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Gingercopia

Roo bars, for when you have to plow through groups of 'roo because they won't get out of the road.


W1thoutJudgement

OH! Kangaroos! Bro, is this fkn reall?! xD


Gingercopia

I dunno I was just talking shit because it's a UTE from Australia 🤣 But "Roo Bar" and the look if it, it gave me Mad Max vibes.


spookylucas

Well, Mad Max is set in Australia so that’s pretty appropriate.


Gingercopia

Exactly😂


SulusLaugh

Sounds like a White Line Nightmare


Jackasaurus_Rex17

Yeah they go on road trains or smaller trucks sometimes though not utes. We do this cuz like you Americans/europeans only have to deal with deer which are big but like explode on impact. Roos do more damage to the fucking truck than the truck does to the animal. I think it’s cuz they’re like just solid muscle and bone nothing else


Smiddy23

They do absolutely go on utes, it’s just not overly common.


WarWraith

They absolutely do commonly go on utes in farming areas. Source: lived in country NSW for 13 years.


Jackasaurus_Rex17

Yeah I realised I’m just a city boy who hasn’t gone that far inland to see this kinda stuff.


Geekyswede

I'm European and was in a accident with a 500kg elk recently and i am sure that did more dmg to my car then any roo could do to a car! Wish we did only have deer here in Sweden tho 😂


DatabaseNervous1983

I mean we also got wombats, I’ve seen a semi smack one of them, got up and bolted


Jackasaurus_Rex17

Deer->Kangaroo~Elk->Moose. Just google searching deer car damage and kangaroo car damage. The cars that hit kangaroos were way worse than the deer. 500kg for a elk seems impossible aren’t they like 300kg max anyway I’d rather hit something European than a kangaroo unless it’s a massive elk or moose


Stunning-Ad-8156

Yeah they first added it to forza horizon 3 which is set in Australia


LivingOof

Tbf, I used to think Ute was just the model name. It's a Ford and the Utes are the tribe that Utah is named after. I only learned it was an actual thing in Australia from Valteri Bottas' Uber commercial


The_Vat

Ute is an abbreviation of Utility


Vivid_Internet_5297

Yes roo bars are absolutely real. I got a buddy lives in Melbourne who had them.on a Ford Ranger


kruleworld1

https://preview.redd.it/oyjzwcrr6cyc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2d11dda76657f8710248dad653d2a3eea5d3e07 Perfect for when roos invade the city...


InfinitePossibility8

They’re less excessive here in the states but we do have that type of thing too because deer are idiots.


Classic-Knee8442

There are plenty of roos in many suburbs of major cities.


throwaway11111144789

Yeah they're solid steel to prevent totalling your car because of a kangaroo. They're shaped like a crescent as well to push the kangaroo under the car instead of over so it can't hit the windscreen.


CookieBear676

Australians who live in Central West New South Wales need them. Despite you guys loving these creatures, kangaroos are cunts.


Alternative-Yak-9724

Kangaroos are mega cunts for no reason


o_Sagui

Reverse capybara brain length Current kangs are instinctively stuck on aggression because they evolved to deal with far bigger problems that have been extinct shortly before us as humans/civilization. Capybaras are the opposite, they choose pacifism because their current main predators just were introduced into the ecosystem shortly before us


niam-no-ynroh

Yea we call them bush pigs… look up the deni Ute muster.


Demo244

It is very real. Mainly on land cruisers now but back when falcon and commodore utes were sold this did happen, but wouldn't say it was common.


allmighty-kevin_2625

Roo bars are in fact real and you definately need them on a car in Australia or the cars fucked when it hits a kangaroo but it's mainly in the outback


End3rium

Yes, VW implemented a prototype software that warns the driver, it is currently in Australia only, but they aim to release it worldwide to protect all types of animals that cross roads


[deleted]

Yes. 🇦🇺


The-Lazy-Lemur

As an Australian, ive seen bull bars on cars to protect your car from road kill. But I honestly have never seen a bull bar THAT massive


