In this video I take a look at the F-160 Raiju stealth fighter jet in Grand theft auto 5 Online.
Is it any good? well to find out I take a look at its speed and handling, the features it has such as the hover mode, the on board weapons as well as some of the customisations options!
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Fun fact the f-35 is mostly known for air to ground combat and it’s stealth/ long range capabilities. The f-22 is mostly the one doing the dogfighting
even though the F22 has a lower radar cross section... making it more stealthy...
But the f35 is still good in a dogfight even though neither really get in them because how stealthy they are
@@ObeIus Well no, the f35 has been proven tile and again to be horrible in a dog fight, being rather sluggish compared to every other jet it would encounter in a modern age. It's just good that it would never need to get into dog fights, which is exactly why as I'm writing this I'm thinking of a dozen different ways of abusing the hell out of the stealth and hover expecally when used to cover friends on the ground which is usually what i use a b11 for.
If only the f22 was in the game
Another note, the F35 is the jack of all trades, the thing its best at is stealth, and its not even the best at that.
The jet is pretty well balanced
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No it’s not I’ve been one shotted by the cannon 6 times in a row while in a b11
I think this jet is perfect for PVE in a public session. The weapons are definitely good enough for killing the AI if you’re collecting cargo for a business plus VTOL obviously makes landing easier. And the stealth mode is perfect for travelling there and back to your building without being griefed since no one can see you on the map.
Talking about PvE & Business Against AI, it'll be godly if I able landing on the water.. just my wild thoughts😊
Akula helicopter is similar
@@WSkun_95 you can land it on water, but you will be calling Moors Mutual Right After that.
somehow all the assholes in the sky use it as well 😁
Is it good for killing the Dugan shipments for the arcade setups or not really?
Fun fact: the savage still has the old fire rate since it’s a helicopter so it’s a good way to compare the fire rate difference
I wish they gave the Savage countermeasures like its real life counterpart has. I love flying it but its too easy to shoot down
@@adwai1h653 or some armor. It gets damaged way too fast
@@LakituKoopa the armor of the akula, no counter measures and an option to have homing and barrage missiles on it.
@@Huckle_Berry- I wouldn't mind that, it's anyway not manuverable, might as well make it a flying tank
@@LakituKoopa exactly
I’ll be honest I love the jet but I wish the shakiness at tops speeds was less prevalent when banking
Keep the handling to stock.
@@A-G-F- wait…does that keep it from shaking really? Lol
Just dont pull the stick as hard
I love it but I'm to poor to afford it even with trade price
@@Pieceofdatoast we can work on that bro,5.1 mil it's pretty easy to make as of today
I'm a plane fanatic and i just bought the raiju, fought for about 2 hrs it is very op and the hover mode is very much useful for dogfighting, i took down everything from oppressors to other raiju and just absolutely decimated everything, i honestly don't know what else to say.
I could take you in the strike force
@@josephmelton4721 not at low altitude, you're a sitting duck because of how slow you are.
@@josephmelton4721 pics or gtfo
@@josephmelton4721 well done mate 😂
VTOL on this jet is just soo much greater than on hydra. It's actually very useful both in dogfight and in PVE scenarios. Don't think it would be great against the grounded players, but i might be wrong
Honestly, this jet is really good. Its not too OP to the point where every jet us irrelevant compared to it. Some people dont understand rockstar is trying to make QoL improvements.
Rockstar, seems to be going in a good direction with this game now which is good for the player base :) And yeah this jet looks badass, kinda disappointed with the low dogfighting capabilities but I guess that's left to the A10 warthog to fuck up what the raiju couldn't ;)
@@kristopherheiser538only bad thing is the GTA+
@@sgsnake2x And the new missions and achievements don't pay any where near what they should
This game should just stop already
69th like, Nice
They left the Savage’s cannons alone... Do with that info what you will... Wish the F-160 had bombs but it seems the B-11 might straight up be the best plane to fly because of how they nerfed the Hydra and Lazer cannons plus the tracking nerf of the Mosquito we might enter a new age of simply Barrage missile spam for PvP...
