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Leonida: Rockstar’s fictional Florida

Real world:

The state of Florida, nicknamed the Sunshine State

In game:

The state of Leonida, which Rockstar calls the Goodtime State, split into six regions

Rockstar’s GTA VI pages we checked never name Florida, but its synopsis sets the story in “the sunniest place in America”, its Only in Leonida guide invites you to tour “the sunshine state”, and its Newswire calls Leonida the Goodtime State. Game Informer, whose September 2026 cover story rests on interviews with Rockstar, names Florida as Leonida’s real-world inspiration and says the studio set out to make the state as true to it as it could. Paul MacPherson, Rockstar’s senior vice president of environment art, told the magazine the map is geared to “that full Florida experience”, even if some real locations are left out (Kotaku, Dexerto), and Aaron Garbut summed up Florida’s appeal as “America dialed up to 11” (Mashable). Rob Nelson told Dazed that “Florida and Miami have perhaps one of the most diverse and interesting populations in the world”, and VGC’s report on the Game Informer story says each of Leonida’s six regions draws on a different part of the state.

Источники: Rockstar Newswire · Rockstar Games · Rockstar Newswire (2) · Kotaku · Dexerto · Game Informer · Dazed · VGC · Game Informer (2) · Mashable · Rockstar Newswire (3)

Vice City is modern Miami

Real world:

Miami and Miami Beach, including the Art Deco district and PortMiami, which markets itself as the Cruise Capital of the World

In game:

Vice City, with Ocean Beach, Little Cuba, the Tisha-Wocka flea market and the VC Port

Rockstar calls Vice City “the sun and fun capital of America” and lists Ocean Beach’s pastel art deco hotels, the panaderías of Little Cuba, the Tisha-Wocka flea market and the VC Port, “the cruise ship capital of the world”. Game Informer’s preview, as reported by VGC, says Vice City leans heavily on Miami, from its Art Deco buildings and beaches to its big cruise port, and Miami’s real port calls itself the Cruise Capital of the World. Dazed, which interviewed Rockstar’s team, states plainly that Vice City is based on Miami. Kotaku, covering a YouTuber who recreated Trailer 1 shots on Miami’s streets, said the game matches the real city remarkably closely.

Источники: Rockstar Games · VGC · Dazed · Miami-Dade County (PortMiami) · Kotaku

Ocean Drive’s hotels and South Beach landmarks

Real world:

Miami Beach’s Ocean Drive, including the Breakwater, Beacon, Avalon and Clevelander hotels, the Royal Palm and the beach’s colourful lifeguard stands

In game:

Vice City’s beachfront skyline and neon hotel strip, including the Boardwalk and Ocean View hotels

NBC 6 South Florida picked out the Royal Palm hotel and the colourful lifeguard stands in Trailer 1’s beach skyline, then Ocean Drive’s neon row of hotels: the Breakwater, the Beacon and the Avalon, with its yellow-and-white classic car parked outside. Den of Geek also spotted that vintage car and says the fictional Boardwalk hotel stands in for the Avalon, while Miami New Times says the Boardwalk is the Breakwater renamed, so outlets disagree on that one. Dexerto says the Ocean View Hotel’s sign is styled like the real Clevelander’s, and Miami New Times places a Trailer 2 night-time pool scene at the Clevelander. Rockstar’s own screenshots include a Vice City lifeguard stand.

Источники: NBC 6 South Florida · Den of Geek · Miami New Times · Dexerto · Miami New Times (2) · Rockstar Games

Real world:

Miami’s Venetian, MacArthur and Rickenbacker causeways, 500 Brickell, the Fontainebleau’s Trésor Tower and the Kaseya Center

In game:

Vice City’s causeways, towers and road signs for Kelly County and Catalan Blvd

Miami New Times and Gamepressure, which relays YouTuber Joel Franco’s side-by-side video, both say Trailer 1 closely recreates the Venetian Causeway, and Miami New Times also spotted the MacArthur and Rickenbacker causeways and towers such as 500 Brickell, with its round hole between twin towers. Miami New Times and Dexerto both say a penthouse pool in the trailer matches the one atop Trésor Tower at the Fontainebleau. Gamepressure notes Rockstar does not copy everything: the trailer shows the Kaseya Center beside the MacArthur Causeway, though in reality the arena sits a few streets away, out of view. Road signs for Kelly County and Catalan Blvd are readable in the trailer (GamesRadar+); only Miami New Times reads them as Miami-Dade County and Biscayne Boulevard.

