How to create a GTA 6 server

Short answer for 14 November 2026: you cannot create a GTA 6 server yet. GTA 6 launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on 19 November 2026, consoles do not run community servers, and Rockstar has not announced a PC version or server software. This guide covers what has to happen first, and what you can prepare today so your server is among the first online.

Facts checked 14 November 2026.

What has to exist before anyone can create a GTA 6 server

Three things, in this order. Until all three exist, a page offering GTA 6 server hosting is selling a pre-order.

• A PC version of GTA 6. Every GTA V community server runs on PC; consoles have no way to load custom servers.
• A server platform. For GTA V that is FiveM, built by Cfx.re, the team that joined Rockstar in 2023. No GTA 6 equivalent has been announced.
• A licence route. FiveM servers register a free key on the Cfx Portal. Expect GTA 6 servers to need something similar.

The steps, once the tools exist

If GTA 6 follows the GTA V route, creating a server will look like this:

1. Buy the PC version of GTA 6 and install it.
2. Register a server key on whatever portal the platform uses.
3. Download the server build, or order a server from a host that installs it for you.
4. Deploy a framework: the base scripts for jobs, money, housing and inventories.
5. Connect a MySQL or MariaDB database for player data.
6. Open the game port on your firewall, set a name and a player limit, and start it.

What you can prepare today

• Your community: a Discord, rules and a staff team carry over to any game.
• Your concept: setting, economy and the jobs you want players to have.
• Your skills: running a FiveM server on GTA V teaches txAdmin, databases and resources, all of which should transfer.
• Your spot in line: the waitlist sends one email the day GTA 6 servers can be created.

Home PC or hosted server

A home PC is fine for testing with a few friends. A public server needs to be online all day, reachable at a fixed address and protected from DDoS attacks, which is why most communities rent one.

Roleplay servers depend on one fast main thread, so a high-clock CPU matters more than many cores. NVMe storage shortens join times when you add custom cars and maps.

Questions

More guides

• GTA 6 server requirements (creategta6server.com)
• GTA 6 on PC, and what it means for servers (hostgta6server.com)
• How to create a FiveM server for GTA V (creategtaserver.com)