Burnout 2: Point of Impact
Playstation2
Crash Mode FAQ
by dolt
[email protected]
version 1.1
10/25/02
This FAQ covers the 15 crash mode scenarios in Burnout 2 and by no means represents the only way to get
gold medals in the crash zones.
This guide was written using the MUSCLE CAR which is one of the regular cars available at the start of the game.
Each scenario was tried 5 times to insure consistency (a medal) and the highest car count and totals are given.
Naturally if you use some of the prize vehicles with better handling, speed and acceleration, the scores can be
much higher.
The boost start is often essential to attain the speeds necessary to cause the required amounts of damage.
BOOST START: During the countdown press and HOLD the gas, press then release the brake so that the tires begin
to smoke. With 1/2 second to go, release the gas and then press the gas again just before zero. You will start
off with a major boost in speed. This will not deplete the boost meter allowing for a subsequent boost.
Here is tip suitable for all zones as posted on the GameFAQs message boards by Goom:
If you're still having trouble, drive but don't crash, and just look at the vehicles. Important strategy is to know
where the vehicles are, especially the big ones, and how fast they are moving [and which direction]. You can turn
crash mode from a crazy crashfest into quite the strategy game.
Excellent tip Goom!
Now for the crash zones, buckle up!
The Crash Zones
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1. DOWN HILL DEMOLITION
Gold = $2,000,000
Silver = $1,000,000
Bronze = $500,000
Boost start and head straight ahead. Boost again just past the flatbed that's hauling logs. Once you pass
the two SUV's you should be crossing the median to the right side of the road. Aim for the silver pickup
truck that's in the inside lane at the stop light. Hit it at an angle heading slightly towards the left lanes
of traffic. With enough speed your car should launch completely over the intersection and smash into the two
lanes of busses facing towards you across the intersection to the left. The silver pickup you hit should
cause the approaching tractor trailers to crash and the pile up will begin.
11 cars
$6,931,969
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2. COASTAL CRUSH
Gold = $10,000,000
Silver = $5,000,000
Bronze = $3,000,000
Boost start. At the top of the second small hill boost again. Stay in the left lane and aim for the white
pickup truck head on. If you get lucky the white pickup will hit the red pickup stopped at the intersection
in the right lane. Your car and the two pickups should skid into the intersection and the mayhem will begin.
This high score was lucky because my car clipped the front of a bus sending it sliding sideways and it flipped
over for an easy one million. Even without the bus flip the goal of $10,000,00 was easily reached.
12 cars
$15,860,292
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3. OUT OF CONTROL TOWER
Gold = $35,000,000
Silver = $20,000,000
Bronze = $10,000,000
Boost start and boost again when you pass under the building that hangs over the roadway just after the
intersection. Pass by the two cars that are side by side and head for the silver pickup thats in the right
lane. Hit it at an angle towards the right so your car will launch up and bounce off the invisible barrier
that separates the on-ramp from the main road. This sometimes looks like you are bouncing off the light poles.
This will send the car back over the roadway so it bounces off the tops of several busses increasing the car
multiplier. Several busses will now enter the ramp and collide with the stopped traffic, and with some luck
a tractor trailer will enter and hopefully flip as bus. This has happened for me several times, but not in
the 5 trials I did for the FAQ so it is not always necessary for a gold.
15 cars
$36,694,484
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4. PACIFIC PERIL
Gold = $5,000,000
Silver = $3,000,000
Bronze = $1,000,000
If you go to the left:
Boost start then boost again as you go under the bridge. I found it best to squeeze between the busses and the
divider where the trees are. This will be on the far right side of the lanes of traffic headed towards you.
After you pass the busses swerve past the white van and the box truck. Aim for the taxi heading towards you
in the right lane. The resulting collision should collect the tractor trailer, two busses and the vans and
taxis that follow them. I found this path to be easier to score the gold than the right path.
