The minimap

The minimap is a rounded rectangle with a compass letter on its rim, a route drawn in pink and a distance in feet.

At 15:49 the bottom left corner carries the map. A pink line runs from the player marker to a pink dot at the top. A figure reads 174 ft. An N sits on the right-hand edge of the frame, marking north as the map rotates.

Distance in feet rather than metres is a small thing that says something: the game is using US units, which fits a state modelled on Florida.

In other frames the same map washes red or blue while a wanted level is active — the search behaviour the series has used since GTA IV — and in the race frames it shows the circuit instead of streets.

How to recognise it

• A rounded rectangle, bottom left
• A compass letter on the rim, not a separate compass
• Route drawn as a pink line to a pink destination dot
• Distance shown in feet
• Washes red and blue during a police search

The frame it comes from

The frame is Extended Look at 15:49.90. It is 1920 by 1080, and the vehicle occupies 365 by 238 of it. Also in it: Rockwood Estates, an underground car park ramp, and Benefactor Schafter.

What we still do not know

• Whether the shape and size can be changed in the HUD settings
• Whether distance can be switched to metric
• What the map does at higher wanted levels
• Whether the pink is fixed or a waypoint colour you choose