Unlockables:
1/111: Choice of first car
3/111: Drift Track 1
4/111: 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer ES; 14th and Vine Drag
Track Reverse
5/111: Olympic Square Circuit Track Reverse
6/111: Performance Upgrade Level 1 Engine/Exhaust
Packages; Performance Upgrade Level 1 Drivetrain
Packages; Performance Upgrade
Level 1 Tire Packages
7/111: TJ's Unique Reward: Engine/Exhaust Package
Drivetrain Packages, Tires; Liberty Gardens Sprint Track
Reverse, Option Magazine
8/111: 2003 Ford Focus ZX3; Atlantica Circuit Track
9/111: Performance Upgrade Level 1 E.C.U. and Fuel
System; Performance Upgrade Level 1 Turbo Packages;
Performance Upgrade Level 1
Brake Kits; 14th and Vine Construction Drag Track
Reverse
11/111: Highway 1 Drag Track
12/111: Broadway Sprint Track, Visual Upgrade Level 2
Decals
14/111: Performance Upgrade Level 1 Weight Reduction
Kits; Performance Upgrade Level 1 Suspension Packages;
Performance Upgrade
Level 1 Nitrous Oxide; Stadium Circuit Track; Atlantica
Circuit Track Reverse
15/111: Autopress Magazine, Unique Hood from Samantha;
G-Force, Formula-Style CF, Speed CF
16/111: Inner City Circuit Track Reverse
17/111: Hyundai Tiburon GT V6
18/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Neon
19/111: Market Street Circuit Track; Modified Mag; Rank
10 Circuit
20/111: 14th and Vine Construction Drag Track; Main
Street Drag Track
21/111: Rank 10 Drag
22/111: 2003 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS; Broadway Sprint
Track Reverse; Rank 10 Sprint
23/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Paint; Lock Up Sprint
Track
24/111: 5Zigen Vinyl; 2004 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V
25/111: Drift Track 3; Rank 10 Drift; Chrome and Flammen
Magazine
26/111: 9th and Frey Sprint Track; TJ's Unique Reward:
Brake Kits, Drivetrain Packages, Tires; Turbo Package,
E.C.U. and Fuel System
27/111: Bedard Bridge Sprint Track; Rank 9 Sprint; Sport
Compact Car Magazine
28/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Muffler Tips; Drift Track
4
29/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Window Tint
30/111: Performance Upgrade Level 2 Engine/Exhaust
Packages; Performance Upgrade Level 2 Drivetrain
Packages; Performance Upgrade
Level 2 Tire Packages; National Rail Circuit Track
31/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Roof Scoops
33/111: 1992 Nissan 240SX SE; Rank 9 Drift
34/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Rims; 9th and Frey Sprint
Track Reverse
35/111: Rank 9 Circuit
36/111: Rank 9 Drag
37/111: Rank 8 Circuit; Import Racer Magazine
38/111: Performance Upgrade Level 2 E.C.U. and Fuel
System; Performance Upgrade Level 2 Turbo Packages;
Performance Upgrade Level 2 Brake Kits; Drift Track 5
39/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Side Skirts
40/111: Rank 8 Drift; Import TUner Magazine
41/111: 2002 Toyota Celica GT-S; Rank 8 Sprint
42/111: Rank 8 Drag
43/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Hoods; Lock Up Sprint
Track Reverse
44/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Front Bumpers
45/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Spoilers; National Rail
Circuit Track Reverse
46/111: 2003 Acura RSX Type S
47/111: Samantha\'s Unique Reward: ; Enkei Silverstar
18, Enkei Arashi 18, Momo Vantage 18, O.Z. Superleggera
18, Livia 18
48/111: Performance Upgrade Level 2 Weight Reduction
Kits; Performance Upgrade Level 2 Suspension Upgrades;
Performance Upgrade
Level 2 Nitrous Oxide
49/111: Super Street Magazine; Visual Upgrade Level 2
Rear Bumpers
50/111: Rank 7 Drift
51/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Decals
52/111: Rank 7 Circuit
53/111: 2000 Acura Integra Type R
54/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Muffler Tips
55/111: Main Street Drag Track Reverse; Rank 7 Drag;
Turbo and High-Tech Performance Magazine
56/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Window Tint
57/111: Bedard Bridge Sprint Track Reverse; Rank 7
Sprint
58/111: 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
