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I also note that Gardening with Maurice was mentioned by Lazlow in GTA3 
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Official Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas topic
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I'm stuck on the last driving school mission. I keep going too fast over the hills, and I always fuck up somehow. It's not hard going on the initial straightaway, because I can stay on the tracks and avoid the traffic, but when it comes time for the turns I make a fool of myself. 
belgurdo said:
You sure you're leaning forward and using the regular brake and not the "hand brake?" Also don't just hold down the brake continuously.
Flying is real cool... I enjoyed the school a lot, though I'm not sure if I'll be able to get all golds. Helicopters were a nice surprise to me. Of course, I don't play flight games much at all so I doubt I'm a good judge for flight controls.
It took me a few tries to finish that test the first time. Set the marker to the end point, and PLAN YOUR ROUTE to take full advantage of the straightaways. The game sets less traffic in this mode than the regular game, so you should have plenty of room to maneuver. You can pause the game during the run to check the street map, btw.
SolidSnakex
Member
The handeling is awesome now so if you get really good at the handbrake you can make some really nice turns. Try tracking down the Elegy...Awesome awesome car. It works really well with the handbrake.
levious said:
Cars handle like real vehicles (more or less) now, meaning that doing things like trying to do 180s in voodoos will make you spin like a top, unlike in VC where you could powerslide around the city all day and keep the car as straight as an arrow. Oddly, this makes cars that were undrivable in the other games (Stallion, chopper bikes) a lot more dependable
Fifty said:You unlock a car for 1) All bronze 2) All Silver 3) All gold, plus you get a boost to your driving skill, and unlocks races when you complete it. Man, if you're still in Santos you're going to be blown away once you get into the countryside and the other cities.
Yeah I haven't had much time to play with the baby coming and finishing up preparations in the room, and cleaning the rest of the house, hopefully this week before the missus actually goes in to labor I'll be able to get some playing time in. You know not that I'd rather play the game vs. have the child born... you know... I'm excited about that too... I guess......
Good luck dealing with the odd mix of stress and joy. Geez, car controls aside, how can complain about the flying controls? Have you ever tried to fly an actual airplane or something before? Though the real thing is obviously more advanced, the controls do mimic the actual experience well enough. Flying isn't easy, so how do you expect them to make it easier in-game?
Property of Jumpship
Banned
All this awesome talk about it made me trade in my Xbox and get a PS2 and San Andreas. Good bye Halo 2, hello pimps, hookers, guns, mountain bikes, terrorist activity, etc.
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Property of Microsoft said:
lol, a name change would have been less dramatic.
Well, 15 hours of play time was all I could fit in over the weekend, but now I'm dead tired at work and nursing a pounding headache. A nap when I got home would be the best thing for me, but all freaking day I've been thinking about how I just unlocked San Ferria and finished the first mission at like 2:30 am this morning.... god the game has the hooks in me deep already.
As someone who LOVED the Smugglers Run series, there is no greater thrill than tooling around the mountain on the Sanchez. The only thing that could make this game better is if they busted out a perfect minigame that aped X-Com exactly or something.
As someone who LOVED the Smugglers Run series, there is no greater thrill than tooling around the mountain on the Sanchez. The only thing that could make this game better is if they busted out a perfect minigame that aped X-Com exactly or something.
mashoutposse
Ante Up
Ploid 3.0 said:
Take the street to the right and ride the middle over the trolley tracks. Keep to the middle. Slow down and go extremely easy on the gas at the point where you have to make the right-left and let off almost completely during the tricky long downhill righthander. Stick to the correct side of the road for that entire section. Use the skills learned during the 180 test to make a U-Turn without stopping, then do everything all over again. 100% should come quickly if you don't get idiot traffic that turns into you.
The hardest driving school test by far is the handbrake 90 parking... The closest I've gotten is a 92% so far.
The races are all easy if you know how to use the handbrake. I did that race right over to the east of Las Santas with almost zero driving skill, and the lowrider first try with that crappy car you get from the mission, not done up. They're mostly about endurance, not speed. I LOVE the races through the countryside by the way.
Also, where is the pool table exactly? Is it in one of the 24/7s on the map?
Also, where is the pool table exactly? Is it in one of the 24/7s on the map?
