Shitzu Squalo
A speedboat docked at Washington Beach, with a weapons crate of explosives on board. In a state built on water, a fast boat is not a toy.
The Shitzu Squalo is the Ultimate Edition's boat, docked at Washington Beach with a weapons crate containing explosives on board.
Squalo is Italian for shark, and the name has been on Rockstar speedboats for years.
Boats matter in this game in a way they never have before
Grand Theft Auto has always had boats and has rarely needed them. Leonida changes that. The story starts in the Leonida Keys, where the water is the road and the smuggling economy runs on hulls. Grassrivers is navigable wetland. Vice City has water on multiple sides.
A fast boat with a weapons crate on it is a working vehicle in that geography, not a novelty parked at a marina.
What the shots show
A white deck boat with a low windscreen and the Squalo name on the flank. The official set also puts it to non-criminal use: one shot has somebody fishing off the back with a dolphin surfacing alongside, which fits the water sports and diving activity Rockstar has shown in the Keys.
What is not known
No speed or handling detail has been published, and Rockstar has not said what the weapons crate contains beyond explosives or whether other boats carry storage in the same way.