The Raiju is horrible for GTA Online

The Raiju and its consequences have been a disaster for the playerbase.
Music list, in order
INTRO
Discernment - datfootdive(my beloved)
• discernement
RAIJU INTRO CINEMATIC
SAD - Knasibas
• Knasibas - SAD
DIALOGUE BG
Dust - M.O.O.N. -
• Hotline Miami 2: Wrong...
New Wave Hookers - Vestron Vulture -
• Hotline Miami 2: Wrong...
Bittersweet - Knasibas
• Knasibas - BITTERSWEET
RAIJU KILL MONTAGE
Implosionatic - Hot Hot Heat
• Implosionatic
No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
• Beastie Boys - No Slee...
EXTRA FOOTAGE
Epilogue - Martin O'Donnell
WONDER DRIVE - Oresama(Bass Boosted)
• Bass BOOSTED ORESAMA W...
OUTTRO
The Sun, The Sky, and My Girl - Keiki Kobayashi, Testukazu Nakanishi, Hiroshi Okubo, Junichi Nakatsuru and Ryuchi Takada. It was one of these dudes. I have... no idea which, but it was for Ace Combat 6, which was wicked underrated imo. Like is that just me? I swear it was super fun. The cutscenes story was dog water tbf but it actually FELT like you had ALLIES and it was a WAR. Brilliant time.
• The Sun, The Sky and M...
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[@gumbyshrimp2606]

Skill issue

[@Dheast]

Skill issue

[@nuone_9636]

Agreed

[@bennittotheburrito9606]

Thinking the explosive cannons were op is a skill issue

[@Skailed]

@@bennittotheburrito9606they absolutely where lol, it’s ridiculous to be able to just kill any aircraft with one swoop up, or just kill any player with just the splash radius of an explosion.

[@bennittotheburrito9606]

@@Skailed skill issue use a railgun lol

[@davejack3763]

I like how they gave a jet demonic acceleration and speed, VTOL, OTR, Cannons and machine gun INVULNERABILITY But the line was drawn at missiles without cooldown.

[@elkyubi4281]

And no countermeasures

[@STartist.]

​@@elkyubi4281it doesn't need them unless you vtol in the wrong place at the wrong time but that's your mistake

[@Cuckler]

@@STartist. 🗣

[@lucasschmitz4588]

​@@elkyubi4281rather unneeded just dont slow down and turn into a snake youll be fine

[@flakoM21]

Dokt forget going off radar as much as u want and for free lol

[@amoose1709]

So weird that gta has paralleled real life, the days of turn rate are long gone and stealth and speed are all that matters.

[@osstie528]

The thing is you still use the guns in GTA Online. In real life a Air-to-Air engagement is almost always in the BVR using powerful missiles

[@DemonLordGamingAC0]

>Thinking GTA has anything to do with real life whatsoever

[@amoose1709]

@@DemonLordGamingAC0 well of course not, I'm just pointing out a coincidence.

[@osstie528]

@@DemonLordGamingAC0 That's what the other guy was arguing

[@sCrEwEdUpLeAn]

Speaking of stealth, what’s the point of having a massive nuclear powered submarine if everyone is gonna know where you’re at, and unlike the yacht, it can be destroyed

[@thebluestkey]

As someone who avoids public lobbies like the plague and just wants to grind out heists, the Raiju is awesome for getting preps done fast

[@vbenji3212]

What kind of preps?

[@thebluestkey]

@@vbenji3212 Most notably Duggan Shipments for the Diamond Casino heist

[@BlueScouse4]

@@vbenji3212it’s great for the hangar source crate missions aswell, especially with the x2 sell missions for the Hangar this week

[@dv_.]

@@thebluestkeyIts easier on the mk2 if you ask me

[@Cuckler]

As much as I get this, I've never liked this as an argument in favor of a vehicle. It feels like they're selling you a way to make the grinding go faster instead of just improving business design as a whole, kind of like how they use auto-aim instead of fine-tuning actual sensitivity and gunplay like every other shooter

[@DigitalPand3mic]

I honestly cant complain, I like it because its extremely useful for getting around unseen and doing missions in public lobbies. The slower fire rate means I cant be blown up nearly as quickly or at all when in a vehicle or anything armored enough to take explosives. and its LOUD AF when it gets close, so even if some pos griefer is in stealth they're heard well before they show up. Id defo prefer this over oppressors any day.

[@aking1591]

My only problem with this jet is the machine gun immunity, makes fighting this thing with a pyro almost impossible.

[@DigitalPand3mic]

@@aking1591 bro dont fight the jet, just own it. You can smack the ground and still live, it's amazing

[@snekkie117]

no offense but unless the raiju pilot has room temperature iq you should lose that engagement 9/10 times even if it didnt have invunerability. i think if they removed that the jet would be fine. but with the complaining itll be nerfed into the ground to a point itll just be another hydra at best. which that jet sucks even before the nerf@@aking1591

[@epicmx5]

@@DigitalPand3mic That's not the point. I own a hangar with all the best dogfighters in yet if I use anything but the stealth jet I'm putting myself at an disadvantage. Yes the pyro and starling are still very useable, you CANNOT kill the new jet with them. Now many players own lots of 'useless' aircraft that in a normal GTA session get beat most times. Its like the gunrunning vehicles all over again. They just keep making the new vehicles overpowered and therefore older vehicles are useless. This new jet is fun, but it should be a low tier dogfighter with its off the radar abilities.