Источники: Miami New Times · Miami New Times (2) · Gamepressure · Dexerto · GamesRadar+

Nine 1 Nine, a nod to Miami’s E11EVEN

Real world:

E11EVEN, a nightclub in downtown Miami, and its banner planes

In game:

A plane banner for “Nine 1 Nine Vice City”

Trailer 1 shows a plane towing a banner for Nine 1 Nine with the line “why sixty-nine when you can Nine 1 Nine” (VGC, Push Square). Den of Geek, NBC 6 South Florida and Miami New Times all read it as a riff on E11EVEN, the downtown Miami club known for flying banner ads along South Beach. E11EVEN played along: the day after the trailer it flew its own banner reading “When Nine 1 Nine = E11even”, though its marketing director told Miami New Times he did not know for sure that the game meant his club. In October 2026 the joke went the other way, with Vice reporting planes towing NINE1NINE banners over South Beach as part of the launch campaign; only Vice reports this among the outlets we checked, and Rockstar has not explained the name.

Источники: VGC · Push Square · Den of Geek · NBC 6 South Florida · Miami New Times · Miami New Times (2) · Vice

Real world:

Club Space, a nightclub in downtown Miami

In game:

A Vice City dance club seen briefly in Trailer 1

Miami New Times says one Trailer 1 club has a DJ booth and hanging planters like those at Club Space, the downtown Miami nightclub on NE 11th Street, while noting it is not a one-to-one copy. Its later piece on E11EVEN repeats that versions of Club Space and E11EVEN flash by in the trailer. Only Miami New Times reports this, and Rockstar has not named the club.

Источники: Miami New Times · Miami New Times (2)

Miami’s elevated trains

Real world:

Miami’s elevated rail systems, the Metromover and Metrorail

In game:

An elevated passenger train glimpsed over Vice City in Trailer 2

Trailer 2 briefly shows an elevated passenger train. Kotaku calls it Rockstar’s version of Miami’s Metromover, as Miami New Times does, while PC Gamer compares it to Metrorail, so outlets agree it is Miami’s elevated rail but not on which system. Rockstar has not said whether players can ride it.

Источники: Kotaku · PC Gamer · Miami New Times

The Leonida Keys and the Florida Keys

Real world:

The Florida Keys island chain, down to Key West, including the Seven Mile Bridge

In game:

The Leonida Keys, a laid-back archipelago where Jason lives

Rockstar describes the Keys as an easy-going “tropical archipelago” beside beautiful but dangerous waters, and one of its screenshots shows a seaplane over a bridge linking two islands. Game Informer’s preview, as reported by VGC, calls the region the game’s take on the Florida Keys, and Aaron Garbut says Rockstar’s first research trip ran through the Keys to Key West (Dexerto). Miami New Times and Kotaku both identify the Seven Mile Bridge in an aerial shot from Trailer 1. Only Dexerto reports a tourist stop that mirrors the real Rain Barrel Village, with a whale where the real one has a giant lobster.

Источники: Rockstar Games · VGC · Dexerto · Miami New Times · Kotaku · Dexerto (2)

Grassrivers and the Everglades

Real world:

Florida’s Everglades wetlands

In game:

Grassrivers, Leonida’s wetlands of airboats, alligators and mangroves

Rockstar sells Grassrivers as “the untamable jewel of Leonida’s crown”, a primordial expanse where the gators are the famous attraction but far from the deadliest thing in the mangroves. Game Informer’s preview, as reported by VGC, says the region draws on the Florida Everglades. Aaron Garbut told LOVE that one research flight went low over Everglades mangrove inlets before ending up above a stadium during a Beyoncé concert: “I think we made the local news the next day” (Dexerto).

