Rideout Customs

What Rockstar says

Rideout Customs is one of two mod shops "only open for business with the Ultimate Edition". The PlayStation Store copy says it will "transform vanilla vehicles into magnificent works of art with detailed interiors, exquisite rims, and donk stylings". Rockstar's press release, as TheSixthAxis and Worthplaying printed it, places it in Vice City ("At Rideout Customs in Vice City") and describes both shops as having "a wide selection of artistic and performance-based vehicle mods". Rockstar has not said which street it is on, so our map pin is still a placeholder.

The Ultimate Edition also gives Jason's Vapid Ganado pickup a Retro Build with exclusive mods, which the press release lists as a cab spoiler, rear aerials and a special livery.

How car mods fit into GTA 6

What we know	Source
Two named mod shops, both Ultimate Edition only: Rideout Customs (Vice City) and One-Eyed Willie's (Lake Leonida)	Rockstar Support, PlayStation Store
The WAINK phone app shows a car's value and the cost of registering it as your personal vehicle	IGN preview
Each character can own several personal vehicles, kept at the safehouse	IGN preview
Street racers in the Extended Look wear vinyls and underglow	IGN, HotCars
Whether Standard players get a mod shop	Not stated

The donk angle

HotCars, looking at the Extended Look, writes that donks and off-road rigs "belong alongside tuners and muscle cars" in a Florida-inspired state. A shop built around big rims and showpiece interiors reads as Rockstar leaning into South Florida car culture rather than generic tuning.

Our take: Rideout Customs is the Ultimate Edition item we'd think hardest about. A mod shop is a gameplay loop, not a skin, and DualShockers is right that locking one behind a $20 upgrade is a bigger ask than locking outfits. Our expectation is that Standard players will still get a basic mod shop somewhere, because personal vehicles, registration costs and street racing all point to car customisation being part of the core game, but Rockstar has not said so. Our advice: if building cars is your favourite part of GTA, plan on the upgrade; if not, wait until launch week, when players will know what Standard owners can do. You can buy the upgrade at any time.

What to watch for at launch

• Whether Standard Edition players have any mod shop, and what it offers.
• Where in Vice City Rideout Customs is.
• Whether donk builds change how cars drive, or only how they look.