Hope they nerf that too
The savage, unlike lazer and hydra, is super easy to counter so does it really matter? It handles like an actual airborne tugboat and it needs to be in like aim assist range to hit you. So just auto aim the pilot and you're good lmao
@@Magst3r1jump off Bhurj Khalifa, respectfully.
F-160 has models for bombs at the bottom
@@bulleto8192 Yeah I thought they'd use the bombing feature for the stealth mode but that was kind of a let down BUT! the jet in general seems really fun to use!!
If the thing can hover faster than Hydra then the VTOL might actually work in a dogfight sceneario. GTASA(SAMP) hydra sometimes involving its user to rapidly change in-and-out of VTOL to outmaneuver their opponent/do fast Air-to-Ground strike(the trick is heavily used by pros when SAMP were in it's heyday, and youtube still preserves some prime example of it.), which I can see happening on this jet sometime in the future.
Do people make mony playing gta? Besides ad revenue
the vtol actually helps fighting agaisnt the B11s
This is true. I have been using this during my SAMP dogfighting server days and it is a night and day difference when you're using it against other opponents.
I already have used the Vtol to win dogfights twice today, you can pull off some whacky top gun bullshitery in this thing its great
It does. I used it against npcs in the hangar mission against the fleet of Merryweather and it worked great! Response was fast and smooth
if you use the stealth correctly with its good mobility, this thing is a beast against other jets
makes sense it's not good at dog fighting since it's based off the f-35 which is a air to ground superiority aircraft
F-35 Has excellent missiles. Tough I am not sure if it can carry the IRIST or the meteor. Still really good in bvr.
@@ignaz7612 Does help the US already have a plethora of aircraft that can take care of the A2A regime and is currently working on a replacement for the F-22 to maintain that dominance
The F-35 is a multi-role aircraft. There's no such thing as an "air to ground superiority" aircraft. You're thinking of a Close Air Support (CAS) aircraft which the U.S. uses the F-15E and A-10 for.
@@ignaz7612 nope the f22 was the first new gen of aircraft they wanted,similar time they were working behind f22 project to push the f35 out into service the following year of the raptor getting put in service
@@AsymmetricalCrimes exactly the f35 is meant for super long range air to air and mainly air to ground
Yes, the autocannons are VERY nice for attacking ground targets - but in my experience their spacing (plus lower rate of fire) makes it very difficult to hit a small aircraft like a helicopter. Smaller helicopter like Buzzards actually fit in between the two cannons, making hitting them while flying very difficult.
True they actually made the jets better for air to air combat rather then air to ground combat so helicopters will have a time to shine I assume the savage will be used alot more
Cheers for being so quickly with the review on this, Pyre!
The ace combat 3 music has made my day. Thank you
love the vid, and especially loved the inclusion of music from AC3. Absolutely love that game.
I haven't played GTA in like 2 and a half years but still watch your videos faithfully 😂
Seems like it could work as a jet for combat, also i appreciate the Ace Combat 3 music used.
Fun fact: when in hover mode you can roll upside down, while upside down use throttle down to decent towards the ground slowly( yes somehow it slows you down) and land upside down, you can then check inside the weapon bays and see that it carries 2 missiles( 1 for each bay) and 2 fueltanks/bombs(again 1 per bay) perhaps in the future we might be able to drop bombs out of it
These are definietly fuel tanks not bombs
They are the missiles they just are wrongly designed
I love that this jet has great strengths but also obvious weaknesses as well. It’s worth getting but doesn’t obsolete all previous jets
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@@DarthTalon66 Okay
@@br.m shut it
The stealth mode makes it the perfect jet to go against ghost organization jets. The moment they pop it you can go stealth and wait it out. Probably good to give the jet a greenish brown camo cause the moment they loose track of you they’ll fly high looking for you looking down. It’ll be harder to spot you near the ground especially in vtol and not moving much.
Great video lad keep up with the work
I dig the ace combat 3 montage 840 soundtrack u added in the end very fitting.
I think overall, this Raiju is more for the methodical aerial fighter. Instead of an all out and guns blazing lunatic style. I absolutely love this jet. And is a much welcomed addition to my jet collection in the hangar.
