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The Sentinel XS is the tuned version of the regular Sentinel sports compact, featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online. It is manufactured by Ubermacht in the HD Universe.
The car is related to the Mafia/Leone Sentinel, gang car of the Leone Family in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. GTA IV also features a modified Sentinel badged Sentinel XS, however it is essentially a modified counterpart and not counted as a separate vehicle.
Design
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Vice City Stories
Ever since the Sentinel's introduction in Grand Theft Auto III, a high-performance variant has been present in every GTA game, excluding Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, where the Sultan takes over the role. In GTA Vice City Stories, the Sentinel XS is the preferred gang car of the Mendez Cartel. The Sentinel XS's main visual distinction from the regular Sentinel is its spoiler and window louvers; performance-wise, the car is faster than the regular Sentinel.
The Sentinel XS in GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories are suggestively based on the 1984-1986 BMW M5, the high-performance version of the BMW E28 5-series (which the regular Sentinel is based on). In GTA Vice City Stories, the Sentinel XS is not given the same aesthetic modification as the game's Sentinel, resulting in the car appearing more distinctive in the game. The Sentinel XS has a different engine sound than the regular Sentinel. It is possible that the Sentinel XS has a supercharged engine, due to the fact that other supercharged cars in the GTA series have the same engine noise, like the Windsor and Phoenix in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the Leone Sentinel and beta Cartel Cruiser in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, and the Washington in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
Grand Theft Auto V
It is now based on the GTA V Sentinel but features a carbon fiber fixed roof in place of the folding hard top and has different wheels. The Sentinel XS does have impressively faster acceleration than its normal counterpart with a higher top speed as well. Being a street racer style car, it is often seen speeding around the streets of Los Santos. Due to this, it is often hard to obtain unless you have a car that is good enough to catch it. The Sentinel XS mainly comes in 2 colors: Silver/Gray or Black.
Current Design Gallery
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Version History Gallery
Performance
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Vice City Stories
The Sentinel XS in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City possesses superior acceleration, braking, and handling abilities compared with the normal Sentinel. Like the normal Sentinel, It has rear wheel drive. But it is also far more stable in turns than the normal Sentinel and other RWD cars, and is far less prone to oversteer (though oversteer will still occur if the Sentinel XS is drifted too heavily via handbrake). This stability may be attributed to the spoiler-induced downforce that keeps its rear wheels from losing traction, which in turn may be the reason behind the slight-to-moderate understeer experienced in the Sentinel XS at corners. This understeer can be corrected by tapping the brakes to induce the front end to rotate better. The car's powerful engine is coupled up to a 5-speed gearbox, evidently by the gear-changes identified by sound.
Overall, its combination of speed and good stability make the Sentinel XS a fine vehicle to go racing with.
GTA Vice City & Vice City Stories Overview
| Acceleration (0-60 mph in Seconds) |
Top Speed (mph / kmh) |
Gears | Engine | Drivetrain (FWD / RWD / AWD) |
Mass (kg / lbs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | 103 / 165 | 5 | Petrol | RWD | 1400 / 3086 |
| N/A | N/A | 5 | N/A | RWD | Cannot be observed |
Grand Theft Auto V
Despite the difference in names, the XS version of the Sentinel performs exactly the same as the regular Sentinel, as they share the same handling line.
The car sports a twin-cam inline-4 engine model along with a stock turbocharger, laid longitudinally in a front engine, rear wheel drive configuration.
GTA V Overview
| Acceleration (0-60 mph in Seconds) |
Top Speed (mph / kmh) |
Gears | Engine | Drivetrain (FWD / RWD / AWD) |
Mass (kg / lbs) |
Fuel Tank Size (litres) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | 88 / 142 | 6 | N/A | RWD | 1400 / 3086 | 65 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 13.7 Seconds | 85 / 136 | 6 | FR DOHC Turbocharged Inline-4 (In-game model) | RWD | Cannot be observed | Cannot be observed |
Modifications
Grand Theft Auto V
| Type | Upgrade | Cost (Story) | Cost (Online) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armor | Armor Upgrade 20% | $1,625 | $6,375 |
| Armor Upgrade 40% | $4,062 | $10,625 | |
| Armor Upgrade 60% | $6,500 | $17,000 | |
| Armor Upgrade 80% | $11,375 | $29,750 | |
| Armor Upgrade 100% | $16,250 | $42,500 | |
| Brakes | Street Brakes | $6,500 | $13,000 |
| Sport Brakes | $8,775 | $17,550 | |
| Race Brakes | $11,375 | $22,750 | |
| Bumpers | Exposed Intercooler | $500 | $2,500 |
| Splitter With Canards | $750 | $3,300 | |
| Carbon Rear Diffuser | $500 | $2,500 | |
| Carbon Diffuser & Tow Hook | $750 | $3,330 | |
| Engine | EMS Upgrade, Level 1 | $2,925 | $5,850 |
| EMS Upgrade, Level 2 | $4,062 | $8,125 | |
| EMS Upgrade, Level 3 | $5,850 | $11,700 | |
| EMS Upgrade, Level 4 | $10,887 | $21,775 | |
| Exhaust | Dual Exit Exhaust | $375 | $750 |
