Rockstar re-engineered GTA 6's weather system, adding hurricanes, rainbows and heavy rain

Rockstar's vice president of art for lighting and rendering, Owen Shepherd, told Game Informer that the studio re-engineered GTA 6's weather system to make it more localized and persistent, adding hurricanes, rainbows and cumulonimbus clouds. He said new fully dynamic cloudscapes roll across the map, covering everything from clear Miami winter skies to lightning-filled summer and autumn afternoons. GTA 6 launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on 19 November, and the world includes over 170 animal species, 60 bird types and more than 30 land mammals, with underwater scuba-diving returning.