GTA VC Special Vehicle Guide [2019]

June 10, 2018

GTA VC Special Vehicle Guide

If you deserve the credit for a vehicle, just inform me and I will credit you.

Former GTA VC Special vehicle Guide
Russian GTA VC discussion topic (foreigners, use google translate)

Acronym Legend:

BP = Bulletproof: This vehicle will not take any damage from bullets. The tires are not affected by this property.
FP = Fireproof: Driving through fire will not ignite the car. Entering the vehicle whilst Tommy is on fire will make set it on fire, though.
EP = Explosionproof: Explosions affect this car; it won't move, nor will it take damage.
DP = Damageproof: This vehicle is immune to collisions of any force. It won't dent, nor will it explode. This property doesn't protect boats and bikes. DP also includes "Meleeproof".

AP = Allproof: This vehicle is BP, FP, EP & DP at once.
UC = Unique Color (1): The vehicle's primary color is special and can't be found on it according to the carcols.dat
UC2 = Unique Color 2: The vehicle's secondary color is special and can't be found on it according to the carcols.dat.
Unique = Unique Model: This term refers to the vehicle's model and depends on whether the vehicle can be found in traffic or not.
NE = No Extra: The vehicle has no "Extra", it's missing certain components. A good example for this is the lightless Taxi.

Special Vehicles list:

Chapter 1: Cheat vehicles
Cheat List topic by Spaceeinstein

UC/UC2 Light5 Admiral

Spoiler

Mission
In the Beginning...

Method 1:
Requirements
- None

Blow up the Admiral in the end of the cut-scene with the blow up vehicles cheat and then spawn a Rhino. Use the Rhino to start vigilante and then simply pass level by level by using the blow up vehicles cheat. Whenever you need a new Rhino, simply enter the spawn Rhino cheat again. When you have $7000 use the Rhino to push the wreck to the Links View safehouse and buy it. After that, put the wreck into the garage and renew it.
Video by Champion

Found by

Unknown

Method 2: (for PC only)

Requirements
- A tracksuit replay
- A molotov rampage replay

As usual, blow up the Admiral in the end of the cutscene with the blow up vehicles cheat, use the molotovs from the rampage replay to attract a Firetruck and then collect money with the fades of picking up the tracksuit via replay. For this, simply start the Firefighter side mission and press F3 to extinguish the fires.
Then use the Firetruck to push the wreck to the Links View safehouse and buy it. After that, put the wreck into the garage and renew it.

Video by BAS-BAS23

Found by

Unknown

Unique RC Raider

Spoiler

Mission
RC Raider Pickup

Method 1: (for PC only)

Requirements
- Something to set om0
- Sunshine Autos bought
- Sunshine Autos save icon replay

Start the mission, fly the RC Raider to the Sunshine Auto's garages and when the timer of the rampage hits one second, enter the suicide cheat, or if you use a phone call, enter the cheat first and then release the call shortly after. Keep the RC Raider airborne until you finished approaching it on foot. To accelerate this, you can also collect the save icon via replay and teleport there. Then fly it into one of your garages and destroy the Raider by pressing the "shoot" button. When it explodes, activate the replay and save your game. Make sure that Tommy won't fall from the explosion or the icon won't be picked up. Before the fade ends, you need to reload the game, or else it will crash. If it crashes, it's not too much of a problem. Load the saved game and check your garage for the RC Raider.

Video by Vanhela

Found by

Lennart-, RationalPsycho

Method 2:

Requirements
- Something to set om0
- Sunshine Autos bought

Start the mission, fly the RC Raider to the Sunshine Auto's garages and when the timer of the rampage hits one second, enter the suicide cheat, or if you use a phone call, enter the cheat first and then release the call shortly after. Keep the RC Raider airborne until you finished approaching it on foot. Then fly the Raider into one of your garages and jam the door open, using a car that you no longer need. Walk to the save icon and shortly before you touch it, blow up the Raider with the shoot button. Save the game and immediately reload or else the game will crash. If it crashes, it's not too much of a problem. Load the saved game and check your garage for the RC Raider.

Found by

Lennart-, RationalPsycho

UC/UC2 Black conversion

Spoiler

Mission
No mission

Method 1:

Requirements

- at least $100 to afford a respray

Enter the black vehicles cheat and take your vehicle to Pay & Spray. This cheat is not recognized by the game.

Video by Vanhela

Found by

Unknown

UC/UC2 Pink conversion

Spoiler

Mission
No mission

Method 1:

Requirements

- at least $100 to afford a respray

Enter the pink vehicles cheat and take your vehicle to Pay & Spray. This cheat is not recognized by the game.

Video by Palacios

Found by

Unknown

AP Maverick

Spoiler

Mission
Phnom Penh '86

Method 1:

Requirements

- Links View Apartment bought

- 400+ HP, 100% reached

Start the mission and follow the mission instructions until you reach the "You're on my turf" cut-scene. Simply enter the blow up all cars cheat. When you have 400 HP, you will survive this. From here, you want to find yourself a heavy car that you use to push the Maverick to the Links View Apartment's garage.

Found by

you fooking w0t m9?

AP PCJ 600

Spoiler

Mission
Bar Brawl

Method 1:

Requirements
- Ocean Hights Apartment bought

In the cutscene that shows two Security Guards escaping through the explosion, enter the blow up all cars cheat. Then push the wreck to your garage and restore it there.

Video by Champion

Found by

LATE

Unique RC Goblin

Spoiler

Mission
Demolition Man

Method 1: (for PC only)

Requirements
- 1102 Washington Street bought

- Ocean Hights Apartment bought

- 1102 Washington Street save icon replay

- Ocean Hights Apartment save icon replay

Start the mission with a rampage running. Get into the Top Fun and wait until the Rampage timer runs out. In the meanwhile, you can fly to the bridge near the Hardware shop that leads to the 1102 Washington Street Apartment. Then teleport to the 1102 Washington Street save icon via the replay and fly the RC Goblin to the Hospital (as close to it as you can). After exchanging the replay in your user files enter the suicide cheat and fly the Goblin to the Ocean Hights garage. You need to keep close to Tommy as there is a "range" limit. When you reach the garage, fly the Goblin inside, explode it and save via the replay when it blows up. Make sure that Tommy isn't blown of his feet as if he falls over, saving is impossible during this animation. Also, you have to stand inside the garage so the door is opened until you save. After this is done, immediately reload the game and check if the Goblin is still there.

Found by

Lennart -, RationalPsycho

FP/EP Hotring Racer

Spoiler

Mission
Hotring

Method 1:

Requirements
- Hyman Condo apartment bought

Start the mission and reverse into the black hallway where the new racers spawn after they've been blown up. When your Hotring catches fire, simply use the health cheat to extinguish it. When you eventually drop through the ground, make your way to your safehouse and park the Hotring inside one of your garages. Destroy the Hotring Racer and let the garage door close when it's in the blown up state. After the mission failed, check if it's still inside your garage.

Found by

Chun Yu Chan

Unique FP/EP Hotring Racer A

Spoiler

Mission

Hotring

Method 1:

Requirements
- Hyman Condo bought

- Laser signed sniper

Start the mission, snipe the driver of any Hotring Racer A, steal the car and reverse into the black hallway where the new racers come from. Keep reversing until you drop through. Every time your Hotring A Racer catches fire, enter the health cheat to repair your Hotring. When you drop through the ground, gand make your way to the Ammunation and enter the rifle range. Leave the rifle range again to refresh your interior view. Now simply park the Hotring Racer A inside your garage and let it blow itself up. Renew the wreck and use the Maverick that's parked on top of the Hyman Condo apartment to fly onto the stadium. From here, search for your Hotring Racer and snipe it until the mission fails.

No video yet

Found by

Chun Yu Chan

Unique FP/EP Hotring Racer B

Spoiler

Mission
Hotring

Method 1:

Requirements
- Hyman Condo bought

- Laser signed sniper

Start the mission, snipe the driver of any Hotring Racer B, steal the car and reverse into the black hallway where the new racers come from. Keep reversing until you drop through. Every time your Hotring B Racer catches fire, enter the health cheat to repair your Hotring. When you drop through the ground, gand make your way to the Ammunation and enter the rifle range. Leave the rifle range again to refresh your interior view. Now simply park the Hotring Racer B inside your garage and let it blow itself up. Renew the wreck and use the Maverick that's parked on top of the Hyman Condo apartment to fly onto the stadium. From here, search for your Hotring Racer and snipe it until the mission fails.

No video yet

Found by

Chun Yu Chan

Unique NE Hotring Racer A

Spoiler

Mission
No mission

Method 1:

Requirements
- A garage with a vehicle inside that can't have Extras

Spoiler

VC vehicles with extras: Barracks, Benson, BF Injection, Bloodrina, Bloodrinb, Boxville, Burrito, Cabbie, Caddy, Coach, Coastguard, Deaddodo, Firetruck, Flatbed, Gang Burrito, Hotrina, Hotrinb, Cheetah, Kaufman Cab, Marquis, Mesa, Mr. Whoopee, Mule, Patriot, Perennial, Rio, Romero's Hearse, Rumpo, Stallion, Stretch, Taxi, Trashmaster, VCPD Cheetah, Yankee, Zebra Cab.

Open the garage and enter the spawn Hotring Racer A cheat. The cheat is recognized by the game.

Video by Vanhela

Found by

First documented by Lennart -

Unique NE Hotring Racer B

Spoiler

Mission
No mission

Method 1:

Requirements
- A garage with a vehicle inside that can't have Extras

Spoiler

VC vehicles with extras: Barracks, Benson, BF Injection, Bloodrina, Bloodrinb, Boxville, Burrito, Cabbie, Caddy, Coach, Coastguard, Deaddodo, Firetruck, Flatbed, Gang Burrito, Hotrina, Hotrinb, Cheetah, Kaufman Cab, Marquis, Mesa, Mr. Whoopee, Mule, Patriot, Perennial, Rio, Romero's Hearse, Rumpo, Stallion, Stretch, Taxi, Trashmaster, VCPD Cheetah, Yankee, Zebra Cab.

