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Completion bonuses
Successfully complete 100% of the game. You will get
unlimited ammunition, double vehicle health, 200 health, and 200
armor limits. A new set of clothes will be delivered to the Vercetti
Mansion. If you look closely it reads; "I completed Vice
City and all I got was this lousy T-shirt". Walk into the
pink circles surrounding the men at your mansions and they will
follow you as bodyguards.
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To complete 100% of the game, all of the following tasks must be done:
- Complete all missions from the following people and locations: Ken Rosenburg, Avery Carrington, Colonel Juan Cortez, Ricardo Diaz, Vercetti Mansion, Love Fist, Biker Gang, Umberto Robina, Auntie Poulet, Cherry Popper Ice Cream Company, Kaufman Cabs, The Malibu Club, InterGlobal Film Studio, Pole Position Club, The Printworks, Shipyard, Sunshine Autos, Phil's, Game End Missions.
- Complete all miscellaneous jobs: PCJ Playground, Trial By Dirt, Test Track, Cone Crazy, four Checkpoint Chopper Missions, RC Car Race, RC Plane Race, RC Chopper Checkpoint, Rifle Range, six Street Races, five Assassinations.
- Buy all hideouts and businesses: Elswanko Casa, Links View Apartments, Ocean Heights, Hyman Condos, 1102 Washington Street, 3321 Vice Point, Skumhole Shack, Cherry Popper Ice Cream Company, Kaufman Cabs, The Malibu Club, InterGlobal Film Studio, Pole Position Club, The Printworks, The Shipyard, Sunshine Autos.
- Hold up all stores: Corner Store (Vice Point), Dispensary Plus (Vice Point), First Jewelry Store (Vice Point), Gash (North Point Mall), Music Store (North Point Mall), Second Jewelry Store (North Point Mall), Hardware Store (North Point Mall), Bunch of Tools (Washington Beach), Ryton Aide Pharmacy (Little Haiti), Pharmacy (Downtown), Third Jewelry Store (Downtown), Deli (Little Havana), Doughnut Shop (Little Havana), Laundromat (Little Havana), Screw This (Little Havana).
- Collect all 100 Hidden Packages.
- Perform all 36 Unique Jumps.
- Complete all 35 Rampages.
- Complete all special vehicle missions: Vigilante (level 12), Fire Truck (level 12), Ambulance (level 12), Taxi (100 fares), Pizzaboy (13 deliveries).
Hidden package rewards
Collect the indicated number of hidden packages to get a reward at the specified location.
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- 10 hidden packages: Body Armor at hideouts.
- 20 hidden packages: Chainsaw at hideouts.
- 30 hidden packages: Python at hideouts.
- 40 hidden packages: Flame thrower at hideouts.
- 50 hidden packages: Laser Scope Sniper Rifle at hideouts.
- 60 hidden packages: Minigun at hideouts.
- 70 hidden packages: Rocket Launcher at hideouts.
- 80 hidden packages: Sea Sparrow at Starfish Island Mansion's Helipad.
- 90 hidden packages: Rhino at Fort Baxter Air Base.
- 100 hidden packages: Ultimate Secret Vehicle (Apache Helicopter) at Helipad next to Hyman Memorial Stadium. You can use this vehicle to do Brown Thunder vigilante missions.
Criminal ratings
Note: Cheating in the game except for health, armor,
and weapon codes will drop your criminal rating by a few thousand
each time.
- 1. Untrustworthy
- 2. Embarrassment
- 3. Hacker
- 4. Cheater
- 5. Total Liar
- 6. Upstanding Citizen
- 7. Nobody Special
- 8. Litterer
- 9. Shoplifter
- 10. Vandal
- 11. Do boy
- 12. Pickpocket
- 13. Clepto
- 14. Snitch
- 15. Rat
- 16. Leech
- 17. Scam Artist
- 18. Trickster
- 19. Numbers Runner
- 20. Hustler
- 21. Bully
- 22. Riff-Raff
- 23. Scalawag
- 24. Ruffian
- 25. Outlaw
- 26. Thug
- 27. Drop Man
- 28. SA Goon
- 29. Goon
- 30. Jailbird
- 31. Ex-Con
- 32. Felon
- 33. Bag Man
- 34. Wiseguy
- 35. Wheelman
- 36. Hired Muscle
- 37. Hatchetman
- 38. Headhunter
- 39. Enforcer
- 40. Ronin
- 41. Fixer
- 42. Hitman
- 43. Associate
- 44. Butcher
- 45. Cleaner
- 46. Assassin
- 47. Consigliore
- 48. Made Man
- 49. Right-Hand Man
- 50. Executioner
- 51. Lieutenant
- 52. Underboss
- 53. Capo
- 54. Boss
- 55. Kingpin
- 56. Don
- 57. Godfather
Media coverage
Get your wanted level to six stars to get your pursuit covered in the media. A helicopter and chase meter will appear. Keep running from the helicopter to increase it. Every 100 seconds of game time will result in an increased level of media coverage. Pause game play and look at your statistics to see messages that indicate at your media level. You will start with a story in UFA Today and progress to television news and continue until it is a crisis.
