The Australia and New Zealand build of GTA 6 lacks a file called core_restofworld001, according to dataminer Tex2. This is unofficial: Rockstar has not confirmed it. The claim was reported by Dexerto and VGC.
The gap is tiny. Dexerto puts the Australian build at roughly 700KB smaller than the global one, and VGC notes the missing chunk is under a megabyte, so it likely holds something small such as a texture or an image.
What exactly was removed is anyone's guess. Australia's R18+ rating openly lists sex scenes, so some players suspect simulated gambling instead. Australian GTA Online players already lost access to casino games in July. That theory comes from comments, not from any evidence in the files.
Tex2 has a broader idea: the larger core_restofworld chunk may contain content cut from certain regions, with Japan the most likely target. The Japanese version is indeed lighter, and not only on PS5. Using Microsoft's catalog, user Cokymoky found the Japanese Xbox build at 208.74GB versus 209.86GB elsewhere. Either way, the overall GTA 6 file size barely moves.
The preload files stay encrypted until launch, so nobody can look inside them yet. Take-Two and Rockstar have not explained the regional differences.