Open the garage and enter the spawn Hotring Racer B cheat. The cheat is recognized by the game.
Video by Vanhela

Found by

First documented by Lennart -

Chapter 2: Vice City Beach:

UC/UC2 Light5 Admiral

Spoiler

Mission

In the Beginning...

Method 1:

Requirements

- None

Start a new game and steal the Admiral that's parked next to Tommy. To buy a garage, you have to earn money. The easiest way to do so is by doing missions like Cone Crazy a few times or pass Paramedics.

Found by

Unknown

UC/UC2 White Infernus

Spoiler

Mission

1. Back Alley Brawl
2. Guardian Angels

Method 1: (Back Alley Brawl)

Requirements

- None

Simply kill Lance when you have access to the Infernus.

Found by

Unknown

Method 2: (Guardian Angels)

Requirements

- None

Kill Lance once you have access to the Infernus or store it in one of your garages and then pass the mission.

Found by

Unknown

UC/UC2 Black conversion

Spoiler

Mission

The party

Method 1:

Requirements

- Something to set om0

Simply dupe (= start it twice without failing the first instance) "The Party" and enter the marker at the Colonel's boat with the vehicle that you want to convert black. You can then decide to either pass the mission or convert more vehicles by failing the mission. (Make note that this method adds permanent blips.)

Video by Vanhela

Found by

L1 Leone

Method 2:

Requirements

- Something to set om0

Start "The Party with a rampage running, head for the clothing shop, change your clothes there, and wait for the rampage to expire. Then start "The Party" again and enter the marker at the Colonel's boat with the vehicle that you want to convert to black. Once you regain control over Tommy, kill Mercedes. (If this is your last vehicle to convert and you want to pass the mission twice, you can just drop her off at the strip club as well.) This part is crucial for the conversion to work: you need to have this ped model loaded, otherwise the game will crash when you proceed to the next step. Loading it is simple, you just have to find it randomly on the streets (it's more common to spawn at night time). On the PC version, you can even mark it if it spawns inside a vehicle: shoot the car and when the ped gets out, press F1.
When this is done, you can continue. Enter the clothing shop marker and head for the Colonel's boat again. Make sure that you are not inside a vehicle when you enter that marker or else, the conversion won't work and the vehicle you entered the marker with, the second time will spawn instead. After the cutscene, there should be a black vehicle parked in front of you. (If you converted a police vehicle, it will be locked and you will have to push it to the next garage.) You can now either pass the mission (the second time) by dropping Mercedes off at the strip club if this is your last vehicle or you can fail the mission by killing her.

Video by Vanhela

Found by

Nick007J

Unique Spand Express

Spoiler

Missions

1. Jury Fury

2. Riot

Method 1: (Jury Fury)

Requirements

- None

Start the mission, head over to the nearest judge, kill the woman he's talking to and after he attempts to drive off, take the van that rammed the judge's Admiral. Now simply pass the mission and store the Spand Express.

Video by Vanhela

Found by

Unknown

Method 2: (Riot)
Requirements

- A garage

Start a fight and instead of destroying all the vans, leave one untouched. You can pass the mission by ditching it in the water or storing it inside your garage and then blowing it up.

Video by Vanhela (Exploding approach)

Video by Vanhela (Ditching approach)

Found by

Unknown

AP/UC/UC2 Light Blue Grey Admiral

Spoiler

Mission

Guardian Angels

Method 1: (Pass)

Requirements

- None

Enter the final marker facing at a specific angle and after the cutscene has ended, simply take the Admiral which will have driven down the street a few meters.

Video by Vanhela

Method 2: (Fail)

Requirements

- None

Interrupt the deal and when the mission failed text appears, take the Admiral.

Found by

Unknown

AP Maverick

Spoiler

Mission

Phnom Penh '86

Method 1:

Requirements

- Optional: store your precious weapons at a security gate

- A phone call (If Avery's call is answered, just use one of the Phone call mission calls

- You need to set the "change radio" key to the same key as the "answer phone call" key

- Grenades (Can be found here: Picture)

- You have to buy Hyman Condo

- You need to collect at least 80 Packages

- Don't complete all rampages

You have to reduce Tommy's health and drive to Diaz' mansion. Now you have to manage to start the mission and to die during the cutscene of the Maverick starting. You can do so by timing the rampage timer and the call timer and then throwing a grenade or you can park a car near the entrance and start the mission during a phone call. This will allow you to skip the call by pressing the enter vehicle button and then committing suicide with the throw of a grenade.

After you respawn back a the hospital, hold the next incoming phone call and take a Taxi to Diaz' mansion and get your Seasparrow. Then follow the Maverick to Prawn Island and kill all waves of enemies spawning (with the Seasparrow) until you get to the "You're on my turf" cutscene. During this audio line, release the call and pick up a save icon to regain vision. The minimap should help you navigating. From now on, you have to watch out to never have the first ring of the phone call end. Or in other words: immediately cancel the call once it comes in.

Get back to Prawn Island with a sniper rifle (you can get one on the rooftop of the Hyman Condo safehouse) and shoot Lance. Then steal the Maverick, park it in front of Diaz' mansion and start Phnom Penh again and pass the second instance. Afterwards, you will spawn back near the Maverick. Take it and store it in one of your garages.

Found by

Nick007J, RationalPsycho, Cuban C3

Method 2: (for PC only)

Requirements

- Optional: store your precious weapons at a security gate

- A phone call (If Avery's call is answered, just use one of the Phone call mission calls

- You need to set the "change radio" key to the same key as the "answer phone call" key

- Grenades (Can be found here: Picture)

- You have to buy Hyman Condo

- You need to collect at least 80 Packages

- Don't complete all rampages

You have to reduce Tommy's health and drive to Diaz' mansion. Now you have to manage to start the mission and to die during the cutscene of the Maverick starting. You can do so by timing the rampage timer and the call timer and then throwing a grenade or you can park a car near the entrance and start the mission during a phone call. This will allow you to skip the call by pressing the enter vehicle button and then committing suicide with the throw of a grenade.

After you respawn back a the hospital, hold the next incoming phone call and take a Taxi to Diaz' mansion and get your Seasparrow. Then follow the Maverick to Prawn Island and kill all waves of enemies spawning until you get to the "You're on my turf" cutscene. During this audio line, release the call and activate a replay of the Hyman Condo save icon to regain vision. From now on, you have to watch out to never have the first ring of the phone call end. Or in other words: immediately cancel the call once it comes in.

Get back to Prawn Island with a sniper rifle (you can get one on the rooftop of the Hyman Condo safehouse) and shoot Lance. Then steal the Maverick, park it in front of Diaz' mansion and start Phnom Penh again and pass the second instance. Afterwards, you will spawn back near the Maverick. Take it and store it in one of your garages.

Video by Vanhela

Found by

Nick007J, RationalPsycho, Cuban C3

BP/FP/EP Squalo

Spoiler

Mission

Supply & Demand

Method 1:

Requirements

- Hyman Condo bought

When you're supposed to race the competition to the yacht, simply kill Lance to fail the mission. Then store the Squalo in the Hyman Condo garage. To get it there beach the boat at the stadium and push it to the garage with the use of Tommy's body.

Video by Vanhela

Found by

GTA_Loco

DP/FP/EP Squalo

Spoiler

Mission

Supply & Demand

Method 1:

Requirements

- Hyman Condo bought

Shoot Lance during the part of the mission where you are supposed to kill the competition with the Kruger and store the Squalo in your Hyman Condo garage by beaching it at the Stadium and pushing it with Tommy's body.

Video by Synthkr

Found by

Grandtheftwiki.com

UC/UC2 Black Washington or UC/UC2 White Washington

Spoiler

Mission

All Hands on Deck

Method 1: (black, pass & all versions but xBox)

Requirements

- Ocean Beach safehouse acquired

After the opening cutscene has played out, there will be smaller boats following the Colonel's yacht. If you snipe one particular boat driver (as you can see in the video), you can take his boat and reach the shore with it. Then you have to use Tommy's body to push the Washington to the nearest garage. On PC and mobile, you can make things easier using the frame limiter option.
(The Washington is not locked but entering it will fail the mission.) Stay inside said garage until the mission continues automatically and after the mission has passed, you can check on your Washington to make sure it's stored.)

Video by LieutenantCB17

Found by

4emp2008

Method 2: (black, fail & all versions but xBox)
Requirements
- None

After the opening cutscene has played out, there will be smaller boats following the Colonel's yacht. If you snipe one particular boat driver (as you can see in the video), you can take his boat and reach the shore with it. Then you have to use Tommy's body to push the Washington to the entrance of Colonel's pier. Entering the car then fails the mission and you will be teleported to the pier, where the Washington is waiting to be taken.

Video by LieutenantCB17

Found by

Unknown

Method 3: (white, pass & xBox only)

Requirements

- Ocean Beach safehouse acquired

After the opening cutscene has played out, there will be smaller boats following the Colonel's yacht. If you snipe one particular boat driver (as you can see in the video), you can take his boat and reach the shore with it. Then you have to use Tommy's body to push the Washington to the nearest garage. On PC and mobile, you can make things easier using the frame limiter option.
(The Washington is not locked but entering it will fail the mission.) Stay inside said garage until the mission continues automatically and after the mission has passed, you can check on your Washington to make sure it's stored.)

Found by

4emp2008

Method 4: (white, fail & xBox only)
Requirements
- None

After the opening cutscene has played out, there will be smaller boats following the Colonel's yacht. If you snipe one particular boat driver (as you can see in the video), you can take his boat and reach the shore with it. Then you have to use Tommy's body to push the Washington to the entrance of Colonel's pier. Entering the car then fails the mission and you will be teleported to the pier, where the Washington is waiting to be taken.

Found by

Unknown

AP PCJ 600

Spoiler

Mission

Bar Brawl

Method 1:

Requirements

- something to set om0

Video by BuXiang _

Found by

BuXiang

Method 2:

Requirements

- something to set om0

Dupe the mission and when you get to the cutscene with the explosions, take one of the duplicated PCJs, pass/fail the mission with it and save it in one of your garages.

