Get out of a moving car
Press [Triangle] + [Up] when you drive and
jump. You will get out off the car, and your car will drive full
speed farther. Note: This cannot be done while the police are
chasing you.
You can also jump out of your car when taking a turn. Press [Up]
+ [Triangle] and you will jump out of your car, and it will
keep going.
Take a break
Press [Triangle] while next to a chair. After
your character sits, press the "Analog-stick" to change the
camera angle. Press Triangle to get up again.
Stop faster
Press [Triangle] + [Circle]. Press [Triangle]
+ [Square] to stop even faster.
Sharp turns
Hold [Left] or [Right] then press [Triangle]
to make a sharp turn in any direction. U-turns are also easily
accomplished this way.
Recover flipped car
Hold [Circle] and alternately press [Left]
and [Right] to turn over a flipped car.
Brake torque
Hold [Circle] and then press [Square].
Peel out
Hold [Square] + [Circle] to heat up your
tires, then release [Square] to peel out. Continue to hold
[Square] until the peel out has stopped.
Donuts
Press [Circle] + [Right] (Lift) and you can
do donuts.
Silent car
Hold [Triangle] + [Square] while in a car.
Bail from flipped car
If your car is flipped or on its side and still moving,
press [Triangle] + [Up] and you will bail from it. Note:
If your car is not moving, you cannot get out and you will wreck.
Trippy view
Go to any city in take a drive mode at night. Press
[Select]x2 to switch to the second view. Start driving then
quickly and repeatedly hit [L2] and [R2].
Quick continue
If you are being chased by the police in take a ride
mode and your car gets wrecked the same time the police lose you,
press [Up] + [Triangle] about five or six times, and
wait five seconds, then press [Up] + [Triangle] again.
You will get out of the car and can continue the game.
Reset felony meter
After getting the felony meter raised, make a getaway
and get out of the car. Get another car to reset the felony meter
before a cop finds you in the same car. The felony meter is always
filled when you are in a cop car.
Longer time for mission
To get longer time for a mission, hold [X] just
before the "Loading, please wait..." screen appears.
Keep it held until the mission starts. You will have more time
to finish your objectives. This is especially helpful for the
mission in which you chase Jones' assassin.
Invincibility, immunity, and all
cars
Successfully complete the game in the undercover mode.
Chicago: Surveillance Tip Off: Easy
completion
First, take a right on to the highway. Drive down past
the first off ramp. Do the same thing at the second one. At the
third off ramp, get off the highway. Go straight down the street.
Take a left at the second turn and go to the gray car on the sidewalk.
Get into it to complete the mission. Note: This may take a few
attempts. Do not stop driving for any reason.
Chicago: Stopping police cars
When a police car is coming in front of you, hit it
dead center in the front. If you hit them hard enough, they will
be finished off in one or two hits. Be careful hitting too many
police cars with the same car will kill you easily.
Chicago: Parked police car
Go to Wrigley field and look around the park. At one
of the corners of the street you will find a parked police car.
Note: Your felony bar will be at max.
Chicago: Crazy police car
In the take a ride mode, have two police cars chase
Tanner to the drawbridge with an area on the side of one of the
openings of the bridge. This area should have buildings on one
side and the river on the other side. There is plenty of room
to drive around. When you find the place, you should see a police
car roadblock on the opposite side of the river from where your
car and the two police cars are located. Destroy one of the police
cars and leave the other alone. After the first car is destroyed,
get out of that area and lose the other car. As soon as you hear
the "We've lost him" message, get out of your car into
a different one. Drive to the same drawbridge that you were near
when you destroyed the first car. Get out of your new car and
walk to the middle of the bridge. The other police car will follow
you as you are walking, and run circles trying to run you over.
However it cannot harm you because you are not in a car. The police
car will only stop when it wrecks itself.
Chicago: Losing police
When you are being chased by the police near Navy Pier,
go there and try not to crash. Carefully go up on the platform
then go on the other side of it. The police will then say that
they have lost you. Get out of your car and go to where to police
lost you. He will still have his sirens on and will try to ram
you, but will goes right through you.
Chicago: Steal a fire truck
Take a left and when you reach an intersection, take
a right. Go straight to get to the gas station then turn left.
Drive until you get to the end of the road. Turn left or right
and drive up and down the street (near the Meig's Field airport)
until you see a fire truck.
When you see the fire truck, press [Triangle] at its door
to enter. Press [R1] to activate its siren.
Chicago: Steal an armored truck
Steal about seven cars. Then go to Wrigleyville. Take
a right at the gas station and you will see an armored truck.
Go up to it and press [Up].
Hint Chicago: Steal a delivery truck
Go to the highway and you will usually find a delivery
truck there. If it leaves the screen, you will not be able to
get it until another one drives by.
Chicago: Secret car
Head north and go to the Wrigleyville area and find
Wrigley Field. Go to the northwest end of the ballpark. Park your
car, get out. walk over to where it says "Tickets" and
press [Triangle]. A secret area located in the southeast
corner of the ballpark will open. Return to your car, drive around
to the southeast corner, and drive through the now opened gate
and into the ballpark. Drive over to the ramp, get out of your
car, walk up the ramp, turn right, and follow the walkway to the
secret car.
Chicago: Get a lot of air
Drive straight in the Chicago level until you reach
a draw bridge. Backup and go up at full speed before the draw
bridge goes up too high.
