GTA 6 Is Already Getting Patched: a Mandatory 1GB Update Is on Your PS5, With Zero Patch Notes

GTA 6 isn’t even playable yet and it’s already been patched. A roughly 1GB update taking the PS5 version to 1.002.000 started rolling out on 13 November, and it’s flagged as mandatory.

By lunchtime today, Saturday 14 November NZ time, it should have reached every PS5 that’s preloaded the game. If your console has been sitting in Rest Mode, you’ve probably already got it.

What’s in the patch

• The version: 01.002.000 on PS5, first spotted by the PlayStation Game Size tracker, according to VICE and MP1st.
• The size: about 1GB to download.
• Mandatory: the update is flagged as required, so you will most likely need it installed before the game launches for the first time, according to eTeknix.
• The staged rollout: 50% of players got it at 11:00 UTC on 13 November (midnight NZDT, 10pm AEDT), and everyone by 23:00 UTC (12pm NZDT today, 10am AEDT).
• Our copy grew: iGrandTheftAuto reports the Australia/New Zealand and Japan packages each grew by 35.75MiB after the install.
• Patch notes: none. Rockstar hasn’t said a word about what it changes.

So what did it actually change?

Nobody outside Rockstar knows. The dataminers at iGrandTheftAuto say the biggest changes are to the story000 game content file (up 15.75MiB) and the Americas level data (up 15.625MiB).

Audio, movies and the texture databases are the same size as before, and the required PS5 firmware is still 14.22.00.00. That points to fixes and mission tweaks rather than new stuff, but that’s an educated guess, not a changelog.

Reports so far are about PS5. Whether Xbox Series X|S got a matching update isn’t clear yet, and MP1st reckons there could still be another patch before launch.

What Kiwis and Aussies need to do

• Check it is there: highlight GTA VI on your PS5, press Options, then Check for Update. The Information screen should show 01.002.000.
• Leave auto-updates on: if another patch drops before launch, you want it downloading while you sleep, not at 11:59pm.
• Launch time: midnight NZDT on Thursday 19 November. Sydney and Melbourne unlock two hours later, at midnight AEDT.
• Storage: Rockstar says the preload needs up to 212GB free, so the patch is the least of your worries.

We covered the preload, and the mystery 704KB chunk missing from our copy, last week. This patch doesn’t settle that one either way.

Meanwhile, Leonida has its own cartoon

In weirder GTA news, film site DiscussingFilm has revealed a teaser for Macca & Friends, an animated TV show that airs inside GTA 6 on the Weazel channel. PC Gamer describes it as a gang of Leonida’s animal cops, and notes Rockstar hasn’t said anything about it.

It isn’t out of nowhere, though. A Macca & Friends mural and a Miami billboard advertising it as “coming November 19 on Weazel” both turned up before the reveal, according to PC Gamer.

Our take

A day-one patch six days early is honestly the most considerate thing Rockstar has done all year. Better a 1GB download on a Saturday than half of Aotearoa hammering PSN at midnight on Thursday.

Still, a mandatory patch with zero notes on a game nobody’s played is peak Rockstar. Tell us what you changed, you secretive bastards, even if it’s just “fixed stuff”.

Everything else is on our GTA 6 page, including why Kiwis play first. Count down to midnight with us in the GetRekt Discord.

Sources

• VICE: GTA 6 day one patch is already rolling out on PS5
• MP1st: GTA 6 receives update 1.002, rolling out in waves
• eTeknix: GTA VI gets mandatory 1GB patch on PS5 ahead of launch
• gta.media: GTA 6 update 1.002 day one patch size and rollout
• PC Gamer: New GTA 6 trailer is for a TV show that exists within GTA 6
• news.com.au: GTA VI launch times and preload size
• Rockstar Games (YouTube): Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2