Really liked the new jet, good-looking, fast and stealth mode included. I've been in a public session with a couple of players with it and so far nobody used to attack anybody surprisingly. I hope that beauty doesn't become a idiots fav vehicle to annoy players
@@papimoe4046 also to add to your comment, if you use vtol you have barely any manouverability and can easily be sniped out or shot down with an rpg lol noobs
The raiju's VTOL is actually great to shake other planes off. When you are upside down, slow down and activate the VTOL, the jet will fly in an unconventional way, and you can catch the other guy off guard.
Here's a tip for those who haven't done the new missions u don't have to fight the avengers just turn on stealth mode n fly away they won't know where u are n will lose u so it saves u alot of time than fighting them coz they take a while to die
I saw a couple of guys griefing and being a pest in this jet after the update, but something I did notice is despite they being in steal mode the jet itself is quiet loud, when one of the guys try to come at me in steal I was able to take him down using the sound of the jet.
About the Raiju exploding in 1 homing missile: try shooting a homing missile or explosive sniper directly at its bomb/missile bay below it. This also happens with the Kosatka(I think) in which throwing a sticky bomb in its missile pods blows it up faster than at its hull.
I would arguably say that the railgun is a better counter from the ground to the raiju. This is because with the railgun, you can replenish your ammo using the interaction menu, but with the explosive sniper you have to go back to the hangar. Also the plane was shaking when it was hit with the missle bc the attacker shot the raiju's aileron and elevator. Im pretty sure that it depends on where you're hit with the missle/explosive to determine whether the plane starts shaking.
Railgun isn't instant like explosive sniper, nor has a scope if the target is pretty far it's difficult to hit with it, explosive sniper has 40 rounds and you can call Terrorbyte, Moc or Avenger to refill ammo
I like the new jet a lot. This DLC is total trash, infuriating even with the whole removed vehicles situation, but I guess the jet is a cool thing. It got me pretty stoked up for it, though. I only think that the vertical (more like angled) stabilizers look a bit too small, too straight-angled (when viewed from the side) and oddly shaped, it's not like the perfect diamond shape of the YF-23 or the nice-looking tail section of the Su-75.
@@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778 I want to think a bit more, I would like to see something like the AH-56 Cheyenne or the S-67 Blackhawk added to the game. High-speed attack helicopters are making a comeback with the FARA program, after the AH-56 and the S-67 ended up failing to get an Army contract (the Cheyenne failed because of an accident that killed both the pilot and the gunner, and the fact that the Air Force did NOT like the Army having their own CAS/anti-armor aircraft, and the Blackhawk failed because it was a private-venture helicopter, supposed to be "the American version of the Hind", and the only prototype ended up crashing in 1974, with the loss of both crew). The modern Raider X takes a lot of inspiration from the Cheyenne, and it can even fly like a regular plane. It's not a VTOL in any way, but it would be able to fly forward with a pusher prop.
Aerial combat between Raijus is pretty interesting. You can't just tell where your foes are at, using the radar. You actually have to find them with your eyes and so do they.
At 9:51 when your talking about the raiju blowing up in 1 homing launcher when it’s not meant to, there’s actually a bug where when you call in your aircraft it’s spawns in damaged even though it doesn’t look like it is, I called my hydra once and it spawned with its engine cutting out, same for every other jet I’ve called in but I from what I can tell it only affects jets not helicopters
The con is that it's expensive yeah, but as far as the trade price goes you need to buy the terminal in the avenger which is like 1.45 mil to unlock the trade price for it so its not really a trade price
@jcrafterz the avenger has been out for ever though, u have to have it to upgrade certain other things anyway. At this point unless you're new to the game most people should have all this. I play the game half ass since release on 360 with the same character and I'm only like lvl 189 and I have most everything and then some on a natural grind. The upgraded avenger is a beast and the new jet is a ripper.
@@johnmurphy7442u cant call everything a cash grab 😂 There are heists that take 1 to 2 hours to prep and do and you get 1mil+ so they have adjusted the prices in line for that
@@hunt3rshaff3r I agree, most players already have the Avenger and a Facility too, so it's not really a cash grab. Plus with the Cayo Perico Heist it's not that hard to save money for the Terminal.
Con: near usless against targets on foot. Even if youre good with missile strafing it doesnt matter since you can only shoot 2 at a time and it's air brakes suck so its very hard to slow down during a dive for aiming.
Tip: if you're going to do ground runs on this plane, use the missiles, and preferably on VTOL mode. It manuevers quite well for a VTOL unlike the hydra and you can always use the stealth mode to not be completely vulnerable. A helicopter player will manage to get kills most of the time without much of a problem.
If you’ve ever flown the Raiju, you would have noticed that when doing sharp turns with the vertical stabilizer (the back wings) the airplane over turns and almost flips backwards. I wonder if that could be incorporated into dogfighting. If you could make a sharper turn than even the Pyro, it would give you a really good advantage.
