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G Hardy - 19 Jun 2007 12:51 GMT

Is there a way to avoid stars? I keep getting to about level five and the
police stop me from finishing. Usually, the suspects spawn close to where I
just bumped off their predecessors, so all the local bribes are used up, and
I don't have time to go further afield and then come back.

I want to avoid damage-proof cars if I can. SF and LV still aren't unlocked,
so I think the meatiest police vehicle I can get is the SWAT van - will that
help?

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Anssi Saari - 19 Jun 2007 14:01 GMT

> Is there a way to avoid stars?

I never had this problem, but I suppose avoiding explosions avoids
stars. So shoot up the cars and when they bail, just pop off the bad
guys with a rifle.

> I want to avoid damage-proof cars if I can. SF and LV still aren't
> unlocked, so I think the meatiest police vehicle I can get is the SWAT
> van - will that help?

I've usually used a police bike. I don't think the van helps.

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GTA_Phreak - 19 Jun 2007 14:14 GMT

> Is there a way to avoid stars? I keep getting to about level five and the
> police stop me from finishing. Usually, the suspects spawn close to where
> I just bumped off their predecessors, so all the local bribes are used up,
> and I don't have time to go further afield and then come back.

There are other ways to clear wanted level.
If you've progressed far enough for barbers / tattoo shops to be open you
can get a new haircut/tattoo pretty quickly to clear all stars, - just don't
park the bike too close to the door marker or it might vanish.
A little more time consuming is a change of clothes (a new hat will do), -
also there's always a car parked at the pizza place in Idlewood which you
can quickly run through a Pay'n Spray.
Doing Vigilante in the countryside N off LS might be a good idea, - there's
quite a few bribes lying around once you locate all of them.
I'd recommend to keep wanted level down to 2*'s and try to keep collateral
damage down to a minimum.
Also apart from the Hunter and Rhino the HPV bike is by far the best vehicle
for the job (4 wheeled is far too vulnerable).

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G Hardy - 19 Jun 2007 21:15 GMT

>> Is there a way to avoid stars? I keep getting to about level five and the
>> police stop me from finishing. Usually, the suspects spawn close to where
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> Also apart from the Hunter and Rhino the HPV bike is by far the best
> vehicle for the job (4 wheeled is far too vulnerable).

Thanks, gents.

I had a couple of near misses (the bike started burning but never exploded).
I did the pizza car trick whenever I got to two stars, and (when available)
used the Glenn Park bribe, but I got there first try with your help.

So now I've got my starting save that I can use for future games:
In the beginning, Big Smoke & Ryder (although I only think of these as one
mission)

Plus "Tagging Up Turf", "Cleaning The Hood", "Drive-Thru" and "Nines and
AK's"

That got me to "Drive by" so I could do the boring stuff:

All unique jumps, tags, photos, oysters, horseshows,

burglary, firefighter, paramedic, pimping, taxi and (now) vigilante.

Plus the LS set of side missions & challenges - robina's courier; BMX
challenge, 8 track, gym

The only thing I can add to this save is to get the car and flying skill up
to maximum...

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Paul Heslop - 19 Jun 2007 22:27 GMT

> burglary, firefighter, paramedic, pimping, taxi and (now) vigilante.

That's the one I always have trouble on and gave up, firefighting! I
am crap at it.

Just out of interest, have you completed a game with 100% on Katie and
Barbara before starting this? If not then you would be better to do
that first so you get the girlfriends bonus (not losing weapons or
cash) on your big game saves.

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Rob White - 20 Jun 2007 07:42 GMT

> The only thing I can add to this save is to get the car and flying skill up
> to maximum...

Wha? No NRG challenge? I've got a mini-walkthrough of things you can do
before the majority of the missions if you want it.

Requires a lot of skill with the Dodo to get the girlfriends though.

Cheers,
Rob

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Cleve - 21 Jun 2007 19:19 GMT

> Is there a way to avoid stars? I keep getting to about level five and the
> police stop me from finishing. Usually, the suspects spawn close to where
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> unlocked, so I think the meatiest police vehicle I can get is the SWAT
> van - will that help?

I recommend the Hunter. Do it in LV where there are lots of
copter-accessible bribes and food stands.

For the first 10 or 12 levels, it's hard to avoid getting a lot of stars.
(Try using only the guns.) After that, blast away. It's much harder to
build them up.

For my guide to Hunter vigilante-ing search Google/Groups for my post
entitled "Billionaire CJ" (and be sure to expand the "quoted text", too).

--cleve

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G Hardy - 22 Jun 2007 12:55 GMT

>> Is there a way to avoid stars? I keep getting to about level five and the
>> police stop me from finishing. Usually, the suspects spawn close to where
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> For my guide to Hunter vigilante-ing search Google/Groups for my post
> entitled "Billionaire CJ" (and be sure to expand the "quoted text", too).

Sorry - I didn't make it clear what I was trying to do. I want to get rid of
all the dross (tags, oysters, emergency service missions etc) and create an
early-save that I can use for subsequent runs.

I got vigilante now, thanks to Anssi and phreak, and I'm debating whether to
do the NRG challenge - As I need to visit that area a couple of dozen times
anyway (to deliver cars to the ship) I may just try the challenge each time.

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Cleve - 22 Jun 2007 18:25 GMT

> Sorry - I didn't make it clear what I was trying to do. I want to get rid
> of
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> times anyway (to deliver cars to the ship) I may just try the challenge
> each time.

Oh. Sorry. I probably read your original message too fast. Early in the
game, huh? I don't know much about that. So, um, never mind.

--cleve

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