Has Benny's Lost Its Allure?

[Wombater]

Let's all wind back to October, 2015 - a newer, more extensive form of customisation for a select group of vehicles has just been released, following major hype from ecstatic fans. Rockstar was constantly praised for it - from fans to news articles, Benny's was fresh, new and exciting - from dials to ornaments, Benny's was the refreshment to a course of luxurious vehicles. But little did we know, the beginning of Benny's was the entree to an tired, reused main course that lacked any flavour. And I hope I'm not the only one who's sick of it.

 

 

Now let's all return to the present - 11 vehicles are now available to be customised at Benny;s - 13, if we count Rockstar's apparent lack of secrecy for their future DLCs. From minivans to muscle cars, Benny's does not discriminate - which is where I feel the problem is. In my opinion, Benny's should have only focused on lowriders - and I mean actual lowriders. The original Lowriders DLC came with mission and new dialogue - these new vehicles, such as the Sultan Rs and the Banshee 900R are honestly lacklustre efforts which I genuinely hope are placeholders for something bigger and much more well thought of.

 

 

So what do you think? Are you sick of Benny's or loving it?

[Jammsbro]

It would still have an appeal if the prices were anything else but an obvious ploy to raise overall prices within the game.

 

Make Benny's cars cost over a million to do up (when stock prices are 12K for the same car) and people might not complain about 700k for a bike, 2.2 million for a car that is pretty much the same as a zentorno....

 

 

Remember, a car that costs 12k to buy, has parts that do nothing but can cost over 100k EACH.

[TexasRocks]

None of the above. It still has great potential, but they need to stop wasting it on lame cars or the wrong versions and mods for those cars.

[Wombater]

It would still have an appeal if the prices were anything else but an obvious ploy to raise overall prices within the game.

 

Make Benny's cars cost over a million to do up (when stock prices are 12K for the same car) and people might not complain about 700k for a bike, 2.2 million for a car that is pretty much the same as a zentorno....

 

 

Remember, a car that costs 12k to buy, has parts that do nothing but can cost over 100k EACH.

 

Yeah, that's defo true - not to mention the astronomical repair rates.

[Ruin]

Allure?

It's just a shop, lol.

 

This is the problem with a lot of the community; you expect gamechangers rather than take what you get at face value.

[Hunter]

Yes it has, but admittedly, I'm biased - I mean, I was never all that interested in Benny's in the first place.

 

We could do with some different stuff though. At the very least, just actual new stuff. Not some care done up and resold for twice the price.

[awesomefoot]

imo, Benny's is still good. Could be better, obviously, if they get around to adding more cars like the Banshee and Sultan. However, I also don't think taking focus off of it will mean the focus is put on stuff people want i.e. casinos, new heists, missions, etc. It'll just mean more sh*tty Adversary Modes and 3 million dollar plus supers that have a 1mph higher top end speed and doors that open a new way.

[FlacidJack]

I like the customizations but I don't spend much on Benny upgrades anymore, seems like I'm just tossing out hard earned fake cash. I don't understand why my car needs a 300000$ upgrade just so I can spend more on a new dash. They keep releasing a couple cars at a time so we spend more with each new addition so now that the thrill wore off I'm just waiting until they release all of them to buy more.

[Azirah]

Yes. At first, I liked the lowrider but it lost its exciment a week later. I sold it. Plus, it's just so expensive (I have more than enough funds to buy at least 70 upgraded cars in Benny's) it's like why should I pay 300-700k to upgrade a car? I think a 200k base upgrade price on all vehicles would be better.

 

The Sultan & Banshee were nice additions to Benny's because it wasn't a lowrider. I do think they should shift away and focus on fixing the lag issues some people face and come out with a proper DLC.

 

It's been almost 4 months and it's just like 'damn R* why you being lazy?'

Edited April 10, 2016 by Alisha Nicole

[Mattoropael]

From minivans to muscle cars, Benny's does not discriminate - which is where I feel the problem is. In my opinion, Benny's should have only focused on lowriders - and I mean actual lowriders. The original Lowriders DLC came with mission and new dialogue - these new vehicles, such as the Sultan Rs and the Banshee 900R are honestly lacklustre efforts which I genuinely hope are placeholders for something bigger and much more well thought of.

 

Are you f*cking joking?

