Gta 4 - Useful Tips.

nevaeh-2die-4

Does anyone know of any useful hints & tips without applying cheat?

If you dial 911 an ambulance will come & heal you at a cost, but i usually pop a cap in them & take my money back.


Anybody knows of any post away ....

NotorietyH

Cool, I never thought of phoning an ambulance. Nice one! Does that work in MP too? :P That'd be handy.

Unfortunately the best tip I know is kill everyone before they kill you and you won't fail a mission.

nevaeh-2die-4

NotorietyH wrote: »

Cool, I never thought of phoning an ambulance. Nice one! Does that work in MP too? :P That'd be handy.

not sure man i never tried it on m.p

4real

here is an easy way to make money!!!

Go to an ATM, then cause a traffic jam to the area. Wait for someone to take money from the ATM, then kill him or her. Make sure to block any nearby roads so the ambulance cannot get to the murdered victim. Take the money they dropped on the ground. Then, run a short distance away, and go back. The money should have respawned on the ground. You can repeat this as many times as desired. You can also kill more people taking their money from the ATM to increase the amount of money that respawns.:D

Smellyirishman

Exploiting/Cheating, all the same.

Once you're locked onto a target you can still free aim around the body parts a little. Pull down slightly on the stick and you can get headshots pretty handy, a little too easy infact.

NotorietyH

Smellyirishman wrote: »

Exploiting/Cheating, all the same.

Once you're locked onto a target you can still free aim around the body parts a little. Pull down slightly on the stick and you can get headshots pretty handy, a little too easy infact.

Ah yeah, that's handy alright, eben diong that myself, especially in multiplayer. I wouldn't call it cheating though, as in a tutorial (not sure which one, think it was in the multiplayer one) it tells you that tip, so I wouldn't consider it cheating. You get rewarded for spending a fractional amount of time putting a bit more effort and thought into your aiming.

Kiith

He meant the post before his was exploiting/cheating, not the aiming thing. As for tips, dont use the handbrake much. Just tap the thing before turning and you will slide around the bend, rather then spinning the car totally.

Smellyirishman

Also, do loads of reversing 180s. They're easy, and make you look supa-fly.

Paddy@CIRL

With RWD cars, if your turning left at speed, flick the car right first then turn in left hard, apply some opposite lock and hey presto, drift spec entries !

Don1

Smellyirishman wrote: »

Also, do loads of reversing 180s. They're easy, and make you look supa-fly.

I love the smell of a well cooked J-turn in the morning!

gamblitis

Well when ya run someone over make sure ya don't go too far away or some skank bitch will rob the money before you do! Or you'll just have to kick the sh1t out of her too!

NotorietyH

gamblitis wrote: »

Well when ya run someone over make sure ya don't go too far away or some skank bitch will rob the money before you do! Or you'll just have to kick the sh1t out of her too!

That's definitely a tip that will only ever apply to a GTA game!

RAIN

In the multiplayer when the whole map is open there is a place near the bottom right of the middle island at the docks that has 4 helicopters with guns.Handy when you want to lay down the hurt.

NotorietyH

RAIN wrote: »

In the multiplayer when the whole map is open there is a place near the bottom right of the middle island at the docks that has 4 helicopters with guns.Handy when you want to lay down the hurt.

Is that the place where the helicopter tours are usually in the single player game?

RAIN

Havent unlocked that feature in the single player still on the first island.

But this map tells me its in a place called heli tours so it must be !

http://grandtheftauto.ign.com/maps/1/Liberty-City-Map

fjon

This is in the manual, but I'm sure some of you have missed it:

When you hear a song you like on the radio and want to know who it is, dial:
ZIT-555-0100 and you'll get a text with the name of it. Once you dial it once the number stays in your phone book.

quarryman

wow, the level of detail added to these easter eggs and cheats is amazing.

NotorietyH

RAIN wrote: »

Havent unlocked that feature in the single player still on the first island.

