Grand Theft Auto 3 - Strategy Guide (Page 04)

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Overview: Steal high quality cars and park them in a garage.
Reward: $25,000.00

This mission requires the best driving skills possible.  A single hit, no
matter how slow your going, will require you to get it repaired before the
garage will even think about accepting it.

There are two blips on the radar; a pink and red one.  Follow the red ones for
now, because the pink one will lead you to the garage.  There are three cars to
collect; a Stinger, Cheetah, Infernus.  Grab one, drop it off at the garage,
then go for the others.  Pretty self explanatory.  Just follow the blips to the
cars, then head toward the pink blip that'll lead you to the garage.  When all
the vehicles are safely parked, you'll receive payment.

*** ALTERNATE STRATEGIES ***

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The following strategy was sent in by Alex:

You don't need to drive extremely carefully, assuming you have more than $3000
(at this stage of the game you should have a considerable amount of cash so you
should be all set). Why? Because there's a Pay-N-Spray next to the garage you
have to park the car in. You can drive like a maniac to the garage (but don't
flip the car over or else you fail the mission), and easily turn into
Pay-N-Spray to repair everything. Also, try to give yourself two minutes or
less for each car because you only have 6 minutes. It seems kind of generous
but you have to drive pretty far away for most of the cars, and going to
Pay-N-Spray takes away a few precious seconds.

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| [16.2.3] "Deal Steal"                                                       |
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Overview: Steal a car and kill Colombians.
Reward: $25,000.00

When Kenji's done with you, head over to Newport, because you need a Yardie
Lobo to complete this mission.  Once you've got one, follow the blip on the
radar.  This is where one of Keni's men will get in the car, ready to help you.
Stop in the blue marker and he'll make his way into the car.

Once you have him, follow the new blip.  This will take you to the hospital.
Lucky for you, if you get injured, your at the hospital, so you can just run
over the health pickups.  Park in the blue marker and honk your horn.  Some
people will emerge from the hospital.  As soon as you leave the car or begin to
drive away, they'll realize it's a trap, so quickly angle your car and run over
as many as you can.

Once you get out of the vehicle, your partner will get out as well, and the two
of you will begin attacking.  Once all of the Colombians are dead, you'll see
some trucks will blue arrows hovering overhead.  You must destroy these trucks.

Once the trucks are no more, pick up the briefcase, grab a car, and go back to
Kenji's casino.  The pink blip will lead you to the parking lot, where you'll
find a blue marker.  Park inside the marker and your mission is a success.

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| [16.2.4] "Shima"                                                            |
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Overview: Pick up money.
Reward: $10,000.00

When leaving the casino, head to the blip on the radar.  It'll lead you to
Torrington.  You'll see a briefcase on the sidewalk.  Get out, get the case,
and get back in the car.

Follow the blip to the next briefcase.  This one is guarded by a man with a
gun.  Kill the man (shoot him or run him over), get the briefcase, and get back
in the car.

Head to the next blip which will take you to Belleville Park.  Unfortunately,
there is no briefcase.  The store owner here says he was robbed and a gang took
everything, including the money you're supposed to get.  You know what happens
now, don't you?  Yep, track down the gang, make them pay and retrieve your
money.

Look at the radar.  See the blue blip?  That's the gang location.  In Portland.
Get your ass all the way back to Portland.  You'll see that the blip is in
Hepburn Heights, and it was all the Diablo's doing.  There are a lot of them,
so feel free to kill them however you like.  Once there's no one left standing
(except for you, of course), get the briefcase, and return to the casino all
the way back in Torrington.

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| [16.2.5] "Smack Down"                                                       |
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Overview: Eliminate the SPANK pushers.
Reward: $10,000.00

When you leave the casino, a new meter will appear on your screen.  It's a
countdown meter.  You must kill a certain number of dealers.  In this case,
eight.

Just follow the blips to each dealer and kill them however you like.  This
mission is straightforward and doesn't need a strategy.

