Grand Theft Auto IV: Special Vehicle FAQ
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GRAND THEFT AUTO 4 SPECIAL VEHICLE FAQ
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Author: Johnny H. H. the 4th (Lancet Jades)
Author's Homepage: http://www.evermoreforums.com/forums/index.php
Version: 3.30 (completed September 2nd, 2008)
Sites with permission to post this FAQ:
GameFAQs.com
Neoseeker.com
Gamesradar.com
Cheatplanet.com
GamersHell.com
Supercheats.com
Mycheats.com
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VERSION HISTORY
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0.10 Completed May 3rd, 2008.
Prototype edition.
0.15 Completed May 6th, 2008.
Second incomplete edition.
0.20 Completed May 7th, 2008.
Third incomplete edition. Added info on possible spoilers and about
sites who wish to use this guide.
0.25 Completed May 8th, 2008.
Fourth incomplete edition.
0.30 Completed May 9th, 2008.
Fifth incomplete edition. Removed UJ (Unjackable) and vehicles therein
from the listing of vehicles for much the same reason I didn't include
locked cars in my PS2-era guides: it's pointless. Removed a lot of
vehicles that turned out not to be special.
0.35 Completed May 9th, 2008.
Sixth incomplete edition. Changed some stuff around a bit. First
obtainable proofed entry!
0.40 Completed May 10th, 2008.
Seventh incomplete edition.
0.50 Completed May 11th, 2008.
Eigth incomplete edition.
0.60 Completed May 14th, 2008.
Ninth incomplete edition.
0.70 Completed May 16th, 2008.
Tenth incomplete edition. Identified Stockade unique vehicle!
0.80 Completed May 25th, 2008.
Getting close to the end. Renamed who gives you missions to reflect who's
mission % they count towards.
1.00 Completed May 29th, 2008.
FINALLY FINISHED THE GAME. Removed a couple vehicles, looked into MOST
vehicles in the two possible final missions. Still no obtainable proofed
vehicles.
1.05 Completed May 31st, 2008.
Thanks to people like Swift and Dmitry for helping me with confirming a
lot of the special color vehicles. Poor Lost Zombie ain't so special no
more. Added descriptions to unique color/feature vehicles. Laundromat is
also confirmed not special.
2.00 Completed June 20th, 2008.
Thanks to GTA_Loco, been discovering a LOT more new vehicles (and
confirming older ones). Thanks man, you're a terrific help! Added a
section reserved for Brucie's and Stevie's cars, because they're all
(seemingly) unique, and all available under extremely similar conditions.
Added a link to the GameFAQs topic about how to CP your vehicles! Decided
to remove the unobtainable CP vehicles from the guide, as with the method
to make them yourself, they're useless entries (like UJs were).
2.10 Completed June 25th, 2008.
Some changes and additions. Jacob's red/black Virgo is only rare, and
found the first official unobtainable that isn't CP.
2.50 Completed July 5th, 2008.
Finished Brucie's vehicle entries, and refined and searched many more
vehicles. Most work done by GTA_Loco on discovery of new vehicles.
Theory for luster vehicles occuring. It seems that those vehicles that
will have lusters have some or all of: green, red, blue, purple. This
goes for both normally available ones (the black lustered Stallion) as
well as mission-unique ones. Some have only appeared as one color, but I
hope to discover its universal, thus making their documentation much
easier.
2.80 Completed July 14th, 2008.
More info on special vehicles, some tuner cars (the extended bumper
Intruder) debunked, and more insight on lusters. More random encounter
vehicles listed, and added its own subsection in the mission list. More
info on CPing vehicles as well.
2.90 Completed August 15th, 2008.
More info again. New strategy for the Police Stockade in Tunnel of Death.
Cherry Red Hellfury is back, but Plain Red now! Still Ruff Ryder. Changed
some things and dropped a few vehicles that weren't special.
3.00 Completed August 21st, 2008.
Finally completed Stevie's car selection!!! Thanks to Anderson, found a
load more lustered vehicles circa Ray Boccinio's missions, as well as
Gerry's hostage missions. A lot of other additions and removals (such as
the chrome red Sanchez). Added the dark green Vincents from the hostage
string, as well as a green/blue Rancher in Babysitting.
3.10 Completed August 22nd, 2008.
Changes some stuff in the mission order.
3.20 Completed August 29th, 2008.
More changes and additions. Discovered a lot more lusters for various
vehicles. Various breakthroughs with luster properties. Laundromat is
back as a unique vehicle...for now. Certain breakthroughs that explain
the seemingly random Algonquin sightings have thrown it's actual rarity
into question again. A lot of Brucie's vehicles ARE unique, but just seem
normal, due to subtle differences.
3.30 Completed September 2nd, 2008.
More changes, finished analyzing Brucie's listing.
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ABOUT
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This guide is to assist those players who enjoy collecting rare or
unique vehicles. This guide lists all known proofed, special property,
unique, and even rare vehicles (which often have to be unlocked). I'd
say more, but I pretty much just summed it up. Yes, this is the same
preamble as my other guides. Copy/paste FTW.
This guide was written with the X-Box 360 version, not the PS3 version.
No differences are known as of yet, however there may be some.
This guide is NOT a "rare car" guide. Vehicles that appear rarely, but
DO appear in free roam (such as Infernus) do NOT qualify for the scope
of this guide. Only cars that have some special feature such as proofing,
special paintjob, special features, or can only be acquired via missions
are included.
CAUTION! This guide may inadvertently contain spoilers of story missions!
While this guide's scope does not really involve spoiling anything, due
to what is required of it, the potential for small spoilers, such as
names or events is present. Just keep that in mind.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1: Terms in the guide
2: Safehouses and Parking Spots
3: Everything-proofed (CP) vehicles and how to create them
4: Unique vehicles
4.1 - Roman's Taxi
4.2 - Laundromat (1st of 2)
4.3 - Police Stockade (1st of 2)
4.4 - Laundromat (2nd of 2)
4.5 - Police Stockade (2nd of 2)
4.6 - Romero's Hearse
5: Specially colored/featured vehicles
5.1 - Black Esperanto
5.2 - Beige Willard (1st of 2)
5.3 - Beige Willard (2nd of 2)
5.4 - Lustered Silver Merit
5.5 - Maroon Flatbed
5.6 - Lustered Silver Oracle
5.7 - Lustered Black Schafter w/ silver grill (1st of 2)
5.8 - Lustered Black Sultan
5.9 - Black Schafter w/ silver grill (1st of 3)
5.10 - Rich Yellow Comet
5.11 - Bright Green Infernus
5.12 - Light Blue Super GT
5.13 - Lustered Black Stallion
5.14 - Yellow Patriot (1st of 3)
5.15 - Beige and Fuschia Voodoo
5.16 - Yellow Patriot (2nd of 3)
5.17 - Metallic Red/Green/Blue Cavalcade w/ dark rims
5.18 - Yellow Patriot (3rd of 3)
5.19 - Dark Gray Sabre GT w/ black stripe
5.20 - Plain Red Hellfury
5.21 - Lustered Black Sentinel w/ black rims
5.22 - Lustered Silver Banshee w/ black stripe
5.23 - Black "Mafia" PMP 600 w/ hybrid grill
5.24 - White "Mafia" PMP 600 w/ hybrid grill
5.25 - Lustered Contender
5.26 - Green and Blue Rancher
5.27 - Chrome Red Biff
5.28 - Black Schafter w/ silver grill (2nd of 3)
5.29 - Pink Feltzer
5.30 - Dark Green Vincent (1st of 2)
5.31 - Lustered "Mafia" PMP 600 (1st of 2)
5.32 - Lustered Tuner Sentinel (1st of 2)
5.33 - Dark Green Vincent (2nd of 2)
5.34 - Lustered Black Schafter w/ silver grill (2nd of 2)
5.35 - Lustered "Mafia" PMP 600 (2nd of 2)
5.36 - Lustered Black Coquette
5.37 - Lustered "Mafia" PMP 600 w/ hybrid grill (1st of 2)
5.38 - Lustered Silver Comet
5.39 - Lustered Black SuperGT
5.40 - Gold or Orange Infernus w/ black side stripe
5.41 - Lustered Black Lokus
5.42 - Chrome Red Sanchez
5.43 - Black Schafter w/ silver grill (3rd of 3)
5.44 - Lustered "Mafia" PMP 600 w/ hybrid grill (2nd of 2)
5.45 - Lustered Tuner Sentinel (2nd of 2)
5.46 - Pitch Black Huntley Sport
5.47 - Silver Banshee w/ black stripe (1st of 2)
5.48 - White Cognoscenti
5.49 - Beater Emperor w/ green roof
5.50 - Silver Banshee w/ black stripe (2nd of 2)
6: Unobtainable special vehicles
6.1 - Black Schafter w/ silver grill
6.2 - Speedo w/ flat-screens
6.3 - BP/FP Roman's Taxi
6.4 - Lowrider Patriot
6.5 - Blista Compact w/ body in back
7: Rare vehicles
7.1 - Police Maverick
7.2 - Red and Black Virgo
7.3 - Black and Gold Huntley Sport
7.4 - Deep Red PMP 600
7.5 - Deep Red Patriot
7.6 - Deep Red Presidente
7.7 - Annihilator
8: Brucie and Stevie cars
Brucie's Exotic Exports (ALL UNIQUE):
Banshee
Cavalcade
Feltzer
Intruder
NRG 900
Patriot
PCJ 600
PMP 600
Sabre GT
Sanchez
Stevie's text message cars:
Banshee (CONFIRMED)
Bobcat (NOT UNIQUE)
Buccaneer
Cavalcade (CONFIRMED)
Cogniscenti (CONFIRMED)
Comet (CONFIRMED)
Contender
Coquette
DF8-90 (CONFIRMED)
Dilletante (CONFIRMED)
Dukes
Faggio (NOT UNIQUE)
Freeway (CONFIRMED)
Huntley Sport (CONFIRMED)
Infernus (CONFIRMED)
Intruder (CONFIRMED)
Manana
Moonbeam
NRG 900
Patriot (CONFIRMED)
PMP 600
Rancher
Rebla (CONFIRMED)
Sabre GT (CONFIRMED)
Sentinel (CONFIRMED)
Sultan (CONFIRMED)
SuperGT
Turismo (CONFIRMED)
Voodoo (CONFIRMED)
Washington (NOT UNIQUE)
9: Unconfirmed vehicles
9.1 - Bright Blue Primo
9.2 - Bright Red Primo
10: Mission list
11: Frequently Asked Questions
12: Contact info
13: Credits
14: Boilerplate
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*1* TERMS IN THE GUIDE
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This is a listing of all the special terms used in this guide.
