GTA 6 controls for PS5 and Xbox: not published yet

What are the GTA 6 controls?

Rockstar hasn’t published them. GTA 6 isn’t out until November 19, 2026, and as of November 14 we found no default button layout and no mention of remapping on Rockstar’s GTA VI pages or the PlayStation and Xbox listings. So there is no control list here yet, and we won’t print one that no source describes. The layout will be added from the finished game.

What do previews say about buttons?

Very little. Previews of Rockstar’s An Extended Look describe actions, not a button layout. Push Square says you hold a trigger button and choose from a few prompts to interact with NPCs, as in Red Dead Redemption 2, without saying which trigger. Our interaction prompts page has the detail. TechRadar says switching between Jason and Lucia is as quick as a single button press, but it doesn’t name the button either (see character switching).

TechRadar also says each lead pulls weapons from their own wheel, and Rockstar hasn’t said what opens it; our weapon wheel page covers it. For how aiming looks in the footage, see our aim assist page. All of these are outlets’ readings of a video, not a control list.

What do the PS5 and Xbox controllers get?

On PS5, the PlayStation Store lists vibration and trigger effects for the DualSense. Rockstar’s November 10 post calls the haptic feedback “fully integrated across the game” and puts its adjustment in the accessibility settings. Neither Rockstar nor Sony has published a list of what the triggers do; VGC reads Sony’s PS5 features trailer as suggesting you will feel weapon recoil in the triggers, which is its interpretation. See DualSense haptics, triggers and speaker.

On Xbox, Microsoft’s general rule is that most Xbox One controllers work on Series X|S, and the GTA VI Xbox listing names no controllers among its features. Which controllers work has the sourcing.

Will GTA 5’s controls carry over?

Rockstar hasn’t said, and we won’t print GTA V’s button map as if it were GTA 6’s. History gives one link. According to Grand Theft Wiki, the weapon selection wheel first arrived in the series with GTA V, and TechRadar’s reading of the footage has GTA 6 keeping one. Whether the buttons behind it stay the same is unknown. For the earlier game, see GTA V.

What will we map after launch?

After November 19 we will record the default layout on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, say whether buttons can be remapped, and note the trigger and haptics options we can see. Each entry will carry the platform and date we tested it. Graphics options will go on our PS5 Pro settings page, and controller buying advice lives in our best controller guide.