If you have a bazooka (recommended), rocket launcher, moltov cocktail,
flame thrower, or anything that causes total mass chaos with a
decent amount of ammunition, back up to a wall. Try finding a
wall that no one can see you from the left or right. Start launching
or burning any cops or pedestrians that you see. The higher the
stars, the more media attention .Note: If you get busted or die,
you will not get any of the media points. At one star, keep shooting
or burning any pedestrians or cops. At two stars, start launching
or burning any police cars and "on foot" officers that
approach you. At three stars start launching or burning the cops
on foot, the police cars , and the Banshees, Cheetahs, Infernos
and any other fast undercover police cars. At four stars, start
launching or burning police cars, on foot cops, undercover cars,
and any S.W.A.T. helicopters (before the S.W.A.T. members lower
themselves from ropes). At five stars, launch or burn anything
that moves. At six stars, enable the "Lower wanted level"
code.
- Ignored: 0-19
- Boring: 20-49
- Vaguely interesting: 50-74
- Local paper page 7: 75-99
- Front page of local paper: 100-149
- Vice Courier page 2: 150-199
- Vice Courier front page: 200-249
- Local TV 3 a.m.: 250-299
- Local TV news: 300-349
- Local TV live coverage: 350-399
- UFA Today page 12: 400-499
- UFA Today page 4: 500-599
- Picture in UFA Today: 600-699
- National TV 4 a.m.: 700-799
- National TV news: 800-899
- National TV live coverage: 900-999
- International news: 1000-1199
- National crisis: 1200-1399
- International crisis: 1400-1599
- World event: 1600-1799
- Stuff of legends: 1800-?
Alternate character in FMV sequences
Enable one of the various character costume codes (not the "Pedestrian costume" code) three or more times before starting a mission. During the FMV sequences, the character you selected will replace Tommy. Note: This works best with Candy Suxxx.
Easy weapons
Free weapons are hidden all over the city. The flamethrower
and rocket launcher, are two especially powerful weapons. They
can be found near the boat yard and car showroom. These all respawn
within a few game hours. Collect all the desired weapons, then
save at a nearby hideout. The game will advance six hours and
all your hidden weapons will have respawned. Do this three to
five times, and all your company assets will be close to full,
and you can make the rounds to get paid.
In missions where you get a new weapon, fail it intentionally
after getting the weapon. You will be able to get it over and
over again by repeating this step.
Cheaper weapons
Use the following trick to get expensive weapons for
cheap prices. Go to the first Ammu-Nation in Ocean Beach (with
the cheapest prices for weapons) and buy all the machine gun and
shotgun ammunition desired. Afterwards, go to the Ammu-Nation
in Downtown and buy the weapons in the same category (the machine
gun and shotgun). Only purchase the guns one time each. When you
do that, all the ammunition you have with your cheap shotgun and
machine gun should be converted to the newer and most expensive
guns. This is very helpful in the beginning when your income is
not too high. However, this trick does not work with all the weapons.
Recommended scope weapon
The PSG-I is not as good as the standard sniper rifle.
The scope on the rifle is solid, and the dot never gets larger
or smaller, unlike the laser dot of the PSG-I.
Extra ammunition
If you do a rampage, the type of weapon for it will be taken from you. However, the weapon that you had prior to starting the rampage will double in ammunition. For example, if you do a shotgun rampage and have an Uzi equipped, you will lose all your shotgun ammunition, but have double the Uzi ammo. Note: You do not have to pass the rampage to get the ammunition.
