RUNE Zhaba Appreciation Thread

[MotantanTrantantan]

6 hours ago, SummerFreeze said:

Meh, I don't necessarily buy the usefulness argument. How useful is the Cheburek? The vast majority of vehicles in GTA aren't useful.

 

The Zhaba is a meme vehicle. That is OK. People just wanted the Sultan Classic more.

I feel like a hyppcrite now, because I was saying about not caring about usefulness, but now I do opposite. You got me there. 

 

I remember getting angry when someone started throwing crap at Youga Classic because it's not fast n' shiet. 

 

I wanted Sultan Classic too, but I also like this thing for how goofy it is. 

 

What I'msaying is some ZiL truck would still be fitting AND practically useful, while being a cliche Cold War Commietruck, filling all roles. 

[Jammsbro]

11 minutes ago, ferguson99 said:

Anyway this big truck that can drive on land or water...... will be handy for some of those Contact Missions. (like diamonds are for Trevor) 

Better off with the APC, Stormberg or even Sea Sparrow than this turd.

[Debesta]

I have also experienced this as my getaway vehicle and it really does suck. We managed to get away but, that probably is just down to sheer talent on my part. The only way to get away with it was to go offroad in the desert and mountains. The one thing this could of done well is off-road terrain but, Rockstar gave it the speed and handling of a tank, while forgetting to give it the traction. The tank can go pretty steep and hold it's postion. It can handle almost any terrain or incline. This thing just slides all over the place, snow or not. It'll just roll down a slight incline and gets stuck on everything. It's a shame.

 

Side note, Rockstar forgot to give this thing a plate option. So no black SA Exempt plate for me or you. 

Edited January 2, 2020 by Debesta

[Cahill--EFC]

I been at work since half 7 this morning, got home two hours ago....... so not really showcased it for myself yet.

 

But i will get my money back on it, when i dupe it a few times. 

[Geisterfaust]

1 hour ago, 79'Blazer4x4 said:

All the complaints are kind of pointless, the real life Sherp isn't meant to go fast(it has a top speed of 45kmh/28mph) or push vehicles out of the way, it's an all terrain vehicle, not a tank or sports car.

That's the moment where sticking to realism doesn't add any fun to the game. Rampat Rocket is not fun for quite the opposite reason: it is unrealistically slow in comparison to the IRL vehicle. It's a game, realism could be skewed in favor of fun. My main complaint is that it can't climb, hence it's not all-terrain for me.

Edited January 2, 2020 by Geisterfaust

[Agatha Baker]

The only good thing is its bullet proof glass, nobody can shoot you out. But thats it, we cant shoot at players/npcs inside either.

[Black-Dragon96]

3 minutes ago, Agatha Baker said:

The only good thing is its bullet proof glass,

Wrong. Had a griefer try to run with this thing and shot him out through the doorwindow.

[Geisterfaust]

3 minutes ago, Agatha Baker said:

The only good thing is its bullet proof glass, nobody can shoot you out. But thats it, we cant shoot at players/npcs inside either.

It's bullet-resistant, not bulletproof. It sustains the same amount of gunfire as other cars with similar glass. You can't be shot from the rear though, but with that speed bullet resistance doesn't actually help.

[Pedinhuh]

Just now, Agatha Baker said:

The only good thing is its bullet proof glass, nobody can shoot you out. But thats it, we cant shoot at players/npcs inside either.

They can, just keep shooting. The glasses aren't full bulletproof, they are bullet-resistent and will break eventually.

 

So just hit the thing with a explosion and the windows will shatter.

 

These kind of glasses are very useful for cars that agile like the CEO Schafter V12 and the Baller LE because they can get in and out of trouble fast, but this thing right here? You're dead.

[Agatha Baker]

7 minutes ago, Pedinhuh said:

They can, just keep shooting. The glasses aren't full bulletproof, they are bullet-resistent and will break eventually.

 

So just hit the thing with a explosion and the windows will shatter.

 

These kind of glasses are very useful for cars that agile like the CEO Schafter V12 and the Baller LE because they can get in and out of trouble fast, but this thing right here? You're dead.

Wauw, than its more useless than i thought.

[Geisterfaust]

2 minutes ago, Agatha Baker said:

Wauw, than its more useless than i thought.

Funny enough, they seem to be more durable during the heist.

[Fozzie]

I wonder which Tankie piece of sh*t thought this would be a good idea to add to the game?

[Agatha Baker]

[Arrows to Athens]

What foul form of brain damage or unusual neurological chemical concoction caused them to think that this was a necessary addition to the game?

 

Oh, and did I mention that it looks ugly as f*ck? Who's in charge of what vehicles to release over there at Dumbstar? 

Edited January 2, 2020 by Arrows to Athens

[AcidRain7744]

I think it looks cool, so I'm keeping it, but it drives like sht. Drove like super sht on the snow this morning.

 

Who would want one of these in real life? Looks like something the military would use to drive over zombie herds.

[White Shark]

Person: THE ZHABA IS USELESS AND HAS NO PRACTICAL USE!!!

 

Same person: Oh cool, a new supercar is being released!!

 

 

[MotantanTrantantan]

6 hours ago, AcidXRain73 said:

 

Who would want one of these in real life?

 Me, I guess. 