[@DigitalPand3mic]

@@epicmx5 Yes you can with missiles. Yes the new jet is tanky, but it has no counter measures and its no where near the same agility of the starling and pyro. The new jet is fine as it is, I've seen it taken down with almost every other jet.

[@BallTickler420]

The most OP aircraft in the game will forever be the Frogger.

[@Not_a_horse]

My guy forgot the ultralight and the dodo

[@BLET_55artem55]

Lads so be sleeping on the Shamal 🤫

[@midorithefestivegardevoir6727]

THE MIGHTY J U M P

[@FalconFlight747]

The Blimp would like to *know your location*

[@BLET_55artem55]

@@FalconFlight747 but it actually IS kinda OP. It's a flying sniping platform afterall (yes, you CAN stand on top of it while it's in the air

[@Sppokk]

guarentee you in that 2 billion dollar budget for gta 6 not a single person has even thought of balancing online

[@alexcrisman1954]

They want to but if they do more than one balance change a year they will end up like the smuggler’s run guy

[@bennittotheburrito9606]

@@alexcrisman1954and the “balance” update has to immediately ruin the vehicle instead of actually make it balanced

[@BIGCHUNEx]

What do you mean balance..?

[@galladesamurai2380]

I find it funny that GTA has essentially become a warzone simulator that anything new that comes it is immediately the top of the game and eventually will be either nerfed or topped by something else, I would really like to see a game that is basically like GTA online mixed with battlefield, just unrivaled chaos 24/7

[@Cuckler]

That's the dream

[@dabigbosss3791]

That’s what first person makes it feel like

[@kyuunadofureatsuri3629]

One thing I am enjoying is parking the Kosatka in the Merryweather base and firing the missiles out the roof. The weaker cannons now mean that the annoying jet users cannot kill you before you nuke them out the sky, and the base gives you so much cover that the Raiju has to stop entirely to land any hits.

[@Cuckler]

Normally I hate sub spammers but thats actually really funny, rock on

[@gogo8965]

seems like a job for oppressors ss

[@truelionofjudah4097]

and park the yacht in defense mode nest to it on top of that...

[@Superbamf96]

The fact things like this ^ are even a strategy just plays into the point that the Raiju doesn’t actually make that big of a difference because people have been driving around god vans and abusing subs with yacht defenses for years. Quit crying because they gave the pilots a vehicle that’s fun

[@Superbamf96]

It’s a good video too by the way, clearly a lot of effort here. But you come off more as someone stuck in the purgatory of the skull gap online 😬

[@Ghetto-Man-20]

This guy is definitely the KZbinr of all time. From this video and the toreador video I’m at an absolute loss. I haven’t seen more time spent and love put into videos more than these. The jokes, the tips and tricks, just the video overall is outstanding and cannot praise you enough. Can’t wait to see more content coming from you in the future and possibly watching previous videos to see how you’ve maybe changed with your editing and video styles.

[@DigitalPand3mic]

The toreador is nowhere near that bad of a vehicle. You guys genuinely sound like you just arent good by complaining about non issue vehicles.

[@bwynna3955]

@@DigitalPand3mic The Toreador video was in praise of the Toreador, I think this comment is saying both videos were good

[@shalindelta7]

​@bwynna3955 your assessment is correct, it was purely referring to the impressive quality of the videos.

[@Ghetto-Man-20]

@@shalindelta7Yes thank you both for clearing up something that shouldn’t have been confusing

[@JacintoX44]

As an invite only/non-pvp player, the Raiju definitely is the best for me😭 It gets air cargo back to zancudo so much faster

[@chaser8652]

do you set ur spawn location to the hangar or else where?

[@Remix2366]

Right? Honestly I think rebalances should be strict to dogfight game modes

[@terriblytactical4397]

They should un nerf the hydra and lazer cannon so then theres some competition

[@mbtenjoyer9487]

No

[@bennittotheburrito9606]

@@mbtenjoyer9487yes bring back actual balance

[@Thatguy60929]

No​@@bennittotheburrito9606

[@iTotalityXyZ]

give the raiju the OG cannon fire rate

[@AlanEpic69]

I mostly use the Scramjet against raijus, which works well sometimes

[@Cuckler]

Based scramjet enjoyer

[@derpyderp6719]

W Scramjeticism

[@Dheast]

I’m scramsexual

[@Palguim]

Common scramjet W

[@JuppeD]

I just use E rounds. Im not a big pvp fan I lost interest but everytime a raiju does a drive by I just blast them out of the sky because 9 times out of 10 raiju pilots suck. Because they havent really learned anything and just take the best plane and think that makes them good.

