Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas/NRG Challenge

Requirements

• Mission: The Green Sabre
• Location: Covered dry dock in Easter Basin. It's right next to the Import/Export crane.

Walkthrough

Get on the NRG to start the challenge (It's in the corner). The object is the same as in the BMX challenge: maneuver the bike through the red coronas. The drydock serves as a giant halfpipe.

You start with 10 seconds on the clock and each corona adds ten seconds to your time. If you get all the coronas before you run out of time, you win the challenge.

Tips

Drive down the ramp to pick up the first two coronas, then to the flat end and turn around. Pick up two more on the floor, then make a U turn up the round end of the dock to get the next one. Now you're at the round end facing the flat end. Get the last corona on the floor, then go up the right side to get the one on the wall. Land outside the dock near the flat end. There's one right by the Import/Export sign. Then turn left and go over the catwalk (one more), and left again and there's one more on the edge. These is all the "easy" ones and you should have about 1:30 on the clock by now.

The basic idea behind hitting the high coronas is to go up the side of the dock, right underneath the corona but hitting the wall head-on. If you try at an angle you will fly past the corona. You also need to have enough speed to get high enough. Here are some methods to position yourself right:

• Use the radar screen to line up your icon with the triangular blips (they represent the coronas)
• Use the camera control to see the coronas as you drive the bike
• The coronas cast a shadow on the wall of the drydock near the stop. It looks kind of like a dark stain.

It might help to get the ones at the round end of the dock first, because you can accelerate from the flat end without much turning to get them. Then if you work from the round side towards the flat side, it's not too hard to locate the corona you've targeted in your radar screen.

It will take a lot of practice, but luckily a new bike spawns after you start the challenge so you can just get on that one to start over. Try to leave the abandoned bikes far enough away from the dry dock so that they don't get in the way. If you tap the exit bike button rapidly CJ will jump off without stopping. That way the bike goes away but you stay near the drydock.

Rewards

Progress towards [[../../Appendices/100 percent checklist|100% Completion]].