You do not land in "Vice City" all at once. In GTA VI, the city arrives in pieces — a beach strip in one trailer shot, a skyline across the bay in the next, an airport name on a road sign after that. That is actually useful on day one. If you know which district does what, your first hours stop being random driving and start being a plan. Here is what is confirmed about each Vice City district, in the order most players should visit them.
First stop: Vice Beach
Vice Beach is the barrier-island strip — beaches, boardwalks, and Ocean-Drive-style neon — and it is confirmed as a core district on Rockstar's official site. Trailer 1's most iconic shots live here, which makes it the natural first stop: it is the postcard version of the city, the easiest district to read at a glance, and the place to learn the basics — traffic, crowds, wanted levels, and how the city reacts — before the story pulls you deeper in. Start here on foot as much as in a car. Boardwalk districts reward slow exploration, and you can plan your route on our interactive map of Leonida before you go.
Second: Downtown Vice City
Across the bay sits Downtown Vice City — the mainland skyline, skyscrapers, the financial district, and the densest neon on the map. Road signs for Downtown appear in Trailer 2, so this is not a guess about the city's shape; Rockstar showed you the signage itself. Downtown is where to go second, once you want density instead of scenery: taller buildings, tighter streets, and a very different driving rhythm from the beach. If Vice Beach teaches you the city's surface, Downtown teaches you its scale.
Third: the Southside
The Southside is the street-level counterweight to Downtown's towers — southern districts flagged on Trailer 2 signage, described on this hub as neighborhoods where much of the city's criminal economy runs. That matters for a story about Jason and Lucia, two people an easy score gone wrong leaves relying on each other to survive a conspiracy across Leonida. Go here expecting the grounded version of Vice City: blocks, neighborhoods, and loyalty, rather than skyline and spectacle. It is the district most likely to change how you read the other three.
Know it before you need it: VCI Airport
VCI Airport — Vice City International, named on Trailer 2 road signage — is not necessarily your third or fourth hangout, but it is the district to learn early. Airports in a GTA city are never just scenery; they are exits, arrivals, cargo, and pressure points. Learn its approaches and surrounding roads while nothing is chasing you, and you will thank yourself later. When you need wheels worthy of the run there, browse the vehicle database for what has been confirmed so far.
What is still rumor — labeled as such
One name to hold loosely: the Port of Vice City. Container docks and cargo terminals are widely expected, and this hub's map lists the port as RUMOR — widely reported, not officially confirmed. Treat it the same way we treat every gold pin on the map: interesting, plausible, and not a fact until Rockstar says so. The same discipline applies to any district list you see elsewhere that presents fan geography as official. Keep up with what actually changes in the newsroom, and if you want to know which district fits you before launch, take the district quiz.
The first-hours order, in one line
Vice Beach for the postcard, Downtown for the scale, the Southside for the real city, and VCI so you know your way out. Four confirmed districts, four different jobs. GTA VI launches November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S — and Vice City will make a lot more sense if you meet it in that order.