Go to Navy Pier on the east side of the map. Drive to the Ferris
wheel on the west side; there is a ramp to get up there. Start
from the road and go.
Start the game in take a ride mode in Chicago and choose one of
the faster cars. When the game starts, wait for about two seconds
before blasting forward (north) as fast as possible. Do not hit
anyone or slow down and you will reach the drawbridge as it is
going up. True "Blues Brothers" air time will follow.
After landing, keep hauling -- turn left at the next street, go
to the second street over, and turn left again. You should be
able to hit another drawbridge just as it is coming up. To get
more air time, go to the east side (Navy Pier) where the amusement
park is located. On the north end of the park, there is a ramp
that you can drive up to get to the Ferris Wheel. Get a big running
start at that ramp from outside the park boundaries and you will
nearly land in the lake.
Chicago: Fall off a bridge
Drive onto the gray bridge and park in the middle of
it. When its starts to shake, get in your car. In a few seconds,
you will fall off.
Chicago: Air field
Press [Start] and go to the map. Look for Wrigley
Field and look next to it. You will see a picture of a plane.
Go there and it wil be blocked. Go to the Navy Pier, and use the
secret car to jump in the lake. If done correctly, when the game
resets you will end up on the runway, being chased by a Learjet.
Do not let it hit you or you will get maximum damage.
Chicago: Unlimited time in survival
mode
When you start, hold [Circle] + [Right] to
do a 180 and head behind you. Straight back and to the left are
some trees. Weave in between them to slow down pursuing cops.
When you get to the buildings, turn down the small alley to the
left and head back out towards the road you started on. Watch
out for a cop that is near the road sometimes. Go right down the
road, over a bridge, and left into the warehouse area. Once inside
and without cops immediately behind, you will be safe -- no more
can re-spawn in here. Note: This is extremely hard and may take
a couple of tries to accomplish.
Chicago: Reset felony level and fix
damage on secret car
After you unlock the secret car in Chicago, if you
have too much felony drive to the tickets counter and press [Triangle]
as you did before. When you find and get into the car again you
will not have any felony and any damage will be fixed.
Chicago: Drive on two wheels
Drive the secret car at full speed. Hold [Circle]
then hold [L1] and turn to either the left or the right.
When the car starts to slide sideways, lock up the brakes by holding
[Triangle] + [Square]. This should lift the two tires
on the inside of the spin off the ground. Once this happens, stop
turning the front wheels and quickly get off the gas before the
car rolls over. Once on the wheels, not the side of the car, balance
the car by steering, and slowly accelerate to drive along. This
is difficult to do, but it is possible to drive like this for
15 or 20 car lengths with some practice.
Havana: Secret car
Drive towards the tunnel located at the west end of
the city. Just before the tunnel is a road on your left. Drive
to the end of the road to reach a wall. Turn right and about one
third of the way down, you will find the switch next to some trees
on your right. Get out of your car, walk up to the switch, and
press [Triangle] to open a secret area. Get back into your
car, turn around, and head back to the road you just came off.
You will see that the gate is now open. Drive in and down, ignoring
the left turns. Keep driving to the end, then turn right and follow
it down, making continuous left turns. When you get to the bottom,
turn left again then right, and left once more. Follow that tunnel
down to the end to find the secret car on a risen platform. You
will see the switch on the right of the platform, on the wall.
The secret car is the Mr. Bean car.
Go to the secret car area. Do the same as you would to get the
car as normal, except go past the opening on the road to the corner.
You will see the point you get to after obtaining the car. Go
down it, and you will be in the secret car area. Note: If it does
not work at first, enable the "Invincibility" cheat
and try again.
To get the secret car easier, follow the previous directions,
but instead of going underground and through the halls, just go
around the underground opening. There will be a hole in the ground
where you can fall through. If you do not hit the car off the
platform, then you can just be raised back up to the surface.
If you do knock it off, then you have to find your way out by
following the directions to get inside in reverse.
Havana: Bail from car
This trick works best with the secret car in Havana.
If you are drive really fast and turn a corner, make sure you
get out of the car before it flips. If it does flip, do not get
back in.
Havana: Using a roof as a ramp
Drive to the tunnel and pass it. Keep driving and you
will soon see a house on the right. If you go fast enough, you
can ramp off the side and get big air.
Havana: Drive on the roof
Go to one of the islands. Once there, look on your
map and find a gray area. If you do not see it, you are on the
wrong island. Go to the area, and it should be a fort complete
with cannons. Go to the end of the road to find a wall with two
ramps facing sideways to you. Drive up one. On the right, you
should see a small building on the ground. Drive through the opening
and land on the roof.
Havana: Ride a wheelie
Choose the Mini Cooper and while holding [Circle],
run into a pole by the headlight. If done correctly you should
be able ride a wheelie as long as [Circle] is held. Note:
You will have no control while doing this. Do not attempt this
while being chased by the police.
Havana: Steal a bus
Go to Capitollo and drive around the blocks. Eventually
you will see a large civilian type bus. Be careful as it can be
destroyed quickly if it gets hit in the side hard. If you a police
car head-on with the bus, it will go flying across the street.
Havana: Coach
Go to the castle area or the start of the tunnel main
area (land side) to find a coach. Press [Triangle] at its
door to enter.
Havana: Police car
Do not go in the three tunnels when you start. Instead,
just drive around the three tunnels. Keep going until you see
a parked police car on either side. Do not run away from the police
car unless you see the white light on your map. Stop by the police
car, get out of your car, walk up to the police car and get inside
it. Note: Your felony bar will fill up all the way once this is
done.
