Riding a jet ski

Three jet skis running a waterway at sunset with the Vice City skyline ahead — and a minimap in the corner, so this is being driven, not watched.

The Extended Look frame is taken low and behind. Two riders are ahead in the channel and a third runs to the right, all throwing spray. The sun is low and directly ahead, and the skyline stands on the horizon beyond the mangroves.

The minimap in the bottom left corner is the detail that matters. It means the camera is the player's camera: this is a jet ski being ridden, not a cutscene of somebody else riding one.

Jet skis appear elsewhere in the material too, moored at a boat party in the Keys. Between the two, the game clearly treats them as ordinary transport on the water rather than a rarity.

How to recognise it

• Three jet skis running together, throwing spray
• A minimap in the corner — a driven vehicle, not a cutscene
• Sunset directly ahead, skyline on the horizon
• A mangrove channel rather than open sea
• Jet skis also appear moored at a boat party in the Keys

The frame it comes from

The frame is Extended Look at 17:25.00. It is 1920 by 1080, and the vehicle occupies 1920 by 1080 of it. Also in it: the waterfront villas, a jet ski, and a jet ski.

What we still do not know

• Whether jet skis can be bought or only found
• Whether there are jet ski races
• Whether passengers can ride
• Their in-game name — GTABase lists only one jet ski in the game