Please note: The RC Bandito must be stored in an Arena Workshop. It can also be modified there at the RC Bandito Workshop.”
- — Southern San Andreas Super Autos description.
The RC Bandito is an RC car that was cut from Grand Theft Auto V during development, later returning as a special vehicle in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the Arena War update.
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Description
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The RC Bandito was originally intended to be featured in Grand Theft Auto V, but was scrapped during development. [2]
There are various leftover files that reveals its existence, including a police scanner that denotes the vehicle by its name [3], as well as a handling model flag, RC[4]. This model flag causes any pedestrian model to become invisible after entering a vehicle with that flag enabled.[2] It also used an RC motor sound, which belongs to its specific model name, rcbandito. [5]
In addition, this vehicle used a custom third-person camera named FOLLOW_RC_CAMERA. This camera is placed at a lower angle and longer distance than the standard vehicle camera.[2]
The RC Bandito would have presumably been used in a cut RC Challenge Random Event.[2]
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The RC Bandito was officially introduced exclusively to the enhanced version of Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the Arena War update on December 11, 2018. It can be used in various Arena War Adversary Modes and was later made available to purchase as part of the RC Bandito Week event.
Design
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The vehicle is depicted as a 1:6 scale off-road RC car chassis with an interchangeable lid. It features common elements from many off-road vehicles, such as large wheels with off-road tires, shock absorbers and sump guards. The vehicle features various color combinations, where the primary one is applied to the entirety of the lid and the secondary one on the bull bars. The miniature driver doll/s the vehicle has in the cabin are also paintable, with the helmets and the suits as colorable parts.
The vehicle is available with the following lids:
- The stock lid, which is a 2-door Sadler.
- The Offroad lid, which is a buggy-like vehicle.
- The Trophy Truck lid, which borrows some elements from the Trophy Truck.
- The Gang Burrito lid, which resembles the Tamiya R/C Lunch Box.
- The Big Brat lid, which is a Rancher. It is inspired by the Traxxas BIGFOOT No.1, featuring similar markings from the real-life counterpart.
- The Midnight Pumping, which is a Slamvan. It resembles the Tamiya R/C Midnight Pumpkin.
Current Design Gallery
Performance
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- Vehicle
The RC Bandito has average performance as expected from an RC car. It handles pretty well on-road and off-road, but struggles to navigate around small obstacles such as curbs, road bumps and small debris in general, unless approached head-on. Like the drones from the Terrorbyte, the RC Bandito has a very quiet motor sound, making it harder to be detected by enemies, although its size makes it easily spotted visually.
- Defense
Despite the small design, the RC Bandito can take up to three missiles to blow it up. However, prolonged use of the vehicle after being hit by two missiles will eventually kill the motor, destroying the vehicle. The vehicle also has a little bit of resistance to gunfire, taking many bullets to destroy it.
- Abilities
The vehicle can be installed with "Jump" 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. This also allows it to navigate around obstacles better, and to evade enemies better when attempting to escape through tall structures (walls, boxes, small buildings, etc.)
The vehicle comes with the Jump Upgrade 20% installed by default.
- Weaponry
- The RC Bandito can be used as a remote explosive. By installing a remote bomb, it can have two Sticky Bombs on its sides, behaving like the Car Bomb available for normal-sized vehicles, as well as the self-destruct feature of the Terrorbyte's drones.
- The vehicle has the option for installing Proximity Mines. Unlike Weaponized Vehicles added in the Gunrunning update, the RC Bandito, in contrast with all Arena Cars in the Arena War update, has only two different Proximity Mine choices: Kinetic and EMP;
- 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.
- 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.
Note that total capacity of Proximity Mines are limited to three, so players may require to respawn the vehicle if they want to resupply ammunition.
