The Kart is a go-kart featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Design[]
The Kart is depicted with a simple tubular steel frame chassis and basic flooring, where the front area houses a small bumper, the front wheels, the steering mechanism, a single headlight, the fuel tank and the two laterally-mounted pedals providing the corresponding throttle and braking controls, while the rear area houses the main seat, the small engine with a small exhaust, a single tail light and the rear axle with a single brake disk on the left and the chain drive and sprocket on the right side, connected to the engine. As the vehicle is not intended for use on main roads, it lacks any form of dials, although a radio is still available.
The Kart can spawn with additional matching side skirts and a small fairing over the steering wheel frame, and may spawn with a variety of primary colors applied on the tubular chassis. It uses small wheels fitted with racing slicks.
Performance[]
The Kart has average speed, good acceleration and good off-roading. It is compact and capable of making sharp turns, although it can oversteer. Its low profile and light weight makes ordinarily small obstacles more dangerous.
The Kart is classed as a car, like the Mower, so CJ does not fall out of his seat when the vehicle flips over, additionally, the player cannot shoot forward from the Kart, despite having a clear view of doing so. The Kart is also able to drive under other vehicles with high ground clearance such as the Tanker trailer and the Monster Truck.
The Kart is powered by a 2-stroke engine, judging by the engine size, which is apparently coupled to a 4-speed gearbox in a rear engine, rear wheel drive configuration. The engine sound is rather noisy because it is mounted open-air, like a motorcycle engine.
Overview[]
| Acceleration (0-60 mph in Seconds) |
Top Speed (mph / kmh) |
Gears | Engine | Drivetrain (FWD / RWD / AWD) |
Mass (kg / lbs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | 56 / 90 | 4 | Petrol | RWD | 300 / 661 |
| N/A | N/A | 4 | 2-stroke engine (In-game model) | RWD | Cannot be observed |
Gallery[]
Prominent Appearances in Gameplay[]
- The Kart is used in the mission Cut Throat Business, in the second chase part of OG Loc. OG Loc uses a full-bodywork version, while Carl and Madd Dogg use stripped-down Karts.
- The Kart is also used as the principal racing vehicle for "Go-Go Karting", a race in Doherty in the San Fierro leg of Race Tournaments.
Locations[]
The Kart only spawns at specific areas in San Andreas after the mission "Cut Throat Business". These locations include:
- Under a bridge in the storm drain in Ganton, Los Santos.
- Outside Madd Dogg's Crib in Mulholland, Los Santos.
- On a staircase (which is also one of the Unique Stunt Jumps) at the west side of Windy Windy Windy Windy Street, Calton Heights, San Fierro, near the Calton Heights Safehouse
- Behind a Xoomer gas station, near the Easter Basin Naval Station, San Fierro.
- In front of two apartments in Ocean Flats, San Fierro; one on the south-western end and the other on the south-eastern end.
- In an alley next to Zero RC in Garcia, San Fierro, near a Desert Eagle pickup.
- In a building in El Quebrados, Tierra Robada.
- In one of the shacks atop Arco del Oeste in Bone County, next to a Parachute.
- In the Angel Pine trailer park in Whetstone.
- In a dead-end alleyway south of the safehouse in Chinatown, San Fierro, near a Katana.
- Behind the Blackfield Stadium in Blackfield, Las Venturas.
- In front of a house, near the Redsands West Safe House in Redsands West, Las Venturas.
- In the backyard of a house south of the golf club in Prickle Pine, Las Venturas.
- In the parking lot to the Well Stacked Pizza Co. and ZIP, Starfish Casino, Las Venturas.
- Sometimes, an invisible "glitched" Kart spawns in Madd Dogg's Crib.
Trivia[]
- The Kart plays the radio station Radio X by default when entered.
- The Kart's handling is similar to the "Perfect Handling" cheat. Given its low engine power, its handling is not prone to be altered.
- The Kart will lose its side bumpers if it is saved in a garage.
- The vehicle was possibly supposed to return in Grand Theft Auto V, as an unused police scanner audio file mentions it.[1]
- Two karts were finally made available in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of The Cayo Perico Heist update.
- CJ will become slightly smaller when sitting in the Kart.
See Also[]
- F1 - Grand Theft Auto Advance equivalent.
- Go Kart - Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars equivalent.
- Veto Classic - Grand Theft Auto Online equivalent, added as part of The Cayo Perico Heist update.
- Veto Modern - A modernized version of the Veto Classic, added in the aforementioned update.