But this map tells me its in a place called heli tours so it must be !

http://grandtheftauto.ign.com/maps/1/Liberty-City-Map

Nice! Know where that is, in the single player game they're just regular helicopters. I did find that gunship by accident when I first started playing. Haven't a clue where it was as I was fleeing from the cops and didn't know. Saw a helicopter, flew off, once I got over one of the other islands, instant 6 star wanted rating. Then when I was about a mile up, trying to figure out what buttons did what on the helicopter, I accidentally hit triangle, and bailed out. Took about 7 or 8 seconds for me to hit the ground!

silvine

Those phone tips are pretty sweet. Any tips for winning a fist fight? I got thrown out of the strip club by the bouncers, for getting <ahem> rowdy!

Vegeta

silvine wrote: »

Those phone tips are pretty sweet. Any tips for winning a fist fight? I got thrown out of the strip club by the bouncers, for getting <ahem> rowdy!

Stay back from the opponent and kick them, most of them punch and by staying back and using kick you will be out of their range most of the time

gamblitis

silvine wrote: »

Those phone tips are pretty sweet. Any tips for winning a fist fight? I got thrown out of the strip club by the bouncers, for getting <ahem> rowdy!

You got horny and decided to push your way to the front didn't ya?! lol

I use y alot in a fist fight.Love the loaf action! Really knocks them back!

bandit197

When you drive to a mission that you think may turn sour park on the pavement rather than the road. Ive come running out of buildings after killing loads of gangsters only to run into two or three squad cars stuck in the traffic jam behind my car:eek:

mehfesto2

Obvious one: if you've failed a chase mission already, second time around make-sure you park your car as near to you as possible and facing the right direction the next time you get out of it to commence the mission. Makes life much easier.

I also find cornering at high speed much easier by changing the controls to 'classic', and tapping the brake and lightly and pressing the handbrake coming out of the turn.

orestes

Smellyirishman wrote: »

Also, do loads of reversing 180s. They're easy, and make you look supa-fly.

I'm embaressed at how proud of myself I was the first time I pulled one of them off

D-OLEARY

do a burnout till Ur wheels pop grate for drifting

Pete4779

Drinking: the cops will chase you if you are seen driving drunk

Driving:
- if you use a cop car to get around and you turn on the sirens, the traffic will get out of the way, and you can fly right by other cop cars and they won't be alerted (I haven't tried drunk-cop-car-driving yet)

- I found that using both the standard brake (L2) and the Handbrake (R1) at the same time to turn and then countersteer allows you to slide around turns quite nicely (just L2 is not enough at speed and just R1 is too sensitive).

papajimsmooth

If your doing a chase mission or whatever, any your car stops working (not on fire just dead engine) dial 911 and the car will start up again

Wertz

For anyone still having trouble with corners and crashing into sh*t because of the chase camera angles, use the two analog sticks to steer (well kind of use the R to take the turn before you use the L to actually make the turn, but almost at the same time)...it takes a bit to get used to but once you do it makes cornering a lot better.
Same goes when you're entering a vehicle from an odd angle and want to get out on the road quickly (mission, say)...to avoid crashing into oncoming traffic, you should be already rotating the view camera with the R stick whilst you're pulling out. Nothing worse than being in the middle of somthing important and unwittingly hiting a cop car and having to loose wanted status...

DarkJager

If you are driving a police car to a mission and start getting shot at, just call for police backup using the computer in the car. They'll arrive and should be some extra help in taking the bad guys down....just don't fire any shots yourself until they are gone

BlitzKrieg

the toll bridges wont charge you if you are driving a taxi or police car (prob fire truck or ambulance aswell)

if you are a cheap b*sterd like me

wandatowell

You know if the cops arrest you they take all of your guns and ammo, so just make sure your killed instead of being arrested to keep all your gear.