59/111: Stadium Circuit Track Reverse; Rank 6 Circuit;
Super Street Magazine
60/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Head Lights
61/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Tail Lights
62/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Neon
63/111: Rank 6 Drag
64/111: 1998 Toyota Supra; Rank 6 Drift
65/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Paint; Drift Track 6
66/111: Performance Upgrade Level 3 Engine/Exhaust
Packages; Performance Upgrade Level 3 Drivetrain
Packages; Performance Upgrade
Level 3 Tire Packages
67/111: Rank 6 Sprint; Sport Compact Car Magazine
68/111: Samantha\'s Unique Reward: ; Samantha Custom
1-10
69/111: 2003 Honda S2000
70/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Hood Scoops; Main Street
Construction Drag Track
71/111: Terminal Circuit Track; Rank 5 Circuit
73/111: 1995 Mazda RX-7; Rank 5 Drift
74/111: Spillway Sprint Track; Rank 5 Sprint
75/111: 2003 Nissan 350Z
76/111: Rank 5 Drag
77/111: Spillway Sprint Track Reverse; Samantha's Unique
Reward: Dual GT, Duotek, Katana
78/111: 1st Ave. Truck Stop Sprint Track
79/111: 1999 Nissan Skyline R34 GTR
80/111: Performance Upgrade Level 3 E.C.U. and Fuel
System; Performance Upgrade Level 3 Turbo Packages;
Performance Upgrade Level 3
Brake Kits; Main Street Construction Drag Track Reverse
81/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Rims
82/111: Rank 4 Sprint
83/111: Commercial Drag Track; Rank 4 Drag
84/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Side Skirts; Market
Street Circuit Track Reverse
85/111: Rank 4 Drift; Import Tuner Magazine
86/111: Terminal Circuit Track Reverse; Rank 4 Circuit
87/111: Rank 3 Drag
88/111: Rank 3 Circuit
89/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Hoods; Drift Track 7
90/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Front Bumpers; Port Royal
Circuit Track
91/111: Performance Upgrade Level 3 Weight Reduction
Kits; Performance Upgrade Level 3 Suspension Packages;
Performance Upgrade
Level 3 Nitrous Oxide; Port Royal Circuit Track Reverse
92/111: Maxi Tuning Magazine; Rank 3 Drift
93/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Spoilers; 7th and
Sparling Sprint Track
94/111: 1st Ave. Truck Stop Sprint Track Reverse; Rank 3
Sprint
97/111: TJ's Unique Reward: Weight Reduction Kits, Brake
Kits, Drivetrain Package, Tires, Suspension Package,
E.C.U. Fuel System, Nitrous
98/111: Rank 2 Drag; Commercial Drag Track Reverse
99/111: Rank 2 Circuit
100/111: Rank 2 Sprint
101/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Rear Bumpers
102/111: Hot 4's Magazine
105/111: Drift Track 8; Rank 2 Drift
107/111: Rank 1 Circuit
108/111: Highway 1 Drag Reverse; Rank 1 Drag
109/111: Rank 1 Drift
110/111: 7th and Sparling Spring Track Reverse; Rank 1
Sprint
111/111: Samantha Unique Reward: Choice of Widebody
Kits; Vapor, Mantis
112/111: Stuff Magazine
Defeating Eddie: An easy way to defeat Eddie is to
run into the back of his car and continue to stay there.
The CPU does not know what to do in this situation, and
spins out at the first turn.
Choose a Nissan Skyline and you should start out in the
lead. Try to maintain it, because you cannot easily get
the lead back. Also, you may not get the lead in the
beginning with other cars (the same with Melissa).
Defeating Melissa: When you try to defeat Melissa
to be the ultimate street racer, use the RX7 (all level
3 performance mods). She is more difficult than Eddy.
Try to use shortcuts as much as possible. Avoid the tram
past the second corner of the track. If you are next to
her, ram her into the wall. She takes much longer to
recover from a crash than you. Note: Save your nitrous
until the end.
Kitty Civic: After completing the game, get your
style points up and you will win the second Kitty Civic.
Kurt's Killa Ride: Use a Stock Mazda RX-7 and keep
trying until you win.
Use the following trick to win Race 95 (Kurt's Killa
Ride) and Race 103. During these two races, the CPU will
have the same top speed as you, but can get to it a lot
faster. To overcome this problem, do the following.
