jensenferdy
commented
4 years ago The Subaru I believe is balanced. It might have the handling (not as good as it used to be) but it does not have the speed anymore. Coming to the conclusion of "The SASP keeps its current motor pool and simply executes Tennessee v. Garner and opens fire on fleeing felons" is a no no. The easiest outcome which you may not like is let them get away. If they're posing that much of a risk, call it off.
As Jack said, think about the longevity of the RP, grab a plate, recognise a face. Try build a case instead of the same 'Chase, catch' mentality. If they're that much of a threat, more often than not they will be too hot to hide and they will be found sooner or later.
Coming back to my point above about opening fire. The SASP should not be posing that much of a threat to the suspects. If they open fire from the get go then we get it, they're a loose cannon. What I am trying to say is the crims will only open fire if we are munching their back bumper. If we stay back, try get an insight to who we are looking for, then we can get other measures in place such as Air-1 or spike strips. No need to go Bruce Willis and ram them off the road because if anything this is what causes them to shoot.
AndresHint
Senlar
Jarrrk
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Currently the SASP has limited tools at their disposal to deal with certain civilian vehicles. While it is true that SASP should not win every chase, they should be inclined to win a percentage of them.
With the city in its current state, most pursuits are conducted with stolen local vehicles, making the current SASP Motor Pool more than acceptable. However, with time civilians will regain access to higher powered vehicles. As has been demonstrated in the past, civilians have no qualms using a $800k four door, i.e. the Bentayaga, in a police pursuit, despite the vehicle bearing their personal license plate.
Further, the SASP completely lacks off-road options with the removal of the BMW, which was treated in part as a crossover bike for some off-road pursuits.
Describe the feature you'd like
Off-road Pursuit Vehicles
Currently the SASP has only two vehicles capable of any form of off-road pursuit. (1) AIR-1, which requires a rank of Sgt. or higher to deploy or (2) the Ford Explorer, which requires a rank of Sgt. or higher to deploy.
Meanwhile, civilians have access to the Sanchez dirtbike, capable of speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, at the entry cost of $11,000.00 (a single Gruppe Sechs run in some cases). This is not including other options such as the Kamacho, Guardian, Riata, and others, all available for $200,000.00 or less.
The police needs 1-2 further options for off-road utility vehicles.
One option is a police truck, implemented in base GTA V as part of the casino update. This individual asset could be implemented and re-skinned to fit the current SASP liveries.
Another option would be the import of another truck, such as one like this or this F250 or modifications performed to vehicles and assets already in game such as the Riata or F150.
Secondary options should be considered such as a a police dirt bike (a modification of an existing vehicle, perhaps) or other off-road vehicles such as the Kamacho.
Realistically these options should require specific off-road training and pursuit tactics, handled within the SASP, and should be available beginning at Trp. II - Trp. III.
SASP Vehicle - Handling Options
Another issue facing the SASP are vehicles such as the Subaru SSTI and Bentayaga which are capable of turning corners at exceptional speeds.
The SASP needs a particular vehicle capable of combating that. Such a vehicle should not be a standard pursuit vehicle capable of reaching high top speeds, but should instead focus primarily on catching suspects who have a tendency to turn corners sharply at high rates of speed continuously.
I would recommend something along the lines of the Ford Taurus, previously available, but modified to meet (or almost meet) the performance standard of vehicles such as the SSTI or Bentayaga.
Describe alternatives you've considered Modify the BMW to match statistics with the Honda CBR and put it back in circulation.
Additional context
At this stage the SASP has been, at least internally, requesting off-road pursuit vehicles and additional vehicle options for a very long time. Although it is unanimously agreed that the BMW should not be able to keep up with a $2 million super car, the BMW was also our department's primary, if not only, way of catching many popular civilian vehicles.
Right now many in the SASP feel as though something has been taken away with nothing being given and no alternatives being considered, and one of our primary tools for catching some of the city's most common vehicles was squandered.
While right now we are in a post wipe state and many of these vehicles are not on the streets, in a few weeks time as these vehicles begin to re-emerge the SASP will need further tools to combat these cars.