Havana: Disable police car
Get The Bobtail and speed, then turn around and run
right into his front end.
Hijack a truck and hit a police car head on at full speed to instantly
take it out.
Havana: Get rid of police cars
Go to the ferry and park just besides the ramp on the
ferry side. When the cops are chasing you, they should jump the
ramp and fly into the water. They should drive around below the
ferry for a short while before dying. Leave your car on the ferry
because there will be a roadblock in the warehouse.
When you start the level, on the right there will be a little
hole. Go through it and the police will not usually go in there.
If they do, you can easily kill or lose them there.
Havana: More time in survival mode
When you start, go straight and slightly to the left
weaving between some trees (to slow down pursuing cops). You are
aiming for the monument on the hill ahead. You should cross the
road and climb the hill to it, just next to the left edge. Brake
half way up and stop at the top. The following cops will launch
over your car repeatedly. Stay close to the left edge of the platform
or they will hit the tower in the middle and fall on you.
When you start, go straight and slightly to the left weaving between
some trees (to slow down pursuing cops). You are aiming for the
monument on the hill ahead. You should cross the road and climb
the hill to it, just next to the left edge. Brake half way up
and stop at the top. The following cops will launch over your
car. When they are on the other side, head off the left side of
the platform and into an alley. Quickly turn left in the alley
around the dumpster and follow the edge of the wall down to the
corner. Stay at this location. The cops will try to get to you
and may do so after some time. However, if you were fast enough,
they will get stuck outside the alley or on the other side of
the dumpster.
Havana: Felony that can be taken
away
To get a felony that can be taken away go to Havana,
and get the van. Follow a police car while honking. If done for
a long enough time, the felony meter will rise just a little bit.
It will rise even more if honking continues. To get rid of the
felony, just drive around obeying the laws. If the felony meter
starts to flash it cannot be lost.
Havana: Do a willy
Get the secret car in Havana. When a cop taps you in
the front end, hold [Circle].
Havana: Cat walk with the secret
car
Start take a ride mode in Havana and use the secret
car. Drive up to a wall head on at a normal speed. After hitting
the wall, press [Circle] to make the car go on the back two
wheels. The car will stay like this until the wheels stop peeling.
This looks best during replays. After doing this, try it off the
back of other cars on the road at high speeds.
Las Vegas: Secret car
Take the first right turn and follow it down. Turn
left to go to the Tropicana area. Turn right at the second street,
then take the first left turn. Follow the "S" curve
and stop at the crosswalk. Look left to see a gate and a building.
Follow that building with the four cones in front of it. At the
end of the building is an opened gate. Turn in there and you will
see the switch next to the fence at the end of the building. Get
out of your car and walk over to the switch. Press [Triangle]
to open the gate you first saw. Get back in your car and drive
around into the now open area. The secret car will be behind the
building in front of you. The secret car is the Mr. Bean car.
The secret car is a Ute.
Las Vegas: Secret area
After unlocking the secret car, go to the street and
turn left to get back on to it. Take that street to the end and
turn right. Follow this street to the next intersection and turn
left. When you turn left, you will see a building, a fence and
a wall. Between the wall and the next building is where you turn
to go to the secret area.
Drive south to the airport on Koval. Turn east off of Koval (using
the overpass). Drive south towards the airport, along the most
easterly road on the map. After the road curves to the west, look
to your left for an alley that leads behind the building. It will
be marked with pylons and a slow sign. Carjack a truck (recommended)
or car. Drive over the ramp to jump the wall to the secret area.
There is a secret area in Las Vegas close to tha airport. Begin
by going straight from your starting location. Turn left at the
first turn, then keep going straight on that street (Koval). Keep
going until you see a big crane. Then, look to your left and find
a building with flags on it. Follow that building to the end.
You will see a small detour sign. Go into the place that says
that you cannot enter. Try to drive as fast as you can, as you
are going to have to jump on a ramp to get into that area. Once
you jump over the fence, the message "You've unlocked a secret
area" will appear.
There is a secret area in with some jumps and other things. Find
the airport. At the very bottom and to the far east should be
a long road that curves at the bottom. Start at the western point
on the road and go east, away from the airport. Before the road
turns to the north, look left (south) as your go. You should see
a few signs that say caution and detour on them. Follow that road
behind the buildings and you will reach a jump. Go off the jump
over the wall and you will be in the area.
Las Vegas: Invincibility cheat
Go to Take a Ride mode and choose Las Vegas. When you
start, take the first right and stay on this road. Keep going
until you pass Flamingo Road. If you are facing south look to
your left. There will be a white building with red trim with "Dollar
Slots" there. To the left of the sign is a store called "Wiley's
Pharmaceuticals". The switch is in front of the "99
Cents" sign. Walk up to it and press [Triangle]. The
cheat will be unlocked in the secrets screen under the game play
options. When the confirmation message appears, exit the game,
go to "Options", then select "Gameplay", then
"Secret". Select "Invincibility" to activate
the cheat.
Las Vegas: Lose the police
While driving in Las Vegas, down mid-Strip, you will
see that there are walkways that go up and over the road to the
other side. If you are getting chased by the police and you come
across one of these, jump it smoothly. At the very least you will
gain a few seconds on your pursuers. However, most of the time
the police will crash into each other trying to go up it, or they
will run into one of the walls on the sides of the steps.
