Sentinel XS

"When you're doing 90 in the fast lane, this is the car right on your ass flashing its high beams. If you're quite rich, and really an asshole, and you want everyone to know it, you can't do better."

- Southern San Andreas Super Autos description.

The Sentinel XS is a vehicle appearing as a tuned 4-door sedan in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, and as a 2-door coupé in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online. It is manufactured by Übermacht in the HD Universe.

3D Universe
The Sentinel XS is a modified version of the regular Sentinel, being suggestively based on the and, the high-performance luxury version of the BMW E23 7 Series and E24 6 Series, respectively.

The Sentinel XS in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City shares many characteristics from its standard counterpart, but features a small hood scoop, rear louvers and a small spoiler. In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, the regular Sentinel is not given the same lower body extensions as the game's Sentinel XS, resulting in the latter appearing more distinctive in the game.

The car is related to the Mafia/Leone Sentinel, gang car of the Leone Family in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. In GTA Vice City Stories, the Sentinel XS is the preferred gang car of the Mendez Cartel.

Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online
The Sentinel XS in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online is based on the Sentinel, but features a fixed roof in place of the folding hard top, and the lower portions of the front and sides, the rear-view mirrors and the roof panel were finished in.

The car is prominently painted in a primary colour for the body and the interior stitching. The car also uses a different set of wheels, being identical to the "Cosmo" wheels available in Los Santos Customs.

In the enhanced version, all of the carbon-fibre components are replaced by secondary-coloured parts.

The Sentinel XS model was later updated in The Contract update in December 2021. Although the model didn't receive any visual changes in the design, the model was updated to fix a graphical glitch which caused the passenger side window to slightly glow as an emissive light. The model also received livery mapping with a complete template, although the vehicle did not receive any livery customization.

3D Universe
The Sentinel XS in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City possesses superior acceleration, braking, and handling abilities compared with the normal Sentinel. Like the normal Sentinel, It has rear wheel drive, but it is also far more stable in turns than the normal Sentinel and other RWD cars, and is far less prone to oversteer (though oversteer will still occur if the Sentinel XS is drifted too heavily via handbrake). This stability may be attributed to the spoiler-induced downforce that keeps its rear wheels from losing traction, which in turn may be the reason behind the slight-to-moderate understeer experienced in the Sentinel XS at corners. This understeer can be corrected by tapping the brakes to induce the front end to rotate better. The car's powerful engine is coupled up to a 5-speed gearbox, evidently by the gear-changes identified by sound.

It is possible that the Sentinel XS has a supercharged engine, due to the fact that other supercharged cars in the GTA series have the same engine noise, like the Windsor and Phoenix in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the Leone Sentinel and beta Cartel Cruiser in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, and the Washington in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

Overall, its combination of speed and good stability make the Sentinel XS a fine vehicle to go racing with.

Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online
Performance-wise, the Sentinel XS is identical to the regular model, being a good performing vehicle with good top speed and acceleration. While it is generally good at withstanding several collisions, its body is rather weak, and can be easily deformed at high speeds, increasing the chances of jamming the front wheels.

Again, the Sentinel is powered by a twin-cam, four-cylinder engine fitted with a turbocharger, this time coupled to a 6-speed gearbox in a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout. Its engine sound is the same as the regular Sentinel.

Epsilon
A unique colored variant of the Sentinel XS spawns in the mission Unknowing the Truth. It appears in Epsilon colors, but unlike other cars, does not appear with a Kifflom license plate.

Notable Owners

 * The Mendez Brothers
 * The Commission
 * Epsilon Program
 * Joyrider (only on last-gen)
 * Amanda De Santa was supposed to own a Sentinel XS instead of her regular Sentinel as seen in the Game Informer December Article.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

