The Bloodring Banger is a vehicle in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Description[]
The Bloodring Banger is evidently a vehicle modified for use in demolition derbies, and as such is stripped down with added safety features for the driver, as well as unconventional color schemes and racing numbers. It is used in the Bloodring and Blood Bowl stadium challenges.
Design[]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]
The vehicle is a variant of the Glendale. Being outfitted for demolition derbies, It typically features taped headlights, netting for front compartment, roll bars on the rear window and welded rear doors (thus reducing the capacity to two occupants), as well as either a regular painted roof or a black/white checkered one. The car is assigned a primary color for the body and a secondary color for the hood, trunk and regular roof.
The advertised sponsors and combination of racing number, roof and extras for both variants are listed below:
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the Bloodring Banger is only available in the form of a Glendale-based model, and unlike both of the Bloodring Bangers in their previous appearance, all the doors are welded to the body and do not open at all. Instead, when CJ has to enter the vehicle, he climbs in through the window; the same applies to girlfriends or recruited gang members. Being fitted with protection bars all around its body, the car won't get any visual damage after bumps and scratches with other vehicles, and has permanent roll bars on the windshield and rear compartment windows. Also, they have only one license plate – the rear one, partially covered by the protection bars. Another minor difference is the roof-mounted racing numbers on Bloodring Bangers in the PlayStation 2 and PC versions; while the PS2 version has scribbled numbers, the same signage is completely black in PC versions, likely a programming mistake during porting. Unlike previous renditions, the vehicle does not feature any advertising.
The vehicle is assigned a primary color for the body and a secondary color for the regular roof, and again, it can spawn with the racing numbers/roof combination as extras, which are; 328/Painted, 469/Checkered, 172/Checkered, 100/Painted, 284/Painted & 505/Checkered.
Performance[]
3D Universe[]
Performance-wise, the vehicle receive great modifications. The car retains its rear-wheel-drive configuration, but acceleration, horsepower, and speed for the car are very good, being much faster than the original Glendale. The vehicle is great for ramming, because of the improved speed, metal protection bars, and greater pushing power. As said, the metal bars on the outside provide much better collision armor, though its bulletproofing stays just slightly better than the normal Glendale. It has much tighter suspension, which results in tighter cornering. Unlike the Oceanic variant, the Glendale variant of the Banger is of the same weight as the regular Glendale.
The Bloodring Banger uses a big block V8 gasoline engine that powers the rear wheels through a 5-speed gearbox, it uses the same low-revving, noisy engine sound as the regular version.
3D Universe Overview[]
| Acceleration (0-60 mph in Seconds) |
Top Speed (mph / kmh) |
Gears | Engine | Drivetrain (FWD / RWD / AWD) |
Mass (kg / lbs) |
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| N/A | 99 / 160 | 5 | Petrol | RWD | 2100 / 4630 (BLOODRA)1600 / 3527 ( BLOODRB)
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| N/A | N/A | 5 | N/A | RWD | Cannot be observed |
Gallery[]
bloodrb" Bloodring Banger in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. (Rear quarter view)
bloodrb" Bloodring Banger in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
bloodrb" Bloodring Banger placeholder model from GTA San Andreas, with a heavily-distorted look. Note the original textures and model from GTA Vice City. (Rear quarter view)
Design[]
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Version History[]
Locations[]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]
- One is parked in front of the Hyman Memorial Stadium, Downtown (only after completing "Bloodring").
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
- One is parked at the football statue in front of the Corvin Stadium, Foster Valley, San Fierro (only after completing "Bloodring").
- It can be spawned by inputting cheats.
Radio Stations[]
- In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the Bloodring Banger plays K-Rose.
Trivia[]
General[]
- "Banger" is a slang term for an old, worn-out car.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
- By making the Bloodring Banger spawn while a garage door is closing, there is a chance that it will spawn with no racing numbers and roof.[1]
- The "
BLOODRB" model, textures and handling line exist in the game, but they are not used. However, it does not appear to be based on the Oceanic, but on another Glendale, similar to the "bloodrb" in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. The model is highly corrupted, so in-game it appears glitchy, but works properly. The model and textures are directly taken from GTA Vice City, even the rims. - If an NPC is angered and proceeds to pull CJ out of the Bloodring Banger, they will do so, but CJ will fall through the panel that is in place for the door, as if it was not there. Also, policemen are able to bust CJ without opening the door and pulling him out. Oddly, if an NPC is in a Bloodring Banger, CJ cannot steal the car from them or pull the NPC out of it.
- The Bloodring Banger has an unrealistically low price of $500 which is the same as the RC Bandit and RC Tiger. The basic Glendale costs $20000 in comparison.