Rat Rod Tornado and Drift Tampa: the end of Benny's?

[Shaytan]

I can't say I'd lose sleep over Benny's cars waiting a while (no offense to those who enjoy them). I mean, they're so expensive, and they already had a (relatively) recent period where they were in the spotlight.

 

That's just my take on it though - I respect that I'm probably not in the majority.

Don't get me wrong, I always defended and still defend Benny's was overly expensive, was mostly recycled glitchy content and was overly milked for awhile (and that's what I find strange when they suddently cut the content, yet release stuff imo could perfectly suit it - much more than some of the crap you can customize there). Thing is, some cars such as the Sultan RS (my personal favourite) benefit a lot from all the personalizations, and I'd say some cars such as the McLaren F1 knockoff would too.

[Big_Show]

R* just add the Hermes to Benny's stock, and all will be forgiven!

 

[SPECTER II]

Add Benny upgrades to supercars and people will be flocking over there.

[Non Funkable Token]

Do you remember the last dupe glitches? People had to dupe Benny's cars to get good profit because the most expensive cars (Proto, T20, etc) didn't sell for their adequate price when duped. The workaround R* has to control damage when a dupe is active apparently doesn't work with Benny's cars.

 

If it's true they're moving on from Benny's, I think this could be the main reason behind that.

[Hunter]

Do you remember the last dupe glitches? People had to dupe Benny's cars to get good profit because the most expensive cars (Proto, T20, etc) didn't sell for their adequate price when duped. The workaround R* has to control damage when a dupe is active apparently doesn't work with Benny's cars.

 

If it's true they're moving on from Benny's, I think this could be the main reason behind that.

It's kind of funny how the high prices for Benny's stuff came back to bite them lol.

 

I don't know if that would be the reason though - I mean, the Sultan is still there, and still sells for a much higher value than any of the other cars. I could be wrong though.

[MrTroubleMaker]

Do you remember the last dupe glitches? People had to dupe Benny's cars to get good profit because the most expensive cars (Proto, T20, etc) didn't sell for their adequate price when duped. The workaround R* has to control damage when a dupe is active apparently doesn't work with Benny's cars.

 

If it's true they're moving on from Benny's, I think this could be the main reason behind that.

It still baffles me that R* still hasn't added the extra "filters" to consoles that PC has had for a very long time. It would have stopped most of the past glitches. For example LSC has a sell cap limit on street vehicles around 120k, dupe vehicles revert back to the original version, ect.

Edited November 7, 2016 by MrTroubleMaker

[Semaj 2JZ♢]

I can see the new Youga that is coming could possibly be a Bennys mod-able. It looks too stock as is.

[Shadowfennekin]

I'd be glad honestly if Benny's f*cked off. When all we were getting were "new cars" that we already had I was debating quitting the game as it was growing boring.

The Princess Robot Bubblegum mobile helped tide me through the rest but still..... f*ck Benny's it is too expensive and boring to sit through "updates" of nothing NEW

[Forty-Five-Auto]

We don't really know how the devs handle the task of making new vehicles, the "Drift" Tampa and the Ratnado may be as barebones as they are because of time constraints or even lack of effort to add more bells and whistles.

 

It's a bit too early to say if Benny's is "dead", I could still see a Peyote, Dukes, or even a Rhapsody custom being made. They put in the effort to give us motorcycle melee and animated timing belts and that's enough of a sign for me to hope for more in the next update.

[fantabulicious]

pretty sure benny's did it's job bringing players BACK to GTA at the time, it definitely fizzled since then for sure. but i agree fundamentally, it would've made basic common sense to ratrod faction the tornado at bennys'. however, i think perhaps benny has a benchmark or standard of quality that cannot leave the garage in that condition (rust, weathered paint, etc)

 

it would've been nice though, i was saving a convertible gasoline green tornado specifically for it!

 

I would pay a million dollars for a Bennyfied Futo (Sultan RS style).

fvck ya... i'll take blista compact!

 

[elfoam]

Do you remember the last dupe glitches? People had to dupe Benny's cars to get good profit because the most expensive cars (Proto, T20, etc) didn't sell for their adequate price when duped. The workaround R* has to control damage when a dupe is active apparently doesn't work with Benny's cars.

 

If it's true they're moving on from Benny's, I think this could be the main reason behind that.

The dupes contain the car value of the car you duped onto. This is usually a rebel, elegy, fagio.. So that's why you mostly only get 60% of the mod value. You can dupe onto a tyrus if you really want to and have a 1.5 million low rider.. But that's just throwing money away. Rockstar thought they were well on top of duping in the months leading up to the low rider release and they _were_ but they've well lost the plot since then. But that's how life is, the more money you take off someone the more they are going to take off you.

[CaliMeatWagon]

I think you're right. Rockstar doesn't seem to know how to tie previously released things to new stuff.