The reason the raiju is so funky at high speeds is to make doing evasive maneuvers easier
Just been playing around with this new jet and really like it, took out a few tryhards on MK2's as they did not see me coming and it seems agile enough to dodge missiles. Also flew a close flyby under some guys lazer and he had no idea i was there till i flew past which was pretty funny, kept it in stealth and i could see him searching around for me but could not keep up or find me haha.
I will be wait for your review on the avenger’s upgrades. 😊
Hey thx for uploading u made my day
The stealth mode can be useful for dogfighting because especially in city you can enable and get to the back of anothet jet easier or just surprise them by diving from high altitude without them seeing you in time
Something not mentioned in the video is also that the VTOL mode has superior angle handling compared to the hydra. It can fly upside down (somehow). Just roll left or right and give reverse thrust. You fall slowly but it’s still a fun trick
Thank you for the video!
Loved the touch of the ace combat 3 music!
It's nice to hear ace combat 3 themes while seeing this new plane.
I love the ace combat 3 music he put in. Makes me even more immersed in that this is the future.
Finaly somone who noticed
1:45 that got me a giant B O N E R i need that plane , also i discovered you and the reiju comparaison is hilarious
ive found that quickly switching to vtol and back to normal flight can help take sharper turns in dog fights. plus the quick deceleration when going from flight to vtol presents the opportunity to get behind your opponent. i love the plane
How do you switch from VTOL to flight mode since Grand theft Auto doesn't want to keep the damn controls the same
@@SkyKid8492on console hold Left stick
After playing with it for a while. I can say this is easily one of the best handling aircraft’s in the game. It turn’s incredibly sharp at high speed and has no issue out turning other dogfighting jets. The manoeuvrability is amazing. And I have no problem getting the upper hand in dogfights.
It makes the lazer and b11 look like they’re treading water
Fun fact, the F-35B, which this is modeled after has no internal canon. And the F-35A which does has a 25mm gatling gun, not two separate guns like in game.
Nobody asked + L bozo + ratio + 🤓 This is satire
@@redacted3144 i know 😂
The plane has YF-23 features aswell
@@redacted3144 your a g00f
It's Rockstar tradition to mash multiple things together or at least get some aspect of what they are emulating just aggressively wrong. We can't have anything too nice or too real because it breaks the toxic satire vibe they build the world around.
I have been waiting 27 hours for this
Sick, can’t wait til I have time to play
F-22 Veterans coming to GTA 5 Online / Warthunder players: Allow we introduce ourselves Tryhards: *Sweats intensifies*
Wish the f22 was in the game to
@@ObeIus Judging by the real life price of an F-22, it'd probably cost 87 million in GTA online.
I just love its acceleration in comparison with the Hydra you switch from hover to normal BOOM your onto your way to the horizon immediately
its nice not having to hydra hop to get around faster
1:22 ace combat 3 enter dision ost really brings up memories
i stopped playing gtav for a long while and played the legacy ace combat titles in the meanwhile (among other things). coming back now and hearing the ace combat 3 ost playing in the background was a pleasant surprise. i wonder if all the older videos have the ac3 ost in them now
I love how I used to watch ur videos for advice years ago and I still do it now
5:35 rip the guy that crashed XD
epic jak and daxter reference
Yeah bro you right
It’s been so long since I’ve been in a jet in this game. I believe I’ve gotten into my Pyro just for quick travel, but even that has been rare. But I’ll definitely be using the Raiju for some stuff now.
Man loved the daxter reference 🧡
The hover mode is pretty useful when dog fighting. Cus someone could be following you super fast and you can just insta stop and then continue after them
they made THAT scene of top gun maverick canon in GTA lmao
Man that looks good the jet is like a mod ngl
That's because it was a mod first in FiveM and rockstar just copy pasted the model
@@duckshoe3985 Seeing the views and interest ppl have in 5M and RP servers i'm sure gta6 will pull from them heavily.
Jack and dexter will always have a special place in my heart. Not sure why but I played all their games the most as a kid. It’s like no one talks about them ever!
Hey Pyrealm, it’s good to see you’re still putting up GTA content after all these years! 🙂👍 How’s Chromobile?
