Avoid sharp turn crashes
Press [A] after most sharp turns to balance out
your bike.
Avoid car crashes
Hold [A] just before hitting a car to perform
a wheelie and use the car as a ramp jump. Note: This maneuver
will not work on log trucks or big rigs.
Safe landing
If you get knocked high in the air and are spinning
wildly, repeatedly tap [B] to straighten out for a better
landing.
Stay on your bike
When you are about to crash rapidly and repeatedly
press [A] + [B] to have a better chance of landing on
your wheels.
After getting launched high in the air, you have a better chance
of staying on your bike by reducing your speed while in the air
to zero and releasing the brake once your bike hits the ground.
More height on jumps
When you jump over cars or other objects, you will
get more height if you wheelie and release the throttle before
you jump.
Do donuts
Hold [Z], hold [B], then press the [Analog-stick Right] and keep tapping [B] button until the bike begins
a donut. Then, hold [B]. This works best with fast bikes.
Drag fast spinning back wheel
Go about 60 mph to 90 mph, then press [Z] + [B].An
Insanity bike's back tire will come up two or three times, then
the bike will shake. Wait three seconds then release [B].
Big bikes
Successfully complete all the races on big game mode
to unlock two big bikes that can go over 300 mph.
Shortcut and 4X power-up
Begin racing on level five, race three. Note the sharp
turn sign in front of a red and blue striped building, about halfway
through the city. Right after that point there is a hole in a
building with dark green around it on the right side of the screen.
Go through it for a shortcut. There is a 4X power-up inside the
shortcut. Be careful, as there are goal posts from a football
stadium right when you go through the hole. Note: This may not
be done in multi-player mode.
Beat Down level
Ride through the grass in the Beat Down level. The
police will ignore your biker and stop everyone else.
Disable cop
Pop a wheelie when you see a cop waiting on the shoulder
to knock him out.
Disable opponents
Once you receive the taser, mace, or cattle prod, then
you can employ the following strategy. Once the race begins, use
either the mace, taser, or cattle prod on the other bikers. Once
you do that, quickly press [C-Right] to punch them, but you
will still have the weapon selected. This will cause them to veer
off the road and perhaps hit a car or other obstacle. This is
very effective when there are cops around, since this will allow
them to easily bust the other bikers while they are disabled.
Rap Sheet entries
Ride next to a car and hit it with a weapon for a Cage Rattler
entry.
Run over a pedestrian for a Hit and Run entry.
Get a weapon stolen for Butterfingers entry.
Knock a cop off his bike for a Most Wanted entry.
Hit a cop to have Assaulted Officer entry.
Hit someone to have a Battery entry
Wreck someone to have an Accident entry.
Call off a cop to have a Resisted Arrest entry.
Steal a weapon to have a Master Thief entry.
Do not do too much and get hit to get a Punching Bag entry.
Get zapped frequently for a Lightning Rod entry.
Make cows moo
Go to a level where there are cows. When you see them,
jump off of one to make it moo.
Football stadium
There is a football stadium in race 3 on level 5. It
is in the city part of the race. As you are about to go around
a turn, there is a little hallway which is difficult to see. Go
through the hallway to enter an enclosed football stadium. Note:
Do not go in too fast or you will hit the field goal post.
Steal weapons
Get your weapon to your hand during game play, then
hold [C-Right] until someone tries to hit you with their
weapon. If you are lucky, you will steal their weapon and get
to use it on opponents. You will also get a "Master Thief"
rating on your rap sheet if you steal a weapon.
The Beat Down level: Knock down cops
Race almost the entire circuit and do not get busted.
Near the end is the football stadium, to your left. Go through
it and when come out you will see a road. Do not go down that
road. Instead, immediately turn right and go down this other road.
When you get to the end, turn left and most of the cops will be
sitting there. They will not attack you. You can just knock them
down with pleasure and rack up extra money.
Rush Hour level shortcut
Ride through the grass just before the really big turn
on the Rush Hour level. If you stay on your bike, the panel below
the health meter will say "Cheat Much?" and you will
be at least 100 m ahead of your opponents.
Late hits
At the end of the race, pull up next to one of your
opponents (or wait until one of your opponents pulls up next to
you). You can hit them with weapons and knock them off their bikes
without them trying to fight back. What you do here will also
count on your rap sheet and give you a larger combat bonus. Note:
Using the mace, taser, or cattle prod does no damage to the opponents
-- it just makes them lose control of their bikes. Hitting them
multiple times with one of those weapons after the race is very
useful, as it gives you a huge combat bonus --and the little dance
they do when hit with the taser/cattle prod can be quite amusing.
Easy crashing
Use the following trick to get the upper hand on a
wide (or sometimes narrow) road easily. Move to the opposite side
and turn sharply as fast as possible into other riders. This will
sometimes send their bike flying or knock them into a wobbly state
so you can just kick them over. This works well with three riders
lined up -- they will all skid out and crash.
4x multiplier in plane level
When you are in a level and you see an airplane on
the ground, a ramp will appear on the left side of the road. When
you see the ramp, go up it to find a 4X multiplier sign. Get it
and keep going. Then, look at the top left corner of the screen.
On top of the weapon select there should be a 4X sign. When you
hit somebody now, they will crash on the first hit - however this
lasts a limited amount of time.
Hidden shortcuts
On some races the signs that tell you which direction
to turn will hide shortcuts.
Glitch: Multi-wheelies
Select a three or four player thrash game. When the
starting timer reaches two, have all players hold [Z] + [A]
simultaneously. If done correctly, all the bikes will pop a wheelie
and freeze the game.
Glitch: Drowning bike
Select a level with water and wipe out near it. Make
sure your bike falls in the water. The message "Glub Glub"
will appear near the top of the screen, even though your rider
is on land.
Glitch: Stuck to ramp
On the track five in Thrash mode, go up the truck ramp.
Keep going up the two ramps that follow it. When you get to the
highest ramp, slowly go up it. When you get to the very tip of
it and start to fall, use the brakes. If you have player two look
at it from the sides, it will appear as if only one tire is hanging
onto the ramp.
