch: economy. Heat: wanted. Stamp table: leak tracker.
Jobs are not this page
The failed score, the liquor store, the bank job, and Phil’s Ammu-Nation ad live on missions. Heat lives on wanted. Cash and fences on economy. Named metal on vehicles. Shops and storefronts on shops. Stamp leftovers on leak tracker. This hub is the distraction list - gyms, fish, sports, water toys - with stamps honest.
Rockstar has not printed a side-activity list. Until Rockstar prints one, the unofficial column stays unofficial.
Missions · Wanted · Economy · Tools · Vehicles · Shops · Leak tracker · FAQ
Official Extended Look on YouTube · rockstargames.com/VI · Official screenshots
Also: Extended Look · Watch order · Missions · Vehicles · Wanted · Economy · Tools · Leak tracker · What’s confirmed
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New guides: Businesses and side hustles · Gym · Fishing and hunting · Random events · NPC interactions
Change log: desk notes, 20 October 2026
- Desk stamp: 20 October 2026.
- Re-checked 20 October: Rockstar’s newest GTA VI posts on X are the 15 October Launch Trailer (X) and the Justice single “Flower in a Hurricane”; on 19 October it reposted the Goodyear Blimp’s “Vice City, Leonida, USA” post (repost). Its other posts are GTA Online and Red Dead Online events.
- Nothing newer changes this page.
- Leonida is full of loops that are not the failed score.
- This page splits what you can stamp from the Extended Look tape and official stills against what press and creator previews added afterward.
- No invented Rockstar activity names.
- Stamp table: leak tracker.
- Story jobs stay on missions.
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