GETTING ALL REWARD CARDS IN A SINGLE CAREER There are two career rewards that require advance planning. Iron Wall - win 20 defensive races in career mode Challenges only occur on non-completed races. If there is only one non-completed race remaining, start the race, abort, and exit to free roam. Repeat until a challenge occurs. Repeat this sequence until "Iron Wall" is rewarded. Career Mogul - have a balance of 1,000,000 cash in Career Mode Cheat code = 10,000. All career events = 1,123,000. Win and sell all 3 tier 2 boss cars = 122,500. 20 defensive races = 10,000. Neville = 200 per race. Sampson = +10% for each race he’s in. Yumi = 10% discount on parts. Nikki = 10% discount on tier 3 car. See career strategies below. WINNING THE 3 TIER 2 BOSS CARS To guarantee winning a pink slip for a boss car, disable autosave before starting a boss race, win the races, then choose random markers. If you don’t get the pink slip, reload game and repeat. When the pink slip is won, save and reenable autosave. UNLOCKING BOSS RACES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE Each zone only requires winning 10 races, 2 per territory, to unlock a boss race, which results in a new boss car and a new crew member as soon as possible. REPEAT CAREER VIA BUSTED / IMPOUND / GAME OVER Sell all but one car, go in to free roam, get busted and pay the fine, then repeat until your car is impounded for too many strikes. Choose to start over. All of the rewards will remain, and all parts and cars previously unlocked will remain unlocked. However, there are no markers after winning boss races, so there’s less total money in a repeat career. CHEAT CODES Cheat codes work in career and quick race. Consoles (for PS2, X is square, B is triangle): Add 10000 to career - down up left down right up X B Infinite nitrous - left up left down right X Infinite speedbreaker - down right right left right up down X Infinite crew member - down up up right left left right X PC Add 10000 to career - 5grand5grand Infinite nitrous - nosforeverever Infinite speedbreaker - slowitdownwhenyouwant Infinite crew member - friendlyheadlocksapplied CAREER ISSUES There is not enough money to get 1,000,000 in career and fully upgrade 3 different cars. The final tier 1 pro part doesn’t get unlocked until after the first boss race, when the AI switch to tier 2 cars. The final tier 2 pro part doesn’t get unlocked until after the third boss race, when the AI switch to tier 3 cars, except if the initial car is the Camaro SS. The Porsche Carerra GT doesn’t get unlocked until after career is completed, except if the first car is the Alfa Romeo Brera. When choosing which events to race before defeating Angie, do the checkpoints, drifts, and sprints on canyon roads, as Sampson isn’t present in these events. After defeating Angie, hiring and activating Sampson, this leaves more events for Sampson to race in, for more money. CAREER UNLOCKS (pro, racing, cars): Exotic - tier 2: brakes - take over Billings District (Downtown) engine - Angie boss race (Kempton) nitrous - Newport Trainyard (Newport Industrial Park) suspension - take over Kings Park (Downtown) tires - Mason Fountain (Billings District - Downtown) transmission - take over Newport Industrial Park (Kempton) turbo - Kenji boss race (Downtown) Muscle - tier 2: brakes - take over Billings District (Downtown) engine - take over Palmont University (Fortuna) nitrous - Garden Boulevard (Kings Park - Downtown) suspension - Kenji boss race (Downtown) tires - Million Dollar Drive (Ocean View - Fortuna) transmission - take over Ocean View (Fortuna) turbo - take over Historic Chinatown (Downtown). Lotus Elise - take over Hills Borough (Fortuna) Tuner - tier 2: brakes - take over Ocean View (Fortuna) engine - Wolf boss race (Fortuna) nitrous - Newport Trainyard (Newport Industrial Park) suspension - take over Eskuri Plaza (Kempton) tires - Million Dollar Drive (Ocean View - Fortuna) transmission - take over Palmont University (Fortuna) turbo - Angie Boss race (Kempton) All modes - tier 3: brakes + suspension - Grey Street (Infinity Park) turbo - Spade Street (Shady Pine) nitrous + tires - Paradise Hotel (Shady Pine) engine - Brooks Street (Silverton Refinery) transmission - Journeyman’s Bane drift (Silverton Refinery) Corvette Z06 - take over Canmor Downs (muscle) Lamborghini Murcielago - Deadfall Junction canyon duel (Canmor Downs) Lancer Evolution - Journeyman’s Bane canyon duel (Silverton Refinery) Porsche Carerra GT - take over Canmor Downs (exotic) CAREER SEQUENCE OPTIONS Miser mode - career can be completed just using the tier 2 boss cars without upgrades, using Kenji’s RX7 (and speedbreaker) in the tier 3 events. Camaro SS, 240SX, maxed Lotus Elise, maxed Lancer. Initial car is Camaro SS. Race