Lenco Bearcat G2 - Los Santos Sheriff’s Department​

As many should know, back in the earlier days of the IV community picking up, I released an older Bearcat model that was never really rivaled in the community. Though, I was never really satisfied with that model and inevitably went on a mission to make a newer model. The newer model I started creating back in the days of GTA-Modding-Chest(some ought to remember this as I created a thread on it) and sadly abandoned the project after the website died. It was a model that IV was meant to see but sadly couldn't. Though, I've started working on that same model and am happy to say that it will be released for V since the game currently lacks a genuine and good quality Bearcat.

Thankfully after all these years, I still have all the saved files and I'm continuing work on that model. The exterior for the most part is finished, its just a matter of the finer details now and the modeling of the interior. Below are some recent screenshots of the model as it currently stands.

As usual, I will be posting updates as I progress with the model.

Quote from c13

Looks good so far. A few questions:

Yard1 had a riot model a long time ago that stayed private. In this model, 8 peds could be set in the back. I believe he achieved this with the vehiclelayouts.meta from the barracks model.

Would you be interested in doing something like that with this model?

I could look into it, but I make no promises. I prefer keeping the model in terms of the setup, as close to the original as possible. If I did do something like that, it'd be a separate version available after the first release.

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Is this going to be based on LASD's Bearcats, with the Whelen liberty?

Yes.

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Will there be more variants, such as the Patriot systems mount or the medcat
version used by some LASD models and the LAPD?

I don't think I'd do anything else other than one of the Patriot systems mounts if I were to, but I can't say I would for sure. If there's enough interest from the community, then I will consider.

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What's the status of this project? Ditched or still ongoing?

Could say its set aside for now.