Lustered - Lustered vehicles are black or silver, and have a "luster" to
it, a color that can only be seen from certain angles in certain light
(not darkness, but not direct sunlight...try shadows in the day). They
normally look black otherwise. It seems that silver lustered vehicles
have a smaller chance of actually having a luster in the mission
(meaning they appear normally, without a luster, more often).
Black lustered vehicles can be red, green, blue, purple, or yellow. On
the other hand, silver lustered vehicles can only be red, green, or
blue. Some black lustered vehicles can be found in normal traffic (such
as Stallion and Sentinel). The lusters in traffic seem limited to green
or purple, however, leaving blue, yellow, and red as unique. No lustered
silver vehicles are found in traffic.
LUSTER TABLE: A table of all known lusters for vehicles. It is likely all
luster colors are available for all vehicles, but no one has yet found
the others, and until they do, they will not be listed. This is only
for vehicles that have lusters only obtainable from missions (e.g.,
those that are within the scope of this guide).
Merit (silver) - Red
Sultan - Red, Blue, Green, Purple, Yellow
Schafter - Red, Yellow
Oracle (silver) - Red, Green
Stallion - Red, Blue, Green, Yellow
Contender - Blue, Green
Sentinel - Red, Blue, Green, Yellow
Banshee (silver) - Red, Blue, Green
Comet (silver) - Red, Blue, Green
PMP 600 - Red, Blue, Green, Purple, Yellow
Coquette - Red, Blue, Green, Purple, Yellow
SuperGT - Red, Yellow
Lokus - Red, Blue, Green, Purple
BP - Bulletproof. This vehicle will not take damage from bullets. Windows
cannot be damaged, and shots will not count towards the car being
destroyed. Unlike the previous GTAs, tires are apparently also immune to
being popped by gunfire.
FP - Fireproof. This vehicle will not catch fire or otherwise take damage
from molotovs. Tires can still catch fire unfortunately.
EP - Explosionproof. This car is immune to explosive damage, such as
from grenades, rocket launchers, or exploding cars. Does not stop the
car itself from exploding if somehow critically damaged.
DP - Damageproof. This car cannot be damaged by bashing it around (into
other cars, walls, etc.) or by melee attacks (unproven). The car will
still take cosmetic damage, such as dents and scrapes (even to the point
of impeding functions, such as a wheel well being destroyed).
CP - Comprehensiveproof. This combines the qualities of bulletproof,
fireproof, explosionproof, and damageproof.
UJ - Unjackable. Now that even locked cars can be jacked by breaking the
windows, UJ means that Niko will simply refuse to break the windows and
get in. Even breaking the windows anyways, he still refuses to open the
doors.
Beater - A rustbucket. One of the rusty, falling-apart cars that
occasionally spawn. Used in the first nine levels of the Little Jacob's
drug delivery missions.
Jack - To jack a vehicle means to steal it. This is probably not a
necessary entry, but I figured I'd add it just in case.
Unique - This vehicle is unique and found in story missions only, or other
limited-time availability missions, and thus can be missed altogether.
Hybrid Grill - This is a rather specialized term. Some PMP 600s in a few
missions (check the vehicle list for which have it) have a special
"hybrid" style grill not seen with other PMP 600s. It is called hybrid
because it's a cross between the normal grill (a lot of vertical bars),
and the "Mafia" PMP 600 grill (a few vertical bars with a mesh backing).
The hybrid grill has a lot of vertical bars and the mesh backing.
So far, the PMP 600 is the only vehicle known to have a completely
different grill used only in story mission vehicles (with no pattern at
that).
Tuner - A "tuner" car is a special modified version of the vehicle,
usually adding spoilers and other modifications. These often come in
only one color. They still have the same name as the base vehicle, so a
tuner Sentinel is still labeled "Sentinel" in the game. A lot of tuner
cars in this game are NOT "unique," but found randomly on the street
(albeit rare at times), and thus will not be included in this guide
unless otherwise warranted.
Rare - This is used in the guide as an "unlockable" vehicle.
Unlockable - This term in my guide denotes a vehicle that is only
infinitely available either through story missions and/or by unlocking it
at some point through the story, whether by completing a mission,
finishing a side mission, or even a vehicle that is only available during
a side mission, but is repeatedly available by doing the mission over and
over at your leisure.
Unobtainable - A vehicle that, for whatever reason, cannot be obtained
and/or stored with its properties.
NOTE: During some missions, AI drivers that you chase are given "super"
stats: speed, acceleration, turning, etc, designed to ensure that you
cannot catch up to them until the game deems it okay (usually involves
the target reaching their destination intact). If you are in danger of
catching up or passing them (or if you take a shortcut to do so), they
hyper-accelerate to stay in the lead. They also tend to slow down and
"wait" for you if you fall too far behind, although they never stop
completely. This goes along with the fact such chases are usually
scripted.
Discovered by - This is not necessarily the first person to discover
a vehicle, but rather the first person to report it to me. I will add
the original discoverer if I'm able to determine who originally found it,
however.
Description - A description of unique color/feature vehicles and WHY they
are unique.
Formulated by - This is who informed me of the strategy to obtain the
vehicle. Vehicles that were pointed out to be, but where I was given no
strategy to obtain it often lead to me developing the strategy, although
most will have the same entry for Discovered and Formulated by.
NOTE: Vehicles that are given to you (such as the Rich Yellow Comet) have
no strategy credits listed, as it is too simple to warrant credit. In
addition to this, I no longer list who created strategies when a vehicle
is easy to see and is made clear to you, such as if a target in a
mission drives it, meaning you must shoot them out. If anything more is
needed, including mission failure, credit will be mentioned however.
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*2* SAFEHOUSES AND PARKING SPOTS
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Places to store vehicles. When you load a game, all stored vehicles are
restored to top condition and health. Even destroyed vehicles will be
repaired, so long as you get the carcass of the vehicle into the spot.
Even Helicopters may be saved in parking spots. Each spot can hold two
vehicles maximum. Any more than two get deleted.
More than two cars can be stored in a parking spot on a temporary basis,
however. It will retain 3+ cars normally, however whenever you save and
reload the game, you will find only two cars remaining, chosen randomly
from any that were "in the space" at the time of saving.
It was brought to my attention by Matt J that a viable strategy for most
vehicles in missions is to park it in a parking spot, then commit
suicide. This will fail the mission and the vehicle will stay.
Parking spots are active from the very start of the game, even if you
haven't acquired that property (or lose it, or never obtain it).
Roman's Apartment, Mohawk Ave., Hove Beach (Broker)
-Unlocked after The Cousins Bellic, lost after Roman's Sorrow
Mallorie's Apartment, Joliet St., South Bohan (Bohan)
-Unlocked after Roman's Sorrow
Roman's New Apartment, Albany Ave., Middle Park East (Algonquin)
-Unlocked after Hostile Negotiation
Playboy X's Mansion, Xenotime St., Northwood (Algonquin)
-Unlocked after The Holland Play (choose Playboy X)
Ray's Apartment, Mahesh Ave., Alderney City (Alderney)
-Unlocked after Smackdown
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*3* EVERYTHING-PROOFED (CP) VEHICLES AND HOW TO CREATE THEM
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Credit goes to noisyassassin, GTA_Loco, and people in this topic:
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=933037&topic=43464167
COMPREHENSIVEPROOF VEHICLES
Dating with any of the girlfriends.
In the previous series of GTA, this type of comprehensive armoring would
only be assigned to a single or a few of the vehicles involved in a given
main story mission.
GTA4 however introduces a different twist on this, in that you can
actually unlimitedly “manufacture” or create this type of armoring on
practically any type of vehicle that you desire to be CP.
The trick itself of unlimitedly creating some armoring on a vehicle isn’t
new at all given that in San Andreas and Vice City Stories you can
basically do the same. However, in those series you can bestow on a
vehicle only one or a couple of rather insignificant armoring, namely
Explosionproof in VCS and EP/FP in San Andreas, whereas in GTA4 you can
create the best type of armoring that you can have.
You don’t even have to do any main story missions to perform this, as
what it would involve only is to date any of your girlfriends whenever
any or all of them is/are available already. This rather unimportant
activity in the game and one that was largely ignored in SA now has a
crucial role in providing you with comprehensiveproof vehicles that can
be of valuable use useful for you.
Your first opportunity to date a girlfriend will be with Michelle, right
after the mission “First Date”. Eventually, when you have logged online,
you will be able to meet Carmen, Alex, and Kiki also. Much later on as you
unlock the characters of the McReary brothers, Kate, another girlfriend
will also appear.
STRATEGY
Prior to dating your girlfriend, you must have a pistol, submachinegun, or
grenades.
The trick here is to scare your girlfriend while she’s with you in the
car that will lead her to abandon your date. This is what will make the
vehicle you’re using to become CP. For whatever reasons, this armoring
will be acquired by the vehicle after your girfriend has dumped you.
Except for Michelle, you don’t need to have a successful date first with
the others before you can make the trick work.
So to make a CP vehicle then, you must call on any of your available
girlfriend and arrange for a date. Or if anyone of them calls you, go out
with her. Now choose any type of vehicle that you’d like to make CP and
drive over to your girlfriend’s place. Once she’s onboard already and
you’re supposedly on your way to a place, just fire a single shot to scare
her. After the cut scene where it shows your girlfriend abandoning you,
the vehicle you’re driving will become CP. Just save it in your parking
spot afterwards.
This is the only way found so far to make a vehicle CP. If you scare your
girlfriend in any other ways, your vehicle will remain normal. Try to
space out your failed dates also, so as not to have any difficulty in
inviting her to go out again should you wish to CP more vehicles.
However, there may be times when this trick wouldn’t work with certain
types of vehicles. It may be a case of glitch or the armoring can’t simply
be bestowed on those vehicles.
Take note however that Michelle will be gone for good after you’ve
completed the mission “Snow Storm." Additionally, Kate will be
unavailable after the final mission, regardless of whether you choose
Deal or Revenge. The only ones that can be dated again are the internet
ones Carmen, Alex, and Kiki.
Related to this, there's actually one more way to scare a girfriend and
that is either to bump her moderately with whatever vehicle you're using,
or in the case of the Annihilator, shoot at her before she gets onboard
but without killing her. Hitting her with a few rounds will scare her
too, freeze your movement and allow her to get onboard your vehicle.
After the cutscene transpires, your vehicle will be CPed.
NOTE: If you attempt to do Police side-missions with a CP'd vehicle, it
will remove its proofings. You can always re-apply them afterwards, but
just be aware that you can't use them during the mission.
NOTE 2: These vehicles seem prone to vanishing from parking spots while
saving them. Be aware you may need to attempt it multiple times to
acquire all properties, or to successfully save the properties.
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*4* UNIQUE VEHICLES
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These vehicles only appear during story missions, and once the game is
completed, cannot be acquired without cheating.