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| [16.3] Missions By Ray Machowski                                            |
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To get these missions, visit the Belleville Park rest rooms by heading to the
large R on your radar.

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| [16.3.1] "Silence The Sneak"                                                |
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Overview: Torch some place then kill some guy.
Reward: $30,000.00

After receiving your first mission, find a large car.  A van, Esperanto,
anything that's fairly big, then head to the blip.  Park the car in front of
the east alley.  This is to make sure the guy doesn't escape.

See the large open window?  Lob a Molotov Cocktail through the window.  Once
the place has caught fire, you'll see your target and his driver flee.  They
will try to escape, but since you've blocked off the alley, they can't.  Start
lobbing grenades at your parked car.  This will cause your car to blow up, and
the target's car as well.  When he's dead, collect your payment.

*** ALTERNATE STRATEGIES ***

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The following strategy was sent in by Diablo:

Take a lot of time on this mission. Grab some rumpo’s mules, anything that’s
big and heavy. See that little garage in front of the building? Park about 3
cars in front of there. Lob a grenade, or a moltov cocktail up there. Now,
either blow up one of the cars, torch it, whatever. The first car should blow
up, the next one should catch fire, the next one should, and then it will blow
up the guys, and sent the getaway car on fire, blowing it up too! If this
doesn’t work, remember that the cars dead burned bodies are there. Just simply
lob grenades, fire your gun, whatever to blow up the car stuck inside.

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| [16.3.2] "Arms Shortage"                                                    |
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Overview: Protect Ray's friend's business.
Reward: $10,000.00

Grab a car and head toward the pink blip, which is an Army Surplus store in
Rockford.  Approach the gate to open it.  Phil will come out and tell you to
stock up on weapons.

Turn around and head to the building to the north.  Go around the northeast side
to the path.  Jump on the cardboard boxes to the top of the wall, then run back
toward Phil.  Jump from the storage container to the one with the Rocket
Launcher on it.  If your fast enough, you'll be able to grab it before the
Colombians arrive.

Using the Rocket Launcher, target the cars and blow them all to hell.  When the
battle is over, speak to Phil again and get your reimbursement.

*** NOTE ***
If Phil dies, mission over.
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*** ALTERNATE STRATEGIES ***

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The following strategy was sent in by Diablo:

Immediately grab the Barracks OL and park it in front of the fence. Walk around
to the boxes, and kill anyone that comes behind the building. After doing so,
lock and load. Take your rocket launcher and smoke the trucks. This should kill
most of the cartels, if not all. Wipeout the remaining with your M16 that I
hope you picked up. Don’t use aimer, just look back and forth while holding
CIRCLE. That should kill everyone else. Then, just walk back around and talk to
Phil, mission passed.

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| [16.3.3] "Evidence Dash"                                                    |
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Overview: Ram a car carrying evidence, then burn said car.
Reward: $10,000.00

Get a fast car, like the Stinger or Infernus, and head toward the blip on the
radar.  Since your chasing a moving vehicle, the blip will always change.  The
blip turns out to be a Bobcat.  When you have the Bobcat in sight, a blue arrow
will hover above it.  Ram this car and a package will fall out.  You can get
the package by driving over it (you don't need to get out).  Keep ramming the
vehicle until a total of five packages drop.  Once you've collected all five,
destroy your car.  Torch it, sink it, whatever you like.

*** ALTERNATE STRATEGIES ***

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The following strategy was sent in by Alex:

Find a normal car, something that can go into Pay-N-Spray. After Ray gives you
the mission briefing from the can, follow the red bilp to the dude's car. Try
not to get any kind of wanted level before you see the car, because when you
hit the car, your wanted level goes up to two, and it might add onto the wanted
level you already have if you have one. Don't pick up the package the guy
dropped - yet. First, high tail it to Pay-N-Spray to get rid of the wanted
level. Then, pick up the package he dropped and you can take your time hitting
the dude and getting the packages because there's no time limit and even if
he's clear across town, you can still get him. When you get all six packages,
do what you want to destroy the car, but don't be in it when it goes up.

