Rockstar's GTA 6 Realism Experiment Started With Beer And Sandwiches

Rockstar debated how realistic to make GTA 6, at one point weighing whether players would need to grab a case of beer from a liquor store fridge and bring it to the counter, or visit a supermarket for sandwich ingredients. According to Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, those decisions required guesswork because so much of the game was unfinished. By 2022 GTA 6 began to come into focus, with head of development Phil Hooker describing a period where things don't work but you see snippets.