You can definitely take advantage of this. The Pyro also has this instability to some degree and I always used it to massively decrease speed in an instant which puts you behind the person chasing you
Some times I try to turn and it start pushing down. Basically going against my command. It’s weird because sometimes better turning planes get behind you and it’s hard to evade the cannon gun when you do a tight turn as it pushes down.
cool video ThePlrofessional, idk when i'm gonna play GTA V/Online but, definitely i'm gonna take note of alot of your videos of this game to start good, i hope you complete the playthrough of Crime Boss.
The jet actually has a really cool secret feature you missed, where it can do something called the “Cobra maneuver” where the jet can quickly make itself vertical to help when your being chased. I imagine it might help with dogfighting.
Idk, I think there’s a noticeable difference when I tried it with the rajju. When you use one of the rudders then pull up to make it vertical and the stop it somewhat quickly.
Pretty cool jet, I still don't know why the fuck Rockstar decided to switch the VTOL key from E and merge it with the landing gear key when it doesn't even have countermeasures and it uses fricking H to engage stealth mode.
It's pretty cool that the fastest jet in the game is a VTOL. Precision landing via flipping the Pyro, killing the engine and floating down with rudder lift is fun though.
sometimes the Seabreeze is glitched out, enabling it to reach hilarious speed when descending even in a low angle like 10-20°. It's probably still faster but it doesn't work everytime.
Interesting as I tested mine shortly after buying it and upgrading it but it didn't feel better than the Pyro flight wise. However I was only testing it briefly and by myself so nothing else by me to compare it to. Even if it had only been what it felt like at first (Hydra married with the stealth of the Akula) it still would have been worth it for the stealth.
I hated 'on parade' mostly because of the damn avengers taking for ever to kill solo. I do wish it had better missiles (honestly the default missiles should track better for all weapons platforms, they are horridly inaccurate, even frequently missing the damn avengers in the mission). I do find the turning rate of the new aircraft to be inferior to the older fighters though. It is agile, but it takes a while to come around (even the avenger was able to stay inside my turning circle). I do think they may have over nerfed the cannons. IMHO the blast radius should be bigger.
also a dogfighting tip, gas when going up and brake when going down it will help you not go to fast in a dogfight, and in the raiju break really hard without cutting your engine going down
@@theprofessional155reportedly I’m 99% sure it does not. Its just from the new career challenges if im correct. It should be under like “special tops” or something like that when your looking at OUTFITS in a place like ponsonbys
the Raiju is like 90% F-35 and 10% YF-23, the Lazer is 99% F-16 and the Hydra is 80% AV-8 and 10% F-35 also the B-2 is a fcking strategic stealth bomber, would make no sense in LS and we already have the Alkonost that has stealth in greater heights
Another con to this vehicle is since its so fast. When you accelerate towards the ground and pull up. The plan flattens out and falls like 30ft before you can pull up
I will say this jet turned out to be mostly what I wanted. I didn't want the explosive cannons BUT I see they aren't as overpowered as the lazer and hydra ones used to be. You'll have far less of a chance getting spawn trapped by these things. Of course, normal vehicles will still blow up and kill you in one hit from the cannons. You're better off being on foot than in a vehicle if someone decides to come after you.
I think it's a good jet overall but in terms in dogfighting in the ground and trying to aim with rockets or cannons are really hard because it goes too fast and shakes alot.
Speak for yourself bro. Ive been completely annihilating whatever jet comes at me. Only jet I struggled against was the Starling. I dont think its supposed to attack ground targets. Thats the whole point of nerfing the cannons.
A good pilot wouldn't have an issue with off the radar since they would use camera manipulation to their advantage, the pyro pilot wasn't that great imo.
The Low adittude and high adittude makes a difference and Hydra has still it's secret boost which still makes the Hydra the Fastest vehicles ingame without mods
@@s8theninjawarrior916 Oh I see. I believed back in ongoing Russian Invasion of Ukraine since early 2022, Russian used the Su-57 Felon against Ukrainian main homeland by bombing and attacking it.
@@MasterChiefSnake19910128 I mean they have but its still not as stealthy as the f22, cost of stealth is way too high I guess and the US spend without counting on military, and considering they have a 6th gen fighter in the works, oof...
I still think LAZER and Hydra will have there uses. The lazer is better at dogfighting still and its canons are better placed. The Hydra has better placement of canons. But in the end the one with the best explosives canons. the savage still remains the most underrated vehicle. I really hope rockstar doesn't nerf it because it already has enough trade offs as it is.
More cons: - You need a hangar - You have to be high level to fully upgrade it The lazer and the hydra are perfect because you dont need a hangar, upgrades, etc. Just take it and use it. It is very convenient. Also one you have a hangar you can get the hydra or the lazer via pegasus or via personal vehicle, wich gives you a wider spawn location pool
I will NEVER understand why people put these god awful, bright colors and liveries on highly advanced military vehicles. Lmao It looks so ridiculously stupid and out of place. It's like ricing out a semi truck.
Yeh I struggled to kill a bunch of NPCs with it, so will reduce the spawn kill potential, especially as they will have to stay longer on target, which would line them up for the railgun nicely.
It was a stupid change… nobody griefs in jets anymore… it’s always mk2 snipers and oppressors… know nobody is going to use the old jets unless they couldn’t but they new one… it’s stupid, they removed vehicle diversity from the game in one update….