Dover and Lepus, Morgan Beach Offramp. Buy 240SX, install street nitrous and tires. Take over Kempton, race Angie, hire and activate Sampson. Take over Downtown with 240SX, Charger, or Elise with racing nitrous only (no parts discount yet). Race Kenji, hire Yumi (parts discount). Upgrade Elise. Take over Fortuna. Race Wolf. Hire Nikki before buying Lancer. Hire Yumi before buying parts. When career mode done, sell cars all but 240SX to get over 1,000,000 in career. Camaro SS, 240SX, maxed RX7, maxed expensive tier 3 car. Initial car is Camaro SS. Race Dover and Lepus, Morgan Beach Offramp. Buy 240SX, install street nitrous and tires. Take over Kempton, race Angie, hire and activate Sampson. Take over Downtown with 240SX or Charger. Race Kenji, hire Yumi (parts discount). Upgrade RX7 (it already has racing nitrous). Take over Fortuna. Race Wolf. Hire Nikki before buying tier 3 car. Hire Yumi before buying parts. When career mode done, sell cars all but 240SX to get over 1,000,000 in career. Muscle only - Camaro SS, maxed Charger, maxed Z06 Initial car is Camaro SS, install street tires and nitrous only. Take over Kempton, race Angie, hire and activate Sampson. Take over Downtown with Charger. Race Kenji, hire Yumi (parts discount). Upgrade Charger (it already has racing nitrous). Take over Fortuna. Race Wolf. Hire Nikki before buying Z06. Hire Yumi before buying parts. When career mode done, sell cars all but Camaro SS to get over 1,000,000 in career. Exotic only - Alfa Brera, DB9, maxed Porsche Carerra GT or other exotic Exotic is the only mode where the Carerra GT is unlocked during career. Initial car is Alfa Romeo Brera, install street tires and nitrous only. Take over Fortuna, Race Wolf. Only add pro engine to DB9 (no parts discount). Take over Kempton, race Angie, hire and activate Sampson. Take over Downtown, race Kenji. Hire Nikki before buying Carerra GT. Hire Yumi before buying parts. When career mode done, sell cars all but Alfa Brera to get over 1,000,000 in career. Tuner only - RX8, 240SX, maxed RX7, maxed Lancer Initial car is RX8. Run two races and buy 240SX, install street tires and nitrous only. Take over Downtown, race Kenji, hire Yumi, use RX7. Upgrade RX7 as pro parts get unlocked. Take over Kempton, race Angie, hire and activate Sampson. Take over Fortuna, race Wolf. Hire Nikki before buying Lancer. Hire Yumi before buying parts. When career mode done, sell cars all but RX8 to get over 1,000,000 in career. REWARD CARDS Reward cards unlock visual stuff and non-competitive cars. Getting all reward cards can take a lot of time. The easy stuff, buy 6 240SX’s for fill with tuner, buy 6 Camaro SS’s for muscle, and 6 Alfa Brera’s for exotic. Lose any race - crash into a canyon rail for a quick loss. Get busted - use a car you don’t plan to keep, go into free roam, hit stuff or cars to trigger police. For pursuit events, a maxed out Z06 is good. Turn off autosave and use the cheat codes for pursuits, as the Z06 can run OK on rims with infinite nitrous. Z06 is also good for 200mph speed trap if you haven’t done it yet. The longest single pursuit event is ramming 100 police cars. 50K in fines requires a lot of pursuits. See the infractions section (next). A maxed Z06 is good for 50 quick races if you want to win; do canyon duel with Wolf, pass by and hang on for 2 turns to win. If you don’t care about winning, just crash into rail. Most boring is 50 free roam challenges, you go into free roam, wait 90 seconds before a challenger appears, then pick a marker and race to it. INFRACTIONS speeding - 150+mph fine = 350 excessive speeding - 180+mph fine = 150 reckless driving - 200+mph fine = 1000 property damage - hit anything that can be moved fine = 100 hit and run - hit any civilian car fine = 300 ramming a police vehicle - hit a police vehicle fine = 350 evade pursuit - cooldown mode fine = 300 BEST CARS Add these to your my car list, or buy them in career mode: Tier 1 - maxed 240SX Tier 2 - maxed Lotus Elise Tier 2 - maxed VW GOLF R32 (for canyons) Tier 3 - custom Audi Quattro Tier 3 - maxed Corvette Z06 (for fast tracks) CAR SETUPS For the setups, 1 means left, 2 means center, 3 means right. So 1 2 3 means top box left, middle box center, bottom box right. Common settings for all cars (except as noted) engine 3 3 3 transmission 1 1 1 nitrous 1 1 1 tires 2 (1 for Viper drift setup) brakes 2 2 2 turbo 3 3 3 Suspension settings by car Aston Martin DB9 3 2 2 Camaro SS 1 2 2 Charger R/T 1 1 1 Carerra GT 2 3 3 Ford GT 3 2 2 Jaguar XK 3 2 2 Lancer 2 2 2 Lotus Elise 3 3 3 Mazda Speed3 3 2 3 Mazda RX7 3 2 2 Mercedes AMG 3 2 3 Mercedes SLR 3 2 2 Murcielago 2 3 3 Nissan 240SX 3 3 3 Porsche 911 2 3 2 Porsce Cayman S 2 3 3 Skyline 2 2 3 Viper 3 3 3 (drift setup) VW Golf R32 3 3 3 Z06 1 1 1