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Beta Vehicles are vehicles that were not included in the game. There are types of beta vehicles, mainly: Deleted, Spawnable, Beta Names and Beta Models. Deleted Vehicles never appear in the final game while other beta vehicles are hidden in the games' files and can be obtain though can't be appear normally in the streets or spawn in the streets. Others have been renamed or remodeled to fit in the final version of the game. Also, the some cars look more like the real cars on which they are based on compared to the final versions which may have been removed or changed to avoid copyright issues.
Deleted Vehicles
These are vehicles that were deleted or cut before the games' release and cannot be spawned through third party trainers or cheat device.
GTA 2
Several unnamed cars never appeared in the final version.[1]
GTA III
- Army Helicopter
The Army Helicopter was cut.
"Brigham" was a green car that was featured in beta Grand Theft Auto III. It was based on the Cadillac (Fleetwood) Brougham.
The Luton, a box van, which the model's cargo compartment later became the basis for the Mule's. It was cut from GTA III.[2]
The Panto was another vehicle that was cut in GTA III. The car was planned to be a four-door sedan similar to Fiat 128.[2]
The School Bus was meant to be appeared in GTA III but it was likely removed due to abscence of children in the game. It was used on one mission for Darkel where you to blow up a School Bus with children inside.[3]
GTA Vice City
- Coastguard Maverick
A new helicopter named the Coastguard Maverick was meant to appear in GTA VC and was probably used by the coastguards but was cut during development.
GTA San Andreas
Many previews publicated before the game's release told of about 425 vehicles included in-game.
The plane previously seen in Vice City and Liberty City was replaced by the AT-400. Untextured model and handling still exist.
Both Bloodring Bangers were planned to appear in GTA San Andreas. Only the "bloodra" (based on the Glendale) is featured, but the handling of the "bloodrb" (based on the Oceanic) remains.
- FBI Car
The FBI Car was cut from GTA San Andreas. It was similar to the Las Venturas Police Car, but had a different grille. The model was featured in an unused cutscene.
- Float
A totally new vehicle. Despite its name, it does not seem to be a boat. It appears to be a train.
- Roller
Another new vehicle. Nothing is known about it but its handling, which is very similar to the Caddy's, implying this was meant to be a second golf kart.
A cut weapon in GTA: San Andreas but also a vehicle. It was cut during the development of the game and was planned to be introduced in the mission Madd Dogg's Rhymes. The HUD icon is the only remain of the skateboard.
The famous boat from Vice City was meant to come back in San Andreas. Apart from the handling, there is no leftover.
GTA Liberty City Stories
- Bullion
It was probably a customized Stallion or a Shelby GT500.
- Cyclone GT
A fast car which was cut during development. Nothing is known about it.
- Evidence
It was probably a car used during the mission L.C. Confidential.
According to text file, Toyota Supra was going to appear, possibly refering to the Jester.
- Lancer MF1
A fast expensive car based on McLaren F1 LM.
- Tommy
It was a small car based on Austin Mini.
- Skoiloine
Japanese car based on Nissan Skyline GT-R.
According to text file, Subaru Impreza WRX was going to appear, possibly refering to the Sultan.
GTA Vice City Stories
- Ambassador
A new boat which was cut. It was still listed in the official game guide, but the its picture was accidentally replaced with Speeder's, so nothing is known about this boat.
- Coastguard Maverick
Coastguard Maverick was either cut again or was just a leftover from the cut vehicle in GTA Vice City.
A comeback four-door sedan in GTA III and LCS, but it was cut.
Unnamed bike
An unnamed motorcycle (possibly a different Streetfighter or PCJ-600) was cut.
GTA IV
The Andromada plane from San Andreas was cut in the early development of GTA IV. Only the handling remains.
According to audio files, the Buffalo was a cut car until The Ballad of Gay Tony.
According to some hidden audio files, the golf cart was already planned to be available in GTA IV. Its appearance was also delayed until The Ballad of Gay Tony.
The Coach was cut during the development of GTA IV. Its imagination can be seen in the Higgins Helitours commercial.
This second plane was also cut from GTA IV, the handling can still be found in the game files.
NOOSE Boxville
The NOOSE variant of the Boxville can be seen in the background of an early GTA IV screenshot.
Another new plane which was cut was meant to be introduced in GTA IV.
This car from GTA San Andreas could appear in Liberty City. It has possibly become the Faction, as they are both based on G-body Buicks. Only few audio files still exist.
The Previon from GTA San Andreas was meant to return in Grand Theft Auto IV, but only some audio files remained. It could've served as the basis of the Hakumai's design as both cars are based on similarly styled Hondas.
Angel - Daemon - Diabolus - Hexer - Lycan - Nightblade - Revenant - Wolfsbane
Eight chopper motorbikes, finally made available in The Lost and Damned, already had their model and texture in GTA IV. They can be used ingame like normal bikes with help of modifications.
GTA The Lost and Damned
A different Admiral (internally named "admiral2") was meant to be featured in GTA: The Lost and Damned. It is believed that this was going to be the old Admiral (based on a Mercedes). Very few files still exist.