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| [16.3.4] "Gone Fishing"                                                     |
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Overview: Steal Police Boat and sink someone.
Reward: $15,000.00

Head to Asuka's house by following the red blip.  Head down to the stairs to
the Docks and hop into the Police Boat.

When your on the water, head toward the lighthouse (follow the blip).  You'll
see a cinematic.  When it's over, the boat your supposed to destroy takes off.
Chase the boat and shoot it with your guns.  Occasionally, the boat will drop
a keg of dynamite, so try to avoid it when he drops it.  Once you've sunk the
boat you'll get paid.

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| [16.3.5] "Plaster Blaster"                                                  |
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Overview: Kill witness in ambulance.
Reward: $10,000.00

There is an ambulance driving someone to the courthouse, with evidence against
you.  If the ambulance makes it, mission failure.  A police car is escorting
the ambulance, and as soon as your spotted, your Wanted Level will go up to
two.

Find the ambulance (red blip on your radar) and ram it.  A good sideswipe or
head-on attack will cause the witness to fall out.  The witness is in a full
body cost and is immune to gunfire and is flame retardant.  To kill him, run
him over back and forth until he is dead.  When he can't get up, you get your
reward.

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| [16.4] Missions By Donald Love                                              |
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To get these missions, visit Donald Love at the Love Media building by driving
to the large D on your radar.

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| [16.4.1] "Liberator"                                                        |
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Overview: Steal Colombian car, talk to Asian man, return him to Donald.
Reward: $40,000.00

As you love the building, you must steal a Colombian gang car to gain access to
a gang controlled facility.  Drive to Fort Staunton and you will find a
Colombian Cruiser.

Once your in the cruiser, head to the red blip.  You'll come upon a gate, but
since your in a Colombian Cruiser, it'll open for you.  Once inside, run over
all the gunmen, because they know who you are.  When everybody's dead, head to
the garage's.  The man you need to pick up is behind one of them.  However,
open the wrong one and you'll come in contact with a gang member.  When you get
the right garage, take out the guy next to the Asian man.  Once he's dead, the
Asian will follow you.

Get him in a car, and return to the Love Media building.  Pull into the blue
marker and stop.  The Asian man will exit the car, and you'll be $40,000.00
richer.

*** ALTERNATE STRATEGIES ***

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The following strategy was sent in by Diablo:

Make sure your loaded with shotgun shells, grenades, and a sniper rifle. First,
get the Cartel Cruiser and park across the road from the compound. Take out
your grenades and lob them across the concrete wall (This keeps you safe from
fire) It should smoke anyone near the gates. Then, get out your sniper rifle
and sit at the fence, and snipe all visible Cartels. Then walk in, and pull out
your shotgun, check the camp to be sure that everyone is dead. If not, smoke
them with your shotgun. Now, start checking the garages. Be warned, there are
people inside each garage, including a guy and the old man in the garages.
Shoot all the guys till you find the garage with the old man. I shot the guy in
the garage with the other guy, I did injure the old man, but didn’t kill him
(Be careful, you might.) I walked out of this mission with full armor and
health.

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| [16.4.2] "Waka Gashira Wipeout"                                             |
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Overview: Kill Kenji Kasen with a Cartel car.
Reward: $30,000.00

After Donald gives you your objectives, steal one of the Cartel Cruiser's (if
you haven't got one) and head to the red blip on the radar.  This blip will
take you to the Carpark.

Ascend the floors of the carpark to the very top.  You will see Kenji and a
bunch of his men.  Aim for Kenji.  He'll be the one with the blue arrow
floating over his head.

When Kenji's dead, you'll get a message.  As soon as you leave the Newport
area, your mission is a success.

