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| DRIVER: PARALLEL LINES |
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| FAQ/Walkthrough for PlayStation 2 - Written by Patt3rson |
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| Version 1.0, since July 17 2006 – Copyright Patt3rson |
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| patt3rson(at)gmail(dot)com – www.playstationclan.nl |
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= C O N T E N T S =
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\ 1 / INTRODUCTION /
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1A – Copyright Notice
1B – Additions
1C – Preparations
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\ 2 / GAME /
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2A – Story
2B – Characters
2C - Controls
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\ 3 / WALKTHROUGH /
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3A – Nickel And Dime
3B – Wheelman
3C – Gunman
3D – Pay Ray
3E – Hot Wheels
3F – Repoman
3G – Bread Run
3H – Last Chance
3I – Turning The Screw
3J – Paddy Wagon
3K – Rosalita Racer
3L – Air Mail
3M – Jail Break
3N – Circuit Breaker
3O – Gift Wrapped
3P – Kidnap
3Q – Ransom
3R – The Mexican
3S – Tailgate
3T – Guardian Angel
3U – Ram Raider
3V – Rush Hour
3W – Gauntlet
3X – Riding Shotgun
3Y – Slink
3Z – Gate Crasher
3a – Shell Shock
3b – Candy
3c – Bishop
3d – Home Wrecker
3e – Bear Cage
3f – Corrigan
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\ 4 / CONCLUSION /
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4A – Final Word
4B - Credits
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= 1 = I N T R O D U C T I O N =
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\ A / COPYRIGHT NOTICE /
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\ B / ADDITIONS /
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I translated this document from my Dutch walkthrough after that one was
complete. Everything you see is new and the FAQ will not be updated anymore
unless the Dutch FAQ is also updated.
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\ C / PREPARATIONS /
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This document is a translation of my other Dutch walkthrough. While
translating I did not play the game anymore, so it is possible that some
translations (Especially names for items, locations, etcetera!) are not
entirely correct. Read the tips below before you start the game and use this
walkthrough. These remarks contain valuable information about using this FAQ
or the game.
New York is a pretty big city so it can take you a lot of time to move from
one point to another in Parallel Lines. Next to the available transportation
there is another way to move around more quickly. Using three of Ray’s garages
and your Safe House you can travel to each of these locations by standing
inside a green glow and choosing Relocate. You can do this on foot, but if
you’re in a car you’ll be moved to the chosen location with car and all. If
you’re not on a mission, choosing Restart will bring you back to a garage.
The missions will appear in an unpredictable order, this depends on the order
in which you complete previous missions. In the walkthrough it is indicated
when a new bunch of missions is unlocked and that you can complete them in any
order you want. It might be possible that the order in which they are in this
document differs from the order in which you play them. The yellow dots on
your map are the available missions, when you move the cursor over them you
can see their names and when you press square you can even see the mission
briefing.
The police are well represented in New York and they’ll often make life harder
for you than necessary. Parallel Lines uses a system that separately remembers
the heat on the car you’re in and the heat on the main character itself. The
heat of the car is shown in the bottom left of the screen. The higher it is,
the more aggressive the police will be in their pursuit. To the right is the
personal heat meter, this is only important when traveling on foot. These
meters do affect each other. By getting into another car without being seen
you can lose the heat on your transportation. If you are seen while doing
this, the heat of the vehicle will transfer to you and the new vehicle will
also have a filled heat meter right away.
In many missions it is important that you have a good car. Because you have to
travel a lot, have to take enemy fire and to withstand accidents better. By
completing optional missions you can earn money, you can spend this money on
improving the cars you have stored in Ray’s garage. In that way it might be
possible that a mission will become easier, because the material you work with
better fits the demands of the mission.
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= 2 = G A M E =
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\ A / STORY /
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The Kid is a young and talented driver who offers his services to earn some
money. He isn’t very famous or rich, because he only gets involved in small
stuff. A friend of him and the owner of some garages in New York, Ray,
introduces him to a more influential person. This Slink gets The Kid more
involved in bigger jobs and he even wants to use him in the common cause
mission with multiple people.
To get more money from dealing drugs, the group in which The Kid now takes
part wants to kidnap a Colombian drug baron for ransom. Everyone is
responsible for his own part of the plan and The Kid is the one executing it.
The mission seems like a success, but The Kid takes the fall and ends up in
jail for 28 years. When he gets out he can finally execute his plans to take
out his former colleagues.
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\ B / CHARACTERS /
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[THE KID]
The main character in the game. A talented driver, but he seems to mind his
own business and to be okay with everything.
[RAY]
A friend of The Kid and the owner of a couple of garages in New York. Ray
helps The Kid with maintaining and improving his transportation.
[SLINK]
An entrepreneur who does have same business for The Kid to work on. He
introduces him to the rest of the final team.
[THE MEXICAN]
The name of the Mexican is not known, but Slink introduces The Kid to him to
be able to do more assignments.
[BISHOP]
Bishop used to be in a special military unit and his expertise within the
group is heavy weaponry.
[CANDY]
Candy is the one planning the missions into the smallest details. The Kid is
the one that breaks him out of jail.
[CORRIGAN]
Corrigan is the leader of the team. He doesn’t execute much himself, but he is
the one that seems to make everything possible.
[MARTINEZ]
Rafael Martinez is a Colombian drug baron. He gets kidnapped by Corrigan’s
team to be able to take over the drug dealing business.
