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Project Gotham Racing 2 FAQ/Walkthrough
Version 0.7
Last updated: 12/8/03
By Pierre "Masamune2" Maris
communist_space_mutant@hotmail.com
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Table of Contents
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1. Version History
2. Kudos World Series Mode
2.1 - Compact Sports Series
2.2 - Sports Convertible Series
2.3 - Coupe Series
2.5 - Pacific Muscle Series
2.6 - Roadster Series
2.7 - Classics Series
2.8 - Sports Coupe Series
2.9 - American Muscle Series
2.10 - Super Car Series
2.11 - Grand Touring Series
2.12 - Track Specials Series
2.13 - Extreme Series
2.14 - Ultimate Series
3. Car List
3.1 - Compact Sports Class
3.2 - Sports Convertible Class
3.3 - Coupe Class
3.4 - Sport Utility Class
3.5 - Pacific Muscle Class
3.6 - Roadster Class
3.7 - Classics Class
3.8 - Sports Couple Class
3.9 - American Muscle Class
3.10 - Super Car Class
3.11 - Grand Touring Class
3.12 - Track Specials Class
3.13 - Extreme Class
3.14 - Ultimate Class
4. Contact Information
5. Legal Stuff
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1. Version History
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Version 0.5 (11/21/03) - First version, only have first level of Kudos World
Series and the car list done
Version 0.5 (11/26/03) - Added walkthrough for Kudos World Series up to series
10
Version 0.55 (11/27/03) - Walkthrough for Kudos World Series series 11 done
Version 0.6 (12/1/03) - Added walkthrough for series 12 in Kudos World Series,
split guide so that track descriptions are in their own
separate FAQ
Version 0.7 (12/8/03) - Finished the Kudos World Series mode walkthrough and
went through FAQ to do some editing on cone challenges
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2. Kudos World Series Mode
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This section gives you help in beating the races in Kudos World Series mode.
Some basic advice as given for every race, and I also detail every part of the
track that the race is on (Except in some cases where you race on a specific
track in more than one different race). In this section under each series (And
for each race) is a listing called 'Tier' or 'Tiers'. In every series, you
can't play any race in it at once. You have to beat the first ones to unlock
the next set, beat that set to unlock the one after that, and so on. I call
each set of races a tier. The tier listing under each series is how many tiers
of races there are in that series, and the listing under each race is what
tier that race is in.
As you go through this mode, you will earn lots of kudos and therefore, lots of
Kudos Tokens. When you are still in the first series of this mode, don't bother
to spend your tokens on any of the cars there. When you open the second series,
buy the car with the best stats before you do any races and then use that car.
When you open the next series and the ones after it, do the same thing.
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2.1 - Compact Sports Series
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Cities: Florence, Sydney, Stockholm
Tiers: 3
Races: 7 (3x Street Race, 2x One on One, 1x Speed Camera)
Since this is the first series, it is obviously the easiest. It is easy to beat
many of the levels here on expert and the rest can be beaten on hard without
much trouble. Don't bother to spend your Kudos Tokens on any cars in this
series. Save them up so that you can buy the best car for the next series right
after you unlock it.
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Race 1: Street Race
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Tier 1
City: Florence
Track: Duomo 2
Laps: 2
Weather: Sunny
Advice: This being the first race, it is obviously very easy. You can beat it
on expert without much difficulty. The track itself is simple, too, with not
all that many turns.
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Race 2: One on One
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Tier 1
City: Florence
Track: Duomo 1
Laps: 2
Weather: Sunny
Advice: Like the last race, this one is also easy and you can beat it on expert
fairly easily, since it is only the second race in the game.
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Race 3: Cone Challenge
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Tier 2
City: Sydney
Track: Under the Bridge
Laps: 1
Weather: Sunny
Advice: This race can actually be pretty hard. Beating it on medium isn't that
difficult, but it gets harder on hard and is very hard on expert. If you want
to win on hard, you will have to keep a combo going for the whole race. To win
on expert, you have to do that and slide a lot to increase your combo bonus.
