Wingsuit

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The wingsuit is a mode of transport in Just Cause 3, Just Cause 4 and Just Cause: Mobile.

JC3 wingsuit — Rico using the wingsuit in a JC3 promotional screenshot.

Description[]

The wingsuit is a set of small wings attached to Rico's clothing to allow the player to glide through the air while Skydiving. During skydives, the player already glides forward, but the wingsuit enhances this and allows completely horizontal movement. Powered wingsuit versions (DLC only) can even allow upward flight.

JC3[]

In JC3, the wingsuit is provided to Rico by Dimah during the mission Time For An Upgrade. Later on, the Sky Fortress DLC introduces the "Bavarium Wingsuit", adding a propulsion engine and weapons to it.

JC4[]

The standard wingsuit is back in JC4. There is also an upgraded "Sky Striker Wingsuit" (previously known as "Black Hand Prototype Weaponized Wingsuit" in early promotional materials) as a preorder bonus (later added as a DLC that can be purchased by anyone). This version has a small rocket engine and can launch missiles.

In JC4 the wingsuit has been redesigned a little, to make the wings extends further along Ricos side. They're still only as wide as his arms, but the end of a wing is now near his knee.

The JC4 wingsuit (and parachute) can both have optional different looks. Some of these were provided as pre-order rewards, some have been announced as downloadable content for Just Cause 4, but most of them can be unlocked by completing various in-game tasks.

Just Cause Mobile[]

Wingsuits were available in JC:M for at least a few (maybe more or all) Firebrand members (the player). Little is known, but the player probably would've been able to activate the wingsuit and glide in the air, via some sort of button on the mobile device.

Performance[]

The wingsuit allows a player to move fast in the air, opposed to the slow and stable parachute. It is easy to switch between Grappler, wingsuit and parachute, so staying in the air for a long time is even easier now.

As originally revealed by the JC3 design principal, Francesco Antolini, cars are faster than a wingsuit.

Performance in JC3[]

Stopping while wingsuiting can only be done with Gear Mods. The two other options are to either crash into something and ragdoll, or switch to Parachute.

The wingsuit is also demonstrated to those without the game in the Just Cause 3: WingSuit Experience.

As tested by some players by setting a map marker and calculating the speed, the maximum speeds in JC3 are:

Normally: 55 m/s (198 km/h).
With Gear Mods: 75 m/s (270 km/h).
Bavarium Wingsuit (without using boost): 55 m/s.

"Bavarium Wingsuit"[]

The Sky Fortress DLC improves the wingsuit and Rico's ability to use it. The normal wingsuit gets replaced with a "Bavarium Wingsuit" which replaces the orange stripes on the suit and parachute with blue ones. Similarly to optional Gear Mods, it's possible to switch back and forth between them under the downloadable content tab in the options menu. The "Bavarium Wingsuit" has the following features:

A Bavarium-powered booster is added to Rico's back, which provides limited but powered flight. The booster has a limited capacity and will recharge over time as long as it is not full and not in use.
When about to crash into an object, Rico can kick himself away from the object.
SAMs in Medici and at the EDEN Airship will be able to pick up heat signatures and attack Rico when using the wingsuit actively. If he goes into ragdoll, or he deploys his parachute, they cease attacking.
Machine guns and rockets. The rockets are homing and can lock on to enemy vehicles and sabotage destructible objects. The machine gun will shoot straight ahead and have to be aimed by pointing Rico into the direction you want to shoot. They have unlimited total ammo, but must recharge between uses.
The air brake feature now allows Rico to slow down and land without taking damage.
The Bavarium engine can be used to propel Rico from ground or water into the air immediately from a standstill.

Performance in JC4[]

Just cause 4 black hand wingsuit — Just Cause 4 SkyStriker Wingsuit and its HUD.

The standard wingsuit has more or less the same performance as in JC3. Compared to its predecessor, the wingsuit in Just Cause 4 seems to be able to glide for a longer period of time without losing altitude. Also, as of Just Cause 4 it seems easier to reach a higher speed when gliding than it was in Just Cause 3. Diving and grappling whilst in the wingsuit will quickly accelerate it to over the average speed of a civilian-operated car.

"Sky Striker"[]

The "Sky Striker" (originally known as the "Black Hand Prototype Weaponized Wingsuit") is a standalone pre-order bonus/DLC that upgrades the wingsuit. The Sky Striker has a booster engine, similar to the one in JC3 and a rocket launcher that fires 4 rockets in the general direction of the reticle on the screen. This version was later added to every gold edition of the game. Doing wingsuit challenges makes upgrades the booster in the sense that it can be used continuously for a larger period of time before needing to recharge. The same stunts also increase the number of available missiles fired in immediate succession from 4 to 12. The booster and missiles both "recharge", so really there's no limit either way.

Unlike the JC3 version, the wingsuit is no longer possible to take off from water, indicating that in-universe, the version developed by Dimah is superior to the Black Hand version, in the ability to adapt to environments at least. Water take-offs in JC4 can be achieved with the Hoverboard, which comes with the Danger Rising DLC. In addition to that, no longer can Rico kick himself away from things that he's about to crash into. However, he is capable of performing an impossibly effective airbrake mid-air, which makes him lose all momentum almost instantly and fold away his wingsuit, dropping into a falling state.

Trivia[]

The in-game wingsuit consists of small wings under Rico's arms, whereas real wingsuits have much bigger wings and an additional third wing to completely close the gap between the persons legs. See more about real wingsuits at wikipedia.
It's said in some interviews with developers that the wingsuit was inspired by youtube videos of real wingsuits.
The wingsuit was originally meant to appear in Just Cause 2, but this was cancelled because "nobody was using the cars anymore". See more about this at Cut game content from Just Cause 2.
The Sky Fortress DLC makes SAMs in Medici attack Rico when he's using the "Bavarium Wingsuit". The normal wingsuit, like the parachute, is ignored by SAMs.
- The missile car on trains and FOW cannons at Corda Dracon: Centcom will also attack Rico. The former only attacks Rico if provoked, and will launch a full barrage of missiles which are nearly impossible to dodge. The latter will attack Rico as long as the FOW is still active, but since he's not in a vehicle it won't do anything.
The Bavarium Wingsuit is a successor to the Dual Parachute Thrusters from Just Cause 2, which upgraded the usual parachute with engines.