WANTED
GTA VI · November 19, 2026

Wanted

Wanted level: zero. Clean record.

GTA V stopped at five stars. For 12 years the sixth one was gone. GTA VI brings it back, and the internet has one thing to say about it: six stars.

Wanted mode: the teaser

For the first time since 2008, the wanted level goes beyond five stars. Sound on.

The six-star scale

The stars in the corner tell you how hard the law is hunting you. Each one brings something bigger.

★★★★★★One starA patrol car notices you.
★★★★★★Two starsMore cruisers, sirens everywhere.
★★★★★★Three starsHelicopters and roadblocks.
★★★★★★Four starsSWAT rolls in.
★★★★★★Five starsThe feds. Where GTA V stopped.
★★★★★★Six starsThe army, with tanks. Back in GTA VI.

Gone for 12 years

2001
★★★★★★

GTA III sets the scale at six. Max it out and the army shows up with Rhino tanks. Vice City, San Andreas and GTA IV keep it.

2013
★★★★★★

GTA V cuts the meter to five. The sixth star disappears, and players never stop asking for it.

2026
★★★★★★

GTA VI's Extended Look: the getaway with Raul Bautista hits six stars. The sixth star is back.

Six-star moments

The pictures every GTA player has in their head.

Army tank on the freeway
Six stars
Police search circle at night
The search circle
Stolen jet over a military base
Stealing the jet
WASTED screen
Wasted
BUSTED screen
Busted
Sunset getaway with police behind
Six stars again
Until the sixth star is back
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November 19, 2026. Get your six stars ready.