Grand Theft Auto Rally: Liberty City and Vice City

[JohnBM01]

I don't have a capture card, so I had to operate from my webcam. Now take a look at these two videos. As opposed to showing you these videos, I've provided links. Both have the same TV problem I have. Since I use Multi-Out rather than an RF switch, I use the TV's Auxillary input to play. And so, this old TV (which is DTV ready!) has this red window saying "AUX" and the time. All you need to know is that I'm loaded with cash and ammo in both games. Don't expect driving finesse, especially considering I'm trying to race the course with the challenge of the 5-0 on my tail. I came up with unique names to note the key areas to traverse.

Grand Theft Auto 3 - Staunton Island Course:
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb8IQFprTTo (3:08 in length)

NOTES: Staunton Island is my favorite since you can do so much more here than you can at Portland or Shoreside Vale. I've gotten some Wanted Stars to make the run more challenging. I usually operate these with four stars. You can make out what the route is simply by following the model I've provided. This was a safer route I took. A past route I've taken is risky- instead of taking that off-road excursion on the grass, basically fly off the highway and try to land on the road below on all fours.



Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - "Targa Vice City"
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRV59d8F7NE (5:04 in length)

NOTES: "Waste him, we're always right!" This "targa" course I've come up with starts at the safe house at Vice Point. This track covers almost all points of Vice City besides Prawn Island, Viceport, and Downtown. The bright flash after crossing the second bridge was just a way to get around the "Greetings from Vice City" screen that can be such a distraction. At 3:06, I got up to three stars. Crossing into Little Haiti and Little Havana is more like a proper rally course with the narrow roads. The car (thankfully) wasn't destroyed in this run. I sometimes do this with four stars as well. Funny observation: I got warning stars after I heard "you almost killed me!"



If I have any more to share (I have a few more courses I make), I may share some. But if any of you have any interesting courses to take, share them. I chose both of these games because they seem more forgivable and fun than any GTA since "GTA: San Andreas." That's not to say none of them aren't good, though. If there are any other interesting courses you've come up with, feel free to share.

 

[JohnBM01]

I studied my own two videos and came to these times (counting accidents):

* I cleared my first course (GTA3) in about 1 minute, 54 seconds. Par time for anyone trying this out would be two minutes. I had two warning stars and finished with three.

* I clared my second course in about 4 minutes, 35 seconds. The par time I'd come up with would be 4:40 or 4:45.



Let me tell you of another course I'm thinking of for GTA: Vice City:

* Vice Point Safe House -> Downtown -> Little Haiti -> Little Havana -> Viceport

There's another course of mine that uses the beachfront of the far eastern reaches of Vice City stemming from the Vice Point safe house down to far southeastern Vice City, and basically the same route as the previous Vice City video I made.

 

[JohnBM01]

I've done it again! New course video I've created. Have a look (I chose not to embed since it does contain some bad language and discomforting content):

* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwvwkevGCFs

The race lasts from 0:11 to 3:38. I have three wanted stars. Description (taken from my YouTube video):

"WARNING: Game is rated "M" for Mature. May feature uncomforting content.

"Relying on the webcam again, I make a new video showcasing my "rally" racing in Grand Theft Auto 3.

"After wasting a helicopter with three Wanted Stars against me, I got to four Wanted Stars (guaranteed to have the cops chase you). However, I made a quick stop at a Wanted Star icon to go down to three. So this is my first rally at three stars.

"This course starts from the safehouse at Wichita Gardens in Shoreside Vale and ends at Terminal B at Francis International Airport. Shoreside Vale is the most geographically-diverse environ of the three boroughs of Liberty City with various elevation changes, diversity among road types, and more.

"This course utilizes most of the landscape in this point-to-point rally. You start on a declining road leading into a corridor. You then avoid the tunnel to the right as you glide through the underpass. A few precise corners await you followed by a trip up Cochran Dam. Then, you are on the outer edges of Pike Creek. Take the highway to go into Francis International Airport. At the airport, take a stroll around the hangar area. With lots of road ahead, fear not about getting knocked off-course. Scream down the landing strip while taking a cautious route into one hangar. Dodo Hairpin is named for the Dodo plane that sits in a hangar. Out of Tough Guy Corner, make your exit by breaking through the gate again. Then on the main street of the airport, make a loop in Vicious Circle. The goal is to go from Vicious Circle to the finish at Terminal B.

