Eventually, in the near future (by our standards), Stanford University figures out the secret to time travel, and Clyde sees this as the opportunity for revenge he’s been itching for (besides the itching he probably got from putting on an armband he found, again, in a GAS STATION BATHROOM IN THE ’70s.) Clyde rounds up a new cast of Coyotes, and heads for 1977 to pick off Convoy and change history. Clyde receives Houston’s cyborg powers and eventually takes over OMAR himself.
And, sure enough, dumbass Vigilante Slick Clyde finds the armband in a gas station bathroom and decides it’s a good idea to put it on. The story picks up, indirectly, where V8 left off: After the Vigilantes defeated Sid Burn and the Coyotes, the cyborg Coyote assassin Houston managed to remove the armband that gave OMAR control of her, restoring her humanity. And so, today we tackle the second iteration of the V8 franchise, Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense (now THAT’S a title for a sequel!) Convoy’s new truck…and yes, the trailer can be knocked off.
I loved it then, I still enjoy it now, so you can imagine how excited young me was at the prospect of a sequel, especially when it featured upgrades for cars and a bevy of new characters. Those of you who frequent this site probably remember one of my first forays into reviewing here was Vigilante 8, which earned a ringing endorsement from me for its funky cool ’70s setting and actually being a very good car combat title (and featuring a flying saucer as a playable character helped a lot, too).