I did have a guy in the new jet try to stop me on a MOC cab haulage run yesterday - thanks to the cannon nerf for jets, he wasn't a real threat - and the idiot came within range for me to lob a sticky bomb at him and wipe him out. (He was NOT happy, lol)
12:00 One con you didn’t mention: When turning, it has a tendency to almost cobra, this causes you to lose speed as well as increase turning time. This can be combated by using yaw while turning at an angle though
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@@theprofessional155I’ve decided to not play GTA Online for a few months, since I became heartbroken when I saw that so many vehicles were removed from the game. I might return to buy the drip feed cars though.
@@FinalFantasyRainbowDash i haven't played online in a little while. I must say, this jet is quite intriguing. As a gta pilot...it does put a smile on my face. I would love to see this vs a pyro..between two exceptional pilots.
@@FinalFantasyRainbowDashbruh you had 9 years to buy any of the removed cars?!?!? Why are so many people acting like it's the end of the world? Can you even name any removed cars that are above average? Cus I KNOW most of em gotta be mid or trash
pls give review of dlc overall i don't like it since cayo perico. Rockstar is giving less and unoriginal content. All missions are ripoff of older heists missions. Payout is trash you can't even get the price of terminal alone by completing those missions.
Yeah on parade was probably the hardest mission, the Avengers were annoying Edit: i'm surprised that the Raiju isn't priced any higher despite having cannons, missles, VTOL and stealth mode, while being very agile and being the fastest jet in the game! I must have this.
1 one homing missile bug also affected most aircrafts, helicopters including the Avenger. Destroyed in one missile. Avoid upgrading to 100% armour and go for 80% instead
They nerfed the laser way to much for the time price it’s useless now at least up the damage to kill instantly if hit on the ground it shouldn’t take 3 hits maybe a cooldown to firing like an overheating mechanic instead of just a full nerf to make it useless
It's not useless bruh. It's still agile, accelerates well and the cannons are still the best in the game post nerf. It's just that it actually takes skill to use and can't be abused by any skilless griefer now. However, I do agree that the price is ridiculous. Now that it's balanced it should cost around 4 - 4.5 million.
Just because you can't one strafe a person on ground doesn't mean it's useless lol. It just takes actual skill instead of up down left right your dead. But yeah price is wild now
I wish we had options for red lasers on that jet fr and have a option for jet fighters club, where everybody can make money like we do in Racing but shooting and blowing everyone up in the jet on gta 💯🔥😤💪🏽
Me and my friend were also doing some tests and at one point it died to a single fmj revolver shot, I think there's some sort of tiny critical point on the side that just demolishes the thing, we tried reproducing it but didn't have much luck
Hey pro I’m a very experienced pilot and I wanted to offer my 2 cents on this thing, the only thing that can repeatedly kill it is either another Riju or a b11 with a more experienced pilot it’s very easy for the b11 to stay on your six if he gets it but if you play your cards right and use stealth in the riju you can just start behind the b11 and then it’s pretty easy for the riju to stay there, riju vs riju is very scary because neither of you truly know where the other Is until the merge. All testing was done with my friend who is similarly experienced as I am. Dogfights we’re free mode style fights no holds barred and no clean merge
dont full gas or fully press r2 in the raiju when in a dogfight because it will make your turn circle really wide allowing your opponent to cut into your circle for a kill, tap gas and use back camera to see your opponent
I didn’t know this jet existed, and was flying around in my pyro when I saw its logo appearing and disappearing on the map with what looked kind of like a hydra in the distance. I’m typically a passive player, so I only have a smoke trail on my pyro. However, I’ve played GTA solely for vehicles for almost 10 years at this point. Of course this guy bee lines me while off radar, but it’s hard to miss a jet flying straight at you on a clear day. He tries to shoot me, so I vertical, stall above him, and get behind him pretty easily, shoot a couple missiles so he has to stop climbing and zig zag or circle. Once you’re behind someone with a pyro, they will never get behind you again. I shot him several times, but no explosive cannons on a pyro so not even smoke from the raiju. Eventually he crashed into the ground trying to avoid me and get behind me again. If the pyro had explosive cannons, it would be the king of dogfights by a long shot.
I have a funny story to tell. Last night I was in a public lobby and I notice someone using the new jet. So I thought could I sneek up on them with the stealth helicopter. I manged to get behind them and stay close in stealth mode for over 5 minutes! And this jet was moving so not afk. The pilot then started griefing on some new players so I simple exited stealth mode and shot them down with two missiles amd went straight back into stealth mode.
Worked my butt off for it. No trade price cause you really only save 300k with the upgrade to the avenger cost. Worth it for the speed getting from my yacht in paleto bay to my nightclub by the airport quickly.
Raiju: A legendary wolf-like creature from Japanese mythology, made up of lightning.
