
She appears once in the game using her beta character, during the race in the mission High Stakes, Low Rider - her only appearance outside of a cutscene. The model and texture can be found in the game files as kendl.txd and kendl.dff.
Kendl Johnson's facial model and clothing were similar to the BFYST ped. Su Xi Mu has a second less-detailed character model. Ryder looked vastly different, having no hat and glasses, cornrows and a lot of stubble. In the Strategy Guide, Jethro is seen in the mission Riot, suggesting that he had a larger role. A clip from the first trailer shows that "final" Sweet once retained the long-sleeved undershirt from his old model before changing to a shorter-sleeved one for the final version. Despite this, a statue of Big Smoke inside his crack palace wears this outfit as an easter egg, and Sweet's beta model can be seen in a picture in the living room of the Johnson House alongside Kendl's beta model. Sweet was originally dressed in black and wore a black skully, Big Smoke wore a white Saints jersey and didn't wear a hat, exposing his shaved head.
Both Sweet and Big Smoke had their appearances changed.
Characters including Officer Carver, Larry and Poncho were removed.