[@Haueru86]

As much as I agree, I think the rauji is still an incredibly fun and useful aircraft to use. It is a good vehicle. Just a poorly balanced one, as with a lot of the other vehicles in this game. I like to use what I find satisfying and to me, that's the Raiju and the Nokota

[@everycafe44]

Sans undertale?

[@Haueru86]

@@everycafe44 yes is me, says under table

[@davidmahoney3804]

It's the MKII of aircraft.

[@JuppeD]

Yeah I totally agree. Its probably one of if not the most fun plane in the game. Its so good but at the same time so annoying. It really isnt fighting against it its just having to deal with them when they do a drive by in stealth mode when you are trying to chill with your ultralight. You can basically just blast it out of the sky with explosive ammo which isnt that hard

[@vexlyn_cc]

Highly underrated video! very cinematic. Not even 20 minutes and it feels like a movie!

[@nathanpierce7681]

that amazing montage at 14:10 is how i found implosionatic which is so damn good also i love how you flew between the raiju duo, it genuinely seemed so cinematic

[@SunfishBoi]

Dude you’re such an underrated youtuber. Your editing is really good, and you skills are amazing. You have my sub.

[@theempowerer5718]

Thank you for this extremely high quality video, this channel should be and likely will be much bigger than it is. I stopped playing gta online a while ago due to burnout from getting just about everything I wanted, but coming back to see rockstar adding more bs is quite fitting.

[@levishorter]

Dude your editing, voice, background music, makes for such an enjoyable video. Good shit! (And the thumbnails are fire)

[@FelixMannen]

Wow, such amazing video quality, the music, the angles, the editing, everything is incredible. First time you pop up on my recommended, immediately subscribed and liked 🙌

[@YuFow]

The people who fly this probably don’t have the brain cells to master it anyway. Even if people do use the “no gas” speed control (which isn’t actually optimal) it doesn’t matter because there’s more to dogfighting than turn rate. Angles, offset, aspect yada yada. At the end of the day there’s now even more pilots to bully with off-meta aircraft. Quality video as always mate ✌️

[@Xackory]

The people who fly this don’t take the game as serious as you

[@archaic6282]

@@Xackoryword💀

[@YuFow]

@@Xackory I don’t take the game serious, I just enjoy not flying the easiest plane and giving myself a challenge 😂

[@holomatic1549]

@@YuFow That's great, but sad truth is a good vast majority of people see it as "oooo fastest plane", has VTOL so its easy to land anywhere, and stealth on demand so depressors don't fuck with you while you do your own business. The explosive weaponry is an extra cherry on top, and that there's a learning curve to using planes effectively is not just unknown but alien tech they won't ever worry about. lol

[@jonhille]

even tho its invulnerable to MG's i still ike to tail them with a seabreeze until they rage or crash :) i swear if the seabreeze had explosive ammo it would be cracked at dogfighting

[@why4189]

When I first saw this Video I thought you were some big gta KZbinr I didnt know about. Such good quality love this Vidoe def gonna watch more keep it up man. You are underrated asf imo

[@Cuckler]

Thanks man!

[@why4189]

@@Cuckler just keep it Up man! I believe that you’ll find success on KZbin someday just keep making quality videos like these! im watching some of your other videos. you’ve got a new sub man!

[@Cuckler]

I appreciate it a ton. I'm in no rush to explode, being small, I can actually interact with commenters and not be swamped just playing the game on my main. Calm before the storm lol

[@why4189]

@@Cuckler yess that is true tho u can’t really do that when u get big I watch the joker guy whatever his name is blow up and he def replies to comments less anyway I love your videos keep doing what you’re doing man good luck

[@rerun626]

You’re one of the few channels where I will always hit the like button during the intro because I already know it’s going to be a fantastic video. Thanks for all your hard work Cuckler, keep it up my guy

[@teslainfinity8060]

all vids u make literally be like short movies and its fun as hell brah! hope ur channel skyrockets cuz u deserve it

[@distanthelicopter32]

It’s too good compared to everything that flies

[@Terence911]

B11 still a problem to them, this and the savage

[@ClayishWall]

Yea but it sure is fun

[@vCLOWNSHOESv]

Is it though? I've killed them with my B-11 quite a few times but have not been killed by one.

[@NOVAL-EXPERIENCE]

pyro too. starling....even a seabreeze@@Terence911 In fact, when you have some knowledges about dogfighting on gta, you can see it s not as OP as you can think. Weak cannons, too fast for have a "competitiv" turn radius. HArder for handle a ground attack because it s faster and more sensitive. ..etc etc . Not all players are able to kill effectively ground targets with a raiju. And in the sky, it s not at all the top 1. I kill raiju everydays using a seabreeze, a starling or anything weaponized with wings. (edit : but for stunting, it s a great jet )

[@toyotasprintertrueno86]

My hydra can sometimes be a problem to them. sometimes

[@omgmyspleen3582]

They did something right with the Raiju in the sense that it’s just as big a middle finger to other aircraft as the F22 is in real life.

[@thedarklord6606]

As always music choices are superb. Good yearly upload as always

[@das_9677]

That introduction scene for the Raiju is easily one of my favorite compilations ever, good job!

