REC 266 / 356 · Leonida atlas
Sundown
ST · Statewide
Sundown is a location in the State of Leonida due to appear in Grand Theft Auto VI, known only from the September 2022 leaks, where the name appeared four times in a debug menu of world events. The area seems to include a beach and a tarmac, and the wiki speculates the name may reference America's "sundown towns," communities that violently enforced racial segregation.
Leak Menu References
Sundown’s documented GTA VI evidence consists of four entries in a debug menu from the September 2022 leaked material. Those entries placed the name among world-event listings rather than in a trailer, screenshot, or Rockstar promotional release.
The leaked references associated Sundown with a beach and a tarmac. They did not identify a specific Leonida region, show a map position, name any activities, or establish how the two features relate to one another. No earlier Grand Theft Auto appearance is identified for Sundown.
Name’s Historical Association
The name has been linked to the United States’ historical “sundown towns.” This term describes communities that imposed racial exclusion, including through segregation and violence directed at Black people and other minorities after dark.
That association concerns the wording of the location’s name, not a confirmed description of Sundown’s population, history, characters, or gameplay in GTA VI. The available material does not state that the in-game place reproduces a particular real settlement or that its beach or tarmac derives from a named real-world site.
Media
Sundown on the GTA Wiki
Location data via GTA Wiki (Fandom), CC BY-SA 3.0. Summary text is our own editorial writing.