Unlimited ammunition
Go to any Ammu-Nation store and choose a gun. Keep
buying it until you get close to 9999 rounds. The next time you
buy it, the ammunition count for that gun will disappear and you
will have an unlimited amount.
Use the following trick to get unlimited ammunition on the MP5.
Buy unlimited ammunition for a submachine gun-class weapon for
$300, then buy (or find) the MP5, which is $3000. It uses the
same ammunition, and you will save a couple thousand dollars.
After you finish the last story line mission, the mobsters who
are outside of your house carry Uzis. Kill a lot of them and you
should have unlimited ammunition for that weapon. Then, but or
find the MP5.
If you have a weapon that you want to get unlimited ammunition for, do a rampage. There is a perfect rampage located at the Oakdale Toilet, just a few blocks from the hotel with your hideout. For example, if you have a rocket launcher with 4 rockets and you want to give it unlimited ammunition, switch to the rocket launcher and walk into the skull icon for the rampage. For two minutes, just allow the game to idle. When the rampage ends, whatever weapon you were given for the rampage (for example, at Oakdale Toilet it is a chainsaw) is removed from your arsenal. However, whatever weapon you had in hand (such as the rocket launcher) when you walked into the rampage has its ammunition doubled. To double your ammunition again, just walk into the rampage skull after it regenerates. Or, just stand where the skull was and you will do one rampage after another as the skull regenerates. The rampage at Oakdale Toilet is recommended because you will lose the chainsaw. However, that weapon can be easily replaced with a baseball bat (behind the your hotel) or another chainsaw (from one of the early missions for Cortez). This strategy also allows you to mix weapons from different tiers so that, for example, you can have the tier three weapons with a rocket launcher instead. Save your game once you have the weapons you want with unlimited ammunition.
Quick reloads
Go to the Rifle Range at the Ammu-Nation in Downtown and get a score of 45 points.
When using a gun, instead of using up an entire clip and waiting
for Tommy to reload, quickly switch out your weapon and then switch
back to it, It will be fully loaded without having to wait through
the normal reload animation.
Shoot faster
PlayStation2 You can shoot people faster by pressing Circle(2).
Note: This does not work with all weapons, and you may also need
to aim first.
PlayStation2 To shoot the .357 magnum as if it were a semi automatic weapon,
target a pedestrian and shoot. Then, quickly press R2 or
L2 to switch targets and shoot again. If you continuously
to this, you will shoot the magnum more rapidly than if you were
shooting normally.
Alternate Ruger, M4, or M60 aiming
PlayStation2 To aim with the Ruger,
M4, or M60, like the shotguns or pistols, set yourself on fire
with a Molotov cocktail and press R1.
Easy armor
When you have a five star rampagem find an empty S.W.A.T.
vehicle. When you get in, you will have armor. Note: This only
works once per S.W.A.T. vehicle.
Shoot down police helicopters with one sniper shot
Use the sniper rifle and aim at the joint between the
rotors and the helicopter to take it down with one shot.
Stop police helicopters from shooting you
Get a wanted level of 3 or higher. When the police
helicopter appears, shoot it directly where the bullets are coming
from. It will not shoot you because your bullets are blocking
them. This may not work all the time. The best guns to do this
with are the Ruger, Colt M4, M60, or any other gun that has first
person view aim.
Taking out police boats
PlayStation2 If you are in a boat in
the ocean and the police are chasing you, press Triangle
and you will not be driving it anymore. The police will stop chasing
you and it seems that they do not even notice you are still on
the boat. Take out the rocket launcher and blow up the police
boats. Start driving again and repeat as needed. You can also
hop onto the police boat if it is close to you. However, you must
quickly shoot the cop, because he will attack you.
Use police spike strips
To use police spike strips to your advantage, get three
or four stars on your wanted meter. Find an officer on foot that
can lay down the spike strip. Try to dodge the spike strip and
lure the pursuing officers to pop their tires on it, giving you
a chance of escaping.
Escape from police
If you are being chased by the police and are near streets with alleys, drive near the alleys. Jump out the car at the correct moment and fall into the alley. The police will drive past, giving you some time to run. You can also get out of a heavy car and leave it to block an alley. This is useful if you have a high wanted level.
Find a shore and wade into the water just short of drowning point.