11 cars
$6,425,474
If you go to the right:
Boost start and boost again under the bridge. Stay in the left lane and pass the taxi on the left side between
it and the median with the trees. Swerve back in the lane and hit blue pickup truck at an angle heading to the
right. This should launch your car into the air and over most of the cars. If done at the proper speed and
angle you will bounce off the top of the box truck in the right lane and across the intersection hitting the bus
thats passing by. The flatbed should hit the bus and a second bus should also join the wreck. The pickup that
was originally hit should take out one or two taxis and even one or two of the box trucks stopped at the
intersection. Even though the score was higher for the right lanes, I found heading to the left to be easier
and more consistent in getting the gold.
8 cars
$6,987,936
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5. RATTLESNAKE ROW
Gold = $30,000,000
Silver = $20,000,000
Bronze = $10,000,000
Boost at the start and head to the far LEFT side of the road. As you approach the underpass hit your boost and
go to the RIGHT of the divider under the overpass. Now you will be heading towards the 3 lanes of stopped traffic
on the right at an angle. Hit the white car in the center lane at an angle heading towards the right. Hitting the
white car should cause that car to hit the bus in front of it and the angle will send both the white car and the
bus into the car and bus in the right lane next to them. Now it takes a bit of luck here, but traffic coming from
the right side of the intersection will have a bunch of busses. Your flying vehicle should tumble through the
intersection and will cause mayhem with these busses. As they skid out of control there should be a flatbed skidding
in from the left side. I got very lucky and the flatbed t-boned one of the busses flipping it over for an easy million.
Even without that bus flip the gold was easily achieved.
17 cars
$48,167,260
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6. DIP DISASTER
Gold = $15,000,000
Silver = $7,000,000
Bronze = $3,000,000
Boost start then boost again as you exit the tunnel. Start heading towards oncoming traffic but miss the first set of
blue cars. You want to aim for first set of taxis heading towards you and its important to hit them as you are going
up the incline. This launches you into the air better as opposed to hitting cars when you are going down hill. More
consistent scores were achieved when the taxi on the inside lane was hit almost dead on at no angle or slightly heading
to the right. Once again luck plays a role because in 2 of the 5 trials a bus was flipped on its side.
11 cars
$32,498,576
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7. SANDSTORM SHREDDER
Gold = $17,000,000
Silver = $10,000,000
Bronze = $5,000,000
Start heading right to make the upcoming turn nice and wide so you don't scrub any speed. After you make the turn
to the left hit boost and take aim at the white minivan. Try to hit it head on so it stops abruptly. The tanker
truck will not be able to stop in time and will jack-knife and all the traffic behind it will crash. More luck played
into this high score with a flipped bus. The bus attempted to avoid the tanker and slid sideways into oncoming traffic.
Another tanker came over the hill and t-boned the bus sending it tumbling down the hill. It is also possible to get
equivalent scores by taking aim at the red car in the inside lane. For this tactic to work it's best to hit the red car
at an angle heading left. This way you take out the white minivan as well and the traffic coming over the hill will
always try to avoid the mayhem by heading into the lanes of oncoming traffic.
13 cars
$32,855,302
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8. RIDGE RIOT
Gold = $5,000,000
Silver = $3,000,000
Bronze = $1,500,000
Boost at the start and stay in the right hand lane. As you round the corner boost again. Head for the silver pickup.
Strike the back of the pickup as square as possible or slightly headed right. The pickup should slide into the lane
of oncoming traffic and your car should launch over several cars and hopefully connect with the box truck in the right
hand lane. A tractor trailer and bus should soon follow in the opposite lane causing major damage.
9 cars
$7,829,910
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9. FREEWAY FURY
Gold = $25,000,000
Silver = $15,000,000
Bronze = $10,000,000
Boost start and head straight. As you are about to pass the box truck and flatbed, boost again. Head to the far right
I found it best to hit the yellow car thats following behind the box truck in the center lane. To do this you will
have to avoid the silver pickup truck. Try to hit the yellow car at a sharp angle heading left. This should launch
your car and the yellow car across the center line and into oncoming traffic. This is where the most points can be
obtained. Once again a lucky bus flip got the high score here, although it is not necessary for the gold.
