The Oceanic is a four-door sedan featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
Design[]
3D Universe[]
Based on 1950s and 1960s car designs, the front end is based on Dodge's 1961-1962 corporate grille, used on every model except the Lancer. The two-tone paint scheme was inspired by the 1955 Oldsmobile 88, and the back resembles that of a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air.
In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the Oceanic always features a two-tone paint job, white at the front with another color along the side and rear, a style typical of mid-1950s cars; in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories the car can also feature a single color paintjob. All renditions of the vehicle are identical, aside from the addition of a fuel cap on the rear-left side in the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas rendition.
Performance[]
3D Universe[]
The Oceanic has only a moderate top speed, but has great handling and torque. However, it is also prone to flipping, especially when attempting to go around corners at top speed. Despite its faults, its build quality is excellent and it can withstand a lot of damage before blowing up, so it is a pretty good choice for ramming into other cars.
In GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas, the Oceanic is powered by a petrol engine, and is capable of achieving a maximum speed of 160 km/h.
The GTA Vice City Stories version of the car has a diesel engine, capable of achieving a maximum speed of 90 km/h, and the vehicle is lighter in mass in comparison to other games.
3D Universe Overview[]
| Acceleration (0-60 mph in Seconds) |
Top Speed (mph / kmh) |
Gears | Engine | Drivetrain (FWD / RWD / AWD) |
Mass (kg / lbs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | 99 / 160 (GTA Vice City & GTA San Andreas)
56 / 90 (GTA Vice City Stories) |
5 | Petrol (GTA Vice City & GTA San Andreas)
Diesel (GTA Vice City Stories) |
RWD (GTA Vice City & GTA San Andreas)
AWD (GTA Vice City Stories) |
1900 / 4189 (GTA Vice City & GTA San Andreas)
1700 / 3748 (GTA Vice City Stories) |
| N/A | N/A | 5 | N/A | RWD (GTA Vice City & GTA San Andreas)
AWD (GTA Vice City Stories) |
Cannot be observed |
Modifications[]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
- The Oceanic can only be modified in a TransFender garage.
| Type | Upgrade | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Color | Car Color 1 (64 different colors) | $ 150 |
| Car Color 2 (64 different colors) | $ 150 | |
| Nitro | 2x Nitrous | $ 200 |
| 5x Nitrous | $ 500 | |
| 10x Nitrous | $ 1000 | |
| Wheels | Import | $ 820 |
| Atomic | $ 770 | |
| Ahab | $ 1000 | |
| Virtual | $ 620 | |
| Access | $ 1140 | |
| Off Road Wheel | $ 1000 | |
| Mega | $ 1030 | |
| Grove | $ 1230 | |
| Twist | $ 1200 | |
| Wires | $ 1560 | |
| Car Stereo | Bass Boost | $ 100 |
| Hydraulics | Hydraulics | $ 1500 |
Gallery[]
Design[]
Version History[]
Variant[]
| Image | Vehicle | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Oceanic-based variant of the Bloodring Banger in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. |
Bloodring Banger (Oceanic) | The Oceanic's design serves as the basis of one of two Bloodring Bangers in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (internally known as bloodra), featuring tweaked handling and performance and a modified body design.
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Unlike its counterpart, the Glendale-based Bloodring Banger, the Oceanic-based variant does not appear in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. |
Prominent Appearances in Gameplay[]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]
- Bar Brawl - Parked inside a small walled area owned by DBP Security. This Oceanic features three suitcases in its trunk, though they will vanish when the mission ends.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
- Life's a Beach - One can be found at the party in Verona Beach during the mission.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]
- Got Protection? - Parked besides Marty's prostitution business after the Cholos attack it.
- Civil Asset Forfeiture Impound - The Oceanic is one of the 32 vehicles wanted by the Civil Asset Forfeiture Impound in the side-mission of the same name. It is featured on the first list.
Locations[]
The Oceanic is widely available in GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories. This may be due to the large areas of beach in these two games. However in GTA San Andreas it is less common. The Oceanic is one of the gang vehicles of the Los Santos Vagos, and as such, the Oceanic becomes extremely rare after the player has taken over all of their gang territory.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]
- In front of Ocean View Hotel in Ocean Drive, Ocean Beach. The car constantly appears with a yellow-white paintjob.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
- Common in territories the Los Santos Vagos; it spawns in East Beach, Las Colinas and Los Flores.
- After all Vagos' turfs are taken over, the only places that the car can be found in traffic are the beach areas of Los Santos.
- Spawned in Vigilante and Firefighter.
- Spawns more often while the beach theme or cheap cars cheats are active.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]
- On the southern edge of the Washington Beach area, directly east of a FIDL supermarket. When at Ken Rosenberg's office, the player goes down the the alley on the north side of the building, turns right, proceeds straight until the next intersection, and then goes left. One should be parked in front of a building.
- It occasionally appears in traffic, mostly around Washington Beach and Ocean Beach; however, on some occasions, it may also be driven around the Mainland.
Radio Stations[]
- In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the Oceanic plays Bounce FM.
Trivia[]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]
- The yellow-white Oceanic outside the Ocean View Hotel is a reference to the yellow-white Oldsmobile Super 88 parked outside the Avalon Hotel in Ocean Drive, Miami.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
- The beta Oceanic has the same model as the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City rendition.
- There is a bug where the exhaust pipe of the car is placed halfway between the license plate and the right corner of the bumper, but the smoke and nitrous come from the corner, not from the pipe. This bug was corrected in The Definitive Edition.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]
- The bug depicted in GTA San Andreas, involving the smoke coming out from the right corner of the bumper, instead of coming out from the exhaust pipe, makes a return in this game.