There is one spot in the race where it is very tricky to keep a combo going.
It is on the turn that takes you onto the street with the second checkpoint.
Before the turn, there is a cone gate in the right lane. After the turn, there
is a cone gate in the left lane and then the checkpoint. It's actually easier
to do this if you don't pass through the second gate. After passing the first
one, you will want to slide through the turn. Start the slide early to keep
your combo going and try not to make it end until you are past where the second
cone gate is. If you try to go through that gate, you have to slow down to get
to it and you need the extra speed to get to the checkpoint.
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Race 4: One on One
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Tier 2
City: Sydney
Track: Dawes Point Loop
Laps: 2
Weather: Sunny
Advice: This race is a bit harder than the ones before it, except for the last
one. I had trouble with beating it on expert right away. In order to win on
expert, you will have to be able to take the first turn as fast as possible. If
you can do that, you will be very close to the other car after the turn and
will be able to pass it not long after that.
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Race 5: Street Race
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Tier 3
City: Stockholm
Track: Gamla Stan Loop
Laps: 2
Weather: Sunny
Advice: It's hard to get in first place with one of the default cars in hard or
expert, but it's possible. To do so, draft as much as you can along the long
street that turns a little bit to the left at the beginning of the race. When
you get to the big left turn, you want to cut in front of all three of the
other cars. Hit them if you must. If you can do that, you only have to hold
your position for the rest of the race.
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Race 6: Speed Camera
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Tier 3
City: Stockholm
Track: Speed Camera Track 1
Laps: N/A
Weather: Sunny
Advice: This race is easy on medium and below. Hard and expert are a problem if
you are using one of the default three cars. If you are, hard should be barely
possible to get and I don't know if expert is at all. You probably need a
faster car to do it. The problem with this track is the three turns. You start
on a straightaway with a sharp right turn after it. Just after that there is a
left turn. Then there is the final turn, a right. After that is a straightaway.
At the end of it, where the track ends on the map, is the speed camera. You
have to be going at your target speed when you pass it. What you really have to
do is master getting around those turns with as much speed as possible and then
use that speed until you get to the end.
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Race 7: Street Race
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Tier 3
City: Stockholm
Track: Gamla Oval
Laps: 3
Weather: Sunny
Advice: Like the past few races, the one isn't very easy on hard or expert. You
might not want to try either if you haven't gotten any new cars yet. The best
time to gain positions is at the beginning of the race. Draft as much as you
can along the long road at the start that slightly turns to the right. At the
end of it, if you can take the sharp right cleanly, you will get a big
advantage.
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2.2 - Sports Convertible Series
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Cities: Moscow, Florence
Tiers: 3
Races: 7 (1x Overtake, 3x Street Race, 1x One on One, 1x Cone Challenge, 1x
Speed Camera)
Before doing any races in this series, use your kudos tokens to buy one of the
better cars for this series. From now on, the first thing you should do when
you open up the next series is to use your saved up Kudos Tokens to buy the
best car.
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Race 1: Overtake
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Tier 1
City: Moscow
Track: Kremlin 1
Laps: N/A
Weather: Sunny
Advice: Don't start out on hard or expert on this race. Do medium first to see
how well you can do, and then if you did well and want to, do it on hard or
expert. I say that because this race is a bit more difficult that you might
expect. There are a total of seven other cars to overtake (Regardless of what
you set the difficulty to) and they all go surprisingly fast, so it isn't easy
to catch up to them. The track itself isn't a problem, since it is mostly a few
straight streets connected by wide turns.
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Race 2: Street Race
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Tier 1
City: Moscow
Track: St Basil's Circle
Laps: 2
Weather: Sunny
Advice: On expert mode this race is very hard. The car that is usually in first
place is very fast, much quicker than the other cars, so it takes a lot of
skill to beat it. On the other difficulties, it isn't as hard to get into first
place (Or whatever position you have to get in to win).
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Race 3: Street Race
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Tier 2
City: Florence
Track: Piazza della Repubblica
Laps: 3
Weather: Sunny
Advice: This level is easy to get in first place in if you used Kudos Tokens to
buy a good car. If you didn't, you might only be able to beat it on hard,
because the car in first in expert is very fast. The track itself is very easy.