14 cars
$38,762652
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10. AVALANCHE
Gold = $6,000,000
Silver = $3,000,000
Bronze = $1,500,000
This one can be tricky because it requires some accurate drifting around the long left turn. Boost at the start and
try to boost once more as your car straightens out and you see the traffic. I found the best scores were reached when
I aimed for the bus head on. This stops the bus immediately allowing all the cars and trucks behind it to do some serious
damage. This also keeps your car from sailing over the railing and down the cliff which removes any chance of it hitting
other cars to boost up the car multiplier. Ideally your car should slide into the right lane of traffic to collect a few
of the cars headed that way. Despite the fact it is very cool to see your car tumbling over the railing and down the
cliff, you want it on the road to cause as much damage as possible.
7 cars
$7,791,490
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11. LATE ARRIVAL
Gold = $10,000,000
Silver = $7,000,000
Bronze = $4,000,000
Boost at the start and avoid the first set of cars heading towards you. Boost again just as you pass the first van in the
center lane. You should try to miss the first taxi in the center lane and swerve to the right and hit the second taxi
that's in the center lane at an angle to the right. This should put your car in the far right lane which will block any
vehicles that try to head in that direction to avoid the crash. There will be a flatbed, a tractor trailer and a tanker
truck coming that should do major damage if you managed to block all lanes of traffic with the wrecked cars.
13 cars
$21,023,144
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12. GLASS CANYON
Gold = $23,000,000
Silver = $17,000,000
Bronze = $10,000,000
Boost at the start and just after the median head left to widen the approaching right hand turn. As you make the right
turn and the car straightens out, hit boost again. Carefully avoid the cross traffic and head to the far right lane.
Once again the objective is to hit the stopped pickup truck at the proper speed and angle to send your car over the
intersection and into the busses on the other side. By hitting the pickup in the far right lane while heading to the
left I was able to soar clear over the intersection and bounce off the front of all 3 busses in the far left lanes. The
silver pickup truck should slide into the intersection causing a major pile up.
17 cars
$33,109,342
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13. HAIRPIN HAVOC
Gold = $20,000,000
Silver = $15,000,000
Bronze = $8,000,000
Boost at the start only if you are skilled at drifting, otherwise you may crash into the first cars just around the corner.
As you finish the turn try to be in the far left lane and boost when your pointed straight ahead. Take aim for the yellow
pickup and try to hit it at an angle heading to the right. This way you can block traffic going in both directions. You
should easily collect four busses that are headed towards you and the half dozen or so cars that are heading in the same
direction you were traveling.
18 cars
$29,234,736
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14. DAM BUSTER
Gold = $10,000,000
Silver = $7,000,000
Bronze = $3,500,000
Once again boost at the start and head down the left lane towards oncoming traffic. Boost again after the 3rd bump in the
pavement. Aim for the light blue pickup truck at an angle towards the right. The flatbed should hit the pickup stopping
them both while you sail into the right lane collecting several cars there. With some luck the bus will skid sideways
creating another opportunity for a flip. Once again this has happened but not in the 5 trials for the FAQ.
12 cars
$11,530,269
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15. BALLISTIC BEACH
Gold = $17,000,000
Silver = $14,000,000
Bronze = $8,000,000
This one can be tough with the muscle car but it is possible. Boost at the start and try to stay wide to the left for
the sweeping right turn ahead. As you pass the gas station on the left boost again and stay on the left shoulder of
the road. Avoid the tanker trucks and take aim at the side of the bus that is approaching from the left. If you hit
the bus towards the rear you should easily be able to flip it. Since the bus is merging to the right, the collision
towards the rear will flip it with little effort. I was able to flip it in 4 of the 5 trials. The rest of the damage
depends on where your car and the bus go after you collide. If either your car or the bus manage to stay in the center
of the intersection there should be plenty of cars to collect there and create lots of damage. On a few trials both
the muscle car and bus did not stop in the intersection so the multiplier was lower and there was less damage to the cars
that did get caught up in the wreck. It may take a few tries to get the multipliers needed but the flipped bus is always
a great bonus.
10 cars
$18,180,440
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