Push Square: Digital Foundry calls GTA 6's Extended Look the most impressive real-time rendering it has seen

Digital Foundry was full of praise for GTA 6's Extended Look, Push Square reported on August 28, 2026, the day after the video premiered. Push Square summarised the tech analysts' initial thoughts on the footage. Digital Foundry's own article was not read for this story, so everything below is Push Square's account of it.

According to Push Square, all of the footage was captured on a base PS5. It quoted Oliver Mackenzie calling it "the most impressive example of real-time game rendering" he had seen, and Richard Leadbetter describing the achievement as "singular across the entire console generation".

On performance, Push Square wrote that a 30fps frame rate on a standard PS5 had already been more or less confirmed. By its account, Digital Foundry found that the footage held that rate very steadily, with "very occasional single frame drops". Push Square's report gives no resolution figures, and none are given here.

Digital Foundry called character models "the most standout visual feature", Push Square said, with "huge generational improvements" to hair simulation. Skin shading, sweat and make-up were praised for their detail and realism, as were the lighting and the improved ray tracing. The team also highlighted what it called an "unusually sophisticated NPC ecosystem", with hundreds of characters filling the world.

These were first impressions of a prepared video, not tests of the finished game, which was due on November 19. Since then, Rockstar said in a November 10 Newswire post that the game is "targeting 30 frames per second" on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. It has not announced a 60fps mode.