[CORTEZ]
Maria Cortez works as a contact for Candy. In 2006 The Kid is introduced to
her when trying to get to Candy.
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Below are all the buttons for the PlayStation controller. It’s possible that
not all buttons have a function by default in the game! These are the default
settings, it’s a possibility that they can be adjusted to your own liking!
Check the manual or the menus to find out how.
ARROWS:
Up - Change radio station
Down - Slow motion
Left - Scroll left through weapons
Right - Scroll right through weapons
SYMBOLS:
Triangle - Use transportation
Cross - Accelerate
Square - Brake
Circle - Put away weapon / handbrake
SHOULDER:
L1 - Pull out weapon
L2 - Crouch
R1 - Fire
R2 - Aim manually
STICK:
L3 - NOT USED
Left Analog - Move character
R3 - NOT USED
Right Analog - Move camera / determine speed
FUNCTION:
Start - Map
Select - Retry when prompted
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\ A / NICKEL AND DIME /
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Keep paying attention during the movie, the control over the getaway car will
suddenly be handed to you. Just keep going straight and you’ll get an
explanation about the mini map. At the park right in front of you it’s best to
go left and then right again straight away so that you drive around the left
side of the park. Ahead you’ll get more information about the mini map and the
stuff shown in the bottom left of the screen. When past the park you can drive
the last part in any way you like, you need to get to the yellow arrow. Use
the mini map and the large map by pressing Start of necessary. Arrived at the
indicated location, turn into the alley and stop the car inside the glow. Your
passenger will get out of the car, after which a new goal will appear on your
mini map. Use the map and drive through the top of Harlem and through the
Bronx to the indicated location. If necessary you can get out of the car to
get another one, you can do both with triangle. Once there, drive around the
garage building to head inside on the other side.
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\ B / WHEELMAN /
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You’ll be told that new assignments become available whenever the radio icon
appears in the right of your screen. Next to the garage another glow has
appeared, step inside it to take on this mission. Get into a car and drive it
to the indicated location. In the alley where you end up is a busted car that
belongs to Slink, get into this vehicle and take the same route back to Ray’s
garage where you came from. Drive safer this time, because you’re not allowed
to do much damage to the car. Park the car inside the garage and you’ll get a
short tutorial on how you can repair and customize your cars here. Select the
Repair icon and choose Yes to fix up the car, then take care of the Clear
Felony. At Buy Parts, go to Accessories, there you can pick a free upgrade to
your car. In this case the Tinted Glass is the least useful and the Bullet-
proof Tyres are probably the best option. Using Respray and then Base Colour
you can determine the color of the car that fits you best. Then you can
continue to the Performance Parts to get a Stage 1 upgrade on your Engine. By
choosing Store Vehicle you save this car and Ray can always tow it back and
repair it. Choose Exit Garage to get outside and to meet Slink again. He will
give you the assignment to pass by speed guns at certain speeds. These
locations will be indicated on your map. At the first one you need to go at
least sixty and at the second one at least seventy. You can get to these
speeds pretty easily by just accelerating a bit in advance, but for the last
speed gun you need to go at least a hundred. To do this you need to drive at
full speed for quite a while and don’t bump into anything.
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To start this mission you need to drive quite a distance to a location in
Queens. You’ll learn how to handle weapons, both on foot and from inside
vehicles. Read the given descriptions carefully so that you know what to do.
Pull your weapon with L1, by holding L1 you can aim at the available targets
and cycle through them with the right analog stick. Shoot the barrels to be
able to continue. The goal is to keep L1 pressed to aim at the car and then
run around it shooting to hit the car on all sides. Keep a lock on the target
at all times and try to shoot the windows on all sides. In the next part you
need to shoot the tires of another car. So stand up against the blockade and
grab your weapon, then press R2 to aim manually. Aim at the tires and fire
with R1 as always. When both tires are flat, Slink will tell you to blow up
the car, shoot at the top of the engine to do so. In the last part you will
have to chase a car while shooting at it. With L1 you aim at the car and once
again R1 is pulling the trigger, but now you also need to watch the steering
and chasing. Keep close, but don’t bump into the target car.
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\ D / PAY RAY /
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You need to help Ray by coughing of some money. You’ll start near a racing
circuit and the yellow glow is the glow in which you need to stand as soon as
you’ve made 1500 dollars or more. You can do this by completing multiple other
smaller assignments, like races or retrieving money for others. These
assignments are indicated on your map with red dots. They will temporarily
disappear when you complete the assignment there, but they will reappear later
on. With races you can also determine the difficulty setting. When you’ve
collected 1500 dollars or more with these odd jobs, which you can check by
pressing the Start button, you can return to where the mission started to meet
Ray at the yellow glow over there.
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\ E / HOT WHEELS /
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Start this mission by driving over to the indicated location on your map. The
mission is to steal a specific car, get the police to follow you, get rid of
them again and then return the car. Move to the specified car and get inside.
The goal is to attract the attention of the cops. Meanwhile you’ll get an
explanation on how the police system and the heat meters work. It’s easy to
get the police to follow you by bumping into one of their cars. When they’re
chasing you, just drive around the block a couple of times but try to stay
close to the location where you picked up the car. As soon as you lose the
cops you need to bring the car back over there. Make sure there aren’t any
cops around when you get out of the car and walk away. Take distance from the
car to complete this mission.