[@midwestleek]

Not gone line this plane did bring out my ace combat boss level flying skills. I remember I dominated a whole lobby for 2 hours out of boredom shooting anything that flies.

[@dustynlethcoe7879]

I have been a hydra pilot since the game came out, I'm no griefer but I definitely defend those who are grinding in the lobby usually I'll see a Jet icon on the map and go towards it when it starts killing players who are actually just trying to grind down there and then I find this new raiju flying around, I thought okay this must be some new fighter jet no big deal I'll take care of it like I usually do and figured out my hydra wasn't as powerful as it used to be and realized that I was easy kill for the Raiju. Doesn't scares you more than seeing a fighter jet disappear from your radar map and then you're slow hydra is trying to figure out where it might have gone just wanted to pop up for a split second and wipe you off the face of the map. I'm either going to have to learn how to use that hydra little bit better or save up cash for that raiju. I miss the old days of GTA.

[@NOVAL-EXPERIENCE]

just do a vertical climb and watch your back camera. You will see the other jet in your back and when you see it you just have to start the dogfight. If he is too close you have few moves for this ( defensiv spiral, rolling scissorcs, even stalling ..Etc ) I always do like this for every offradar jet

[@dannkobb]

good vid, it's also very clear that you're a great pilot. subbed

[@arti2901deer]

Incredable editing. Someone have done amazing job

[@jrbudoybudoy]

love seeing essay like this talking about the meta. (I only play friends only session so I don't encounter these.)

[@DontSpillTheTofu]

This video and your Toredor video was very well put together. Your cinematography, editing, music choice, and writing all come together insanely well. Seriously surprised you don't have a substantially higher subscriber count, you deserve a hell of a lot more. Your work radiates a lot of passion, keep doing what you're doing man.

[@UniUnknown]

Great video the editing was amazing a real work of art

[@jinx8624]

this is my first time seing this channel ( finally a good yt recommendation) and i love your video style so i had to drop a sub

[@Simply_King]

I love using the raiju when it comes to dealing with greifers.

[@Nathatronzo]

Thank you, you have no idea how mad I was when it got released. The worst part is that 90% of the player base is car guys who don't understand that this plane ruins airplane dogfighting as a whole, and just see it as a great griefing tool. Which basically means, we're permanently screwed as not enough of the community cares, and Rockstar won't either. At least some things get fixed after years of begging from the entire community, but here we don't even have the community. I only see this issue being resolved by permanently removing the plane. As @davejack3763 said, the only thing they didn't give it, is spam missiles. It's overpowered beyond fixing. At the very least, if the Ford F-160 Raiju (awesome nickname by the way, mine was "Raipoo") pilot you're going against is completely braindead, you have a pretty good chance of cockpit sniping with a Pyro or maybe Starling. I've also found success with the Hunter. Also Cuckler, I really love your videos, keep the awesome work up. But at the end of the day, all us skilled pilots will power through it as you said. Since you used John Wick references in this video, allow me to quote the latest movie, "Happy Hunting" everyone! ;)

[@Cuckler]

Yeah the community is bar far the most frustrating part. The majority definitely seem to have their wits about them, but the amount of people who don't understand that A. Something that works against griefers is often just as(if not more) potent in the hands of said"griefers" and B. When I complain it's because I know the game can be better, not just for me but for them too. They never experienced PvP in 2018-2020, and how much more fun and varied it used to be. It's a grind, but this video was a huge step.

[@autizmo3730]

You are for sure not a skilled pilot. If you think that jet is way to OP you are a dogshit pilot no doubt. You have skill issue if you fr can not take down the raiju. Hella easy jet to dogfight with almost literally any jet. Off the radar literally does nothing either Loud as shit and can't miss in the sky.

[@DevelopedGames]

just discovered you. incredible piloting skill and editing skills. really enjoyable watch

[@okage_]

your vids are so good bro, if you stay consistent for gta 6 i already know youre gonna kill it

[@tally5k339]

It's going to be a bloodbath if/when they fix the MG damage resistance. I've been a Seabreeze main, but have been using the Rogue post-update to down the people in Raijus who think they're top dogs. It was fun to fly the Raiju when it first came out, but it just felt unfair, you know? So much more fun to be had in the off-meta stuff

[@jonhille]

another seabreeze pilot 😎

[@tylerdeth7757]

Ik I’m a starling user and the amount of armor on the raiju really annoyed me

[@Mach15ghost]

So it begins

[@myric1173]

Literally have never played GTA Online in my life and never plan to but video was entertaining as heck subbed.

[@dakiller1276]

tbh dude you are so underrated i love the voice over and gameplay you need more subs

[@isabellthreesixty]

I'm a Lazer/Hydra main and I've never been taken down by a Raiju before in actual combat, they are really easy to spot at night because of their flashing wing lights and nobody can actually use its capabilities to their advantage so they lose in a dogfight every single time lol

[@anonymous63332]

I haven't lost many dogfights (using the raiju) but it's about patience and the element of surprise tbh

[@tylerdeth7757]

Idk man as a starling main it’s nearly impossible to kill it with mgs in a reasonable time

[@Terence911]

I love your content and its quality! Keep making these please, i just want the raiju to grind hangar and move around, should i get it anyway?

