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Hillary's car is bulletproof. The player can wait for him just ahead of the finish line and shoot him through the windshield as he approaches. Don't let the car out of Tommy's sight after Hillary's corpse falls out, or the system will "garbage collect" it. This | Hillary's car is bulletproof. The player can wait for him just ahead of the finish line and shoot him through the windshield as he approaches. Don't let the car out of Tommy's sight after Hillary's corpse falls out, or the system will "garbage collect" it. This isn't the only way to get into Hillary's car, which is otherwise locked; it's also possible to ram Hillary's car after a failed mission to knock the doors off, thus granting entry. | ||
If Tommy starts this mission with a sniper rifle in hand, after the 3-2-1 countdown jump Tommy out of the car and quickly lock on to a tire on Hillary's car and take it out. Though Hillary will gain a sizable lead, with a flat tire Tommy easily passes him and cruises to a win. | If Tommy starts this mission with a sniper rifle in hand, after the 3-2-1 countdown jump Tommy out of the car and quickly lock on to a tire on Hillary's car and take it out. Though Hillary will gain a sizable lead, with a flat tire Tommy easily passes him and cruises to a win. | ||
Revision as of 20:12, 17 May 2009
The Driver is one of the asset missions for The Malibu Club in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City in which Tommy Vercetti must race Hilary King and win. Although it seems very easy, one has to beat Hilary in his Sabre Turbo with a Sentinel.
This could be the most difficult and/or frustrating missions in GTA Vice City. Hillary's car, at first blush, appears to be faster than Tommy's Sentinel; but in fact, he can only accelerate faster and corner slightly better than Tommy. In a straight-a-way Tommy will be able to pass him.
Two strategies for completing this missing:
1. When Hillary is turning or weaving, try to tip the rear end of his car and put him into a spin.
2. If the player passes him and gets far enough ahead of him, an oncoming police vehicle will ram him (due to the preprogrammed way the cop cars make u-turns to come after Tommy).
Regardless, one has to run a nearly perfect race to win it. Beware if Hillary is right on Tommy's tail; he'll try to point-and-turn Tommy.
Known bug: if the player runs this race with a six-star wanted level (which is fun to try), and Hillary is destroyed by a tank, the mission will not end. When Tommy crosses the finish line the game will display "Mission failed!" and "Hillary is dead!" Then the screen goes to black and never comes back.
Tip
Hillary's car is bulletproof. The player can wait for him just ahead of the finish line and shoot him through the windshield as he approaches. Don't let the car out of Tommy's sight after Hillary's corpse falls out, or the system will "garbage collect" it. This isn't the only way to get into Hillary's car, which is otherwise locked; it's also possible to ram Hillary's car after a failed mission to knock the doors off, thus granting entry.
If Tommy starts this mission with a sniper rifle in hand, after the 3-2-1 countdown jump Tommy out of the car and quickly lock on to a tire on Hillary's car and take it out. Though Hillary will gain a sizable lead, with a flat tire Tommy easily passes him and cruises to a win.
You can also use the 'spawn Hotring racer' cheat to win, it gives Hilary a big lead but you can win it back back easy with the Hotrings speed.