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| [16.4.3] "A Drop In The Ocean"                                              |
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Overview: Pick up packages that were dropped in the ocean.
Reward: $10,000.00

This is a timed mission.  You have just under two minutes to find a speedboat.
Fortunately, there's a red blip that'll direct you to one.  You will see a
blue arrow above the speedboat.  Hop into it.

Pull away from the dock, and you will soon see a plane flying overhead.  This
plane will drop packages into the water.  They look like buyos with lights on
top.  Stay close to the plane so you can see where the packages drop.

Once you've collected all the packages (a counter will inform you), dock the
boat, jack a car and return to the Love Media building (blip on radar).

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| [17] Shoreside Vale - Residential District                                   |
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The following are missions found in Shoreside Vale.

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| [17.1] Missions By Donald Love 2                                            |
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To get these missions, visit Donald Love, still at LOVE Media, by following the
large D on your radar.

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| [17.1.1] "Grand Theft Aero"                                                 |
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Overview: Retrieve a package for Donald.
Reward: $50,000.00

For this mission, you'll be heading to the airport.  Follow the blip.

When you get to the airport, look for a light green hangar.  Park some feet
away, get your Sniper Rifle, and kill the members of the Colombian Cartel that
are inside the hangar.  Once the lot of them have been killed, get inside the
Dodo.

Unfortunately, the package is gone.  Hop into the nearby Pan Atlantic van and
make your way to the new blip, all the way back in Staunton Island.

You'll arrive at Fort Staunton.  Enter through the gates that will open for
you.  Kill the Cartel member here, then go upstairs.  The package is lying in
the middle of the second floor.  Grab it, then head toward the south corner.
Use your Rifle to kill more Colombians.  After a bunch are dead, follow the
blip to an elevator.

You'll see a cinematic.  After the cinematic, when you have control, exit the
building, and you'll see the Yakuza gang around a stinger.  They still like
you, so grab the Stinger and return to Donald Love.

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| [17.1.2] "Escort Service"                                                   |
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Overview: Escort Donald's associate unharmed.
Reward: $40,000.00

This mission will see a lot of collisions (at least for me it did), so drive to
the Army Surplus Store and take a Barracks OL.  Return to the Love building by
following the blip.  As you approach, you'll see a Securicar.  The man you need
to protect is in this vehicle.

Follow the Securicar, making sure no harm comes to it.  The Damage Meter will
tell you how much damage it's taken.  Keep checking your rearview mirror every
so often to see if someone is sneaking up.  In short, do whatever you can to
take the blunt of the attacks.

Once the Securicar has reached it's destination, it'll pull into a warehouse,
and you'll receive a nice cash settlement.

*** ALTERNATE MISSIONS ***

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The following strategy was sent in by Eric L:

Start the mission, then go do something else for 5 or so minutes (not sure how
long it takes). For some reason if you aren't around the securicar they don't
attack it. This makes it much easier, and also you don't have to bother driving
in the underground tunnel. After 5 minutes or so are up, drive over the bridge
to shoreside, and the car should be at the exit of the underground tunnel,
you'll have to escort it for the last few blocks to its destination. Note: If
you haven't gotten the securicar for the import/export mission yet now is a
good time to go stash on in your garage as there will be a lot on the road
during this mission.

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| [17.1.3] "Decoy"                                                            |
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Overview: Lead the cops away from Donald and his associate.
Reward: $35,000.00

Donald and his associate are surrounded.  You must lead the cops away so that
they will be safe.  Drive to the Amco building and block one of the Enforcers
with your current vehicle.  Exit it, and hop into the Securicar.

As soon as you get behind the wheel, your Wanted Level shoots up to 6.  That's
two sets of cops, two SWAT teams, the FBI, the army, and two helicopters.  It's
safe to say your a very, very, very wanted man now.  You will also have a clock
underneath your wanted level count down.  You must survive for this amount of
time and you will complete the mission.