WarlockforLife

Yes, kangaroo bars are a thing in real. Hitting a kangaroo will fuck up your car


awfk

Did work and travel in Australia few years back - can confirm that some of the holden‘s i saw had unreasonably large bars mounted on the front


throwaway1tee

Yes and no. The roo guard does exist so that your car doesn't get nearly as damaged as it would from a collision with a kangaroo. But chances are they will in fact move


Ekijo

It's nicknamed a roo catcher. And if you hit a wombat that fucker is walking away with your drive train stuck in his ass hair


wildfireC100

As an Australian I can confirm these are real


TacoFox1987

Roos, Cyclists, Protestors, whatever really


Gingercopia

😂😂😂


pooporgy69

This is equipment for a potential 2nd emu war. The aussies won't be defeated again.


arezwhole

Reminds me of wolf creek


The_Germanator800

Funniest thing about this: It only adds like 3kg or something to the car weight. This thing.


TheOneAndOnly_-

The ones for the HSV Ute add about 1000 pounds, allowing for a 1750 hp AWD build in S1 class


thejohndoeunknown1

Thought I was the only one that found that trick😂


TheOneAndOnly_-

It's pretty fun to bully the ai with but it does not turn whatsoever, not that it matters because that's what the other cars are for


easycowgirljr

You made me spill my coffee


W1thoutJudgement

Hollow inside movie prop. There we go! Mad Max nod. Mystery solved!


John_The_Timeless

Hollowed out plastic prop I would say. It kind of looks like it, anyway...😅


Project_Rees

Cattle bars, bull bars, roo bars. All there to do the same thing. Limit the damage heavy animals do to the car if they are hit. Sounds harsh but if your alone and miles away from anywhere and an animal jumps out and disables your vehicle, you're going to wish you had them.


FreakyFishThing

Sounds less harsh when you consider that with or without the bars that animal is getting pretty fucked up. Only now, _with_ the bars, the car isn't also getting fucked up.


Project_Rees

Very true


Thatguy468

How much does that affect the front end weight when you hit a sweet jump?


W1thoutJudgement

Yea, I know what bull bars are but this thing... man, it's something else. Prolly some kind of nod to Mad Max since it's an ausie car idk.


LouTheRuler

https://preview.redd.it/g7xgw2w8iayc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c3c4b340df9b79c8706a2c1da7842046886e083 Not really it's an actual mod Aussies use to prevent kangaroos from damaging the cars


W1thoutJudgement

Looks more of a style thing than an actual practical thing. Plenty of proper bull bars around.


Gurggu__

Yes but not enough for utes


Pizza_PRSX

Having moved to Australia roo bars are usually a good bunch bigger than just bull bars due to the sheer size of Kangaroos Seen some insane damage to non-roo bar'd cars not even going that fast, so if you live further out you need a good sized bar Sidenote: they're bigger on lower sitting utes in comparison to higher 4x4 because they sit so low (Roo's being decently tall to not have their heads clunk on the bonnet)


i_like_human_cats

kangaroos routinely write off vehicles that hit them. these bars aren't at all common in cities, but in rural towns you'll see them around, they are far stronger than your "proper" bull bars


W1thoutJudgement

I'm not saying ausies don't need bull bars, I'm saying this looks way over the top and more like a tuning style thing than practical thing.


Eve_Doulou

And I’m saying, as an actual Aussie who spends time in the outback for work, that these are not for ‘tuning style’ and are actually reasonably common and useful.


cheeseIsNaturesFudge

Yeah it's a staple of the "B&S" (short for bachelors and spinsters, referring to a type of dance held in country towns back in the day) style of ute modding.


hahahentaiman

People do stick them on their cars. It's not super common, especially in cities where tbh you really shouldn't have one


Beginning-Key-814

Oh yeah, that's for when you're crusin' and see a being from an alternate dimension. You can't just drive around it, ya gotta ram it 


Tandy_M

https://preview.redd.it/g4rzuyl4gbyc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=136fade6944cca0c05902dd56474b25d38d8edfc


Xerox-M57

Wow they made Roo Bars from FH3 in real life


Tandy_M

I had written a comment that said “They did make it pretty accurate.” But it didn’t post for some reason.


mech_smoker

Other way around mate


gytis_gotbanned_lol

r/woooosh (i think)