Video by BuXiang _

Found by

Nick007J

Method 3:

Requirements

- Rhino

Start the mission, arrive at the bar in a tank and park it in this angel in this location: Picture

Rotate the turret by 180° and kill all but one of the security guard. Make him follow you and once he gets close to you, accelerate with the help of rockets and bail out. If the Rhino hits both targets, the mission will pass, if only one is hit, you need to kill the other target quickly and without losing sight of the wreck. (Alternatively, you can also fail the mission. Also, if the wreck doesn't blow up entirely in the cutscene, it won't be AP.) If everything went right, push the wreck to your garage and restore it.

Video by LieutenantCB17

Found by

Unknown

UC/UC2 Black Stretch

Spoiler

Mission

Four Iron & Demolition Man

Method 1: (Four Iron)

Requirements

- A phone call

- something to set the om flag to 0
- Rocket launcher

Answer the phone call and acquire om0. During the last line of the phone call, enter the marker. This will dupe the mission and spawn two Stretchs of which one will stay after the cut-scene has played. Take this Stretch, park it in front of a garage so that the Stretch keeps the garage door open, reduce your health, position yourself behind the Stretch, aim at the Stretch and fire. The explosion should kill Tommy and push the Stretch into the garage.
Video by Дмитрий Усков

Found by

Dmitry U.

Method 2: (Demolition Man)

Requirements

- A replay of the taxi business buy icon

Start the mission and at the same time, spam the F3 key and the buy property key. This should dupe the mission and you can then just take the left over Stretch and fail the mission by blowing up the Toyz. Keep in mind that this locks you out of the normal 100% completion.

Video by Дмитрий Усков

Found by

Dmitry U.

RC Goblin

Spoiler

Mission

Demolition Man

Method 1: (for PC only)

Requirements
- 1102 Washington Street apartment bought

- 1102 Washington Street save icon replay

- Ocean Hights apartment bought
- Ocean Hights save icon replay
- something to change the on mission state

Start Demolition man and change the on mission flag to zero and make the Top Fun van burn so it is on very low health later on. As you don't want to have the Top Fun van blow up on you, you have to enter it before it explodes and fails the mission. Instead of picking up a bomb, you go directly towards all the workers and attract their attention so they follow you. Fly towards the bridge that leads to the 1102 Washington Street apartment and ascend until you reach a decent hight. You always want to have the workers following you. When the RC Goblin is above the bridge, simply activate the saved replay and teleport to the 1102 Washington Street save icon. Now you need to fly the Goblin to your Top Fun van without losing/killing any of the workers. Once there, make the workers attack the Top Fun on accident when they try to hit the Goblin. This will explode the Top Fun, setting Tommy free. Now you have to control Tommy and the Goblin to your Ocean Hights apartment. In the meanwhile, you can put the Ocean Hights save icon replay into your user files. When you arrive at your garage, you have to fly the Goblin into the garage and destroy it. The moment it blows up, save the game via replay. Make sure that Tommy won't fall over from the explosion as this prolongs the icon pick-up. Before the fade ends, you should reload the game as otherwise, VC crashes. If it does, no problem, load the save anyways and enjoy the Unique RC Goblin.

Found by

Pr0jek, RationalPsycho, Lennart -

UC/UC2 White PCJ 600

Spoiler

Mission

Autocide

Method 1:

Requirements
- None

Take the White PCJ that you are provided and store it in one of your garages. Now you can either pass the mission or fail it. For either choice, you have to open and close the garage afterwards to confirm the PCJ 600 being saved.

Found by

Unknown

UC/UC2 Black & Red6 Bobcat

Spoiler

Mission

Autocide

Method 1:

Requirements

- A Sniper

Snipe the target and take the Bobcat for yourself. You can store it in one of your garages and pass/fail the mission. After that, simply open and close the garage so the Bobcat is actually saved.

Video by LieutenantCB17

Found by

Unknown

UC/UC2 Striking Blue PCJ 600

Spoiler

Mission

Autocide

Method 1:

Requirements

- None

Kill the last target without blowing up his bike and take the PCJ 600 for yourself. Vide by Lieutenant CB17

Found by

Unknown

BP/FP/EP Sabre Turbo

Spoiler

Mission

The Driver

Method 1:

Requirements

- A Rhino

Before attempting this, you have to store the Rhino in the Vercetti Estate garage. After you started the mission, head for the mansion, get the Rhino and blow up the Sabre Turbo when it approaches the Starfish Island bridge by bumping into it. Push the wreck to the Vercetti Estate garage and restore it. Watch out not to look away from the wreck as this will make the Sabre Turbo disappear.

Found by

Unknown

Method 2: (for PS2 original only)

Requiremens

- A sniper rifle

Instead of racing Hilary, go to the finish line and snipe him the moment you see him. To make this easier, you can use the adrenaline pill located behind the house that Gonzales was inside. When the body drops out, you need to keep the door open because the Sabre Turbo is locked until restored.

Found by
Unknown

Method 3:

Requirements

(- 50 temporary blips)

- something to change the on mission flag to zero

Start the Driver and change the on mission flag to 0. Instead of continuing the race, head back into the Malibu Club and start the mission again. Shoot the driver of the Sabre Turbo that isn't moving and fail/pass the mission. You want to have lots of temporary blips covering your minimap if you dislike permanent ones.

Video by Дмитрий Усков

Found by

Dmitry U.

Method 4: (suicide)

Requirements

- A Molotov replay

- something to change the on mission flag to zero

Kill Tommy with a molotov and set om = 0 during the opening cutscene (use the video as reference). After that, simply start the mission again and pass/fail it. For this, you should use the leftover Sabre Turbo so it doesn't disappear.

Video by SharkGang Vice City

Found by

SharkGang Vice City

Chapter 3: Mainland:

UC2 Grey3 Patriot

Spoiler

Mission

Sir, Yes Sir!

Method 1:

Requirements

- None

Snipe the Patriot's driver and drive the Patriot to one of your garages. Then pass the mission and return to your garage. Open and close the garage to confirm the Patriot being saved.

On PC, if your Patriot is inflamed by gunshots, you can extinguish the fire with a clothes replay.Video by Vanhela

Found by

Unknown

UC/UC2 Black Voodoo

Spoiler

Mission

Two bit Hit

Method 1:

Requirements

- None

Simply snipe the Voodoo's driver and park it in one of your garages. After passing the mission, open and close your garage to confirm it being saved.

Video by Lieutenant CB17

Found by

Unknown

UC2 Black Unique Romero's Hearse

Spoiler

Mission

Two bit Hit

Method 1:

Requirements

- None

Steal the Hearse that's parked facing south and store it in one of your garages. After passing the mission, open and close your garage to confirm it being saved.

Video by Vanhela

Found by

Unknown

FP Unique Romero's Hearse

Spoiler

Mission

Two bit Hit

Method 1: (Fail)

Requirements

- A sniper rifle

Snipe the target from far away and then simply steal the FP Hearse (it's the one that the target would get inside).

Found by

Unknown

Method 2: (Pass)

Requirements

- A sniper rifle

Enter the chase part and snipe the driver of the FP Hearse. Kill the target and bring the Hearse to one of your garages. You can also just immobilize the Hearse in the beginning and come back for it after storing all the other cars from this mission.Video by Vanhela

Found by

Grandtheftwiki.com

Unique Love Fist (Rare on PC, Mobile, xBox)

Spoiler

Mission

1. Psycho Killer

2. Publicity Tour

3. Free roam after Publicity Tour (PC/mobile)

Method 1: (Psycho Killer)

Requirements

- None

Simply pass the mission and park the Love fist in one of your garages.

Found by

Unknown

Method 2: (Publicity Tour)

Requirements

- None

Pull off the bomb defusing part, put the Love Fist limo into one of your garages, blow it up and renew the wreck.

Found by

Unknown

Method 3: (PC and Mobile only)

Requirements

- Passing "Publicity Tour"

You can find the Love Fist parked in front of the band's studio.

Found by

Unknown

NE Zebra Cab

Spoiler

Mission

1. Cabmageddon

2. Freeroam

Method 1:

Requirements

- A garage with a vehicle inside that can't have extras

Spoiler

VC vehicles with extras: Barracks, Benson, BF Injection, Bloodrina, Bloodrinb, Boxville, Burrito, Cabbie, Caddy, Coach, Coastguard, Deaddodo, Firetruck, Flatbed, Gang Burrito, Hotrina, Hotrinb, Cheetah, Kaufman Cab, Marquis, Mesa, Mr. Whoopee, Mule, Patriot, Perennial, Rio, Romero's Hearse, Rumpo, Stallion, Stretch, Taxi, Trashmaster, VCPD Cheetah, Yankee, Zebra Cab.

- 100 Fares finished (for the jump boost)

When you are facing the taxis, simply escape the battle ground by jumping over the gate. Before the timer runs out, open a garage that has a vehicle inside that can't have Extras. During the cutscene, you can see whether you have been successful or not.

Video by SeaWallTX

Found by

RationalPsycho

Method 2:

Requirements

- Kaufman Cab missions completed
- A garage with a vehicle inside that can't have Extras

Spoiler

VC vehicles with extras: Barracks, Benson, BF Injection, Bloodrina, Bloodrinb, Boxville, Burrito, Cabbie, Caddy, Coach, Coastguard, Deaddodo, Firetruck, Flatbed, Gang Burrito, Hotrina, Hotrinb, Cheetah, Kaufman Cab, Marquis, Mesa, Mr. Whoopee, Mule, Patriot, Perennial, Rio, Romero's Hearse, Rumpo, Stallion, Stretch, Taxi, Trashmaster, VCPD Cheetah, Yankee, Zebra Cab.

Enter the interior world to disable traffic. Then simply open one of your garages that has none of the following vehicles inside.

Now simply run to the Kaufman Cab business and pick up the NE Zebra Cab.
Video by Vanhela

Found by

Lennart -

FP Voodoo

Spoiler

Mission

Trojan Voodoo

Method 1: (Japanese version, Pass)

Requirements

- None

When you are told to run away from the bomb, simply take a Voodoo with you and leave it down the stairs. After the cutscene has played, get back into the Voodoo and store it in one of your garages.