Trade in your car for the Honda Integra Type R. Use the
following performance upgrades. You must tune your car
so that you have the highest possible acceleration, but
the lowest possible top speed. By doing this, because
the CPU will have the same top speed, he will not be
going very fast, and you can take the corners faster
because of your acceleration. You will not need to worry
about handling, but the higher it is the better. The
easiest way to do this is to get the Honda Integra Type
R and tune it with the following parts:
Engine/Exhaust: Extreme Performance
Drive-Train: Street Performance
Tires: Extreme Performance
ECU: Stock (do not tune this part)
Turbo: Pro Performance
Brakes: Extreme Performance
Weight Reduction: Extreme Performance
Suspension: Extreme Performance
Nitrous Oxide: Extreme Performance
Visual Upgrades-As desired, but your car must have a
reputation rating over 4 stars.
With all this done, both races will be a lot easier to
complete. After you have won the races you can trade
back to your original car and put all the desired
upgrades back on.
Junkman's Honda Civic: Get 2,250,000 style points
in quick race mode.
Melissa's Nissan 350Z: Get 2,500,000 style points
in quick race mode.
Quick start: For somewhat of a faster start, hold
the emergency brake and press the accelerator. Note: You
will be behind the other racers, but you will catch up.
Also, this may take some time to get used to.
Always land on wheels: The Dodge Neon tuned to the
extreme will almost all of the time land on its tires.
This makes it useful for heavy traffic. Note you will
lose some speed.
When a Miata is fully tuned, after hitting a car it will
land back on the ground and you will start to lose
control. Because the miata has so much power it will do
a semi-cat walk.
Barrel roll: Get any car and tune it to extreme
but do not install the suspension. Then, go to the Drag
track 14th And Vine. Go as fast as you can, and just
before you hit the jump at the end turn to the left so
that only one side of your tires touches the ramp. Note
This will require a few attempts.
Turn off the stability control by going into options and
selecting "Car". This will make the car drift easier.
As you progress through the levels, the score required
to win the drift competitions get higher, especially
when you have upgraded your car's handling. Before you
enter the drift competitions, go into "Customize Car"
and "Setup". For example, go to the engine upgrade
section and refit stock tires to your chosen wheels.
This will make drifting much easier. As you approach a
bend with a bit of speed, back off the throttle, turn
into it, and return to full throttle. With practice you
can earn 50,000 style points on the figure of eight
style track. Note: Do not forget to refit the better
tires before entering a street race.
To get more points in drag and drift races, use named
cars(Petey Pablo, Rob Zombie and Lost Prophets).
Use the Mazda Miata. Keep it in second gear. To achieve
an easier drift, switch between first and second gears.
Unlock the first drift track, then tune the RX-7 to
extreme. To do an Insane drift for 50,000 points, when
you go around corners, drive into the bonus zone at the
inside and outside of the track. Do not tap the hand
brake. When on the straight away, swerve slightly to
keep the combo going. About two or three laps drifting
is required to get it.
Whenever your RPMs go down from hitting something or
sliding out, hold the emergency brake until they get
very high. Release the emergency brake, then tap it
again. Your RPMs will go up. giving you easier points.
When drifting, drive fast and slide the corner. When you
are coming out, tap the handbrake. Turn the car twowards
where you are sliding, then turn it in the opposite
direction and tap the handbrake. Repeat this until it
fades.
Press [Nitrous] at the start of a race to purge your
nitrous for 150 style points.
Unlock the Toyota Celica in split screen/quick race mode
and successfully complete the first tournament in
underground mode. Go to "Customize Ride" at the main
menu and select the Toyota Celica. Select the
"Performance" option and equip your new engine, tires
and drivetrain. It does not matter what brand package
you choose for them. Return to the menu where you choose
from "Visual", "Performance", etc. Choose "Visual", then
equip your vehicle with parts from all of these options
(though putting decals, painting, and placing vinyl on
the vehicle is not necessary). Do not use any default
parts. If your vehicle does not have a two star
reputation rating or more, then you may have forgotten
an option. Note: In the body section, the last option
may be locked; it is not necessary for this trick.
Return to the main menu and select "Quick Race", then
"Drift Race". Select your Celica. Select the square
track (should already be highlighted), and set the
difficulty to medium and lap number to 10. You should be
able to easily get "Great Drifts", and if you are good
enough, you can get "Superb Drift" and "Colossal Drift"
ratings occasionally. You will get a lot of style points
for doing these drifts. This is an easy way to get style
points early in the game. Also try to do drifts around
corners in the bonus zone areas rather then doing drifts
throughout the track.