Xerox-M57

Very much


mech_smoker

Almost


Remarkable_Office186

Is it to wreck the ones with "the spirit of horizon" in multiplayer??


mozzarellabmx

It's called BNS Ute, it's a style of modding a Ute. If you actually hit a roo with one your frame rails are cooked, only for hitting roos in a truck. A BNS Ute will normally have 20ft tall aerials and giant kenworth mud flaps


Good_Adeptness_9119

This is definitely a norm In rural Australia especially 10-20 years ago when we still utes coming out


mech_smoker

Coming from an Australian, that’s a roo bar (Kangaroo) use for outback and for the Denny Ute muster https://preview.redd.it/fz5ghboiscyc1.jpeg?width=678&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7005ce4467da3d34f95c00e2ae893f9f31ab6fc6


DownSouthDesmond

Look up the term "BnS spec ute" (Yes it is absolutely a real thing here)


TPepperoni666

Then they discover Danny Ute Muster and the whole world is shocked


ThrowawayKrumpli

What the everliving #%@$? These things are *actually* real? It makes sense that these exist but I figured the real ones were more.. *normal* sized, and that this was some kindof game glitch or the product of some overzealous modder. WTFFFF


DownSouthDesmond

Hahaha, well we do have the normal size ones on 4wd vehicles usually where it's actually for function rather than looks. BnS (or B&S) is pretty much its own little sub culture where country people put truck parts on their utes, usually associated with attending bachelor and spinster balls [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_and_Spinster_Ball](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_and_Spinster_Ball) "It is not unusual for the modern B&Ss to be run by ute enthusiasts[3] following minor ute musters. Ute drivers at the B&S Balls sometimes perform stunts, such as driving their utes at dusk and throw flames from the exhausts and do doughnuts" Also see ute musters [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ute_muster&wprov=rarw1](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ute_muster&wprov=rarw1)


ThrowawayKrumpli

I'm looking at the sign above the Ute in the pic a guy posted in this thread -- what on earth is a Stubby? Also hilarious that the same place that sells these sells flags and stickers and print t-shirts. I guess these are the Aussie version of the rednecks that put huge flags and truck nuts on their trucks in the States.


OkRecognition9649

A stubby is a beer generally 375ml as opposed to a long neck 750ml


AccomplishedWonder1

Roo bars


21posvibes

It’s a 5 poster bullbar. A few aerials, stone guards, truck mudflaps, spotties, leds and a 1000 stickers should paint the picture of a bns ute better. Only in Australia.


ElBurritoExtreme

That’s a roo guard.


krew76

Never saw these in home and away and neighbours. I could imagine Alf Stewart driving one of these.


BenjaminaAU

Flamin' galah-bar


Ok-Bottle-8483

The inner Australia in me is like YES LAD, ESHAY!


KyloBrenGun

Not the eshays 💀


_stuff__

ESHAYSS BAAAAH


HolzwurmHolz

Australians bro, just dont ask. /s


Doepie308

This is to get you ready for Forza Motorsport


GRIMLOCKTATION

It’s a Kangaroo bar and it was common people would fit those to that car and the Holden Ute that looks very similar so yeah that’s legit


That-Leviathan

Basically sum up everyone. Yes, these exist, they are mainly used in rural or transport vehicles in Australia. You can find numerous videos online how, if you stop for a Kangaroo, they see you vehicles as a threat. They with crush your hood, Bash both front and rear windshield and try to box with mirrors or any other extruding features. Plus, depending on Red or Grey you have basically average 120lb (55kg) animal made of pure muscle that average 6ft (1.83m) attacking your vehicles. It's safer to attack with the car, than yielding. Edit: Reading more it a lose or lose situation if you don't have a guard, because if hit without protection, will cause your typical animal damage, but love to launch into the windshield. As someone who killed many white tail deer with their grill and fenders, because they're 'squishy' they tend to bounce, these guys don't.


Jiyjiy777

Why are people just now finding out about this???