Las Vegas: Find Ambulance easily
As soon as you start the game, select the map and look
for downtown. Drive to downtown till you reach the center. Once
there, you can find ambulances in abundance. You can even encounter
them at the entrance to downtown.
Las Vegas: Steal an ambulance
Make a U-turn when you start and go straight. Take
the fourth turn on the right. Drive up and down that road (airport
area at the top of the map) until you find an ambulance.
Press [Triangle] at the ambulance door to enter. Press [R1]
to activate the siren. Note: A white limousine may appear instead
of the ambulance, depending on the choices made during the game.
Las Vegas: Flip the ambulance
Unlock all the cheat codes, go to Las Vegas, and choose
"Invincibility" and "Immunity". Select an
ambulance as your car. Go to a and try to drive off so that you
flip the vehicle on its side. Once the ambulance is on its side,
get into any other vehicle and ram into the ambulance. Make sure
that you only hit the roof. The ambulance and your car should
fly through the air, and spin and flip about.
Las Vegas: Full size SUV
Go to Lakeside and drive around the lake and roads
around it. You will find a gray SUV.
Las Vegas: Steal a semi
Get the limousine in the casino area and drive it to
the drive-in movie. Go to the small projection building and press
[Triangle]. You will get a semi in take a ride mode.
Las Vegas: Ring doorbell and enter
garage
Select take a ride mode and Las Vegas. Go to Lakeside.
When you find a large tan house, a white garage door, a red roof,
with four doors together, press [Triangle] and you will hear
the door bell ring.
Walk up to the right side of the garage door and press the button.
The garage door will open and you can go inside.
Las Vegas: Opening garage
Go to the lower Strip and drive to the bottom left.
Go through the little path and turn left. Find the garage with
a button on the right side. Press [Triangle] and it will
open.
Las Vegas: Enter airport
Select free ride mode and use a car to get to the airport
(check your map). When you arrive, go to the building near the
restaurant. There are many chairs located there. Go to the middle
of the building in a car or on foot, then just walk towards it.
If you are at the correct location (middle), you should be able
to walk trough the glass wall and exit normally. Be careful --
do not walk towards the center of the building because you might
fall trough the floor and drown, just like in water.
Las Vegas: Good survival mode time
To get a very good time in survival mode in Las Vegas,
find a bridge that takes people from one sidewalk to another.
Drive up the stairs and turn so that you are in the middle of
it. Just wait there while the police figure out how to follow.
Once they are up on the bridge with you, it will be hard to get
down because them hitting you. You should receive a great time
if you are lucky. It takes the police some time to find you.
Las Vegas: Good survival mode points
Go to the lion statue and let a police car knock you
over the garage. This may take a few times, but when you do this,
you will get a high score.
Las Vegas: Doing tricks
Go to the ghost town. Go towards the outer part of
the town. You should find a bridge with train tracks. This area
has hills, pyramids of barrels, and other things. You can 4X4
and do other cool things in this area.
Las Vegas: Easy car flipping
Go to the ghost town in to the north in Las Vegas.
Drive on the dunes, lots of speed, and drive up a sand dune at
a slight angle. As soon as your car goes flying, bail out. It
should fall right through the ground. After it pops up and bounces
a few times, it should either lay on its side or be balanced on
its roof.
Las Vegas: Spin out of control
Go to the ghost town. Drive east of that to find train
tracks. Follow the tracks north to reach a train parked in a tunnel.
If you hit it, your car will spin out of control. Go as slow as
you can you will still spin out of control.
Las Vegas: Big air
Go to the crosswalks that go over the road. Turn around
and drive at least half a mile away. Turn around and drive at
maximum speed toward it, and try avoiding any cars. Jump out in
the air because sometimes you will nose dive into the ground and
flip.
Rio: Secret game
Turn your car around, follow the street to the end,
and turn right. Follow this next street to the end, and turn right.
After you turn right, there will be some buildings to your right/
At the end of those buildings is a fenced in area. Follow the
fence, stop at the last section, and look left. You will see the
switch next to the building. Turn your car around and park. Get
out of your car and walk over to the switch. Press [Triangle]
to open a secret area. Get back into your car and follow the fence.
About half way down you will see two rows of palm trees. That
is the entrance. Drive in to reveal the secret game, around the
back of the building. This secret game can also be unlocked by
winning the Undercover mission.
Rio: Secret game two
When you leave the first secret game, turn right and
back onto the street. Follow that street and take the third left
turn. Follow this next road and take the second exit. At the end
of the off-ramp, make a U-turn and follow the street between the
on and off ramps. Follow this street past the first right turn
and to the fence. The switch is on your right, next to the fence.
This secret game can also be unlocked by winning the Undercover
Mission.
Rio: Immunity cheat
You start by facing the interstate. Make a U-turn and
go the other way. Turn right at the third street, which will take
you past the big lake. Immediately after the lake is an intersection.
Turn left there to find a building with a garage door and a regular
door. That building should have barbed-wired fence at the top
of it. To open the door, you need to go to the huge building to
the right . It is black with white windows. There is a door on
the very left side of this building, which is facing the other
building you are trying to open. Push [Triangle] at that
door and to unlock the immunity cheat for no police. To access
this cheat, select "Game Settings", then "Cheats"
at the options screen.