I bought the raiju and it is amazing in flying and hover mode but air to air is kinda hard
to mean i really liked the lazer i thought it was a perfect blend it was a glass cannon id use it to fight back againt griefers, oppressor, tanks but now jets are just bad. lazer could easily be destroyed in a quick secound
raiju is also shit rn, do not buy it if you are planned to
@@nancypelosi480 the rouge is amazing I killed 3 of these new jets easily with the rouge honestly the pyro is still the king of dogfighters.
They should give it longer lock on range if the missiles, or do that for some of the other jets like the hydra or laser since they aren’t gone be overpowered anymore.
Dudes gon have so much content for gta6, hype lol
Really worried about gta plus bullshit in gta6
Kind of wish the mg was just copy and pasted from the buzzard. Same for the hydra and lazer.
The VTOL feature is extremely useful for dogfights since it doesn't trun well. You just toggle hover mode and turn on your axis to hit the lazer going circles
Can’t wait for u to get the views u deserve man👍
When you consider mid-air vtol acrobatics, this jet should be the new best dogfighter if you you're good at vtol movement, I can especially see how it could confuse assailants with a quick stealth-mode switch while switching to vtol
I wonder if the cannon will match the laser's and hydra's after the cannon nerf.
It does
They're literally all the exact same. Except this one has more range
it is the b11 cannons, aka cannons are now shit and worthless in the game
@@leifstevens2696 good no more skilless jet noobs
@@leifstevens2696 savage is now the king
The jet is pretty well balanced which they should start doing this for now on
the VTOL mode makes me wonder if it'd make that kosatka lifting challenge easier,since (at least according to pyre) it handles well,maybe the better handling would mean it'd also make it easier to handle the submarine around
That whole sharp turn thing I actually use to somewhat make the plane go though otherwise tighter bits much more slowly. Like I avoided another f160 player chasing me through the skyscrapers and made and otherwise almost impossible turn relatively easily thanks to the way it jerks itself in whatever direction you want AND slightly slows you down, fantastic plane for me. Also, used the hover mode to make a laser pilot basically overshoot me who tried to do a sort of slow down/stall thing to get back behind me, only to have me turn my hover on and off right away as a break of sorts and just blow him up with the guns. Fantastic plane with lots of gimmicks and potential tricks to discover and master
So its basically a way better version of the Akula. Since the second you pop out the missile pods on Akula people start ducking and weaving. If you pull out explosive cannons they wont know until they are dead and you are long gone. Still I find GTA unplayable because 90% of the planes are totally useless - fix bomb physics - fix render distance - create more airspace (and more reason to use that airspace) and give planes proper flight envelopes. Then maybe it would be remotely worth the time investment
They aren't going to make any significant changes to this game anymore. The best you can hope for is them making planes in GTA 6 better.
Dont use race handling in that jet, use smooth and you avoid that 2:25
Didnt even know this plane was out, so excited to buy it!
I appreciate the ace combat music 3 my guy
The missiles actually go slower than normal
Yh i noticed that the plane literally outruns it’s own missiles at full speed above 900feet
Its a mix between the F-35 and SU-57. It has its native SU-57 digital camo which looks soooooo badass
F-35 and Yf-23 black widow but yeah
Doesn't look anything like that russian prototype plane lmao
@@RutakoVon Atleast its shot down something more than a balloon.
@@noballsbigshaft4486 shot down what? LMAO, the su-57 hasn't received any form of actual participation in any war, at least the F-22 has participated in recent conflicts and regions in the middle east. Not to mention its just a propaganda piece and russia has no ability to mass produce their already mediocre attempt at a stealth fighter.
Im buying it right now! cant wait to fly it!
I dont really like that the explo weapons on the old jets got nerfed...
I don't think the Lazer or the hydra needed their explosive cannon nerfed with how gempy the lock on missiles were the explosive cannon was there only strength I don't think we are going to see them in lobbies as much now seeing that they are now inferior to every other fighter jet in the game. I also don't think it is very realistic to nerf something that has been in the game for 10 years and now it's suddenly a problem the explosive cannon always took skill to use on these jets anyway 90% of the time when I seen someone using it I got to see them crash into a building lmafo
Lazer and hydra needed a nerf tbh the lazer could literally infinite spawn kill ground targets but the nerf was still too big.
