A '''bail out''' refers to an act of jumping from a moving vehicle. This ability was first made available in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]], and has been available in most [[Grand Theft Auto]] games since. Until GTA Vice City, the player could only exit vehicles once they came to a complete stop (with the exception of ships). The ability to bail out of land vehicles in mid-air was not made available until [[GTA IV]].
== Summary ==
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== Description ==
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Bail-outs are often used as a quick means of escaping from a vehicle which is either in danger of exploding, entering dangerous territory, or about to fall off a cliff or into water. Bailing out can also be strategically useful, allowing one to send a vehicle speeding into a group of enemies while leaving oneself free to attack independently. Bail-outs are executed with the same key or button that the player uses to enter or exit vehicles, while the vehicle is still in motion. In most cases, the player will lose a small amount of health as a result of hitting the ground after exiting the vehicle; in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], the player will not lose health when bailing out. In [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], the use of [[Ragdoll Physics|ragdoll physics]] makes it hard to predict the amount of damage the player will sustain, considering the player will now mantain inertia from the vehicle and bounce forward along the ground; it is generally greater than that suffered in previous GTA games, to the point of being potentially lethal to players with moderately low health. Also, since the player will contiune moving forward alongside with the car after bailing out until they lose all momentum, bailing out can still lead to death if the car explodes next to the player or if the player bails out too late right before a cliff or high ledge.
Bail-outs can be done from aircraft, as well as land vehicles. As falls from high altitudes are invariably lethal unless the player lands in water, in GTA San Andreas players are equipped with [[parachute]]s after exiting any aircraft, to provide a chance of survival after ejecting.
== See also ==
* [[Involuntary Ejection|Involuntary ejection from a vehicle]]
