GTA 6: Wanted System — 26 Details, Every One Labelled | Deep Dive

GTA 6's wanted system puts cops OFF the minimap and turns heat into information. Rob Nelson (GamesRadar+, 15 Sep) confirms persistent police memory, heat icons that can linger after stars clear, and Focus to spot officers. IGN's Rockstar North HQ preview maps the rest: witness or alarm, hollow vs filled stars, face/clothes/CCTV/vehicle/couple icons, and Criminal Profile as professional vs sloppy — not RDR2 honour. 26 details, every one labelled. No leaks, no invented spawn tables, no fake $. ▶ Wanted-adjacent Shorts (already live — today's dual Shorts routine did not ship): • GTA 6 Hollow White Stars:    • GTA 6's Hollow White Stars Explained — 3 W...   • GTA 6 Heat Icons:    • GTA 6: Heat ≠ Stars — What Rockstar Confir...   ▶ Labelled wanted hub: https://vice-meta.vercel.app/wanted ▶ Discord: https://discord.gg/5Pxjhw2R6 EN: Every claim labelled Confirmed / Press-reported / Unconfirmed. Spawn cells stay empty on purpose. ES: Cada dato etiquetado Confirmado / Prensa / Sin confirmar. Sin tablas de spawn inventadas. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro: GTA 6 Wanted, labelled 0:49 How we label claims 1:04 What's new vs GTA V 2:07 Six stars & the meter (#1–#5) 3:50 Cops, Focus & memory (#6–#8) 5:06 What police know (#9–#14) 7:05 Hollow stars & shedding heat (#15–#20) 9:04 Criminal Profile & the couple (#21–#24) 10:32 Empty cells & myths (#25–#26) 11:48 Vice Meta take: why it matters 12:30 Wanted hub, Discord & Shorts 12:54 Next: Editions LABELS • CONFIRMED = GamesRadar+ Nelson (15 Sep 2026) on persistent memory / heat icons / Focus / cops off minimap · Extended Look shown (not rehosted) • PRESS-REPORTED = IGN Wanted explained / HQ / 69 details / Big Interview • UNCONFIRMED = not stated by Rockstar (star spawn units, fines, exact colour ladders beyond hollow-vs-filled) CONFIRMED (GamesRadar Nelson / Extended Look) 6 Cops off the mini-map by default 7 Focus highlights officers 8 Persistent memory — heat icons (clothes/vehicle) can linger after stars clear 1 / 5 Six-star meter + four-star chase visible in Extended Look (described, not rehosted) 26 Harder — but fun; forces you to think more PRESS-REPORTED (IGN) 2 One star relatively easy · 3 Six = high-chaos design note · 4 Three+ hard in the city (foot/alleys) 9 Witness or alarm · 10 Face · 11 Clothes (hat+glasses not enough) · 12 CCTV · 13 Vehicle · 14 Couple 15 Hollow stars · 16 Leave hot area · 17 Outfit/trunk · 18 Don't escalate · 19 Geometry+Focus · 20 Either busted 21 Criminal Profile ≠ honour · 22 Mission violence ≠ auto shift · 23 Couple as wanted object · 24 Romance optional UNCONFIRMED (empty on purpose) 25 Star spawn tables (units / air / NOOSE-equivalent) · $ fines / bribes · TGG colour ladder as Confirmed SOURCES • GamesRadar+, Nelson on police memory / heat / Focus (15 Sep 2026) • IGN, "GTA 6 Wanted System Explained: How Police Hunt You" • IGN, "69 New GTA 6 Gameplay Details We Saw at Rockstar HQ" (27 Aug 2026) • IGN, "GTA 6: The Big Interview" (full Nelson transcript, 7 Oct 2026) • Rockstar, GTA VI: An Extended Look:    • Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look   (described only — not rehosted) • Vice Meta hub: https://vice-meta.vercel.app/wanted · articles/04-wanted-system.md • Images: official Rockstar screenshots. Data cards by Vice Meta. • Music: "Sun in Your Eyes" by Alejandro Magaña (Mixkit License) NEXT: Editions — Standard, Ultimate, Vintage Vice City Pack, labelled. Hub: https://vice-meta.vercel.app/editions Vice Meta is an independent fan channel, not affiliated with Rockstar Games or Take-Two. We weren't at Rockstar North; everything here comes from Rockstar or named press. GTA VI and related assets © Take-Two / Rockstar Games, used for commentary and news reporting. No leaks or datamines. #GTA6 #GTAVI #GTA6Wanted #GTA6Cops #WantedSystem #RockstarGames #ViceMeta