The Vapid Slamtruck

We're mid week in Los Santos and Vapid have announced the release of a new vehicle from there utility line-up, the Vapid Slamtruck. Available from the 21/01/2021 at Southern San Andreas Super Autos for $1,310,000. Looking back at the Slamvan you can certainly see where the designers got there inspiration, It very much continues the brand with the low and wide feel. The Big slated grill, circular nose and wide smile, all seem to be borrowed from it's smaller brother. However the Slamtruck is much bigger with big flared wheel arches that have steps for climbing into the cabin. A huge hood that distinctively stands out, bulging while sitting proud up front. The cabs quite spacious with room up front for two, while the ramped back would make the perfect place for transporting vehicles (More on that later). Performance wise it's not great you'd do better measuring the breaking distance in kilometers, the 0-60 time with a calendar, and the handling lacks a certain finesse even the AI has trouble getting it into the garage. The Slamtruck suffers with extreme under-steer and then excessive over-steer. It's not particularly fun to drive however if you're up for the challenge I'm sure you could get it to hold a good drift. This is however a utility vehicle and not a track racer so all of that can sort of be forgiven, well it could if it could tow. You see it comes with this spacious area on the back for lugging vehicles around however, any vehicle drive or placed on the back isn't secured so they often slide around and fall off. As standard it's also equipped with hydraulics to lower the rear so you can drive a car on, although they seem to be a bit buggy at least on PC. Hydralics cant be activated by holding 'X' (PC or Playstation), 'A' (Xbox) and then move the on the left analogue stick up or down (Playstation, Xbox) or shift/control (PC)

Due to a recent spate of accidents involving this model, Vapid wants to remind any potential buyers that a common side effect of driving the Slamtruck is the constant stream of assholes attempting to clear your ramp on the freeway. See one coming? For the love of god, duck.

The Drag Strip

That's right! What better way to test it then to send it hurtling down runway three of Los Santos international. The usual rules apply the vehicle must start at a complete stand still and will be timed using the usual markers. I always think it's a good idea to see the difference between the standard vehicle and a fully tuned one, so I've put I've put the two head to head. Given that's this is the largest vehicle I've currently sent down the drag strip at 00:21.288, it's well a time. I don't know if it's good or not, other vehicles rarely get over 10 seconds but its a truck. I'll do some more runs in larger vehicles and post a score board at some point.

The Test Track

After it went down the drag strip I thought it would be interesting to send it around our circuit. It's only once you try and take a utility vehicle around our test track you actually realise how tight the circuit is. This was probably one of my least fun activities I've done since starting this site, but in the name of science. As predicted it was a pretty poor attempt, there was one or two corners that were particularly tight, but then the fact that the AI struggles to get it in the CEO office garage makes me feel a bit better. The usual test track rules apply, I do three laps consecutively and take the best lap time.

After Market Parts

The Vapid Slamtruck is not short on modifications, the styling options are quite vast and some of the liveries really change the feel of the truck. It's quite a good looking vehicle as it is and with the right liveries and modifications it could fit in well at car meets and for roleplaying.