Speeder

Vehicle
Speeder
A Speeder in its original appearance in GTA 1.
A Speeder in its original appearance in GTA 1.
A Speeder in its original appearance in GTA 1.
Appearance(s) GTA 1
GTA III
GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
GTA Chinatown Wars
GTA V
Vehicle type Civilian car (GTA 1)
Civilian watercraft (GTA III - GTA Chinatown Wars)
Body style 2-door sports car (GTA 1)
Speedboat (GTA III - GTA Chinatown Wars)
Capacity 2 (driver and 1 passenger) (GTA 1)
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The Speeder refers to two iterations of vehicles in the Grand Theft Auto series. The Speeder name was originally adopted for a sports car in the original Grand Theft Auto, but was to be later associated with a speed boat in games after GTA III.

Description

GTA 1 (as a car)

A Speeder in GTA 1.

The Speeder in GTA 1 is designed as an open-top sports car similar to a Porsche 911 classic, comparable to the game's Porka, Penetrator and Porka Turbo.

As expected from a sports car, the Speeder's performance is considerably good. The car is capable of excellent top speeds, although its acceleration, being only above average, may not take full advantage of it. The car also possess good braking, as well as improved turning and handling, although it has moderate grip. The car's base export value is also high: $1,000 in mint condition.

GTA III — GTA Chinatown Wars (as a boat)

"Boat popular with Cuban runners."
- Official Vice City Bureau of Investigation file description, GTA Vice City.[1]


Between GTA III — GTA Chinatown Wars, the Speeder is a speed boat, appearing in every game in the sequence except GTA Advance and GTA IV.

Designed as a lean watercraft, the Speeder is a good boat in terms of handling and speed, being the fastest boat in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. In other appearances, however, the boat's performance is surpassed by faster boats, such as the Jetmax, Squalo and Violator; as a result, it is only the third fastest in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, and the fourth fastest in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

It is one of the easiest boats to obtain, and can be found at many docks and ports throughout the cities. In GTA Vice City Stories, this boat is very rare and can only be obtained during the smuggling side-missions.

Locations

GTA 1
GTA III
GTA Vice City
  • Docked by the marina in Ocean Beach.
  • Found attached at the back of Colonel Cortez' yacht, although it is simply a non-solid prop. After completing All Hands on Deck!, the player is given this Speeder as a gift from Cortez and as a means to return to land.
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
  • Can only be obtained during the smuggling side-missions.
GTA V
  • Can be obtained for free from a protagonist's dock property, provided the Beach Bum Update is installed.

Trivia

  • In a BradyGames guide for GTA Vice City the possible beta name for the Speeder was the "Ambassador", as seen through one of the images in the guide.
  • In GTA San Andreas, the default radio station is K-DST.

See also

Reference

  1. Vice City Crime Tree. Rockstar Games. official GTA Vice City website