It's just a loop.
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Race 4: One on One
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Tier 2
City: Florence
Track: Uffizi
Laps: 2
Weather: Sunny
Advice: This race isn't all that difficult, except on expert. There is one easy
way to win it on expert (Or any other mode), though. You start on a long
straightaway. At the end of it, you have to make a right turn and then two
small left turns in succession. It is very easy to hit the car you are racing
against in this area. If you hit it so that it runs into a wall or bump the
back side of it and cause it to spin, you greatly increase your chances of
winning. Doing that is up to you.
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Race 5: Cone Challenge
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Tier 3
City: Moscow
Track: Lenin
Laps: 1
Weather: Sunny
Advice: This cone challenge is a bit easier than the last one. In this one, it
is very easy to keep a combo going throughout the entire level. To beat it on
expert, that is exactly what you will have to do. The hardest parts of this
race are the turns. There are no cone gates around any of the turns, so you
have to slide if you want to keep a combo going.
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Race 6: Speed Camera
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Tier 3
City: Moscow
Track: Speed Camera Track 1
Laps: N/A
Weather: Sunny
Advice: This race is a little bit easier than the last speed camera one,
because the turns are easier to take. There is one left turn in the middle of
the track and then a big, wide, right turn. You go up a hill at the end of that
right turn and then make a gentle left onto the straightaway that holds the
camera. Even though the turns are easier, it still requires effort to beat the
level on hard and expert. You will need a very fast car to do that.
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Race 7: Street Race
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Tier 3
City: Moscow
Track: Red Square 2
Laps: 1
Weather: Sunny
Advice: This race is hard to win in the higher difficulty levels, even with a
fast car. Like in some of the other races like this, you can use a turn near
the start of the race to your advantage. You start in a very wide road that has
its sides blocked off and is very straight. At the end of it is a VERY sharp
right turn. As the first two cars take it (They should take it together), you
can run into the first car as it turns to cause it to spin and crash. If that
happens, you can pass it and get into first. That can also cause the other cars
to crash, giving you an even bigger advantage. You could also try to pass it
without hitting it, but that isn't as likely to get you into first place.
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2.3 - Coupe Series
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Cities: Sydney, Stockholm
Tiers: 4
Races: 8 (1x Timed Run, 2x Street Race, 1x Speed Camera, 1x One on One, 1x Cone
Challenge, 1x Overtake, 1x Hot Lap)
Now things are getting harder. You probably wont be able to beat any of the
races in this series on expert without trying many times and mastering the
track the race takes place on. Beating the races here on hard is also more
difficult than before, but isn't terribly difficult yet.
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Race 1: Timed Run
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Tier 1
City: Sydney
Track: Dawes Point Loop
Laps: 2
Weather: Clear (Night)
Advice: This is the exact same track as the one you raced on for the One on One
in the first series, though you have a faster car this time. Because of that,
you should remember how to get through this track and specifically, how to take
that first turn in it. Beating this level in hard can be done with a little
practice and a good car. Beating it in expert is obviously much more difficult
and requires even more practice.
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Race 2: Street Race
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Tier 1
City: Sydney
Track: Cumberland Street
Laps: 3
Weather: Clear (Night)
Advice: As usual, you can get into first place at the start of this race. Draft
the other cars while you are on the long street that this race takes place on,
and when you get to the sharp left turn, you can pass any other cars in front
of you, as long as you don't screw up on the turn.
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Race 3: Speed Camera
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Tier 1
City: Sydney
Track: Speed Camera Track 1
Laps: N/A
Weather: Clear (Night)
Advice: This speed camera race is even easier than the last two in some ways.
It has one big, long, left turn in the middle of it with straightaways at the
beginning and end. With a fast car, it is very easy to beat this race on hard.
