Differences between Remaster and Classic

[Dhruv]

Disclaimer: I just came back to SRTTR and haven't played either the Classic or Remaster in a very long time.

Am I losing my mind or are there some changes between the Remaster and the Classic? Because I must be freaking out but I could've sworn there are more sneaky changes than what I'm seeing and even googling isn't helping. Please someone confirm if I'm going insane or these things actually were there in the Classic because I remember them very clearly for some reason:

1. There used to be roadblocks in the Classic which I've never seen in Remaster.

2. SNG homies used to wear purple fatigues or a purple arm band or some sort of fleur-de-lis on their uniform like every other "variant" of homie to distinguish them from the normal models.

3. The Saints Hammer and Saints Reaper used to be options in Gang Customization (or do I remember these because of certain mods I may have used for Classic?)

4. The Saints Backup used to arrive in the vehicles you had selected in Gang Customization (instead of just the Infuego in remaster).

5. Strippers used to be unlocked as part of Gang Customization (because I haven't been able to unlock them in Remaster at all).

 

[reina3]

There are a lot of minute differences yeah. Some others:
Monica Hughues' hair colour colorable in Remaster. She is never assigned a colour palette in vanilla though, and becomes a grandma
Original: | Remastered

I think there is one medium Genki arena in the Luchadore island that doesn't appear in the Remaster (a dark arena that requires the flashlight), but I can't open the game right now to verify this. It's possible that I've just somehow avoided this particular one.

 

[Dhruv]

There are a lot of minute differences yeah. Some others:
Monica Hughues' hair colour colorable in Remaster. She is never assigned a colour palette in vanilla though, and becomes a grandma
Original: | Remastered
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I think there is one medium Genki arena in the Luchadore island that doesn't appear in the Remaster (a dark arena that requires the flashlight), but I can't open the game right now to verify this. It's possible that I've just somehow avoided this particular one.

In my game (Remastered), she has black hair

If it's Arapice Island, I see no Genki activity there on my map. The wiki doesn't report any either.

 

[Dhruv]

Did you ever play the Classic version with mods installed? And how far have you progressed in the Remaster so far — could some of those features just not be unlocked yet?

I almost always played Classic with mods. In fact, thats most games that are moddable. My current savefile is 94% complete with the entirety of Steelport having been taken over by the Saints. I just haven't finished the final mission Three Way.

Wiki says the strippers are unlocked when you complete all of Escort activities but I never got anything unlocked with those, just like you never get anything for completing all Trafficking activities. Some activities do feature extra bonuses though like unlocking Hos for completing all Snatch activities, unlocking the National Guard for completing all Mayhem activities and unlocking Mascots for completing all Genki activities. So its weird to me that they would arbitrarily have bonuses for some activities and nothing for others?