Go to quick race, then select "Drift" and use the little
square track. Keep doing this to win vinyls, cars like
Eddie's Skyline, the Mystikal car, and more.
Once you have unlocked the orange Acura Type R in
Underground mode, use it in regular quick race and win.
Doing this will multiply your style points by five
because this Acura has five reputation stars. Your style
points gauge will fill up quicker, allowing you to
unlock other things faster.
Turn on ramps in drag mode for extra style points.
Get the 1991 Mitsubishi Eclipse in underground mode. Do
any race except for drag and drift. You will get 100
points for a head start.
Enable the gimmesomecircuits code. Then, go to Market
Street and keep going off the ramp. Note: This will take
a long time.
Easy vinyls: Go to "Quick Race" and get over
300,000 on a drift track to unlock a lot of vinyls.
All parts: To unlock all of the parts, complete
Underground mode.
Sick Spoiler: To get this spoiler, you can have
any car with the Duotek unique spoiler with any visual
upgrades. Trade your car for the VW Golf then trade back
to the car you had before. You should have a spoiler
that is not part of your options, even after you have
unlocked the level 3 spoilers.
Easy wins: If you are having trouble winning
circuit, sprint, or lap knockout races, take off all of
your engine performance mods. Note: This works for every
car, is most useful for the Nissan Skyline. You do not
need to take off the handling mods.
If you are stuck on underground mode races 80 to 90,
trade in your car for the Mazda Mx5. Use all L3
performance upgrades except for the last three. This
version of the Mazda has excellent acceleration, a good
top speed, and brilliant handling. You can customize it
in any way desired.
Easier drag wins: While drag racing, once you get
into fourth gear use your nitrous. Your meter will shoot
up into the red zone. Then, switch gears and get a
perfect shift. You will get more speed when you do this.
You can do this as long as you have nitrous.
Keep tapping [Nitrous] at the start of the race.
At the beginning of a drag race, hold the gas. Your
engine will not blow. When the race starts, you will get
a head start. However, you will need to shift
immediately after the race starts.
When you are about to start the drag race, hold
[Accelerate] and you should see the speedometer go all
the way up. When the race begins it will over rev. Do
not worry about it, you should be in first place.
When you have all level three performances and unique
upgrades, choose the Mazda RX-7. Play a quick race at
14th and Vine, and have only perfect shifts and use
nitrous since third. You can get a time less than 21
seconds.
Get a car and install nitros (level 3 recommended). In a
drag race, go behind a car in the same lane. Go up to
it. When you are about 2, hit the car's bumper. Then,
hit the nitros and keep holding them. If done correctly,
you will eventually flip the car in front of you out of
your way.
Before you start a race, do not press down on the
accelerator all the way. Hold it so that a green
(better) or blue circle appears at the top part of the
screen, and the stick on the beginning of the red part.
When you start, it should say "Perfect" (green) or
"Good" (blue). Note: When you start the race, hold down
the accelerator all the way.
Trick out your car and made sure it has nitrous.
Depending on the car, the timing will be different. For
example, the Nissan Skyline is very quick when starting.
Hold the gas out full then shift into second. As soon as
you get into it, let all your nitrous out. For this to
work you will need good shifts. If someone gets ahead of
you, drive behind them. You can gain speed and pass
them. Sometimes when you pass them, you will get a extra
nitrous supply.
Easier cornering: To turn corners easier, turn off
the stability control at the options menu.
Easy money: In Underground mode, take a VW Golf
and upgrade it performance-wise as much as possible.
Trade it in for a Nissan Skyline (or the best car
unlocked so far), then downgrade the new car to stock.
Trade it in for a Golf and you should make a profit
(about $6,000 each time). You can use the money to buy
more upgrade for regular mode if you want to play with
the parts or are stuck in Underground mode.
Start with the Nissan Skyline. Then, strip you car down
to stock (performance) and trade it for the VW Golf GTI.
From there, put all of the performance upgrades back
onto your car. Trade your car for the Mazda RX7. You
should make about $6,000 to $10,000, depending on what
level performance upgrades you have. With that money,
you can make a great looking car.