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Slink will introduce you to this Mexican guy in Coney who has some jobs for
you. After this introduction three yellow dots will appear on your map and you
can choose in which order you want to do these missions. This mission is
started by going to the indicated location in the park between Queens and
Brooklyn. The goal is to steal three cars and deliver them. First get into the
tow truck appearing in the garage that just opened up. You’ll use this car the
entire mission, so don’t damage your car too much. The first car is indicated
on your map, so driver over to it. As soon as you take the car another car
will show up filled with people that shoot at you. Try to locate these people
before taking the car and driver over them or shoot them down. At the third
car these guys are clearly visible. Take the car by slowly backing up the rear
of your car towards the car’s front bumper. You need to line up exactly in the
middle and don’t bump into it. When the car is attached to you truck it will
drive differently, so keep that in mind. If you do have shooting people
following you, ignore them and weave through traffic to try and lose them.
Return to the garage and press R3 when prompted to drop off the car there. A
new car will be shown on your mini map, also pick up this one and the one
after that. As soon as all the cars have been delivered you need to talk to
the guy in the booth to successfully complete the mission.
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\ G / BREAD RUN /
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Slink will introduce you to this Mexican guy in Coney who has some jobs for
you. After this introduction three yellow dots will appear on your map and you
can choose in which order you want to do these missions. Start this mission by
going to the indicated location in Harlem. In this mission you need to visit
four locations that appear on your map right from the start of the mission.
It’s all going smooth until you get to the first club. Stop inside the glow to
pick up the money, when you continue cars with armed men will show up. Just
try to drive fast and lose them in traffic. Only switch cars when yours is
totally busted and quickly get into another one. Create a smooth route along
all the clubs and stop inside the glow at each location to get the money. Some
clubs are located in alleys and when you try to exit more cars will try to
block your way. So reduce your speed at alleys to the side and alley exits so
that you can drive past the cars nicely instead of bumping into them hard.
When you’ve been to all the clubs, take the fastest route back to where you
started to hand over the money to Slink.
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\ H / LAST CHANCE /
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Slink will introduce you to this Mexican guy in Coney who has some jobs for
you. After this introduction three yellow dots will appear on your map and you
can choose in which order you want to do these missions. This mission starts
at the yellow dot in the western most part of the map and it will only start
when you enter the yellow glow on a motorcycle. The mission is a race against
a Mexican’s other driver. He will start too soon, so chase him as soon as you
regain control. On your way you’ll be bothered by cars with armed men inside.
There’s little you can do about it, so just keep driving fast while avoiding
accidents. Use the large map and mini map to see where you need to go, when
your opponent is in front of you it’s not always best to follow him. When you
pass through the second checkpoint, keep to the right of the road to jump over
a hill and avoid two cars. At the end of the first part of the winding road
there are two more cars blocking the road, drive past them over the sidewalk
to the left or right. Past the third checkpoint you need to navigate through
the mountains on curving road. Jump over another hill on the right side of the
road again past two more cars. In the S-turn following the next checkpoint you
can go up the grass to skip the last part of the turn. Directly past the next
checkpoint two more cars will block the road, use the sidewalk to drive past
them. The race ends at the next checkpoint.
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\ I / TURNING THE SCREW /
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After unlocking the Safe House you will meet Bishop. Immediately after that
three more missions will appear on your map and you can complete them in a
random order. This mission is the one in the outer west, when you get there
you’ll be told that you need to scare the living daylights out of this prison
employee to get some information out of him. Get behind the wheel of the
sports car he wants to sell and drive to the left. By driving faster than a
hundred and performing other stunts, like spinning around, you will fill up
the Fear meter. Especially jumps will make the meter fill up rather quickly. A
little head is an open container with a ramp inside which you can use to jump,
there are also multiple locations where little ramps will result in long
jumps. Try to avoid accidents, as you need to complete the entire mission in
this vehicle. Every time you fill up the Fear meter the guard will be asked a
question, so drive normally then to spare the car during your passenger’s
answer. Again the Fear meter will appear, so repeat what you just did to fill
it up again. This will happen four times in total, after that you need to
bring back the guard to his house to finish the mission.
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After unlocking the Safe House you will meet Bishop. Immediately after that
three more missions will appear on your map and you can complete them in a
random order. This is the mission that you can start up north in Queens. When
you get to the yellow glow to start the mission, an armored police van will
depart together with two normal police cars. Chase them and switch to your
standard weapon with unlimited ammunition. Start shooting at the police car
following the van, it will leave the convoy to take you on. Keep standing
still and fire at this police car from a distance until it explodes, then
quickly catch up with the armored van before it gets too far away. It would be
good to also take out the other cop car, it would make everything a whole lot
easier. People will start shooting from the back of the van as well though, so
switch to your strongest weapon (Preferably a fast firing one!) and shoot
back. When you’ve done enough damage to the van it will stop, but all the
security personnel will get out of it. Quickly drive away from the car and
prepare to take out the guards by driving over them or shooting them. Only get
out of your car when it is safer and quickly get into the armored van.
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\ K / ROSALITA RACER /
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After unlocking the Safe House you will meet Bishop. Immediately after that
three more missions will appear on your map and you can complete them in a
random order. You can find this mission in the Queens park and you can only
start it when driving a customized car or motorcycle. You can select the car
you had to fit with an engine upgrade in the beginning of the game for this.
The goal is to get to the other location from the starting point. Use the map
to determine the best route for yourself, it isn’t always the one the other
racers take. They will fire at you, so shooting back is allowed. Eventually
you’ll get to the indicated location, the Mexican’s car named Rosalita is
standing there. Get out of your car and quickly into Rosalita, if you’re not
the first to do so you will fail the mission. Evade the other racers and make
your way back to the starting position, the cops will be on your tail as well.
