Brawler

The Brawler in the Front End.

*"The Brawler is a great all-rounder to start off in. with decent stats across the board."* -Ryback Brawler description.

The Ryback Brawler is a muscle car featured in Split/Second. It is given to the player as one of three starting cars in the game upon starting fresh.

## Design

Sporty and muscular, the Brawler is primarily based on a fifth generation Chevrolet Camaro, as the general body shape, headlights, taillights and overall profile take inspiration from it.

In the front, the Brawler has a large sized front grill, complete with black slates deep within it. It is sectioned into three individual parts thanks to the front body work that angle down a bit past the front bumper, to a fine point, a prominent feature the Brawler has. On the lower left grille section has a red tow hook and in the main section of the grille, Ryback's logo is placed on it. It headlights are trapezoid shaped and within the light housing has small circular bulbs. The front fascia is completed with a carbon fiber front splitter.

The Brawler sports a ram hood with a thin air intake going directly into the engine, it houses the player's race number near the top of the hood. The side profile of the car has beefy fender flares that ever so nearly reaches the sides of the hood, and the middle edge extends from the fenders to the end of the doors. The Brawler features large doors and an A-pillar at the point where the door opens to the corner side windows. The lower section of the doors are grooved inwards and features side air vents. Its left side window features a racing gas tank. The rear section of the sides doesn't include fender flares but it's body work is pushed outwards to match the proportions of the vehicle.

In the rear, the Brawler includes twin rear taillights with red bulbs shaped into a square for all four housings. The rear bumper is massive a bulky like and the entire taillight section is caved in. It features dual exhaust pipes that are situated to line up with the double stripes of the car. It has a rear diffuser and a red tow hook on its left side.

Another prominent feature of the Brawler is its large race wing, sitting just at the edge of the trunk. The roof is angled and extended to end just before the end of the trunk. The Brawler is fitted with large profile wheels, albeit staggered, included with 6-spoke black rims, red center locks and thin "Split/Second" lettering on the tire walls. The car is finalized with the aforementioned double white stripe starting from the hood and ending at the rear bumper. It also features a thin and a thick stripe on the sides of the car with the number "427" etched between the door seal and the front fenders.

The rest of the Brawler can be changed with **7** color assortments that the player can choose from:

* **Dark Blue**
* **Blue**
* **White**
* **Grey**
* **Black**
* **Red**
* **Light Red**
* **Orange**

It is noted that the Brawler at one point in development included a yellow color option, as seen in a few pre-release screenshots, but never made it to the final game.

## Performance

The Brawler has a sub-average acceleration, only on par with some vehicles in it's class, exempting the trucks. It doesn't take a long time to get going and it's balanced, suitable for beginners. It has good cornering abilities, even with the occasional body roll, and will not slow down. It's speed is sub-average at most, but it is balanced for the most part.

Due to the Brawler being muscular around the edges, it can soak up a decent amount of shockwaves from powerplays. It can be corrected with ease if sent into a slide, should the player experience a shockwave at close range.

The Brawler's strongest attribute is the stabilized drift it has. Not only is it balanced and stern, but if drifted correctly, exiting a great semi-wide drift will accelerate the car to a higher notch of speed, similar to what the Iridium and Nero GT400 can do.

## Gallery

FrontLeftRearRightPiper 427 in the beta.Brawler in PSP.Brawler with an Indus V8R, Port Bridge.Brawler on Dry Docks, with Listing Ship being destroyed.Ditto, with a few cars being wrecked.Brawler on Storm Drain.Ditto, Dry Docks.Promotional screenshot, with Nero GT400 being wrecked. (Background).Artwork, Nero GT400 in background being flipped.Brawler and Nero GT400.Brawler in the lead, sporting a different livery.Brawler in the lead, Red Nero GT400 and yellow Brawler behind.
## Trivia

* The Brawler, like most cars, went through livery changes during the course of the game's development, it can be seen in pre-release screenshots and videos.
* Alongside the Nero GT400, it appears in the "VSlice" video.
* The Brawler appears on CDs for console games, along with appearing on box arts in certain regions of the world.
* The Brawler sported a different blue livery in the beta.
	+ This is the same for it's GSX version, and a bespoke livery before the latter was scrapped.
	+ It was also called "**Piper 427**" hence why the number remains on the car in the current version. The number 427 is in reference to the Chevrolet engine.
	+ The Brawler was used in the Tutorial level, before being changed to the 455 GT.
* The Brawler has a "Ghost" version.
	+ It is also called the "**Work In Progress**" version and can only be seen by the player if trainers are used or if said player does not have a car that was included in it's downloadable content packs while another person does. (i.e Kanobo, Severus, etc.)
* If the player decides to go in reverse, after a certain amount of time, the Brawler's speed will increase that surpasses all vehicles in the game. (Best tested at Airport Terminal or Port Bridge.)
* The Brawler has yellow latches on the rear sides of the car and the hood, not seen in the Vehicle Selection section.