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Race 4: One on One
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Tier 2
City: Sydney
Track: Harbour Bridge
Laps: 2
Weather: Clear (Night)
Advice: This level is harder than the first ones in the series, mostly because
of all of the turns in the track. Getting in front of the other car isn't all
that hard, you can do it on the first turn, even on expert.
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Race 5: Cone Challenge
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Tier 3
City: Stockholm
Track: Northern 2
Laps: 2
Weather: Sunny
Advice: This race is a nightmare compared to the last cone challenge. This one
has lots of sharp turns onto narrow streets and on straightaways, gates that
are placed just a little bit too far apart for you to keep a combo going
through them unless you are going as fast as possible. Those sharp turns come
before the second checkpoint. There are three of them very close together, and
they are the only turns near that checkpoint. The first one is a right turn, it
is especially hard to take because you will probably be going very fast from
the last straightaway. Not far after it, there is a sharp left that is followed
by a sharp right.
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Race 6: Overtake
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Tier 3
City: Stockholm
Track: Gamla Island Hopping
Laps: N/A
Weather: Sunny
Advice: This track is almost the same as the one for the last street race of
the first series. Like in the last overtake challenge, the cars you have to
pass are rather quick. If you screw up, you might not be able to catch up.
Unlike the last one, you get more time when you increase the difficulty, which
makes things easier.
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Race 7: Hot Lap
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Tier 4
City: Stockholm
Track: Round the Riksdagshuset
Laps: 1
Weather: Sunny
Advice: Unfortunately, this track goes through some of the same areas that the
cone challenge one did. The worst part of this track is that is has the same
very sharp turn onto a narrow street. Other than that, this race isn't horribly
difficult, since you still aren't very far in the game.
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Race 8: Street Race
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Tier 4
City: Stockholm
Track: Island Hop
Laps: 2
Weather: Sunny
Advice: This track is fairly complicated, because it has lots of turns. That is
good news for you, since turns are a great place to pass opponents. On hard,
you can get into first place before the first checkpoint by passing the other
cars on turns. On expert, you can also pass a lot of the cars on the turns, but
it will take much longer.
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2.4 - Sport Utility Series
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Cities: Edinburgh, Florence, Moscow
Tiers: 4
Races: 8 (1x Hot Lap, 1x Speed Camera, 3x Street Race, 1x One on One, 1x Cone
Challenge, 1x Overtake)
Now beating races on expert will be damned near impossible and beating them on
hard will require lots of practice. Beating the races on medium still isn't
very hard at this level.
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Race 1: Hot Lap
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Tier 1
City: Edinburgh
Track: Princess Street East
Laps: 3
Weather: Sunny
Advice: This race isn't very hard, you an probably actually beat it on your
first try. You get a lot of time to beat it on hard, so you can even beat it
after making a small mistake or two.
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Race 2: Speed Camera
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Tier 1
City: Edinburgh
Track: Speed Camera Track 1
Laps: N/A
Weather: Rain
Advice: Unlike the other speed camera races you've done so far, this one only
has turns at the beginning of the track. At the start the track angles to the
right and then there is a sharp left turn. After that there is another sharp
left and then two gentle turns. The first one is to the left and the second is
to the right. After that there is a straightaway with the end of the track at
the end. With a fast car, it's very easy to beat it on hard.
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Race 3: Street Race
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Tier 1
City: Edinburgh
Track: Princess Street Loop
Laps: 3
Weather: Sunny
Advice: You won't be able to pass all of the other cars on the straightaway at
the start of this race, so you will have to pass most of them in the first
turn. You have to be careful when passing them in that turn, though. If you hit
one of them, you will be slowed down a lot and the car in first place will get
far in front of you. After you are through that turn, the next turn is the best
place to get in front of any other cars, especially on expert. If you can't get
in front of them here, try to on the next big turn.
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Race 4: One on One
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Tier 2
City: Edinburgh
Track: Grassmarket Eight
Laps: 2
Weather: Night (Clear)
Advice: On hard, it is really easy to get into first place at the beginning of
the race. You can do it on the first turn. If for whatever reason you don't get
into first on that turn, you can on the turns at the end of the winding road.
