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 ==Description==
-Resembling a classic [[:wp:Harley-Davidson|Harley-Davidson]] motorcycle in all its incarnations, as is the basis for the [[Angel]], the Freeway was originally designed to represent typical cruiser-based choppers, complete with ape handles. The bike's fairly powerful engine makes it the third fastest in GTA Vice City and GTA Liberty City Stories, behind the [[PCJ-600]] and [[Angel]]; however, due to its heavy weight, it is not suitable for stunts or off-roading, but its speed makes it an enjoyable bike for ordinary street-cruising.
+=== Design ===
+Resembling a classic [[:wp:Harley-Davidson|Harley-Davidson]] motorcycle in all its incarnations, as is the basis for the [[Angel]], the Freeway was originally designed to represent typical cruiser-based chopper with ape handles. Presumably the result of bad coding, the GTA Vice City Stories Freeway is only available in black.
-In GTA IV, the Freeway sports a [[Western Motorcycle Company]] brand and conventional handlebars, distinguishing it from more radically designed choppers. The bike is also available with one or two-tone colors, two combination of carburetor cap and gas tank configurations (with one featuring a gas tank-mounted speedometer), two exhaust pipe configurations, and optional [[:wp:Pannier|side panniers]] (saddlebags) at the rear. [[The Lost and Damned]]/[[Episodes from Liberty City]] version of the Freeway is not available with saddlebags.
+In GTA IV, the Freeway sports a [[Western Motorcycle Company]] brand and conventional handlebars, distinguishing it from more radically designed choppers. The bike is also available with one or two-tone colors, two combination of carburetor cap and gas tank configurations (with one featuring a gas tank-mounted speedometer), two exhaust pipe configurations, and optional [[:wp:Pannier|side panniers]] (saddlebags) at the rear. Unusually, the [[Episodes from Liberty City]] version of the Freeway in [[The Lost and Damned]] and [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]] is not available with saddlebags.
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+=== Performance ===
+Freeways between GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories feature fairly powerful engines; in GTA Vice City and GTA Liberty City Stories, the Freeway the third fastest motorcycle behind the [[PCJ-600]] and [[Angel]]. However, its steering and braking are less responsive due to its heavier weight, resulting in the constant need for e-brake-aided turns around sharper corners. Due to its heavy weight, it is also unsuitable for stunts or off-roading, but its speed makes it suited for ordinary street-cruising.
+The Freeway in GTA IV features similar performance traits from its previous incarnations, retaining an average top speed of 117 kph/73 mph and average acceleration, as well as fairly weak steering. Due to the bike's average grip, it also has a tendency to tailspin, making the bike less controllable when cornering. Its brakes, however, are fairly responsive.
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 ==Trivia==
+* A minor graphical bug in the GTA San Andreas Freeway exists involving the rear side of the Freeway's license plate. Bizarrely, it features an entire texture map for four-wheel vehicles.
+* In GTA San Andreas the Freeway has two exhaust gas plumes, on either side of the rear wheel, but only one exhaust on the right of the wheel. This implies that the freeway was originally meant to have two exhausts in the game.
 * In GTA IV, some game files (handling.dat and POLICE_SCANNER.rpf) refer to the Freeway as a "Bobber", although there already is a vehicle named "Freeway" in POLICE_SCANNER.rpf. "Bobber" may have been the Freeway's name in the GTA IV [[Content Changes in GTA IV Era|beta]].<ref>common\data\handling.dat>bikes>BOBBER</ref><ref>pc\audio\Sfx\POLICE_SCANNER.rpf\MODEL\MOD_BOBBER</ref><ref>pc\audio\Sfx\POLICE_SCANNER.rpf\MODEL\MOD_FREEWAY</ref> "[[:wp:Bobber (motorcycle)|Bobber]]" is a term that refers to a stock motorbike stripped of superfluous parts to reduce weight.
-* Upon collecting all thirty vehicles for [[Stevie]], he agrees to purchase vehicles from [[Niko Bellic]]. The Freeway can be sold to him for $2,000.
+* After collecting all thirty [[Stevie's Car Thefts|cars]] for [[Stevie]] in GTA IV, a Freeway may be sold at [[S&M Auto Sales|his garage]] for $2,000.
 * The Freeway plays the following radio stations by default when entered:
 ** [[K-DST]] in GTA San Andreas.
 ** [[Vice City For Lovers|VCFL]] in GTA Vice City Stories
 ** [[Liberty Rock Radio 97.8]] in GTA IV.
-* In GTA Vice City Stories it only has a black paint job.
-* In both of GTA IV's DLCs, the option of saddlebags on the Freeway was removed, for unknown reasons.
-* In GTA San Andreas the Freeway has two exhaust gas plumes, on either side of the rear wheel, but only one exhaust on the right of the wheel. This implies that the freeway was originally meant to have two exhausts in the game.
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