Is Luis a good Driver?

[Luisrockz]

I mean it is clearly shown that Niko was not a good driver as he was in army, war etc. Johnny on the other hand is only focused on bikes. And even calls car as  cage. But No such thing I came to know about Luis, How good a driver is Luis Lopez himself? That still remains a mystery. Is there any clues or hints that says Luis isn't a good driver?

[DOUGL4S1]

Uh... Just don't tell Tony, ok?

[Niobium]

i think y'all take these character's abilities too seriously. johnny and luis are just reskinned nikos. anything niko can do, they can do too

[MyNameIsNotImportantBro]

Depends on the player

[Aquamaniac]

4 hours ago, Luisrockz said:

I mean it is clearly shown that Niko was not a good driver as he was in army, war etc. Johnny on the other hand is only focused on bikes. And even calls car as  cage. But No such thing I came to know about Luis, How good a driver is Luis Lopez himself? That still remains a mystery. Is there any clues or hints that says Luis isn't a good driver?

 

How does being in the army make you a bad driver? Niko does street races where Luis does not, or did he?

[Nappy]

Both Niko and Luis are cool drivers i guess.

[billiejoearmstrong8]

4 hours ago, Aquamaniac said:

 

How does being in the army make you a bad driver? Niko does street races where Luis does not, or did he?

Luis does "triathlons" that are made up of skydiving, power boating and racing supercars with nitro. I'd say that alone shows he's supposed to be the best car driver of the three. He also does some fancy street racing/stunts in a mission with Mori and Brucie.

Edited May 2, 2020 by billiejoearmstrong8

[HOW'S ANNIE?]

For me personally, whenever I play TBOGT I mostly commute on-foot and via the subway. Unless of course I'm given a vehicle throughout a mission. Luis never seemed to me to be the sort to carjack left-right and centre like Niko would. He's no petty criminal. 

 

As for his driving skill itself, doesn't Tony mention at one point he paid for Luis to take an advanced driving course? This alone should prove he's more than adequate behind the wheel.

Edited May 2, 2020 by HOW'S ANNIE?

[MyNameIsNotImportantBro]

1 minute ago, HOW'S ANNIE? said:

doesn't Tony mention at one point he paid for Luis to take an advanced driving course? 

Ah yes, Luis toke a flying school

[HOW'S ANNIE?]

Just now, OmarMohammed said:

Ah yes, Luis toke a flying school

I'm almost 99% sure Tony mentions "advanced driving lessons" somewhere in game. I think he says something about it when you crash the car with him as a passenger. But I haven't drived into tbogts story in a while either.

[MyNameIsNotImportantBro]

1 minute ago, HOW'S ANNIE? said:

I'm almost 99% sure Tony mentions "advanced driving lessons" somewhere in game. I think he says something about it when you crash the car with him as a passenger. But I haven't drived into tbogts story in a while either.

He mentions it in the mission "Blog....." something like that.

[Mister Pink]

7 minutes ago, HOW'S ANNIE? said:

For me personally, whenever I play TBOGT I mostly commute by on-foot and using the subway, unless I'm given a vehicle throughout a mission. Luis never seemed to me to be the sort to carjack left-right and centre like Niko would. He's no petty criminal. 

That's some real roleplaying, right there. I might actually give that a go. I'm roleplaying to be more Niko with Niko lately. Disposing of cars after hits etc. Not using some of the crazier weapons and making sure I'd drive cars that Niko might drive relative to his budget (don't want to be driving sports cars to attract lots of attention). I certainly drive cars relative to his line of work; Cavalcade is one. It's almost indestructible, and not too flashy. I wear dark clothing and nothing too flashy either. 

 

When I eventually get to play TBoGT I might just do that with Luis for as much as I can because you are righr, Luis doesn't seem like the petty thief. Maybe I'll only save cars I've aquired from other people in "the game." 

 

But on-topic, been so long, I can't say. I think don't see Luis as much of a driver. In fact, I could imagine Luis being more in to motorbikes, sports ones. 

Edited May 2, 2020 by Mister Pink

[Algonquin Assassin]

As far as I'm concerned if GTA IV/EFLC had skills like GTA V I think it would be something like this...

 

Niko would probably be the best at driving since he partake in street races and steal cars for Brucie/Stevie.

 

Johnny at riding bikes because well it's obvious why he is.

 

Luis at flying since he spends a few missions in helicopters and parachuting.

 

Of course the three of them have to be adequate enough to drive, but if we talk about excelling in particular areas that's how I'd see it.

 

 

 

[HOW'S ANNIE?]

2 minutes ago, Mister Pink said:

That's some real roleplaying, right there. I might actually give that a go. I'm roleplaying to be more Niko with Niko lately. Disposing of cars after hits etc. Not using some of the crazier weapons and making sure I'd drive cars that Niko might drive relative to his budget (don't want to be driving sports cars to attract lots of attention). I certainly drive cars relative to his line of work; Cavalcade is one. It's almost indestructible, and not too flashy. I wear dark clothing and nothing too flashy either. 

 

When I eventually get to play TBoGT I might just do that with Luis for as much as I can because you are righr, Luis doesn't seem like the petty thief. Maybe I'll only save cars I've aquired from other people in "the game." 

 

But on-topic, been so long, I can't say. I think don't see Luis as much of a driver. In fact, I could imagine Luis being more in to motorbikes, sports ones. 

Sorry to stray so far off topic.

Love role-playing SP in the IV trilogy. Never thought to dispose of vehicles after missions. Last time I played I had Niko driving around a resprayed Spanish Lords Primo for almost the whole story (only on missions when I knew the game won't take my car from me). Definitely going to give your way a go next playthrough. 

 

Great thing about using the subway is most of the missions in TBOGT are quite close to stations anyway. 

[Mister Pink]

10 minutes ago, HOW'S ANNIE? said:

Sorry to stray so far off topic.

Love role-playing SP in the IV trilogy. Never thought to dispose of vehicles after missions. Last time I played I had Niko driving around a resprayed Spanish Lords Primo for almost the whole story (only on missions when I knew the game won't take my car from me). Definitely going to give your way a go next playthrough. 

 

Great thing about using the subway is most of the missions in TBOGT are quite close to stations anyway. 

No worries. 

 

Great, hope you have fun with it. As I said in another thread, I wish we had the function of using a gasoline canisters in IV, so we could burn out the cars when we dispose of them. I do that in V but V doesn't have that gritty feel I get in IV. 

 

Yeah that sounds good about the subways because I was thinking, it's a bit of a waste if I didn't use them. They seem to put so much work in the the subway system that I would be nice to navigate Liberty City as a pedestrian.  If something is urgent I can grab a cab, which I'm using more often now than ever before.