Makes sense for being the fastest
Its called the "Raiju" because its based off the F-35 Lightning II and Raiju is supposed to be Lightning, and it references the F-35
@@CowboyDale-ze9fn I see
Oh, so that is why Pikachu's evolved form is called Raichu, since it's a electric type Pokemon and a mix of Pikachu+Raiju makes "Raichu"
@@CowboyDale-ze9fn it’s a play off both of those things because the raiju is also fast af
@@TakumisBizarreRacingAdventurealso reminds me of Raikou, the electric legendary beast
Really liked the new jet, good-looking, fast and stealth mode included.
I've been in a public session with a couple of players with it and so far nobody used to attack anybody surprisingly.
I hope that beauty doesn't become a idiots fav vehicle to annoy players
no one attacks anyone in it because the gun sucks, the nerfed laser still does better damage to ground targets than the f160
@@xmsreapzzxactivate vtol while in first person and use the explosive guns. Simple.
Its busted with the hover feature and stealth
I was pretty surprised by that too. I didn't see anyone use it to grief yet and it was a very nice new experience.
@@papimoe4046 also to add to your comment, if you use vtol you have barely any manouverability and can easily be sniped out or shot down with an rpg lol noobs
The raiju's VTOL is actually great to shake other planes off.
When you are upside down, slow down and activate the VTOL, the jet will fly in an unconventional way, and you can catch the other guy off guard.
Hit the brakes he’ll fly right by
@@bensmithkent22ayyyyy
It’s also good for annoying the helicopters that spawn in after you grief people
How the hell do you actually change flight modes because apparently it's not like the hydra
@@SkyKid8492hold L3 on ps5
Here's a tip for those who haven't done the new missions u don't have to fight the avengers just turn on stealth mode n fly away they won't know where u are n will lose u so it saves u alot of time than fighting them coz they take a while to die
I would do that but.....I kinda flew through the air defences and they blew up.
Wait seriously???? That mission was soo fucking frustrating!!
@@jayneduffy4566 that works too
@@wolfboy20 yeah or fly through the air defense in stealth mode
@@choolwetwambo6078 oh yeah im definitely trying that next time i play that mission
The Raiju is a beast, the mission where u gotta dog fight against Merryweather in Helo's,Jet's and the Avenger was alot of fun...
Yeah and shooting avenger like 100 times just to see your avenger just die in one hit next mission...
I saw a couple of guys griefing and being a pest in this jet after the update, but something I did notice is despite they being in steal mode the jet itself is quiet loud, when one of the guys try to come at me in steal I was able to take him down using the sound of the jet.
It’s a lot noticeable if you have a sniper rifle equipped. Zoom in and you can hear the sound of the jet, crazy how it enhances your hearing.
There is no way you can get griefed by this jet, don't give Rockstar a reason to nerf this cool ass jet
What is "steal mode" and "quiet loud"?
@@imanallamericanrejekHe clearly meant "stealth mode" and "quite loud". Don't be a jerk and nitpick minor typos. You're not perfect either.
@@malfeastial but there is i literally got griefed 3v1 with these jets the stealth mode is annoying asf
About the Raiju exploding in 1 homing missile: try shooting a homing missile or explosive sniper directly at its bomb/missile bay below it. This also happens with the Kosatka(I think) in which throwing a sticky bomb in its missile pods blows it up faster than at its hull.
I would arguably say that the railgun is a better counter from the ground to the raiju. This is because with the railgun, you can replenish your ammo using the interaction menu, but with the explosive sniper you have to go back to the hangar. Also the plane was shaking when it was hit with the missle bc the attacker shot the raiju's aileron and elevator. Im pretty sure that it depends on where you're hit with the missle/explosive to determine whether the plane starts shaking.
railgun is underrated. Its the halo 4 gun!
You can go into your terrobyte and refill it
But with the Raiju you can be off the radar
The raiju is also extremely fast I think you're way better off with the near hit scan of the explosive sniper
Railgun isn't instant like explosive sniper, nor has a scope if the target is pretty far it's difficult to hit with it, explosive sniper has 40 rounds and you can call Terrorbyte, Moc or Avenger to refill ammo
Keep in mind that the VTOL feature can be used in dogfights to gain advantage on your opponent if you're good at it
You can hover in VTOL while inverted if you hold L2, it makes no sense but that's Rockstar Logic I guess
@@theotherguy6951this things vtol allows you to do flips lol
Does the vtol glitch work on this jet?
Agreed
You can do whatever u want and you will never going to take down any jet with that ass cannon😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It really feels like an end-game vehicle to own.
Discount 20$ Meg shark card go brrr
Now playing Ace Combat: San Andreas?
V2 time?
@@Shadow2-1
I love ace combat ngl.
Project Wingman: San Andreas edition
@@Varagon7403
I like the new jet a lot. This DLC is total trash, infuriating even with the whole removed vehicles situation, but I guess the jet is a cool thing. It got me pretty stoked up for it, though. I only think that the vertical (more like angled) stabilizers look a bit too small, too straight-angled (when viewed from the side) and oddly shaped, it's not like the perfect diamond shape of the YF-23 or the nice-looking tail section of the Su-75.