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4.1 - Roman's Taxi
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Missions: The Cousins Bellic, It's Your Call, Bleed Out, Easy Fare,
Jamaican Heat, Roman's Sorrow
Difficulty: *
Required: Some mission failure or high Roman like stat (60%+)
Discovered by: Common knowledge (Swift helped with identifying it as
unique)
Strategy: Just keep the one you can summon using Roman's friendship perk,
although several of the listed missions leave you with a free one upon
completion. You also use this during Roman's taxi missions.
NOTE: It is missable because after Hostile Negotiation, a Cavalcade will
come for you instead of a Roman's Taxi when you call for a taxi, and you
can no longer complete Roman's Taxi missions after a certain point, and
even then, once you complete 10 taxi missions, they become unavailable
anyways.
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4.2 - Laundromat (1st of 2)
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Mission: Hung Out to Dry (Vlad Glebov)
Difficulty: *
Required: Mission failure
Discovered by: Common knowledge
Strategy: This is the van driven by the laundromat owner. Instead of
going to the front of the building, go around back and get inside. When
Niko breaks the window to get in, you'll fail the mission for scaring
the dry cleaner. Just drive it to a parking spot. There is no way to
obtain this one without mission failure, so just go for the other one.
NOTE: This vehicle can appear randomly on the streets, but ONLY if you
are driving one yourself. It is thus still unique, as unless you obtain
it in the missions it is available in, you won't see one elsewhere.
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4.3 - Police Stockade (1st of 2)
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Mission: Three Leaf Clover (Patrick McReary)
Diffculty: Impossible
Required: Mission failure, a heavy vehicle, and huge cojones
Discovered by: Helped by Metzger0528
Strategy: Two of these barricade the streets after you escape the bank.
The problem is they are unjackable entirely. Even if you fail the mission,
they will be unjackable. The only alternative is to push them to a
parking spot afterwards. The problem? You keep that 5-star wanted level
after failing the mission, so you'd have to push it with 5 stars. It's
technically doable (hence why it's in this section), but don't count on
succeeding. Just grab the next one available. The major kicker is, you
can't escape the 5-star level first, otherwise the trucks will vanish
when you return to push it back.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
NOTE: The above strategy is purely theory. Don't blame me if you attempt
it and it fails, as the Tunnel of Death one (listed below) is much easier,
regardless of what method you use.
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4.4 - Laundromat (2nd of 2)
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Mission: Meltdown (Ray Boccino)
Difficulty: ** or *
Required: Nothing (mission failure unless you're fast)
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Strategy 1: During the chase, the traffic that appears is scripted (like
in all chases). When you reach Hematite St., there will be a line of cars
waiting for the light (ignored, of course, by your targets). In this
lineup is a Laundromat truck. If you keep up with the target's car, just
get out of your vehicle, jack the Laundromat, and finish the mission with
it instead (see 5.21 - Lustered Silver Banshee w/ black stripe for tips
on how to make sure you keep the Laundromat post-mission.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
Strategy 2: Basically the same as one, except drive the Laundromat right
to a parking spot, failing the mission. Much easier to pull off.
NOTE: This vehicle can appear randomly on the streets, but ONLY if you
are driving one yourself. It is thus still unique, as unless you obtain
it in the missions it is available in, you won't see one elsewhere.
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4.5 - Police Stockade (2nd of 2)
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Mission: Tunnel of Death (Derrick McReary)
Diffculty: ** (***** if you want to get it without mission failure)
Required: Probably mission failure
Discovered by: Chris Allen
Strategy 1: It may be possible to push the Stockade back to a parking
spot using a heavy vehicle (or vehicles, if the first one incurs too much
damage), while keeping the car close enough not to fail, if failure means
that much to you. This is done once you arrive at the switch-over car
later in the mission, at which time the Stockade becomes UJ. Be careful,
after hitting the truck enough times, you'll likely incur a wanted level.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
NOTE: The above strategy has now been confirmed to work, so use it if
you don't want to fail the mission or commit suicide to obtain it.
Strategy 2: Once in the Police Stockade and cleared of your wanted level,
drive to a parking spot and blow it up using a grenade (a rocket may
blow it off the spot). You can also shoot the engine until it explodes
(this is the safest option). Quickly run inside and sabve the game, and
it should still be there. Parking spots tend to eat destroyed cars, so
time is of the essence.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades and Matt J
Strategy 3: As the mission takes off in the Booth Tunnel, Packie gets out
of the Biff opposite you and runs behind a patrol car parked behind the
Stockade. Just run up to him before you kill off all of the guards, and
shoot him until he dies. You will fail the mission and get the "Packie
is Dead" message, but the truck will stay in place and you'll probably
only have a 1-star wanted level. You can then just drive the truck to a
nearby parking spot.
Formulated by: Metzger0528
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4.6 - Romero's Hearse
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Mission: Undertaker (Francis McReary)
Diffculty: ***
Required: Nothing / Mission failure
Discovered by: Neo
Strategy 1: This vehicle first appears at the start of the mission as the
Hearse parked outside the church. It is UJ at this point though. You can
either go after it and jack it after finishing the mission, or if you
don't want to bother and don't mind failing, drive it to a parking spot
when you get to drive it, and then shoot Packie.
Formulated by: Neo
Strategy 2: If you choose to try and wrest it from the driver post-mission,
shoot at the vehicle. There's a good chance the driver will get scared and
abandon the vehicle, leaving you free to take it (the other cars seem to
be UJ after the mission, at least before they're spooked). Watch out for
cops when getting it, though.
Formulated by: Neo
Strategy 3: Simply run after the Romero after the mission. If you killed
Francis, it will turn left, heading to a dead end where it u-turns. Block
it with another car (taken from the cemetary parking lot), and jack it.
If you killed Derrick, the Romero will be right next to you after the
cutscene. Just quickly run up to it and jack it.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
NOTE: This vehicle can appear randomly on the streets, but ONLY if you
are driving one yourself. It is thus still unique, as unless you obtain
it in the mission it is available in, you won't see one elsewhere.
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*5* SPECIALLY COLORED/FEATURED VEHICLES
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These vehicles all have some special color of feature that the vehicle
usually does not have. For possible luster colors of lustered vehicles,
consult the luster table in the terms section.
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5.1 - Black Esperanto
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Mission: Free Roam
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: GTA_Loco
Description: An Esperanto with a flat black paintjob not otherwise
available.
Strategy: Found inside Roman's cab depot, either with or without a driver.
Just jack it and drive it to a parking spot. However, your last chance to
get this vehicle is before the mission Roman's Sorrow, as the depot is
burned down during the mission.
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5.2 - Beige Willard (1st of 2)
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Mission: It's Your Call (Roman Bellic)
Difficulty: *
Required: Mission failure
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Description: This is just a Willard with a beige paintjob.
Strategy: This is the car the Albanian loan sharks drive, and is UJ. Smash
the window or otherwise attack the loan sharks to fail the mission, then
simply drive it back to your apartment's parking space, as it loses UJ
after the mission has been failed.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.3 - Beige Willard (2nd of 2)
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Mission: Bleed Out (Roman Bellic)
Difficulty: ** or *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Description: This is just a Willard with a beige paintjob.
Strategy 1: Again, the Albanians use this car. Dardan drives off in this,
but once killed you can claim the vehicle yourself. You'll have to drive
it and Roman's Taxi back and forth from wherever you claim it to your
safehouse if you want to pass the mission, however. It is UJ before the
chase, so you can't jack it then.
Strategy 2: If you don't care about mission failure, just fail the
mission at the beginning by killing Roman and drive it back easily.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.4 - Lustered Silver Merit
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Mission: First Date (Roman Bellic)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: ??? (If you're the one who emailed me about the "red-tinted
Merit in First Date" a few months ago, let me know!)
Description: This is a silver Merit with a luster to it.
Strategy 1: This is Michelle's car, the one you drive during the mission.
Just keep it intact and park it after finishing the mission.
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5.5 - Maroon Flatbed
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Mission: Rigged to Blow (Mikhail Faustin)
Difficulty: *
Required: Mission failure
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Description: A normal Flatbed in dump truck mode. It is a dull maroon
color.
Strategy: This is the truck with the bomb. To save it, park it at your
safehouse parking spot and shoot at it until it blows up (it should only
take 3-4 shots maximum). Quickly go save the game, then reload. The
truck should be waiting for you, all shiny and new (even though it was
dirty in the mission).
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.6 - Lustered Silver Oracle
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Mission: Easy As Can Be (Brucie Kibbutz)
Difficulty: *
Required: Mission failure
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Description: This is a silver Oracle with a luster to it.
Strategy: This is the Oracle Brucie has dispatched you to collect for
him. The only way to get this is to fail the mission. Just leave it in a
parking spot, then drive far enough away for the mission to fail.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.7 - Lustered Black Schafter w/ silver grill (1st of 2)
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Mission: Easy As Can Be (Brucie Kibbutz)
Difficulty: ***
Required: Nothing (Mission failure for drastically easier task)
Discovered by: Lancet Jades (help from GTA_Loco)
Description: This is a normal black Schafter with black rims, except
that it has a silver grill as opposed to the normal black grill. It also
has a luster.
Strategy 1: Follow the mission as normal up until you get in the Rivas'
car. When the Schafter appears in the alley after the cutscene, kill the
driver and claim the car. Carefully drive the car along with Rivas' car
back to your Hove Beach parking spot, park the Schafter, and finish the
mission. Alternatively, you can push the Schafter with the Oracle (or
vice versa). Just be careful, as in this game, you seem to get a star
after pushing one vehicle with another too much (reckless driving or
something). Long pushes where you maintain contact seem to be okay, but
try to avoid having to re-hit the car you're pushing too much. A mix of
these two strategies seems to work the best.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
Strategy 2: Same as strategy 1, except just fail the mission by driving
the Schafter back to Hove Beach. When you go far enough away from the
Oracle you're supposed to take to Brucie, the mission will fail.
Formulated by: GTA_Loco and Lancet Jades
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5.8 - Lustered Black Sultan
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Mission: Easy As Can Be (Brucie Kibbutz)
Difficulty: ***
Required: Nothing (Mission failure for drastically easier task)
Discovered by: GTA_Loco
Description: This is a black Sultan with a luster. Both varieties (hood
scoop and no scoop) are available.
Strategies: See 5.5 - Lustered Black Schafter w/ silver grill's
strategies. Sometimes a normal black Sultan (or two) appear, so you may
have to restart the mission several times to find the color(s) you
desire. Unlike the Schafter, two Sultans come after you after you leave
the alley. One is parned outside the nearby exit, and the other drives
in quickly after you leave.
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5.9 - Black Schafter w/ silver grill (1st of 3)
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Mission: The Master and the Molotov (Mikhail Faustin)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades w/ help from Coyote
Description: This is a normal black Schafter with black rims, except
that it has a silver grill as opposed to the normal black grill.