Watch the meter in the top left of your screen, when it is empty Rosalita will
be completely destroyed and the mission will end. When you’re able to get back
to the starting point you will complete the mission.
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This mission becomes available right after Turning The Screw, in any case when
following the above order of missions, and can be started in the north of New
Jersey. Slink will give you a motorcycle which you need to use for this
mission. So get on it and follow the helicopter taking off. It will drop a
package every now and then, so don’t come to close to the helicopter or you
will miss those packages. Pick up all of them and take the same route as the
helicopter, if you follow it close enough you will make jumps over multiple
containers. The first one will launch you over a fence, the second one over
water to a bridge and another one along star hanging in the air. A little
later you need to drive up some ramps to get up higher onto stacked containers
and follow the route further. The last packages is harder to get and you need
to enter through the entrance of an industrial property for it. To the right
of the building is a cop near some barrels underneath a walkway. Shoot at the
barrels to make the walkway come down and use it as a ramp to jump over the
hole. Inside you need to go over the seesaw, up the stairs and to the right
around the small building. Make sure you have enough speed to use the boards
to get over onto the other roof, then go right and over the bump to pick up
the last package. Now you need to bring everything back to Slink, in the back
right of the roof you can go down using some ramps. If necessary you can
switch motorcycles inside the warehouse. Then drive back to the starting point
while doing your best to shake off the cops following you.
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\ M / JAIL BREAK /
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This mission will become available after Paddy Wagon, in case you play all the
missions in the above order, and can be started at Ray’s La Guardia garage.
Get into the armored van standing next to the garage and drive it over to the
entrance of the prison. When stopping inside the yellow glow there the guard
from a previous mission will let you through, so continue when the gate is
open and also drive through the next gates. Ahead, go to the left just before
you reach the prison, through a fence and to the building area. Stop inside
the yellow glow and leave the van behind there, to the left inside the ditch
is a bulldozer you need to use. An obstacle course has been put out all over
the building area, follow it nicely and ignore the people shooting at you.
Eventually you’ll come to the wall you need to break down, so pick up some
speed and drive straight through it. Park right next to the door with the
yellow glow next to it and get out so you can go inside there. In the
beginning there’s a lot of health next to the cells, pick something up to heal
if necessary and return here if you need more. Go to the right into the
hallway and shoot the guard, quickly grab his machine gun and use it from
there. Use it to shoot the guard ahead. When you look to the left you can see
a guard behind some crates, shoot him while running up to him and kill him
before you take shelter behind the crates with L2. In the open area there are
more officers and you need to shoot your way through them. Keep taking cover
with L2, take out one guard at a time and slowly move forward. Pick up all
their weapons, use the strongest available weapon and look out for health
packs. In this space you can find health around the corner to the left and
also behind the counter all the way on the other side. There is an obvious
route you need to follow, a lot of the room is blocked off by tables and
objects. When you get to the kitchen there will be three guards. Shoot them
from cover and watch out for the third guard in the alcove in the back right,
there is also some health there. Walk into the next room to run into Candy,
you’ll be placed inside the escape van with him automatically. Smash through
the fence and follow the route to the right. Pick up some speed and drive
through all the fences and guards, including the ones at the last gate. Watch
Candy’s health, stay in front of the police and you won’t have to worry about
keeping him alive. On your way to the indicated location you need to get rid
of the police, then drop off Candy at the right spot in the industrial area.
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\ N / CIRCUIT BREAKER /
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This mission will become available after Rosalita Racer, in case you play all
the missions in the above order, and can be started at Ray’s garage in Hunt’s
Point. You’ll have to enter two races, one here and one at La Guardia. Your
goal is not to win yourself, another car with an arrow above it is in the race
and the goal is to make sure this car wins. You need to do everything you can
to make this car win. The first race consists of six laps and there’s a point
with an intersection. This is a good location to block off the opponents. You
can also drive along with them and bump the racers in front of the marked car
to the side. If you do enough damage to them they can even drop out of the
race. It’s the easiest to drive in the opposite direction and hit the cars
full on. The is the most effective when they’re driving in a straight line
behind each other, but you need to be careful not to let your own car take too
much damage. To prevent this you can also stand on the track sideways to block
it off or drive into them in reverse. The second race has only three laps, so
you need to work more quickly here. The marked care is usually able to
maintain its position, but you need to help it advance by taking out the cars
in the lead. Make sure you don’t bother the marked car in your actions against
the other racers.
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\ O / GIFT WRAPPED /
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Finally you get to meet the mysterious Corrigan and a new mission will become
available. Make your way to the yellow dot near Ray’s garage in La Guardia to
start this one. The indicated car is located on top of the parking garage
right behind you. To the left of this garage is a ramp leading up to a large
bunch of containers. There is a hole between the ramp and the containers
behind it, so pick up enough speed and also for the second ramp. Continue to
the left and jump over another ramp. The last ramp on the left needs the
biggest jump, so make the jump with as much speed as possible to get to the
roof of the parking garage. Get out of your own car and get into the indicated
terrain vehicle. Drive down using the ramps inside until you get downstairs,
there you need to drive through the gate on the right calmly after the guards
raise the bars. Hurry to the indicated garage on your map, you need to get
there before the time on your screen runs out. On your way there you’re
allowed to damage the car or get the police to chase you, as long as the car
can still drive and ends up at the garage without cops following you. Talk to
the guy in the booth and drive the terrain vehicle inside. The timer is
restarted and you need to bring back the car to where you got it within this
time limit. This time a bar is in the top left of the screen, it will empty by
having accidents and that’s not good. So drive neatly but with speed and make
sure you don’t cause a chase by the police. At the parking garage, enter
through the gate on the right and get to the top floor, park the car inside
the yellow glow. To get out of here you can get into another car and drive of
the roof using the ramp.