Источники: Rockstar Games · VGC · Dexerto · Kotaku

Port Gellhorn and Florida’s faded resort towns

Real world:

Florida’s run-down seaside tourist towns; Dexerto suggests Panama City

In game:

Port Gellhorn, “Leonida’s forgotten coast”

Rockstar calls Port Gellhorn “Leonida’s forgotten coast”: a former holiday spot of cheap motels, closed attractions and empty strip malls, now running on malt liquor, painkillers and energy drinks. Game Informer’s preview, as reported by VGC, says it reflects Florida’s smaller tourist destinations that have gone into decline. Dexerto thinks it points to Panama City because of the architecture and its seaside setting far from Miami, and Paul MacPherson told Game Informer that Panama City was among the North Florida cities Rockstar studied (Mashable). Still, only Dexerto ties Port Gellhorn to a named town, and Rockstar has not.

Источники: Rockstar Games · VGC · Dexerto · Mashable

Ambrosia and Florida’s sugar country

Real world:

The sugar-growing towns around Lake Okeechobee; Dexerto compares the refinery to U.S. Sugar’s in Clewiston

In game:

Ambrosia, an industrial town run by the Allied Crystal sugar refinery and a biker gang

Rockstar places Ambrosia in the heart of Leonida, a town where the Allied Crystal sugar refinery is the main employer and, in Rockstar’s words, the local biker gang supplies “almost everything else”; one official image shows crop fields burning at sunset. Game Informer’s preview, as reported by VGC, presents it as the state’s industrial side. Dexerto compares the refinery to U.S. Sugar’s plant in Clewiston, saying the two look very alike, and suggests a blend of towns around Lake Okeechobee, while noting that Rockstar has not named its inspirations. Only Dexerto makes the Clewiston comparison.

Источники: Rockstar Games · VGC · Dexerto

Mount Kalaga and the Florida–Georgia line

Real world:

The backwoods culture of Florida’s northern border with Georgia

In game:

Mount Kalaga National Park, a hunting, fishing and off-road area on Leonida’s northern edge

Rockstar describes Mount Kalaga as a national landmark on the state’s northern border, with prime hunting, fishing and off-road trails, and backwoods home to “hillbilly mystics and paranoid radicals”. Game Informer’s preview, as reported by VGC, says the region borrows from the culture along Florida’s border with Georgia. No outlet we checked names a single real park or mountain behind it.

Источники: Rockstar Games · VGC

Real world:

Jacksonville, Panama City, Ocala and other North Florida cities

In game:

The part of Leonida that Mashable links to this research, with ATV trails, mud parties, demolition derbies, farms and bass fishing

Paul MacPherson told Game Informer that Rockstar’s research reached beyond Miami to cities in the north of the state, including Jacksonville, Ocala and Panama City, according to Mashable’s summary of the cover story. Mashable says that region of the game offers ATV trails, a mud park party, night-time demolition derbies, farms and bass fishing. Only Mashable reports this list among the outlets we checked, and Rockstar has not tied any of these cities to a specific in-game town.

Источники: Mashable · Game Informer

Real world:

Orlando’s theme parks, such as Walt Disney World and Universal Studios, and the Space Coast around Cape Canaveral

In game:

Not confirmed in Leonida in any form

Asked by Game Informer about Orlando, Disney World and the Space Coast, Paul MacPherson said Rockstar weighs landscapes, towns and landmarks against what the game needs, adding that “we may not have those exact locations” (Kotaku, Dexerto). Kotaku reads that as ruling out a Disney World parody while leaving room for pieces of central Florida, and says official marketing hints at a large alligator-themed park that looks inspired by Gatorland, south of Orlando. Kotaku also thinks a Minnie Mouse-style character it spotted in the gameplay reveal points to some kind of Disney parody. The Gatorland and Minnie Mouse links come only from Kotaku.

Источники: Kotaku · Dexerto · PC Games Hardware