Video by Vanhela

Found by

Lennart -

Method 2: (Japanese version, Fail)

Requirements

- None

Simply shoot a driver of one of the Voodoos and steal it.

Video by Vanhela

Found by

Savenplayftw

UC/UC2 Yellow5 Stretch

Spoiler

Mission

1. Recruitment Drive
2. Martha's Mug Shot

Method 1: (Recruitment Drive, PC, xBox, PS2)

Requirements

- Hyman Condo bought
- A long phone call
- A M4/Ruger

Start the mission and change the "on mission flag" to 0. Go to the Hyman Condo safehouse and answer the phone call when in FPS view with the M4/Ruger. Change to some weapon that allows you to run, collect the clothes icon and sprint to the marker. Jump into the marker exactly when the phone call ends. Jump towards the Stretch and steal it as fast as possible. Then simply pass the mission and park the Stretch inside your garage.

Video by Vanhela

Found by

Lennart -

Method 2: (Recruitment Drive, for PC only)

Requirements

- None

Mark a Bus and create a roadblock at the road that the Stretch will take. After the cutscene, take the Stretch and pass the mission.

Video by Дмитрий Усков

Found by

Дмитрий Усков

Method 3: (Martha's Mug Shot, for non-Japanese versions only)

Requirements)

- Flamethrower

Scare the driver out with a flamethrower and get in. Use the Stretch to pass the mission and store it in one of your garages. Video by Lieutenant CB17

Found by

Unknown

FP/UC/UC2 Yellow5 Stretch

Spoiler

Mission

Martha's Mugshot

Method 1: (for Japanese versions only, Fail)

Requirements

- None

Simply kill Candy and scare out the Stretch's driver.
Video by Noskillx

Found by

Unknown

Method 2: (for Japanese versions only, Pass)

Requirements

- A Rhino tank

Do the mission normally until you get the 5 star wanted level. From here, take the Rhino, blow up the Stretch, push the wreck to the marker, pass the mission and push the wreck to one of your garages where you renew it.

Found by

Lennart -

UC Black Sentinel

Spoiler

Mission

Hit the Courier

Method 1:

Requirements

- None

Start the mission, arrive at the docks, kill a handful of dangerous enemies, wait for the courier to arrive and get into her car and when she does, head-shot her so her body will drop out. Take the plates and finish the mission inside the Sentinel. Remember that its doors are locked so leaving it, you need to pay attention to not closing the door.

Video by LieutenantCB17

Found by

Unknown

UC/UC2 White Walton

Spoiler

Mission

Gun Runner

Method 1:

Requirements

- None

When you're told to destroy the Waltons, drive them to your garage and destroy them there instead. Then renew the wreck by closing the garage.

Video by LieutenantCB17

Found by

Unknown

UC/UC2 Black Admiral

Spoiler

Mission

1. Check out at the Check-in

2. Loose Ends

Method 1: (Check out at the Check-in)

Requirements

- Flamethrower

When you get to the Admirals, simply scare the driver out with the flamethrower and kill everyone else. Then pass the mission inside the Admiral and store it in your garage. Remember that its doors are locked so be cautious about this.

Found by

Unknown

Method 2: (Loose Ends)

Requirements

- Two Packers

Start "Loose Ends", kill all the enemies, double drive two packers to the gate, use one of the Packers as a ramp for the 2nd Packer to pass the gate and drive over the 2nd Packer with the Black Admiral. Now you only have to store the Admiral in your garage and pass the mission. After this is done, simply open and close that garage to make sure that it's saved there.

Found by

Unknown

Method 3: (Loose ends, for PC only)

Requirements

- Sunshine Autos/Cherry Popper bought

- Sunshine Autos/Cherry Popper save icon replay

- Something to manipulate the on mission flag

After the mission is on and the on mission flag is changed to 0, get into the Admiral, activate the replay and store the car. After you pass the mission, simply open and close the garage so the Admiral is actually saved.

Found by

Lennart -

Method 4: (Loose ends)

Requirements

- Ammunation Menu

Start the mission, get into the Admiral, cancel the Ammunation menu, store the Admiral in one of your garages, return to the mission and collect the briefcase. Now you only have to drop it off and check on the Admiral to make sure it's actually stored.

Found by

Lennart -

UC/UC2 Black Pony

Spoiler

Mission

Loose Ends

Method 1:

Requirements

- Two Packers

Start "Loose Ends", kill all the enemies, double drive two packers to the gate, use one of the Packers as a ramp for the 2nd Packer to pass the gate and drive over the 2nd Packer with the Black Pony. Now you only have to store the Pony in your garage and pass the mission. After this is done, simply open and close that garage to make sure that it's saved there.

Found by

Unknown

Method 2: (for PC only)

Requirements

- Sunshine Autos/Cherry Popper bought

- Sunshine Autos/Cherry Popper save icon replay

- Something to manipulate the on mission flag

After the mission is on and the on mission flag is changed to 0, get into the Pony, activate the replay and store the car. After you pass the mission, simply open and close the garage so the Pony is actually saved.

Found by

Lennart -

Method 3: (for PC only)

Requirements

- Sunshine Autos bought

Disable the frame limiter option and push the Pony the same way as seen in the video. Then store it in your garage, pass the mission and confirm it in your garage.

Video by Дмитрий Усков

Found by

Dmitry U.

Method 4:

Requirements

- Ammunation menu

Simply start the mission, kill off a few annoyances, teleport the Pony to a nearby ammunation and park it in any garage. Pass the mission and open the garage door of the garage that you saved the Pony in earlier. Closing the garage door will fully save the Pony.

Video by Vanhela ‌

Found by
Lennart -

UC Striking Blue Maverick

Spoiler

Mission

Loose Ends

Method 1:

Requirements

- A large enough garage

Start "Loose Ends", fight your way up to the roof of the Cherry Popper factory, pick up the briefcase and use the Maverick to pass the mission. Then store it in one of your garages.

Found by

Unknown

Chapter 4: Always obtainable vehicles:

FP Cheetah

Spoiler

Mission

Terminal Velocity
Ocean Drive
Border Run
Capital Cruise
Tour!
V.C. Endurance

Method 1: (It's the same for all races)

Requirements

- (A Rhino)

Start the race, blow up the Cheetah with the Rhino and push it into your garage. Or: pass the race and scare the driver out by driveby'ing his car.

Found by

Unknown

FP Infernus

Spoiler

Mission

Terminal Velocity
Ocean Drive
Border Run
Capital Cruise
Tour!
V.C. Endurance

Method 1: (It's the same for all races)

Requirements

- (A Rhino)

Start the race, blow up the Infernus with the Rhino and push it into your garage. Or: pass the race and scare the driver out by driveby'ing his car.

Found by

Unknown

FP Banshee

Spoiler

Mission

Terminal Velocity
Ocean Drive
Border Run
Capital Cruise
Tour!
V.C. Endurance

Method 1: (It's the same for all races)

Requirements

- (A Rhino)

Start the race, blow up the Banshee with the Rhino and push it into your garage. Or: pass the race and scare the driver out by driveby'ing his car.

Found by

Unknown

UC/UC2 Black Sanchez

Spoiler

Mission

Dirttrack

Method 1:

Requirements

- None

Pass the mission three times, on the fourth try, you will be chased by three Haitians on black Sanchez'. Simply steal one of theirs and save it in your garage.Video by Lieutenant CB17

Found by

Unknown

UC/UC2 Black Rancher

Spoiler

Mission

Test Track

Method 1:

Requirements

- None

Pass the mission 3 times and on the fourth time, look out for an arriving security guard and when you see him, steal his car.

Video by LieutenantCB17

Found by

Unknown

UC/UC2 Black FBI Rancher

Spoiler

Mission

No Mission (After Guardian Angels)

Method 1:

Requirements

- 5 stars unlocked

Get a five star wanted level and steal an FBI Rancher that's following you. The roadblock ones are "Taxi yellow", not special.

Video by Vanhela

Found by

Lennart -

Unique UC/UC2 Midnight Blue & White RC Bandit

Spoiler

Mission

RC Bandit Race

Method 1: (for PC only)

Requirements

- Grenades

- Pizza Boy

- Malibu Club not purchased

- something to set om0

- replay of the save icon of the garage you want to use

Throw a grenade in front of the TopFun and swiftly enter it so the Top Fun flips upside down from the explosion, the mission starts and the Top Fun leaves the mission trigger zone. After the cut scene, set om0 and wait for the van to blow up. After Tommy respawns at the hospital, take him to either the pizza boy side mission or the malibu club buy icon and activate one of them.

Then get to the RC Bandit and drive it to the nearest garage. (Tommy and the Bandit will share controls.) Park the Bandit inside and save a replay over the save-icon of the safehouse if you haven't already. Position Tommy in front of the garage door so the Bandit's explosion won't knock him off his feet but the garage door is open, blow up the Bandit and activate the replay. Save your game and immediately reload it. If the game crashes, just reload the save anyways and enjoy the RC Bandit.

Method 2: (all versions)

Throw a grenade in front of the TopFun and swiftly enter it so the Top Fun flips upside down from the explosion, the mission starts and the Top Fun leaves the mission trigger zone. After the cut scene, set om0 and wait for the van to blow up. After Tommy respawns at the hospital, take him to either the pizza boy side mission or the malibu club buy icon and activate one of them.

Then get to the RC Bandit and drive it to the nearest garage. (Tommy and the Bandit will share controls.) Park the Bandit inside and jam the door open with another vehicle. Walk to the save icon and before you touch it, blow up the RC Bandit. At last, save the game and reload that save.

Method 3: (for PS2 only)

Throw a grenade in front of the TopFun and swiftly enter it so the Top Fun flips upside down from the explosion, the mission starts and the Top Fun leaves the mission trigger zone. After the cut scene, set om0 and wait for the van to blow up. After Tommy respawns at the hospital, take him to either the pizza boy side mission or the malibu club buy icon and activate one of them.

