Sultan RS

"For a wide-eyed junior exec in the late 90s nothing said "I can almost afford to buy European" like the Karin Sultan. These days you're an angry middle aged, pre-diabetic, wannabe rally driver, but the Sultan is still your best friend: with your money and our expertise, this could become the high-octane racer you dreamed of as a teenager and still have no idea how to drive. Eligible for customization at Benny's Original Motor Works."

- Benny's Original Motor Works description.

The Karin Sultan RS is a rally sports car featured in Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the January 2016 Update.

Grand Theft Auto IV
The vehicle itself is based on the (also known as the Toyota Altezza), with a few minor influences drawn from a range of  (notably the Impreza 2.5RS coupe). Although the Lexus IS never received a two-door coupé configuration, its influence remains obvious in the Sultan RS. The front and the overall shape of the car closely resembles that of a 2001 Lexus IS with a body kit and side exhaust system. The massive rear spoiler is usually a stock feature on the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and Subaru Impreza WRX STI models. The rear of the car is highly reminiscent of the, inluding said spoiler.

The Sultan RS is a high-performance two-door coupé variant of the Sultan. The letters RS stand for Rally Sport, which usually designates that the car is a highly-tuned, rally-sports version of the stock model. The car comes with a carbon-fibre bonnet, roll cage, side exit large-bore exhaust, front-mounted intercooler, rear diffuser, racing wheels, and low-profile tyres. Some variants also have a carbon fibre boot lid, bonnet scoop, and metallic paint. By default, it has an exposed intercooler manufactured by Endo.

The is usually set to spawn with a primary colour on the body, with the side stripes painted by the secondary colour, and the roof, boot and spoiler in a tertiary colour, usually resulting in a single-tone variation with stripes or a two-tone variation with stripes, with the exception of a single colour set that gives it a full-black colour with no stripes. Its wheels always have a black colour.

The vehicle is equipped with a GPS system with a female voice, but only if the player leaves the "selected cars" (default) option in the audio menu.

Grand Theft Auto Online
The Sultan RS returns in the enhanced version of Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the January 2016 Update, as an optional modification for the Sultan in Benny's Original Motor Works. It holds the same design as in Grand Theft Auto IV, albeit with some cosmetic changes (notably the bumpers and the grille) and a few omissions, which can be fitted in Benny's Original Motor Works.

Its colour distribution seemed to be changed over the GTA IV iteration. The primary one is set to the bodywork and interior stitching, while the secondary one is applied on the bonnet, roof and boot. A trim colour is also present for part of the door panels and seats, along with a dial colour. The stock wheels retained the same rim design as before, which are identical to the "Gruppe Z" tuner rims available at Los Santos Customs.

The vehicle has access to a variety of tuning modifications, as well as unique liveries and vinyls, which also allows the player to recreate the GTA IV iteration.

Grand Theft Auto IV
The car's top speed is one of the highest due to the mighty power of its turbocharged engine. The car also accelerates like no other car in the game. As shown on the rocker cover badging and the model marque on the boot, it has a 3.5-litre engine according to the badges, with the model of a turbocharged DOHC straight-4 engine. The badges state that the car is twin turbocharged, however the in-game model only features one turbo.

The Sultan RS utilizes an all-wheel drive system (30% front, 70% rear torque distribution balance, according to files), to which the extraordinary off-the-line acceleration owes itself. The Sultan RS has a much lower ground clearance than the Sultan, which aids the superb cornering ability on the road. The car drives very well on asphalt, although a bit slippery and at times hard to control at high speeds. It is also great on dirt and sand, as should be expected for a car drawing inspiration from rally cars designed for such conditions. The car, as with most vehicles, features an anti-lock braking system, however the Sultan RS is one the select few that does tend to lock-up on occasions, particularly under constant brake pressure, meaning the player should avoid holding the brakes to ensure efficient braking times and to retain steering control.

Like the Infernus, Banshee, Buffalo, F620, and Bullet GT, the exhaust system of the Sultan RS is prone to letting unburnt fuel explode in flames from the sidepipe during throttle liftoff after high revving. The RS is also equipped with a dump (blowoff) valve on the turbo which causes a whipping/hissing sound when the throttle is released.

Grand Theft Auto Online
The Sultan RS improves upon the original Sultan with vastly superior acceleration and a slightly higher top speed, while retaining the all-wheel drive system (25% front, 75% rear torque distribution balance, according to files). Braking power is significantly improved as well, enough so it is on par with other Supers. It handles very similarly to the standard counterpart, being grippy and engaging, yet unlike the normal version, it's also easier to spin out. Off-road, the Sultan RS is excellent, with next to no speed or handling loss while driving off-road. In fact, due to its lightweight construction and powerful all-wheel-drive system, the Sultan RS is highly adept at climbing steep slopes, and can even summit Mount Chiliad with ease. Crash deformation is poor, however, given the lighter build.

Unlike its GTA IV counterpart, the engine is modeled as a twin-cam inline-6, lacking the turbocharger by default (though it can be fitted in Los Santos Customs). It emits a unique, aggressive engine noise, similar to the tune used in GTA IV. It produces a large amount of torque sent through a 6-speed transmission to all four wheels. Just like in GTA IV, the dump valve sound is present, but to a lesser extent until upgraded. The exhaust arrangement is the same as in GTA IV by default, being single side-exit, but now in a 6-1 (6 to 1) exhaust manifold organisation rather than a 4-1. Its extreme valve timing causes a large amount of back firing, and when upgraded further it will produce a large amount of dump-valve sound with an increased rate of back firing.

