I started the missions as soon as the news hit, which means I could only do one quest every 24 hours. After nine consecutive days of logging into Fortnite to basically farm these rationed-fed missions, I finally unlocked the Tesla Cybertruck, and it’s awesome to drive. However, this didn’t come without teeth grinding.
The basic gist of the quests involves two main things. First, you must earn a certain amount of XP (usually 60k) in Battle Royale, Reload, Zero Build, and other modes. This would be simple and fun if it didn’t require you to play in a pre-made party with at least one friend.
The keywords here are “pre-made” and “friend” because your progress doesn’t count unless you are already friends with your teammates before the match starts. If you choose the Fill Squad option, it doesn’t work. If you add the teammates as friends during the round, it still doesn’t count. It isn’t very pleasant to feel like you’ve done what was asked of you only to see the XP progress bar still at zero, even after getting a Victory Royale.
Now that you know what to do, you have until August 6 to complete these quests before they disappear forever. The Cybertruck will then move to the shop and cost V-Bucks, but why pay money when you can invest a bit of time and get it for free?
So, how’s the ride? Well, it’s pretty awesome, actually. While it has many drawbacks in real life, I’m a fan of the in-game true-to-life design, and it’s the closest scenario where I will probably ever get to driving one. Its shape and size make it a great battering ram when using boost mode, which helped me quickly deplete my enemies of life more than once, only to bust out of the car guns blazing like in a Bad Boys movie.
Some other great additions to the offensive equipment are the cowcatcher, spiked ram, and the top-right-mounted machine gun or grenade launcher. The machine gun is best for quickly eliminating enemies, but be mindful of the heating gun barrel. Don’t keep the trigger pressed all the way down if you’re missing your target.
Bulletproof tires are key to protecting your ride but are horrible for off-road driving. In fact, the standard Tesla Cybertruck itself is pretty useless unless you drive it on the main road or a straight surface. However, strap on some off-road tires from a car modding station, and you’ll even be climbing close to 90-degree mountain sides like a pro.
If your ride is damaged, you can either “heal” it by driving into a box with a wrench symbol or by standing on the flat metallic surface from the “gas” or repair stations. Driving this massive hunk of steel feels pretty nice, especially when you ram into other players. With a machine gun on top, it helped me secure a spot in the top three players more than a few times in Ranked Mode.
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One slightly annoying bug was when I (correctly) equipped the Baja Off-Road skin, which stylishly writes “Cybertruck” on the truck’s sides. After fiddling a bit in the SUV/TRUCK menu with other options, it was reset to the default steel skin and visually unequipped the Baja one. To make it display properly again, I had to go into the Decal menu, select something else, and then choose the Baja model again every time. It was annoying, but the bug disappeared the next day.
Another annoyance occurred, one I usually get in a Call of Duty game. The wheel icon from the Car Menu displayed a yellow exclamation mark as if it were new and I hadn’t clicked on it yet. But of course, I had. This, too, took 24 hours until it finally went away. Visual bugs aside, if you want to be a part of history, digitally at least, you can go with the “OMG” decal. It’s the cracked window skin from the fateful durability presentation.
While I didn’t get the chance to try it out in Rocket League, I took it for a spin it in the Rocket Racing kart racing mode, which felt great. It’s responsive, drifts like it’s on butter, and does this nifty trick when you use Boost, where it opens up its tailgate, and the Beast Mode boost propels it with haste.
The skeleton-looking Terminator skin goes hand in hand with the Cybertruck. They look like they were made from the same metal. Bender, Optimus Primal from Transformers, and especially Batman are also fun to see aboard the Cybertruck.
Speaking of skins, the Deadpool & Wolverine bundle is still on offer, although it’s not cheap at 3,600 V-Bucks, half-off from 7,600 V-Bucks. Separately, the Deadpool and Wolverine bundles cost 2,000 a pop. The going rate for V-Bucks is $9 for 1,000, $23 for 2,800, $37 for 5,000 and 90 bucks for 13,500.