Then get to the RC Bandit and drive it to the nearest garage. (Tommy and the Bandit will share controls.) Park the Bandit inside and let the door close. Just before it closes completely, explode the RC Bandit.

Found by

RationalPsycho, Lennart -, Bnd. & Madalinn

Unique UC/UC2 Cherry Red & White RC Bandit

Spoiler

Mission

RC Bandit Race

Method 1:

Requirements

- Something to set om0

- Rocket Launcher

- El Swanko Casa bought

On some versions of the game, the Top Fun spawn is disabled so you'll have to bring your own.

Get into the Top Fun (which, to maximize your chances of keeping this RC Bandit on screen after you fail the mission, you should turn around) and start the mission twice by regaining om0 shortly after the first instance has started. Then explode the RC Bandit you control and after the mission has failed, look for an RC Bandit that could've been red before it exploded. Use the explosions from the Rocket Launcher to push the wreck to the nearest garage.

Found by

Bnd.

Unique UC/UC2 Police Car Blue & White RC Bandit

Spoiler

Mission

RC Bandit Race

Method 1:

Requirements

- Something to set om0

- Rocket Launcher

- El Swanko Casa bought

On some versions of the game, the Top Fun spawn is disabled so you'll have to bring your own.

Get into the Top Fun and start the mission twice by regaining om0 shortly after the first instance has started. Then explode the RC Bandit you control and after the mission has failed, look for an RC Bandit that could've been blue before it exploded. Use the explosions from the Rocket Launcher to push the wreck to the nearest garage.

Found by

Bnd.

Unique UC/UC2 Taxi Yellow & White RC Bandit

Spoiler

Mission

RC Bandit Race

Method 1:

Requirements

- Something to set om0

- Rocket Launcher

- El Swanko Casa bought

On some versions of the game, the Top Fun spawn is disabled so you'll have to bring your own.

Get into the Top Fun and start the mission twice by regaining om0 shortly after the first instance has started. Then explode the RC Bandit you control and after the mission has failed, look for an RC Bandit that could've been yellow before it exploded. Use the explosions from the Rocket Launcher to push the wreck to the nearest garage.

Found by

Bnd.

Unique RC Baron

Spoiler

Mission

RC Baron Race

Method 1: (for PC only)

Requirements

- Clothing icon replay

- El Swanko Casa save icon replay

Load the replay while you enter the Top Fun and, as soon as possible, leave the Top Fun again. Then move both, Tommy and the RC Baron to the El Swanko Casa resident. Park the RC Baron inside your garage and use Tommy to keep the garage door open. You have to wait until the race timer displays 2:48 so you can actually exchange the replays while waiting.
The moment the race fails, activate the replay, save the game and load that game. If you don't load the save immediately, the game will crash.

Video by Дмитрий Усков

Found by

Dmitry U.

Method 2:

Requirements

- El Swanko Casa

- Something to set om0

Enter the Top Fun with an om0 rampage running that has 3 seconds left until it runs out. Immediately explode your RC Baron or your map will have permanent markers. After the mission failed, use a vehicle to push the RC Baron wreck to your garage and restore it.

Found by

Bnd.

FP/EP Hotring Racer

Spoiler

Mission

Hotring

Method 1: (for PC only)

Requirements

- A Hyman Condo save icon replay

- Something to set om0

After having started Hotring and having manipulated the on mission flag, simply replay-teleport to your safehouse and destroy the Hotring Racer inside your garage.

Video by Дмитрий Усков

Found by

Dmitry U.

Method 2:

Requirements

- Hyman Condo safehouse bought

- Ammunation menu

Acquire the ammunation menu and start "Hotring". When you find yourself in the car, simply exit the menu and you will spawn inside the ammunation. From here, you only have to drive the Hotring Racer to your garage and blow it up there. Make sure that the garage can close when the mission has failed (Tommy isn't inside).

Video by Cuban C3, Video by Vanhela, Video by BuXiang _

Found by

Lennart -, Bnd.

Method 3:

Requirements

- Hyman Condo bought

Start Hotring and reverse into the black area where the other racers will spawn after they've been blown up. Eventually, you will glitch through the map allowing you to make your way to the ammunation to regain complete vision. Now simply destroy the Hotring Racer in your garage and make sure that the garage can close when the mission has failed (Tommy isn't inside).

Video by rtyuijhghff

Found by

Unknown

Unique FP/EP Hotring Racer A

Spoiler

Mission

Hotring

Method 1: (for PC only)

Requirements

- Hyman Condo save icon replay

- Something to set om0

Start "Hotring" and set the "on mission flag" to 0 (PC, any version). Before you do anything else, damage your Hotring Racer and park it in the middle of the road. Get out of your Hotring Racer and snipe the driver of one Hotring Racer A. This will allow entering it. Due to it catching fire randomly, you have to teleport it quickly via the replay. Store the car in your garage and renew the wreck after it blows up. Now you can either wait for your Hotring Racer to get destroyed or you take a sniper rifle to do it yourself. After failing the mission, check whether the Hotring is saved or not.

Video by Дмитрий Усков

Found by

Dmitry U.

Method 2: (tested on PC and Mobile)

Requirements

- Hyman Condo bought
- M4 ammo
- Laser signed sniper rifle

- Ammunation menu

Acquire the ammunation buy menu (PC, Mobile) but make sure to have the M4 selected. Then start "Hotring" and after the cutscene, buy a round for the M4 and leave your car (This will not cancel your menu). Now try to snipe the driver of a Hotring Racer A and take his car for yourself. Immediately teleport to the ammunation and leave the burning car. Pushing the wreck to your garage is pretty difficult so it may take a few tries. Luckily, the garage will repair the wreck and you can proceed to fail the mission with the Sniper.

Found by

Lennart -, Bnd., Pr0jek

Unique FP/EP Hotring Racer B

Spoiler

Mission

Hotring

Method 1: (for PC only)

Requirements

- Hyman Condo save icon replay

- Something to set om0

Start "Hotring" and set the "on mission flag" to 0 (PC, any version). Before you do anything else, damage your Hotring Racer and park it in the middle of the road. Get out of your Hotring Racer and snipe the driver of one Hotring Racer B. This will allow entering it. Due to it catching fire randomly, you have to teleport it quickly via the replay. Store the car in your garage and renew the wreck after it blows up. Now you can either wait for your Hotring Racer to get destroyed or you take a sniper rifle to do it yourself. After failing the mission, check whether the Hotring is saved or not.

Video by Дмитрий Усков

Found by

Dmitry U.

Method 2: (tested on PC and Mobile)

Requirements

- Hyman Condo bought
- M4 ammo
- Laser signed sniper rifle

- Ammunation menu

Acquire the ammunation buy menu (PC, Mobile) but make sure to have the M4 selected. Then start "Hotring" and after the cutscene, buy a round for the M4 and leave your car (This will not cancel your menu). Now try to snipe the driver of a Hotring Racer B and take his car for yourself. Immediately teleport to the ammunation and leave the burning car. Pushing the wreck to your garage is pretty difficult so it may take a few tries. Luckily, the garage will repair the wreck and you can proceed to fail the mission with the Sniper.

Found by

Lennart -, Bnd., Pr0jek

AP Sanchez

Spoiler

Mission

Dirtring

Method 1: (for PC only)

Requirements

- Hyman Condo save icon replay

- Something to set om0

Start "Dirtring" and set the "on mission flag" to zero (PC), collect all checkpoints, teleport via replay during the fade and drive the Sanchez into your garage.

Video by Дмитрий Усков

Found by

Dmitry U.

Method 2:

Requirements

- Ammunation menu

You need to set up the ammunation-menu and start Dirtring. Complete the mission up until the last checkpoint. The next part is very important:
When you enter the last checkpoint, release all buttons that disable the menu's functionality and then steer to the left/right. This will make the screen point at a weapon to buy. Exactly when the fade kicks in, get off the Sanchez. This will mark the Sanchez, rendering it impossible to disappear for now. All you have to do is run to the ammunation that you teleported to, push the Sanchez that will still be sitting there to your garage and close the garage door. This will save the AP Sanchez as yours.

Found by

Jay魔天伦, Lennart -

UC2 Grey3 Patriot

Spoiler

Mission

No Mission

Method 1:

Requirements

- (A police uniform)

Get into the military base and steal the Patriot that's parked there.
http://www.ehgames.com/gta/map/2t9h24c5lu3

Found by

Nick007J, SpriteFan274

UC Taxi Yellow Oceanic

Spoiler

Mission

No Mission

Method 1:

Requirements

- None

The Oceanic always spawns at the parking space in front of the Ocean View Hotel.

http://www.ehgames.com/gta/map/2t9h24c5lu3

Found by

SpriteFan274

UC/UC2 White Infernus

Spoiler

Mission

No mission

Method 1:

Requirements

- None

This Infernus always spawns next to the stairs at the Vercetti Estate.
http://www.ehgames.com/gta/map/2t9h24c5lu3

Found by

Unknown

UC/UC2 Light Blue Grey Admiral

Spoiler

Mission

No Mission

Method 1: (for all versions but PS2)

Requirements

- None

This Admiral spawns at the Vercetti Estate on all versions but the PS2 version. Its spawn location is the same as the Stretch ones, next to the stairs that have the money icon on them.

http://www.ehgames.com/gta/map/2t9h24c5lu3

Found by

Nick007J

NE conversion

Spoiler

Mission

No Mission

Method 1: (for mobile only)

Requirements

- A garage

Get into the car that you want to make NE, wait a little while and then open one of your garages. When the garage contains a vehicle that can't have extras,

Spoiler

VC vehicles with extras: Barracks, Benson, BF Injection, Bloodrina, Bloodrinb, Boxville, Burrito, Cabbie, Caddy, Coach, Coastguard, Deaddodo, Firetruck, Flatbed, Gang Burrito, Hotrina, Hotrinb, Cheetah, Kaufman Cab, Marquis, Mesa, Mr. Whoopee, Mule, Patriot, Perennial, Rio, Romero's Hearse, Rumpo, Stallion, Stretch, Taxi, Trashmaster, VCPD Cheetah, Yankee, Zebra Cab.

everything should work. Now you have to reload the autosave and voilà, you're sitting inside a NE vehicle.

