GTA 6 60 FPS Limitations Fuel Desires For Day-One PC Port

Grand Theft Auto VI launches later this year but excitement has quickly turned to dread. The game’s 60fps woes haven’t helped things either.

Rockstar Games broke its silence on GTA VI earlier this month to announce that pre-orders are finally live on PlayStation and Xbox.

However, when the price of the game was revealed along with what editions will be available at launch gamers were horrified.

Long story short, the GTA VI Ultimate edition costs $100 and locks basic in-game functions behind an extra paywall.

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In 2026 that doesn’t fly, nor does a game not hitting 60fps on increasingly expensive consoles.

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After teasing how great the next Grand Theft Auto game will run on its consoles, PlayStation has been exposed by experts claiming even the mighty PlayStation 5 Pro can’t run GTA VI at 60fps.

Digital Foundry claims that while the PlayStation 5 Pro is indeed the most-powerful console on the market right now, it only offers a “fractional CPU performance bump over base PS5”

Its GPU is far more impressive but will do little for a game’s framerate, with the outlet suggesting a “30fps or 40fps mode” might be the best you’re going to get.

Now there are plenty of gamers out there who won’t actually care about the framerate. To the untrained eye the difference is minor but for those that take gaming as serious a second-job this is catastrophic.

If only there was a platform on the market right now that could really push GTA VI to its limits. One that could be tweaked and tailored to the desired experience and is only slightly more expensive than consoles nowadays…

Had Rockstar Games factored in a day-one PC release this 60fps blunder wouldn’t be so bad.

That’s not the way this studio rolls though. When asked about a PC port Rockstar’s parent-company Take-Two Interactive made it clear that console is always prioritised over PC.

It was said this is due to the majority of Grand Theft Auto players owning consoles, so Rockstar caters to where the bulk of its playerbase lies. That makes sense but it’s 2026, and PC is quickly becoming the more dominant hardware compared to consoles.

Even the next-gen PlayStation and Xbox consoles are speculated to be more in-line with high-end PCs, and boast a similar price-point too if Valve's Steam Machine is anything to go off. Get saving now and you might have enough by early 2028...

So, those that want to seriously stress-test GTA VI will have to wait for the PC port, which is expected to launch sometime in 2027.

Thankfully it should only be a few months, unlike Grand Theft Auto V PC players who had to wait two years for their port.