Grand Theft Auto IV/Faustin

The following comments are intended as tips for completing missions, not as walkthroughs, so they should be used only if you have problems completing a mission.

Crime And Punishment
This mission is so simple that it's hard to see why they bothered to include it. The only remotely tricky part is getting a cop car without getting the police after you. The easiest way to get a cop car is to go about a block up from your original safehouse where you'll find a car parked on the side.

The cops are usually out talking around the corner. If you want to get away without their seeing you, jack a van or SUV and pull up on the sidewalk blocking the cops' view of their police car, then break into the car.

If you are going to all this trouble, don't spoil it by forgetting to look around for other cop cars on the street or policemen walking by.

Even if you are noticed, just speed down the street as far as you can go, turn left and speed down until you have to turn the corner, then speed a few more blocks and you should lose the 1-star wanted level.

The rest of the mission is trivial. And BTW, it doesn't matter what order you stop the vans in, the one with the TVs is always going to be last.

Do You Have Protection?
This is a training mission to teach you how to free aim. It also opens a firearms store where you can go to buy weapons, ammo, and most importantly, armor.

A good practice is to visit the firearms store after completing each mission to replenish your ammo and armor, then head back to the safehouse to save so that if you fail your the next mission, you can reload with full gear to try again.

Final Destination
When you get to the initial destination, there are two sets of stairs, one on either side of the cross street, leading up to the train.

If you park by the stairs where you are supposed to go up, you will need to come down those same stairs. The target will be coming down the other stairs and towards you. There will be some police cars between you. In that case, you are pretty much committing yourself to a car chase, though it is barely possible that you could shoot him from a distance before he gets in his car or while he is driving towards you.

If you elect to chase after the target after the train has passed, your car had better be parked near those stairs so that if you miss your shot at the fleeing target, you can hop right into your car.

Rigged To Blow
The trick to this mission is that after you get into the truck full of explosives, go very, very slow, even on the freeway and especially around corners, one of which will be a hairpin turn with lots of other cars around.