Note: You must have at least $4,000 to do this trick. In
Underground mode, buy the Skyline. Keep the engine
stock, the drivetrain stock, the fuel system, stock the
turbo, then trade it for the WV Golf. Put everything
that you took off on it, then trade it back for the
Skyline. You will have made a $15,000 profit and end up
with the Skyline.
Use rims that normally will not fit: Certain cars
can only fit so big of a rim. For example, the Miata can
only fit 17s, but if you get a car like the Skyline put
20s on it and trade it in for the Miata. The Miata will
now have the 20s that the Skyline had in it. Do not try
to install any other rims on your new car because the
rims will go back to the maximum sized allowed.
Chrome rims: Choose a rim style of your choice.
Then, when you paint them, choose the color in the first
row, third from the left. It should look like a chrome
color.
Purge nitrous: To purge your nitrous and appear to
shoot out smoke, either put your car in neutral, or at
the beginning of the race press [Nitrous].
No Way Jose race: Jose will start strong, but then
will sometime make the mistake of trying to take a
short-cut during the race. He drives off track and will
allow you to take the lead. He may kick your tail in the
first lap, but this "shortcut" causes his downfall.
During your race, do not crash and you should defeat
Jose.
Shortcuts: Look for alternate routes on your
in-game map while driving. These can get you ahead of an
opponent easily or shave off seconds on your timer. They
will look like another road on the map, but sometimes
are narrower. Most of the time these shortcuts will be
hard to see or take, and can be extremely risky.
At the beginning of the races that take place in front
of the prison Samantha told you to race to for a reward,
when the race starts, crash in the gate of the prison.
It is an underground shortcut. Note: This only works
after the race in which Samantha tells you to race to
the prison in time for a reward.
Recommended cars: The stats on the performance
bars are not all that count. The Mazda RX-7 is extremely
responsive. Quick movements and the ability to get
yourself out of tight jams is what wins the race. The
Mazda RX-7 responds very quickly and can help you out a
lot with dodging cars and making it through quick S
turns. The RX-7 may not have as good of a turning radius
as the Skyline, but this can be compensated by holding
the gas and pressing the brake at the same time while in
a turn. This may bring your speed down a bit, but it
also tightens your turning radius. Use this tactic when
speeding through one of the tunnels with poles in the
middle. Do not be discouraged by the poor start of the
RX-7. This car will make up for it with its phenomenal
top speed and ability to turn quickly. Objects always
appear at a set distance ahead of you. At high speeds
this will only give you a small instant for you to react
and for your car to respond to your commands. The RX-7
responds faster than the Skyline, and therefore gives
you a definite advantage at high speeds. It also turns
more tightly at low speeds. It is also a good tool to
use in Drift challenges because it is a light rear wheel
drive. When you go sideways, the tires will just keep
spinning as you drift. There is no need to use the
handbrake with this car in drift mode except to slow
yourself down -- you will continue to accelerate a lot
with this car in drifts. Because drifting does not slow
the car down (as long as you hold the gas), it is easy
to go into a wall. There is no other car that can make
it all the way around the 3/4 circle in a perfect 3/4
circle without losing speed. Do not use stock tires with
the fully souped up RX-7 in drift mode, as the car is
extremely slick on the ground (light rear wheel drive).
The best car to start with is the Mazda MX5. It has a
great top speed, moderate acceleration and awesome
handling. The car is also one of the best cars to
continue the game with. Only the Mazda RX7 and Nissan
Skyline are better.
For the drag part, use a Honda S2000. If you have the
perfect shift and the extreme performances, you will be
about three or more seconds ahead of everyone. For
drifting, try a Mazda RX-7 because its a good rear wheel
drive car. For the rest, try using a Civic, Skyline,
Eclipse, and the Acuras. They have quick response, but
not to the point where you will hit the wall and
sometimes spin out.
The best handling car is the Mazda MX-5. The best car in
acceleration is the Acura RSX. The best top speed car is
the Nissan Skyline R34J. The Volkswagon Golf GTi or the
Mitsubishi Lancer are not recommended starters in
Underground mode.
The best car to select when starting a new game is
probably the Neon (until you get farther into the game,
some tracks get very difficult).
When you start, use a Neon. It is not as good as the
Miata, but it does not slide out of control as easily.
Later, change to a Subaru Impreza. It revs hard at the
start of a drag race and it has good control.
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