Crouch and the cops will not fire at you, but the police chopper
will find you.
Enable the "Car floats on water" code. When there are cops after you, just go into water and they will stop chasing you.
Run over target without police attention
Get a car (not a bike) then drive to the person you
want to kill slowly. Drive over him slowly, then get out and look
at the bottom of your car. They will now die while you are out
of your car. Get back into our car, then back up or move forward
to get their money. Note: This can also be done to cops.
Police hostage
Raise your wanted level and wait for a police car with
two cops inside. Wait until they are away from the car. Then,
one will get in the passenger's side. Run to the drivers side
and start driving. The cop will now be yelling at you.
Increase your accuracy rating
Once you kill someone, take out an M4 and crouch down.
Use the manual aim to shoot the body. After a few rounds, your
accuracy rate will start to increase little by little. Note: You
can also raise your "Head Shots" stat by shooting them
in the head.
Go to the boatyard were Colonel Cortez is located. Go back behind
the gates with a helicopter. There should be a very big boat;
the one that you were on for the "The Party" mission.
Land beside it, in the southwest corner of the map. Take a gun
and continue to fire at it. You will notice that your accuracy
will go up. When you save after this, your criminal rating will
have also risen.
Minimize health damage
When doing a mission that requires chasing down your
target from a building or enclosed location containing no fast
vehicles (for example, Four Iron) or a mission that requires you
to escape from similar areas (for example, Mall Shootout), travel
on a motorcycle. Not only will this provide an efficient edge
on your mission, but it will also minimize damage to your health.
Pickup truck drive by
Jump on the back of a pickup truck with an Uzi or another
gun. Snipe everyone as you drive by. Be careful when firing --
if a cop hits the truck it will probably speed off, knocking you
off.
Ride on hoods
An easy way to snipe the police and people on the sidewalk
is to jump on the hood of a car when it is stopped at a red light.
When the car starts driving, you will stay on the hood. When the
police chase you, they will hit the car that you are on, making
the driver mad and forcing him to drive faster. If they do not
drive faster, it will still be difficult for the police to knock
you off. Do not stand at the very top of the car, as you tend
to slide off the back. Get on the very front, in front of the
windshield.
Destroy the Dodo
You can blow up the Dodo plane flying overhead (pulling
the banner) by using the rockets on the Hunter.
Shoot seagulls
Go to a location with a lot of seagulls, such as the
lighthouse at Washington Beach. Use a sniper rifle to zoom in
close and shoot a seagull. Their small and fast, so it is a challenge
to hit them. When you do, they will explode in a burst of feathers,
similar to when you shoot boxes. Note: The game keeps track of
how many seagulls you have sniped on the "Stats" screen.
Increase walking total by doing nothing
Get in front of a truck, preferably a Bobcat. Make
sure it stops. Jump over the front and stand in the bed of the
truck. The driver will start to drive again. Even though you are
just standing in the truck, your walking distance total will increase.
Steal a police boat
Take a boat and ramp it so that when it lands it will
be upside down. Quickly get out so you will be standing on the
hull. Take out a rocket launcher and shoot any boats that are
in range. After awhile, police boats will come after you. Take
a manually targeting gun and shoot the officer though the glass.
If done correctly, you should be able to get the police boat and
have the police after you. Note: This is difficult to accomplish.
Mini-riot
Enable the "Tommy groupies" code and run
around to get a lot of women chasing you. When you have quite
a few, punch a couple of them and they should all start fighting.
This will happen most, but not all of the time. Some of the women
drop a lot of money when they die.
Scare passenger
PlayStation2 This trick works very
well at a red light. Find a car or truck that has a passenger
as well as a driver. Run up to the car or truck's driver-side
door and press Triangle to open it. As soon as Tommy starts
to get in, press X to accelerate. If done correctly, the
passenger will still be in riding along, screaming and scared.
When you slow down, they will run away.
Easy money
Occasionally as you wander around the city, you will
encounter a cop fighting with a gang member (especially in Northpoint
Mall). If you step in and hit the gang member, you will receive
a $50 Good Citizen's Bonus when the gang member dies. Once the
guy is on the ground, you can continue to kick him and receive
the bonus two or three more times (until the body disappears).
This is an easy way to get some quick cash, and do some fighting
in the process.
