Rolo reviews GTA 6's clothes like hardware: every confirmed outfit, what it is for, and the two-outfit setup

Short version first: in GTA 6, clothes are equipment. The police use them to recognise you, so a second outfit does the same job as a spare tyre. Carry one.

I'm Rolo. I do the hardware on this site. I own four of the same grey hoodie, which Ruby says disqualifies me from writing about clothes. She lent me her column anyway, on the condition that I treat it like a hardware review and label everything. So: Confirmed is what Rockstar has said or shown. Reported is from previews, mostly Edge. General advice is me.

Why clothes are hardware now

Confirmed. GTA 6 shows four icons beside the wanted stars. They tell you what the police have on you: your vehicle, your clothes, your face, and whether Jason and Lucia are together. Six covered the whole system in how the police find you.

Reported. Edge's preview says splitting up, changing clothes or dropping the weapon all make you harder to recognise. Previews of the Extended Look describe an outfit wheel, opened from the weapon wheel, for changing clothes and pulling on a mask on the spot. They differ on whether a haircut alone clears anything.

That is the spec that matters. If an outfit can be described, it can be reported. So every look below gets judged on two numbers: how much it stands out, and how fast you could ditch it.

The pre-order kit: Vintage Vice City Pack

Confirmed. Every pre-order, Standard or Ultimate, gets the Vintage Vice City Pack: outfits and hairstyles for both leads. The official image shows Lucia in a red sequin mini dress with big curls and Jason in a pastel suit.

• Visibility: maximum. A red sequin dress is the opposite of camouflage.
• Best use: a night out, photos, a car somebody else is driving.
• General advice: never wear this to anything you might have to run from. A witness will describe it in one sentence.

The pack also includes the '55 Vapid Stanier and the Shore Court garage with a weapon locker. Ruby has the car in her piece today. I'll stick to fabric.

The upgrade kit: Ultimate Edition

Confirmed. The $99.99 Ultimate Edition adds a Vice City Style set: tiger-stripe boots for Lucia, a floral shirt for Jason, and tattoos to match. Then there is Goodtime Gear, a casual apparel line shown as matching tees with a cartoon gator, Lucia in red sunglasses. Every item is on the Ultimate Edition page.

• Tiger-stripe boots. High visibility, low swap cost: boots are one item. General advice: fine for daytime, swap them before a job.
• Floral shirt. This is Vice City. Half the city is wearing one. General advice: a common look is a useful look. Blending in beats standing out.
• Goodtime Gear tees. Matching his-and-hers tees are cute and, on my reading, the worst possible choice for two people the police already track as a pair. That last part is general advice, not a Rockstar statement, but it follows from the partner icon.
• Tattoos. General advice: treat ink as permanent until Rockstar says otherwise. You cannot take it off at a red light.

The shops

Confirmed. Rockstar has named three shops for clothes and looks, all Ultimate Edition exclusives:

• Stock 305 Clothing: streetwear, in a Vice City area called Stockyard.
• Sara's Unisex Salon: facial hair for Jason, makeup and nails for Lucia.
• Electric Fang Tattoo: more than fifty designs by the art collective FAILE.

The Standard Edition has clothes, hair and tattoos too. Rockstar just has not named those shops yet. Don't let anyone tell you the base game is wardrobe-locked.

My setup: the two-outfit rule

General advice. This is how I'd configure it on day one.

1. Outfit A, the daily driver. Whatever you like looking at for eighty hours. Wear it everywhere that is not a crime.
2. Outfit B, the plain one. Muted colours, no logo, no pattern, nothing a witness can name. Keep it one flick of the wheel away.
3. Swap before, not after. If changing clothes clears the clothing lead, the cheapest swap is the one you make before anyone sees you.
4. Split the pair. If Jason and Lucia match, they are one description. Dress them differently.
5. Save the loud stuff for screenshots. Sequins are for photo mode.

What is not known

Rockstar has not said whether outfits are shared between Jason and Lucia, how wardrobes are saved, or how many outfits the wheel holds. The customisation page will update when it does. If you are shopping for real clothes instead, Ruby graded the official merch, and it is better than my hoodies.

How the police leads work