GTA Online: The hidden "Bikers" update vehicles.

"SonorousSpeedJoe" (SonorousSpeedJoe) 10/15/2016 at 20:00 • Filed to: GTA V, Bikers

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Much like previous updates to GTA Online , the newest “Bikers” (why not “Hog Wild” or something?) update contains !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! that players have found in the game’s code. R* is releasing said vehicles as additional free DLC in the weeks following the main update.

This week, R* released the BF Raptor, a Campagna T-Rex lookalike that’s in the Sports class. I took it for a spin on “Loop the Lake” recently - initial turn-in strikes me as being pretty good, but the Raptor is prone to spinning out if the rear wheel gets jounced by curbs, crappy roads, etc. You can’t improve stability at the rear by installing an Off-Road wheel/tire there, as only the front wheels can be repainted or changed. There aren’t any spoilers (which would improve traction) or other unique body mods that you can make to it, which sucks. I still think that the Raptor is a cool addition to the game, though.

Since it’s the “Bikers” update, most of the new vehicles are motorcycles - R* released a new variant of the Western Daemon this week alongside the Raptor, and there are two new Pegassi motorcycles (a scrambler and a café racer) inbound.

There are a couple of cars coming as well, if you don’t count the Raptor as one LOL. There’s the Bravado Youga Classic, a Ford Econoline lookalike; I’ve been wanting a purchasable van (i.e. not the Police Transporter) that can safely transport the rear passengers by having no windows/fully blocked-off windows in the rear, but this isn’t that.

R* is also going to be introducing a Rat Rod variant of the Declasse Tornado. Like the Tornado, the Tornado Rat Rod is a Sports Classic; it probably won’t dethrone the Stirling GT, let alone handle anywhere nearly as well, but I still want one badly. It looks fantastic, especially with the fat drag radials and exposed engine (with moving belts!).

I figure that these two motorcycles will be released as part of this year’s Halloween Surprise. One is the Sanctus, a variant of the Avarus that was introduced in the initial “Bikers” update; the red eyes in the skull serve as functional headlights.

The other motorcycle is the Shotaro, which is both a Tron bike and an Akira bike! You can remove the front and rear wheel covers to make it look like Shotaro Kaneda’s bike from Akira , and the portion that’s painted in a secondary color (blue in this pic) lights up like a light cycle from Tron: Legacy . The Shotaro will cost GTA$2,375,000, and there’s apparently going to be a suit (available separately) that also lights up!

E90M3 > SonorousSpeedJoe 10/15/2016 at 20:03

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The Shotaro will cost GTA$2,375,000

AKA we made it so expensive so you have to buy a shark card.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > E90M3 10/15/2016 at 20:06

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It’s sad that that’s the reason why none of these updates go to story mode now. They basically force you to waste real money to try these vehicles, some of which suck to make even more of the game...

Blondude > SonorousSpeedJoe 10/15/2016 at 20:13

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I’ve been fucking around with these on PC since the update dropped. The Youga Classic has a ton of vanning-related mods (fender flares, front air dam, tons of different liveries, etc.) which makes it my favorite vehicle in the update. A very small but sort of annoying thing I noticed about the Tornado Rat Rod is that the painted space between the windshield and firewall doesn’t have the worn texture that the rest of the car has, so if you have it painted in anything but the unobtainable worn colors it sticks out from the rest of the car. Oh, and the Esskey has mods to make it look like each variant of the Ducati Scrambler (Urban Enduro, Classic, etc.). I just wish you could put clubman bars on it to give it the proper cafe racer look.

Blondude > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 10/15/2016 at 20:14

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Try them out in the creator. You can’t check out the mods that way, but you can see how they perform.

SonorousSpeedJoe > E90M3 10/15/2016 at 20:16

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It’s even worse in my case - I have to deal with a glitch that automatically applies a glitched crew logo to whatever vehicles I buy, and the logo will reappear no matter how I try to remove it. It seems like buying 4 of a vehicle at a time is the only way to guarantee that I get at least one that isn’t glitched, so I’d have to pay GTA$5,225,000 (one full-price Shotaro plus the 40% depreciation for three other mint Shotaros).

E90M3 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 10/15/2016 at 20:17

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I just wish they didn’t punish people for all the exploits and money glitches, but I guess that’s how they make real money.

E90M3 > SonorousSpeedJoe 10/15/2016 at 20:18

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That’s a bitch. I had the one where it took the insurance off the car in your #1 spot, thankfully it was just a sentinel so I was able to find another one.

SonorousSpeedJoe > Blondude 10/15/2016 at 20:19

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Yeah, I’ve seen the Mystery Machine livery for the Youga Classic.

I’m surprised that there’s another Ducati Scrambler in the game, as I thought that the Pegassi Ruffian was meant to be the Scrambler lookalike.

not for canada - australian in disguise > SonorousSpeedJoe 10/15/2016 at 20:35

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Oh my god that Youga.

Blondude > SonorousSpeedJoe 10/15/2016 at 20:40

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The Ruffian is closer to the Monster than the Scrambler. In fact the Ruffian debuted on the original release in 2013, before the Scrambler was even announced.

SonorousSpeedJoe > Blondude 10/15/2016 at 21:08

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I vaguely remember looking into that, yeah.

scoob > Blondude 10/15/2016 at 21:13

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What’s your Social Club name? Mine is ScoobSTi.

Sam > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 10/15/2016 at 23:39

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#PCMasterRace. Someone always mods these updates for SP. Even Lowriders has a SP version.