Strategy: This is Mikhail's car. Drive it from the club back to a parking
spot, then return and finish the mission.
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5.10 - Rich Yellow Comet
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Mission: No. 1 (Brucie Kibbutz)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Description: The yellow of this Comet is much richer and brighter than
a Comet's normal yellow color.
Strategy: This car is used in the street race. It is the same car as the
DP Comet, so obtaining it is the same: simply keep it after the mission.
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5.11 - Bright Green Infernus
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Mission: No. 1 (Brucie Kibbutz)
Difficulty: ****
Required: Mission failure
Discovered by: GTA_Loco
Description: This is a bright green colored Infernus. Such bright colors
are not otherwise available on the Infernus.
Strategy: You must fail the race to be able to obtain this car. Winning
it would delete all your competitors, so you won’t be able to find this
anymore afterwards. Complete the mission up to where you begin the race,
but don't enter the marker. Find another vehicle (preferably a big one,
such as an SUV), and park it near your Comet. Shoot Brucie, killing him
and failing the mission.
Next, get into the vehicle you fetched, and drive at the Infernus, trying
to flip it over. Once flipped, the driver will flee. Proceed to flip it
back onto its wheels, and then push it to the Hove Beach safehouse using
the heavy vehicle you got. Be careful not to attract a wanted level
during the push, or the police will make life difficult.
Make sure you fail the mission by killing Brucie, otherwise he will drive
you back to his house after failing. And if you don't force the other
driver from his car, or kill him (after Brucie), the car will vanish even
if you reach the parking spot. Not to mention he may try and drive away.
To help avoid a wanted level for shooting Brucie, get one star before
shooting him, then do so. When the mission ends, your star will be lost,
the shots that killed him counting towards the level beforehand.
Formulated by: GTA_Loco
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5.12 - Light Blue Super GT
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Mission: No. 1 (Brucie Kibbutz)
Difficulty: ****
Required: Mission failure
Discovered by: GTA_Loco
Description: This is a light blue colored Super GT. Normally only darker
blues are available for it.
Strategy: See 5.10 - Bright Green Infernus's strategy.
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5.13 - Lustered Black Stallion
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Mission: Escuela of the Streets (Manny Escuela)
Difficulty: *
Required: Mission failure
Discovered by: Common knowledge
Description: This Stallion is black with a luster. Lusters seem
particularly easy to see on this car.
Strategy: This is the vehicle used by the drug dealers. If damaged, you
will fail the mission. The only way to work this out though is to take
it after reaching the destination (but before infiltrating the warehouse).
Drive it to a parking spot and accept the mission failure.
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5.14 - Yellow Patriot (1st of 3)
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Mission: Blow Your Cover (Elizabeta Torres)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Description: A Patriot that is colored yellow. It does not have an
American flag design on the side, and no other features (such as roof
lights).
Strategy: This vehicle is provided for you parked outside as soon as the
mission begins. Simply park it in a parking spot and proceed with the
mission as you please.
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5.15 - Beige and Fuschia Voodoo
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Mission: Have a Heart (Elizabeta Torres)
Difficulty: **
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Jesse Giramma and confirmed by GTA_Loco
Description: This is a normal Voodoo with a beige-colored body, and a
fuschia strip along the side. The fuschia color is special for this car -
no other Voodoos have it.
Strategy: Knock the car around enough that the trunk is open, then drive
on uneven roads, over mounds, or off a jump. The bodies will fly out and
you will pass the mission (although without getting the reward money).
Formulated by: GTA_Loco
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5.16 - Yellow Patriot (2nd of 3)
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Mission: Deconstruction for Beginners (Playboy X)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Description: A Patriot that is colored yellow. It does not have an
American flag design on the side, and no other features (such as roof
lights).
Strategy: This vehicle is provided for you parked outside as soon as the
mission begins. It is even parked in Playboy X's parking spot, so just
leave it and it'll stay there.
NOTE: It will ONLY appear if the west half of the parking spot is clear.
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5.17 - Metallic Red/Green/Blue Cavalcade w/ dark rims
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Mission: Deconstruction for Beginners (Playboy X)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: -Morbid-
Description: This Cavalcade is otherwise normal, with varying metallic
colorings (red, green, and blue). It also has dark-tinted rims as opposed
to either the normal silver (or gold, for the tuner red Cavalcade) rims.
Strategy 1: This vehicle is the one Playboy X has the weapons stocked in.
After getting in and retrieving the weapons, get back in and drive it to
a parking spot, then proceed with the mission.
Formulated by: -Morbid-
Strategy 2: There is another of these dark-rimmed Cavalcades parked
inside the actual construction site. One of the guards falls on top of it
when/if you snipe him at the start. After clearing the area, but before
finishing the mission, drive it to a safehouse. It's probably easier to
just get Playboy X's Cavalcade though.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.18 - Yellow Patriot (3rd of 3)
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Mission: Photo Shoot (Playboy X)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Description: A Patriot that is colored yellow. It does not have an
American flag design on the side, and no other features (such as roof
lights).
Strategy: This vehicle is provided for you parked outside as soon as the
mission begins. It is even parked in Playboy X's parking spot, so just
leave it and it'll stay there.
NOTE: It will ONLY appear if the west half of the parking spot is clear.
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5.19 - Dark Gray Sabre GT w/ black stripe
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Mission: Photo Shoot (Playboy X)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: GTA_Loco
Description: This car is a dark gray color with a black stripe, similar
to the gray/black Banshee.
Strategy: When you arrive at the location of your target, take a picture
of him and send it to Playboy X. Take out the guy when instructed by
Playboy X, and then get in the Sabre Turbo and drive it to your parking
spot after you successfully complete the mission.
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5.20 - Plain Red Hellfury
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Mission: Ruff Rider
Difficulty: **
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Several people, but finally confirmed
Description: An on-again-off-again entry, this Hellfury is red. While
others are also red, the "normal" red is a metallic red, while this is a
plain, glossy red, with no metallic aspect to it. VERY similar to the
normal red, thus making it very difficult to spot, even in direct
comparison.
Strategy: Jayvon rides this bike during the chase. Simply ram him off
using a car/truck, or shoot him off while on the bike provided at the
start of the chase. Pick up the money, then get on the bike and drive to
meet Dwayne at the Cluckin' Bell, finishing the mission, then take it to
a parking spot.
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5.21 - Lustered Black Sentinel w/ black rims
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Mission: Wrong is Right (U.L. Paper)
Difficulty: ***
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: GTA_Loco
Description: This car is a black Sentinel with black rims. Normal
lustered Sentinels have silver rims.
Strategy: This is the car Oleg uses during the chase. The same tactics
apply as other vehicles used by the chasee, namely shoot them through the
window whenever you get the chance, so the mission is over, and you can
retrieve the car afterwards (hopefully not too damaged to even make it
to a parking spot). The higher difficulty on this is because Oleg puts
up a better (and faster) chase than most, making claiming the vehicle
without destroying it a bit harder.
Formulated by: GTA_Loco
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5.22 - Lustered Silver Banshee w/ black stripe
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Mission: Meltdown (Ray Boccino)
Difficulty: **
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Brendan Mills / Jesse Giramma / Anderson (luster)
Description: This is a Banshee with a gray color and a black center
stripe. This comes in both hard top and convertable varities (randomly
chosen). Lusters on this car tend to be very difficult to see, even
moreso than lusters normally are. Best light seems to be around noon on
a sunny day.
Strategy: Niko automatically jacks this vehicle after the cutscene at
the first destination. Simply drive it to a parking spot when you are
supposed to meet Ray at the bridge - no mission failure necessary. Just
make sure to reach that point with it intact.
Formulated by: Brendan Mills / Jesse Giramma
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5.23 - Black "Mafia" PMP 600 w/ hybrid grill
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Mission: Museum Piece (Ray Boccino)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Swift (black) and Anderson (white)
Description: This is a normal looking Mafia PMP 600 (gloss black coloring,
and a small spoiler on the rear), except that it has a hybrid grill. The
description of the hybrid grill can be found in the list of terms in an
earlier section.
Strategy 1: These cars are parked outside of the Museum in various places.
When you exit the building, shoot the guards near them and jack one,
using it to escape the area and pass the mission, then park it at a
safehouse. There are a total of four around the museum.
Formulated by: Swift
Strategy 2: Instead of waiting until the end, jack a car at the start and
park it, then complete the mission.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.24- White "Mafia" PMP 600 w/ hybrid grill
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Mission: Museum Piece (Ray Boccino)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Swift (black) and Anderson (white)
Description: This is the same as the Black "Mafia" PMP 600 with hybrid
grill, except that it is gloss white instead of black. This makes it an
all-around better prize.
Strategy 1: These cars are parked outside of the Museum in various places,
most of which are to the sides and behind the museum. They're harder to
get to when escaping the building, but you should still be able to run to
one and jack it. There are a total of four around the museum.
Formulated by: Swift
Strategy 2: Instead of waiting until the end, jack a car at the start and
park it, then complete the mission.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.25 - Lustered Contender
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Mission: Smackdown (Derrick McReary)
Difficulty: ***
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: GTA_Loco
Decription: A black contender with a flat back (both smooth and rough
versions) and a luster.
Strategy 1: The target, Bucky, drives this truck. Follow him to his hosue,
then take out all the targets. After cleaning up, get in the truck and
lose your wanted level to pass the mission, then drive to a parking spot
at your leisure.
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5.26 - Green and Blue Rancher
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Mission: Babysitting (Derrick McReary)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Decription: This Rancher is a pickup variety. The top section is green,
with the middle being blue, and the bottom panels black.
Strategy 1: This truck can be seen in the ending cutscene of the mission.
After you're deposited at the top of the stairs after it's over, go back
down, and you'll find this truck waiting for you on the docks.
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5.27 - Chrome Red Biff
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Mission: Tunnel of Death (Derrick McReary)
Difficulty: *
Required: Mission failure (Strategy 2 may not require failure)
Discovered by: GTA_Loco
Decription: A solid red Biff, basically. It can come in all the various
forms of the Biff. Packie drives this in the mission at the start.
Strategy 1: When you blockade the police convoy, kill all the police, and
when instructed to drive the police van, get in the red Biff instead and
just drive away from the scene. This will fail the mission for leaving
Packie behind, and despite failing, your wanted level will be cleared. Do
not fail the mission in any other way! If you do this, your wanted level
will remain, making your job much harder. You will also keep your wanted
level if you don't kill all the police in the tunnel during the fight. Just
drive to a parking spot and leave the truck.
Formulated by: GTA_Loco
Strategy 2: Once in the Police Stockade, do a U-Turn near your own truck
and exit the tunnel in the other direction. If lucky, you can lose your
level by the end. Then turn around again and return to the site of the
shootout. The Biff may be there still. If it is, drive it alternating
with the Stockade until you reach your Alderney parking spot. Park the
Biff, and finish the mission.
