Does GTA 6 have a day-one patch, and how big is it?

What has been reported

On November 13, 2026, several sites reported that the first update for Grand Theft Auto VI, version 1.002.000, had started rolling out to people who pre-loaded the game on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. ComicBook.com wrote that “it is marked as mandatory, meaning everyone who plays the game at launch will need to download the update before they can start playing”.

• Size. About 1 GB on PS5, according to ComicBook.com and tbreak. We found no consistent figure for Xbox.
• Rollout. Both sites say it reached half of players first and the rest about 11 hours later, citing a fan account that tracks PlayStation download data.
• What it changes. Unknown. tbreak: “Rockstar hasn’t published patch notes, and it hasn’t said why the download is mandatory.”

These details come from console download data read by fan accounts and repeated by the press. Rockstar Games, PlayStation and Xbox have not published anything about the update, so we list it as unconfirmed.

What to do before November 19

Nothing beyond what PlayStation already asks of everyone who pre-loaded. Its support page for the game says to turn on “Download Update Files Automatically” and “Install Update Files Automatically” in Settings > System > System Software > System Software Update and Settings, and to keep the console connected in rest mode so downloads continue. If the update has not arrived yet, it will download when you start the game while online.

Does it change how much space you need?

Rockstar’s figure of up to 212 GB of free space has not changed. An update of about 1 GB fits inside it. See How big is GTA 6 and how much storage do I need?.

Not the same as the smaller downloads in Japan and Australia

The pre-load is smaller in Japan and, by less than a megabyte, in Australia and New Zealand. That difference was reported before this update and is a separate story. See Is GTA 6 censored in Japan or Australia?.

When this answer will change

We will update this page if Rockstar publishes patch notes, or after the release on November 19, 2026, when the game version can be checked on a console.