Unique Stunt Jumps: Difference between revisions

Stunt jumps first appeared in GTA III, and have been in every game since except GTA Advance. Early GTA games gave no indication to distinguish failed unique stunt jumps from those successfully completed. To address this, modders have developed add-on tools such as Demarest's Uniquecall to list or show on the map which jumps remain. [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]] give the player the option of showing completed jumps on the [[radar]].

GTA III introduced stunt jumps to the Grand Theft Auto series. There are 20 stunt jumps spread throughout [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]: eight in [[Portland]], four on [[Staunton Island]], and eight in [[Shoreside Vale]]. Compared to later games, the stunt jumps in [[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]] are relatively easy.

There are thirty-six unique jumps in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]], and are most easily completed using the [[PCJ-600]] motorcycle - some jumps cannot be performed using anything else. The jumps in GTA Vice City are more difficult than those in GTA III, some being much longer and even extending over water.

There are seventy [[Unique Stunt Jumps in GTA San Andreas|unique stunt jumps]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]; most are quite difficult. The majority are situated beside each other, with very few being isolated. These jumps are relatively easy to find throughout the [[San Andreas in GTA III Era|state of San Andreas]], with fairly obvious take-off and landing areas.

Unlike other GTA games, completing the seventy Jumps in GTA San Andreas is not necessary for getting [[Completion in GTA San Andreas|100% completion]].

The [[PlayStation 2]] and [[PlayStation Portable]] versions of GTA Vice City Stories differ in the number of jumps. The PSP version contains thirty Stunts, and the PS2 version contains thirty-six.

In the GTA IV version of [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]], there are fifty stunt jumps. Completing all fifty will bring the player two ticks closer to 100%. Completing all fifty unlocks the ''Daredevil'' [[Achievements in GTA IV|achievement]], awarding 30 gamerscore on the [[Xbox 360]] or a silver trophy on the [[PlayStation 3]]. There are major changes in unique stunt jumps from the [[GTA III Era]] to GTA IV, the largest being that the player no longer collects money for doing stunt jumps. Another significant change is that instead of landing without crashing like in previous games, the player must land directly on the destination area. These stunt jumps are still available in its [[GTA IV Episodes|episodes]], however when they're done, no text appears on the screen.

[[File:RustyBrown'sRingDonuts-GTACW-billboard.png|thumb|right|One of the [[Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts]] billboards that marks a Unique Stunt Jump in GTA Chinatown Wars.]]

In a change for the series, each Unique Stunt Jump in GTA Chinatown Wars requires the player to destroy one of thirty wooden [[Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts]] billboards with a vehicle. Despite each billboard having a ramp leading up to it, the player technically doesn't have to "crash" through them, as any part of the vehicle can be used, even a single tire gliding down. After a billboard has been destroyed, it is replaced in-game with a shoddily-repaired model, making identifying uncompleted Jumps easier.