In a level in Rio, you are required to steal a cop car from the
impound. Go to the same area in Take a Ride mode. Opposite the
roller door where you drive out, there should be a side of a building.
Go up to it. There will be three doors at that location. Go up
the left one and press [Triangle]. a message should appear
stating that you have unlocked a cheat. Pause game play and exit
Take a Ride mode. Go to "Game Settings" on the option
menu and go to "Cheats". "Immunity" should
now appear.
Rio: Secret car
Look at the very top of the map and find a part of
the road that winds upwards like the following:
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While traveling on this curved area, search for a switch on the
north side. Use it to open a passage to the area behind the fence.
Cruise around to get back there to find a blue semi.
Rio: Fire truck
Go to to Lagoa Radrigo de Freitas (lake) and go around
to find a Fire truck. Press [Triangle] at its door to enter.
Press [R1] to activate its siren. Note: A black limousine
may appear instead, depending on choices made in the game.
Rio: Stop the hitman
When you have to stop the hitman in Rio, get in your
car as fast as possible and drive to the road he turns on to.
Get right in front of him and do not press the gas. Just steer
as he pushes you and he will die in a matter of seconds.
Get in front him and keep going until you reach the mountainside
then slow down. If he rams you, he will take more damage than
you will. Keep ramming him and he will eventually die.
Rio: Good survival mode time
When you start, there will be a raised platform to
your right. Go under it and you should reach stairs that lead
up to it. Take the stairs and get behind the two pillars at the
top. Stay so that the middle section of you car can be seen between
them. The cops will take the stairs and fly between the pillars;
over you, and off the platform. After that remain there and they
will not be able to get to you.
Rio: Secret dock
Go to the mountain pass. When at the starting line,
turn around and drive until you see a brown fence on your right.
Drive very carefully and slowly around the rocks. You have to
go partially off edge. If you start falling, press [Circle]
to burnout onto path, then go to dock. If you fall off, you will
drop and hit the dock once before getting a game over.
Save Jones
To stop the hit man quickly and easily, hit him into
the water. Follow the quickest route to the water, near the 90
degree corner. If you are fast enough, you will get there at the
same time or a slightly before the hit man turns the corner and
comes toward you. Hit him on an angle, and try to drive him over
the beach into the water. He will quickly get stuck, and you will
have stopped him without having to chase him all over town.
Avoid police chases
Drive like you are one of the city cars and the police
will not follow you unless you hit a car or building.
Enable the "Invincibility" cheat. If you are in a van
or a slow vehicle and the police are too fast, turn around and
head straight into them. Try to crash them. If done correctly,
your map will go white and you will be free.
Steal a fire truck and the police will not chase you. If you hit
any poles, cars, or anything he will chase you.
If you are in a slow car, try to find a hidden driveway . If you
hide in it , the cops cannot find you and they should eventually
crash and wreck.
If you are not being chased , but you want to be protected , look
for an armored truck. It should be bluish/gray. Also try getting
school buses,
You can avoid police chases by acting normal, and not doing anything
you should not.
When going the wrong way on a highway ramp, get a few cars in
a traffic jam and go through. Go and do not stop on the highway.
Note: You will get slightly damaged.
When you encounter a cop, keep revving the car slowly until you
pass him. Note: This only works about 35% of the time.
To pass up a cop without getting into a chase, drive very slow
until you are close. Then, get next to him and carefully tap [X]
and slowly pass him. A controller with an auto-fire feature makes
this easier. Enable the auto-fire, get near him, then hold [X]
to slowly overtake him. Note: This requires practice.
Enable the "Silent car" trick when a cop is near you.
You will almost be invisible to the police. You can do this with
every cop you encounter. Note: Make sure that the cop has not
seen you yet. If the cop has seen you already, this will not work.
Flying police car
When being chased by a cop, go very fast and get behind
a car. Let the cop hit you. You will hit the car, bounce back,
hit the cop, and the police car will go flying. Note: This must
be timed correctly with enough speed.
Destroying police cars
In take a ride mode in any city, when being chased
by cops move very close to a pole, tree, or another car. The pole
works the best. The cops will most likely hit them, especially
if they are close behind you. They seem to veer off to the right
slightly. Once they smack into something and you keep going, most
likely they will lose you. If not, repeat the trick. If done correctly,
press [R2] + [L2] to look behind you to see the cops
crash into the object. Practice is required for this trick. Also
enable the "Invincibility" cheat to make it easier.
Avoid roadblocks
To get past a police roadblock, just drive on the sidewalk.
Take a ride mode: Getting out of
wreck
If you total your car in take a ride mode, you can
get out of it if there are no cops in pursuit.
Take a ride mode: More cars
As you steal and use various cars throughout the game,
they will be unlocked in the Take A Ride mode. This includes fire
trucks, buses, police cars, etc.
Take a ride mode: Secret car
Unlock the secret car in any level. When the "You
have unlocked the secret car" message appears, pause game
play and exit. At the main menu, enter the game options, select
"Save settings", and save a new file for the secret
car. Whenever you start the game, remember to load the saved settings.
Note: When ever you save a car, make sure there is a separate
file for each car. The secret car is a black and yellow striped
sports car.
Checkpoint mode
In checkpoint mode, you can speed, run red lights,
and do anything that would normally get you arrested, without
having to worry about cops chasing you. You cannot get out of
your car and steal another one. The only way you can lose in checkpoint
nide is to wreck your car.
Avoid donuts
Do not press [Circle] unless you are on a straight-away.