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\ P / KIDNAP /
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Start this mission by walking outside your Safe House and stepping inside the
yellow glow there. First pick up the weapons that have become available inside
your Safe House. The yellow arrow on your map is Martinez’ convoy, the yellow
dot is the location where you need to go. During this mission you can complete
or fail multiple objectives. If you don’t it’s not a disaster, but it does
affect the ending of the mission. Your goal is to get there before they convoy
reaches the yellow dot, so get over there and park inside the yellow glow.
Press R3 when Candy gives the signal to bring down the billboard. Then you
need to chase the convoy and blow up the car you fitted with a bomb in the
previous mission when you get close enough. So follow the convoy and Candy
will give the signal to press R3 when you are within reach. This will take out
the car, but Martinez has more protection. The annoying thing at this point is
that his convoy will probably take the same bridge as you to get to Queens. So
you need to get in front of him, try to do that from a distance and with as
less damage as possible. When you stay too close to them for too long they
will destroy your car and you will lose speed. Once in Queens you need to get
over to the yellow dot at the indicated bridge. Get out of your car here and
place the bomb with R3 when standing inside the yellow glow. Drive over to the
next yellow spot past the bridge where you can blow up the bomb as soon as
Candy gives you permission to do so. When this works, Martinez’ car will get
separated from the rest of the cars. If any of the things up until now fails,
Martinez will have more protection in the rest of the mission. He will take a
detour to the gas station, so you have some time to get there sooner than him.
Place the bomb on the tanks here on foot and let it explode from within the
other yellow glow when Candy tells you to. If this doesn’t work, you’re on
your own to chase Martinez’ car and put it to a stop. If it does work Martinez
will be lured to the ambush, so get over there and wait inside your car until
Martinez gets there. Your team will fire at the opponents, get out of the car
yourself and take out the enemies around Martinez’ limousine. Get inside the
car as soon as this is possible and use the alley that brought you here to
escape. With Martinez in the back of the car, drive over to the indicated spot
pretty far away. It’s best to avoid the police, take another route if
necessary to prevent a hard chase. If this does happen, just keep going
towards the goal and try to drive around the block a couple of times to get
rid of them. Drive the car into the terrain with the yellow dot and the
mission is complete. It might be possible that you need to get away from the
police after finishing the mission.
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\ Q / RANSOM /
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You start this mission from within the Safe House and you have five minutes to
get to the indicated parking garage. So run outside and take your time to get
a fast and good car. It might take a couple of extra seconds, but this will
pay off on your way there. Make sure you’re not being chased by the police
when getting to the indicated location and drive to the roof using the ramps
inside the parking garage. Get out of the car and get on the bike with the
ransom. Hit the gas after the cut scene and use the ramp to jump to the next
roof. You can follow the whole route across the rooftops, but you need to
steer to avoid walls and get to ramps to do this. If this goes right you will
almost end up at the right location. Falling down is not a big problem, but
you do have the chasing cars on your tail sooner. Get onto the construction
area at the indicated location and step inside the yellow glow to take place
in the back of the truck. You’ll take control of a weapon you need to use take
out the opponents and the chasing cars. The danger comes from the shooting
people in the car, but it’s still best to just aim at the car’s engine to get
rid of them in that way. You’ll have to do this fast though, you won’t
complete the mission when the meter I the top left is empty. If you do make it
you’ll suddenly end up on the street again, so quickly steal a car to get away
from the chasing cars and get to the final location.
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\ R / THE MEXICAN /
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This is the first mission in the modern time and you can start it at the
yellow glow near the point where you’re standing when getting back the
controls after all the cut scenes. After the introduction you need to get
inside a car as quickly as possible, preferably a fast one. Your goal is to
end up at the destination at the end not so far apart from the train. You
don’t have to follow the tracks closely, you can also figure out your own
route. If you do decide to stay close to the tracks you can drive alongside
them for pretty long sections, but do watch out for ramps and other obstacles.
When you reach the end within the time limit you have to stay on the Mexican’s
tail. He will flee into an amusement park, follow him inside and take on the
many henchmen he has here. Carefully move around corners, always pick up the
weapons of fallen enemies and don’t let enemy coming from behind containers or
inside booths surprise you. Also watch out for health, you can find it at the
beginning next to an Ice box and further ahead behind the Reflections building
and even further down opposite the bumper cars next to an Ice box again near
an open booth. Just before the cut scene in which you meet the Mexican again
you can find more health in the corner next to an open booth. After the cut
scene you first need to take out the enemies on the same level as you. Use the
cover of the container and only pick up the two health packs when you really
need them. Carefully shoot the enemies higher up one by one until the Mexican
shows up. Try to lock on to him as a target and keep it locked, in that way
you can always take cover and duck behind the container and also be able to
shoot him whenever you pop up every now and then. You win if the Mexican goes
down sooner than you do.