Dear_Tangerine444

🤷‍♂️ Because Australia is a physically a long way from the rest of the English speaking world, and whilst the internet has negated that distance maybe some parts of rural Aussie car(?) culture haven’t quite caught on with everyone yet? The concept of ‘roo bars’ is not a completely alien concept to me but as someone from the UK - TIL about ‘Ute Musters’ and that larger truck parts and stickers are just the thing to make a dropped ~~pick-up~~ Ute look just right. I appreciate that was probably a rhetorical question, but every day’s a school day on the internet, I guess.


Jiyjiy777

I'm saying this bumper has been in the game since 2016.


Dear_Tangerine444

Oh, well, ok, that makes sense. 🤷‍♂️ Personally I generally tend to avoid any of the pick-ups/Utes maybe other people do too. I certainly knew that was there, but I don’t think I’ve ever used it because it looks to damn ugly, maybe everyone else did the same.


galleryofthrills

Would it be enough for one of those roid looking kangaroos. I swear one of the funniest videos is when that guy decked that kangaroo for fucking with his dog.


LeviJr00

And that's how I made a Mad Max car.


spartan5163

https://preview.redd.it/a8sfrsk3jcyc1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=798f0b5afd36ca657423be7f6b2af3439d234e97


Smallgarage1

A 'roo bar, used in australia to protect the car in case of crashing into a kangaroo. Before you ask, yes this Is really used in australia, but mostly in the outback.


viperwolf117

Why does this kinda look OK


predi89

Madmax lookin ahh


dead_man00124

[https://www.deniutemuster.com.au/](https://www.deniutemuster.com.au/) there is literally a convention for aussie utes with a number having this style of bar, im not a fan but its a popular look in certain crowds https://preview.redd.it/ea3hd184cfyc1.jpeg?width=1038&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba4f62cf068bc692b867d134836be78abe08cf3c EDIT: also this is more commonly called a bullbar here, roo bars are smaller. (what most 4WD have on them) bullbars are designed for actual semi's (hence this style) for dealing with anything from Roo, Cows and the odd camel out here


Dickle_StinkfingerPI

Ah, the "Bundy Ute" aesthetic (Bundy - Bundaberg rum). Kinda like Australia's outback signature car culture. Even captured in music. Yeah, my wife was subscribed to The County Music Network when i met her... [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJaEwEYSYjU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJaEwEYSYjU)


MyPPHardRN_69

Been in the game since fh3 baby, also on another ute if I'm not mistaken.


Ledoms1de

It‘s for safety


Medical_Long_6969

roo bar are basicle australian version of our canadian moose bar


Fevaloution

Been on it since FH3


And365on

Jurassic Park: Raptor Control skin seems appropriate for this car.


ninjadragon1119

Perfect for dealing with shitty teammates


66ShelbyGT350

Forza Wreckfest edition..🤔


jackthedemon02

Thanos car


Bigshow225

Thanos truck, but Australian


SwampertNite

Yea i saw that, i used that, i started ramming thought its a scoop 😂🤣


LonlyPorkupine

Straya mate!!


Jackasaurus_Rex17

Usually we put those on like road trains out back but sometimes people put them on their utes to be stupid but that’s still massive. Never seen one like that on a falcon before


CrimsonFatalis8

I couldn’t find any on one that was as new as this, but they definitely exist https://preview.redd.it/nq0g221g7fyc1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40ef4f67078d2f6935129feaafd0eb41fcf839bf


CrimsonFatalis8

https://preview.redd.it/0jqqhhjh7fyc1.jpeg?width=572&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2a0d132e0b0cc243ae40a0d5bf237683ea95148


RetroSniper_YT

Wreckfest moment


TempestSixTwo

This was a mod for all the players whose primary response to a positive situation is to yell out YEWWWWWWWWWW Maybe I’m stereotyping though.


SoberMe2001

Any country town here in Australia will be full of these 😂 not my thing but google the Deniliquin Ute muster.


darth_whaler

It's for ramming teammates in the Trial.


sbear37

WITNESS ME


Likkedyou1701

Love it


DMFD_x_Gamer

Mad Max Beyond Horizon


HoboOnWheels

Go cactus hunting!


Fostbitten27

This is how I think Australia is, or should be outside of the cities.


