Basketball

Overview

On screen Basketball turns up twice in Rockstar’s material: a pick-up game in the Extended Look’s activity montage and a court in the middle of one of the official Vice City stills. Reported Red Bull’s Extended Look coverage lists it among the activities, and Kotaku’s roundup of the leaked videos lists boosting stats with basketball among its details.

Key facts

• On screen Extended Look: a game beside a weathered coastal stilt house, at about 17:12 to 17:17.
• Confirmed Official still: Rockstar’s caption for the third Vice City still mentions a basketball court.
• Reported Stats: Kotaku’s leak roundup ties basketball to boosting stats.
• Reported Fitness: TGG says gyms and fitness are very in depth, and entirely optional.

On the court in Vice City

Confirmed Rockstar’s caption for the third official Vice City still mentions a basketball court among the palm trees and buildings. On screen The court sits at the lower left of the aerial view, fenced and painted blue and green. One player in a pink shirt takes a shot, another holds a ball, a third ball is in the air and two more people sit by the fence. On screen A building beyond carries a “Hotel Valetta” sign, and a bus runs along the road below.

In the Extended Look

On screen The Extended Look’s activity montage includes a brief basketball shot beside a weathered, raised house on the coast, at about 17:12 to 17:17, right after an airboat runs through a wetland. Our read The shot does not show whose house it is, or whether the player is Jason Duval.

Stats and fitness

Reported According to the r/GTA6 summary of TGG’s Rockstar North preview, health, stamina and focus are three bars that can be raised temporarily and permanently. Reported TGG says Jason and Lucia can train at the gym together after buying memberships at the front desk, that protein shakes give a stamina boost that allows more reps, that bench pressing gave Lucia a 33% boost to her health stat, and that a fitness app gives workout times and fitness status. Reported He adds that hitting the gym together can strengthen their relationship. On screen Trailer 2 shows a beach gym at 0:38.

Our read

Our read Put Kotaku’s note next to TGG’s fitness details and basketball looks like one of several ways to train your stats, not just a scene in a montage. Our read Rockstar has shown a court in Vice City and a game by a house on the coast, so pick-up games may be found across Leonida.

Questions

Is basketball playable in GTA 6?

On screen The Extended Look shows a game in progress. Reported Red Bull lists it among the activities, and Kotaku’s leak roundup ties it to boosting stats.

Does basketball improve your stats?

Reported Kotaku’s roundup of the leaked videos says so. Our read Rockstar has not confirmed how.

Where are the courts?

On screen One is in the official Vice City still, and the Extended Look’s game is beside a stilt house on the coast.

Are there gyms?

Reported Yes, according to TGG: memberships at the front desk, changing rooms, vending machines with protein shakes, and workouts that raise stats.