 * The Audition - Vic and Lance sneak into the Civil Asset Forfeiture impound lot to retrieve Forbes' Sentinel XS.
 * From Zero to Hero - Vic drives a Sentinel XS with Lance and two accomplices to steal the cocaine from Martinez. Later on, Martinez's men drive another Sentinel XS and a Bobcat in an attempt to stop the group from stealing the cocaine.
 * Blitzkrieg - The Sentinel XS is used as backup vehicle by Mendez's men to attack one of Vic's businesses.
 * Where it Hurts Most - Louise is kidnapped and put inside a Sentinel XS by Martinez's men, other Sentinel XSs are also used to act as decoys for Vic.
 * High Wire - Vic flies the helicopter to save a Mendez member from being attacked by a group of bikers.
 * Blitzkrieg Strikes Again - The Sentinel XS is used as backup vehicle by Mendez's men to attack some of Vic's businesses.
 * So Long Schlong - Two Sentinel XSs are used by Mendez's men as cover to kill Reni Wassulmaier. More cars will be sent after Vic and Reni when the former is trying to bring the latter to the hospital.
 * In the Air Tonight - Vic drives Reni to the airport, only to be intercepted by Mendez's men in a Sentinel XS.
 * Light My Pyre - Several Sentinel XSs are used by Mendez's men in an attempt to kill Vic and Lance and prevent them from reaching the Mendez Mansion.
 * Over the Top - Mendez's men use the Sentinel XS in an attempt to kill Vic when he's trying to get to Phil's Depot.
 * Civil Asset Forfeiture Impound - The Sentinel XS is one of the 32 vehicles wanted by the Civil Asset Forfeiture Impound in the side-mission of the same name. Placed on the second list.

Grand Theft Auto Online

 * Auto Shop Service - This vehicle may be randomly selected to be serviced and returned to a customer.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

 * Spawns in a parking lot near the Escobar International Airport terminal building.
 * Spawns frequently around Escobar International and in front of Sunshine Autos.
 * Spawns frequently along the Bayshore Avenue.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

 * Two Sentinel XSs appear outside the Mendez Mansion in Prawn Island.
 * Spawns behind one of the northern most hotels at Ocean Drive in the long alleyway.
 * Spawns at a building very near to the empire site at the west of Vice Point Mall. In the front of it there is an entry to the Vice Point Mall.
 * Occasionally found in Viceport.

Grand Theft Auto V

 * Commonly spawns in Rockford Hills and sometimes parked in driveways in Vinewood Hills.
 * Spawns when during Unknowing the Truth in the convoy. Also possible to obtain by shooting the two drivers, and drive away till it says mission failed.

Grand Theft Auto Online

 * Available for purchase from Southern San Andreas Super Autos for $60,000.
 * Spawns commonly around Rockford Hills and Vinewood Hills.
 * Spawns around Del Perro Pier.
 * Original version
 * It can also be found after the player has completed a job, but much like the Tailgater, the Driver drives recklessly.
 * Enhanced version
 * Two NPC-Modified variants can sometimes be found driving along Eclipse Boulevard (near the Eight-Bit Arcade) or driving past the gas station near Little Seoul between 21:00 and 04:00. These variants have custom pearlescent resprays and custom bumpers, spoilers and rollcages.
 * The Slate Blue variant can be sold at Los Santos Customs for $17,420.
 * The Dew Yellow variant can be sold for $14,970.
 * Both variants can also be found parked outside any of the three city branches of Los Santos Customs.

General

 * The default radio stations for the Sentinel XS are:
 * GTA Vice City: TBA
 * GTA Vice City Stories: TBA
 * GTA V & GTA Online: WorldWide FM
 * The names of the three Übermacht vehicles are references to the movie . The Oracle is a reference to the computer program that helps humans fight the machines, the Zion is a reference to the last human city, and the Sentinel is a reference to the machines the humans are at war with.
 * The "XS" also sounds like "excess", which may be a jab at BMW (or any other luxury/sport marque) drivers who buy their sport-tuned cars overloaded with driver aids and luxury features.
 * Although the Sentinel XS did not make an appearance in Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City, the Sentinel, its base model, can spawn in a modified form, complete with "XS" badging, but is not counted as a separate vehicle.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

 * If the player has an MP5 while driving a Sentinel XS, the weapon may stick outside of the driver windshield.

Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online

 * The Sentinel XS' picture in the Vehicles page on Rockstar Games Social Club shows a Zion Cabrio, while the Sentinel picture shows a Sentinel XS. This is most likely a mistake.
 * The vehicle's description on Southern San Andreas Super Autos is a reference to the fact BMW drivers (on which the Sentinel is largely based) are known to be exceedingly obnoxious.
 * If correctly modified, the car can resemble the.
 * In the enhanced version, the second front bumper modification is no longer made of carbon. Instead, it is treated like a secondary colour.
 * The skirt and rear bumper modifications available at LSC are still made of carbon.
 * During Auto Shop Service, the Sentinel XS will be incorrectly listed as a Sentinel Classic.

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