The best place to go to wear down the time is the hospital, because you can
drive laps around it with police vehicle at a time.  If you have suggestions as
to a better place, e-mail me and I'll add them, with credit given to you.

Once the timer has reached zero, you win.

*** ALTERNATE STRATEGIES ***

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The following strategy was sent in by Michael Taylor:

Just head to the Pay & Spray in Staunton Island and stay in there.  The Police
and others will have a tough time gettting into the area and the time will be
up before they do.

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The following strategy was sent in by George:

Block the road which runs up the side of the truck off, so the cars at the top
have to break through your road block - use two cars, any will do -
Landstalkers are quite good - and then drive the truck straight out and head
towards the bridge back to Staunton - take the tunnel to Portland as the SWAT
vans can't get past you, they can't get tanks down there or helicopters and if
you stradle both lanes police cars just bounce off of the back - when you get
to Portland, head up the up ramp from the tunnel, do a u-turn at the top and
head back into the tunnel by which point you should only have 20-30 seconds of
time left to avoid the cops etc. By the time you get back to the junction where
you would now turn left to head back to Shoreside you should have run the clock
down.

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The following strategy was sent in by Jake Smits:

Head for the west blocked tunnel that leads out of Liberty City. Make a left
onto the road right before the tunnel. Drive for about 200 yards and turn off
onto the first grey driveway. To the left of the Pink House is a path leading
to the back yard. Drive back there and do laps around the pool so the
helicopters dont destroy you. It is impossible for anything to get back there,
so just run down the clock.

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| [17.2] Missions By Asuka Kasen 2                                            |
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To get these missions, visit Asuka, at the PanLantic Construction Site, by
following the large A on your radar.

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| [17.2.1] "Bait"                                                             |
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Overview: Act as bait.
Reward: $35,000.00

Grab a car and head to Pike Creek.  There are three blips on the radar, each
representing one of the Death Squad's.  The yellow blip are Yakuza members,
your allies.  You have to head to each blip, taunt the Death Squad, then lead
them to the yellow blip where the Yakuza will take care of them.  You are NOT
allowed to kill them anywhere else, but if a few elude the grasp of your men,
then you are allowed to kill them.

Do this for each Death Squad and you'll collect your reward.

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| [17.2.2] "Espresso-2-Go"                                                    |
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Overview: Smash Kappa Coffee Houses.
Reward: $40,000.00

After getting your orders, find a heavy car, like the Patriot or the Cartel
Cruiser, then head to the hospital (blip).  There is a coffee stand here, a
front for selling SPANK.  Once you've hit the first coffee shop, a timer
starts.  Drive crazily around the city, heading to each blip, destroying each
Coffee shop.  Once all the coffee shops are destroyed, you'll get you reward.

*** ALTERNATE STRATEGIES ***

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The following strategy was sent in by Alex:

I know how much you all love money, but for this one to work, you're gonna have
to give up $50000. Before heading to the first blip, pick up the Yakuza Stinger
in the construction site and high tail it to the Army Surplus Store (btw, you
might wanna use the Stinger or some other fast car for the entire mission).
Pick up two rocket launchers, with 5 rounds apiece if you don't have the rocket
ammo yet (you'll need 9 rounds), which will cost you $50k. Then, head over to
Portland via the Callahan Bridge, or even better, you can take the tunnel. Once
you reach Portland, head over to the area near the entrance to Salvatore's
club. There's a blip there. STAY IN YOUR CAR because the mafia guys are gonna
shoot at you when you get near the first blip, and ram the first stand with
your car to destroy it, which should be somewhere near the curve in the road.
Immediately, the timer starts with less than 8 minutes left. Head south, follow
the road (which curves right), then hang your first left and drive to the area
near Joey's garage, where there should be another blip. Once you've found the
stand, select your rocket launcher and blow it up. Then, drive over the
Callahan Bridge into Staunton Island, and head over to the blip leading to the
park, where there should be another stand. Blow that one up w/ the rocket
launcher, and head over to the blip near the parking garage. There's another
stand, and you know what to do to take it out. After that, head south. There
should be a blip a few blocks away from Donald Love's place. Hit the stand,
which should be in front of a church, then nail the blip near it, which should
be in a courtyard with red brick about a block or two away. After you get that
stand (that should be 6 already), head towards the next blip, which should be
somewhere near the payphone you had to use for one of Asuka's previous
missions. It's in some kind of fountain area dug into the ground, you'll be
able to see it. Take that one out, and then head over to the lift bridge
leading to Shoreside Vale. Take a left onto the road leading to the airport.
Follow the road down to the stand, which should be at the top of the stairs of
that area at the end of the road. That's 8 blips with one more to go. Get out
of that area because there might be some Colombian Cartel guys and maybe even
some cops shooting at you. Follow the last blip, which is in front of the
hospital. Launch a rocket at that stand, and you get your cash prize. Try your
best to nail each stand on the first shot, and if you run out of rockets, use
grenades or Molotov cocktails. Also try not to trash your car, and if you do
blow it up, find another fast one. Try to get one hit per minute, which is made
even easier by having some stands relatively close to each other.

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| [17.2.3] "S.A.M."                                                           |
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Overview: Shoot down a plane and collect it's cargo.
Reward: $45,000.00

Head toward the blip on the radar.  This will lead you to a boat.  Take the
Rocket Launcher (next to the boat), then jump into the boat and begin to steer
it toward the blip.  It'll lead you to a buoy.  Lightly hit the buoy and you
will get a message.  Aim at the sky with your Rocket Launcher and prepare to
shoot down the plane.

As soon as you lock on to it, fire.  When the plane comes crashing down, you'll
have a Wanted Level of 4.  Steer around and pick up the packages that the plane
dropped.  Once you've collected eight packages, return to the construction
site to end the mission.

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| [17.2.4] "Ransom"                                                           |
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Overview: Bring $500,000 to the Villa at Cedar Grove.

This isn't a real mission.  Instead, you must have at least $500,000 in with
you to take to Cedar Grove in exchange for Maria's life.  Beat up people,
perform vigilante missions...do whatever it takes to get $500,000 if you don't
already have it.

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| [17.3] Missions By Ray Machowski 2                                          |
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There is only one mission that Ray gives you.

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| [17.3.1] "Marked Man"                                                       |
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Overview: Take Ray to the airport.
Reward: $20,000.00 and a bulletproof car.

When you pick up Ray, he needs to be taken to the airport to make his flight
before it leaves.  Naturally, there's a time limit, so get the fastest car you
can find and high-tail it to the airport.  Unfortunately, the bridge leading to
the airport is blocked by the CIA, so head to the Staunton Island tunnel.
Drive through the tunnel until you reach a T intersection, then turn left and
turn left again.  After exiting the tunnel, turn left, and continue straight.
You'll see the blue marker.  Pull into the marker and stop.  Ray will exit the
car, but not before giving you a key.

The clock has stopped and a new blip has appeared.  Follow this blip to Ray's
lockup.  The garage will open for you upon your arrival, and you will receive a
page from Ray.  Inside the garage is a bulletproof Patriot, a Rocket Launcher,
Sniper Rifle, Flame-Thrower, and your $20,000.00 reward.

*** ALTERNATE STRATEGIES ***

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The following strategy was sent in by Nathan:

Get into a fast car and go pick up Ray.  After you pick him up, drive down to
Donald Love's place and drive down into the subway station.  Get to the tracks
and turn right.  Make your way all the way down the tracks to the first stop,
drive up the steps and head to the checkpoint with about 30 seconds to spare.

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| [17.4] Missions By Catalina                                                 |
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There is only one mission that Catalina gives you.