GTA Online Overview
| Acceleration (0-60 mph in Seconds) |
Top Speed (mph / kmh) |
Gears | Engine | Drivetrain (FWD / RWD / AWD) |
Mass (kg / lbs) |
Fuel Tank Size (litres) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | Electric motor (In-game model) | N/A | Cannot be observed | Cannot be observed |
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| Braking | ||||||
| Traction | ||||||
Modifications
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The RC Bandito can only be modified at the Arena Workshop, at the RC Bandito Workshop. This also serves as its saved location.
| Category | Modification | Cost | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explosives | None | $50,000 | ||
| Remote Bomb | $275,000 | |||
| Lids | Stock Lid | $17,750 | ||
| Offroad | $20,000 | |||
| Offroad & Spoiler | $20,350 | |||
| Offroad & Nets | $20,750 | |||
| Offroad Combined | $21,150 | |||
| Trophy Truck | $21,550 | |||
| Trophy Truck & Spoiler | $22,000 | |||
| Trophy Truck & Nets | $22,450 | |||
| Trophy Truck Combined | $22,900 | |||
| Gang Burrito | $23,400 | |||
| Gang Burrito & Spoiler | $23,900 | |||
| Gang Burrito & Bullbar | $24,400 | |||
| Gang Burrito Combined | $24,950 | |||
| Big Brat | $25,550 | |||
| Big Brat & Cage | $26,150 | |||
| Big Brat & Bullbar | $26,750 | |||
| Big Brat Combined | $27,350 | |||
| Midnight Pumping | $28,000 | |||
| Midnight Pumping & Cage | $28,650 | |||
| Midnight Pumping & Flames | $29,300 | |||
| Midnight Pumping Combined | $30,000 | |||
| Proximity Mine | No Proximity Mine | $50,000 | ||
| Kinetic | $135,000 | |||
| EMP | $150,000 | |||
| Livery | None | $11,400 | ||
| Dark Hunter | $18,240 | |||
| Paint Ball | $19,380 | |||
| Artic Warfare | $20,520 | |||
| Digital Dribble | $21,660 | |||
| Super Sci-fi | $22,800 | |||
| Urban Arrows | $23,370 | |||
| Pumpkin Monster | $23,939 | |||
| Fire Breather | $24,510 | |||
| Respray | Main article: Los Santos Customs/Respray Colors | - | ||
| Sell | Sell Vehicle | |||
| Vertical Jump | None | $20,000 | ||
| Jump Upgrade 20% | $65,000 | |||
| Jump Upgrade 60% | $112,000 | |||
| Jump Upgrade 100% | $210,000 | |||
| Wheels | Main article: Los Santos Customs/Wheels | - | ||
| Windows | None | $500 | ||
| Light Smoke | $1,500 | |||
| Dark Smoke | $3,500 | |||
| Limo | $5,000 | |||
Image Gallery
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Prominent Appearances in Missions
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- The RC Bandito can be used as an alternative to take out players in the Arena War Series modes, which are:
- It may also be selected randomly after spinning the wheel after dying in any Arena War mode, but can only be used once.
Locations
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- Can be purchased from Southern San Andreas Super Autos for $1,590,000. It will be stored in a separate RC workshop in the Arena Workshop.
- Once purchased, the vehicle is available to request via the Interaction Menu and has a 1 minute cooldown timer once it is used (either destroyed by an enemy or self-destroyed by the player if rigged with an explosive).
Trivia
General
- The "Midnight Pumping" lids are derived from the Tamiya Midnight Pumpkin. Its name is a reference to a form of sexual intercourse.
- The "Gang Burrito" lids heavily resemble that of the Tamiya Lunch Box. Furthermore, the "Sausage Box" livery for the previously released Youga Classic also references this real-life counterpart.
- Even though the explosives can be shot on the vehicle, they do not explode, unlike Sticky Bombs.
See Also
- Model Car - Grand Theft Auto equivalent.
- RC Bandit - Grand Theft Auto III - Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories equivalent.
- Bandito - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas namesake.
- RC Bandito Races - races made exclusively for the RC Bandito.
References
- ↑
Seen as the player's blip on the radar, only visible to themselves.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 GTAForums: A compilation post on the RC Bandito and RC Challenges
- ↑ Audio: Unused police scanner entry,
MODEL_RC_BANDITO_01 - ↑ Handling Files: Handling file documentation on the last-generation version of the game.
; 8th digit 1: RC 2: DOUBLE_RWHEELS 4: MF_NO_WHEEL_BREAK 8: IS_HATCHBACK
- ↑ Audio Configuration: The unused RC motor audio is tied to this model name in
audio\audio_rel.rpf\config\game.dat151.rel