Should have added the Viper, Havoc or Z-10 to the game aswell
I still can’t believe we are not getting mansions or cop dlc that would be amazing but naw smh
@@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778 I want to think a bit more, I would like to see something like the AH-56 Cheyenne or the S-67 Blackhawk added to the game. High-speed attack helicopters are making a comeback with the FARA program, after the AH-56 and the S-67 ended up failing to get an Army contract (the Cheyenne failed because of an accident that killed both the pilot and the gunner, and the fact that the Air Force did NOT like the Army having their own CAS/anti-armor aircraft, and the Blackhawk failed because it was a private-venture helicopter, supposed to be "the American version of the Hind", and the only prototype ended up crashing in 1974, with the loss of both crew). The modern Raider X takes a lot of inspiration from the Cheyenne, and it can even fly like a regular plane. It's not a VTOL in any way, but it would be able to fly forward with a pusher prop.
@@deflategate1297considering the ammount of hate Cops get you probaly Will never get a Police dlc
@@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778 if anything, they could also add the Ka-52 Alligator, it would be the first counter-prop heli in the game.
So surprised at the cost of this. Was easily anticipating 10m+
things like this SHOULD be expensive.
Rank 12s shouldn’t have unlimited access to everything
@@VeeTwoPointOh agreed. Why i was expecting a 12m + price tag
If you count in the avenger + the command center too to get the cheaper prize its easily 10m+
@@MyGunIsNakedTf? You don't need the Avenger for this
It's so perfect to the point that I couldn't ignore.
Aerial combat between Raijus is pretty interesting. You can't just tell where your foes are at, using the radar. You actually have to find them with your eyes and so do they.
I've also found that missiles are next to useless, since the Raiju can just fly straight and outrun them.
At 9:51 when your talking about the raiju blowing up in 1 homing launcher when it’s not meant to, there’s actually a bug where when you call in your aircraft it’s spawns in damaged even though it doesn’t look like it is, I called my hydra once and it spawned with its engine cutting out, same for every other jet I’ve called in but I from what I can tell it only affects jets not helicopters
The con is that it's expensive yeah, but as far as the trade price goes you need to buy the terminal in the avenger which is like 1.45 mil to unlock the trade price for it so its not really a trade price
don't forget people have to buy an Avenger too if they dont own it 🤣
its all together like 10+ Million Dollars
Obvious cash grab by rockstar
@jcrafterz the avenger has been out for ever though, u have to have it to upgrade certain other things anyway. At this point unless you're new to the game most people should have all this. I play the game half ass since release on 360 with the same character and I'm only like lvl 189 and I have most everything and then some on a natural grind. The upgraded avenger is a beast and the new jet is a ripper.
@@johnmurphy7442u cant call everything a cash grab 😂
There are heists that take 1 to 2 hours to prep and do and you get 1mil+ so they have adjusted the prices in line for that
@@hunt3rshaff3r I agree, most players already have the Avenger and a Facility too, so it's not really a cash grab. Plus with the Cayo Perico Heist it's not that hard to save money for the Terminal.
Con: near usless against targets on foot. Even if youre good with missile strafing it doesnt matter since you can only shoot 2 at a time and it's air brakes suck so its very hard to slow down during a dive for aiming.
Tip: if you're going to do ground runs on this plane, use the missiles, and preferably on VTOL mode.
It manuevers quite well for a VTOL unlike the hydra and you can always use the stealth mode to not be completely vulnerable.
A helicopter player will manage to get kills most of the time without much of a problem.
I love this jet, the most fun thing to fly because of how quickly it rolls and how fast it is
F-22 from the front, F-35 from the side, and Mitsubishi FX from the back. 💀
If you’ve ever flown the Raiju, you would have noticed that when doing sharp turns with the vertical stabilizer (the back wings) the airplane over turns and almost flips backwards. I wonder if that could be incorporated into dogfighting. If you could make a sharper turn than even the Pyro, it would give you a really good advantage.
You can definitely take advantage of this. The Pyro also has this instability to some degree and I always used it to massively decrease speed in an instant which puts you behind the person chasing you
Some times I try to turn and it start pushing down. Basically going against my command. It’s weird because sometimes better turning planes get behind you and it’s hard to evade the cannon gun when you do a tight turn as it pushes down.
I think the bombushka wins in the velocity and the agility test 💀💀💀
indeed
No it’s the rusty tractor
Finally my dream come true! Got it on trade, upgraded it and immediately knew it was the new fastest.
Stealth is good to enjoy nice flights without no one messing with you... I just hope it does not lock on sales vehicles...
cool video ThePlrofessional, idk when i'm gonna play GTA V/Online but, definitely i'm gonna take note of alot of your videos of this game to start good, i hope you complete the playthrough of Crime Boss.
The jet actually has a really cool secret feature you missed, where it can do something called the “Cobra maneuver” where the jet can quickly make itself vertical to help when your being chased. I imagine it might help with dogfighting.
That's... Not what the cobra maneuver really is and it's not particularly better at doing it than say a lazer as far as I'm aware
Idk, I think there’s a noticeable difference when I tried it with the rajju. When you use one of the rudders then pull up to make it vertical and the stop it somewhat quickly.
