The Semi is a semi-truck made by Ickleon37 as part of the 2nd NASCAR Event to celebrate NASCAR's 75th anniversary[1].
The Semi is not a limited time vehicle, unlike the other vehicle released in this event, the NASCAR 75. It features a custom limited-edition trailer skin received upon completing a quest in the NASCAR event[2].
Overview
The Semi is a special vehicle that was added to Jailbreak during the 2023 NASCAR Event. It features an incredibly large body, as well as a long, opened trailer on the back. Inside the trailer, there is a pre-revamped Camaro on the upper part. The Semi is the largest land vehicle in Jailbreak.
The vehicle appears to be based on a semi-truck from the Mack Anthem series and has one passenger seat. The rear trailer is opened, suggesting the ability to transport cars, however, as confirmed by asimo3089 it is impossible to do so intentionally.[3]
Due to its rear trailer's length, the Semi can be parked across roads or tunnels to form roadblocks.
Performance
The Semi has very mediocre stats, mainly due to its large size and weight preventing it from performing well in most areas of performance. It has a decent top speed, beating out some other lower-tier vehicles, and a decent reverse speed. However, due the incredibly large body and weak engine, the Semi has lackluster launch and acceleration, and the Semi takes a long time to reach its top speed.
The Semi's handling is decent. While the truck itself is strong with making turns, it is difficult to maneuver the entire rear trailer around as it is a separate object from the truck. The Semi is also one of the worst choices for off-roading, as its weak engine means that it has no hill-climbing ability whatsoever. The size of the Semi does have some benefits. In collisions, it can knock back almost every vehicle, unless it is going at a relatively high top speed. If being PIT Maneuvered from the rear, police have much less of a chance of ejecting a player, due to the long walk/drive to get to the front of the vehicle before its tires are restored and the vehicle moves again.
Though a vehicle that some players will find fun to play with, the Semi lacks efficiency and convenience for general gameplay.
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Top speed
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Reverse speed
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| The Semi has a top speed of about 152 MPH, which is slightly faster than the Steed and beats out other lower tier vehicles. | The Semi can go about 66 MPH in reverse, comparable to the Jackrabbit. However, the Semi's trailer tends to veer off to the side when going in reverse, making it difficult to keep moving, but can be taken advantage of when one needs to go the opposite direction. |
Launch
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Acceleration
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| This is slowest launch speed in any land vehicle. Slower than the Firetruck. It can reach only 21 MPH. Only beats the Sloop, which can reach 6 MPH in 1 second. | It is quite slow with accelerating. Coupled with its low top speed, its acceleration is undesirable. |
Handling
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Off-roading
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| With turning radius of 1.12, it has very slow turning. Due to its massive size, it has trouble fitting around certain turns. In the rain, it becomes nearly impossible to maneuver the whole truck around certain areas. But nonetheless, this is necessary as its a very large land vehicle. | It has mild ground clearance and decent stock suspension, but its slow acceleration and dragging trailer often makes it unreliable for climbing slopes unless approached at a high speed. |
Braking
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Durability
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| At most speeds, it takes about 5 seconds to completely stop, which is the worst in the game, even worse than the Firetruck and Prison Bus. | The Semi Truck has durability of 200 HP, which is the second highest in the game, tied with Goliath, Tank, Bank Truck, but is only behind Sloop. |
Galleries
- Current images of the Semi.
- Current images of the Semi with the exclusive NASCAR Hauler texture.
- Teaser images of the Semi prior to release.
Trivia
- After the 2023 NASCAR Event ended, the only spawn of the Semi was unintentionally removed, making it limited for a while, and only purchasable when another player spawns it in.
- This also happened with the Dune Buggy in the Tomb update and the Deja when the prison was destroyed.
- According to Ickleon75's post on the r/JailbreakCreations sub-reddit, the Semi's trailer had a closed swing door design[4]. However, in-game, the door has a different design, and is seen open, exposing the interior.
- The Semi has 10 wheels, making it the vehicle with the highest wheel count in the game, beating even the Goliath, who previously held the record.
- This is the largest land vehicle in Jailbreak.
- The Semi is the only vehicle that can be customized anywhere without the Pro Garage gamepass [5].
- The Semi has a custom engine sound designed to fit its vehicle type. It was later shared with the Prison Bus and Frost Crawler.
- The Semi and Striker are the only non-race car vehicles with their own skin.
- Like the Camper, the Semi has beds in its interior, but is unusable unlike the mentioned vehicle.
- The only Garage that you can customize the Semi in is the Crime Port garage, Military Base Garage and the roof of the Rising City Garage (if you can somehow get your vehicle up there). However, you still cannot spawn the Semi in those locations.
- There is a glitch that if you hook a Semi to a Tow Truck, the head of the Semi will experience negative gravity. Trying to flip the vehicle can make it fling everywhere.
- The front of the Semi reads “BADIMO”, referencing the developers of the game.
Miscellaneous Trivia
- This is the third vehicle modeled by Ickleon37, with the first being the Sentinel and second being the Camper.
- This vehicle was originally named "Bravo", as seen on the original Reddit submission post[4].
- This is the ninth truck to be added to the game, after the Pickup, Monster Truck, Firetruck, Raptor, Cybertruck, Bank Truck, Sentinel and Tow Truck.
- This is the fifth vehicle with a walkable interior, with the others being the Black Hawk, Goliath, Bank Truck, revamped Ambulance and before the Prison Bus.
- There used to be a glitch that allowed you to forcibly detach the trailer, which would cause the vehicle to accelerate infinitely and reach incredible speeds.
- This was performed by taking a gun from any of the Gun Shops (preferably the Shotgun), climbing a tall location above water (like the Bounty Bridge), then jumping down into the water while aiming down sights in 3rd person. After being launched into the air, you had to wait a few seconds and then spawn the Semi (with the Mobile Garage gamepass or not, as it's Free to spawn). After hitting the ground, the trailer would detach, successfully completing the bug.
- This was fixed in the Season 15 Update due to the Mobile Garage nerf, which no longer allowed you to spawn vehicles while in the air.
- This was performed by taking a gun from any of the Gun Shops (preferably the Shotgun), climbing a tall location above water (like the Bounty Bridge), then jumping down into the water while aiming down sights in 3rd person. After being launched into the air, you had to wait a few seconds and then spawn the Semi (with the Mobile Garage gamepass or not, as it's Free to spawn). After hitting the ground, the trailer would detach, successfully completing the bug.
- The Semi is the second vehicle with its spawns temporarily removed from the game, whether intentional or unintentional, with the first being the Dune Buggy and third being the Deja.
- If you stand in the back of the Semi while it is driving, you will not fall out or through the floor, which is really useful if the opposing Team is chasing you, since you can also use Weapons and Items while standing in the back.
- Due to its long size, the Semi contains the most colour variants of the Season 17 Level 8 prize Berlin Graffiti, only missing a few shades of blue.
- This is also the most out of any vehicle in the game.
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/badimo/status/1633558513749479430
- ↑ https://twitter.com/asimo3089/status/1633561255029141504
- ↑ https://twitter.com/asimo3089/status/1633922150691405824
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/JailbreakCreations/comments/y6e8p7/the_bravo_mack_anthem_a_gargantuan_transporter/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/asimo3089/status/1634216261709176835