If you turn with holding [Circle], you will do a donut.
Bootleg move
When a cop is pushing you sideways through grassy terrain,
hold [Circle] button to do a 180 and face in the opposite
direction. You can ditch the cop. This works very well in Havana.
Get a lot of air
When you are being chased by the police and you hit
any kind of jump, look behind you. Wait directly on top of the
police car's shadow. When he lands on you, he will go flying and
you will be shuffled to the side. You can do the same trick onto
parked cars, but you have to bail out of your car or else you
will just hit them.
Cop destroys your car while you are
outside
Enable the "Invincibility" cheat, and get
chased by a cop until they make a road block. Do not hit any cop
cars in the road block. Destroy the cop car that was chasing you
earlier. Your map will flash white, meaning you are not being
chased any more. Go up to one of the cop cars in the road block
and tap it lightly, then immediately get out of your car. The
cop will keep on hitting the car you were in, even though you
exited. This may not always work, but may be repeated as many
times as needed.
Sometimes the police car will chase you everywhere instead of
focusing on your car.
Scared police
Note: This trick works best in Chicago. Choose any
car, with no cheats enabled. After getting chased by the cops,
and once their cars are dead, get out of the car and walk towards
the roadblock (if available) before the other cops see you. All
of the police will be out of their cars, and will be kneeling
down pointing their guns. Walk past the row of cops and look behind
you to see that they are now pointing their guns straight at you.
If you get too close, they will run away.
Electric car
The electric car is blue with a buckskin convertible
top.
No moving cars
Collect almost every car that can be chosen at the
car selection screen. Find a place to put these cars, such as
the police station in Rio and the garage in Vegas. When the cars
are in a safe place, do not go too far or they will disappear.
Once you have collected most of the cars, all of the cars that
were driving in the streets will be gone. Also, if you steal a
police car, no police will drive in the streets. If you want the
cars back, just walk or drive far away from the stolen cars.
Vibrating car
Crash a car into a building or object. Then get into
another car, hold "Brake" and look at the car you just crashed
(at a certain spot). If done correctly, the car will start to
vibrate.
Rolling hub caps
Drive fast and take a sharp turn while braking. You
may see a hub cap fall off and start rolling.
Control first person view
When using a Dual Analog controller in analog mode,
you can use it to look up and down while out of your car in first
person view.
"Matrix-type replay
"Select any mode and fly off any ramp or object
before the "Out Of Tape" message at the bottom of the
screen. Select "End mission" and then go to "Camera
Director". Go to the scene where you jumped off and pause
it in mid-air. Choose the "Rotate camera" option and
rotate the camera. Rotate it slightly horizontally then play the
scene for one second. Keep doing that until you hit the ground.
Rewind to the beginning and watch your Matrix-type scene.
Great replays
Enable the "Invincibility" cheat. Go to survival
mode and your car will immediately be attacked by the police.
This ends when you are flipped on your back or side, creating
great replays to watch again.
Glitch: Stuck camera
Hold [L2] or [R2] and press [Select]
while in the third person view. Then the camera will get "stuck
sideways" when you release [L2] or [R2].
Glitch: Use secret cars in multi-player
mode
Unlock the Chicago secret car and save it to a settings
file. After it has been unlocked, go to take a ride mode and have
the secret car selected in the picture. However, do not use it
-- press [Triangle] to go back to the main menu and go to
multi-player mode. If done correctly, you should be able to press
"Previous" and find the secret car. Note: Once in the
game, the car will appear glitched.
Glitch: Overlapping car sounds
In take a ride mode , get out of the car you start
with and get into any other car. As soon as you get in, quickly
hold [Circle] to burnout. If done correctly, you will burnout
and hear the car starting at the same time.
Glitch: Disappearing vehicle
When you unlock secret areas or secret games are driving
a bus, school bus, or van (Havana), or any other big vehicle other
than a regular car ,it will disappear from the game until you
restart it.
Glitch: Floating person
In take a ride mode go extremely slow towards the back
of a chair with someone sitting in it. Tap the back of the chair.
The chair will shatter. Immediately hit reverse and the person
will be sitting in mid air with no chair. This must be done very
slowly or the person will run away.
Glitch: Drown on land
Go up to a chair that is facing a building. Press [Triangle]
once to sit and slide, then press [Triangle] again to slide
and stand up. You will now go inside the building. If you walk
around enough, a message will appear stating that you drowned
and the game will restart.
Glitch: Shadow
Look closely while Tanner in running. His shadow is
holding two guns, but Tanner is not holding anything at all.
Glitch: Flashing shadow
Get out of your car and stand still. If you look closely,
you can see Tanner's shadow start to flash. If this does not happen,
try turning and you will eventually see his shadow flashing.
Glitch: Disappearing hubcaps
When you get into a car, one or more of the hubcaps
may disappear. Once you get out of it, they will reappear.
Glitch: Police car stops
Follow a police car and about a minute later, it may
pullover to the side or it may not drive at all, creating a traffic
jam. You cannot steal it and if you break the law, the cop will
go after you. This will not always work.
Glitch: Turn parked police car 90 degrees
To get a police car to turn a 90 degree angle when
he is parked, tailgate him until he finally stops and start honking
your horn. The cars behind, will also start to honk. Keep doing
this until he turns 90 degrees.
Glitch: Drive through overpass
Get to a location where the overpass joins to the ground.