How do I do it
@@thatguy1806 Its better than the lazer when doing the GTA Cobra for sure
@@stinkycat3137 I was not aware gta had its own maneuver that uses the same name as a normal cobra maneuver
It matters little how fast you are. Every second you aren't running, I get closer.
Pretty cool jet, I still don't know why the fuck Rockstar decided to switch the VTOL key from E and merge it with the landing gear key when it doesn't even have countermeasures and it uses fricking H to engage stealth mode.
The tail fins looks ridiculous on this airplane 😄
This jet is insane .. out runs all the missles from a oppressor mk2 and deluxo lol
My #2 fav plane behind the Avenger.
Theprofessional: "The cons is that it's very expensive."
Also Theprofessional: **Have a billion dollars.**
Been waiting on this one👌🏻💯 Appreciate the video, going to get that jet ASAP😈
I’m really curious to see how people can manipulate the VTOL for dogfights and other situations
It's pretty cool that the fastest jet in the game is a VTOL. Precision landing via flipping the Pyro, killing the engine and floating down with rudder lift is fun though.
sometimes the Seabreeze is glitched out, enabling it to reach hilarious speed when descending even in a low angle like 10-20°. It's probably still faster but it doesn't work everytime.
Actually you can do the same with the raiju now
I’ve ran into a lot of friendly people with this jet, not everyday 5 jet users fly in formation without blowing each other up😂
making people go flying with the cannons is way more fun for both parties than just killing them
Interesting as I tested mine shortly after buying it and upgrading it but it didn't feel better than the Pyro flight wise. However I was only testing it briefly and by myself so nothing else by me to compare it to. Even if it had only been what it felt like at first (Hydra married with the stealth of the Akula) it still would have been worth it for the stealth.
I havent seen anyone grief with this. Hell, i was flying around and four other players in their Raijus flew around with me. Pleasant surprise
I hated 'on parade' mostly because of the damn avengers taking for ever to kill solo. I do wish it had better missiles (honestly the default missiles should track better for all weapons platforms, they are horridly inaccurate, even frequently missing the damn avengers in the mission). I do find the turning rate of the new aircraft to be inferior to the older fighters though. It is agile, but it takes a while to come around (even the avenger was able to stay inside my turning circle). I do think they may have over nerfed the cannons. IMHO the blast radius should be bigger.
also a dogfighting tip, gas when going up and brake when going down it will help you not go to fast in a dogfight, and in the raiju break really hard without cutting your engine going down
Are you gonna get the niko outfit in gta v online?
I didn’t check what the challenge is but as long as it doesn’t require gta plus I will get it
@@theprofessional155reportedly I’m 99% sure it does not. Its just from the new career challenges if im correct. It should be under like “special tops” or something like that when your looking at OUTFITS in a place like ponsonbys
@@theprofessional155Niko's suit you need to complete 25 tier 4 objectives from the career progress... Quite a task
@@SheepTacoManIt was (definitely not) hard to do for sure
I have now realized that I never done a tier 4 objective... oof
The Raiju is so good. The VTOL is almost like thrust vectoring
I'm wondering how it compares to a starling. Good starling pilots are just about impossible to take down.
One of the best ways to get around the map Lsia to paleto real quick
They should add more real life military vehicles like the f18, f22, b2 spirit, and the f117 nighthawk
the Raiju is like 90% F-35 and 10% YF-23, the Lazer is 99% F-16 and the Hydra is 80% AV-8 and 10% F-35
also the B-2 is a fcking strategic stealth bomber, would make no sense in LS and we already have the Alkonost that has stealth in greater heights
@@jcrafterz The raiju is actually also part su75, plus the alkonost cant even use bombs when at stealth altitude
@@stinkycat3137 you wouldn't hit anything relevant anyway ...
or the XO-2S Strike Wyvern
Another con to this vehicle is since its so fast. When you accelerate towards the ground and pull up. The plan flattens out and falls like 30ft before you can pull up
In my experience, Lazer V Raiju Dogfights are all up to Pilot skills, I’ve taken down raijus in lasers but also lasers in raijus
I will say this jet turned out to be mostly what I wanted. I didn't want the explosive cannons BUT I see they aren't as overpowered as the lazer and hydra ones used to be. You'll have far less of a chance getting spawn trapped by these things. Of course, normal vehicles will still blow up and kill you in one hit from the cannons. You're better off being on foot than in a vehicle if someone decides to come after you.
It's refreshing to see rockstar release a balanced military vehicle
Balanced?
This is pure powercreep. Literally 0 reason to use any other plane
@@AvarageYakuzaEnjoyer Not as bad as the oppressor or Toreador
Thanks!
I think it's a good jet overall but in terms in dogfighting in the ground and trying to aim with rockets or cannons are really hard because it goes too fast and shakes alot.
Skill issue imo
Still sucks because of its damage
Speak for yourself bro. Ive been completely annihilating whatever jet comes at me. Only jet I struggled against was the Starling. I dont think its supposed to attack ground targets. Thats the whole point of nerfing the cannons.
@@Drayhgoprobably newbies, try against a pro and the lazer will destroy the piece of crap
@@GlistenTristan I have. I won. Bro pulled out all the tricks. Post-stall maneuvers, good speed management... still lost.