Formualted by: Lancet Jades
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5.28 - Black Schafter w/ silver grill (2nd of 3)
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Mission: Undertaker (Francis McReary)
Difficulty: **
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Decription: This is a normal black Schafter with black rims, except
that it has a silver grill as opposed to the normal black grill.
Strategy 1: The first group of Albanians show up in this car (it's present
at the start of the shootout). After dispatching all waves of Albanians
(including the unmarked car that attacks once you get in the Hearse),
alternate driving this car and the Hearse to a parking spot. Park this
car, then drive the Hearse to the cemetary.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
Strategy 2: Simply drive this Schafter to a parking spot right away.
You'll fail the mission for abandoning Packie (or killing him, if you
choose to do that instead), and then restart the mission to finish it,
leaving this at a parking spot.
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5.29 - Pink Feltzer
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Mission: ...I'll Take Her (Gerald McReary)
Difficulty: ***
Required:
Discovered by: guitarmasterpwn
Decription: A bright pink Feltzer. It is always a convertable, not
covered.
Strategy 1: You drive this car during the mission. While you can always
fail the mission by shooting the girl and drive it to a parking spot, you
can also shoot the guy after the mission and claim the car yourself that
way.
Formulated by: guitarmasterpwn
Strategy 2: Alternatively simply fail the mission somehow, such as
shooting the girl. Much easier than the above strategy, but (obviously)
requires mission failure.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.30 - Dark Green Vincent (1st of 2)
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Mission: She's a Keeper (Gerald McReary)
Difficulty: *
Required: Mission failure
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Description: This is a dark green colored Vincent with dark rims.
Strategy: This is the vehicle you drive Gracie to the new safehouse in.
Go park it at a parking spot, then fail the mission somehow (shoot at
the car until it catches fire, or bash it up). Once it catches fire,
you'll get the mission fail notice. Quickly go and save the game, then
reload. The Vincent should be sitting in your parking spot intact.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.31 - Lustered "Mafia" PMP 600 (1st of 2)
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Mission: She's a Keeper (Gerald McReary)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Description: These PMP 600s have a spoiler like other Mafia PMP 600s, as
well as a luster. Note that the default black color of these cars (like
most lustered vehicles) is a different black from the normal gloss black
color of actual "Mafia" PMP 600s. Thus, if you are collecting all
variations of this lustered vehicle, collecting a non-lustered version
may be a good idea.
Strategy: Two of these cars chase you in the mission (of the four cars
that give chase). Kill the drivers and gunners of all four cars, then
drive this back to a parking spot. If all eight enemies are dead, you
won't fail the mission for going too far from the Vincent with Gracie.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.32 - Lustered Tuner Sentinel (1st of 2)
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Mission: She's a Keeper (Gerald McReary)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Matt J
Description: This is a black tuner Sentinel - with a spoiler and other
body kit enhancements, except that it has a luster.
Strategy: Two of these cars chase you in the mission (of the four cars
that give chase). Kill the drivers and gunners of all four cars, then
drive this back to a parking spot. If all eight enemies are dead, you
won't fail the mission for going too far from the Vincent with Gracie.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.33 - Dark Green Vincent (2nd of 2)
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Mission: Diamond's Are A Girl's Best Friends (Gerald McReary)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Description: This is a dark green colored Vincent with dark rims.
Strategy: Again, this is the vehicle you drive in, this time to the
exchange. After finishing up the mission, run back to where it was
parked and claim it. You may need to get in before following Packie and
park it closer to where the missions ends to ensure it's not deleted,
though.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.34 - Lustered Black Schafter w/ silver grill (2nd of 2)
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Mission: Pegorino's Pride (Jimmy Pegorino)
Difficulty: *
Required: Mission failure
Discovered by: Swift, confirmed by GTA_Loco
Description: This is a normal black Schafter with black rims, except
that it has a silver grill as opposed to the normal black grill. It also
has a luster.
Strategy: You drive this car during the mission. It will vanish at the
end, so your only choice is to shoot Pegorino (or otherwise fail the
mission) and drive it to a parking spot. As there are two others that
don't require mission failure, get it from a different mission.
Formulated by: GTA_Loco
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5.35 - Lustered "Mafia" PMP 600 (2nd of 2)
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Mission: Payback (Jimmy Pegorino)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Anderson
Description: These PMP 600s have a spoiler like other Mafia PMP 600s, as
well as a luster. Note that the default black color of these cars (like
most lustered vehicles) is a different black from the normal gloss black
color of actual "Mafia" PMP 600s. Thus, if you are collecting all
variations of this lustered vehicle, collecting a non-lustered version
may be a good idea.
Strategy: This car is provided for you at the start of the mission,
waiting in Pegorino's driveway. Just drive it to a parking spot, then
finish the mission.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.36 - Lustered Black Coquette
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Mission: Payback (Jimmy Pegorino)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Description: This is a black Coquette with a luster to it. It is the
only vehicle so far that appears to sometimes have a yellow luster.
Strategy: This car is driven by the goons you have to follow. Simply
follow the mission until you arrive at the building where the exchange
is occuring, then take out everyone and jack the car afterwards.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.37 - Lustered "Mafia" PMP 600 w/ hybrid grill
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Mission: ...Pest Control (Jimmy Pegorino)
Difficulty: **
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Anderson
Description: These are unique for various reasons. First, they have a
spoiler like other Mafia PMP 600s, as well as a luster. Aside from that,
they also have a hybrid grill. Note that the default black color of
these cars (like most lustered vehicles) is a different black from the
normal gloss black color of actual "Mafia" PMP 600s. Thus, if you are
collecting all variations of this lustered vehicle, collecting a
non-lustered version may be a good idea.
Strategy: This is one of the two cars you follow in this mission. Simply
shoot the driver out, or collect it after the ambush at the gas station
(although the direct approach is faster) and drive it to a parking spot.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.38 - Lustered Silver Comet
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Mission: Hating the Haters (Bernie Crane)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Dmitry Lebedev, also found/confirmed by ShadowDemon99
Description: This looks like a normal gray Comet at first, but it
actually has a luster.
Strategy: This car is found parked right down the street from Bernie's
place when starting this mission. Just drive it to a parking spot and go
on with the mission.
Formulated by: Dmitry Lebedev
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5.39 - Lustered Black SuperGT
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Mission: Union Drive (Bernie Crane)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Description: This is a black SuperGT with a luster.
Strategy: This car is driven by the blackmailers through the chase.
Since the chase is scripted, simply follow the mission until they get
out of the car, then kill them. Get back in the car Bernie is in, then
get back out (so he follows you) and get int he SuperGT. Finish the
mission and drive it to a parking spot.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.40 - Gold or Orange Infernus w/ black side stripe
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Mission: AFTER Buoys Ahoy (Bernie Crane)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Swift (both colors), Jesse Giramma (mission)
Description: This Infernus comes in either an orange color or a gold
color, both with a black stripe along the side. It is still unknown the
conditions that generate each color, or if it is random (and if so, when
exactly the color is randomized).
Strategy: This car is given to you by Bernie after finishing his mission
strand. Just drive it to a parking spot.
NOTE: This is given to you AFTER the mission. Bernie will call you and
let you know where to pick it up. It will be there until you actually go
and collect it, so it may be safe to just store it where it appears
instead of picking it up and parking it somewhere.
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5.41 - Lustered Black Lokus
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Mission: Entourage (Gambetti)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: GTA_Loco and Anderson (Luster)
Description: This is a black Lokus with a luster.
Strategy 1: Just finish the mission using one of the cars, then drive it
to a parking spot afterwards.
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5.42 - Chrome Red Sanchez
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Mission: If the Price is Right (Roman Bellic - Deal)
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing (Mission failure if you want to follow Revenge)
Discovered by: Swift, confirmed by GTA_Loco
Description: This is a solid red Sanchez found at the end of the mission,
used for chasing the truck. This solid red color can't be found on other
Sanchezs.
Strategy 1: Simply finish the mission and drive this to a parking spot.
Can't get much simpler.
Strategy 2: If you want to get this vehicle, but don't want to commit to
the Deal story path, fail the mission after reaching the Sanchez. Either
let the truck get away, kill Phil, or something else.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.43 - Black Schafter w/ silver grill (3rd of 3)
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Mission: A Revenger's Tragedy (Roman Bellic - Deal)
Difficulty: **
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Description: This is a normal black Schafter with black rims, except
that it has a silver grill as opposed to the normal black grill.
Strategy: A few of these are in the compound you assault after the chase.
Drive one to a parking spot, then resume the mission. Just be careful not
to destroy it during the firefight.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.44 - Lustered "Mafia" PMP 600 w/ hybrid grill (2nd of 2)
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Mission: Out of Comission (Roman Bellic - Revenge)
Difficulty: **
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades and Swift
Description: These are unique for various reasons. First, they have a
spoiler like other Mafia PMP 600s, as well as a luster. Aside from that,
they also have a hybrid grill. Note that the default black color of
these cars (like most lustered vehicles) is a different black from the
normal gloss black color of actual "Mafia" PMP 600s. Thus, if you are
collecting all variations of this lustered vehicle, collecting a
non-lustered version may be a good idea.
Strategy: A few of these are in the compound you assault after the chase.
Drive one to a parking spot, then resume the mission. Just be careful not
to destroy it during the firefight. The colors of the three PMP 600s parked
at the site are randomized, so mission failure may be needed to collect
all four if you so desire.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.45 - Lustered Tuner Sentinel (2nd of 2)
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Mission: Out of Comission (Roman Bellic - Revenge)
Difficulty: **
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Swift
Description: This is a black tuner Sentinel - with a spoiler and other
body kit enhancements, except that it has a luster.
Strategy: Two of these cars chase you in the mission (of the four cars
that give chase). Kill the drivers and gunners of all four cars, then
drive this back to a parking spot. If all eight enemies are dead, you
won't fail the mission for going too far from the Vincent with Gracie.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
Strategy: A few of these are in the compound you assault after the chase.
Drive one to a parking spot, then resume the mission. Just be careful not
to destroy it during the firefight. The colors of the three PMP 600s parked
at the site are randomized, so mission failure may be needed to collect
all four if you so desire.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
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5.46 - Pitch Black Huntley Sport
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Mission: Taken Out (Assassination Contract)
Difficulty: **
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Anderson
Description: A pitch black Huntley Sport. This has anything and
everything black, and shows blacker in broad daylight, whereas the
"normal" black Huntley Sport appears somewhat brown normally (compared
to this one, at least).
Strategy: After you attack the Stretch limo that contains your target,
two of these Huntleys show up with extra goons. Finsih off the target,
take out the goons, then drive one to a parking spot after the mission.
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5.47 - Silver Banshee w/ black stripe (1st of 2)
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Mission: Hossan random encounter
Difficulty: **
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Description: This is a silver-colored Banshee with a black stripe.
