Ultimate Edition
The $99.99 Ultimate Edition threads five exclusive shops, two side missions, vehicles and engraved sidearms through GTA 6's single-player story.
- Price
- $99.99
- Exclusive shops
- 5
- Exclusive side missions
- 2
- Vehicles
- Grotti Cheetah, Dominator Buggy and more
- Digital extra
- One month of GTA+
The Ultimate Edition is GTA 6's premium tier at $99.99, a $20 step over the Standard Edition, and its defining trait is that the extras live inside the single-player game. Rockstar's own description says the content is "threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia's story," with items "uncovered behind each chapter", wording that is also the strongest official evidence for a chapter-based story, with bonuses unlocking progressively rather than arriving in one day-one dump.
The confirmed contents:
- Five exclusive shops: Rideout Customs and One-Eyed Willie's mod shops, Sara's Unisex Salon, Stock 305 and Electric Fang Tattoo, each "only open for business with the Ultimate Edition"
- Two side missions: the PTT Youngin$ Illegal Goods Store gang-compound raid in Southside Vice City, and Classic Car Collection commissions for the collector Wyman
- Vehicles: a '95 Grotti Cheetah, a '67 Vapid Dominator Buggy, a Shitzu Squalo speedboat docked at Washington Beach, a Dinka Enduro motorcycle and a Crest Kayak, plus the Ganado Retro Build mod kit for Jason's Vapid Ganado pickup
- Weapons and cosmetics: personalized sidearms with detailed engravings, Jason's Girardi ES9 and Lucia's Klose K17, plus revolvers "sourced from the Vercetti Estate" and exclusive outfits for both leads
- Property and extras: the Paradise Garage safehouse in Watson Bay, and a month of GTA+ with digital purchases
The tier has been the launch window's loudest argument. Because the exclusives are story-world content rather than multiplayer cosmetics, many fans called locking single-player shops and missions behind a price tier "a huge red flag," a reaction GamesRadar's coverage captured, with Red Dead Redemption 2's premium-edition hideout content cited as the precedent. Whether $20 for this bundle is fair is opinion; the list above is fact. See our pre-order guide for the buying decision, and note that the Vintage Vice City Pack comes with every edition, not just this one.