I hope R* add more aviation content perhaps add new fighter jet bassed on f-14, f-15, f-18, su-37, su-47, su-57, etc
I seriously can't believe ya did not include a good pilot for this review.
A good pilot wouldn't have an issue with off the radar since they would use camera manipulation to their advantage, the pyro pilot wasn't that great imo.
The Low adittude and high adittude makes a difference and Hydra has still it's secret boost which still makes the Hydra the Fastest vehicles ingame without mods
This newest stealth fighter jet aircraft is based on F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor
F-35 mixed with the yf-22
@@migueldoesstuff6994Yeah. Also, it is possibly adding the few parts from Russian stealth fighter jet aircraft, Su-57 Felon.
@@MasterChiefSnake19910128 the su57 is not as stealthy as the f22 though, supposedly better maneuvering though
@@s8theninjawarrior916 Oh I see. I believed back in ongoing Russian Invasion of Ukraine since early 2022, Russian used the Su-57 Felon against Ukrainian main homeland by bombing and attacking it.
@@MasterChiefSnake19910128 I mean they have but its still not as stealthy as the f22, cost of stealth is way too high I guess and the US spend without counting on military, and considering they have a 6th gen fighter in the works, oof...
Tip when dogfighting in the Raju , only tap the accelerator
I still think LAZER and Hydra will have there uses. The lazer is better at dogfighting still and its canons are better placed. The Hydra has better placement of canons.
But in the end the one with the best explosives canons. the savage still remains the most underrated vehicle. I really hope rockstar doesn't nerf it because it already has enough trade offs as it is.
I mean the lazer is basically the F16, it is the worlds best dogfighting jet, even giving the F22 a run for its money if it can get to the merge.
@@thatbeetus1912 Yeah, it’s one of the worlds best fighter jets for sure, but an F-22 will take it out before it even realizes what’s going on.
My guy the f16p shits on the laser in a df
Much more agile than hydra but love how we finally got rockets to avenger. It has been big problem playing solo when you cannot defense it
More cons:
- You need a hangar
- You have to be high level to fully upgrade it
The lazer and the hydra are perfect because you dont need a hangar, upgrades, etc. Just take it and use it. It is very convenient.
Also one you have a hangar you can get the hydra or the lazer via pegasus or via personal vehicle, wich gives you a wider spawn location pool
My biggest issue is remembering where those pylons spawn in, jets so fast sometimes obstacles load in after you wouldve hit them lmao
I will NEVER understand why people put these god awful, bright colors and liveries on highly advanced military vehicles. Lmao
It looks so ridiculously stupid and out of place. It's like ricing out a semi truck.
Kinda kills the stealth aspect also.
As soon as I get me one I'm using that bubblegum waifu 😂
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i was struggling to use this jet in the mission yesterday...flying around then bombing/shooting....but since i've seen your video....now I know
I think the explosive cannons doing little to no damage to players on foot was a good idea.
Yeh I struggled to kill a bunch of NPCs with it, so will reduce the spawn kill potential, especially as they will have to stay longer on target, which would line them up for the railgun nicely.
It was a stupid change… nobody griefs in jets anymore… it’s always mk2 snipers and oppressors… know nobody is going to use the old jets unless they couldn’t but they new one… it’s stupid, they removed vehicle diversity from the game in one update….
@@zlatyled154good
@@relay_exe3009 why is that good? Nerfing something nobody uses… why don’t they nerf the oppressor
I did have a guy in the new jet try to stop me on a MOC cab haulage run yesterday - thanks to the cannon nerf for jets, he wasn't a real threat - and the idiot came within range for me to lob a sticky bomb at him and wipe him out. (He was NOT happy, lol)
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One con you didn’t mention:
When turning, it has a tendency to almost cobra, this causes you to lose speed as well as increase turning time.
This can be combated by using yaw while turning at an angle though
I love this thing... it's what I use now to hunt griefers... like a ninja
Hello professional how is your health day and life Young hope its Young spectacular and anybody see the comment hope your health day and life is going marvelous
Thank you for asking man . I didn’t get much sleep last night but I’m going to bed now and get my sleeping schedule fixed .
@@theprofessional155I’ve decided to not play GTA Online for a few months, since I became heartbroken when I saw that so many vehicles were removed from the game. I might return to buy the drip feed cars though.
@@theprofessional155 sorry for hearing that but you are welcome happy to ask
@@FinalFantasyRainbowDash i haven't played online in a little while. I must say, this jet is quite intriguing. As a gta pilot...it does put a smile on my face. I would love to see this vs a pyro..between two exceptional pilots.
@@FinalFantasyRainbowDashbruh you had 9 years to buy any of the removed cars?!?!? Why are so many people acting like it's the end of the world? Can you even name any removed cars that are above average? Cus I KNOW most of em gotta be mid or trash
Another professional review by The Professional.
pls give review of dlc overall i don't like it since cayo perico. Rockstar is giving less and unoriginal content. All missions are ripoff of older heists missions. Payout is trash you can't even get the price of terminal alone by completing those missions.
