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<\/p>\nKnown for its prostitutes, drug deals and unfettered violent killing sprees – Grand Theft Auto may seem far removed from reality for most people.<\/p>\n
But the hit game’s latest edition may bring the series closer to the real world – with the animated scenes taking inspiration from real life.<\/p>\n
The stunning sequence includes iconic skylines, bikini-clad girls roaming golden-sand beaches, hovercrafts whipping across swamps and references to viral social media clips.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It comes after the first trailer for the\u00a0outrageous crime shooter was leaked online – after a teaser for Rockstar Games’ open-world crime series was leaked the day before it was intended to be released.<\/p>\n
‘GTA VI’ will be released in 2025 and set in fictional Vice City – in scenes reminiscent of Miami, which was last seen in the hit franchise’s 2006 installment.<\/p>\n
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In a comparison by MailOnline, sunsets over bridges, glittering beach scenes sweeping up to reveal cities and powerboat chases across booming docks are all paired to their real-life counterparts<\/p>\n
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Hilarious side-by-side comparisons show amped-up parodies of clips – including an older man partying with a group of glam women in small bikinis with the caption ‘Ay Papi! Save some sugar baby for the rest of us!’<\/p>\n
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A second shows a man wrestling with a crocodile as he tries to get it out of a suburban swimming pool – with a flimsy pole around the huge gator’s neck<\/p>\n
It also appears to feature the first playable female character in the series.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sticking to its roots, the teaser shows women having cash thrown over their bodies in strip clubs, posing in bikinis and twerking in skimpy clothes on top of moving cars.<\/p>\n
Drug deals, violent shoot-ups and police raids also feature in the new trailer – as well as boat parties, arrests and illegal car stunt gatherings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But showing these clips side by side with their real-world inspiration, the new game promises hidden references and familiar gags throughout the long-awaited sequel to GTA 5 – which was released ten years ago.<\/p>\n
The franchise – famed for its tongue-in-cheek take on real-life characters – also appears to mock a number of real-life characters in its latest clip.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a comparison by MailOnline, sunsets over bridges, glittering beach scenes sweeping up to reveal cities and powerboat chases across booming docks are all paired to their real-life counterparts.<\/p>\n
Hilarious side-by-side comparisons show amped-up parodies of clips – including an older man partying with a group of glam women in small bikinis with the caption ‘Ay Papi! Save some sugar baby for the rest of us!’.<\/p>\n
The video it appears to be based on – taken in South Florida – shows a topless man skimming across the water with a woman sunbathing on the front.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A second shows a man wrestling with a crocodile as he tries to get it out of a suburban swimming pool – with a flimsy pole around the huge gator’s neck.<\/p>\n
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In a more x-rated comparison – another video shows a woman twerking on top of a car as they drive at speed down a building-lined highway<\/p>\n
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In a more comedic moment, the trailer appears to parody a news story in Orange County, California , where locals were left horrified after an alligator invaded a Walmart<\/p>\n
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Another moment shows a naked man watering his plants in a luscious green garden. This closely resembles the real-life story of a gardening nudist in Florida – where police had to tell concerned neighbours that he was allowed to tend to his plants in his birthday suit as long as he was on his own property<\/p>\n
It mirrors another clip, which went viral after showing an employee in a neon pink shirt attempts to pull another snappy beast out of a similar family zone.<\/p>\n
And in a more x-rated comparison – another video shows a woman twerking on top of a car as they drive at speed down a building-lined highway.<\/p>\n
The scandalous video, however, is nothing compared to its real-life twin – where a scantily clad woman does the splits as she twerks on top of a moving sedan and her hair whips back behind her.<\/p>\n
In a more comedic moment, the trailer appears to parody a news story in Orange County, California, where locals were left horrified after an alligator invaded a Walmart.<\/p>\n
While the video shows the reptile wandering through the store’s open doors as customers stand in awe, real life footage depicts huge gator wandering calmly outside the closed shutters while customers were trapped safely inside.<\/p>\n