[@Cuckler]

you do you, even if I angry man say it bad, don't let me define you. It's fun to fly, and if its useful for grinding, make the most of it. Making money legitimately is always a cheat to Rockstar anyway ;)

[@Terence911]

@@Cuckler Sage man, have a great day

[@PiddyPyro]

it's giving Astro Soup with the production style and song choices, love the content man

[@Chubbzview]

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a video with this much editing and good content 🔥

[@Cuckler]

Thanks man!

[@logger22]

Like Maverick said, “it’s the pilot, not the plane”. I literally stole a Lazer from Fort Zancudo and shot down that was trying to kill me. Twice.

[@alexcrisman1954]

Pilot skill doesn’t bring back meta diversity

[@idkinternetvr8544]

That's not the point, if you were to take the best Lazer pilot and the best raiju pilot against each other the raiju will always inevitably win. It's a sad world we live in

[@logger22]

@@idkinternetvr8544 Whoever is the better pilot of the two wins. You’re sad

[@SpectateDrake]

CORRECT. Bunch of cry babies everywhere in every game I’m sick of it.

[@ClayishWall]

The raiju missiles on the pc version shoot out crooked, it’s the only jet to do this. I’d understand this since it nerfs its air to ground ability however it doesn’t happen on console, so idek

[@benkiefer9203]

I’ve never seen someone put so much effort in making edits for gta review I love it good work

[@davidtyson477]

I love your editing style it reminds me of astro soup. And it made me remember him and his videos after many years. What a masterpiece ❤️❤️

[@BlewGhost]

Fantastic video. Creative montage editing that isn't the generic norm, fair arguments and assessments of the topic, and a good blend of that creativity and informative discussion. Keep up the good work!

[@Cuckler]

Thank you man!

[@Hey_Im_Katie]

I am new to the game. I have been wanting to dogfight for awhile and finally started getting the money for a hanger and first plane. Looking at all of the options I ended up between the Lazer or the Raiju since they are around the same price. After watching this I may buy the Lazer now instead of the Raiju, Its cheaper and seems to have more of a learning curve then the other. I want to outplay others not be carried by the aircraft I choose.

[@Overqualification]

Raiju probably has a higher skill ceiling when you add on the need to master with the hover mode, but the lazer is harder to learn.

[@TheMRBLACKop12]

Well if u want the laser just go to fort Z lol I just saved u 5 mil

[@Dheast]

They nerfed the laser heavily, the raiju for sure

[@thisoneguy5790]

Or get the rogue. It has bombs Missiles (which are trash but oh well) and explo miniguns. The rogue easily bodies most of the aircraft even the raiju. The only vehicles which you shouldn't dogfight against are the Lazer, B11, Pyro and Starling. If you have a decent Raiju pilot it may get hard to kill them but you still have a higher chance with the rogue than in an raiju. The rogue is smaller easier to master and the bombs are OP if you have mastered them. Plus it's way way cheaper. So my choice would definitely be the rogue. But at the end of the day it's your choice

[@fsu7482]

Im buying the raiju for the anime skin thats it

[@Llll-dr7qz]

What a video haven’t seen anything like this in years, u def need more subs 💯 quality 10/10

[@dopamineman1384]

Underrated content and creator you're on point with it all !

[@looking_33]

Nobody can actually fly it right except for pilot nerds whereas your random freemode player had a much easier time flying and killing with pre nerf lazers. Rogue has become my favorite aircraft since the update. High killcount on raijus so far.

[@Cuckler]

Based Rogue enjoyer

[@PBST_RAIDZ]

I'd rather have the lazer back with its old guns than the raiju because if you fuck up your gone with one e round in a lazer

[@ethantomlinson]

I disagree about the armored cars and imani tech jammer playstyle, I honestly just think its a very good deterrent for even the most determined griefers. With the addition of so many though it kinda feels like i have to be in an electric jammer car in public sessions now. Long gone are the days of having to use problem solving and creative thinking to fight on this game lol

[@Cuckler]

I don't think they're bad vehicles on their own, but to be able to sticky spam or step out and railgun/e round from the safety of decent armor and no-lock ability definitely makes other vehicles less worthwhile to use. Plus Rockstar is basically selling you the ability to have normal cars that can't be griefed easily for a premium. Why not give all non-weaponized cars the no-lock upgrade right?

[@PancakeX]

​@@Cucklerexactly. :(

[@DigitalPand3mic]

@@Cuckler Yeah its called fighting back against oppressors. Anyone can throw stickies from a car anyway, so wtf is the issue? The best way to kill imani tech abusers, is simply to get out and shoot through the glass. Problem solved. Stop complaining about vehicles most of us use to fight griefers.

[@kevmo2990]

It was needed but its abused way too often. People just ride around throwing stickes out the window and driving off with no type of reprocussions

[@olliegoria]

​@@kevmo2990Invest in FMJ rounds.

