A jump lasting little more than a second has brought GTA 6’s animations back into the conversation. In the preload video, a character in racing gear performs a backflip in front of Lucia. Viewers have compared it with Jason’s dive from An Extended Look.
Seen side by side, the clips differ in their takeoff, body position and rotation. The driver launches, tucks his legs and heads back toward the ground in a continuous movement. Jason instead jumps from a pier and rotates above the water.
Different scenes and different movements
The impression of smoother animation comes from that visual comparison. These are different characters in different situations, though: a dive and a stunt on land. The clip therefore cannot establish that Jason’s diving animation has been replaced.
What viewers can examine is the execution of the new trailer’s backflip. Amid all the discussion about Leonida’s scale, a quick rotation has drawn attention to a much smaller detail, one that is easy to replay in the video above.