Differently colored than the gray Banshee of similar appearence. This
can either be convertable or a hard top version.
Strategy: This car is driven by the target in the mission. Shoot him out
of it, then get in and finish the mission, delivering it to a parking
spot afterwards.
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5.48 - White Cognoscenti
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Mission: Gracie Ancelotti random encounter
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Spectre95
Description: A pure white Cognoscenti. A solid white is unavailable
elsewhere, including pay n' sprays.
Strategy: This car is parked in the parking lot of Gracie's house (where
she appears in the encounter). After taking out her guards, just drive it
back to a parking spot.
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5.49 - Beater Emperor w/ green roof
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Mission: Little Jacob's Job - Drug Delivery
Difficulty: *
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: GTA_Loco (someone else emailed me about this - email me
back if it was you)
Description: This is a typical beater Emperor car, except that it has a
light green roof, an oddity for this car.
Strategy: This is randomly used in Jacob's drug mission. It often only
appeares in later levels (most notably the 9th mission). Just save it
from the mission.
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5.50 - Silver Banshee w/ black stripe (2nd of 2)
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Mission: "" Most Wanted Mission - Algonquin
Difficulty: ***
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Description: This is a silver-colored Banshee with a black stripe.
Differently colored than the gray Banshee of similar appearence. This
can either be convertable or a hard top version.
Strategy: This car is driven by the most wanted suspect. Kill him
somehow (shoot him in the car, barricade the car and pull him out, etc),
then claim it for your own.
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*6* UNOBTAINABLE SPECIAL VEHICLES
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These vehicles are unobtainable for whatever reason is listed. This can
include any vehicle type from the previous three sections, but as they
cannot be acquired permanently, there is no need to put them in those
sections.
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6.1 - Black Schafter w/ silver grill
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Mission: The Cousins Bellic (Roman Bellic)
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Description: This is a normal black Schafter with black rims, except
that it has a silver grill as opposed to the normal black grill.
Unobtainable: It exists only in the opening cutscene of the game, being
inspected on the ship, and finally being loaded off as Niko disembarks.
One pan of the camera late in the cutscene shows that the grill is silver,
the same one as used by russians throughout.
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6.2 - Speedo w/ flat-screens
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Mission: Crime and Punishment (Mikhail Faustin)
Discovered by: Swift
Description: This is an always-black Speedo with flat-screen TVs in the
back. This is the van you must obtain for Faustin.
Unobtainable: If you fail the mission and park it in a parking spot, the
TVs disappear, and it reverts to a normal Speedo.
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6.3 BP/FP Roman's Taxi
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Mission: Roman's Sorrow (Roman Bellic)
Discovered by: GTA_Loco and Jesse Giramma
Description: This is a normal Roman's Taxi, except that it is BP and FP,
but NOT EP or DP.
Unobtainable: It loses its properties if the mission is failed, or if
you proceed with the mission.
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6.4 - Lowrider Patriot
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Mission: Dead End (Assassination Contract)
Discovered by: Rick
Description: This Patriot lacks the suspension system that elevates the
body from the ground, causing it to hug the ground with the entire
vehicle.
Unobtainable: It loses the lowrider trait when the occupants exit.
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6.5 - Blista Compact w/ body in back
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Mission: Jeff random encounter #2
Discovered by: Ross
Description: This Blista Compact has a body in the back seat. Otherwise
normal.
Unobtainable: The body disappears if the mission is failed.
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*7* RARE VEHICLES
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These vehicles aren't anything inherently special, but are nonetheless
unique for various reasons, often requiring completion of a mission or
side mission to unlock. These can all be obtained at the end of the
game without any problem.
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7.1 - Police Maverick
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Unlocked: Not unlocked, just very difficult to get
Found: Shows up as chopper support at 3-4 stars (5-6 has Annihilators
appear). Getting it can be difficult.
Strategy 1: Go get 3 or 4 stars and get into a heli. Then fly to your
safehouse (I used the one in east Algonquin) and wait for a Police
Maverick to come. When it has arrived, smash it in the building (sometimes
more then once) and it will crash down. If done correctly, it will not
explode. (You can do the following when the heli is on fire, but it is NOT
recommended, because you need to be quick) Now the tricky part: Afterwards
land the heli, steal a Police car, push the heli properly into your safe
spot and go save quickly. (It is hard, because you need to do it with all
the police!) If you parked it properly, the police will be gone, and a
shiny new Police Maverick will be waiting!
Formulated by: Ronald Jansen
Strategy 2: First you need to have achieved a high percentage with Kiki
to unlock her ability to remove your wanted levels. Next, steal an
Annihilator attack chopper from somewhere in the city (see 7.5 -
Annihilator for info on where and how it can be obtained).
Now create mayhem until you have 3 stars. Don't reach 4 stars or Kiki
can't remove the level. Once the police helicopters appear, use your own
and smash it up. Ram it into buildings and other things to try and clip
its blades. Be careful when it crashes, as the SWAT members inside may
survive the fall to continue fighting. Once you've successfully grounded
the police chopper, call Kiki and emove your wanted level. Proceed to
push the downed helicopter into a parking spot, and then save. You'll now
own the heli!
Formulated by: GTA_Loco
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7.2 - Red and Black Virgo
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Unlocked: When Little Jacob's perk becomes available
Found: Call Little Jacob and ask for him to deliver some guns. He'll
show up in this car. It's UJ, so shoot Jacob (it shouldn't hurt your Like
or Respect stats with him), push it to a parking spot using another car,
and save.
Description: A red Virgo with a black bottom. Normally, either the only
have a black stripe, or a brown bottom.
Missions the car may also be found in:
Concrete Jungle, Russian Revolution, Mr. and Mrs. Bellic
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7.3 - Black and Gold Huntley Sport
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Unlocked: When Brucie becomes available as a friend AND Algonquin is
unlocked.
Found: Call Brucie and go on the boating activity. You use this en route
to the boat.
Description: A Huntley Sport with a black top and gold bottom.
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7.4 - Deep Red PMP 600
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Unlocked: When you acquire Dwayne's "Backup" ability.
Found: Call Dwayne for backup. They show up in either this vehicle, or
a similar Patriot or Presidente. The one they choose is random.
Description: This is a deep red PMP 600. It is darker than the red PMP
600 found in traffic, but not as dark as the crimson PMP 600 from
Brucie's exotic exports.
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7.5 - Deep Red Patriot
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Unlocked: When you acquire Dwayne's "Backup" ability.
Found: Call Dwayne for backup. They show up in either this vehicle, or
a similar PMP 600 or Presidente. The one they choose is random.
Description: A deep red Patriot. This color is unlike any you'll find in
traffic. It has no American flag emblem on the side, and no special roof
adornments.
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7.6 - Deep Red Presidente
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Unlocked: When you acquire Dwayne's "Backup" ability.
Found: Call Dwayne for backup. They show up in either this vehicle, or
a similar PMP 600 or Patriot. The one they choose is random.
Description: A deep red-colored Presidente, unlike ones found in traffic.
It also has black rims instead of silver (although black isn't uncommon
for Presidentes).
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7.7 - Annihilator
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Unlocked 1: Shoot all 200 "flying rats"
Found 1: On the helipad at the very top of the MeTV building in Star
Junction (the really tall building with a helipad at the top - a pigeon
was on this building).
Unlocked 2: Achieve "Story Complete" (beat the game)
Found 2: Spawns on helipads at the north end of the airport (helipads
are ground level). Also spawns on a police station helipad
NOTE: See 7.2 - Police Maverick's strategies. It should also
work to get an Annihilator, except make sure to get 5-6 stars (this means
the Kiki strategy won't work, but others will).
Missions the helicopter may also be found in:
The Revenger's Tragedy, Out of Comission
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*8* BRUCIE AND STEVIE CARS
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These are the vehicles that you acquire for Brucie's and Stevie's
missions, where you are either emailed or texted a specific car to find.
Both sets of vehicles are listed alphabetically, as they are randomized
every playthrough.
NOTE: All of Brucie's vehicles are confirmed unique!
Strategy (Brucie): Instead of delivering the car to the lockup, park it
in a parking spot. Get in a different car, and drive a distance away
from it. You'll fail because the car was "lost." Drive back and you'll
find it sitting there still.
Strategy (Stevie): Just drive the car to a parking spot, then return to
the spot and collect another. Easier cars couldn't exist.
BRUCIE'S 'EXOTIC EXPORTS' CARS (requested via email)
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Banshee
~This Banshee is blue-colored with a white stripe. It can be either a
convertable or a hard top. The blue color of this car is much grayer
(close to periwinkle) than the normal blue colors found on Banshees in
traffic.
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Cavalcade
~This Cavalcade sports a solid, bright red coloring, along with black
rims like in Deconstruction for Beginners.
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Feltzer
~A cream-colored Feltzer. Like most features on Brucie's exports, whether
it is a hard top or convertable is random. The cream color of this car
is slightly off from other varities of this color for Feltzer. Another
iffy one, but still unique.
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Intruder
~This Intruder is a rich gray color, with a very dark gray stripe along
the bottom of the sides. There's no normally available gray color that
matches this gray. Like the Feltzer, this is rather iffy.
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NRG 900
~This NRG 900 is a mixture of a solid red, with a large black segment
along the middle. This is unique in that the red coloring is much
brighter than the normal darker red used on red NRG 900s.
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Patriot
~This is a gray Patriot, although the gray has a bluish tint to it not
found on random Patriots in traffic, or from the PnS. Features seem
random, including the flag emblem on the side. Very iffy as to its
unqiueness, but the bluish tint to the gray is what does it.
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PCJ 600
~This PCJ 600 is a mixture of gray and black. Very similar to the normal
gray/black PCJ 600, except the normal one has gray lining around the
engine block, and a gray line on the tires, while this one doesn't.
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PMP 600
~A normal PMP 600 with a deep crimson color. It has a normal grill, not
the Mafia or hybrid version. The color of this car is much darker than
either the red PMP 600 found in traffic, or Dwayne's deep red PMP 600.
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Sabre GT
~A red Sabre GT with a big white stripe in the middle and no hood scoop.
It resembles the Sabre Turbo from Vice City. The red coloring is brighter
than other similarly-colored Sabre GTs. It can have either a flat hood,
or a pentagon-shaped section raised. It never has air intakes that I've
seen.
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Sanchez
~A red sanchez with a red fuel tank, instead of silver like usual. It
also has a red light guard instead of a gray one. Lastly, the shocks
on thev front wheel are red, not gray, like the usual one.
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STEVIE'S TEXT MESSAGE VEHICLES (requested via text message)
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Banshee (CONFIRMED)
~An orange Banshee with a yellow stripe. Whether it is a hard top or
convertable is random.
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Bobcat (NOT UNIQUE)
~A brown/bronze colored Bobcat. with some boxes in the back of the truck.
