Apocalypse Imperator

"They built 'em good in the Seventies. So good, you can stick a meat grinder on the front and drive right through the badlands without losing a single drop of effortless cool."

- Arena War description.

The Vapid Apocalypse Imperator is a custom muscle car featured in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the Arena War update.

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The vehicle is evidently based on the, more specifically the from the Mad Max franchise. The front of the car is heavily inspired by the, albeit much wider, while the taillights seem to bear resemblance to the ones found in the.

The front end of the car is distinguished by its triangular shape with a seemingly small bumper on the outermost area, where the lower portion features a small extender, a wide intake and two small unusable fog lamps beside the same intake, while the upper area has a protruding shape on the centre and four square headlamps on the outer sections, with the inner ones being placed slightly ahead of the outer ones. The bonnet area has a protruding section on the centre and a cut-out section for the engine intake, along with two narrow intakes near the windscreen.

The sides of the car are denoted by the flared arches and the four exhaust stacks between the doors and the rear wheel arches, while the doors themselves have circular rear-view mirrors and traditional handles. The glasshouse area has black side trim on the lower sides and black separations for the rear-quarter glass panes, while the rear window is partially covered by louvres. The rear section has a small boot lid and a lip spoiler.

The rear of the car consist of a black panel with six tail lamps on the outer portions, with the upper ones being the brake lamps, the middle ones the main lamps and the lower ones the turn indicators, while the lower area has a riveted bumper with a dedicated section for the number plate. The area below the bumper also has two rounded mouldings finished in black, intended for rear exhaust setups. Its underside denotes the exhaust tubes coming from the engine bay and the dragster-style rear axle, having various articulated arms and shock absorbers with their lower mounts below the axle's height. Its interior is shared with muscle cars such as the Dominator, the Buccaneer and the Dukes.

The vehicle has access for a primary colour applied on the bodywork and the engine cam covers, as well as a secondary colour for the surroundings of the headlamp housings, the trimmings around the cabin, the mirrors, the door handles, the rear bumper and the interior stitching. It uses a set of black rims similar to the ones seen in the Hotring Sabre and are wrapped in high-profile tyres, with the rear ones being wider. When switching to custom rims, it is revealed that the wheel colour is set to yellow upon purchase.

The vehicle can be equipped with two top-mounted machine guns on the bonnet, which resemble either or short-barreled  machine guns. It can be also equipped with two rear-facing mortar cannons that are identical to the ones available on the Weaponized Tampa.

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The Imperator possesses excellent acceleration and decent speed thanks to its single-cam V8 engine, but has relatively low braking capabilities. The vehicle also has a tendency to slide out when turning at certain speeds and can spin out if the driver is not careful, most of these shortfalls can be mitigated by upgrading the brakes at Los Santos Customs and through skillful driving. Also despite the high acceleration, the vehicle's rear wheels spin before the vehicle can take off due to the high torque, unless the player slightly presses the accelerator button.
 * Vehicle

During certain events in the Maze Bank Arena, the vehicle stats change. In race events such as "Wreck It", the acceleration is high, while the braking is low and the vehicle's habit of spinning out is also increased, but in the events such as "Bomb Ball", the acceleration is greatly decreased while the braking becomes more effective. However, this doesn't seem to be the case for custom variations of the vehicle, as the stats will be the same as they are in free mode.

The vehicle is powered by a single-cam V8 engine that can be modified with a supercharger/bug catcher, coupled to a 4-speed gearbox in a front engine, rear wheel drive layout. The same engine has fully-animated timing belt and pulleys, and appears to use an edited variation of the engine sound from cars like the Drift Tampa and the Hotring Sabre, with a supercharged sound effect also used on the Tampa and its Weaponized variant.


 * Abilities


 * The vehicle can be installed with both "Jump" mods and "Shunt" mods. The Jump modifications come in three levels of effectiveness and can be activated using the horn button. When activated, the vehicle will be launched into the air, in a similar way to the Ruiner 2000 and Scramjet. The Shunt modifications allow the vehicle to shunt to the side.
 * The vehicle can be installed with Boost upgrades. This can be used to significantly speed up the vehicle. It can be used repeatedly while driving the vehicle, but it is better to let it fully recharge for maximum efficiency.

