Fastest helicopter in GTA Online?

[psi onix]

i want the fastest helicopter for any fetch quests (sightseer etc). most the time i just use the hydra but that thing can take so long to land sometimes (also getting in/out of) that i don't seem to be able to finish any quicker than if i were to just use a random helicopter.

[Ylinston Feřkoùs]

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[in]

buzzard is great and you can request one next to you with vip menu

[Forblaze]

Frogger is pretty quick too, and cheaper than the Buzzard.

[Alejandro]

You can maybe read about it on wikia for gta 5. IMO all the very similar.

[Johnny362000]

The Swift Deluxe is the fastest helicoptor but the Swift is very close

[AshHill07]

Swift[gta.wikia.com]

"In terms of performance, the Swift is slightly faster and more maneuverable than other large helicopters, such as the Maverick.

In GTA V, the Swift is the fastest helicopter available in the game, although it is clumsier and harder to maneuver compared to other helicopters such as the Frogger or Buzzard. It is also not particularly resistant, as a hard landing almost always causes the tail to break off. In GTA Online, the vehicle is more intended for speedy travels than for combat purposes, since its low resistance will be a problem when facing enemies."

Swift Deluxe[gta.wikia.com]

"Apart from minor alterations to the statistics of the helicopter, it performs similar to the Swift. It is now slightly weaker and susceptible to damage, but to balance this, it is now more agile and take-off speeds are quicker. The top speed has been shifted down by 0.1 in the game files."

[disciple]

Honestly, why would you want a (fast) Helicopter? Most of the time some dirtbag will shoot you with homings repeatedly. So many that you can't dodge them anymore, especially in a heli.

[psi onix]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bradberry:

Honestly, why would you want a (fast) Helicopter? Most of the time some dirtbag will shoot you with homings repeatedly. So many that you can't dodge them anymore, especially in a heli.

true enough. although i normally grind sightseer in private sessions.

the costs of the Swifts seem pretty ridiculous

[disciple]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von psi onix:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bradberry:

Honestly, why would you want a (fast) Helicopter? Most of the time some dirtbag will shoot you with homings repeatedly. So many that you can't dodge them anymore, especially in a heli.

true enough. although i normally grind sightseer in private sessions.

the costs of the Swifts seem pretty ridiculous

Well, everything in this game is overpriced, but i don't have a problem with overpriced stuff :P

[Johnny362000]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von AshHill07:

Swift[gta.wikia.com]

"In terms of performance, the Swift is slightly faster and more maneuverable than other large helicopters, such as the Maverick.

In GTA V, the Swift is the fastest helicopter available in the game, although it is clumsier and harder to maneuver compared to other helicopters such as the Frogger or Buzzard. It is also not particularly resistant, as a hard landing almost always causes the tail to break off. In GTA Online, the vehicle is more intended for speedy travels than for combat purposes, since its low resistance will be a problem when facing enemies."

Swift Deluxe[gta.wikia.com]

"Apart from minor alterations to the statistics of the helicopter, it performs similar to the Swift. It is now slightly weaker and susceptible to damage, but to balance this, it is now more agile and take-off speeds are quicker. The top speed has been shifted down by 0.1 in the game files."

While they are right on this, never trust the wiki when it comes to performance. For example, for a very long time they refused to acknowledge the fact that the Adder is 1) not a very good car around a track and 2) not the vehicle with the highest top speed

[AshHill07]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Johnny362000:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von AshHill07:

Swift[gta.wikia.com]

"In terms of performance, the Swift is slightly faster and more maneuverable than other large helicopters, such as the Maverick.

In GTA V, the Swift is the fastest helicopter available in the game, although it is clumsier and harder to maneuver compared to other helicopters such as the Frogger or Buzzard. It is also not particularly resistant, as a hard landing almost always causes the tail to break off. In GTA Online, the vehicle is more intended for speedy travels than for combat purposes, since its low resistance will be a problem when facing enemies."

Swift Deluxe[gta.wikia.com]

"Apart from minor alterations to the statistics of the helicopter, it performs similar to the Swift. It is now slightly weaker and susceptible to damage, but to balance this, it is now more agile and take-off speeds are quicker. The top speed has been shifted down by 0.1 in the game files."

While they are right on this, never trust the wiki when it comes to performance. For example, for a very long time they refused to acknowledge the fact that the Adder is 1) not a very good car around a track and 2) not the vehicle with the highest top speed

Well its a wiki, its updated and edited by random people not a single person, so it can take a long time for stuff to be updated.

The easiest way to find out the stats for a vehicle would be to go into the games handling files, but I think its safe to say the average player probably doesn't know how to do this.

[Johnny362000]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von AshHill07:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Johnny362000:

While they are right on this, never trust the wiki when it comes to performance. For example, for a very long time they refused to acknowledge the fact that the Adder is 1) not a very good car around a track and 2) not the vehicle with the highest top speed

Well its a wiki, its updated and edited by random people not a single person, so it can take a long time for stuff to be updated.

The easiest way to find out the stats for a vehicle would be to go into the games handling files, but I think its safe to say the average player probably doesn't know how to do this.

Well even then the stats are meaningless and often misleading. The Adder, going by stats, has the highest top speed of all land vehicles. However, the Z-Type, Bati 801, Hakuchou and Banshee 900R all have higher top speeds. And that's before we even get to suspension trickery like with the Slamvan and Rapid GT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHBDzrlugwE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lj5eawWinw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IctHNs2GcEs

https://youtu.be/bavLwZUvP7g?t=50s

[AshHill07]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Johnny362000:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von AshHill07:

Well its a wiki, its updated and edited by random people not a single person, so it can take a long time for stuff to be updated.

The easiest way to find out the stats for a vehicle would be to go into the games handling files, but I think its safe to say the average player probably doesn't know how to do this.

Well even then the stats are meaningless and often misleading. The Adder, going by stats, has the highest top speed of all land vehicles. However, the Z-Type, Bati 801, Hakuchou and Banshee 900R all have higher top speeds. And that's before we even get to suspension trickery like with the Slamvan and Rapid GT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHBDzrlugwE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lj5eawWinw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IctHNs2GcEs

https://youtu.be/bavLwZUvP7g?t=50s

They're not meaningless if you know how to read them. If I learned anything from working on vehicles in GTA IV even the cars actual model can mess with a vehicles performance even if the handling files themselves are untouched, to the point where moving a vehicles wheels without making changes to the handling files can leave them completely uncontrollable. Just reading them off won't tell you that.

[Johnny362000]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von AshHill07:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Johnny362000:

Well even then the stats are meaningless and often misleading. The Adder, going by stats, has the highest top speed of all land vehicles. However, the Z-Type, Bati 801, Hakuchou and Banshee 900R all have higher top speeds. And that's before we even get to suspension trickery like with the Slamvan and Rapid GT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHBDzrlugwE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lj5eawWinw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IctHNs2GcEs

https://youtu.be/bavLwZUvP7g?t=50s

They're not meaningless if you know how to read them. If I learned anything from working on vehicles in GTA IV even the cars actual model can mess with a vehicles performance even if the handling files themselves are untouched, to the point where moving a vehicles wheels without making changes to the handling files can leave them completely uncontrollable. Just reading them off won't tell you that.

I meant that just the stats alone won't tell the whole story. Going by stats (and the fInitialDriveTopSpeed value in the handling data) the Adder has the highest top speed but as the videos show that is not the case

[Ninjasan10]

Buzzard is the fastest heli atm.