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The Roadtrain is a semi-truck trailer in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Description

Design

The Roadtrain is designed as a large rugged semi-truck, being the largest, heaviest and most powerful among the game's three semi trucks (the other two being the Tanker and Linerunner), and comes complete with a large frontal bullbar, a bug catcher over the radiator grille, and twin stoke pipe air intakes.

The design of the truck itself is presumably based on heavy duty "prime movers" tractor units in Australia, which tend to be used to haul road trains (consisting of two or more articulated trailers) to remote parts of the country. Australian prime mover models such as the Macks (Black Thunder, Titan), and Western Stars may be sources of inspiration for the Roadtrain.

Performance

The truck's performance is impressive, possessing a relatively high top speed (especially in straightaways and downhill travel), as well as excellent torque for improved hill climbing and acceleration, and responsive steering and brakes. The vehicle's weight distribution and wide length and width makes the Roadtrain more stable than the Tanker or Linerunner, although high speed encounters with bumps may still flip the vehicle. The vehicle's heavy construction also makes the Roadtrain very durable.

Trivia

The default radio station in the Roadtrain is K-Rose.

Locations

Spawns regularly around the desert and countryside of San Andreas.
Found near the freight dock at Easter Basin, San Fierro.
Found in the Angel Pine Sawmill at Angel Pine, Whetstone.

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-[[Image:Roadtrain_1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Roadtrain]]
+[[Image:Roadtrain-GTASA-front.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A Roadtrain in GTA San Andreas.]]
-The '''Roadtrain''' is a new vehicle that is available in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]. It is the largest truck and has a large bullbar on the front, which makes it easy to push cars around, although it can fall off easily, even when hitting small cars.
-==Overview==
+The '''Roadtrain''' is a semi-truck trailer in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
-Roadtrain remember the real Australian Roadtrain's Tractor Unit (on Australian slang "prime mover"). That truck based on Australian models of [[wp:Mack Trucks|Mack]] (Black Thunder, Titan), and [[wp:Western Star Trucks|Western Star]].
+== Description ==
+=== Design ===
+The Roadtrain is designed as a large rugged semi-truck, being the largest, heaviest and most powerful among the game's three semi trucks (the other two being the [[Tanker]] and [[Linerunner]]), and comes complete with a large frontal bullbar, a bug catcher over the radiator grille, and twin stoke pipe air intakes.
+The design of the truck itself is presumably based on heavy duty "prime movers" tractor units in Australia, which tend to be used to haul [[wp:Road train|road trains]] (consisting of two or more articulated trailers) to remote parts of the country. Australian prime mover models such as the [[wp:Mack Trucks|Mack]]s (Black Thunder, Titan), and [[wp:Western Star Trucks|Western Star]]s may be sources of inspiration for the Roadtrain.
+=== Performance ===
+The truck's performance is impressive, possessing a relatively high top speed (especially in straightaways and downhill travel), as well as excellent torque for improved hill climbing and acceleration, and responsive steering and brakes. The vehicle's weight distribution and wide length and width makes the Roadtrain more stable than the Tanker or Linerunner, although high speed encounters with bumps may still flip the vehicle. The vehicle's heavy construction also makes the Roadtrain very durable.
 == Trivia ==