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| [17.4.1] "The Exchange"                                                     |
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Overview: Go to Catalina's mansion with $500,000.00.
Reward: $1,000,000.00

Make sure you drive a fast car to Catalina's, as you'll need it.  A Cheetah,
Banshee, Infernus, Stinger, either of those will do.  When you arrive at the
compound, get out of the car and enter the blue marker.

Catalina's guards will take the money, your weapons, and will escort you into
the compound.  Catalina, just as before, has double-crossed you, and has
ordered her guards to kill you.  The cinematic will end with you punching one
of the guards.  When you have control, run over the guard and take his weapon.

Continue running toward the compound.  You'll see a guard on the right.  Kill
him, then quickly press L2 to switch targets and kill the other guard.  Once
the second guard is dead, run over him to collect his AK-47.  Do a 180 and kill
the guard quickly coming at you.  Run toward the mansion.

Take the Cartel Cruiser from the garage and make haste to the gate.  When your
out of the mansion, head east around the bend and climb the hill.  Turn left at
the next road.  Try to avoid the traffic as best as possible.  You need all the
time that's given to you.  At the end of the road turn left and follow the
curve to the right.

Around the corner you will spot a blockade of two Cartel Cruisers.  Get out of
your car, mow them down, pick up their weapons, then jump in the Cruiser that's
closest to the hill and drive down the dam road (yes, DAM, not damn).

You'll see another Cartel blockade.  Shoot one of the vehicles.  They will both
explode, killing the Colombians behind them.  Head toward the two destroyed
Cruisers, take the M-16 and shoot the Colombian standing on the cargo.  Run up
the ramp.

Emerge from behind the crates and look for the Colombian on the ground.  Shoot
him, then shoot the guy on the crates below the next building.

As you approach the second building, a cinematic will take over.  When control
is given back to you, a Barracks OL truck will try to run you over.  Quickly
go up the stairs of the second building.  Stay on top of this building until
you've taken out all the visible Cartel members, then go down and stand next to
the Barracks OL.  Grab the Flame Thrower off the Colombian here.  Head upstairs
and kill the two Colombians here.  Be careful with your aim, because Maria is
here and you don't want to hit her.  Head towards the tower in the middle and
kill the Colombian.

Take the Rocket Launcher from the east edge of the platform and target the
helicopter.  You only have two shots, so make them count.  When you get the
chopper, you've beaten the game.  Or have you?  No, you haven't.  Why?  You
still have all those extra missions to complete, or did you forget about them?
Anyway, check the sections below for details on those side missions.

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| [18] Extra Missions                                                         |
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These missions are extras, meaning you don't have to complete them to win the
game.  However, you can't score 100% completion until these missions are done,
so now that you've beat the game, go back and try your hand at the extras.

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| [19] Extra Portland Missions                                                |
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These extra missions can be found in Portland.

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| [19.1] Missions By El Burro                                                 |
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These missions are given to you by El Burro, who will always contact you at the
payphone in the park.

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| [19.1.1] "Turismo"                                                          |
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Overview: Beat the other racers.
Reward: $10,000.00

Before you get set for the race, find a Diablo Stallion.  It's the fastest car
available to you right now, and is the best one to beat the racers with.  When
you have one, head to the blip on your radar.

*** NOTE ***
To answer some questions, yes, the Banshee is faster than the Diablo Stallion.
However, I stick with the Diablo because it is more durable than the Banshee,
and can stay pretty much balanced when hit by another car.
*** NOTE ***

Once the countdown is finished, give the three racers a chance to get ahead of
you.  The drivers are crazy and will try to take each other out, giving you a
better chance.  When you get the opportunity, speed by them.

When you've finished the race (18 checkpoints), you'll get your reward if you
are in first place.  It took me 1:57 to beat them.  Send in your times and I'll
add them.

*** ALTERNATE STRATEGIES ***

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The following strategy was sent in by Daniel Cain:

Go to the garage next to 8-Ball's.  Inside you'll find a Banshee.  It can
accelerate much quicker than the Diablo, has a higher top speed, and can turn
corners great.

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