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\ S / TAILGATE /
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On your way to a new possible job someone tries to assassinate you, after
which you are in a car to be able to start the pursuit. So follow the hit
man’s car and try to get closer. Ray will shoot at him constantly when the car
is within range, but do this yourself as well to do more damage. In the
beginning the bar in the top left of the screen will not decrease, but it will
happen when you damage the car more and the car will explode when the bar is
completely empty. You might have drawn a lot of police attention, so now you
need to get rid of it. So drive fast through traffic on your way to the final
location and drive around the block if the police is still following you when
you get there. You can only finish this mission without the cops chasing you.
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\ T / GUARDIAN ANGEL /
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After completing the Tailgate mission three new yellow dots will appear on
your map, you can decide for yourself in which order you want to do them. This
mission is the one next to the river near New Jersey. When you start this
mission you will be ambushed by a few other cars with armed men in them. Your
goal is to escape this ambush, so drive in the direction you came from to get
off this terrain. Hit the two cars in the middle to get through them properly,
do the same at the next pair of cars. Then you can head to the exit and start
to work on shaking your pursuers. In the area there are entire terrains with
buildings and routes between them that you can use to lose them. Of course
you’re allowed to shoot at them, in that case you can just look them up and
shoot at them. The mission is over when you are able to get away from them by
defeating them or by getting a certain distance between you and them.
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\ U / RAM RAIDER /
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After completing the Tailgate mission three new yellow dots will appear on
your map, you can decide for yourself in which order you want to do them. This
is the mission you can start south of Ray’s garage in La Guardia. In the
beginning of this mission you will again be bothered by armed men in cars. Try
to lose them like in the last mission or just shoot at them again. When this
is done you can return to the same yellow dot to continue the mission. Ray
will supply you with a very fast and strong car which you’ll use in this
mission. A timer will start and you need at the indicated location on your map
before the time runs out. It’s one of Slink’s stores, drive inside through the
windows and smash all the racks. Use your handbrake to make fast turns and to
break down everything in the store until the bar is empty and you’re told to
leave. A new timer will start, you need to be at the next store within this
time limit. Repeat there what you just did and do the same to the third shop.
When it is busted other cars will start a pursuit. They’re pretty hard to get
rid of just by driving, so also try shooting to lose them and finish the
mission.
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\ V / RUSH HOUR /
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After completing the Tailgate mission three new yellow dots will appear on
your map, you can decide for yourself in which order you want to do them. This
mission is the one west of Ray’s La Guardia garage. There are four identical
cars on their way and three of them are just decoys. The other car is the one
really carrying the drugs and this is the one you need to find. But no matter
what you do, it’s always the last remaining car. So chase the car that’s the
nearest to you and shoot at the driver. If you kill him behind the wheel you
can get in the car right away, if he doesn’t die but gets out of the car you
need to take him out first. So get into the dealer’s car and use it to race to
the next one. In this way you have to take out the first three cars and get in
range of the fourth one within the time limit. The timer will then disappear
and you’ll have all the time you need to take out the entire car.
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\ W / GAUNTLET /
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When you finish the Guardian Angel mission, two new missions will open up,
pick the one to do first yourself. This is the mission that can be started at
the yellow dot in Brooklyn. Maria is in the car that comes out of the gate and
the goal is to follow and protect her. You need to start doing this not too
much later. When the blockade appears you have to pull out your weapon to
shoot at the enemies that get out. From the car you’ll be better protected and
you can also drive over enemies that stand too for away from their car. If you
need any health before you can continue, there’s a health pack on the sidewalk
to the right of the blockade. Also don’t forget to pick up the weapons your
enemies leave behind whenever you have time to do that. Get into a car again
and continue to follow Maria through the city. Ahead the same thing happens
again, so repeat the strategy to take down the opponents and again grab some
health from the sidewalk on the right. After another drive you’ll come to the
exact same situation, including the health on the sidewalk, but on a hill. At
the next same situation the driver of Maria’s car gets killed. Make sure you
get the situation under control and then get behind the wheel of the car Maria
is sitting in. Now your only problem is the police, you need to lose them
before arriving at the indicated location on your map. It doesn’t hurt to
follow the train tracks, the space next to it is large enough to drive on and
it’s easy to lose the cops there. Evade them for the rest of the route and
deliver Maria to the location at the yellow dot.
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\ X / RIDING SHOTGUN /
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When you finish the Guardian Angel mission, two new missions will open up,
pick the one to do first yourself. This mission is the one that has the yellow
dot on the northwestern corner of the eastern island. Head inside through the
open door after starting the mission and step inside the yellow glow to get
into the back of the truck. You’ll get a machinegun with unlimited ammunition
and a grenade launcher with ten extra grenades. Multiple cars will follow you
and both the passenger and driver will fire at you. Hit the engines hard with
your machinegun, if you use the grenade launcher it doesn’t really matter
where you hit the cars as long as they’re not too close to you. If you survive
this part you need to drive the motorcycle yourself in the next part. First
pick up the health at the corner of the building and then get on the bike to
drive outside. The rest of the route you won’t be bothered anymore, unless you
get the cops on you by speeding. That shouldn’t stop you from doing that
though, now is your chance to drive fast on a cool motorcycle. On the straight
sections, try to drive in the middle of the road on the dividing lines, you
can go pretty fast there without the chance of crashing. When you come to the
house where you need to deliver the motorcycle, drive through the entrance on
the other side of the terrain. The gate will open and the garage too, park the
bike inside there.