[@anzient76]

Thanks for the tip. I bought a Raiju today and my preps are going superfast 🥳

[@MapleclawGD]

Such a good video. I joined the game recently, so I don’t even really know much about planes and pvp, so I’d never thought about this.

[@detectivecarrot]

this guy has to be the best pilot ive seen. i want to become good at flying just struggling from time to time getting some of the stuff down. really hope one day he puts out a video showing some flying tips that would be cool.

[@Cuckler]

im cookin honeyboo don't you worry

[@bennittotheburrito9606]

Just play ace combat

[@FreeAimDog]

someone better not tell this dude how over powered jets are in real life, he would not believe the speed and the explosive radius of 1 missile.

[@Cuckler]

You're telling me I can't shoot down fifth generation fighters in real life with a P-51 mustang? Brutal...

[@FreeAimDog]

@@Cuckler would not be a good idea to use a p51 mustang in either game or real life, in gta it would not be able to turn wide enough to keep up but against a noob it works well since they dont know how to dogfight well they usually just fly around and shoot missile at everything

[@mushroomsplay7338]

But gta isn’t real life. It’s a video game with PvP and a well designed game with PvP should be balanced and not have overpowered things.

[@FreeAimDog]

@@mushroomsplay7338 rockstar dint care considering they added the orbital cannon

[@ahisjkh07]

beautiful thumbnail, state of the art editing, 10/10 dude. You need more subs

[@raceshot]

So much work in the rockstar editor, good video

[@SaucyKakes]

scarab is still better idc SWAG GAMING

[@cjperry2731]

Well.. i do fly the Raiju around quite a bit, I love the jet.. but I am generally flying around stalking and shadowing players.. I'll attack griefers and bounties.. occasionally ill offer to let a low lvl fly it.. Its such a great jet for trolling griefers and tryhards lol.. hit and run off radar, and stalking off radar makes them rage..

[@chistianrenicks6558]

After reading this, my body has grown in size due to the amount of oxygen flowing through it

[@N93000]

This is my method hover menancily over there head until they quit

[@CasperDBD]

This is deadass Astro soup levels of quality this video was amazingly crafted

[@optiTHOMAS]

Love the cinematography! The cinematics were amazing! Like plane documentary almost! The ending halo lone wolf section was great! 😁🥲👍🏻nice selection of music! 👌🏻

[@cutizuki]

I think the Raiju is trash, just like all the jets now. The cannon was nerfed so hard that it's basically useless. My playstyle used to be jet sniping and jet rpg'ing but since the last update they are so useless no-one uses them anymore and when they do it's incredibly easy to kill them because they can't do shi because of the poor render distance on console.. I will stick to the b11. It's slower speed makes it easier to kill ground targets and it has barrage missles. edit: amazing video btw :)

[@dapo7930]

The raiju is really good it takes skill to actually use the cannons are extremely effective when u know how to use them however the missiles are meh in air and useless on ground unless Vtol

[@Cuckler]

Yeah, it's been a similar feeling as a pyro pilot. Freemode is so boring right now.

[@cutizuki]

@dapo7930 it's not about skill when you can't see your enemy. On console it's just boring to use jets

[@bennittotheburrito9606]

@@dapo7930lazer hater cope lol

[@cutizuki]

@@dapo7930 I'm a bit late but actually uded the raiju a lot now and.. no, it does not take skill at all. All you need is good render distance (which is rare on console) and when you get that, its easier to kill people but because Rockstar had a seizure or something when making updates for this game, we now also have a railgun which destroys jets in a handful of shots. Even worse is that the raiju has so much momentum when flying down that you can't strafe properly aka you have to use the hover mode in which you're an even easier target. Conclusion: the raiju sucks and incurrages people to used glitched thermal outfits.

[@bawsaq..]

I just found your channel and wow. You deserve more subs. The whole video was so greatly constructed and it felt illegal to watch this for free 😂. You earned a new sub and i hope more people will notice your channel brcause only 5k subs is actually crazy... Im now a cuckler 🔥

[@dodgycurry]

I discovered your videos today and am now binging them. Im a pilot irl and just got back into gta. I am just getting into fighter games (DCS, War Thunder) and you have made me realise that I can learn to do all the cool fighting in GTA. Keep up the good work

[@Cuckler]

Glad you enjoyed man!

[@hiddenguy67]

that's sick

[@iitskxi3170]

i cant believe you only have 5k subscribers, this is the quality i expect yet dont receive from much larger channels.

[@wodandelaat1224]

This was one of the worst updates for me lmao. Nerfing the cannons only means more ewo spammers, armored vehicle users, heist warpers and avengers(manned avenger is litteraly unkillable rn). Before the update pretty much every plane had a weakness, including the 'op' lazer and hydra. With the the Raiju they throw litteraly all of that shit out of the window. People were saying there will be more variety after this update but honestly planes as a whole rn are kinda of dead and most people fly the raiju anyway, also a lot of raiju pilots just run away the whole time and there's barely any counters to it, it's so lame lmao, a plane with stealth mode shouldn't be the fastest jet in the game, it should be something like the pyro. It's agility is also way too good if you know what you're doing lol. Most people complaining about meta's yet when this jet comes out and breaks the game they're fine with it😂😂, funny how that works.