Go underneath the overpass at that spot and drive straight for
the connecting point. It will appear as if your car will get stuck
or crushed. However, if you keep driving your car will go through
the overpass and you can keep going. This can be useful as a shortcut
during missions.
Glitch: Drive through train
Get a fast car and go to the place where you played
the mission with the train. You will see two locomotives. Try
to hit one of the locomotives with your car. One locomotive will
push you all the way back and your car will get a lot of damage.
The other locomotive will not seem to be solid when you hit it.
It will appear as if you are still going with your car, but you
are not moving, except for your wheels which will still be turning.
When you try to brake, you will need some time before you stop.
Glitch: Walk through cars
Get out of your car. Go up to another car and try to
steal it. Do not stop the car. Immediately when it begins to pass
you, and making sure the car does not stop, try to steal it from
the side. If done correctly, you will go through it. Note: This
only works some of the time.
Glitch: Fixed front end
Enable the "Invincibility" cheat, drive at
full speed, and run head on into another vehicle. Hit this vehicle
repeatedly, completely destroying it. Normally you would not be
able to drive a vehicle in this condition, but the invincibility
cheat now allows you to do so. Get out of your vehicle, enter
the destroyed vehicle, and start to drive. The instant you hit
another object, it will snap back to its original mint condition.
Glitch: Drive through buildings
Select any level with a hill. Drive to the hill. Aim
your car towards a building immediately before you jump the hill.
Then, while you are in the air, jump out of your car by pressing
[Triangle] + [Up]. Watch your car go flying through
the building or get stuck halfway.
Glitch: Invisible chairs
Run over a chair and exit the car. Walk up to the place
where the recently destroyed chair was located and press [Triangle].
Tanner will sit on the chair even though it is not there.
Glitch: Flying boxes
If you see any cans or boxes with two or three more
below holding it up, only smash into the bottom one with your
car. Do not hit the box in the air or it will not work.
Glitch: Walk in buildings
Do the "Invisible chairs" glitch, sit down
on the chair that was closest to a wall, then stand up again.
Eventually, Tanner will step forward through the wall and you
will be inside the building. Rio is the easiest city to do this
in.
Glitch: Chicago: Fall through the ground
Drive straight in the Chicago level in take a ride
mode until you reach a draw bridge. If it is up wait, until it
starts going down. When it is half way down drive at full speed
over it. Press [Triangle] + [Up] to get out of the car
while it is in the air. Watch the car as it goes down -- it will
appear as if it fell through the ground. Note: Sometimes it really
does fall through the ground. All of the game's ending boundaries
will also glitch, so cars will appear to just fall out of nowhere
seem to disappear into the street.
Glitch: Chicago: Floating character
Play the Chicago level and go directly to the drawbridge.
It should be only a quarter way up. Go over it. When you are in
the middle of the bridge, turn and get out of your car. It should
keep going and then turn over. Turn around and start walking up
the bridge. When you start sliding down, press [Triangle]
and you will be floating while the bridge goes up. You will then
fall down but your car will be fine
Glitch: Chicago: Go under the freeway
In Chicago where the exits are located, right at the
tip of the corner were it starts to turn and the highway continues,
get out of your car. Walk to it and you should be under the freeway.
Note: This does not always work at every single point of the exit.
Glitch: Chicago: Go through barriers
Select the Chicago level and let the cops chase you.
Stop along any barriers in the level while they chase you. Sometimes
if you are hit hard enough into the barrier, you will go through
it.
Glitch: Chicago: Misspelling
Look above the ticket booth at the Wrigley Field at
the big red sign. The sign should say "Wrigley Field, Home
Of The Chicago Cubs" but instead says "Wrigley Field,
Home Of The Chicago Clubs".
Glitch: Chicago: Walk on people
When try to get the secret car in Wrigley Field, park
your car on the pitcher's mound facing home plate. Your entire
car must be on the pitcher's mound. Get out of your car and go
up the stairs. You can pass through the last block on the right
of you -- go through it. Note: Do not stand in one place too long,
or you will drown.
Go to Chicago in take a ride mode. Go up to Wriggleyville and
find Wrigley Field. Go up to the northwest side of the stadium.
Repeatedly press [Triangle] in front of the booth that reads
"tickets". Then, go down to the southwest side and head
into the stadium. Get out of the car and go up the ramp, similar
to what is done when getting the secret car. Stop when you get
near the top. Then, turn to your right and run into the side of
the ramp. If done correctly, your character should go through
the side and run out into the crowd. He can walk around on the
peoples' heads.
This glitch can be done, even if the secret car is not on the
pitcher's mound. Simply go up the stairs and you can go through
the block to your left (while facing stairs at the top).
Glitch: Chicago: Disappearing cars
Successfully complete the game and unlock all cheats
and cars. Go to Chicago and enable the "Immunity" and
"Invincibility" cheats. Select the fire truck as your
vehicle, and go to the Wrigley Field area. You must use the same
fire truck as the one you started the level with. Once you get
to Wrigley Field, go to the switch below the word "Tickets",
which is the one that unlocks the secret car. Get out of the fire
truck, and flip the switch. If done correctly, your vehicle, and
all other vehicles, should disappear for brief period of time.
Your fire truck will not return, but all the other vehicles will.
Glitch: Chicago: Moving lights
Steal a fire truck in Chicago, turn the sirens on,
and press [Select] to change to the in-car view. Get some
speed and jump over a half-open bridge. The red-flashing lights
will appear in the top of the screen when you land. You can also
look left or right to see the lights.