 

I honestly don't know how is it at your place but here in Central Russia it gets so snowy they have to load snow with dozers and haul it by dumptrucks out of the city. And out of the city is a hellhole where you don't want to go even by the highway sometimes. Put together low temperatures+blizzards+high snow levels+winter lasting seven months and you will figure that Cadillac Escalade is not the best choice for offroad territories. 

Edited January 2, 2020 by MotantanTrantantan

[Malibu Club]

This is probably one of the most sudden changes of heart I've seen about something since the whole Import/Export update dropped.

[IceDree]

1 hour ago, Agatha Baker said:

The only good thing is its bullet proof glass, nobody can shoot you out. But thats it, we cant shoot at players/npcs inside either.

 

1 hour ago, Geisterfaust said:

It's bullet-resistant, not bulletproof. It sustains the same amount of gunfire as other cars with similar glass. You can't be shot from the rear though, but with that speed bullet resistance doesn't actually help.

Yep. FMJ rounds will go through the windows like a hot knife through butter.

[Volatollotalov]

Well... I've had it a couple of hours, and I have to say it's a peculiar thing.

 

It could hardly get up the road to the dam - the only other vehicle I've ever known to have similar problems is the Faggio! Then I tried getting up Chiliad but forget about it. No chance.

 

I'll defer full judgement until after the snow clears but so far it's not looking great. Its main problem might be the weak torque of those huge wheels, or maybe the fixed-steering that means it just doesn't have any reactive manoeuvrability on even slightly uneven ground. 

 

I did however survive about 7 missiles from a broomstick amoeba, so there is an upside. 

Edited January 2, 2020 by Volatollotalov

[Geisterfaust]

19 minutes ago, IceDree said:

Yep. FMJ rounds will go through the windows like a hot knife through butter.

Speaking of, I believe that the miniguns from weaponized Tampa are firing either something close to the FMJ rounds or so powerful that can easily shoot through Kuruma's front windows. Like it matters somehow in 2020, when Kurumas are history.

[Cahill--EFC]

2 hours ago, Geisterfaust said:

That's the moment where sticking to realism doesn't add any fun to the game. Rampat Rocket is not fun for quite the opposite reason: it is unrealistically slow in comparison to the IRL vehicle. It's a game, realism could be skewed in favor of fun. My main complaint is that it can't climb, hence it's not all-terrain for me.

I don't speed in any of my vehicles

 

[IceDree]

46 minutes ago, Geisterfaust said:

Speaking of, I believe that the miniguns from weaponized Tampa are firing either something close to the FMJ rounds or so powerful that can easily shoot through Kuruma's front windows. Like it matters somehow in 2020, when Kurumas are history.

I won't be surprised if it did.

 

The Kuruma's armor wasn't all to begin with to be honest, I used to kill the occupants with the Assault shotgun when they came after me. Anything with a high rate of fire would turn it into a Swiss cheese, let alone the Weaponized Tampa with its 2 OP miniguns.

[Jammsbro]

2 hours ago, Agatha Baker said:

Welcome to mk2 targetsville

[Volatollotalov]

 

Update: I've just sold mine after all of about four hours. I feel a little stupid having bought this silly thing the first place.

 

Another in a line of disappointing and costly mistakes, this game is starting to really wear thin.  

 

 

Edited January 2, 2020 by Volatollotalov

[Pedinhuh]

3 hours ago, White Shark said:

Person: THE ZHABA IS USELESS AND HAS NO PRACTICAL USE!!!

 

Same person: Oh cool, a new supercar is being released!!

 

 

I'm not sure about you, but I think that having any sufficient amount of torque to push objects and vehicles out of the way, and also be able to go up even moderate inclines, in a very heavy and large military all-terrain transporter, should definitely f*cking count as parameter to decide if it's functional or not.

 

Edited January 3, 2020 by Pedinhuh

[White Shark]

49 minutes ago, Pedinhuh said:

I'm not sure about you, but I think that having any sufficient amount of torque to push objects and vehicles out of the way, and also be able to go up even moderate inclines, in a very heavy and large military all-terrain transporter, should definitely f*cking count as parameter to decide if it's functional or not.

 

Not saying the Zhuba is useful or worth the money. Just pointing out that those moaning usually have garage after garage filled with useless supercars. 

[Standard Deluxe 59]

For what this thing is, one would expect it to have decent low end torque and be capable in virtually any terrain. That this can't climb up Chiliad in the snow despite being marketed as an ATV is truly disappointing. The lack of torque and allusions of its performance to that of the infamous post op vans will keep me from picking this up, even if garage space wasn't an issue. 

 

[SilverRST]

5 hours ago, Arrows to Athens said:

What foul form of brain damage or unusual neurological chemical concoction caused them to think that this was a necessary addition to the game?

 

Oh, and did I mention that it looks ugly as f*ck? Who's in charge of what vehicles to release over there at Dumbstar? 

You said it much better than I had in my mind lmfao.

 

Really, this is actually truely much more useless than the Dump. With the Dump you can take...err, a dump lol. And you can carry your friends on the bed to dump them in the ocean. Or vehicles. But this thing...holy f*cking sh*t. It looks like sh*t, it drives like sh*t and it tastes like sh*t. I am just speechless.

Edited January 3, 2020 by SilverRST

[Malibu Club]

I might be the only person left who likes this thing, but I'd like to ask why the carrying capacity is only one person when it has a passenger seat? That makes no sense.

Edited January 3, 2020 by Super Gran Turismo