Rockstar Says

Everything in Excess. We are a long way from the eighties, but Vice City is still the sun and fun capital of America. The glamour, hustle, and greed of America captured in a single city. Each neighborhood has something to offer, from the pastel art deco hotels and bright white sands of Ocean Beach, to the bustling panaderias of Little Cuba and the bootleg brands of the Tisha Wocka flea market, out to the VC Port, the cruise ship capital of the world.
Rockstar Games, official Newswire copy (rewritten to match our em-dash-free style)

Overview

Vice-Dale County contains the densest urban concentration in the game, with Vice City as its county seat. The county stretches from the South Beach hotel strip on the Atlantic side, across the Venetian Islands and Vice Beach, through downtown Crosstown, Stockyard, and Rockridge, into the cultural districts of Little Haiti and Little Havana, and out to the Vice City Port and Vice City International Airport. Beyond the city limits, the county also includes the Leaf Links country club returning from GTA Vice City 2002, the inland neighborhood of Hamlet, and smaller communities like Belville and Ekanfinaka. Rockstar has positioned Vice-Dale as the playground of GTA VI, with art deco architecture, neon nightlife, beach culture, and the constant tension between tourism, hustle, and crime.

Real-World Inspiration

Vice-Dale County is drawn from Miami-Dade County, Florida. Rockstar has historically built its game worlds as semi-faithful caricatures of real places, picking out the strongest visual and cultural cues and reshaping them into a satirical version of America. Expect recognisable streets, signage references, and visual gags throughout.