A now-changed LinkedIn profile for a former Rockstar Games developer working on Grand Theft Auto 6 reveals a procedural “breakable glass system” that will add yet another level of realism to the open-world crime game. It’s worth noting that, between the Grand Theft Auto series and the Red Dead Redemption series, the latter focused more on realistic immersion, but the pedigree of the company does apply to both franchises. GTA 6 will be no exception in that regard.
Right now, fans are basically starving for any information on Grand Theft Auto 6. Trailer 2 was released in May 2025, meaning it’s been nearly a whole year since fans received any concrete look at the game. For this, and many other reasons, fans believe that there will be news on GTA 6 in April, but it also means they are prowling the internet for new info. Some even recently took an off-the-cuff remark by Take-Two’s CEO to be confirmation of GTA 6‘s price when it wasn’t. That search also brought some fans to LinkedIn.
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Every so often, developers on LinkedIn accidentally slip new details about a project (or the fact that a project exists). The same can be said here, but within a few hours of this breakable glass system being discovered, the developer updated their profile. In other words, it should be taken with a grain of salt. The LinkedIn profile listed the developer as a Graphics Programmer who worked at Rockstar Games between February 2020 and April 2023, where they “took the lead on the next generation procedural glass system for vehicles and props.” Beyond that, they worked on a few key elements of various rendering systems, but it’s the glass system that the internet has run away with.
GTA 6’s Procedural Glass System (Leak)
As a point of comparison, Grand Theft Auto 5‘s glass systems were impressive, but they all had set break patterns. If players hit them, they break in pre-determined ways and are not unique to each hit: there are the same cracks, the same chunk sizes, and the same burst effect. What this GTA 6 feature means is that glass breaks procedurally, in real time, dependent upon how, where, and with what players hit it with.
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Shooting, punching, and blowing up will all result in different breaks, as will the type of glass broken, such as a car windshield, a store window, or a side-view mirror. Presumably, this also means that partial and persistent damage is possible (a half-broken mirror) and that there are real physics interactions (how the shards of the glass fall, bounce, slide, or react to external forces). It’s a small thing, but Rockstar Games has always been the king of small details, and it’s the type of feature that makes immersion stronger.
That attention to detail could also have ripple effects on GTA 6‘s gameplay as well, if perhaps in subtle ways. It could influence how players approach stealth, car chases, or even moment-to-moment decisions. It’s a crime game, after all. Smashing a storefront window is going to feel different each time, and assuming that GTA 6 features some kind of heists, this system will help the game’s longevity. Likewise, vehicle shootouts could become more visually unpredictable, with windshields cracking and splintering in ways that reflect the real intensity of the encounter.
Of course, this is pure speculation until Rockstar confirms any such system, and it should be taken with a grain of salt. Fans will just have to wait for official GTA 6 news, yet perhaps they shouldn’t hold their breath. If Rockstar knows anything, it’s how to use impatience as marketing.
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November 19, 2026
- ESRB
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Rating Pending – Likely Mature 17+
