The third variant of the Hotring Racer is a race car featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Description[]
The Hotring Racer is evidently a Stock car racing vehicle, distinguished by the rather unique design and paint schemes with fictional business ads. They resemble stock cars of the mid-1980s.
In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, they are used in the "Hotring" side mission, while in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, they are used in the "8-Track" side mission.
Design[]
3D Universe[]
The third variant of the Hotring Racer resembles a 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass (front), and a 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo (rear). The vehicle is only available using cheats or glitching it out of the stadium.
The vehicle features a roll cage and netting like the "hotrina" variant. In The Definitive Edition of GTA Vice City, the car is absent and replaced by another "hotrina", albeit with different sponsors.
The advertised sponsors are listed below:
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Performance[]
3D Universe[]
The Hotring Racers in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City are fast vehicles, almost on par with most sport cars in the game, like the Infernus or the Cheetah. The top speed and the acceleration are impressive and the grip is very good. Its resistance may not be one of the best, but is still a strong vehicle. The vehicle's handling is average, but at higher speeds, it will suffer from understeer, though not as severe.
In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the third variant of the Hotring Racer shares the same performance characteristics with the other variants. It is the second fastest cars in the game in terms of top speed and boast rapid acceleration and good handling, although It is prone to fishtailing at high speeds. The Hotring Racer are rear-wheel drive, and allow drifting.
3D Universe Overview[]
| Acceleration (0-60 mph in Seconds) |
Top Speed (mph / kmh) |
Gears | Engine | Drivetrain (FWD / RWD / AWD) |
Mass (kg / lbs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | 137 / 220 | 5 | Petrol | RWD | 1600 / 3527 |
| N/A | N/A | 5 | N/A | RWD | Cannot be observed |
Gallery[]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Definitive Edition[]
Design[]
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Version History[]
Locations[]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]
- Enter GETTHEREVERYFASTINDEED (PC version cheat)
- Input R2, L1, Circle, Right, L1, R1, Right, Up, Circle, R2 (PS2 version cheat)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
- Enter VPJTQWV for the hotrinb variant. (PC version cheat)
- Input R2, L1, Circle, Right, L1, R1, Right, Up, Circle, R2 (PS2 version cheat)
Radio Stations[]
- In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the Hotring Racer (hotrinb) plays Radio X.
Trivia[]
General[]
- In Grand Theft Auto IV, the Hotring Racers make a cameo appearance in a television commercial for the Patriot 500 racing event. The commercial takes place in the 3D Universe rendition of San Andreas at the Los Santos International Airport. Carl Johnson is seen driving Hotring Racers on the airport runway.
- In GTA Online, the Drift Tampa has a livery named Hotring, while the Hotring Sabre appears as a spiritual successor.
- In GTA Online, the Tulip M-100 has a livery named "Hotring Throwback", which is almost identical to the No.27 Hotring Racer.