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This article is about the vehicle. For the diversion, see Tow Truck. |
The Shaft is a vehicle in Saints Row 2 and Saints Row (reboot).
Overview[]
The Shaft is a unique vehicle which can tow any land vehicle. When towing a vehicle, steering is affected, and the towed vehicle moves independently which can cause damage to your Shaft and the towed vehicle. Even when avoiding collisions, the towed vehicle is likely to lose bumpers and spoiler kits.
It spawns in many neighborhoods around Stilwater, but the only place it spawns at night is in the Downtown District.
When entering this vehicle, there is a prompt to start the Tow Truck Diversion, completing this unlocks a custom Saints Shaft in the Garage.
No Chop Shops are searching for this vehicle.
Controls[]
When there is a vehicle directly behind the Shaft, there is an onscreen message with the Controls to tow a vehicle. During the Tow Truck Diversion, towing the wrong car shows an on-screen message to release the vehicle which is not shown at any other time.
On Xbox 360 and PS3, the Shaft controls are the same regardless of which Control Scheme is selected.
- The control to tow a vehicle is
+ - The control to release a vehicle is
On PC, the Shaft controls vary depending on how Controls are defined
- The control to tow a vehicle is Sprint + Grab Shield.
- The control to release a vehicle is Crouch
Performance[]
The Shaft is one of the trickiest vehicles to drive. Its front wheels do not center quickly when the steering wheel is released making it hard to perform minor course corrections. The handbrake just brings the vehicle to a regular stop and does not help in getting around corners. Handling improves when a light vehicle such as a Halberd is being towed, but a heavy vehicle causes extreme amounts of over-steering.
Modifications[]
The Shaft has a total of 5 Vehicle Customization options. It does not have Hydraulics available. The available Wheel Sizes are 14-19 and the available Wheel Widths are 2–4.
- Mods
- 2 Grills
- 3 Decal 1s
- Paints
- Body Color (2 sections)
- Trim Color (4 sections)
- Rim Color (2 sections)
- Window Tint
- Interior Color
- Misc Color
- Grill Color
Variants[]
Saints Row 2[]
- Beater
- 50% chance of spawning
- Grill guard
- Decal 3. 25-100% Dirt
- Normal Rims 250/251
- 25% chance between 4 Matte paints
- Satin Bright White
- Wheatfield Yellow
- Graig Red
- Blue Wave
- Stainless Steel, Steel, and Matte Jet Black Trim
- Matte Jet Black Grill. Steel Rims
- Galactic Dove Gray Interior. 5% Tint
- Standard
- 30% chance of spawning
- Grill guard
- Decal 3. No Dirt
- 50% chance of Decal 2
- Normal Rims 250/251
- 7 Gloss paints
- 20% - Satin Bright White and Jet Black
- 20% - Wheatfield Yellow and Jet Black
- 15% - Graig Red and Jet Black
- 15% - Blue Wave and Jet Black
- 10% - Tangerine Orange and Jet Black
- 10% - Jet Black
- 10% - Satin Bright White
- Stainless Steel, Steel, Gloss Jet Black and Matte Jet Black Trim
- Rubber Jet Black Grill. Steel Rims
- Galactic Dove Gray Interior. 5% Tint
- Bling
- 20% chance of spawning
- Grill guard
- Decal 2 and 3.[2]
- 45% chance each between Rims 234 and 182, otherwise 250/251
- No Dirt
- Random Modern Paint
- 50% chance of Gloss Jet Black Body 1
- 50% chance between Carbon Steel and Chrome Rims
- Chrome, Stainless Steel, and Gloss Jet Black Trim
- Rubber Jet Black Grill
- Galactic Dove Gray Interior. 60% Tint
- Saints
- Non-customizable
Unlocked for completing the Tow Truck diversion
- Grill guard
- Saints Decals 5 and extra Saints Decals
- Normal Rims 250/251
- No Dirt
- Gloss Harlequin Purple paint
- Gold Trim and Rims
- Rubber Jet Black Grill
- Banana Yellow Interior
- Dark Purple Tint
Saints Row (reboot)[]
- Standard
- Wuzyers Repo
Trivia[]
- The Cheat for this vehicle is #1071.
- It is possible to chain a series of Shafts to each other.
- When hitching a vehicle containing a driver, the driver is kicked out of the vehicle, which makes the Shaft useful for obtaining rare vehicles.
- It is not possible to tow Jessica's Phoenix during "Bank Error in Your Favor".
- The Brotherhood Compensator from "Red Asphalt" with the unique trailer hitch doesn't even produce a prompt to hitch it up when stopped and occupied, making it impossible to acquire via this method.
- The Shaft resembles a Chevrolet Kodiak tow truck.
- A "Penis shaft" is part of a penis.
- Nitrous can be equipped, but not activated.
- An exhaust tip is absent, although the smoke is visible.
- It is not possible to buy Food in a drive-through while towing a vehicle.
- There is a Tow Truck resembling a Shaft in Saints Row gameplay footage in the 2015 GDC "Vertical Slice Challenge" presentation.[3], as well as in the 2005 Saints Row CGI trailer.
- The Shaft has a siren in Saints Row (reboot).
Gallery[]
Unlock screen for Tow Truck
Promo image of the Shaft
The Shaft in Saints Row 2
The Shaft in Saints Row 2
The Shaft in Saints Row 2
3 Shafts chained to each other
Beater variant in Saints Row 2
Standard variant in Saints Row 2
Bling variant in Saints Row 2
Gang Saints variant in Saints Row 2
Shaft - towing El Train performing Two Wheels Driving Stunt
Shaft - towing El Train
Shaft in Saints Row (reboot)
Shaft (Repo) in Saints Row (reboot)
References[]
- ↑ Image: [[:File:Tow Truck unlocked.png|Unlock text]]
- ↑ Note: Specific decal details are unclear, needs in-game verification
- ↑ YouTube: 2015 GDC "Vertical Slice Challenge" presentation