On expert, you won't be able to get into first on that first turn. When you are
on the winding road, just draft the other car. If you get the chance, pass him
on this road. If not, pass him when you get to the turns at the end of the
road. All you have to do after that on any difficulty is hold your position.
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Race 5: Cone Challenge
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Tier 3
City: Florence
Track: Arno 2
Laps: 2
Weather: Sunny
Advice: This cone challenge is a bit easier than the last one. The cone gates
are closer together and there aren't any streets that are really narrow. There
are only two spots in this race that are a bit difficult. The first is near the
middle of the race, between the two checkpoints. After the first checkpoint,
you turn onto a long street. At the end of it, it has the turn where you first
make a gentle right and then have to make a sharp left. There is a cone gate
in the middle of it. After you pass that gate, you have to do a long slide to
get to the next cone gate, since it is kind of far away and this turn makes you
go very slow. The other difficult part is near the end of the race, on the same
street that the second checkpoint is on. That street is the one that turns to
the left at the end and then makes a right turn onto the last street. It's easy
to take this turn too fast and hit a wall, or too slow and have your combo end.
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Race 6: Overtake
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Tier 3
City: Florence
Track: Duomo 1
Laps: N/A
Weather: Sunny
Advice: This race takes place on a track you've already raced on. The track
itself is rather simple. Since the track itself is easy, it isn't all that hard
to beat this race on the harder difficulties, especially since you don't always
have less time as the difficulty goes up. It's easy to pass all of the cars on
the hard difficulty, and even easier on expert since you get more time. Just
try to avoid going too fast through turns in this race, if you do and end up
hitting walls, you will lose a lot of speed and might have a harder time
beating the race.
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Race 7: Street Race
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Tier 4
City: Moscow
Track: Kremlin 1
Laps: 4
Weather: Sunny
Advice: This is the same track as the first overtake challenge, back in the
second series, was on. On hard and expert, you just have to get a good start to
beat this race. If you can't get into first or second in the first lap, the
cars in front of you will probably start to get a bigger and bigger lead on you
as the race goes on. The best place to get a good lead at the start is on the
first turn. If you can take it without slowing down too much from hitting the
other cars or braking to avoid hitting them, you can get near the front of the
pack of other cars right away and then pass any others on the next turns.
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Race 8: Street Race
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Tier 4
City: Moscow
Track: Red Square 1
Laps: 2
Weather: Sunny
Advice: The track this race takes place on is much more complicated and
obviously much longer than the last one. Because of all of the turns on this
track, most of your opponents will go very slowly. On hard, all of them but the
one that starts in first will end up very far behind you. While playing on
hard, you can pass most of them on the street you start on. When you get to the
turn at the end of the street, you can pass the rest of the other cars. On
expert, you wont be able to pass all of the other cars when you get to that
turn. You will have to try to get in front of them on the next few turns.
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2.5 - Pacific Muscle Series
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Cities: Hong Kong, Yokohama
Tiers: 5
Races: 10 (6x Street Race, 1x Cone Challenge, 1x Hot Lap, 1x One on One, 1x
Speed Camera)
It can be very hard to get into first place on some of the street races in this
series. If you don't get into first place in those races right away, you
might not be able to at all, since the car in first will just get a bigger and
bigger lead on you.
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Race 1: Street Race
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Tier 1
City: Hong Kong
Track: The Convention Centres
Laps: 4
Weather: Clear (Night)
Advice: This street race is a lot harder than the others that you've done so
far. One of the most important things to do in this race is to take the very
first turn perfectly. Take it so that you get the good line kudos bonus. If you
do this, you can do a few things. First, you will be closer to the car in first
place. Second, you will block the car that starts in third place so that it
can't pass you after you've passed it (You should have passed it before getting
to the turn). You will also be able to to get in front of the car that starts
in second. If you can do this, you can get in front of the car in first by the
end of the first lap, even on expert.