So spamming RC vehicles is fine to rockstar but god forbid anyone getting cheap kills in a jet which is easier to counter when you’re in a fight SMH
Now that I think of it, the F160 reminds me of that one Jet from the JC4 DLC that's also a modern VTOL jet.
Wow I can’t believe someone else knows about that thing yes it does feel like that lmfao
@@xnotasweatx Yee, I played that game a few years back when it came out so ye
@@xnotasweatx Ye I played JC4 before with that one DLC that had the jet and it functions almost the same and probably based on the same jet the GTA F160 is based on. Yk, judging by the main design and how the VTOL works.
I can predict now, the dogfighting strategy against other jets is to engage stealth mode during turning fights, disengaging it right before shooting. As I have found out with the stealth heli, engage stealth and disappear from radar and you're hard to track and kill.
The new F-160 is the superior dogfighting plane, its VTOL and explosion cannon along with a decent amount of armour makes it an easy pick for dogfighting, it takes a good pilot to spot potential for a new plane
Nothing can replace my Seabreeze, one of my best planes
The cannons are awful.
@@Xeno_Warrior A well-timed VTOL can beat pretty much any plane
@@SoggyToast506 The cannons may be equivalent to the rogue, but you might lack precision, the nerf just means you won't get thermal trapped but a plane
@@Ge-o. they are way worse than the rogue, I’m very accurate with the rogue, and can shoot down and do well in dogfights with the rogue, but this is just awful..
Thank you for the Jack reference
I must say I like the way the new jet flys and operates fr fr smooth handling and landing
Can't wait to test this out on the next 2xgta$ cargo week
Any Jak and Daxter reference is an instant like on the video for me
The Cassino prep where you must kill a bunch of helicopters all over the map will be a treat with this, better than the depressor.
Handling is fun good video
The stealth mode is great for dogfighting I think once we can master it the raiju will be the go to jet for dogfighting, being able to toggle in and out of stealth mode as fast as you can can easily confuse opponents who are used to staring at their minimap when they cant see you, and when your tail gets hit you can still control vtol mode to some extent, enough in my experience to return fire when the enemies guard is down as they think your already crashing
whiping it out at night is going to suck for the other guy, especially from my own peliminary testing, full throttle fighting wont work, but the idle speed wont have you flattening out on turns, so you wont even be able to see the afterburners until after you dip out, and with that matte black camo shit you may as well be invisible
Nice Ace Combat 3 bgm :)
The weird maneuvers when doing sharp turns can be lessened if u get smooth handling or stock handling instead of race/sport
Nice Ace Combat 3 music in the background
Omg that jak and daxter referance got me of guard
I know I am late to the party but I just learned this. You can do what I call a super hero landing by flying towards the ground and timing the hover so that you just barely miss the ground. Just remember to come at the ground at less than a 45 degree decline. Also on the raiju I found the best use when using gorilla tactics when facing other players.
It's for SALE now!!! I was not sure if I wanted it, but after this video I will definitely buy it. Thanks! ❤
Jak and daxter reference earned my subscription
Im so so so happy it has a PRB livery!!
>ace combat 3 music Blessed taste my man
Kudos for Electrosphere OST
A big part of the music used in this video is from Ace Combat 3, in order of appearance: "Frozen Soul" "Physical Layer" "The Execution" "Montage"
AC 3 music! love it
The F-35 can't actually fully VTOL It can only land vertically Only being able to take off of faster with VTOL made for short runways on ship
i never understood how that revolver glitched worked, but if i did pull it off i could understand how the CPU do their rapid fire M4s. it has something to do with that glitch and how you pull it off.
Aaand you can go VTOL upside down, yes you can do this in the hydra too but the raiju isn't in need of as much braking to keep itself hovering
Fun fact the f-35 is mostly use as a long rage, stealth and mostly air to ground jet. While the f-22 is the dogfighting jet
Love the Jak and Daxter reference
Finally the Pyro Mkii may have a competitor this next month is gonna be tear ass across the gta skies. I’ll buy it if I get beats all week