Also see: the Rumpo Custom. Could have easily been a Benny's upgrade for the Rumpo costing $100k but instead it's a whole new vehicle.

If we ever get the supposed Tuners update it'll probably be a new shop, if they aren't just LSC cars.

 

I disagree with this. A lot of the supply missions and contract missions from the Biker DLC utilize items from previous DLC's. From NPC's using the Contender, to having to stab a NPC with a broken bottle while he's trying to shoot me with the heavy revolver.

 

Plus, a couple of the Benny's vehicles came in previous DLC's, like that car that looks like a Lincoln.

 

I don't know why they haven't included more vehicles in Benny's list, but it's not because of an inability to use old DLC assets with new DLC.

[Smooth Longsack]

Add Benny upgrades to supercars and people will be flocking over there.

Down force upgrade on all current supers, please/thanks.

[JesusFR33K]

pretty sure benny's did it's job bringing players BACK to GTA at the time, it definitely fizzled since then for sure. but i agree fundamentally, it would've made basic common sense to ratrod faction the tornado at bennys'. however, i think perhaps benny has a benchmark or standard of quality that cannot leave the garage in that condition (rust, weathered paint, etc)

 

it would've been nice though, i was saving a convertible gasoline green tornado specifically for it!

 

I would pay a million dollars for a Bennyfied Futo (Sultan RS style).

 

fvck ya... i'll take blista compact!

 

 

 

I would bennify my blista c just so it had some bumper options to match the sideskirts lol.

[JesusFR33K]

R* just add the Hermes to Benny's stock, and all will be forgiven!

 

They better give the hood n grill options to make a clone of Marion Cobretti's car, or they will be the disease and i will be "The Cure"

[No Use For A Name]

Benny needs to add a repair shop. I'd gladly pay $100k to remove the rust and other crap from my seawash Tornado. I'm not paying half a mil to turn it into a lowrider

[Jimmy]

Provabaly a coding issue. While many of us do not like benny's, I actually have modded 4 cars in there and pretty sure all of us various list of cars which we want to see at Benny's. I also believe that there will be additions to the list over the course of time.

[gtmike]

Yeah Benny's is dead. R* just realized they could put in 1/4 of the effort and charge the same crazy price for new cars. I still but them though, and I still secretly hope for the magical tuner update but I'm not holding my breath.

[Mattoropael]

 

I think you're looking into this too hard. The Drift Tampa is hardly any different than say the racecar versions of the Dominator, Massacro, Gauntlet, etc. There is already a custom Tornado so it was probably simpler to just make the rat rod a new vehicle altogether.

You what? The racecar versions are little more than street cars with a livery slapped on and a couple of performance tweaks. The drift Tampa is a completely different model to the original.

 

Edit: condensed version of ^

 

 

More importantly, the Massacro/Jester and the ex-SP-exclusive stock cars existed before Benny's was a thing.

 

 

I can't say I'd lose sleep over Benny's cars waiting a while (no offense to those who enjoy them). I mean, they're so expensive, and they already had a (relatively) recent period where they were in the spotlight.

 

That's just my take on it though - I respect that I'm probably not in the majority.

 

Or the fact that they cost a sh*t ton to quick-repair in LSC.

[Zader]

Unfortunately, I can't see many more cars receiving the detailed Benny's treatment that the last set of conversions got almost a year ago.

Considering I'm still waiting on a Peyote lowrider, I'd say we're at least done with that side of Benny's detailing.

[Misanthrope Z]

Benny's gives me a tiny bit of hope for a JDM update

 

 

i'd like to think the Sultan RS was just the beginning. doubt it though.

[Coleco]

Bennys would have been better if cars didn't have to have hydraulics. Can't I just have the look without the functionality? Especially considering it comes at the cost of being able to duck in cars - which is sometimes really useful! Also, most of the liveries are colour-specific - a really short-sighted move on R*'s part. Let's not forget some extortionate pricing too, which while I understand why it was handled that way, it was a huge incentive for me not to bother with mods for 'novelty' cars.

 

Also, Interior colour selection shouldn't be exclusive to specific vehicles. Especially considering most of the interior details are heavily recycled (the Youga Classic van looks like it has a 21st century interior).

 

 

 

[el carlitos]

I agree with Z.Andy.

The Tampa and the Tornado Drag had a lot of potential regarding tuning options. If the upgrades were available at LSC or Benny´s isn´t too important. But just upgrading the standard Tampa into a racing/drift version at Benny´s with a lot of tuning options would have been great. Same for the Tornado.

Is Benny dead? I did not lose hope yet. Tuning is just too popular at GTA. Benny´s has a lot of potential also for Shark card sales.

R* give us more tuning options.

Edited November 7, 2016 by el carlitos