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Race 2: Street Race
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Tier 1
City: Hong Kong
Track: Wan Chai Run
Laps: 4
Weather: Clear (Night)
Advice: This race takes place on a track that is much more difficult than the
one in the last race, but you can pass the other cars sooner. You get a good
chance to pass the right on the first turn. They take it very slowly, so you
can pass almost all of them on it. You can then pass the rest on the next few
turns if you have to.
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Race 3: Street Race
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Tier 1
City: Hong Kong
Track: Harbour Run
Laps: 4
Weather: Clear (Night)
Advice: The track in this race follows a similar path to the one in the last
race, except you race in the opposite direction and it is a little bit longer.
As usual, the best place to pass the other cars is on the first turn in the
track. On hard, you can then pass the rest of the cars some time around the
next turn. On expert, it will take much longer to get into first. It might even
take the whole first lap to get close enough to pass the first place car.
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Race 4: Cone Challenge
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Tier 2
City: Yokohama
Track: Sakuragicho
Laps: 2
Weather: Sunny
Advice: The track this takes place on is nice and wide and only has streets
that are straight on it. The race may even be easier than the last cone
challenge. The gates are mostly close together, except on almost all of the
few turns. You will have to slide through the first and last two turns on this
track to keep a combo going. The last turn is even trickier than that. There
are two cone gates that come after it before you get to the start and finish
line. One is right after the turn and the other is further back. When sliding
through the turn, it may actually be easier to slide past the first of those
gates and then only go through the second.
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Race 5: Hot Lap
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Tier 2
City: Yokohama
Track: Shinko Park
Laps: 1
Weather: Clear (Night)
Advice: This race takes place on a track that has two parallel straightaways
with left turns that connect them at each end. That's all. Take a fast car for
this race for the straightaways, and practice taking the turns as quickly as
possible to beat it.
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Race 6: One on One
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Tier 3
City: Yokohama
Track: Seaside Loop
Laps: 2
Weather: Sunny
Advice: Like the other Yokohama tracks, this one takes place on wide, straight
roads and doesn't have many very sharp turns where you don't have much space to
turn. Before you get to the first turn on this track, draft the other car. Once
you are at the turn, you can pass the other car. You can also bump into the car
to make it crash, if you want to be cheap.
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Race 7: Street Race
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Tier 4
City: Yokohama
Track: Yokohama Bay Tour
Laps: 2
Weather: Clear (Night)
Advice: This race takes place on a Yokohama track that actually has a few
narrow roads. This first turn on this track can be a problem when you are on
the first lap. You will have to squeeze past all of the other cars while they
are turning, and if you hit one of them, there is always the chance that it
will slow you down a lot. If you can get through this turn without slowing down
much, you should be in a good position already. You may need the rest of the
first lap to catch up to the other cars, but once you are in first, you only
have to hold your position for the rest of the race.
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Race 8: Street Race
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Tier 4
City: Yokohama
Track: Minato Mirai
Laps: 2
Weather: Clear (Night)
Advice: This is another Yokohama track with wide, straight roads and mostly
90-degree turns. The key to getting in first on this track is the first two
turns, which are a right turns. Try to get in front of as many cars as you can
on these turns, but go through them as fast as possible.
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Race 9: Speed Camera
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Tier 5
City: Hong Kong
Track: Speed Camera Track 1
Laps: N/A
Weather: Clear (Night)
Advice: The big turn in this track is on a hill in the middle of it. On that
hill there are a couple of left turns. After it there is a very long road that
is straight except for a gentle left turn in the middle of it. At the end of it
is the end of the track. You have to master getting through those turns with
optimal speed to beat this level on a higher difficulty.
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Race 10: Street Race
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Tier 5
City: Hong Kong
Track: Admiralty
Laps: 3
Weather: Clear (Night)
Advice: This track is very long and has a lot of twists and turns in it. That's
a good thing, because it means there are more turns in which you can get ahead
of your opponents. You can't get in front of them on the first turn, even on
hard, but you can on the turn following that. After that turn, there will be
one more turn where you can pass a lot of the other cars. You should be in
first or near it after that. Since there are a lot more turns on the track, you
can still use those to pass any other cars in front of you. Just don't screw up
on those turns and crash.
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