Another moment shows a naked man watering his plants in a luscious green garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This closely resembles the real-life story of a gardening nudist in Florida – where police had to tell concerned neighbours that he was allowed to tend to his plants in his birthday suit as long as he was on his own property.<\/p>\n
And in a more sinister parallel the show’s teaser depicts a tattooed man with died hair in a Sherriff’s office – closely resembling the case of a tattooed Joker lookalike in Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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In a more sinister parallel the show’s teaser depicts a tattooed man with died hair in a Sherriff’s office – closely resembling the case of a tattooed Joker lookalike in Florida<\/p>\n
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A final video shows a woman holding two hammers outside a suburban home – in a video that appears to draw inspiration from a viral clip of a woman destroying another lady’s car outside her home<\/p>\n
Lawrence Sullivan, who tattooed himself to resemble the Batman villain,\u00a0was charged with pointing a handgun at passing traffic.<\/p>\n
And a final video shows a woman holding two hammers outside a suburban home – in a video that appears to draw inspiration from a viral clip of a woman destroying another lady’s car outside her home.<\/p>\n
The video – which shows a woman holding two hammers whacking a brown sedan – continues to show the lady hitting her wheelie bins as she calls the police.<\/p>\n
Dubbed ‘LA Susan’, footage of the enraged woman smashing up her neighbour’s car in the Californian state with two hammers became an internet sensation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the clip, filmed in a residential area of Chatsworth, in LA County’s San Fernando Valley, the woman is heard yelling a witnesses to ‘get the f**k out of this neighborhood’ and ‘go back to Mexico’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
GTA VI appears to poke fun at the woman, with their character being filmed on ‘LuchaLibreFan’ live, with the caption ‘Neighbourhood watch don’t play around in Hamlet’ – in a nod to LA Susan’s vitriolic outburst.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But fans are complaining that they will have to wait ‘like ten years’ to play the new installment, which gamers – including NBA star LeBron James – have already branded as ‘insane’ and ‘pure fire’.<\/p>\n
The video skyrocketed to 50 million views on YouTube in just nine hours – and is on track to become the most watched video in a single day on the platform, a record held by Korea pop group BTS for their 2020 ‘Dynamite’ video, which hit 101million views in 24 hours.<\/p>\n
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‘GTA VI’ will be released in 2025 and set in fictional Vice City, reminiscent of Miami, appearing to feature the first playable female character in the franchise<\/p>\n
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The trailer appears to feature the first playable female character in the franchise<\/p>\n
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The trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 has been released after a teaser for Rockstar Games’ open-world crime series was leaked on social media<\/p>\n
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Boat raids are also shown in the latest clip for the open-world crime game\u00a0<\/p>\n
Set to the Tom Petty song ‘Love Is A Long Road,’ the GTA VI trailer opens with a female character named Lucia being released from prison in what appears to be Florida.<\/p>\n
Near the close of the one-minute-and-30-second trailer, the Lucia character tells her male partner in crime: ‘The only way we are going to get through this, is by sticking together, being a team.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
The pair go on to burst into a store with pistols drawn and bandanas covering the lower halves of their faces.<\/p>\n
Released a decade ago, GTA V has sold around 190 million copies, according to Rockstar-parent Take-Two Interactive, making it the best-selling game in the United States for the past decade based on both unit and dollar sales.<\/p>\n
The entire GTA franchise has sold a mammoth 410 million units so far, according to Take-Two.<\/p>\n
Wedbush analyst Nick McKay estimated that predecessor GTA V and an ongoing, online multiplayer extension of the game have brought in nearly $10 billion in revenue.<\/p>\n
With the wild success has come a wave of controversies.<\/p>\n
Critics have from the beginning accused the series of glorifying violence and encouraging players to engage in criminal behavior – allegations Take-Two executives have denied.<\/p>\n
GTA V players sell drugs, fight, rob, go on car rampages and more.<\/p>\n
Gameplay options also included assaulting prostitutes and going to strip clubs, raising the ire of activists.<\/p>\n