Glitch: Chicago: Strange screen
Drive any car to to the bridge that lifts up. Have
the police chase you while the bridge starts to lift. Going at
full speed, ramp the bridge. When you land you should get a glitched
view. You may need to do this multiple times before it happens.
Note: Make sure the bridge is at a low but good ramping height.
Glitch: Chicago: Stuck train
Go straight from your starting position. Take the fifth
left. Follow that road until you reach the downtown train station.
You will see a track heading toward Lincoln Park. Follow that
track until you see a wall guarding the rest of the track. Just
before that, you will see a ramp. go up it. If you fall through
the platform, you are on the wrong side. Once you are on the platform
wait for the train. The first train will appear and go normally.
The second one will appear and pile up into one car. After about
a minute, it will start shaking back and forth. The third train
will do the same thing.
Glitch: Havana: Floating cars
After getting in the secret car in Havana, the platform
will rise above the ground. Go back down the same way you went
to get to the secret car, and you will see that the platform it
still up. Look at the base of the platform. If appears that if
you walked towards it, you would fall down in a small area. However
walking across it results in you hovering in mid-air.
Go to where the ferry is located, on the mainland. Jump the ramp
and press [Triangle] + [Up] to exit the car. The car
will go in the water. Look, and the car will be floating in the
water.
Glitch: Havana: Make two cars from one
Go to the undercover game. In Havana, play the "hijack
the truck" mission. After you hijack it, when you go to the
garage there is a blue and white car inside. Hit it and another
car will appear from it.
Glitch: Havana: Drive through buildings
In Havana, drive to the fort in the very northeast
corner of the map (on the island). At the eastern end of the fort,
on the north wall a little past the last orange house, is a little
white "crack" (bad polygon joint) in the wall. Drive
into the wall and you will go through the building to the other
side.
Glitch: Havana: Enter Mini-Cooper
When you are trying to get the Mini-Cooper car in Havana,
go to the location where the car appears. Turn around and back
up. You will see a glitch and the car. Get in the car and drive
away.
Glitch: Las Vegas: Drive through buildings
Select the Las Vegas level and let the cops chase you.
Go to an area where there are six or seven little shack-like structures.
They should be right off Flamingo or Tropicana. Stop next to one
of the buildings. Let the cops hit you. There is a chance you
will go flying in the air and through another building or shack.
Enable the "Invincibility" cheat and choose Las Vegas
in survival mode. Park sideways against a building and let the
police cars hit you at maximum speed. Note: This does not always
work.
Glitch: Las Vegas: Fall through the ground
In the Las Vegas level, drive by one of the overhead
cross walks in the Chevy Silverado. Drive up it at a very fast
speed and jump out immediately after you launch. Your truck will
go under ground and pop out again.
Glitch: Las Vegas: Drown on land
In Las Vegas, there is a train track at the end side
of the ghost town. Follow the train track until you reach the
train. Get out of your car and enter the train. The game will
say that you drowned, but place you back in your car.
Glitch: Las Vegas: Fixed front end
Play in Las Vegas during the day with the Challenger
and the "Invincibility" cheat. Hit a car from behind,
and take a look at the front of the car. Your headlights should
be smashed in. Keep holding the look back buttons ([R2],
[L2]) and hit another car from behind. The front end should
now be fixed.
Glitch: Las Vegas: Flying replays
Go to Las Vegas in the survival driving mode. When
you start, there is a walkway going over the road. Drive straight
towards the right corner of the walkway were the stairs stop.
If done correctly, your car will fly up in the air. You can make
some incredible replays by getting hit into it, or if the cops
hit it and fly in the air with you.
Glitch: Las Vegas: Car message while on
foot
In the Las Vegas level, stand in front of a moving
police car while on foot. Press [Triangle] and the "Change
cars and get out of there!" message will appear. If that
does not happen, stand next to the passenger side door.
Glitch: Rio: Fall from water
Enable the "Invincibility" cheat in the Rio
Level. When you start, drive straight into the water. Keep driving
and the water will come to an end. You will fall off and die.
Glitch: Rio: Fall and die
Go to the place where you unlock the secret game. Get
out of your car and go the open space just before the one with
the switch. Walk straight and turn right. You will continue to
walk as if on land, but if you drive you will fall and die.
Glitch: Rio: Floating cars
Drive up a bridge and direct the car to the water.
Press [Triangle] + [Up] to exit the car while it is
in the air. The car will go in the water and then float.
Glitch: Rio: Free roaming
Just above the Cosme Velbo is a squiggly circle of
road. Inside the circle is a low valley with water at the bottom.
Drive there and fall off. Jump out of your car, and if you land
on the dark brown area, you cannot turn around and walk back out.
However, if you turn around and then turn back (facing the water),
you can walk backwards out of the valley and continue playing.
Glitch: Rio: Use other places as your garage
Go to the location where you played the mission in
which you had to drive the limo to the mansion. In part where
you have to stop and take the limo, you start from a garage which
you can use in take a ride mode to park your cars. You can also
use police station parking place to put your cars inside.
Glitch: Rio: No police
Take any car and drive to the place called Utica (check
the map). The place is small, but there are no police, cars, or
disturbances. The only things you can see are pedestrians and
buildings. If you have a big felony, the police will not appear
here, unless you get spotted and they start pursuing you.