Following literally years of speculation, GTA 6 developer Rockstar Games has finally confirmed what upgrades PS5 Pro owners can expect compared to those on the base console - and they might not quite go as far as you'd expect.

In short, it looks like the game will still run at the exact same 30 frames per second on PS5 Pro, in contrast to rumours and speculation suggesting that the Pro version could hit 40 or even 60 frames per second due to the machine's higher-end internals.

Instead, that extra power will be devoted to image quality upgrades and extra visual features, with Pro-exclusive PSSR upscaling being used to deliver "improved clarity". The game will also feature ray-traced shadows on Pro.

Here's the full quote from Rockstar:

Grand Theft Auto VI has been fully developed from the ground up to provide the best possible experience for the current generation of consoles, targeting 30 frames per second while pushing both platforms to their absolute limits to bring the vast and rich world of Leonida to life — while maintaining the density and visual fidelity of all its environments and inhabitants.

The PlayStation 5 Pro offers breathtaking visuals, with improved clarity through PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) and ray-traced shadows only available on PlayStation 5 Pro.

Rockstar goes on to say that the game also supports "high-quality haptic feedback" on PS5, thanks to the DualSense controller, "improved spatial audio rendering", thanks to Tempest, and "improved load times", confirming that the PlayStation 5 family is the lead platform for the release. The latter point is extremely interesting to me - will the game actually load faster on PS5 than on Series X, for example? - but we'll have to wait until release to see how all versions of the game compare.

If you missed it earlier, Rockstar also finally confirmed release time information worldwide, as well as announcing that GTA 6 would be playable via Xbox Cloud Streaming on Xbox One and Xbox Series devices - thus making the game accessible to owners of last-gen consoles. Game pre-loads have now begun ahead of the game's release on 19th November, so remember to tick that off the list if you're planning to play as soon as GTA 6 launches.

If you own a PS5 Pro, do the upgrades here go far enough for your liking? What else would you have liked to see? Let me know in the comments below.