9 Worst GTA V Cars Ever.
Now, GTA V is an open-world game with a massive map that offers a variety of cars, some of which are good, and some are not. Some however, are horrible. The scum of the earth, ones that we all hate, or will at least agree to hate after this blogpost. Hopefully.
Now, GTA V is an open-world game with a massive map that offers a variety of cars, some of which are good, and some are not. Some however, are horrible. The scum of the earth, ones that we all hate, or will at least agree to hate after this blogpost. Hopefully. And I should now mention for the people that don’t play GTA that the cars are made up, and therefore this is not in any way linked to real life and my opinion on their equivalents. Ok, here we go…
9. Vapid FMJ
I started the list off with this car because I felt it wasn’t the worst, and definitely not the ugliest. It was added into the game recently, and apparently, or at least according to some websites, “it trumps the Banshee [900R] in every departament”. That is, of course, if those departaments are sloppy handling and the inability to, no matter at what speed, take a hairpin without spinnig out into a nearby lamp pole. The Banshee still “trumps” it in airport races, which is the only thing this car is useful for. Also, let’s not forget that this car, upgrades considered, is around $2,000,000, which means that the Banshee, despite a variety of customisations, is cheaper as well. Way to go, Rockstar…
8. Ocelot Lynx
This is by no means a bad car - it handles well, looks great, has a top speed no less than that of a, say, Jester, and accelerates with no wheelspin and rather rapidly too. However Rockstar may have added one too many noughts to the pricetag. $1.7million? For a sportscar? That’s a bit steep. No, sorry, that’s Mt. Chilliad steep. Paying supercar money for something that still gets owned by a $400,000 racecar Massacro is, well, to be polite, f*king daft. Just make your life easier - don’t buy it.
7. Benefactor XLS
This car was also added to the game with the Finance and Felony DLC, which, in my opinion, was the worst vehicle DLC ever. Sure, we got some nice missions, an Office and we could finally buy a bloody Cargobob. That and the ability to transport some drugs around the city in a van with ladders on the roof, but no good cars. The FMJ is an excuse of a Banshee, the Reaper is just goddamn awful, and this is just an overpriced Baller. There is nothing special about this car - you cannot customise it in any special way, hell, you don’t even get to make the interior some wierd colour like you do on other armoured cars. It isn’t specifically fast, and, hate me for this if you want, but I find it rather ugly too.
6. Vapid Contender
This is the most recent and the most beloved (with the Off-Road community at least) addition to the game. The Contender. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and even CT always talking about how it’s the “Fastest SUV!” Hold RIIIGHT THERE!!! An SUV? Seriously Rockstar, what is your problem. This would have made a brilliant and powerful Off-Roader, but no, you shove it in the Momvan category. A bit like the Drift Tampa then. A good car in the wrong place. Exept for the fact that the Deift Tampa actually looks nice. Have you tried taking this to the LSC? All you can do is remove that stupid lid off it’s back, and respray it. That’s it. Not even a bumper or some cool roof-mounted lights. This car was meant to be “the succesor of the Sandking”. More like an embarrassment to it.
5. Bravado Rumpo Custom
Now this car is probably the disappointment of the year. It is based off the “A-Team Van”, so you’d expect it to be fast.
It’s got “Custom” in it’s name so you’d expect it to be customisable. And since it’s a bloody van, you definitely wouldn’t expect it to be placed in the “Off-Road” category. However, all your expectations are wrong. Because, much like the Contender, this is a car in the wrong class, with no customisations to compensate for that. Only this time, instead of being the fastest, it’s the slowest. 0-60? 🎵Never gonna get it, never gonna get it🎵
4. Dundreary Regina
The only reason this car is not all the way at 1 is because it has been in the game since launch, and we all got used to it’s hopelessness. It is slow, ugly, has the turning circle the size of Belfast, and, however hard you try, it will still be the core cause of eye cancer after being taken to the Los Santos Customs for what your wallet will later regret. And as for the number of freeroam races it caused me to lose, well, let’s not go there. Ok, 34. It could have made a cool-ish lowrider, or, with wider customisation options, made a nice car in general. But as for now, you have to be Dun with you dreary life to own a Regina. See what I did there?
3. MTL Dune
So, as of this, we knew straight away this car would be bloody miserable. One word. Pegasus. No seriously, this could have been a cool vehicle if it wasn’t a Pegasus. Or at least that was what everyone said untill it actually came out. Because when it did, I, personally, took those words back. It would be daring of me to compare it to a snail - it is much slower, and much less sturdy. Trust me, a snail can take a speedbump without flipping over. This can’t. And that’s just not good enough for $1,335,000. Every time Pegasus can’t deliver it, I actually thank them. Not to actually mention that it handles like a Brickade, which brings me onto number 2.
