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- ❝ A common American economy car.❞
- ―Description in Watch Dogs.
The Global Motors Vessel is a four-door sedan that appears in Watch Dogs and Watch Dogs 2.
Design[]
The car's design appears to be inspired by the North American styling of the 1995 Lincoln Continental, with the front end of a second generation Mercury Grand Marquis, including elements from the 1991-1994 Ford Crown Victoria, particularly in the style of the taillights and the aerodynamics of its front fascia. The side profile of the vehicle is akin to that of the 1998-2011 Ford Crown Victoria. The car can be best summed up as a fusion of the Ford Crown Victoria in performance and usage, with the styling of the 1995 Lincoln Continental.
Performance[]
Watch Dogs[]
The Vessel has an adequate acceleration and acceptable top speed, thanks to its V8 engine. It is good with low-heat police chases, but because of its low durability, the Vessel is not good for car-to-car combat and higher heat levels.
The Police version is a bit tougher thanks to a beefed up suspension package and front pushbar. The police variant also has much greater acceleration and top speed, befitting its usage as a police vehicle.
Watch Dogs 2[]
Unlike the first Watch Dogs, the Vessel has reduced performance across all variants, making it one of the slowest road vehicles in the game. Acceleration is good, primarily because it reaches its top speed before it leaves first gear. Durability is also good: the player can engage in car-to-car combat, with the Vessel wrecking pursuing vehicles such as Cruisers with a few hits. It can take gunfire better than many other Standard vehicles. Despite this, the Vessel is not a good getaway vehicle, as its low top speed will leave it soaking up bullets and pursuit damage until its engine fails. The Police and Taxi variants perform the same.
Overview[]
- Watch Dogs
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Variants[]
- Taxi Vessel: There is a taxi variant of the Vessel that appears to be the cheapest taxi in the company. In Watch Dogs, it spawns either in a yellow or white color and in Watch Dogs 2, in a red/white, yellow/white or green/white color. Both are operated by Rapid Cab.
- Viceroy Vessel: The Black Viceroys own modified Vessels with white, blue, and orange paint jobs, orange interiors, customized rims, and symbols on their front and rear. It only appears in Watch Dogs.
- Police Vessel: The Chicago Police Department use the Vessel along with the Police Cavale and the Police Sonarus LX. It is distinguished by its rear-facing sirens located inside the vehicle, which are visible when the sirens are turned on. The police version of this vehicle is no different from its budget version, as it can be disabled easily with little or no effort; just try to avoid getting boxed in. This version remains unchanged in Watch Dogs 2, but this one only appears in a mission.
- Damaged versions can be only found in the Alone Digital Trip, in Watch Dogs.
Gallery[]
Public service[]
Gang[]
Law enforcement[]
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Videos[]
Locations[]
Watch Dogs[]
- The civilian variant is available in the Car On Demand app, for free.
- Poorly maintained examples can be seen driven around in The Wards, whereas well maintained examples are commonly found in Pawnee.
- Taxi variants can be found also in The Wards.
- The Black Viceroys uses the Viceroy Vessel along with their modified Polars. Therefore, they can only be found during certain missions, fixer contracts and in a crime detection radius when the Viceroys call reinforcements.
- The Police Variant is usually encountered in the earlier stages of police chases in CTOS Mobile App, and it is also the cheapest police unit to deploy in the App for Watch Dogs multiplayer. It's never found in normal police chases.
- It can be found parked at The Wards Police Station.
Watch Dogs 2[]
- The civilian version is available in the Total Motors car dealership, for $4,000.
- Civilian versions spawn around Oakland, usually in poor condition. This version also spawns in good condition in the Marin County area.
- Taxi variants spawn around the Bay. most notably in Oakland and around Bayview Rise.
- The police variant only appears once, on the CyberDriver movie set. It can be obtained multiple times over with mission replay. However, this is time-consuming, as the player must do the mission to completion in order to obtain the vehicle.
Trivia[]
- Strangely enough, the Vessel features steel wheels by default. This may have been because the vehicle was originally intended to be released specifically as a fleet vehicle, and the vehicles seen under private ownership are decommissioned police cruisers and taxi cabs. The color of the wheels have been changed from black to light grey, and has a shinier center cap in the final version.
- The word "Vessel" is often used for naval vehicles, which is related to the word "cruiser", a term commonly used in police cars (police cruiser). This fact is reinforced by the existence of the police variant.
- Oddly enough, while the real-life Chicago Police Department frequently uses the Ford Crown Victoria (which is evidently the Vessel's main inspiration), it is never been found patrolling around through the gameplay.
- The same goes for the San Francisco and Oakland Police Departments in Watch Dogs 2- Both agencies maintain numerous examples of the vehicle in real life. However, no SFPD/OPD variants of the Vessel exist.
- It is one of few vehicles in Watch Dogs and Watch Dogs 2 that is equipped with steel wheels by default.
- The Vessel also appears in Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft Toronto's Far Cry series, mainly Far Cry 5, Far Cry New Dawn and Far Cry 6, the former first appeared as a playable vehicle, rebadged as the "Kimberlite Darrala" and is identified as a 2008 model year, while the former second also appeared as a playable vehicle known as the "Reinforced Sedan".