Travis Scott may have just teased a Lamborghini tie-in for Grand Theft Auto VI but he also could be just showing off. Recently, Scott showed off his copy of GTA VI, a sealed blue PS5 case of the game on his Instagram around November 11, a celebrity flex a few days before the game is out. He has been one of the loudest famous backers of the launch, so an early copy in his hands surprises no one. The problem is the second image and what it could potentially mean.
The gold Lamborghini logo, projected onto wet pavement, could easily read as a tease for an in-game Lamborghini collaboration. However, the image alone does not establish a collaboration. For now, this could be a simple mix-up because Scott showed off his luxury car, or at least one of them.
Scott personally owns a couple of Lamborghinis and these luxury cars throw their badge onto the ground with puddle lights every time a door opens. More to the point, Rockstar Games has never put a licensed real car brand in a mainline Grand Theft Auto title.
Instead, Rockstar builds fictional brands based on the real ones. Pegassi is its Lamborghini in all but name, a parody composite that lets the studio wreck, crime up and reinvent the cars without a manufacturer's lawyers in the way. The in-game garage, from Grand Theft Auto V onward, is full of Pegassi machines any car fan can place at a glance.
The Pegassi cars that stand in for Lamborghini
Pegassi model | Real Lamborghini it echoes |
|---|---|
Infernus | Murcielago and Diablo |
Zentorno | Sesto Elemento and Veneno |
Tempesta | Huracan |
Ignus | Sian FKP 37 |
Torero and Torero XO | Countach |
Toreador | Marzal concept |
Rockstar has always used fictional badges, so Lamborghini itself never appears.
The confusion is understandable this week, since Rockstar does have real Lamborghini-shaped cars out in the world right now and brands are not shy about jumping on the hype. At the moment, GTA 6's West Coast Customs builds include a Pegassi Tempesta based on the Lamborghini Huracan, driven around Miami for promotion.
None of this takes away from how real Scott's role is. He has "RHYNO" on Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album and headlines the official Miami launch festival on November 21, with a Nike tie-in to the game teased on the side. He is woven into this launch as deeply as any artist.
So yes to the copy, but the image does not establish a Lambo collab. The projected bull could simply be this famous artist showing off his own car.