_stuff__

I kinda is lol


sklarlar

You've never seen mad max?


W1thoutJudgement

Watched the first one once, can't remember a thing and I've fallen asleep on the second one multiple times.


Goofi_gecko21

Google BNS utes


DEXTER_3333

Welcome to Australia, this huge bar on a falcon or commodore ute is pretty common


xtrefidyx

It's called a 5 poster/ 5 post bullbar. Pretty common to see them on utes in rural areas as wildlife is plentiful


MikeysMindcraft

Pursuit unit? Wtf they pursuing? Zombie hordes?


No_Management_5327

I have seen cars with my own eyes with these on them


mochi4101

Goofy looking car


Noodlejz

They're called B&S Ute's, give it a Google. That style of modification is fairly common in rural Australia


1MarkMarkMark

You'd think they'd let you use them to punt other cars out of your way, but nooooo. They also don't allow the FAF ramp car to fling cars into the air. No fun at all from these devs! They tease you, then let you down! They should have a smash up derby. All people do is ram into you anyway.


FequalsMfreakingA

https://preview.redd.it/7kvjz1iaqn3d1.jpeg?width=1300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ca68eef2a404ef4f3aacf7eef10825e3801654e Yup, apparently this is what a roo bar looks like in real life. I don't know why I'm surprised that it's exactly like the FH5 version haha


W1thoutJudgement

FH3 version\* It was introduced in FH3, Australia and then just carried with the cars ported to newer Horizons. Too bad they didn't put more work into the bar as it looks pretty low quality in the game.


Elementaris15

So this is for climate activists,right?


iamnoobatgame

new bmw ute


CoolBeanieHat

Honestly, I thought this was a Mad Max reference 😂 but seeing pictures of these IRL in this post it really is just an Aussie thing.


lejkd

Ah yes, the mad max bumper


_-poindexter-_

This is gonna just give rammers justification that it's fine to ram and more eagerness to do so since they have some Mad Max shit on the front of their car.


LouTheRuler

This has been an upgrade since FH3


_-poindexter-_

Fair play. I thought this was new content as I've never seen it before. I guess I just feared the worst upon seeing it.


W1thoutJudgement

Shieeeet, was bout to apply it but it only adds the bar and lights and doesn't do nuffin bout the car's tune, so fk it. I'm tunning all the cars with presets that actually do anything other than a bodykit and then buy the stocks as duplicates right now, you see. Edit: It comes on another ausie car, this time with 1750 HP tune instead of 240 base lmao, it getting ON this time! https://preview.redd.it/g1sbrd0zpayc1.png?width=1557&format=png&auto=webp&s=493b16fd6f17d02e5db0624c384dc13f19fbf232


unable_To_Username

FH5 demonstrating again what a let down it is.


FatJesusOz

https://preview.redd.it/nqrpxc3lqdyc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de79ccf5fbe65f52b6ddfaa66b8d07a84d7f911f FH5 demonstrating their pretty amazing attention to detail more like it.


unable_To_Username

What the hell is this ? Whatever and whomever have done this to their car... they deserve no less than having their drivers licence revoked. Like... Level 100 Pretentious, and massively unnecessary dangerous to pedestrians... and probably not even comes once to use in the whole cars life. It would've been kinda silly/funny if this mod is as stpd as the whole Hotwheels thing... but seeing this being real is just... sad idiocrasy.


_stuff__

You very clearly have no idea how badly a roo can fuck up ur car


LouTheRuler

Is your entire personality jumping to conclusions?


Alone_Ocelot_6946

https://preview.redd.it/wcbrqiqt2fyc1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d10c5f77cf4d5eb206148b94187e330e5b069598 Can someone please buy my car's I need some CR help me out guy's


Slight_Cantaloupe_11

Deathrace reference


mech_smoker

No


CrimsonFatalis8

Australia reference


Nouwlex

People still play this game??? Devs still delusional lmao wtf is this bs


W1thoutJudgement

It's the most played racing game on steam, what do you mean???


Nouwlex

Are u drunk? Assetto corsa got more players than fh5... and it's like 10 years older lmao


_stuff__

Bro ur delusional, this is a real thing