Dunno about ye but I hate having to go and buy the guns again. Fookin 1000 dollars for a grenade is a joke

indough

NotorietyH wrote: »

Nice! Know where that is, in the single player game they're just regular helicopters. I did find that gunship by accident when I first started playing. Haven't a clue where it was as I was fleeing from the cops and didn't know. Saw a helicopter, flew off, once I got over one of the other islands, instant 6 star wanted rating. Then when I was about a mile up, trying to figure out what buttons did what on the helicopter, I accidentally hit triangle, and bailed out. Took about 7 or 8 seconds for me to hit the ground!

its off to the left hand side when entering the runway space at the airport

i actually got the tail of the chopper shot off by another one and stayed airborne, with mine spinning around madly as you would expect with the tail rotor gone

if you can hold out like that with a 6 star rating for 5 mins then you get an achievement unlocked

Holsten

Anyone know how to actually do the stun punch?

Does the target change colour when you can do it or something? Doesn't seem to be working for me.

justbringit89

can ya get a chopper using mo, that would class. i presume cheats dont work on mp????

humanji

Holsten wrote:

Anyone know how to actually do the stun punch?

Does the target change colour when you can do it or something? Doesn't seem to be working for me.

It's the same as the execution thingy, I think. The only difference is you have a gun with the execution and you pull of a stun punch when you're unarmed. You walk up to a target, hold down the targeting button and your reticle will turn red. It doesn't work when you're in combat, only when the target isn't expecting it. I think that's how it works.

Holsten

Theres something wrong then cause my target thingy NEVER turns red.

shockwave

turning your headlights on when driving brightens things up a lot even in daylight.

Wetbench4

If you see any of the Gruppe Securicar trucks, crash or shoot them until they explode and collect the cash that explodes from them, not sure how much exactly is in them but def over a grand from my experience. Also when on the in game net type in www.whattheydonotwantyoutoknow.com , Its not technically a cheat so it won't ruin your savegames.

Jet Black

Found out if you put the subtitles on you can see what they say when they are talking russian. Not really going to help but its good to know:-)

Plug

Keep a police car out side your safe house. That comes in handy for some missions;)

NotorietyH

It tells you how to do this in a later mission, but I thought it was handy and may aswell post it.

If you hold down square (on the PS3 version, not sure about 360) when yer driving at night, you can switch your headlights to full beam, which makes it easier to see things at night.

rameire

can anyone tell me how to get the body armor across the road from the first safehouse, its above ground just below the advertising board.

Wertz

^
*facepalm*

The amount of time I spent running about looking for armour and ending up having to buy it all the time...
I've obviously found a few places for it now, but would have been handy having that across from safehouse...
Don't know how to get up to it, I'll go for a spin and see. Used to be for some hidden packages in III that you'd need to jump onto the roof of a car and reach it that way...

Stephen

Anyone know of any body armour located near the second safehouse? Pain in the ass having to drive to the distant gun shops. Little Jacob doesn't seem to sell any either, just guns.

Passenger

Stephen wrote: »

Pain in the ass having to drive to the distant gun shops. Little Jacob doesn't seem to sell any either, just guns.

Don't drive to it then, just get a random taxi to take you there.

Holsten

Stephen wrote: »

Anyone know of any body armour located near the second safehouse? Pain in the ass having to drive to the distant gun shops. Little Jacob doesn't seem to sell any either, just guns.

Little Jacob does sell armour!

It's in the top left hand corner of his boot.

Stephen

/facepalm

humanji

heymcflyx wrote: »

Found out if you put the subtitles on you can see what they say when they are talking russian. Not really going to help but its good to know:-)

It also lets you see what Little Jacob is saying, but it still doesn't help you understand it

mr kr0nik

Passenger wrote: »

Don't drive to it then, just get a random taxi to take you there.

Couple of Q's - I'm a GTA virgin.

How do you hail a taxi. I seem to carjack them all of the time.
Whats the easiest way of getting a gun.

humanji

Hail a taxi with L1 or L2 on the Ps3, not sure what which or what button it is on the 360. Walk up to the back doors of the taxi and hold the "get in car" button. It you tap it you'll just steal the car.

Easiest way of getting a gun is to take out your phone and dial 911. Choose police. When they arrive, they'll get out of the car. Hop into it and you'll automatically get a shotgun. If you kill the cops, you should get a pistol too. Otherwise, once you complete a few missions, the gun dealers become available and you can buy stuff from them.

hshortt

On 360, ride in a taxi by long pressing the Y button.