[@Cuckler]

It's just a lack of knowledge. I'll try and work on that, one project at a time.

[@DigitalPand3mic]

None of those things you listed besides ewo spammers are hard to deal with...

[@eluvvs]

Poor guy wont get any money for this cuz of the copyright claims... Stay strong and thank you for this awesome message to the community.

[@WingingArc]

The info and evidence I need with the editing, commentary and music I crave. Chefs kiss.

[@Cuckler]

Music taste is the highest compliment, I'm glad you liked it!

[@ItsDevv]

The production of these videos amazing wtf

[@robotic-race]

The fact that the bullet invulnerability is still a thing is stupid

[@ProjectHelisexuality]

My brother!

[@rm1325]

Smart perceptive and cool vid. Earned a new sub ;)

[@soupra6972]

I just discovered your chanel and damn im glad i did ! Amazing work tbh ^^

[@Cuckler]

Thanks king!

[@SaucyKakes]

based scarabism member

[@bansheebacklash3730]

I absolutely love the Raiju, but as a fellow pilot, I do agree it is a bit strong. Give it Lazer armor and make it a glass cannon. The hit and run playstyle has been my go to for years anyway: I've spent so much time in my Akula my butt has fused with the seat lol

[@tylerdeth7757]

Exactly

[@giocentric0857]

Dont care, it has sprunk livery

[@joshuabrown5117]

Bro how do you not have more subscribers, amazing quality video ✌️

[@Cuckler]

Thank you!

[@S3V1ET_N1NJA]

wow ive never seen your channel before by the looks of it. but wow you have a great channel with videos man

[@zAquasama]

The Raiju also left me with a bitter taste in my mouth since the release of the damn thing, this jet ruined dogfighting and the aerial meta in general due to its overwhelming speed against everything, its bugged armor making it immune to regular bullets of any kind, and its stupid stealth feature (for real who in their right mind in rockstar thought putting stealth on a jet with explosive rounds was a good idea. This just shows that they don't test the stuff they make and they do not think on how the stuff they are going to release will affect the other stuff they have released in the past like the pyro or seabreeze, really any other jet. I rarely really play gta now because one of the things I loved to do in freemode was to dogfight in my pyro or in occasions my starling and now you really can not do that because everyone who is in the air is either hiding in stealth mode or in stealth mode to get cheap hit on you. Even if you do counter that and manage to not get hit by a sneak attack, depending on who you are fighting they will most likely just go back into stealth mode and not actually commence in an actual dogfight instead they just run and find another opportunity for a hit and run and since this jet is the fastest jet excluding the hydra speed glitch most of the time they successfully run away. Usually when this happens I either just leave or just mind my business because playing with those type of people is just tedious and boring. Another problem is when you actually do get into a fair dogfight with someone in a raiju and you're using a jet with regular cannons you are still at a disadvantage because of the damn raiju immunity to regular bullet fire which is also just really stupid in general because this makes like half of the planes in freemode useless. To add salt to the wound this just makes me not want the play the game anymore because I CANNOT even use my FAVORITE planes anymore for dogfighting in freemode (pyro an starling) because rockstar cannot test their shit together and actually release balanced stuff to the game and you know actually test their stuff instead of blindly releasing it later down the road and it being overpowered and killing any competition which makes the game even more bland that it is. Don't get me wrong, I am skilled enough to pull off cockpit snipes with the pyro and starling but it just isn't right if I got to rely on only that because I cannot destroy the raiju regularly due to the broken armor. Enough of the rant though, I am okay with how the jet maneveurs because it takes a skilled pilot to master the actual speed on hover ability in general. What I do find to be a problem is this jet having besiaclly infinite stealth and the armor bug for the regular MGs if rockstar were to fix the amor and maybe add a time limit and cool down to the stealth then it would remedy the problem a bit. I don't know really maybe make it so that you can have stealth on for like a minute and two and after that the game gives you a cooldown of five mins. another remedy is to add a feature when if stealthed raijus are close enough to you, the player, they will show up in your minimap giving you enough time to actually react to a attacking stealthed raiju instead of reacting last minute when they are already behind you shooting you with nonexistent explosive bullets (since you cannot see the raiju nor hear it firing at you). These are just raw thoughts so I know there will be counters to these remedies such as when your stealh is up lr you're getting closer to your target you can just go ghost then when that done use letters otr the rinse and repeat but these are just my thoughts of how to somehow remedy the stealth problem and for the armor just fix the armor rockstar, make it so that you know.... regular bullet fire actual does the right amount of damage lol. To anyone who read this all, thank you and idk reply and add on to what ill be good nerfs for this thing called the raiju.