2. MTL Brickade
Now, this car is basically THE SIN of Rockstar Games. I really thought I would put it at Number 1 at first. Let’s break it down. Firstly, that massive cabin is not openable, and that destroys the point of it - you can’t store a car in there, nor can you transport a bunch of your friends. Also, only three people can sit inside. Three. I don’t know why they didn’t add another set of doors and make it six, or at least four, but no, three. And apparently, according to Warstock, it can house 7 people. If “house” means “let them hang on the sides with crossed fingers that you won’t hit anything”, then yes, it does. Which you unavoidably will, because there is no such thing as “handling” to it. There is either “do an elevety million point turn to bloody go somwhere” or “crash into a wall”. Neither are very good options. The only worse option is buying the thing in the first place.
1. Grotti X80 Proto
Finally, you’re thinking, Number 1, that bit you were waiting for. But not the car you were expecting. “X80? The best car in the game? Boo!” Let me stop you there, because calling it “the best car in the game” is like calling the iPhone the best phone on the market. It bloody isn’t, you just want to think it is because of the money you blew on it. Same story here: when you spent Hydra money on a car, you wouldn’t want me to tell you that it’s an understeering piece of sh*t, would you? But, unfortunately, that’s exactly what I’ll do. It is, in a way, like a Hydra. That way, of course, is trying to take flight. Every single given opportunity, the X80 would bounce off and start flying into a tree, or off the stunt course you were trying to do, and then into a tree. It is too light to grip like the new RE-7B, and therefore it just understeers, and when you try to line it up, it oversteers, usually also into a tree. Really, the only advantage it has over the Hydra that you could have bought is that flying into a tree doesn’t kill it. But the RE-7B does just that. “In every departament”.
So, that’s the end of my first #blogpost. Most of these cars ended up here because of Rockstar’s greed for microtransactions, and careless gamers “buying the most expensive one”. Anything you disagree with? Anything to point out? Comment section is all yours. More from me on GTA (and other games) coming soon!
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Comments
Nice article
Very good blogpost!
I’d like to note the Canis Mesa, the bigger version. It looks cool, but it tips over all the time due to its high suspension.
Yes! My friends never got me when I said it isn’t good, but now someone understands. Finally!
I have the military Canis Mesa, and the only time I’ve flipped over was when I was running over a car and the NPC moved it
Finally someone that agree with me that the X80 drives horrible
Habanero?FQ2?Asea?What about those turdmobiles?
Those were all in the game since the beginning, so what I was trying to do is prove the recent cars a ripoff. But they are unarguably bad.
I kinda agree with this list , except of the FMJ it’s a brilliant handling car , it reminds me of the cheetah with a bit more power , the banshee in 900r form is really useless in my opinion , love the normal banshee
Also I had a X80 , in my opinion it’s really good to drive if you know how to control it, I sold it cause the new super cars (racecars) absolutely demolish it around a track
Yeah, now that they worked on the FMJ. I started writing this a while ago (before CS), so they probably improved it or something.
I am thinking of buying ether a massacrow or saving up for a brawler. Which do you think I should get
They are completely different cars, the Race Massacro owns the sports category, but of the off-roaders the Trophy Truck is by far the best. Up to you really, the Massacro is better value for money, but the Brawler is better for freeroam (and still pretty fast).
Rumpo Custom is clearly much newer than 1977 and definitely not based on the A-Team van. The vehicle based on the A-Team van is the Gang Burrito. Also being an off-road van why wouldn’t it be in the off-road class?
I got a bit confused with the vans there (I thought the gang burrito looked like it but was just a van) and the problem with being an off roader is just the fact that it’s very slow.
Ive had the joys of driving an A-Team replica GMC… Trust me, it was not quick. Even with the ridiculously loud V8, it had less than 200hp, and weighed about the same as a typical cruiseliner. Hilarious to drive, but understandably slow in GTA
The FMJ is a great car, learn to drive.
The Ocelot is overpriced I agree
The armoured XLS was the fastest SUV around a track
The Contender is now the fastest SUV around a track.
The Rumpo Custom is okay, its kinda unique.
The Regina is awful
The Dune is the fastest service vehicle and can be used for offroad class.
The Brickade, is meh
The Proto is overpriced but very fast if you can drive it.
Random downvotes incoming…
what constitutes as a fast car? Sure the x80 might be faster in some occasions, but I think a “fast car” is one that produces blisteringly quick lap times effortlessly and repeatable (easy to consecutively get good lap times.). At the end of the day, I see myself crashing or spinning out the x80 more than the RE-7B.
Exactly right, more research,time and effort was needed when making this list …
Completely agree on the FMJ; I’ve had mine since its release and never spun it out once
I agree i was shocked to see the FMJ in there. Its really good to drive. The lynx is an overpriced F-type and the rest i think is based off what you think and enjoy. Personally i prefer T20> X80
The FMJ has always been generally faster than the banshee, the only thing the banshee tops it is top speed, but its traction is so low that you can’t take as much speed through a corner as the FMJ. the xls armoured was much faster than the previous fastest suv (huntley S) until the contender became so much faster, the contender wouldnt be good in the offroad class because bikes dominate it and the trophy trucks are after that.. The van is the only van that can compete with the gang burrito.. the others (x-80 included) are correct, the etr-1 is 1.95 mil, an it is on average three seconds faster around most tracks, on most tracks, the fmj is much faster..