Found by
Pr0jek/Cuban C3

Method 2: (for PC only)

Requirements

- A garage

Save a replay that has no cars that can have extras inside it using F2, open a garage that has a vehicle inside it that can't have extras,

Spoiler

VC vehicles with extras: Barracks, Benson, BF Injection, Bloodrina, Bloodrinb, Boxville, Burrito, Cabbie, Caddy, Coach, Coastguard, Deaddodo, Firetruck, Flatbed, Gang Burrito, Hotrina, Hotrinb, Cheetah, Kaufman Cab, Marquis, Mesa, Mr. Whoopee, Mule, Patriot, Perennial, Rio, Romero's Hearse, Rumpo, Stallion, Stretch, Taxi, Trashmaster, VCPD Cheetah, Yankee, Zebra Cab.

get into the car that you want to make NE and press F3. When no other vehicle has spawned in the meantime that can have extras, your car will be NE.

Found by

Sanek163

NE Kaufman Cab

Spoiler

Mission

No Mission

Method 1:

Requirements

- A garage

Get a Kaufman Cab yourself to higher the chances of a second Kaufman Cab to spawn and repeatedly open and close a garage that has a car inside that can't have extras.

Spoiler

VC vehicles with extras: Barracks, Benson, BF Injection, Bloodrina, Bloodrinb, Boxville, Burrito, Cabbie, Caddy, Coach, Coastguard, Deaddodo, Firetruck, Flatbed, Gang Burrito, Hotrina, Hotrinb, Cheetah, Kaufman Cab, Marquis, Mesa, Mr. Whoopee, Mule, Patriot, Perennial, Rio, Romero's Hearse, Rumpo, Stallion, Stretch, Taxi, Trashmaster, VCPD Cheetah, Yankee, Zebra Cab.

Once a Kaufman Cab has spawned in traffic, see whether it's NE or not. If it is, simply steal it.

Found by

Unknown

NE Cabbie

Spoiler

Mission

No Mission

Method 1:

Requirements

- A garage

Get a Cabbie yourself to higher the chances of a second Cabbie to spawn and repeatedly open and close a garage that has a car inside that can't have extras.

Spoiler

VC vehicles with extras: Barracks, Benson, BF Injection, Bloodrina, Bloodrinb, Boxville, Burrito, Cabbie, Caddy, Coach, Coastguard, Deaddodo, Firetruck, Flatbed, Gang Burrito, Hotrina, Hotrinb, Cheetah, Kaufman Cab, Marquis, Mesa, Mr. Whoopee, Mule, Patriot, Perennial, Rio, Romero's Hearse, Rumpo, Stallion, Stretch, Taxi, Trashmaster, VCPD Cheetah, Yankee, Zebra Cab.

Once a Cabbie has spawned in traffic, see whether it's NE or not. If it is, simply steal it.

Found by

Unknown

NE Taxi

Spoiler

Mission

No Mission

Method 1:

Requirements

- A garage

Get a Taxi to higher the chances of a second Taxi to spawn and repeatedly open and close a garage that has a car inside that can't have extras.

Spoiler

VC vehicles with extras: Barracks, Benson, BF Injection, Bloodrina, Bloodrinb, Boxville, Burrito, Cabbie, Caddy, Coach, Coastguard, Deaddodo, Firetruck, Flatbed, Gang Burrito, Hotrina, Hotrinb, Cheetah, Kaufman Cab, Marquis, Mesa, Mr. Whoopee, Mule, Patriot, Perennial, Rio, Romero's Hearse, Rumpo, Stallion, Stretch, Taxi, Trashmaster, VCPD Cheetah, Yankee, Zebra Cab.

Once a Taxi has spawned in traffic, see whether it's NE or not. If it is, simply steal it.

Found by

Unknown

NE Bloodring Banger A

Spoiler

Mission

No Mission (after passing "Bloodring")

Method 1:

Requirements

- A garage (Hyman Condo)

To make things easier, you can get rid of the traffic. This can be done by leaving interiors like the Apartment 3C through the curtain. Also, you can reduce car spawns by starting a race. The method goes like this: Open one of your garages that has only vehicles inside that can't have extras.

Spoiler

VC vehicles with extras: Barracks, Benson, BF Injection, Bloodrina, Bloodrinb, Boxville, Burrito, Cabbie, Caddy, Coach, Coastguard, Deaddodo, Firetruck, Flatbed, Gang Burrito, Hotrina, Hotrinb, Cheetah, Kaufman Cab, Marquis, Mesa, Mr. Whoopee, Mule, Patriot, Perennial, Rio, Romero's Hearse, Rumpo, Stallion, Stretch, Taxi, Trashmaster, VCPD Cheetah, Yankee, Zebra Cab.

Then approach the Bloodring Banger A's spawnpoint and see whether it has spawned NE.

http://www.ehgames.com/gta/map/2t9h24c5lu3

Found by

Unknown

NE Bloodring Banger B

Spoiler

Mission

No Mission (after passing "Bloodring")

Method 1:

Requirements

- A garage (Hyman Condo)

To make things easier, you can get rid of the traffic. This can be done by leaving interiors like the Apartment 3C through the curtain. Also, you can reduce car spawns by starting a race. The method goes like this: Open one of your garages that has only vehicles inside that can't have extras.

Spoiler

VC vehicles with extras: Barracks, Benson, BF Injection, Bloodrina, Bloodrinb, Boxville, Burrito, Cabbie, Caddy, Coach, Coastguard, Deaddodo, Firetruck, Flatbed, Gang Burrito, Hotrina, Hotrinb, Cheetah, Kaufman Cab, Marquis, Mesa, Mr. Whoopee, Mule, Patriot, Perennial, Rio, Romero's Hearse, Rumpo, Stallion, Stretch, Taxi, Trashmaster, VCPD Cheetah, Yankee, Zebra Cab.

Then approach the Bloodring Banger B's spawnpoint and see whether it has spawned NE.

http://www.ehgames.com/gta/map/2t9h24c5lu3

Found by

Unknown

NE Flatbed

Spoiler

Mission

No Mission

Method 1:

Requirements

- A garage

To make things easier, you can get rid of the traffic. This can be done by leaving interiors like the Apartment 3C through the curtain. Also, you can reduce car spawns by starting a race. One more trouble maker that you might face: The Benson that has a fixed spawn nearby can be eliminated by parking a (marked) car on its spawnpoint.

The method goes like this: Open one of your garages that has only vehicles inside that can't have extras.

Spoiler

VC vehicles with extras: Barracks, Benson, BF Injection, Bloodrina, Bloodrinb, Boxville, Burrito, Cabbie, Caddy, Coach, Coastguard, Deaddodo, Firetruck, Flatbed, Gang Burrito, Hotrina, Hotrinb, Cheetah, Kaufman Cab, Marquis, Mesa, Mr. Whoopee, Mule, Patriot, Perennial, Rio, Romero's Hearse, Rumpo, Stallion, Stretch, Taxi, Trashmaster, VCPD Cheetah, Yankee, Zebra Cab.

Then approach the Flatbed and see if it has spawned NE. It should've if no other vehicle that can have extras has spawned in the meantime.
http://www.ehgames.com/gta/map/2t9h24c5lu3

Found by

Unknown

Chapter 5: Unobtainable vehicles:

RC Baron

Spoiler

Mission
Bombs Away

Chapter 6: Additional Tips & Tricks:

Manipulating the on mission flag

Spoiler

Introduction:

This game has a certain flag, the on mission flag, which determines whether you are on a mission, or not, or whether you can start another mission or not. Manipulating this flag is fairly easy.

Guides:

On game versions which don't have the replay feature, you will have to rely on the save icon + vigilante glitch: You start out on on mission = 0 and park a police car in a way so that if Tommy were to get out, he'd pick up a save icon.
Then leave the car, quickly reenter it and time the sub mission activation just right. You know you've been successful when the side mission is running and the save icon is still on screen. Now you only have to find something that sets the om flag to 0, if failed/cancelled and not a mission so the game won't crash when started with other missions. The two things to use are rampages, which due to their 2 minutes duration are sometimes useful, or phone calls. You can "hold" phone calls by pressing and holding the "answer phone" button. Make sure that it's the same button used in cars for the radio or some other function.
Bear in mind that this method adds one safehouse visit if done incorrectly so you should resort to the method shown in the video, which is absolutely foolproof. Instead of using a save icon, simply use a rampage from step one. This will also save unnecessarily wasted time.

With the use of replay, none of that is really essential, but works as well. You can time the end of the rampage by activating a replay which has been recorded two minutes (playing time) or more after the rampage has been started (just wait around for a couple of minutes, press F2 and reload your save). You can also start rampages via replay by recording a replay whilst standing on a rampage icon. If you combine this replay with a mission start and fail either the rampage or the mission, you will be on om = 0 again, even though a mission/rampage is running.

Videos:

Ammunation Menu

Spoiler

Introduction:

The ammunation menu allows you to teleport from any point to an ammunation or toolshop.
This is especially important for teleporting during the stadium missions but can also be used to obtain certain vehicles.

Guides:

Of course, the setting up method varies from version to version but here's the general method:
1. Park a bike next to the ammunation marker
2. Get into a taxi
3. Start Taxi-driver
4. Look back
5. Get out of the taxi
6. Enter the ammunation marker
7. Release the "looking back" button(s)
8. Get onto the bike
9. Drive into a wall behind a saveicon so tommy falls directly onto it
10. Save and reload

With replay, you can also just do the taxi driver part, play the replay of a save icon and then save & reload.

On mobile, because of the autosave, you can just shutdown the app after you've done the Taxi-driver part and upon restarting it load the autosave.

Videos:

SSU

Spoiler

Introduction:

SSU (=Script Stack Underflow) only works successfully on PC due to the tool shop clerk timer being bound to the timer which is determining the started/unlocked mission, which isn't the case on other versions.
With SSU, you can unlock certain missions and you can start missions without having them unlocked by passing the mission chain like normal.
This grants you the ability to unlock Back Alley Brawl without having passed "An old friend" and "The Party". This way, you can convert vehicles to black at a larger quantity when the bridges are unlocked and you can purchase all garages.