NOT a unique vehicle!
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Buccaneer
~A black Buccaneer with a red luster to it. Red seems to be the only
color this one is found in.
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Cavalcade (CONFIRMED)
~This Cavalcade is a dark forest green, with black rims like a lot of
the other unique Cavalcades.
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Cognoscenti (CONFIRMED)
~A Cogniscenti with a blue body and a gray top section.
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Comet (CONFIRMED)
~This is a plum-colored Comet.
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Contender
~This is a flat black Contender with a flat panel back. Whether a smooth
or rough panel is random.
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Coquette
~A silver-colored Coquette.
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DF8-90 (CONFIRMED)
~This DF8-90 is a deep blue color.
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Dilletante (CONFIRMED)
~A Dilletante with a gold paintjob, similar to the Turismo listed here.
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Dukes
~This Dukes is a bright, rich orange. Whether it has an air scoop on the
hood or not is random.
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Faggio (NOT UNIQUE)
~This Faggio has a dark green paintjob.
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Freeway
~This Freeway is bronze-colored. Whether it has the saddlebags on the
back is random.
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Huntley Sport (CONFIRMED)
~A Huntley Sport with a black body, and a silver-gray colored top.
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Infernus (CONFIRMED)
~A solid-gold colored Infernus. Unlike Bernie's Infernus, it has no black
stripe.
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Intruder (CONFIRMED)
~This Intruder is a deep blue color, much like the later-mentioned
Sultan. This is the normal version, not the mafia's Intruder (which has
a spoiler).
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Manana
~A black-bodied Manana with a white roof section.
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Moonbeam
~This Moonbeam has a bright purple paintjob, making it stand out rather
well.
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NRG 900
~An NRG 900 with a black and silver body.
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Patriot (CONFIRMED)
~This Patriot is yellow, much like Playboy X's Patriot. The difference
is it has an American flag decal on the side, whereas Playboy X's has
none.
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PMP 600
~A silver PMP 600 with a bit of a a light bluish tint to it.
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Rancher
~A pick-up style Rancher, with a maroon top and bottom, and a big gray
strip along the side.
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Rebla (CONFIRMED)
~This Rebla is a golden brown color.
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Sabre GT (CONFIRMED)
~A green Sabre GT with a black stripe. No hood accessories are present.
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Sentinel (CONFIRMED)
~A gray-blue colored Sentinel with black rims.
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Sultan (CONFIRMED)
~This Sultan is a deep, rich blue color, much like the tuner version,
except it is the normal one. The color is very similar, if not the same,
as the previously listed Intruder.
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SuperGT
~A plain, flat black SuperGT.
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Turismo (CONFIRMED)
~This Turismo is gold-colored like the previously mentioned Dilletante.
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Voodoo (CONMFIRMED)
~A solid green Voodoo.
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Washington (NOT UNIQUE)
~A plain black Washington.
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*9* UNCONFIRMED VEHICLES
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These are vehicles that are as of yet unconfirmed. They are thought to
exist with whatever special properties they are mentioned, but whether
they can be obtained as such, or even CAN possess said properties is
unknown. Credit will go to whomever can provide evidence they exist.
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9.1 - Bright Blue Primo
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Mission: Undertaker (Francis McReary)
Difficulty: **
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Decription: This is a normal-looking blue Primo, except the blue color
is different from normal ones, having a more white-ish tint to it.
Strategy 1: This car is parked on the opposite side of the street from
where the shootout begins. After dispatching all waves of Albanians
(including the unmarked car that attacks once you get in the Hearse),
alternate driving this car and the Hearse to a parking spot. Park this
car, then drive the Hearse to the cemetary.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
Strategy 2: Simply drive this Primo to a parking spot right away. You'll
fail the mission for abandoning Packie (or killing him, if you choose to
do that instead), and then restart the mission to finish it,
leaving this at a parking spot.
WHY UNCONFIRMED: I'm not entirely sure that this really is a unique
color.
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9.2 - Bright Red Primo
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Mission: Undertaker (Francis McReary)
Difficulty: **
Required: Nothing
Discovered by: Lancet Jades
Decription: This is a normal-looking red Primo, except the red color is
different from normal ones, having a more white-ish tint to it.
Strategy 1: This car is parked on the opposite side of the street from
where the shootout begins. After dispatching all waves of Albanians
(including the unmarked car that attacks once you get in the Hearse),
alternate driving this car and the Hearse to a parking spot. Park this
car, then drive the Hearse to the cemetary.
Formulated by: Lancet Jades
Strategy 2: Simply drive this Primo to a parking spot right away. You'll
fail the mission for abandoning Packie (or killing him, if you choose to
do that instead), and then restart the mission to finish it,
leaving this at a parking spot.
WHY UNCONFIRMED: I'm not entirely sure that this really is a unique
color.
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*10* MISSION LIST
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A list of all missions in the game, along with what vehicles are available
in those missions. This list is the order used to sort the vehicles.
Random characters can be met in any order, so long as the prerequisites
are met. Assassin missions are given randomly. Their lists are simply to
sort out the order of their vehicles.
STORY MISSIONS:
1: The Cousins Bellic (Roman Bellic)
5.1 - Black Esperanto
6.1 - Unobtainable Black Schafter w/ silver grill
2: It's Your Call (Roman Bellic)
5.2 - Beige Willard (1st of 2)
3: Three's a Crowd (Roman Bellic)
4: Bleed Out (Roman Bellic)
5.3 - Beige Willard (2nd of 2)
5: First Date (Michelle)
5.4 - Lustered Silver Merit
6: Easy Fare (Roman Bellic)
7: Jamaican Heat (Roman Bellic)
8: Concrete Jungle (Little Jacob)
9: Bull in a China Shop (Vlad Glebov)
10: Hung Out to Dry (Vlad Glebov)
4.2 - Laundromat (1st of 2)
11: Clean Getaway (Vlad Glebov)
12: Ivan the Not So Terrible (Vlad Glebov)
13: Uncle Vlad (Roman Bellic)
14: Crime and Punishment (Mikhail Faustin)
6.2 - Unobtainable Speedo w/ flat-screens
15: Do You Have Protection? (Mikhail Faustin)
16: Shadow (Little Jacob)
17: Final Destination (Mikhail Faustin)
18: No Love Lost (Mikhail Faustin)
19: Logging On (Roman Bellic)
20: Rigged to Blow (Mikhail Faustin)
5.5 - Maroon Flatbed
21: Search and Delete (Brucie Kibbutz)
22: Easy As Can Be (Brucie Kibbutz)
5.6 - Lustered Silver Oracle
5.7 - Lustered Black Schafter w/ silver grill (1st of 2)
5.8 - Lustered Black Sultan
23: The Master and the Molotov (Mikhail Faustin)
5.9 - Black Schafter w/ silver grill (1st of 3)
24: Russian Revolution (Mikhail Faustin)
Last chance for 5.1 - Black Esperanto
25: Roman's Sorrow (Roman Bellic)
6.3 - Unobtainable BP/FP Roman's Taxi
26: Out of the Closet... (Brucie Kibbutz)
27: ...Out of the Closet (Brucie Kibbutz)
28: No. 1 (Brucie Kibbutz)
5.10 - Rich Yellow Comet
5.11 - Bright Green Infernus
5.12 - Light Blue Super GT
29: Escuela of the Streets (Manny Escuela)
5.13 - Lustered Black Stallion
30: Street Sweeper (Manny Escuela)
31: Luck of the Irish (Elizabeta Torres)
32: Blow Your Cover (Elizabeta Torres)
5.14 - Yellow Patriot (1st of 3)
33: The Puerto Rican Connection (Manny Escuela)
34: The Snow Storm (Elizabeta Torres)
35: Have a Heart (Elizabeta Torres)
5.15 - Beige and Fuschia Voodoo
36: Deconstruction for Beginners (Playboy X)
5.16 - Yellow Patriot (2nd of 3)
5.17 - Metallic Red/Green/Blue Cavalcade w/ dark rims
37: Photo Shoot (Playboy X)
5.18 - Yellow Patriot (3rd of 3)
5.19 - Dark Gray Sabre GT w/ black stripe
38: Ruff Rider (Dwayne Forge)
5.20 - Plain Red Hellfury
39: Undress to Kill (Dwayne Forge)
40: Hostile Negotiation (Roman Bellic)
Last chance for 4.1 - Roman's Taxi
41: The Holland Play... (Playboy X)
42: ...The Holland Play (Playboy X)
43: Wrong is Right (U.L. Paper)
5.21 - Lustered Black Sentinel
44: Portrait of a Killer (U.L. Paper)
45: Dust Off (U.L. Paper)
46: Paper Trail (U.L. Paper)
47: Call and Collect (Francis McReary)
48: Final Interview... (Francis McReary)
49: ...Final Interview (Francis McReary)
50: Holland Nights (Francis McReary)
51: Lure (Francis McReary)
52: Harboring a Grudge (Patrick McReary)
53: Waste Not Want Knots (Patrick McReary)
54: Three Leaf Clover (Patrick McReary)
4.3 - Police Stockade (1st of 2)
55: Actions Speak Louder Than Words (Gerald McReary)
56: I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots, and Your Motorcycle (Gerald McReary)
57: A Long Way To Fall (Ray Boccino)
58: Taking in the Trash (Ray Boccino)
59: Meltdown (Ray Boccino)
4.4 - Laundromat (2nd of 2)
5.22 - Lustered Silver Banshee w/ Black Stripe
60: Museum Piece (Ray Boccino)
5.23 - Black "Mafia" PMP 600 w/ hybrid grill
5.24 - White "Mafia" PMP 600 w/ hybrid grill
61: No Way on the Subway (Ray Boccino)
62: Late Checkout (Ray Boccino)
63: Weekend at Florian's (Roman Bellic)
64: Smackdown (Derrick McReary)
5.25 - Lustered Contender
65: Babysitting (Derrick McReary)
5.26 - Green and Blue Rancher
66: Tunnel of Death (Derrick McReary)
4.5 - Police Stockade (2nd of 2)
5.27 - Chrome Red Biff
67: Blood Brothers (Francis McReary)
68: Undertaker (Francis McReary)
4.6 - Romero's Hearse
5.28 - Black Schafter w/ silver grill (2nd of 3)
9.1 - Bright Blue Primo
9.2 - Bright Red Primo
69: I'll Take Her... (Gerald McReary)
70: ...I'll Take Her (Gerald McReary)
5.29 - Pink Feltzer
71: She's a Keeper (Gerald McReary)
5.30 - Dark Green Vincent (1st of 2)
5.31 - Lustered "Mafia" PMP 600 (1st of 2)
5.32 - Lustered Tuner Sentinel (1st of 2)
72: Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friends (Gerald McReary)
5.33 - Dark Green Vincent (2nd of 2)
73: Truck Hustle (Phil Bell)
74: Pegorino's Pride (Jimmy Pegorino)
5.34 - Lustered Black Schafter w/ silver grill (2nd of 2)
75: Payback (Jimmy Pegorino)
5.35 - Lustered "Mafia" PMP 600 (2nd of 2)
5.36 - Lustered Black Coquette
76: Catch the Wave (Phil Bell)
77: Trespass (Phil Bell)
78: To Live and Die In Alderney (Phil Bell)
79: Flatline (Jimmy Pegorino)
80: Pest Control... (Jimmy Pegorino)
81: ...Pest Control (Jimmy Pegorino)
5.37 - Lustered "Mafia" PMP 600 w/ hybrid grill (1st of 2)
82: Hating the Haters (Bernie Crane)
5.38 - Lustered Silver Comet
83: Union Drive (Bernie Crane)
5.39 - Lustered Black SuperGT
84: Buoys Ahoy (Bernie Crane)
5.40 - Gold or Orange Infernus w/ black side stripe
85: Entourage (Gambetti)
5.41 - Lustered Black Lokus
86: Dining Out (Gambetti)
87: Liquidize the Assets (Gambetti)
88: That Special Someone (Roman Bellic)
89: One Last Thing... (Jimmy Pegorino)
90a: If the Price is Right (Roman Bellic - Deal)
5.42 - Chrome Red Sanchez
90b: A Dish Served Cold (Roman Bellic - Revenge)
91: Mr. and Mrs. Bellic (Roman Bellic)
92: In Mourning (Roman Bellic)
93a: A Revenger's Tragedy (Roman Bellic - Deal)
5.43 - Black Schafter w/ silver grill (3rd of 3)
93b: Out of Comission (Roman Bellic - Revenge)
5.44 - Lustered "Mafia" PMP 600 w/ hybrid grill (2nd of 2)
5.45 - Lustered Tuner Sentinel (2nd of 2)
94: Story Complete
ASSASSINATION CONTRACTS:
A1: Bailing Out For Good
A2: Hook, Line, and Sinker
A3: Industrial Action
A4: R.U.B. Down
A5: Taken Out
5.46 - Pitch Black Huntley Sport
A6: Derelict Target
A7: Migration Control
A8: Dead End
6.4 - Lowrider Patriot
A9: Water Hazard
RANDOM ENCOUNTERS:
R1: Brian 1
R2: Brian 2
R3: Brian 3
R4: Badman
R5: Ilyena Faustin
R6: Mel
R7: Hossan
5.47 - Silver Banshee w/ black stripe (1st of 2)
R8: Sara 1
R9: Sara 2
R10: Pathos 1
R11: Pathos 2
R12: Jeff 1
R13: Jeff 2
6.5 - Blista Compact w/ body in back
R14: Jeff 3
R15: Cherise
R16: Marnie 1
R17: Marnie 2
R18: Eddie Low 1
R19: Eddie Low 2
R20: Ivan
R21: Clarence
R22: Gracie Ancelotti
5.48 - White Cognoscenti
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*11* FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
========================================================
Q: You missed [insert vehicle]!
