GTA 6 Standard vs Ultimate Edition

Two editions are official: Standard and Ultimate. In the United States, Take-Two priced them at $79.99 and $99.99. Other countries set their own store prices — check the PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store, or Rockstar Games Store for the number that will actually be charged.

You do not have to decide forever on day one. Rockstar Support says Standard owners can buy the Ultimate Edition Upgrade at any time after the Standard Edition is redeemed, from the PlayStation or Microsoft stores. Physical buyers can upgrade after they redeem the download code in the box.

Quick comparison

What Ultimate actually adds

Rockstar describes Ultimate as an exclusive collection of premium vehicles, weapons, apparel, and action “threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia’s story,” with new items uncovered behind each chapter. The upgrade is a digital add-on, not a second copy of the game.

Official item names on Rockstar Support and the PlayStation game page (as of 15 November 2026) include:

• Vehicles and related: ’95 Grotti Cheetah; Jason’s safehouse vehicles (an Army fatigue-tinged Dinka Enduro motorcycle and a Crest Kayak); Shitzu Squalo; ’67 Vapid Dominator Buggy and garage (Paradise Garage in Watson Bay, with a weapon locker and a place to deposit stolen goods to be fenced); Ganado Retro Build for Jason’s Vapid Ganado pickup; a classic car collection commissioned from a local fixer named Wyman.
• Weapons: Hawk & Little Morgan revolvers (his and hers, with Vice City stylings sourced from the Vercetti Estate); personalized variants of Jason’s Girardi ES9 pistol and Lucia’s Klose K17 pistol.
• Looks: Vice City Style outfits, hairstyles, tattoos; Goodtime Gear apparel inspired by a hit TV-show character, Macca the Gator.
• Places that Rockstar says are only open in Ultimate: Rideout Customs; Sara’s Unisex Salon; Stock 305; Electric Fang Tattoo (more than 50 tattoos designed by the artist collective FAILE); One-Eyed Willie’s at Lake Leonida. Rockstar Support also lists PTT Youngin$ Compound.

Until people can play the game, this site will not invent how often those items show up or whether they change the story in a meaningful way. They are official extras. Take-Two priced the two full US editions $20 apart; that is not the same as a confirmed price for the separate Ultimate Edition Upgrade add-on, which we have not verified on the stores. Whether Ultimate is worth the extra cost is a personal call; we will revisit after launch, with sources.

The Vintage Vice City Pack is separate

This pack is a purchase-window bonus, not an Ultimate exclusive. Rockstar says pre-orders and purchases before 20 November 2026 include:

• A ’55 Vapid Stanier Sedan and Garage
• Outfits and hairstyles
• An exclusive weapon pattern

Digital purchases in that window also include one month of GTA+. See the GTA+ page before you claim it — on PlayStation it can continue as a paid subscription if you do not cancel.

Which one to buy

• Buy Standard if you want the story and are happy to add Ultimate later.
• Buy Ultimate if you want those official extras on day one and you are purchasing digitally.
• Buy a physical box only if you understand it is a download code, it is Standard, and you still need enough free storage for a large digital install — a minimum of 212 GB on PS5, and on Xbox use 212 GB as a planning figure and check the official size on your console. Details are on physical vs digital.