With Pit Viper, I know they don't come back in any later games but Grasshopper even off of design alone and the fact they're also in a dune buggy is meant to be the spiritual successor. It helps that they innovated a bit with varied special weapons in TM2 as opposed to TM1 where everything was usually a forward-firing projectile of some sort

They had to give Darkside the worst special because his real special is Turbo LOL. I do like how in TM Black the special is a burst of speed, much for fitting.

Warthog has insane damage when ramming that's often overlooked, I'd place him in A just for that

thumper is S tier to me, that special is insanely powerful and his other stats aren't bad at all. design is S tier too

Genuine question, Has Crimson Fury ever been good? Him and Grasshopper are usually two characters I tend to dislike in any game they appear. Pit Viper is an OG, but there is no saving aspect to save her from trash tier thanks to that god awful special and overall mediocre stats.

Darkside is the best character in this game. You can just drive around and ram everyone to death.

Darkside's real special weapon is the front of the truck. Being able to blow the horn while you plow into someone is just a garnish. lol

The vehicle stats in TM1 made absolutely no sense at times. How is Warthog’s armor less than Sweet Tooth’s, when Warthog is a literal MILITARY vehicle?? 😂

This was definitely the best version of Hammerhead. Even the drivers are the best because their wish doesn't backfire.

C'mon, Roadkill is a total A tier

Really enjoyed your list and the reasons why you chose to rank each character where they are!

Curiously Darkside's special is way more dangerous in the PC version of twisted metal 1 (which only saw a very short release only in japan of all places, but modders managed to make it playable for the public in english), in that version the special freezes the enemy too which allows you to line up ram attacks.

this was a fun watch. Cant wait for your 2012 tier list

My opinion of the vehicles of Twisted Metal 1:

Spectre has always been my favorite twisted metal character despite lack of armor and phantom burst missiles does decent amount of damage but at times they do miss there target.

Road Kill should be higher. Good armour for ramming, decent special and speed. Solid A or B

Yes love these tier lists

Crimson Fury was also in Twisted Metal: Head On

Thanks kongdoo for reliving and refreshing td community

When I played this as a kid, Outlaw and Warthog were always my favorites.