{"id":382433,"date":"2026-10-29T02:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=382433"},"modified":"2026-10-29T02:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:24:28","slug":"gta-6-gets-a-much-longer-day-night-cycle-rockstar-says-gta-5-felt-too-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/gta-6-gets-a-much-longer-day-night-cycle-rockstar-says-gta-5-felt-too-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA 6 gets a much longer day-night cycle: Rockstar says GTA 5 felt too fast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rockstar Games has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto 6 will have a much longer day-night cycle<\/strong> than Grand Theft Auto 5<\/a>, giving players more time to take in the sunrise, the sunset, and everything in between.<\/p>\n

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Rockstar North co-studio head Rob Nelson said the team tested GTA 5\u2019s 48-minute day<\/strong> in GTA 6, but it didn\u2019t hold up. With the sequel\u2019s bigger world and higher level of detail, \u201ceverything felt too fast,\u201d so that quicker clock no longer matched the map\u2019s density, pacing, atmosphere, or sheer amount of detail.<\/p>\n\n

Fans had already been trying to figure it out, and many landed on a full day lasting around 2 hours and 24 minutes<\/strong>. That would mean one in-game minute takes about six real seconds instead of the roughly two seconds it takes in Grand Theft Auto 5<\/a>, putting the whole cycle at about three times longer.<\/p>\n\n

That slower clock also fits Rockstar\u2019s wider push toward realism<\/strong>. Reports have pointed to narrower roads, weather shaped by wind, humidity, and time of day, public transport you can actually use, NPCs that react more naturally, better AI, and deeper vehicle interactions.<\/p>\n\n

If you want Grand Theft Auto 6 to feel more immersive, this part matters. Nelson also says Rockstar Games will still ignore realism when it gets in the way<\/strong> of good gameplay.<\/p>\n\n

Grand Theft Auto 6 is still on the way, so for now, all you can really do is keep up with Rockstar Games\u2019 official updates.<\/p>\n

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Rockstar Games has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto 6 will have a much longer day-night cycle than Grand Theft Auto 5, giving players more time to take in the sunrise, the sunset, and everything in between. Rockstar North co-studio head Rob Nelson said the team tested GTA 5\u2019s 48-minute day in GTA 6, but it … Continue reading “GTA 6 gets a much longer day-night cycle: Rockstar says GTA 5 felt too fast”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9351,"featured_media":382432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-382433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t