Phantom Custom

Its stated real-world reference is a 1984 GMC General fitted with an aerodynamic sleeper cab. The lamp treatment also draws a smaller influence from the Western Star 4800. The Custom keeps the broad layout of the standard Phantom, but reshapes the front into a squarer nose with angular fenders. Its headlights sit ahead of the fenders rather than alongside the grille, and the lower bumper loses the regular truck’s red-and-white warning marking.

The sleeper is taller and more squared-off than the Phantom’s. Black mirrors replace the chrome-like finish, while revised roof marker lamps and paired trumpet horns distinguish the roofline. At the rear, it uses wider access ladders like those on the Phantom Wedge, angular guards ahead of the rear wheels, and plain mudflaps instead of the cursive Jobuilt marking.

The only GTA VI information identified is that the Phantom Custom is due to appear in the game. No trailer moment, screenshot, promotional image, location, regional setting, or GTA VI-specific feature is identified for it. Its GTA Online appearance, handling, purchase method, and protection should therefore not be treated as confirmed GTA VI specifications.

In GTA Online, the Phantom Custom sits in the Commercial class and shares industrial-style wheels and a cabin-and-sleeper primary paint color with the regular Phantom and the Phantom Wedge. It is described as a customizable Phantom derivative rather than a wholly separate truck design.

Compared with the Phantom Wedge, it performs similarly but carries the standard Phantom’s mass, giving it somewhat stronger acceleration; performance modifications can improve that further. The Hauler Custom is its other close comparison: both are highly durable and use the same low-revving diesel-like engine sound, though the Phantom Custom has more restricted steering in exchange for its weight and ability to shove other vehicles.

With no trailer connected, three people can ride outside the cab: two on the side ladders and one near the fifth wheel at the back. Those riders may move between available rear positions. Front occupants can throw weapons through the open windows, while rear riders can use two-handed firearms such as carbines and Combat MGs. They remain exposed to impacts and can fall if the truck overturns.

Its weight supplies grip on many surfaces and lets it push most traffic without a major loss of speed or pulling force. Braking is its weak point, needing substantial room to stop, especially downhill. The engine badges claim a 24-valve supercharged unit, but the model uses eight spark-plug textures, appears to resemble a petrol single-cam V8, and lacks a visible supercharger despite the badge claim.

Modifications are restricted to a bunker vehicle workshop and are limited to bulletproof tires and tire smoke. Acquiring one requires ownership of a Mobile Operations Center and selecting the Phantom Custom as that center’s main cab; its listed base cost is $1,225,000. If its Mobile Operations Center trailer is destroyed, the truck despawns even when the cab itself has not been damaged.

Its body resists deformation in repeated crashes, and its cab windows withstand roughly 15 shots from most weapons before breaking. With a driver present and the 100% armor upgrade, it can endure 22 RPG rockets, 51 Railgun KEP rounds, 68 Homing Launcher missiles, 11 Rhino or Khanjali shells, 34 APC main-gun shells, 57 Heavy Sniper Mk II explosive rounds, or three Anti-Aircraft Trailer flak shots. Mission-spawned examples in Casino - Play to Win use weaker armor and do not share that explosion resistance. A reused-asset error also makes the headlight textures rise with the hood, although the lamps are mounted on fenders that do not open with it.