The Rhino tank was cut from the final version, although some files still exist.
GTA The Ballad of Gay Tony
Robin
A small new car. Its only leftover is the handling. Its name was propably devired from three-wheeled car Reliant Robin.
Beta Names
These are the vehicles that had their names cut before the games' release and then renamed again. There were no changes of the car and deletion of it, only the name have been rechanged. Below are lists of vehicles that their names changed.
GTA III
Beta Name | Current Name |
---|---|
Ariant[2] | Manana |
Aster[2] | Moonbeam |
Beamer[2] | Sentinel |
Columbia | Cartel Cruiser |
Dyablo[2] | Infernus |
Esparanto[2] | Esperanto |
Hachura[2] | Idaho |
Hum Vee[2] | Patriot |
Maurice[2] | Perennial |
Rocket[2] | Cheetah |
Security Van | Securicar |
Sentinal[2] | Kuruma |
Shark[2] | Stinger |
Space[2] | Blista |
Yakuza | Yakuza Stinger |
GTA Vice City
Beta Name | Current Name |
---|---|
Cougar | Virgo |
Desperado | Mesa Grande |
GTA San Andreas
Beta Name | Current Name |
---|---|
Elegance[4] | Elegant |
Legend 566 | Elegy |
Mesa Grande | Mesa |
Top Fun | Berkley's RC Van |
GTA Vice City Stories
Beta Name | Current Name |
---|---|
Enforcer | VCPD Enforcer |
Police | VCPD Cruiser |
GTA IV
Beta Name | Current Name |
---|---|
Albany | Roman's Taxi |
Bobber | Freeway |
E109 | Contender |
Majestic | Faction |
Marbella | Marbelle |
GTA The Lost and Damned
Beta Name | Current Name |
---|---|
Bati 801 | Bati 800 |
Bati 801R | Bati Custom |
Double T Drag | Double T Custom |
Hakuchou Drag | Hakuchou Custom |
GTA The Ballad of Gay Tony
Beta Name | Current Name |
---|---|
Faggio Ultra | Faggio (TBOGT version) |
Spawnable Vehicles
Similar to the deleted vehicles but the difference is that they can be spawned through mods or cheat devices.
GTA San Andreas
A remote controlled vehicle that is disguised as a pot. It is never used in the game, is rideable and can support 2 people.
An APC that was cut before the game's release. It was planned to appear in the cut mission The Truth is Out There.
GTA Liberty City Stories
The famous plane from GTA III could be reintroduced in LCS. It can be spawned via trainers, but the lack of acceleration renders the plane as useless. It has not ingame name.
GTA LCS was made with use of GTA VC engine. The Hunter is the proof. Helicopter can be spawned via using trainers, has working weaponry, but has no name ingame and cannot be used in Vigilante missions.
The same like above.
GTA Vice City Stories
FBI Rancher was cut. However, it can be spawned through cheat devices.
The VCN chopper was cut. However, it can be spawned through cheat devices.
GTA The Lost and Damned
The Tampa was originally supposed to spawn around Liberty City. Now it is seen only in introduction's cutscene.
GTA The Ballad of Gay Tony
A stumpy looking truck that was cut. It can be obtain through modifications and downloading save files.
Beta Models
These are vehicles that were changed or their colors cut during development. A few of this are aesthetic changes, includes removal of rims, spoilers, etc. Some beta models can be obtained through cheat devices while others not.
GTA 2
- The vehicles in the beta version looked vastly different, and were more detailed.[1]
GTA III
- All vehicles had the same wheel design.[2]
- The headlights and grille of the Blista were different, and it lacked a badge.[2]
- The Bobcat originally had a rollcage.
- The front-end of the Cheetah was slightly different, lacking a badge.[2]
- The Dodo's wings were cut short and making it nearly impossible to fly.
- The Esperanto and Idaho once had hydraulics.
- The front-end of the Idaho was slightly different.[2]
- The Infernus more closely resembles a Lamborghini Diablo.[2]
- The front-end of the Kuruma was less boxish, and its bumpers didn't stick out.[2]
- The Patriot had a lower ground clearance.[2]
- LCPD Police and Enforcer had different livery colors, changing the then-current blue and white stripe to black and white stripe.[5]
- The Police Helicopter originally was all white.
- The Sentinel more closely resembled a BMW 5 Series.[2]
- The Stinger's front-end was smoother and lacked a badge.[2]
- Taxis were originally only all yellow.
- The Yardie Lobo had a blue and yellow design.
- The Mr.Whoopee was red instead of grey. [5]
GTA Vice City
- The Blista Compact originally looked almost identical to the Honda CRX and featured the letters GPX on the back.[6]
- The Infernus had thin rectangles for its headlights and taillights and had larger spoilers.[7]
- The Moonbeam was originally, implied, to have sliding rear doors.
- The VCPD Cruiser were originally white with red and blue stripes, similar to early Miami police cars.[8]
- The Sentinel originally had different rear styling.
- The Virgo originally had a different look.[9]
- The Washington originally had different frontal styling.[10]
- The Sabre and Sabre Turbo had different front grilles.[11]
- The Angel was different and also had different color.