I got into a 1v1v1 dogfight with all Raiju's and it was the absolute most fun I've had ever in this game forever.
This thing is *nuts*
I had just don't that over the base it was sick man!
Damn, I was really hoping it would have Vtol
It does!
@@foxtrot7557 OOOHHHH, I forgot about the Hydra when he said they had no unique upgrades
The glitched livery + one of the blue resprays gives it the su57 look
Yeah on parade was probably the hardest mission, the Avengers were annoying
Edit: i'm surprised that the Raiju isn't priced any higher despite having cannons, missles, VTOL and stealth mode, while being very agile and being the fastest jet in the game! I must have this.
1 one homing missile bug also affected most aircrafts, helicopters including the Avenger. Destroyed in one missile. Avoid upgrading to 100% armour and go for 80% instead
They nerfed the laser way to much for the time price it’s useless now at least up the damage to kill instantly if hit on the ground it shouldn’t take 3 hits maybe a cooldown to firing like an overheating mechanic instead of just a full nerf to make it useless
No the aircraft actually takes skill to use now
It's not useless bruh. It's still agile, accelerates well and the cannons are still the best in the game post nerf. It's just that it actually takes skill to use and can't be abused by any skilless griefer now. However, I do agree that the price is ridiculous. Now that it's balanced it should cost around 4 - 4.5 million.
Just because you can't one strafe a person on ground doesn't mean it's useless lol. It just takes actual skill instead of up down left right your dead. But yeah price is wild now
Ignore the bots justifying this they nerfed this way too hard it is useless now and that’s the end of it
@@Fomnh crying cuz it’s too hard to use😢. 😂😂
10:00 its called the one shot glitch. Its in the game for years... Even a submarine and the avenger can be destroyed by just one explosion
I wish we had options for red lasers on that jet fr and have a option for jet fighters club, where everybody can make money like we do in Racing but shooting and blowing everyone up in the jet on gta 💯🔥😤💪🏽
Really wish there’s a 2+ seaters jet that is vtol/helipad spawnable. dc if it’s weaponized, will pay same amount if not more to raiju.
Me and my friend were also doing some tests and at one point it died to a single fmj revolver shot, I think there's some sort of tiny critical point on the side that just demolishes the thing, we tried reproducing it but didn't have much luck
Hey pro I’m a very experienced pilot and I wanted to offer my 2 cents on this thing, the only thing that can repeatedly kill it is either another Riju or a b11 with a more experienced pilot it’s very easy for the b11 to stay on your six if he gets it but if you play your cards right and use stealth in the riju you can just start behind the b11 and then it’s pretty easy for the riju to stay there, riju vs riju is very scary because neither of you truly know where the other Is until the merge. All testing was done with my friend who is similarly experienced as I am. Dogfights we’re free mode style fights no holds barred and no clean merge
dont full gas or fully press r2 in the raiju when in a dogfight because it will make your turn circle really wide allowing your opponent to cut into your circle for a kill, tap gas and use back camera to see your opponent
I just recently got this plane today. It is my new favourite jet as well
I literally had an ad for the San Andreas Mercenaries DLC in this video.
I feel like the b11 is actually an option now, and also the slowness of the b11 can be used as an advantage
haven’t seen any reviews because i’ve been waiting for this one
I didn’t know this jet existed, and was flying around in my pyro when I saw its logo appearing and disappearing on the map with what looked kind of like a hydra in the distance. I’m typically a passive player, so I only have a smoke trail on my pyro. However, I’ve played GTA solely for vehicles for almost 10 years at this point.
Of course this guy bee lines me while off radar, but it’s hard to miss a jet flying straight at you on a clear day. He tries to shoot me, so I vertical, stall above him, and get behind him pretty easily, shoot a couple missiles so he has to stop climbing and zig zag or circle.
Once you’re behind someone with a pyro, they will never get behind you again. I shot him several times, but no explosive cannons on a pyro so not even smoke from the raiju. Eventually he crashed into the ground trying to avoid me and get behind me again.
If the pyro had explosive cannons, it would be the king of dogfights by a long shot.
If you engange Vtol while dogfighting, you would easily out maneuver that B11. The Vtol is faster to stabilize than the hydra.
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How do you think they could Nerf the stealth mode on this thing? Maybe add a 5 second start up timer?
I just destroyed 2 hydras with this jet like it was nothing, the stealth mode in dog fights is so op
I have a funny story to tell. Last night I was in a public lobby and I notice someone using the new jet. So I thought could I sneek up on them with the stealth helicopter. I manged to get behind them and stay close in stealth mode for over 5 minutes! And this jet was moving so not afk. The pilot then started griefing on some new players so I simple exited stealth mode and shot them down with two missiles amd went straight back into stealth mode.
Thank you pro for this useful information, getting to the point, and not clickbaiting
Worked my butt off for it. No trade price cause you really only save 300k with the upgrade to the avenger cost. Worth it for the speed getting from my yacht in paleto bay to my nightclub by the airport quickly.
the raiju for its wingspand must be my fav jet for stunts i can get anywhere with it
I just bought this beauty, bought the Princess Robot Bubblegum Waifu livery,and this thing is best!
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