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\ Y / SLINK /
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After completing the mission named Rush Hour you will unlock three new
missions and you can complete them in any order you want. This mission can be
started in Harlem and the goal is to chase down Slink and take him out. If you
still have some grenades left this can be done pretty quickly. Make sure you
hit him with it why he’s going down the sloping road. While the car is trying
to correct itself and stands practically still, hit it again full on to finish
the job. If this doesn’t work or when you don’t have any grenades you will
have to chase Slink for a long time and shoot at him with your strongest
weapons when he’s in range. Meanwhile more of Slink’s henchmen will follow
you. Try to ignore them as long as they’re behind you. When the meter in the
top left is empty, Slink’s car will be destroyed. It might be possible that he
and some passengers will step out of the car, in that case you need to watch
out that they don’t kill you and it’s best to take some distance and drive
over them. The mission is accomplished when Slink is dead.
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\ Z / GATE CRASHER /
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After completing the mission named Rush Hour you will unlock three new
missions and you can complete them in any order you want. This mission can be
started in the south of Manhattan. The goal here is to screw up Bishop’s drugs
business. Three locations are marked on your map and that’s where drug
operations are being performed. You need to drive over to a location, make
sure you get the police on your tail along the way and then get to the
specific location to drive through the yellow glow there. That way you will
leave the cops with the criminals and you can take off. At every location an
escape is possible by driving off a roof or over a ramp. You only have eleven
minutes and to be as fast as possible it’s best to first head west and work
your way to the east through each location. Between them it’s a good idea to
switch cars and lose the heat they have, you won’t be bothered by the police
that much and when you attract a new cop car they won’t be very aggressive
right away. The mission is completed when you have brought the police to all
three locations, but you’ll probably need to get rid of them after that.
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\ a / SHELL SHOCK /
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After completing the mission named Rush Hour you will unlock three new
missions and you can complete them in any order you want. This mission can be
started by getting inside the terrain vehicle which is parked inside the
hangar west of Ray’s garage at La Guardia. The entrance to that hangar is on
the northern side and when you step inside the car you’ll notice that it’s
another trap. Quickly drive off and to the right. At the exits right in front
of you, bump the left truck backwards so that you can go through. Move to the
left and through the fence so that you can drive over the ramp in the back
left with enough speed to clear the next fence. Two cars will follow you, turn
around using the handbrake and shoot at them with your best weapon. Make sure
the cars don’t explode while they’re close to your own car. As soon as both
cars have been taken care of, follow the route back to Ray’s garage that’s
also indicated. At the bridge you’ll come to a blockade formed by cars, smash
through it on the right side along the wall and continue your route. Park the
car inside the yellow glow at the garage to complete the mission.
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\ b / CANDY /
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If you complete all the previous missions in the above order this mission will
become available right after Riding Shotgun and can be started in the
northeast of New Jersey. In the cut scene you can see that some kind of drug
is inserted into you. At the beginning this won’t bother you too much, so
quickly get into a fast car parked in front of the house and start the
pursuit. Try to get to the same road as Candy as soon as possible. His car
doesn’t move very fast, but the drugs will have a big impact on your visual
capabilities and it gets worse. Try to stay on the right to avoid head on
collisions, but do go over to the left every now and then to overtake some
cars. When Candy gets within range, use your best weapon to fire at his car.
Stay near him and don’t lose him, when the meter in the top left corner of the
screen is depleted by causing damage to the car it will explode and Candy is
taken care of.
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\ c / BISHOP /
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If you complete all the previous missions in the above order this mission will
become available right after Shell Shock and can be started at the New Jersey
text on the map. Drive over to the gate of Bishop’s house and drive around the
house using the route to the left over passing through it. At the gate with
the yellow glow there’s a motorcycle, get on it before entering the yellow
glow. Bishop will show up in a tank, make sure you use the bike to get close
to him quickly so that he can’t hit you. This fight can be fought in two ways.
Of you still have a rocket launcher or grenade launcher you can already fire
at Bishop easily, you just have to make sure you’re not too close to him. If
you don’t have any of these weapons you can get off the bike and look for
grenade launcher ammunition in the grass between the walls. Health is also
spread out in the grass in case you need it. The walls will provide cover, but
not protection when standing to close next to them. So make sure the wall
stays between you and the tank so that you can’t get hit, but don’t stand
directly against it. Wait for the moments when the tank has just fired and
it’s safe to show up briefly and fire a grenade at it. If you manage to do
that three times, the tank and Bishop along with it will be defeated.
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\ d / HOME WRECKER /
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After defeating Bishop two more missions will be added to your map, decide for
yourself which one you want to do first. This mission is started by going to
the yellow dot in the northwestern corner of the park in Harlem. On your map a
location will appear where Corrigan’s limousine is currently at. Head over
there and it will depart with two more police cars when you get close to it.
