Why is R* incapable of competent vehicle design?

[Setzaroth]

The Brickade is nothing more than a re-skinned RV. 1 explosive (even with upgrades) and it's gone. I found some people that glitched it earlier today, it was able to withstand multiple strafes from the jet. It was either a glitch or just awful hit registration because of the ancient servers this game runs on.

[theEwing1979]

Poor associate pay and Brickade are the two main disappointments for me. I was hoping purchasing it would make CEO work easier, obviously disappointing to realise I didn't need to purchase it at all. It's just more Pegasus junk I regret buying, I never learn.

[gtafan26]

One of the few vehicles I wanted to buy, it sounds its just a giant waste of money.

[Fail_At_GTA]

Its fun to smash cars with it. I hit a car so hard last night it flipped over and blew up.

[Hunter]

I've been more positive lately (got some stuff I wanted this update), but I have to agree on this.

 

Incredibly weak, and doesn't even have bullet-resistant windows. It's light and gets thrown around too:

 

 

Oh well. Hopefully they'll buff it some time, because it's not up to much as it is.

[Setzaroth]

Its fun to smash cars with it. I hit a car so hard last night it flipped over and blew up.

 

Meh, could already do that with an insurgent for half the price. And an insurgent actually has useable armor

Edited June 10, 2016 by Setzaroth

[A Maned Wolf]

Stupidly enough, the new vehicles have much higher poly-counts than the vast majority of the current vehicles in game...

[Setzaroth]

Stupidly enough, the new vehicles have much higher poly-counts than the vast majority of the current vehicles in game...

 

I haven't noticed a difference.

[streetx1xracer]

OP you're a reskinned human.

[Hunter]

OP you're a reskinned human.

Isn't everyone?

[A Maned Wolf]

 

OP you're a reskinned human.

Isn't everyone?

 

.... Maybe

[streetx1xracer]

 

OP you're a reskinned human.

Isn't everyone?nah, only him.

[Hunter]

Don't they say all humans are vaguely related though? So we might all be reskinned humans.

[CarimboHanky]

the only issue i have with the brickade is the fact i was under the impression i would be able to pick up multiple crates with it but thats not the case.

 

apart from that im kinda pleased with it.

its big but have no issue finding a parking haha

[GeneralClay]

Isn't as strong as I hoped for. But its starting to become my new daily driver. I just love cruising in it.

Also, managed to drive up Mt Chilliad was very fun. Had to take it slow and steady to crawl my way up

 

[dieseltech20]

To be fair, a big truck, that is top heavy, speeding around a corner and running over a car......would flip the hell over in real life

 

We wouldn't be able to just lean left and right it though.

[dimitrispgr]

I can understand the dissapointment of those who waited a "bigger Insurgent plus bp windows" but then it would be much slower and less agile, so an extra headache (beside vans) when transfering goods. I like the fact its quick, i hate it feels slipy in the front. Never intended to buy it though

[Skeve613]

R* also seems to have patched the physics bug that would make the Faction Donk spazz out when you got it on top of other vehicles at a certain angle. I don't know exactly why, but for me this is the most depressing aspect of this update/patch because it genuinely feels like the fun police are at work.

[Mr_Zombly]

1 explosive (even with upgrades) and it's gone.

 

I think you might be using pegasus vehicles then, the upgrade is for the selling missions brickades that spawn in when you sell your items.

[Wallace21]

they are lazy f*ckers, they could easily give us the options to actually make our cars unique too instead of giving us the same generic body parts etc, but nah

[R3CON]

Most of the vehicles in the game don't have armored windows and blow up with only one explosive. I don't understand the logic that not having these features is somehow a massive oversight by Rockstar. Unless you're one of those players who drives in an Insurgent or Kuruma all the time lest you face certain death, I don't see the issue.

 

Rockstar showed the Brickade in the trailer and never said they'd release it specifically with this feature and that feature. People put their random assumptions and speculations into play and then blame Rockstar for not doing things they never said they would do in the first place.

 

Its ridiculous.

Edited June 10, 2016 by ikaR3CON

[HometownLC]

I'd have to say I'm pretty disappointed with the Brickade as well.

 

It's a lot faster than I thought it would be and has good ramming ability but it's exceeding top heavy with very slippery handling. The fact you can't actually sit in the back was disappointing as well. I didn't have any doubts it would be a Pegasus vehicle given it's size but the paper thin armor definitely caught me off-guard, especially for a vehicle costing over $1,000,000. I'm not gonna lie, I was hoping for a pegasus/CEO Insurgent 2.0. Unfortunately it's essentially useless (especially the pegasus version since it doesn't have BP tires) in free roam with it's giant windows and "Hey RPG me!" size.

 

Easily one of the most annoying things about it is when you're ramming through traffic and one of the traffic cars explodes because of the Brickade's mass, with the resulting explosion causing the Brickade to catch fire or explode.

Edited June 10, 2016 by HometownLC

[Mach1bud]

Most of the vehicles in the game don't have armored windows and blow up with only one explosive. I don't understand the logic that not having these features is somehow a massive oversight by Rockstar. Unless you're one of those players who drives in an Insurgent or Kuruma all the time lest you face certain death, I don't see the issue.

 

Rockstar showed the Brickade in the trailer and never said they'd release it specifically with this feature and that feature. People put their random assumptions and speculations into play and then blame Rockstar for not doing things they never said they would do in the first place.

 

Its ridiculous.

I don't think it is unreasonable for people to think the largest armored vehicle in the game should be, ya know, armored.

[R3CON]

I don't think it is unreasonable for people to think the largest armored vehicle in the game should be, ya know, armored.

You know what happens when you assume, right?

[Mach1bud]

 

I don't think it is unreasonable for people to think the largest armored vehicle in the game should be, ya know, armored.

You know what happens when you assume, right?

Assuming and basing things on historical facts are two different things.

 

But yes I do know lol

[oleg_aka_djmeg]

It's light and gets thrown around too:

it actually weighs quite a bit, more than insurgent:

<handlingName>BRICKADE</handlingName>

<fMass value="14000.000000" />

[DangerZ0neX]

Ironically, the Rumpo has more resistance than the brickade so you might as well use that.

 

Seriously though, did Rockstar test the game or something before releasing the update? I have a good feeling they haven't done anything wrong hto my other than testing features and driving the vehicles with nothing done towards balancing.

Edited June 10, 2016 by DangerZ0neX

[Final Quake]

It's the biggest insult in this game for me. "here you are boys and girls, have a huge lumbering truck that is as weak as your zentorno!" "oh, also! it drives like the gravity has shifted in los santos!"

 

GO f*ck YOURSELF!

[Azarael]

They're not incapable of it. I'd wager that there are people on the team that can do it. But if the vast majority of the community are going to use and accept the content regardless of how weak or strong it is, and it's going to make them money, they won't ever really care about it.

[Gridl0k]

Either R* knew it needed more armour but decided to make it a chargeable item that only applies to sale runs, or they are happy with this cathedral on wheels having less armour than a limo or schafter. Also, the Peg version doesn't even have BP tyres.

 

Also moon gravity.

 

So yeah I agree with title. Frustrating as f*ck.