A: Email me, and let me know. You will receive full credit for it.
Q: [Insert vehicle] doesn't possess a property you said it did!
A: Most likely, you did not follow the precise strategy. If you did,
and it does not retain its property, contact me and say so, although
I personally check each and every vehicle.
Q: [Insert vehicle] isn't special, but you still have it listed here!
A: Send me the info on where it can be found at any time (especially the
end of the game), and I'll adjust or remove it from this guide
accordingly.
Q: One of the vehicles you listed is one I discovered first, and here's
proof! Thief!
A: If you have proof you discovered a vehicle first, show it to me and
if I determine you really did discover it first, credit will be given.
Q: You missed the DP Yellow Comet in Brucie's "No. 1" mission!
A: The car is not damage-proof. It has a rear engine, so bashing around
the front of the car doesn't damage it as easily as front-engine vehicles.
Q: There's this car, the Sultan RS, that's special!
A: NO IT ISN'T. It is not special because it's available infinitely.
PLEASE stop IMing/emailing me about this. It constitutes about 75% of
the total emails/IMs I get about this game.
Q: I lost Bernie's Infernus! Where do I get another?
A: I'm not really sure. I don't know of anywhere it spawns, and such
information is outside the scope of this guide. Maybe try starting a
race with Brucie while in a sports car already (Banshee, Comet, Turismo,
etc) and then hope an Infernus shows up at the starting line? Then jack
it and keep it for yourself.
========================================================
*12* CONTACT INFORMATION
=======================================================
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF INFO I NEED, THINGS TESTED, VEHICLES DISCOVERED,
AND SO ON. DO NOT HESITATE TO EITHER EMAIL ME OR POST A MESSAGE ON THE
GTA4 360 FORUM (NOT PS3). My screenname is LancetJades on GameFAQs. Feel
free to IM me on AIM as well. If I don't respond, I'm not ignoring you, I
just tend to wander away from my computer at times.
From now, on when submitting vehicles you feel are special (or aren't),
please make sure you've done a side-by-side comparison. Investigate more
than just seeing a similarly colored vehicle on the streets a while later
and thinking "oh wait, it wasn't special." A lot of them have much more
subtle differences than an overtly special color.
If you wish to contact me, just email me:
lancet jades at g mail dot com
(remove the spaces, obviously, and replace the at with the proper sign)
Alternatively, IM me at:
AIM: Lancet Jades
YIM: lancetjades (not on often)
MSN: psionicsword@hotmail.com (rarely on)
I never check my @hotmail.com address, so don't send mail to it.
I don't mind being contacted about this game, so don't hesitate if you
have a question or comment. But if you're gonna flame me, it won't
work (I'll just have a good laugh and ignore you). I also don't check my
yahoo email address, so don't bother sending any mail there either.
I'm a perfectionist, so if you have anything to contribute or correct,
please do so. You'll receive full credit (credit goes to the
screenname you talk to me from, so if you want another name, you have
to specify it). Even if you're pointing out a spelling or grammatical
mistake, please do so, no matter how small. Note however, I live in the
U.S., and as such, spelling it "color" instead of "colour" is NOT a
mistake.
If you wish to use this guide on your site, aside from asking my
permission, I require you in question to automatically fetch any
updates I make from GameFAQs.com yourselves. I only update to
GameFAQs.com and if I discover other sites carrying my guides have
out-of-date versions, I will ask that it be removed.
========================================================
*13* CREDITS
========================================================
Aaron M.
~Info on Brucie's Huntley Sport.
Anderson
~LOTS of info on a lot of new vehicles! White Mafia PMP 600 w/ hybrid
grill, lusters on the gray Banshee in Meltdown, and more. Also, his
tips led to me discovering even more vehicles that otherwise would've
evaded my notice.
Brendan Mills
~Info on the PCJ 600 in "I Need Your Clothes[etc]" even though it was
proven not to be special, as well as the gray/black Banshee in Meltdown.
Woody Barnes
~Informing me that Roman's Taxi is used when doing Taxi missions for him.
Carlo Revelli
~Brought to my attention that the black/red Zombie in "No Love Lost" was
not actually CP/UJ (confirmed by others).
Chris Allen
~Info on the NOOSE Cruiser and how it appears.
Coyote
~Helping me with the Black Schafter w/ silver grill.
Dan Malick
~Info on the Lost's Zombies in No Way on the Subway.
Dmitry Lebedev
~Info on Lost Zombies as well as other special colored vehicles, and help
with finding out if they are truly unique or not. Also first discovered
the pink luster gray Comet in Hating the Haters.
GTA_Loco
~For giving me the inspiration to write this guide and others. Devoted a
lot of time to helping me with this guide past v1.50. Discovered and
confirmed a fair number of vehicles. Helped confirm the exact procedures
to CP vehicles using the girlfriend method pioneered by noisyassassin.
guitarmasterpwn
~Info on the Pink Feltzer as well as a strategy for obtaining it without
failing the mission
Jared Scorringe
~First informed me the Laundromat may not be unique (eventually confirmed
by Swift).
Jesse Giramma
~For info in the black and red Zombie in No Love Lost, and some tips on
other possible special vehicles, including the Cherry Red Hellfire.
Clarified the gray/black Banshee's existence for me. Also info on the
mission that yields the Gold or Orange Infernus w/ black side stripe.
Jordan
~Extra info on Gracie's white Cognoscenti.
kahaleo
~For telling me what mission unlocks Roman's Algonquin apartment.
Ket Halpak
~Informing me my initial strategy for the Police Stockade in Tunnel of
Death did not work.
Maddog93T
~Info on the deep red vehicles Dwayne sends his backup in.
Matt J
~Help with refining strategies for the Police Stockade in Tunnel of
Death. Also for an all purpose vehicle obtaining strategy. Also notified
me of the lustered Sentinels in ...I'll Take Her.
Metzger0528
~Info on the White Enforcers (aka Stockades) in Three Leaf Clover (and a
later mission). Also helped with a strategy for the Stockade in Tunnel
of Death.
-Morbid-
~Info in the black wheels Cavalcade.
Neo
~Informing me of Romero's Hearse in Undertaker.
nirvanaforever83
~Info on the White Enforcer and the NOOSE Cruiser in Three Leaf Clover.
noisyassassin
~Discovered and researched the CP vehicle strategy using girlfriends!
Rick
~Info on the Lowrider Patriot in Dead End.
Ronald Jansen
~Sent me a way to obtain the Police Mavericks the cops use at 3-4 stars.
Ross
~Info on the Blista Compact w/ a body in the trunk (Jeff encounter 2).
ShadowDemon99
~Discovered and confirmed the pink luster gray Comet independent of
Dmitry's findings.
Spectre95
~Discovered the pure white Cognoscenti in Gracie's random encounter.
Swift
~Info on Bernie's Infernus and how it's special. Also helped me with
testing a LOT of special colored vehicles. Pointed out for sure that the
Laundromat isn't unique. Also suggested adding the "Description" field
to vehicle write-ups. The one who discovered the PMP 600's hybrid grill!
Thomas Kvisvik
~Notified me of the possibility of a blue luster on Coquettes.
Yvl
~Info on the silver Blista Compact in Clean Getaway, even though it turned
out not to be special.
And the many people who have emailed and IMed me about this game and its
vehicles. While you may not have had any actual vehicles to suggest, or
they turned out not to be special, I appreciate all of the emails/IMs.
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*14* BOILERPLATE
========================================================
This document Copyright 2008 John Hoffnagle IV.
Do not reproduce this document for any purpose besides personal use
without asking me first. I'm not stingy; if you ask, you'll most likely
get permission to host it. Otherwise, it's a violation of copyright,
and I WILL pursue legal action, especially if you sell it for money.
All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by
their respective trademark and copyright holders. None of which are me.
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