[@SaucyKakes]

they should nerf it by forcing the engine to turn off when a scarab is within a 50m proximity to it

[@joemiles8805]

Too much

[@DanH-wm6qn]

all is fair in war. No cheap shots

[@acethehuskyhusky2758]

I love the nakota and Seabreeze more than anything else in this game the mogul and tula are super underrated aswell

[@Cuckler]

Based Mogul/Tula/Nakota/Seabreeze enjoyer

[@Miss_Eldritch]

DUDE!! The panning of that Halo Reach parody is on point! 1:1!!

[@SCFXSAC]

The montage at the end has got to be the most satisfying montage of all time

[@Cuckler]

Glad you liked it! Song is a total banger honestly

[@jexter284]

This is some national geographic shit i love it, the amount of love a affection for a game can be clearly seen and i am all here for it ❤ GG bro massive respect for all these detailed and cinematic documentary style visuals, can watch a whole hour without getting bored,wish you all the luck and health for future 🎮✅🫶.

[@Hyperdeath132a]

I believe someone at Rockstar was confused with how aircraft work. This thing handles more like a starfighter than a modern jet fighter. Then again, I do like starships so I guess I kind of like how it handles. I don’t think it should have a stealth mode though

[@nuone_9636]

Ok einstein. Deal with it

[@Hyperdeath132a]

@@nuone_9636Thank you for the compliment

[@Dheast]

@@Hyperdeath132a starship go brrrr

[@mdenizcoban]

F-104 Starfighter aka The Flying Coffin or The Rocket With Wings

[@Helperbot-2000]

i dont think YOU understand how aircraft work, i understand and agree with talking about balancing and such, but real aircraft are absolutely nothing like the ones in game, and if you want to talk real aircraft, the raiju should be able to shoot down any aircraft anywhere on the map, because thats just the enormous range the f 35 is designed to be able to engage in, gun dogfighting was on deaths door during vietnam where missile kills beat the gun by a long shot, now traditional dogfighting is dead.

[@InterrogaOmnia]

I haven’t been into GTA online dogfighting since RDR2 came out. Also the dollar store astrosoup thing was funny the editing style is very reminiscent of him. Anyways good in depth video, subscribed.

[@voDKaOnYTB]

I love ur vid bro 💜

[@shiroikistune2124]

I’ve killed many Raijus with the Rogue, the Lazer, of course the Raiju itself, and even as well as the Chernobog lol. From my experience, honestly, it really depends on the skill of the pilot. I can have the most op jet in the game and still die to a B-11, depending on the flight skills I have. Raiju is absolutely beautiful, it looks so nice, and I agree that some people are really annoying with it as well. Yes, these aircrafts have weaknesses and strengths, but you also need to factor in the fact that each and every pilot also has their own strength and weaknesses. Some pilots aren’t really good at maneuvering around, some not so good at aiming, some not being able to handle huge amounts of pressure in a dogfight, others not being able to handle the offensive side, and others, the defensive side, etc. I myself would rate me a decent amount of skill, there is and will always be someone better than me; and just like these aircrafts as well, there will always be an aircraft better than the other. It truly is beautiful to have a dogfight with someone and learn and see their skill in action. It brings opportunities to find new creative ways of dogfighting.

[@alexcrisman1954]

Yeah no pilot skill doesn’t bring back meta diversity

[@XxEpicPilot4UxX]

Personally I was already sceptical about stealth aircraft when the Akula was released (The Ultralight being the exception for obvious reasons). Imho, stealth aircraft have no place in the game what-so-ever. Of course ghost organisation's always gonna be a thing, but at least it's temporary. When the Raiju was first teased, I was hoping to god that it would have an archetype akin to, like idk, an actual aircraft? In that it's got high speed, but incredibly poor manoeuvrability, with a unique aspect of having missiles with a lifespan similar to the Lazer's missiles, but with a lockon range similar to the Chernobog. Wishful thinking now that I look back on it.

[@Cuckler]

I was hoping for very much the same thing, but after the toreador(ironic since I made a vid praising it, but after reflection it's the raiju for missile cars) it was sadly more predictable

[@derpyderp6719]

​@@Cuckler The only reason a Raiju for missile cars can be praised is because things like the MK II Oppressor exist. With that context, not as much fault can be pointed at that perspective; all hindsight in the world be damned.

[@zaboomawho]

the ending clip with the molotok was marvellous

[@cactusanal9395]

that ending edit with the beastie boys was the coolest gta edit i have ever seen it was perfect 🔥🔥🔥🤌🤌🤌

[@derpyderp6719]

The nigh non-meta aircraft of my choice is the thruster. And I will unlock it's secrets to ground the Raiju in the Meme Jetpack. I've nearly done it before in fact, though failed only because there were multiple... That were all godmode. (PC vibes)

[@Cuckler]

Godspeed, winged soldier of christ

[@ATSVR-no2yb]

honestly i see the point, but they shouldn't remove it/nerf it to oblivion, they should just nerf its armour, but it still is manoverable,

[@wakeuparr0w]

The Vibes really gives me Astro Soup vibes good job bro if you know you know

[@ineedarniepalms]

No this is Astro Soup he made a new channel

[@pogmeistergeneral941]

that halo reach music coming in at the end caught me entirely t surprise and always breaks my heart