The Ballad of Gay Tony
In The Ballad of Gay Tony, the Sultan RS is a frequently used car to transport/protect drugs in the Drug Wars. Many of these have a unique paint-job, which may include two-tone roofs and boot/trunk lids.

Grand Theft Auto V
In Grand Theft Auto V, a regular Sultan can be modified to resemble the Sultan RS, however the modifications are purely cosmetic.

GTA Online: Import/Export
3 heavily modified variants of the Sultan RS may appear in Vehicle Cargo source missions. Each variant has a unique license plate number, colour combination and different set of bodywork modifications.

GTA Online: Steal Vehicle Cargo - Race Bet
In Grand Theft Auto Online, Sultan RS's and Banshee 900Rs spawn after the "Race Bet" Steal Vehicle Cargo mission. These custom cars will tail the player after they steal the vehicle. They spawn in these specific colors with these specific modifications. The cars will spawn in pairs. Whether they spawn with extras (the roof and the seat bars for the Banshee 900R) is completely random. There is two variations of each car.
 * They do not have bullet-proof tyres.
 * They do not have any custom modifications on the interior.
 * They do not have any engine, armor, brakes, suspension or transmission upgrades.

Grand Theft Auto Online

 * Organization Work
 * The Sultan RS may spawn as rival gangs during the VIP Work Transporter.


 * Vehicle Cargo
 * This vehicle may be selected randomly as a mid-class target source vehicle from SecuroServ during Vehicle Cargo missions with one of three variations: F1D3L1TY, 5H0W0FF and 5N0WFL4K3.
 * This vehicle is classed as a Mid-Range vehicle.
 * Sultan RS "5N0WFL4K3" is part of the 4-vehicle "Hip to be Square" Vehicle Cargo Collection.
 * When exporting vehicles no other players outside of the player's Organization, rival gangs will spawn in pairs of Sultan RS'; up to four pairs will spawn in total.


 * Business Battles
 * Can be found during a random Business Battle event, located at a car meet.

Grand Theft Auto IV

 * Parked in the bushes behind the garage of a run-down mansion in Westdyke, Alderney; the mansion is located at the end of a dirt road, at one of the northernmost points of the island.
 * Appears in traffic when the player is already driving one.
 * Sometimes seen competing in Brucie's races, however stealing a competitors car will end the race and count as a loss to the player. Fortunately, the presence of the Sultan RS may cause others to spawn in traffic on the way to the race, during it, or immediately after.
 * In The Ballad of Gay Tony, a unique purple-blue one is used in some of the Drug War missions driven by the Korean Mob.
 * In The Ballad of Gay Tony, another unique Sultan RS is used in Drug Wars. It is black with a tannish-white roof and black hood.
 * Very rarely spawns in south Algonquin while driving Roman's Taxi or an Esperanto.

Grand Theft Auto Online

 * Can be converted from a Sultan at Benny's Original Motor Works for $795,000.

Grand Theft Auto IV

 * The Sultan RS can be sold to Stevie upon completion of Stevie's Car Thefts side mission, fetching $2,500.

General

 * The Sultan RS' default radio stations are:
 * GTA IV: Electro-Choc and Radio Broker.
 * GTA Online: FlyLo FM, Los Santos Underground Radio and Soulwax FM.

Grand Theft Auto IV

 * Driving the Sultan RS around often results in the rare Sentinel XS spawning more frequently; both being tuned racing cars puts them into the same category.
 * The Sultan RS in the beta version of GTA IV was available in a green and blue two tone color and a different spoiler. It can be seen in-game at the mini vendor stands around the city by using a sniper rifle to zoom in on the magazines. This pre-release Sultan RS can also be seen on the television screens inside the Stretch.

Grand Theft Auto Online

 * The "Street Drifter" livery available in Benny's Original Motor Works in GTA V is possibly an homage to Sean's Lancer Evo from .
 * In a similar fashion the "Blue Power Stripe" livery is a reference to from . During certain CEO missions hostile NPC's will spawn using two modified Sultan RS' with the Power Strip and Street Drifter liveries as a reference to the films, complete with similar paint jobs, hood, tires and spoiler.
 * The "Princess Robot Bubblegum" livery resembles a style of car modification (mainly visually) known as "" (痛車), a term of car decorating with Manga/Anime character decals and paint schemes, usually containing cute or sexually attractive women. This style is popular in Japan, mainly among Anime/Manga Otakus.
 * The "Karin Performance" livery looks strikingly similar to the Subaru World Rally Team livery, used on Subaru Impreza rally cars.
 * The Sultan RS' "Karin Racing Auto Performance" text reads KRAP in acronym form, which is clearly pronounced as "crap".
 * Unlike in GTA IV, the Sultan RS in GTA Online features a 6 cylinder engine, similar to its 4 door counterpart. The Sultan RS in GTA IV features a 4 cylinder engine, despite its 4 door counterpart featuring a 6 cylinder engine.
 * Its unique valve cover design bears resemblance to Nissan's inline-4 RB series engines.
 * The "C1 Loop Bumper" and "C2 Loop Bumper" are references to the 's circular routes.
 * One of the fender options, the "Widebody Arch Extentions", is misspelled. The correct form should be "Widebody Arch Extensions".

Grand Theft Auto Online

 * The "Tarmac Attack" spoiler option on the Sultan RS was (at one point) slightly misaligned to the left. This was later fixed in the Lowriders: Custom Classics update.
 * When fitted with headlight vents, the middle of the light will still make a corona effect.
 * The Suntstrip customization option previously had a bug where it lacked a texture after the Lowriders: Custom Classics update. However, the sunstrip has since been fixed to match the livery.

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