Guides:

To pull off SSU, you have to first create a replay of the Skumole shack buy icon and a rampage icon way in the future. Keep these files backed up outside the Vice City User Files and for the time being only paste the rampage replay into the folder.
Start a new game and head to the pizzaboy next to the pizza parlor in Vice City beach. Get onto that Pizzaboy and start the saved replay, wait a few seconds for the rampage to appear, cancel the rampage with another replay and then immediately activate another rampage.
Do repeat this until you have 10 instances of pizzaboy running, then destroy the Pizzaboy.
Now you have to somehow earn $1000; do this by robbing the tool shop near Avery's property. (Make sure to bring a police car.)
After you've robbed the tool shop, leave the circle which spawns the clerk for 45750-45929 ms; yes, milli seconds. After the waiting is over, enter the circle inside the police car, hold down the submission key, replay buy the Skumole Shack during the "you can save your game here" line release the submission button and immediately cancel vigilante again.
Now four things can happen:
1) Back Alley Brawl starts. This is a good outcome, although you can't keep the phone pick-up on the map forever.
2) Back Alley Brawl is unlocked. This is the best outcome you can get because you can keep the phone pickup intact forever.
3) The game warps you to another mission. A bad outcome, but you maybe can work with it. Save the game and check out the situation, maybe you can work with it.
4) The game crashes. Too bad, try again.

If you get 1) or 2), just pass "Back Alley Brawl" and continue with the mission chain. Make sure not to start an old friend before having completed all Lawyer missions and if you want to convert cars to black, don't pass "All Hands on Deck" as this deletes the yacht, crashing the game each time you try to complete "The Party".

Videos:

Useful links:

Doc with more information by Patrick B.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N8MMK_m3chT15FnAgUuM34_rnwkRytGmmgIVPYH-dmM/mobilebasic#

Converting your (legal) VC version to the Japanese one

Spoiler

Introduction:

The vice city versions vary but none is as different as the Japanese version: a couple of FP cars more, fixes,... Who wouldn't want that version? Unfortunately, it's quite rare/expensive. But there is a tool which you can use to convert your digital! copy into the Japanese one.

Guides:

Download the file, extract it and read the README. Everything is explained there.

Useful links:

https://www.speedrun.com/tools/vc_jp_converter_ub42v.zip

Changing islands early

Spoiler

Introduction:

Changing islands early on is mandatory for a starter save and in order to maximize garage space early on, you have to somehow get to Downtown and buy Hyman Condo.

Guides:

The easiest way to get to the other island early is by glitching through the bridge that is connecting Prawn Island and vice city Mainland.
But you can also glitch through a upper part of the right hand side pier's gate with the use of a large vehicle as ramp.
On PC, it's even easier, just replay buy a safehouse from the other island and you'll be teleported there or use a PCJ and drive through the barrier next to the Ocean Beach hospital.

Videos:

Transporting vehicles across islands early

Spoiler

Introduction:

Transporting vehicles is step two of maximizing storage capacities early on.

Guides:

You can always use packers to jump onto bridges, bypassing the invisible barrier or push vehicles by boat but this is time consuming. With bikes, you can drive through the prawn island bridge.
Ob PC, all this isn't remotely necessary. All you have to do is activate a save icon replay of a certain safehouse and get into the same area as the save icon

Videos:

Edited April 22, 2019 by Lennart -

June 10, 2018

RC Baron is unobtainable? funny.

June 10, 2018

Not the vehicle itself is unobtainable, there are more than one method to get it from the RC Baron race but it's (at least for now) impossible to get it from Bombs Away.

June 10, 2018

one little mistake there, the AP Sanchez is appear in the Hyman Stadium mission Dirtring

Anyway good luck with the guide

June 11, 2018

You're right, thanks

I will fix this in my next edit.

June 11, 2018

Placeholder for rewritten guides, check back and see what I've added.

Special Vehicle List:

~~1.0. EC White Admiral~~
1.1. EC Black Conversion Trick (Almost Any Vehicle)
1.2. Unique Spand Express (1 of 2)
1.3. Unique Spand Express (2 of 2)
1.4. EC Black Stretch
1.5. AP/EC Silver Admiral
1.6. AP Maverick
1.7. BP/EP/FP Squalo
1.8. EP/FP Squalo
1.9. EC2 Patriot (1 of 2)
2.0. EC White PCJ 600
2.1. EC Black and Red Bobcat
2.2. EC Blue PCJ 600
2.3. EC Black Washington
2.4. BP/EP/FP PCJ 600
2.5. EC Black Admiral (1 of 2)
2.6. EC Black Voodoo
2.7. Unique/EC2 Romero's Hearse
2.8. Unique/FP Romero's Hearse
2.9. FP Voodoo (Japanese Version only)
3.0. Unique Love Fist (1 of 2) (PS2 only)
3.1. Unique Love Fist (2 of 2) (PS2 only)
3.2. BP/EP/FP Sabre Turbo
3.3. EC White Walton
3.4. EC Black Pony
3.5. EC Black Admiral (2 of 2)
3.6. EC Blue and White Maverick
3.7. EC Gold Stretch
3.8. FP/EC Gold Stretch (Japanese Version only)
3.9. EC Black Sentinel
4.0. FP Cheetah
4.1. FP Infernus
4.2. FP Banshee
4.3. NE Zebra Cab (1 of 2)
4.4. EC Black Sanchez
4.5. EC Black Rancher
4.6. EP/FP Hotring Racer
4.7. Unique/EP/FP Hotring Racer A (PC only)
4.8. Unique/EP/FP Hotring Racer B (PC only)
4.9. BP/EP/FP Sanchez (PC only)
5.0. Unique RC Baron
5.1. Unique/EC Blue and White RC Bandit
5.2. Unique/EC Red and White RC Bandit
5.3. Unique/EC Yellow and White RC Bandit
5.4. NE Flatbed
5.5. NE Bloodring Banger (Oceanic)
5.6. NE Bloodring Banger (Glendale)
5.7. NE Zebra Cab (2 of 2)
5.8. NE Kaufman Cab
5.9. NE Cabbie
6.0. NE Taxi
6.1. EC Black FBI Rancher
6.2. EC White Infernus
6.3. EC White and Yellow Oceanic
6.4. EC Silver Admiral (PC/Xbox/Mobile only)
6.5. EC2 Patriot (2 of 2)

Edited June 11, 2018 by Argonautt

June 11, 2018

3 hours ago, Argonautt said:

snip

Are you Militia? Some stuff is missing from the list, and some stuff is also incorrect (yet in the guide itself it is correct).

June 11, 2018

2 minutes ago, Ghost Pulaski said:

Are you Militia? Some stuff is missing from the list, and some stuff is also incorrect (yet in the guide itself it is correct).

? That's just a list of vehicles from the top post that I'll slowly get around to rewriting and fixing with corrections.

June 11, 2018

It may cause confusion though, because of the differences to the main guide.

June 11, 2018

@Argonautt
I have downloaded the images already but I am unsure if they fit the purpose. I'd like to try them after the main structure is done but as of now, the "Exclusive Color", "Exclusive Color 2" don't fit. (The "EC" term is not precise as it argues on the level "If I can't see you, I am not here".
If they look well, I will keep them and maybe you can provide "Unique Model" and "No Extra" as well. For the colors, I could color the squares in the according colors from the carcols.dat file.

June 11, 2018

@Lennart - That's fair enough- and I'll see what I can do.

June 24, 2018

Great job friend,very cool!

June 24, 2018

Thanks

I haven't been able to update a lot this week but fortunately 3rd of july, I can focus on this guide and hopefully finish it off in one go.

I'd love to know who found which vehicles so I will go on a hunt, searching all guides that I can find for information on this topic.

June 29, 2018

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5773425934?share=9105&fr=share&see_lz=0&sfc=copy&client_type=2&client_version=9.0.8.0&st=1530314263&unique=3BDB91251A9367FA84E8D452248D83AB. no replay

June 30, 2018

https://tieba.baidu.com/p/5773425934?pn=0&

Thanks for the video, even though we already know about it. (After all, Bnd. and me found this)

https://youtu.be/D6ooWU3_UKs

June 30, 2018

http://www.bilibili.com/video/av21440946?share_medium=android&share_source=copy_link&bbid=16F9632A-0842-4613-AE07-4B93ED9E831B139221infoc&ts=1530348690327 easy in mobile

I wish my methods were in the guide.

August 8, 2018

Alright, replay is no longer necessary for the Loose Ends vehicles and neither is om0. I wonder why no one else thought of this to be honest

August 11, 2018

https://youtu.be/bqPALCMM9lk

August 12, 2018

Hey guys! I appreciate your work, but I'd like you to know, that some of the vehicles in the guide were first obtained by me, including:

UC Black Stretch (Four Iron)

UC Black Stretch (Demolition Man, breaks 100% completion)

EP/FP Hotring Racer

UM/EP/FP Hotring Racer A/B

BP/EP/FP Sanchez (Dirtring)

UM RC Baron (RC Baron Race) + Flying

I shared this with the Russian community at PG a long time ago. I admit that some of the videos you use are more informative and better executed.

I've also got some alternative ways to obtain some vehicles:

UC Black Pony & Admiral, UC Striking Blue Maverick (Loose Ends)

UC Gold Stretch (Recruitment Drive)

BP/EP/FP Sabre Turbo (The Driver)

Sorry if it was already known. Keep up the good work and good luck with further findings!

Edited August 12, 2018 by Dmitry U.

August 12, 2018

Hello @Dmitry U.,

Thank you very much for the videos & the all the confirmations. Not knowing who found all these vehicles bugged me a lot

I added the majority into the guide already. Would you mind sharing a link to this community? It'd certainly help finding out more original finders...

August 12, 2018

@Lennart -

Here's the VC Special Vehicles thread at PG. It's kinda dead these days, but I believe the rest of its active part is pretty much aware of this thread too because that's how I got here

You can study it yourself if you wish. It's in Russian, but vehicle and mission names are all you need. So basically if you see a after a vehicle name it means a member of the community found a way to get it. And a means a method without cheats was found. The credits are given at the end of a method description.

