Return of the police impound lot

[DODI3OG]

This would be good...

 

maybe, if your cars impounded, you get an email or text to say that its been impounded and why, just to add bit of realism.

 

It would also be good if you could get clamped/booted and had to ring a number for someone to come and take it off, something like phoning the cops in IV.

I hate to pop your bubbles, kiddo, but I have to.

Don't worry it happens to anyone here in the Forums, incl. me when I was 13.

 

If your idea was implemented, it would surely take away a significant part of the game's immersion.

Imagine you're planning to participate in a race, then you get a text that your fastest car's impounded.

Then you retake it from the police station afterwards w/c escalates to a 6-star firefight. How annoying is that?

No, just no.

It reduces the game's playability as well because instead of searching for another one and altering it to make it look like the lost one. You just repeat the process of retaking it, w/c becomes boring afterwards.

 

I say no to impounding cars then retaking it.

It takes away immersion PERIOD

[Patrizio]

Well seeing as though Franklin's job is to repossess cars, hopefully something like this would be included.

 

Unfortunately I don't think it will. It was put into SA because fans wanted it because it was originally in GTA or GTA2 IIRC. Fans haven't called for it this time around so I wouldn't be too hopeful.

 

Nevertheless, Rockstar might surprise us...

[Ginsan]

This would be good...

 

maybe, if your cars impounded, you get an email or text to say that its been impounded and why, just to add bit of realism.

 

It would also be good if you could get clamped/booted and had to ring a number for someone to come and take it off, something like phoning the cops in IV.

I hate to pop your bubbles, kiddo, but I have to.

Don't worry it happens to anyone here in the Forums, incl. me when I was 13.

 

If your idea was implemented, it would surely take away a significant part of the game's immersion.

Imagine you're planning to participate in a race, then you get a text that your fastest car's impounded.

Then you retake it from the police station afterwards w/c escalates to a 6-star firefight. How annoying is that?

No, just no.

It reduces the game's playability as well because instead of searching for another one and altering it to make it look like the lost one. You just repeat the process of retaking it, w/c becomes boring afterwards.

 

I say no to impounding cars then retaking it.

It takes away immersion PERIOD

Pretty sure, the bubble he blowed out is already broken even before you could broke it, provided his post date which suggests that the post was made back in January.

[DODI3OG]

suggests that the post was made back in January.

haha. Silly me. I was just posting in another. "kid blowing a bubble" thread when my head boiled when I saw another one. XD

[reform]

Just steal the saints row garage system. The GTA garage system has always been nothing but fail, and it only got worse with the move to parking spaces instead of a garage.

[SwaggedOut]

To be honest I wouldn't care much if the impound didn't acquire a player's car after being busted. I just want an impound lot that has a load of seized cars stored in one place for a car thief's convenience.

[jogy]

Rockstar might surprise us...

They always do

[Chris Fromage]

I really never noticed that feature in SA O.O

me neither. I thought the cars just despawned when you left that area for a while. I have never seen someone else taking my car away.

[jamieleng]

I think this is a great idea, especially if customization is in & you've spent time & money on it. If you've just completed a mission & get arrested while driving your favourite car, you should have the chance to get it back. If you get arrested with 3 stars or below, then you can go to the police impound lot & pay a fine to retrieve it. If you are arrested with 4 or above, then you have to break into the lot & steal it (a lot more difficult). Your cars (the last 2 or 3 you've lost) should only stay in there for 3 in game days.

[TheQuestfor100Percent]

I would rather something like this. If you get busted, you have the option to pay a fee before you spawn outside the police station to get your car back. It would just spawn on the street in front of the station. This would only apply to the last vehicle you were driving.

 

If your car blows up well, maybe call a tow truck. A very short cut scene (1-3 seconds) of the car getting towed. Then the car will spawn back at your safe house. All for a fee of course.