Knock over the parking meters on the sides of the streets to get
money. They give just as much (if not more) money then a person
or a clerk from a store.
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Enable the "Tommy groupies" code. Run around until you
have a large group of women following. Lead them to the nearest
alleyway or garage and just beat them all to death. Using weapons
calls too much attention from cops and paramedics.
Enter any store and point a handgun at the clerk until he gives
you money. Hold the gun for a few seconds until he stops giving
you money, then run away and hide or enable the "Lower wanted
level" code. Note: Do not do this in an Ammu-Nation store
as the clerk will pull a gun.
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PlayStation2 Enable the "Rhino" code
and press L3 to start the vigilante missions. After every
kill, you will begin to get more money. After a while, you will
have over $1,000 per kill. When the cops are on you after a kill,
enable the "Lower Wanted Level" code.
Go to a hideout that generates money. Get the money and save the
game. The game time will advance three hours and more money should
be available. Repeat this as much as needed. Note: This does not
always work.
Buy Sunshine Autos for $50,000 to unlock the Vice City racer missions.
Go down to the pink circle, then choose the Vice City Endurance
Race. Note: You must have $10,000 for the entrance fee. Enable
the "Weapons (tier 2)" code and drive a car in front
of the racers. Select the rocket launcher and very carefully (and
at a good distance) blow the cars up. You can then win the race
with a vehicle as slow as the Faggio for the $40,000 prize.
After buying Sunshine Autos, enable the "Dodo (flying) car)
code and go to the Vice City Endurance Race. Race it, and you
will win the $40,000 prize.
Start the fire fighter missions and get at least 100 fires to
make about $30,000.
Drive down the road in front of the Ocean View hotel south. Turn
right at the first street after the hotel. Make another immediate
right on to the street behind the one your hotel is on. Turn left
immediately after that to enter a parking garage. Go to the top
of the parking garage. When you get to the top, turn right to
find a Stallion just before the wall. Enter the Stallion to start
the Cone Crazy mini-game. Basically, every time you beat the best
time, the prize money doubles. To use this to your advantage,
beat it with 1 second remaining, then beat it with 2 seconds remaining,
then 3, 4, etc., with each attempt just slightly beating the previous
best time. By the time you beat it about 23 times, you will have
reached the most amount of money you can have. Save the game after
every attempt so that way you do not miss an opportunity to double
you money if a mistake is made. Also, in order to do it over again
you have to go all the way back down to the street and come back
up and enter the Stallion again. Note: If you have $999,999,999
and you do it again, the game will actually lower your money and
your criminal ranking.
Instead for shooting a regular pedestrian, try shooting taxi drivers
to get more money. Note: This does not work all of the time.
The quickest way to make money is to pick up a prostitute and
take her to the beach. Beat her up and you can take double the
money. You can get up to $500 by doing this.
After you have bought a property and have completed the missions
to earn money from it, enable the "Faster game play"
code. Go about one block away and wait for about four to six hours
of game time. Go back to the property and the amount earned should
be fairly high.
Get a rocket launcher and a three star wanted level. Shoot down
the police helicopters that fly overhead. When they crash and
explode, you will get about $300. You can do this to any of the
police helicopters that fly overhead during a chase
If you get into a taxi, sometimes you will get cash that the taxi
driver has made.
Enable the "Pedestrians riot" code. Let the pedestrians
kill each other, then collect all their money. Note: Make sure
they do not kill you.
Complete the first Cuban mission with wearing Cuban gang clothes
and you will get a $100 bonus.
Use the following trick to raise your Criminal Rating while getting
lots of money. Buy Sunshine Autos; there is a Pay N' Spray there
that will be needed. Get any car and put it in one of the garages,
preferably the one directly across from the Pay N' Spray. Get
a Rhino and do the Vigilante missions at the airport. When your
wanted level gets up to the point where the police chase after
you, drive the Rhino to Sunshine Autos. Drive the tank down to
where the garages are, but not all the way. Get out, and it will
block the alley from cops that are chasing you. They will explode
when they hit the tank. Get in the car that you stashed in the
garage and drive into the Pay N' Spray. Your wanted level will
disappear and your criminal rating will increase. This is also
a good way to get lots of money, as most of the cars spawned during
the Vigilante missions will be there at the airport. It is possible
to get up to level 135 on the Vigilante missions and over $17,000,000.