August 16, 2018

http://www.bilibili.com/video/av29533873?share_medium=android&share_source=copy_link&bbid=GiJGcUB3TnpOLBQtUWNRY1EwCD5YbQs8D3MPinfoc&ts=1534435862070

not PC only now

this is easy to obtain the AP PCJ600(NOT PC ONLY)

August 16, 2018

4 hours ago, BuXiang said:

http://www.bilibili.com/video/av29533873?share_medium=android&share_source=copy_link&bbid=GiJGcUB3TnpOLBQtUWNRY1EwCD5YbQs8D3MPinfoc&ts=1534435862070

not PC only now

this is easy to obtain the AP PCJ600(NOT PC ONLY)

Very interesting, nice find. I will certainly try this on my currently in-process PS2 save. Also, it's pretty neat that no rampages are needed for tripling, since on my version these are cut.
The video will be in the guide as well.

On 8/12/2018 at 7:25 AM, Dmitry U. said:

@Lennart -

Here's the VC Special Vehicles thread at PG. It's kinda dead these days, but I believe the rest of its active part is pretty much aware of this thread too because that's how I got here

You can study it yourself if you wish. It's in Russian, but vehicle and mission names are all you need. So basically if you see a after a vehicle name it means a member of the community found a way to get it. And a means a method without cheats was found. The credits are given at the end of a method description.

Thanks a lot for the link. Luckily, google translate has got me covered and even if it mostly spits out gibberish phrases, with some interpretation, they make sense.

August 18, 2018

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5845218977? NO VIDEO(Chinese),This is how to obtain AP Sanchez(NOT PC ONLY)by xdfclzx

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5782082075?(Video) This is shop menu(not pc and mobile only)by Mjx121418

August 19, 2018

Really nice!!

Spoiler

Funnily enough, I had the exact same idea but when put to the test, it didn't work

This reduces the unobtainable vehicles again In addition to that, we have another discovery by RationalPsycho: the UC/UC2 midnight blue RC Bandit from the RC Bandit race.

Edited August 20, 2018 by Lennart -

October 15, 2018

Hey, great work compiling these, i've been a long time special car collector, however i didn't come across this page until relatively recently, so i mostly used Gamefaqs guides both the first time i played both Vice City and SA and during the subsequent years, so this is terribly informative. A question regarding the UC/UC2 Black Conversion method, from what i read in the original (now locked) thread, a part of the method's explanation listed the following:

Quote

You can make a total of 24 EC Black Vehicles per Save, but if you use a Replay Marking Glitch which is only on PC, so with that you can have 44 Vehicles per Save.

I know it's possible to store a maximum of 24 Black Vehicles if you use the InterGlobal Films Studio's Packer to jump with your black vehicle into the Mainland (if it's fast enough to get into the studio), storing it into Hyman Condo, however i'm uncertain of what this "Replay Marking Glitch" consists of, since to my knowledge the Sunshine Autos Garages don't become available until much later into the mission progression line.

Can someone explain?

Edit: Question solved

Edited October 16, 2018 by ArcboundX

October 16, 2018

This Guide says you need Cheats to obtain the EP/FP Hotring Racer from Hotring Side Mission. Maybe back in 2002, lol...

It also says FR discovered how to type in the Health Cheat in a 2002 game to renew the Health on the Hotring Racer since he simply can't comprehend how to get it under the Stadium WITHOUT Cheats. He somehow discovered it, too, says this Guide, yet he wasn't. The old Guide you reference? It has the ORIGINAL Video showing how to get the EP/FP Hotring Racer in a Starter Save, plus my Video, since it's the only Method to show REVERSING to get the Hotring Racer under the Stadium, which IS the best Method from experience. I have far more success with reversing than driving forward. Plus, the guy who made the Video originally (4emp2008) says in the Description who discovered it and when, but that requires people to actually read.

Guide says nothing about the Unique Love Fist being PS2 Only. Says nothing about the Top Fun not spawning on the Beach if you want to obtain the Unique/EC RC Bandits, etc, etc. Nice...

More Information = Healthy Guide.

Less Information = Unhealthy Guide.

I don't know how many times I made it clear that the MORE you write, the BETTER your Guide is. Since, as you said, you're a noob and don't understand some things. This is EXACTLY why you need to write and show EVERYTHING in a Guide so people understand everything.

Just because a game like VC has been out since 2002 and you'd EXPECT a GTA Fan and Special Vehicle Collector to know such things in an 16 year old game, doesn't mean that is the actual case. You write for the noobs who are NEW to Special Vehicles and collecting so they understand everything and won't have to redo their Save over and over and can just get it right the first time through.

Edited October 16, 2018 by Lethal Vaccine

October 16, 2018

Hello @ArcboundX,

I am sorry for the unfinished guide; I could make up excuses but the truth is, my life isn't only dedicated to special vehicle collecting so I kind of put things I considered more important first. Unfortunately, it's not getting any better so it will stay this way for a couple of months, though I aim to have it finished by new year.
In the spoiler, you can find all your questions (hopefully) answered.

Spoiler

15 hours ago, ArcboundX said:

You can make a total of 24 EC Black Vehicles per Save, but if you use a Replay Marking Glitch which is only on PC, so with that you can have 44 Vehicles per Save.

This is true, but very complicated. I myself prefer to use SSU to jump to back alley brawl and simply unlock all the garages without passing "An Old Friend" (If you delete the boat by passing the Colonel mission string, the game will crash on "The Party"). This allows me to unlock "The Party" later in the story-line allowing me to convert 44 vehicles.

Speedrun that shows the process but with warping to "Keep Your Friends Close" (just wait about 45750 until 45929 milliseconds outside the tool shop clerk spawn radius after robbing the tool shop instead of 53475 until 53716 milliseconds (the part where Rok collects the hidden package):

Spoiler

Special thanks to Patrick B. for providing a detailed how-to explanation on SSU:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N8MMK_m3chT15FnAgUuM34_rnwkRytGmmgIVPYH-dmM/edit#
This exploit was found by Nick007J, Husho & Patrick (sorry for leaving out anyone who worked on it as well, please forgive me )

The marking glitch that the former guide writer refers to is easier to perform, but I never kept 20 vehicles in memory at once so I don't know whether the game crashes at this number of vehicles spawned during missions that require more vehicle slots or if at this point, you are able to spawn further vehicles to convert at all. Ignoring that, the whole process is taking ages plus that vice city is pretty prone to crashing would make it a great task. Of course, if you want to only keep fewer vehicles in memory, that works without going at the expense of your sanity.

To mark a vehicle of your own, you have to find a thief who steals your car first. Then you let the thief steal your car (blocking it first is recommended so he won't drive off) and shoot the car slightly (you don't want to destroy it, obviously). This will make the thief get out of the vehicle and during the exiting animation, you have to press either F1 or F3, which play a replay. This will make the ped stand next to the car and not move at all. Don't enter the vehicle if the driver door is glitched, as even though it's difficult to do so, it's not impossible and if you manage to get inside, Tommy won't leave it when you use the leave vehicle button.
A safer method of marking is well-shown in this video. This does not require shooting and damaging your car but your timing has to be more precise.

Spoiler

I hope my bad English and partially too technical explanations are not that disrupting while reading

October 16, 2018

Thanks for the indepth explanation @Lennart -, i understand the process now, pretty incredible how far car collecting has gotten in the last years, i'm not a native english speaker either so coming across guides such as these came pretty late for me, as such i was never quite familiar with some of these advanced mechanics before. Do take your time to solve your personal issues though, the guide is coming along nicely, so i'll be looking forward to see how it progresses further, same as providing feedback in the future.

Best of lucks and thanks again

Edited October 16, 2018 by ArcboundX
Formatting

October 26, 2018

On 10/16/2018 at 12:27 PM, Lethal Vaccine said:

This Guide says you need Cheats to obtain the EP/FP Hotring Racer from Hotring Side Mission. Maybe back in 2002, lol...

It also says FR discovered how to type in the Health Cheat in a 2002 game to renew the Health on the Hotring Racer since he simply can't comprehend how to get it under the Stadium WITHOUT Cheats. He somehow discovered it, too, says this Guide, yet he wasn't. The old Guide you reference? It has the ORIGINAL Video showing how to get the EP/FP Hotring Racer in a Starter Save, plus my Video, since it's the only Method to show REVERSING to get the Hotring Racer under the Stadium, which IS the best Method from experience. I have far more success with reversing than driving forward. Plus, the guy who made the Video originally (4emp2008) says in the Description who discovered it and when, but that requires people to actually read.

Guide says nothing about the Unique Love Fist being PS2 Only. Says nothing about the Top Fun not spawning on the Beach if you want to obtain the Unique/EC RC Bandits, etc, etc. Nice...

More Information = Healthy Guide.

Less Information = Unhealthy Guide.

I don't know how many times I made it clear that the MORE you write, the BETTER your Guide is. Since, as you said, you're a noob and don't understand some things. This is EXACTLY why you need to write and show EVERYTHING in a Guide so people understand everything.

Just because a game like VC has been out since 2002 and you'd EXPECT a GTA Fan and Special Vehicle Collector to know such things in an 16 year old game, doesn't mean that is the actual case. You write for the noobs who are NEW to Special Vehicles and collecting so they understand everything and won't have to redo their Save over and over and can just get it right the first time through.

First off, stop acting like a b***h. You should not dictate how the guides should be written and how will players play the game.
Second of all, don't y'all actually write for the newbies who just got into special vehicles so they can obtain them?
Third, this guide, even without some of info(which will most likely be filled in later), already looks better than Sprite's, mostly for the fact that this guide does not have unnecessary long walls of text and it looks more clean.
Fourth, errors are a part of every guide, essay, text, hell even life itself and should not be criticised madly like you do, they will be fixed don't worry.
Fifth and final point, start to give out constructive criticism like a mature person you should strive to be, not like a butthurt person who just popped a Xan.

Edited October 26, 2018 by rrtyui :c

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