| Titanium Exhaust | $899 | $1,800 | |
| Big Bore Exhaust | $1,499 | $3,000 | |
| Hood | Carbon Hood | $325 | $1,700 |
| Lights | Xenon Lights | $300 | $5,000 |
Main article: Los Santos Customs/Lights |
- | - | |
| Loss/Theft Prevention | Tracker | N/A | $2,000 |
| Full Coverage | N/A | $7,500 | |
| Respray | Main article: Los Santos Customs/Respray Colors |
- | - |
| Crew Emblem | N/A | $25,000 | |
| Roll Cage | Roll Cage and Chassis Upgrade | $550 | $1,100 |
| Sell | Sell Vehicle | N/A | $6,000 |
| Skirts | Custom Skirts | $415 | $3,000 |
| Spoiler | Lip Spoiler | $275 | $1,500 |
| Mid Level Spoiler | $350 | $1,900 | |
| High Level Spoiler | $525 | $2,600 | |
| Carbon Wing | $750 | $3,500 | |
| Suspension | Lowered Suspension | $500 | $1,000 |
| Street Suspension | $1,000 | $2,000 | |
| Sport Suspension | $1,700 | $3,400 | |
| Competition Suspension | $2,200 | $4,400 | |
| Transmission | Street Transmission | $9,587 | $19,175 |
| Sports Transmission | $10,562 | $21,125 | |
| Race Transmission | $13,000 | $26,000 | |
| Turbo | Turbo Tuning | $8,125 | $42,500 |
| Wheels | Main article: Los Santos Customs/Wheels |
- | - |
| Windows | Light Smoke | $200 | $1,500 |
| Dark Smoke | $450 | $3,500 | |
| Limo | $700 | $5,000 |
Image Gallery
Notable Owners
- The Mendez Brothers in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
- Amanda De Santa was supposed to own a Sentinel XS instead of her regular Sentinel as seen in the Game Informer December Article.
- The Commission
- Epsilon Program
Locations
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Spawns in a parking lot near the Escobar International Airport terminal building.
- Spawns frequently around Escobar International and in front of Sunshine Autos.
- Spawns frequently along the Bayshore Avenue.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
- Two Sentinel XSs appear outside the Mendez Mansion in Prawn Island.
- Spawns behind one of the northern most hotels at Ocean Drive in the long alleyway.
- Spawns at a building very near to the empire site at the west of Vice Point Mall. In the front of it there is an entry to the Vice Point Mall.
- Occasionally found in Viceport.
Grand Theft Auto V
- Commonly spawns in Rockford Hills and sometimes parked in driveways in Vinewood Hills.
- Spawns when during Unknowing the Truth in the convoy. Also possible to obtain by shooting the two drivers, and drive away till it says mission failed.
Grand Theft Auto Online
- Spawns commonly around Rockford Hills and Vinewood Hills.
- It can also be found after the player has completed a job, but much like the Tailgater, the Driver drives recklessly.
- Spawns around Del Perro Pier.
- Can be bought from Southern San Andreas Super Autos as of patch 1.13.
- Enhanced version
- 2 variants of an NPC tuned version can sometimes be found driving along Eclipse Boulevard between 21:00 and 04:00. These variants have custom pearlescent resprays and custom bumpers, spoilers and rollcages.
- A blue variant can be sold at Los Santos Customs for $17,420. As of patch 1.32, the blue variant can rarely be found parked outside Los Santos Customs in Burton.
- A yellow variant can be sold for $14,970. As of patch 1.29, the yellow variant can also be found spawning at night around the gas station near Little Seoul. As of patch 1.32, the yellow variant can also be found in La Mesa.
Trivia
General
- The Sentinel XS plays the following radio stations by default when entered:
- GTA V: WorldWide FM.
- The names of the three Ubermacht vehicles are references to the movie "The Matrix". The Oracle is a reference to the computer program that helps humans fight the machines, the Zion is a reference to the last human city, and the Sentinel is a reference to the machines the humans are at war with.
- The "XS" also sounds like "excess", which may be a jab at BMW (or any other luxury/sport marque) drivers who buy their sport-tuned cars overloaded with driver aids and luxury features.
- Although the Sentinel XS did not make an appearance in Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City, the Sentinel, its base model, can spawn in a modified form, complete with "XS" badging.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- If the player has an MP5 while driving a Sentinel XS, the weapon may stick outside of the driver windshield.
Grand Theft Auto V
- The Sentinel XS can have a carbon front splitter while the regular Sentinel cannot.
- The Sentinel XS' picture in the Vehicles page on the Rockstar Games Social Club shows a Zion Cabrio, while the Sentinel picture shows a Sentinel XS. This is most likely a mistake.
- The Kifflom Sentinel XS variant is already upgraded with Street Brakes, EMS Upgrade level 2, and Turbo tuning.
- The vehicle's description on Southern San Andreas Super Autos is a reference to the fact BMW drivers (on which the Sentinel is largely based) are known to be exceedingly obnoxious.
- In the enhanced version, the roof and second front bumper modification are no longer made of carbon. Instead, it is treated like a secondary color.
- The skirt and rear bumper modifications available at LSC are still made of carbon.
- The badging for the Sentinel XS in GTA V bears a logo reading STD, standing for "Sentinel Tuning Division", a clear poke on 'STD's or 'sexually transmitted disease'.
- Both Sentinel and Oracle have XS variants, however the Oracle XS is simply a previous generation Oracle.
See Also
- Sentinel - base model.
- Mafia Sentinel- a gang variant of the Sentinel comparable to the Sentinel XS in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
- Oracle XS - a similarly named vehicle.