- The Hermes had a different grille.[12]
- The Patriot's original GTA 3 model can be seen in early screenshots.
- The Cabbie's original GTA 3 model can be seen in early screenshots.
- The Faggio's headlight was round in early screenshots.[13]
- The Regina's taillights were originally metal rimmed and had a reverse lamp.[14]
- The Rancher used to have different wheel rims.[15]
- The Walton used to have different wheel rims.[16]
GTA San Andreas
- Many cars had different rims. Most cars from GTA Vice City were identical to that rendition (Walton, Greenwood, Sabre, Oceanic, Admiral, etc).[17]
- The Bullet had a different look. Instead of one hood scoop, it had two.[18]
- The Clover had different taillights.[19]
- The Hydra originally was very different, the full beta picutre can be seen in the zero rc shop. </ref>
- The Savanna had a different grille, different rear bumper and only 2 doors.[20][21]
- The Jester had a different front bumper.[22]
- The Landstalker roof and design was flatter than the final design.[23]
- A very early screenshot showed a Sparrow in place of a Police Maverick. Some believe that either the Maverick model wasnt finished yet, or at one point the Sparrow was going be used as a second Police aircraft.[24]
- The Combine Harvester originally had a green body color, no stepbars into the driver cab, and a less detailed combine head.[25]
- The HPV-1000 had different decals.[26]
- The Stratum had en emblem on the hood.[27]
- The Fortune had different headlights.[28]
- The Sanchez was similar to the Vice City rendition.[29]
- The San Fierro Police Car (and possibly the Premier and the Taxi) had a closer resemblance with a Chevrolet Caprice with a different grille, rounded "beached whale" design, and it also features the skirted rear fenders of 1991-1993 Caprices.[30] The model was featured in an unused cutscene.
- The Journey had a different yellow and blue stripe vinyl.[31]
- Each city had its own Police Maverick and police bike.[32][33]
- The Taxi was identical to its Vice City rendition.[34]
- The Elegant's appearance was featuring a gray bumper (oddly, the rear bumper's color matches that of the body) and a simpler lower mask.[4]
GTA Liberty City Stories
- Originally, the Police was similar to pre-9/11 police cars but it was changed back to police cars similar to GTA III.
- * The PCJ-600 was similar to the Vice City and San Andreas rendition.[35] Also there was once a golden PCJ 600 but was cut.[36]
- There was a golden Stinger but was cut.
- There was an orange Landstalker that was removed.
- There was a blue Perennial and was removed also.
GTA Vice City Stories
- The Cholo Sabre was once colored blue at the early stage of the development, but was changed. Also, the car was colored white with stripes later.
GTA IV
- The Enforcer was going to share chassis with the Boxville.[37]
- The Taxi had a black variant.
- The Merit had a different grille.
- The Annihilator was missing a yellow stripe.[38]
- The Marbelle looked more like the Ford Granada it was primarily based on.[39]
- The Packer's ramp could touch the ground.[40] It never appears in-game but it can be spawned with third party trainers.
- The Turismo had a different grille. Also it could have rear spoiler later.[41]
GTA The Lost and Damned
- The Diabolus had "Diabolus" decals written on it.
- The Angel had side panniers, like in GTA Vice City.
GTA The Ballad of Gay Tony
- The Skylift looked more like its real-life counterpart, the Sikorsky S-64 "Skycrane".
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 GTA 2 Beta Vehicles - WikiGTA.org
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 Capital Autos teaser site
- ↑ School Bus - IGN.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Image:Elegant-GTASA-billboard.jpg
- ↑ Police Car - IGN.com
- ↑ Blista Compact - IGN.com
- ↑ Infernus - IGN.com
- ↑ Police Car - IGN.com
- ↑ Virgo - IGN.com
- ↑ Washington - IGN.com
- ↑ Sabre - IGN.com
- ↑ Hermes - IGN.com
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ Rims + Vice City rendition - gtasanandreas.net
- ↑ Bullet - IGN.com
- ↑ Clover - gtasanandreas.net
- ↑ Savanna front - IGN.com
- ↑ Savanna rear - gtasanandreas.net
- ↑ Jester - IGN.com
- ↑ Landstalker - IGN.com
- ↑ Police Sparrow - IGN.com
- ↑ Combine Harvester - IGN.com
- ↑ HPV-1000 - IGN.com
- ↑ Stratum - IGN.com
- ↑ Fortune - IGN.com
- ↑ Sanchez - IGN.com
- ↑ Image:Police-GTASA-SFPD-beta-front.png
- ↑ Journey - gtasanandreas.net
- ↑ Police Maverick - gtasanandreas.net
- ↑ HPV1000 - gtasanandreas.net
- ↑ Taxi - gtasanandreas.net
- ↑ PCJ 600 - IGN.com
- ↑ Golden PCJ 600 - IGN.com
- ↑ NOOSE Boxville - IGN.com
- ↑ Annihilator - IGN.com
- ↑ Marbelle - IGN.com
- ↑ Packer - IGN.com
- ↑ Turismo - IGN.com