Have a 9mm pistol or the first machine pistol. Lock on a store
owner inside and wait for him to give you money. when he has done
this, slowly walk away outside while still locked on to him. When
you are outside on the pavement, disengage your lock and the man
will not sound the alarm. Repeat this as many times as desired.
Get a Faggio and go down a long straight road. When you are up
to full speed, lean forward then hit the brakes. You will start
to do a stoppie. However before you stopm hit the gas and release
the brakes. You should be riding on the front tire. You will get
a lot more money by doing this when compared to a normal stoppie.
You must keep going straight or else you will begin to spin around
and it will not work.
Find a safe location to go on a rampage. When helicopters appear,
shoot them down with the rocket launcher to get $300. Keep doing
this to get more.
Enable the "Tommy groupies", and "Spawn Rhino tank"
codes. Walk around in front of the biggest mall. When you have
a lot of girls around get in the Rhino and run them over. You
must quickly enable the "Lower wanted level" code afterwards.
Easy health
While in a mall, buy something to eat at the food court.
If you are low on health, go to one of your hideouts. Go to the
save icon. You do not have to save the game. Select "Cancel".
When you get back to the normal game screen, your health will
be at 100.
Kill a few people, and an ambulance will arrive to treat the wounded.
Steal it for a 20 point health increase.
Easy kills
PlayStation2 Use the following trick
to kill without being caught. Use a motorcycle (recommended because
you will not get hurt) or other vehicle and drive very fast towards
a group of people. Then, press Triangle to bail. The vehicle
should run over or hit a lot of people. You can then collect their
weapons and cash.
Enable the "Weapons" code, ad get a large number of
remote detonated grenades. Throw one into the middle of the street
and wait for a car to drive over it. When it does, detonate the
grenade and the car will do a flip or something else while exploding
in flames. You can do this while at a mall or another area where
there are big groups of people. Throw grenade into the middle
of the group, then get to a safe distance and detonate them.
You must have first purchased the Hyman Condo or have the Vercetti
Estate. Take the helicopter from one of those two places and take
it to a skyscraper or tall building that you can land on. Next,
use the sniper rifle or rocket launcher to shoot at vehicles on
the ground. None of the police forces can get you from there,
except the helicopters. Use a rocket launcher to take them down.
Easy rampage
If you are doing a rampage that requires a certain
number of vehicles to be destroyed and you are near somewhere
with a large garage, go over to it. Open the garage and blow the
cars up while they are still inside. Walk away so that the garage
closes, then return and the cars will be in perfect shape again.
Blow them up again, and repeat the process. This is very useful
for the two RPG rampages near Sunshine Autos (on the airport roof
and on the big ship); and the chaingun rampage (near Fort Baxter).
Since Sunshine Autos has so many large garages, it is easy to
fly over in a helicopter, get the rampage, then fly back to Sunshine
Autos to do the trick.
To do a rampage mission without losing any of the guns, before
starting it go to Escobar International Airport. Enter through
the security checkpoint. All the guns will now be outside the
airport. Do the rampage mission. You can also save after doing
a rampage without taking your weapons back. The weapons will be
there and will not disappear. You can also do all rampage missions
by this procedure. Pick up the guns after doing all the rampages.
Easy car destruction in chase missions
Attacking a target vehicle in a car chase is often
not easy, particularly if you are required to destroy it. Anti-vehicle
weapons do not arrive until later in the game, forcing you to
make do with inefficient small arms. You can save themselves a
lot of effort if they use a scooter or motocycle's unique shooting
ability to attack escaping cars. Tommy Vercetti can shoot submachine
guns straight ahead on any scooter or motorcycle. Simply follow
a target vehicle and unload in its rear. Experience shows this
tactic is much easier and quicker than trying to ram a vehicle
or shoot it from the drive-by view, especially when using the
HK MP5. Players may find the scooter particularly suited to this
tactic, since it can weave and dodge obstacles more easily than
any other two-wheeler, and without losing speed.
Better underwater view
To see things more clearly underwater, steal a Caddy,
such as the one in the bushes around the lighthouse. Enable the
"Car floats on water" code. While driving on the water,
look through the windshield and underwater objects will now be
in clear view. This is useful when looking at the underwater life
and objects such as the Russian submarine.