"Enjoy! Rate and comment if you wish."



Enjoy, indeed. There are also a few other YouTube videos with their own little rallies. It's nice to see some GTA gamers try coming up with their own rallies. I'm working on two others in Shoreside Vale. When I get those up, I'll let you know. Until then, visit my YouTube channel at: http://www.youtube.com/user/johnmarinetube for more!

 

[JohnBM01]

I have a pair of courses for you now. The first is the Wichita Gardens Rally, and the other is the toughest rally I've created- the Wichita Gardens -> Cochrane Dam Rally.

* Wichita Gardens Rally: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3bTsr9tHRw
* Wichita Gardens -> Cochrane Dam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrBN-2KEAyo

Visit the two links for the narration of these two courses as well as to see these courses in action. The Wichita Gardens Rally is the shortest courses of the three Shoreside Vale courses. The Wichita Gardens -> Cochrane Dam Rally is tougher with many undulations and various tough corners. Try your best to do this with one car.

 

[Dragonistic]

It seems so weird watching GTA PS2 videos again, glad to see you're still enjoying them I haven't watched them all, but they look like fun from what I've seen.

 

[JohnBM01]

Someone voted my Wichita Gardens -> Francis International course with one star. Only other one-star video someone voted besides my Black College Football Experience Explained video. All of the cars I use in my videos are the Police cars because of the drifting ability. They are all mostly tarmac rallies. There aren't a lot of off-road courses I like in the general landscape of Grand Theft Auto (since GTA3).

 

[JohnBM01]

I've covered all three islands of Liberty City. Here is a point-to-point route through Portland:

* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7kbWjzU-A0

Portland (in Liberty City, that is) is really boring. So I made an effort to come along with as tough of a course as possible without screwing with the mafia families. So I tough a route that gave me the ability to evade the families and escape free with my car still intact. This is probably a three-minute tour around Portland from the Safe House to some building near Callahan Bridge. I took a bad route. And actually, I was thinking of the course winding through Chinatown a little more. Enjoy the video.



Next is a daunting task for me for two reasons. One, I'm coming up with a "Liberty City Rally," which utilizes all three boroughs of Liberty City in GTA3 as well as a trip through the tunnel. Special legs of this course will make transitioning a bit tough. And the second reason- time. Unless you're a Director (I'm considering being a YouTube Director), you can't post videos longer than ten minutes. And at best, this course takes about 9 min, 45 seconds to clear. So that's two challenges- clear the rally (hopefully with one car) and make sure it's under ten minutes. When I clear this daunting task, I'll share this on YouTube. So I advise you check into this thread and my YouTube page for more!

 

[JohnBM01]

Happy New Year's... GTA Style! The formidable Liberty City Rally is complete! Check this out:

* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8unkbpqY5Q

Description:

This is it! This is the longest and most treacherous of all of my rallies. All three islands are part of one interconnected long stage that is actually a proper circuit. Think of this as the Targa Florio of Liberty City. It begins at the Portland Safe House. You then cross Callahan Bridge, take a tour around Staunton Island, cross the bridge to Shoreside Vale, go into the tunnel in Wichita Gardens, go through the tunnel back to Portland, then finish around the Portland Safe House. I have Wanted Stars to make the rally more difficult (as usual). This is a test of endurance and proper car control. I even continually try to up the difficulty level, but not too much as to where it's near impossible for me to win. For the truly brave, try out this course.

RANDOM FACTS: The game time is at 8:00 AM and takes a good deal of time to clear. If you want to try this out, here are some "medal" requirements:

GOLD: Start and finish with one car.
SILVER: Finish the race having to use two cars.
BRONZE: Finiah the race having to use three or more cars.

Good luck! Perhaps even try to come up with your own elapsed time of completing the course. I didn't really keep track of mine. It was at least nine minutes to complete the whole course.


Most of it done at three Wanted Stars. The video is very long- 9:45. If you're REALLY bored, check her out!

 

[Legendary]

Nice vids...but I got a warning for double posting...I dont reccomend triple and quadruple posting unless you like famines bad side...

 

[Stavingo]

Nice vids...but I got a warning for double posting...I dont reccomend triple and quadruple posting unless you like famines bad side...

You do realise that all posts were done on different dates right?