Like other similar Arena vehicles, the occupants are vulnerable to gunfire due to the exposed cabin. However, this issue can be reduced with the Heavy Armor upgrade installed, as it adds armour plating around the vehicle, having the windshield partially protected by metal bars and the sides with window plating with a small weak spot. The rear remains unarmoured in that aspect, due to the rear louvres on it. Depending on the armour level, it can take at least three missiles from an Oppressor before being destroyed by a fourth, making it one of the more decent weaponized vehicles due to its balance between weapons, abilities and durability.
 * Armor


 * Weaponry


 * The vehicle can be fitted with a Ram Weapon, namely scoops and blades. The ram weapon behaves in a similar way to the updated scoops and ramming bars of the RCV and Armored Boxville, causing a large amount of damage to other vehicles and often sending them flying into mid-air with little to no disadvantage against the vehicle itself, and no damage to the vehicle's engine whatsoever. The reinforced scoop, however, is one of the options that will not lift or otherwise send vehicles flying, likely due to its size and shape. It should be noted that the effectiveness against other players is significantly reduced compared to its effectiveness against NPCs and their vehicles.
 * Dual .50 Cal: The Imperator can be modified to have two machine guns, which behave similarly to other front-mounted machine guns from various armed land vehicles. While having good damage against most targets, it struggles to defeat heavily-armored vehicles.
 * Kinetic Mortar: The Imperator can be also modified to have two rear-firing kinetic mortars. These weapons behave similarly to the ones from the Weaponized Tampa, but fire kinetic rounds that deal little damage, though they can send players and vehicles away with considerable force.
 * The vehicle has the option for installing Proximity Mines. Unlike Weaponized Vehicles added in the Gunrunning update, the Imperator, along with all Arena Cars in the Arena War update, has five different Proximity Mine choices: Kinetic, Spike, EMP, Slick and Sticky;
 * The Kinetic option (orange flashing light) creates a small impulse spreading several meters around the area, sending players and vehicles into the air. The impulse deals little damage to both players and vehicles. However, in arena events it can kill motorcycle riders.
 * The Spike option (dark blue flashing light) bursts the tires of vehicles passing over or near it, as well as dealing a small amount of damage to the vehicle, mainly effecting the vehicle's windows, but otherwise dealing no damage or force. The mine does not burst vehicles with Bulletproof Tires installed.
 * The EMP option (light blue flashing light) disables the vehicle's electronics when passing over it. The accelerator, brakes and steering, as well as the radio and other features are disabled for around 5 seconds before reactivating. It also deals a small amount of damage to players. The player will be notified by whom their vehicle was disabled by in a small notification above the radar.
 * The Slick option (green flashing light) bursts a large amount of oil on the surface, causing vehicles passing over it to lose control. This deals no damage to both vehicles or players.
 * The Sticky option (purple flashing light) bursts a large amount of sticky substance on the surface, causing vehicles passing over it to slow down. This deals no damage to both vehicles or players.
 * The car can also be installed with both bodywork Spikes and Saw Blades. The spikes deal damage to NPCs and players, contact with the spikes can instantly kill them, while the saw blades can pop vehicle tyres and damage NPCs as well.

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The Apocalypse Imperator can be modified at Los Santos Customs and other mod shops, although special upgrades are only available at the Arena Workshop.


 * (AW) Unlock this item for purchase via the Arena War Career.

Grand Theft Auto Online

 * A pre-modified version of the Apocalypse Imperator with a custom license plate "AR3NA" is seen in the cutscene following the purchase of an Arena Workshop and then provided in the first Arena War match. It comes with a set of body spikes, blades, jump upgrade, shunt boost and weapons.

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 * Can be purchased at the Arena War website for $2,284,940 or $1,718,000 (trade price as a Sponsorship Tier reward in the Arena War Career).
 * The vehicle comes with the "Wabi-Sabi" Livery and a Light Scoop Ram Weapon as standard when purchased.

General

 * derives from the stem of the verb "imperare", meaning 'to order, to command'.
 * The vehicle may be also named after, the deuteragonist of Mad Max: Fury Road.
 * It is possible to emulate the vehicle's appearance from The Road Warrior, by keeping the rust livery on it, removing the scoop by selecting the Ram Weapon to "None" and installing the Rear Kinetic Mortar weapon, as this will remove the boot and thus will have a similar appearance to the twin gas tanks Max had installed in the back of his car in the second movie.
 * The default radio stations for the Imperator are Radio Mirror Park, Vinewood Boulevard Radio, and Los Santos Rock Radio.

Grand Theft Auto Online

 * The vehicle's camera position is seemingly higher than in most regular cars, likely due to the Shakotan exhaust options and the decorations. The same applies to its two other variants.
 * The rear mortars do not count as weapons at all, meaning the player can still switch to Passive Mode with these installed. The same applies to its two other variants and the arena variants of the Issi Classic.