Map and regions

Scale

The game is set in the state of Leonida, a fictional version of Florida. It is the most geographically diverse map in GTA history. Estimates based on trailer analysis and leaked data put it at roughly 2 to 2.5 times the size of GTA V's map. At least five counties have been identified.

The overview covers the game broadly. This article breaks down the specific regions and what is in them.

The six major regions

1. Vice City (Vice-Dale County, Southeast)

The main urban hub. A modern-day fictional Miami with Art Deco hotels, Latin American neighborhoods, a port, an airport, and nightlife. This is where most of the story takes place and where the highest concentration of missions, shops, and services are found. See the full Vice City article for detailed district and landmark breakdowns.

2. Leonida Keys (South)

A tropical archipelago inspired by the Florida Keys. Small islands connected by bridges stretching south from the mainland. Key Lento is a named location within the chain. Jason's starting apartment is located here.

Rockstar's description warns of "dangerous waters both human and otherwise." Jet skis and boats are the main way to get around. The Keys have a laid-back surface but criminal activity runs underneath it. Drug smuggling, sketchy marinas, and isolated docks make this a natural setting for early-game missions.

3. Grassrivers (Southwest/Central)

GTA's version of the Everglades. Described as "the untamable jewel of Leonida's crown." This is a vast swamp region with mangroves, shallow waterways, alligators, and snakes. Airboats are the primary way to navigate, and they are new to the GTA franchise specifically because of this area.

Grassrivers is wild and sparsely populated. The people who live out here are off the grid by choice. It is the kind of place where bodies disappear and no one comes looking.

4. Port Gellhorn (Kelly County, Northwest)

Inspired by Panama City, Florida. A coastal town that has seen better days. Deserted strip malls, abandoned tourist attractions, cheap motels, and a drug trade that fills the economic vacuum left by legitimate business pulling out. Rockstar's description calls it a "factory for producing Florida Men."

Port Gellhorn represents the seedier side of small-town Florida. Not glamorous like Vice City, not wild like the swamps. Just a place where things have gone wrong and the people still living there are making do however they can.

5. Ambrosia (Ambrosia County, Northeast)

A rural and industrial area near Lake Leonida. The Allied Crystal sugar refinery is a major employer and landmark. A biker gang operates in the area, enforcing old-school values and controlling local territory. The region is prone to wildfires.

Ambrosia is deep inland Florida. Agricultural land, industrial operations, and small communities that do not have much connection to the coastal cities. The biker gang presence gives it a different criminal flavor than Vice City's organized crime.

6. Mount Kalaga National Park (North)

Rugged forests, canyons, and rivers in the northern part of the state. This is where hunting, fishing, kayaking, and off-road racing happen. The terrain is rough -- dirt trails, steep inclines, dense tree cover.

The area is home to "hillbilly mystics and paranoid radicals" living in the backwoods. It is the most remote region on the map, far from Vice City's neon and noise. Think Appalachian foothills transplanted to northern Florida.

Additional areas

Post-launch expansion

Rockstar has discussed post-launch expansion plans that include new missions and potentially new cities. Gloriana State, which appears to be inspired by Georgia, has been spotted in data and community analysis as a possible DLC location. None of this is confirmed.

The base game map is already the largest GTA has ever shipped. Any expansion on top of it would push the total playable area into territory no open-world game has covered before. But until Rockstar makes an announcement, all post-launch content remains speculation.