Ninja Scooter
Member
2 things that are missing:
1)Where the EFFF is the 2 Live Crew songs?
2) A spanish station. Everyone who has been to/lived in LA knows you can't scroll through the radio stations w/o running into 2453 spanish music stations.
1)Where the EFFF is the 2 Live Crew songs?
2) A spanish station. Everyone who has been to/lived in LA knows you can't scroll through the radio stations w/o running into 2453 spanish music stations.
Pedigree Chum
Banned
Ok, i've finally been able to put some good hourage into this game. It rocks a lot, i'm loving the gang-territory wars, sooooo much fun causing rukus and taking over some land.
Shit. Where is this driving school?
I got like 15 hours into this game already and I'm still restricted to Los Santos! :lol
I think I got like 10 missions left to do. I keep on doing side missions. Especially taking over gang territories! I've got almost all the Ballers area under my control and I'm getting some mad money for having all these areas under Grove control! I got like 50 grand right now with nothing to spend it on I need to get to Los Venturas quick!
BTW, for some reason, I find it easier to control control of areas by myself than with 5 gangsta buddies with me. Thier roody poo AI asses alway seem to get in my way.
I got like 15 hours into this game already and I'm still restricted to Los Santos! :lol
I think I got like 10 missions left to do. I keep on doing side missions. Especially taking over gang territories! I've got almost all the Ballers area under my control and I'm getting some mad money for having all these areas under Grove control! I got like 50 grand right now with nothing to spend it on I need to get to Los Venturas quick!
BTW, for some reason, I find it easier to control control of areas by myself than with 5 gangsta buddies with me. Thier roody poo AI asses alway seem to get in my way.
SiegfriedFM
Member
Minor story spoilers just before entering San Fierro:
Catalina is hilarious. Shame that I won't see more of her now... I guess. Can't really go out and have her killed for obvious reasons.
GTA3 guy cameo was cool.
GTA3 guy cameo was cool.
Littleberu
Banned
SiegfriedFM said:
It's awesome. I let the game idle for a while, and then I came back, got a phone call. Guess who it was?
"PIG!!!"
Mike Works
Member
Got a quick question here. Buddy's over at my place, and we want to play some 2 player rampages, but I can't find any. I've seen a few in San Fierro, but I can't remember where.
Anyone have a picture or anything that shows where some are? Or anyone know where ANY 2 player stuff is aside from the place right outside Denise's?
Anyone have a picture or anything that shows where some are? Or anyone know where ANY 2 player stuff is aside from the place right outside Denise's?
My handy strategy guide says....."Pershing Square Los Santos" for a rampage. and there's a 2 player Runaround in Idlewood..I'm looking at the maps but it doesn't show an exact location
edit: Yes it does.
Pershing square is just north of city hall(which is right above the twisting road in the middle of Verdant Bluffs)
south of downtown....west of the big freeway that cuts through town.
edit: Yes it does.
Pershing square is just north of city hall(which is right above the twisting road in the middle of Verdant Bluffs)
south of downtown....west of the big freeway that cuts through town.
Mike Works
Member
Awesome, thanks. We finished all of them for that one and didn't get anything (nor did it say COMPLETE or anything, it just made us re-do the same limit when we tried again). Do you not get anything for them?
And does anyone know where any other ones are now that we beat it?
And does anyone know where any other ones are now that we beat it?
I know there's one a couple blocks from the garage in San Fierro, but that may be the one that Fifty just described. It's in a little crevace, next to either a car or bike.
There's another one in one of the countryside towns. One person rides a motorbike while the other shoots. You have to take down a certain number of bikes in a given time, escalating until 10 in 1 minute. We did everything, but no bonus. It wasn't as fun as you'd think, too.
There's another one in one of the countryside towns. One person rides a motorbike while the other shoots. You have to take down a certain number of bikes in a given time, escalating until 10 in 1 minute. We did everything, but no bonus. It wasn't as fun as you'd think, too.
There's so much more to do. And this time around, it's not just a collectathon to boost the %. This game is fucking awesome. I've had so many cool and close call moments. How can people thing it's not fit to be a GOTY contender?Diablos said:Heh, I only played up to the end of the first mission and I know this game is going to be better than Vice City.