Latvian coachbuilder DARTZ has unveiled details of a custom-built, real-world version of the Nightshark, a vehicle originally featured in GTA Online, converting its rear cabin into a single-occupant gaming space. Rather than featuring a conventional two-seat luxury rear cabin, the vehicle’s back section is built entirely around one passenger, allowing the owner to sit inside the physical car while playing the digital version of the Nightshark on an in-cabin screen.
According to DARTZ, the project originated after a customer who was familiar with the company and its founder, Leonard F. Yankelovich, commissioned a real-world build inspired by the in-game vehicle. The company said the resulting setup allows the owner to drive the digital Nightshark from inside the physical one, closing what it describes as a loop between the game and the car that originally helped inspire it. (Cue the Xzibit meme.)
Driving Nightshark (Virtually) While Inside A (Real) Nightshark
At the center of the rear cabin sits a former fighter-jet ejection seat, adapted for automotive use – with its ejection function disabled, of course, and we suspect it wouldn’t be too legal to pull off the Ejecto Seato Cuz move anyway. The seat otherwise retains its original aircraft frame, exposed mechanics, rails and five-point harness, itself carrying “NIGHTSHARK” lettering, and in place of a standard buckle, DARTZ has installed a metal weapon-selection wheel engraved with icons, just like the one you see inside GTA V.
The forward view is dominated by a large, low-latency gaming display, with a current-generation games console (DARTZ has not disclosed whether it is a PlayStation or Xbox) concealed behind interior trim, along with associated cables and hardware. Satellite internet connectivity is used to keep the system online. Audio is handled by an integrated sound system, along with a separate electrostatic headphone unit from Metaxas & Sins, designed with a skull-shaped form and a Swiss tourbillon element for private listening.
The cabin offers three modes: one that keeps the player connected to outside feeds, one that isolates the player within the game environment, and a third that switches the screen to live exterior camera views of the vehicle. In its default state, the cabin uses an ivory-white color scheme, featuring deep-pile carpet, stitched ceiling panels, wood-faced compartments and dark privacy glass. Cyan and pink lighting can be activated to shift the cabin’s appearance a la GTA VI’s vibe, running through the ceiling, seat, screen and exposed fighter-seat hardware.
The interior draws on shark and alligator-inspired textures, referencing both the Nightshark name and the setting of Miami. However, DARTZ said the customer explicitly requested that no genuine animal skin be used in the build, a departure from some of the company’s past material experiments; instead, the cabin uses animal-free upholstery, combining engineered automotive-grade surfaces with bio-based and plant-derived components to replicate the texture and appearance of exotic leather without using animal-derived materials. The fighter seat itself is finished in this material, styled to resemble ivory crocodile leather.
The completed vehicle, valued at more than $1 million, is planned for an independent reveal in Miami during the week of GTA VI’s currently announced November 2026 launch. DARTZ has not disclosed the customer’s identity, the vehicle’s final exterior design, its underlying platform, or powertrains thus far. The company also noted that this independent project is not sponsored, endorsed, approved or licensed by Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive.
Pokdepinion: Turning a fighter-jet ejection seat into a gaming throne is either brilliant or completely unhinged – possibly both.
