GTA 6 'Vampire' Ferris Wheel Sparks Tech Expert Investigation

When Rockstar announced GTA 6 pre-orders would kick off on June 25 , it did so with a short, looping video posted to the official website that offered a fresh look at Vice City . It’s meant to be viewed as you scroll down, a cool piece of GTA 6 media that sets the tone for your experience on the website. But this is GTA 6, and so everything is analyzed to within an inch of its life.

Look closely at the image taken from this short video, below, and you’ll see a ferris wheel in the background. It’s lit up, as you’d expect it to be given this is a night time scene, but unlike the buildings around it, the ferris wheel does not have a reflection in the water. Fans spotted this omission almost immediately, dubbing it GTA 6’s “vampire ferris wheel.” And while it sparked plenty of “literally unplayable” jokes, the tech experts at Digital Foundry did their thing, and have come up with an explanation for what’s going on here.