 

The biggest problem here is that Benny is discriminating. Against anything that's not a lowrider. The Sultan RS and Banshee 900R are both much better-received by the playerbase than the second wave of rubbish lowriders that nobody bothered to drive after less than a week.

 

Drop this lowrider bullsh*t, start adding more variety of vehicles and we wouldn't be in the current situation where basically nobody give a sh*t to the cars.

[whywontyoulisten]

Let's all wind back to October, 2015 - a newer, more extensive form of customisation for a select group of vehicles has just been released, following major hype from ecstatic fans. Rockstar was constantly praised for it - from fans to news articles, Benny's was fresh, new and exciting - from dials to ornaments, Benny's was the refreshment to a course of luxurious vehicles. But little did we know, the beginning of Benny's was the entree to an tired, reused main course that lacked any flavour. And I hope I'm not the only one who's sick of it.

 

 

Now let's all return to the present - 11 vehicles are now available to be customised at Benny;s - 13, if we count Rockstar's apparent lack of secrecy for their future DLCs. From minivans to muscle cars, Benny's does not discriminate - which is where I feel the problem is. In my opinion, Benny's should have only focused on lowriders - and I mean actual lowriders. The original Lowriders DLC came with mission and new dialogue - these new vehicles, such as the Sultan Rs and the Banshee 900R are honestly lacklustre efforts which I genuinely hope are placeholders for something bigger and much more well thought of.

 

 

So what do you think? Are you sick of Benny's or loving it?

So basically you only like lowriders. I'm not really a fan of the Banshee, Sultan RS or (pickup) Slamvan, but I love the insane level of customisation they've been given, and would welcome more like this. The only problems with Benny's are 1- the prices (mods AND repair), and some terrible vehicle and/or customisation choices. More actual lowriders, fewer small muscle cars/sedans/vans with hydraulics and pinstriping, and a lot more rods.

Edited April 10, 2016 by whywontyoulisten

[LeeTone]

I kind of like Benny's.

I haven't been a fan of most of the cars so far but the Banshee was ok and I'm hoping they add some cars I like in the sports or coupe categories or maybe even low level Supers like the Vacca.

[XenoxX]

These were the cars that were planned for Benny's for a long time, so I assume this was the one of the last Lowriders Updates anyway.

I assume they are buying time for a big Update in May.

[jyssys]

I'm not sick of Benny's, but I'm sick of lowriders. Of course, I don't care much for lowriders in the first place, so I'm biased.

[Frank ツ]

I would like to see more non-lowrider cars at bennys , can you imagne a RWB pfister comet <3

[zoso80]

I voted with the majority. Stop with dribbling out Benny cars for now and focus on other franchise advancing DLC ideas. That's not to say Benny's is a dead concept. It's not. Instead of string of cars and adversary modes, perhaps new Benny cars ever six months with a playable content DLC in the interim.

 

Will it happen? No. I can dream though. Benny cars are a money maker for R*. Thus, we'll get more. The stuff that really isn't money makers - missions, heists - will get mild attention at some point down the road. The focus though at R* is generating more content to create revenue for them.

Edited April 10, 2016 by zoso80

[Halal Cyborg]

I'd like the actual lowriders to be finished ala peyote, emperor and mañana...and other types of vehicles without the same lazy here's a livery and smaller wheels

[GTA-Biker]

They should do the rest of lowriders (Peyote, Manana, Emperor, IGG Virgo, Marbelle, Esperanto...) and then focus on other vehicles,like tuners, hotrods, motorcycles...

[Furry_Monkey]

No, it has not. You can't lose something you never had.

[Dr Labuschagne]

This poll is pointless...

[.Vooodu.]

Allure.. meh.

 

 

If one new benny vehicle a week is all the R* can afford to come up with lately then losing its allure is an understatement. Its like R* isn't even trying anymore.

[pollopelao]

well that happens when they add sh*ts

sultan and banshee went good, people is tired of lowriders that youre only going to drive the first 2 days

 

imagine if they add cars that people drive daily such as kuruma, t20, elegy, futo, osiris, it will be a new fresh start for bennys

[AccountNoLongerUsed]

Like people have said, the main problem is a lot of the Benny Custom Variants are overpriced. The Tornado Custom ($375K), for example, has next to no reason to be more than 10 times the price of the default Tornado ($30K), when it's mostly just adding visual options and only marginable improvements to performance. $150K would have been more reasonable.