Aim with L1 and make sure you target the driver of the limousine by using the
analog stick. Shoot him but try to avoid hitting the tires. When this driver
is dead, park close to the car and get into the limousine while the police is
still shooting at you. Turn around and drive to the bridge which is the
closest to the location where you need to be. Shake the cops and neatly drive
the limousine through the gate at the front of the house when you get there
and then park it inside the garage. The meter in the top left corner of the
screen can not be empty before you get here. If necessary there’s some health
for you in the garage. Switch to your best fast firing weapon while still
inside and then go through the door in the corner. Kill the man in the booth
to the left, there’s some health inside in case you need it later. Shoot
whoever you see past the gate, but first go to the building opposite the
garage and shoot the guy over there. There’s even more health here and also a
mini gun, use it from this point on and head through the gate you walked past
just now. Try to shoot all the men on the open area behind it from here. To
the left is another building with a man inside, including some health. Then go
to the right side of the house, first take out whoever is outside and then the
two guys in the little building. Don’t forget to pick up the weapons of
defeated opponents if you need them. Now run down along the right side of the
house while killing any remaining enemies on the terrain. Quickly take out the
guy in the building so that you can take cover inside there and pick up
health. On the back side of the house there’s a balcony with another enemy on
it, take him out and you probably defeated everyone necessary to make the cops
show up. Get into any car on the terrain and drive it back to the main
entrance. Smash through the gate and the blocking cars and try to escape from
them using the small paths between the houses in this area. The mission is
accomplished as soon as you aren’t followed anymore.
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\ e / BEAR CAGE /
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After defeating Bishop two more missions will be added to your map, decide for
yourself which one you want to do first. This mission starts at the yellow dot
in the middle of Manhattan. After the start the gate will open, walk inside
and ignore the cop that pulls his gun. Just go to the left up the ramp and get
inside the cop car ahead. Drive back down and off the terrain, then on to the
indicated police station. There you need to head into the parking garage and
park into Corrigan’s parking space in the back left. The lift to the right of
it will open, so step inside to go up. There’s a guard in the hallway to the
left, shoot him and duck inside the office space to the left while the alarm
goes off. There are innocent people inside this building, you don’t have to
take them out. Walk through the office around the obstacles and leave it
through the door on the other side. Take out the two cops in the neighborhood
and continue through the hallway to the left. There is another guard around
the corner, you can find health both in the room on the left and the one on
the right. Head left at the intersection and continue on until you get to the
indicated spot in Corrigan’s office. Place the bomb with R3 and follow the
exact same route back to the elevator. You’ll face heavy opposition, so use
your best weapon and pick up the health you didn’t pick up earlier. When you
pass through the office space that brings you back to the elevator it’s best
to duck right inside that elevator and evade the special forces in this
hallway. In the parking garage, get into the car to your right quickly and
drive off. If you’re not able to go underneath the closing shutter, drive
around killing the cops and then shoot the shutter controls so that it opens
again. The whole route through the garage consists of this kind of shutters,
police cars that block your way and shooting policemen. As long as you manage
to pass by the shutters, the policemen won’t be much trouble, but if you don’t
manage that you will have to take them all out to be able to destroy the
control panel again. You don’t want to become stuck at the last shutter, the
opposing force there is just too great. Once outside you still need to lose
the cops to successfully complete the mission.
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\ f / CORRIGAN /
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You can only do this mission after completing all the previous missions.
Before you start the mission in the northwestern corner of the park in Harlem
it is wise to pick up the necessary weaponry inside your Safe House and also
restore your health if it’s not completely full. Once the mission starts, get
your hands on a fast car to get to the indicated location within the time
limit. Shoot the guy near the yellow glow there and head into that alley
around the house. Shoot another man in the alley and head over to the entrance
at the back of the house. There’s an enemy inside the washing room, shoot him
and continue to the left. In the first side room is some health, more in the
last room and at the end of the hallway to the left, but there’s also an
enemy. When he is taken care of, head round the corner to the right and
through another hallway with an opponent that brings you to some stairs in the
back left. There is more health underneath the stairs. Climb the stairs and
head into the hallway. Both on this side and on the other side of the broken
floor are enemies, shoot them and head over to the left of that broken floor.
Shoot your way through the many opponents and check the rooms for health
before going up the stairs in the corner where Corrigan went up as well. After
the cut scene this is a dead end, so follow the entire route back through the
building. In the room past the last stairs more enemies will come running up
to you, mow them down one by one as quickly as possible. There is more health
in the room in the back right a little head and of course on the locations
where you didn’t pick it up on your way in. When you get outside eventually a
timer of four minutes is started and you need to chase Corrigan. Before you
can do that you first need to take down the enemies in the alley and a couple
of cops around the police cars. But try to get inside a car as soon as
possible and drive off to chase down Corrigan. Keep an eye on his helicopter
using your map and drive in the same direction. Eventually you’ll come to a
tunnel and Corrigan will give the order to blow it up. A shorter timer will
start and you need to get out of it on the other side before the time is up.
So evade the falling debris, sometimes driving slowly is better than hitting
debris at full speed. The debris falls down where you can see the dust just
before it happens, but the rocks can also fall apart on the floor. If you
manage to get out of the tunnel in time there is no timer anymore and it’s
time to actually take out Corrigan. Equip your best weapon that can be used
from within a car and shoot at the helicopter whenever it’s in reach. Keep
steering and following him while firing. If you need another car it is
possible to switch, but you do it fast enough to not lose the helicopter.
After doing enough damage, the helicopter will come down and everything is
over.
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\ A / FINAL WORD /
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The third Driver wasn’t very good and that’s too bad, because the series had a
good reputation. Fortunately it seemed to go well with this fourth Driver
right from the start and I’m very glad after completing this game. Nice
movies, a good story, cool missions, all very complete. It might have a little
Grand Theft Auto to it here and there, Driver is back and it was fun writing
for this game.
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\ B / CREDITS /
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[REFLECTIONS INTERACTIVE]
They did a pretty good job on correcting their previous product with this
fourth Driver.
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