Edited April 10, 2016 by Wyllow

[El-Gaddafii]

In my opinion benny's was a great addition to game, that being said though the prices are way over the top for what they are. The current prices would have been more acceptable on other cars such as the banshee or sultan as these cars are actually transformed into race cars. Lowriders on the other hand are meant to be driven by low level gang bangers who struggle to make ends meet yet can afford 1mil+ to customize a car, it just doesnt make sense.

 

I always thought the lowrider update came too late as for the reasons mentioned above - the lowriders update was centred around low level gangbangin at a time when most of us were already high level criminal millionaires it just didn't fit in as an update into the overall picture of Online.

 

I don't want to take away the fact though that the level of customisation is something everyone wants to see more of in this game but why not open up a new shop for different types of cars? Have a story to go with each garage. Tuners, offroaders, racecars, motorcycles etc. Could all have their own shops with respective upgrades.

[Gatti Sosa]

Benny's is still fresh and low riders are still cool. I can't wait for this mini van to drop this week but, after this last car I believe sabre gt is released Bennys needs to head in a new direction.

 

Banshee,Sultan and even donks were a nice addition to add some variety to the line up but it still lacks variety as far as car cultures.

 

There should be tuner cars, motorcycles,and truck lift mods. It would be so badass if you can bring into bennys your sandking or rebel and make it into a full blown monster truck, or transfer your bati into a super bike. Even the sand dune buggy thing would be cool to mod into a proper sand dune buggy thingy

 

As far as prices go, imo the prices are resonable and seems fair. A lot of day one/long time players have big money and want something that not everyone can afford so easily. You wont hear a McLaren or Pagani owner complain about how expensive it is to put a turbo or upgraded diffuser on their car now would you?

Edited April 10, 2016 by Shotty Pop

[nargris]

^ this.

 

Also the variety of visual upgrades seems to dip up and down. The slamvan, RS and 900r all had alot of visual mods which meant you spent alot but it gave you a unique looking car that didn't look stock at all.

 

However the recent tornado release was a little... lackluster in the visual department. 95% of the custom parts came with the stock car and the ones that didn't were either recycled from other lowriders or were ok, not great but ok.

 

Im not saying you cant make a nice looking car but the lack of effort in giving unique to benny parts makes it seem less grand or special.

[Mrnrfan182]

The Bennys formula is just broken. I don't care about Lowriders but I do like some of the liveries and interior/exterior options.

 

As people have stated, there should be several custom shops that specialize in different styles that YOU as the player can mix and match. Maybe a tuner shop, lowrider shop, and maybe a hot rod shop. Each has their own set of options (lift kits, hydraulics, nitrous). You would pay the fee to start the initial customization (a more reasonable 100k fee) and from there it's all you. You want a hot rod tornado? Do it. You want an off road, lifted banshee? Do it! Now those are the options that would get people excited.

 

Right now, slow dripping cars only a small potion of the player base enjoys and only giving them a handful of options that total 1million dollars...it has no appeal. Wow, you get to have one of three liveries and a handful of engine paints to choose from, both costing 30k. Now you and about a million other people still have the same car.

 

For me, personally, this recent batch of Adversary modes and Bennys car was not enough to keep my interest, so I haven't played. I'm having a blast with Dirt Rally at the moment and unless something changes soon, I don't see GTA being a part of my gaming lineup...

[We Are Ninja]

No, it has not. The more car customization, the better. Why so many low-riders? Players begged for them and the low rider scene has always been huge in California. If you don't like them, drive something else. I see cars from each of the Benny's releases on the street all the time, so someone is enjoying the content, even if you aren't.

[AGNT009]

Benny needs competition. I say Lenny should open up a race car mod shop, so we can get a lot of sponsor livery options for all the cool cars people race these days, like the T20, Osiris, Turismo, Zentorno, etc. I want the full NASCAR experience! I want my Dukes to be totally even stat for stat with the Dominator. Tired of having to use a Dom to win races in the muscle class. The best thing the Lenny mods can do is make all the cars stat for stat EVEN. That way, you have ALL the top cars in each class perform perfectly even with each other, then the racing just comes down to talent, and which body style you liked more. Id pay 800k for THAT. Not a bunch of cars that cant do crap in races, and are only good for getting blown up in freemode.

[enjoyingorc6742]

i like the lowriders but i want something different for a while