I hate racing level on Classic difficulty

[Aubergine]

I played the original game when I was a kid. Got the definitive edition with discount. Finished it. Then I went to classic difficulty for achievement, tried like 15 times to win the race, then deleted the game.

[Stan]

Quitter.

Look for usefull hints or cheat.

[gay rat dad]

start with easy then finish with classic difficulty, easy achievement.

[DonJúlio]

I'm a practical dude, so I began my 100% completion journey on the Classic game mode, so when i finished, i got the easy + the normal + classic mode achievment in one. But that race.. oh man, it was really a pain in the butt! But try some useful hints, like, slowing down in some specific turn, preparing to merge sooner, stuff like that. It'll be worth it!

[Tryyton]

then you would have broken the disc of the original, for sure unpatched. it was possible to do though...

[puddingtopf]

Learn how to drive.

[XIOZ]

My first playthrough was on Classic. And my biggest mistake was that I would restart race every time I couldn't reach 1st place after first lap. After about 10 restarts I decided to finish the race anyway. And I finally found out that other racers have scripted crashes and that I can easily win even if I can't catch the first guy right away. So honestly, easier race than in original.

[OxyVille]

I'm a hardcore, I played this with a girl from the gym so I decided to try it out with her first before buying (IYKWIM) during the anniversary sale. So ignore my playtime, I just started on Steam but I already beat the race.

From my experience,I can tell you this:

1. Patience is a virtue
2. Go left lane right after start (15/16)
3. Always release gas upon the building on the right. Tap brake right after second window. (10/16)
4. Ram is your friend, use it to swerve back to lane and a bit of drift. Be careful when doing ram drift because it may register direction differently than your intention; either press gas or left or right before ram
5. Take shortcut on the first 2 grass on the right and drift with Ram, first one is easier, the second one needs a bit of practice (6/16), slowdown before the left curve. (race lead will likely got accident, easy 5/16)
6. Hit brake before the climb ends, swerve carefully and go right lane when going down
7. Hit brake before entering swerve and follow the road by releasing gas. (accident, easy 4/16)
8. Take left lane before entering big-swerve, tap brake and release gas if needed, ram drift if necessary. Follow the road with ram drift, no need to go right lane.
9. Keep on the middle during the sprint, use Ram to boost and defend your position. No need to Ram other cars as 1 or 2 will overtake you. Keep calm and ignore them. (6/16)
10. Repeat

[Cruddy]

Make sure to NEVER leave 2nd Gear, and only lightly brake on the first turn if you're going fast, that first turn is the place to pass 90% of the other racers on the first lap and will let you pass anyone who manages to overtake you on the following Laps. Abuse Ram everytime you start to take a turn or lose control

if you must ram a car hit it from the back, if you try to side swipe you're going to get the wheels interlocked and guarantee a loss.

[Sckhar 🦊]

yeah I don't remember it being that hard in the original as it is on this version. It sucked then, but even though I was just a kid I managed to finish it, now this? I gave up. I always hated the race mission.

[Rammstein]

Originally posted by Aubergine:

I played the original game when I was a kid. Got the definitive edition with discount. Finished it. Then I went to classic difficulty for achievement, tried like 15 times to win the race, then deleted the game.

I only played the original mafia back when it released. I cant remember much about the game (besides the fact that i loved it). But what i remember exactly is that damn race, and that it took me a day to win it.... a day as in about 8 hours. -.-
I remember exactly you had to do a perfect race. 1 mistake and u were out.

[Dan]

This mission has always been brutal, if you think it is hard now try beating it with a keyboard like I did when I played this game originally.

However, if you've ever played a driving sim, ever, with a ♥♥♥♥♥♥, poor handling car then this mission really isn't that difficult, at least not compared to say getting all gold in the license tests in Gran Turismo.

That said the mission does require you to actually know how to drive an old car fast, not to make mistakes and know where you can 'cheat' (shortcuts).

[OxyVille]

I am here now just to validate my point previously. I beat the game within a day just now.

Originally posted by OxyVille:

I'm a hardcore, I played this with a girl from the gym so I decided to try it out with her first before buying (IYKWIM) during the anniversary sale. So ignore my playtime, I just started on Steam but I already beat the race.

From my experience,I can tell you this:

1. Patience is a virtue
2. Go left lane right after start (15/16)
3. Always release gas upon the building on the right. Tap brake right after second window. (10/16)
4. Ram is your friend, use it to swerve back to lane and a bit of drift. Be careful when doing ram drift because it may register direction differently than your intention; either press gas or left or right before ram
5. Take shortcut on the first 2 grass on the right and drift with Ram, first one is easier, the second one needs a bit of practice (6/16), slowdown before the left curve. (race lead will likely got accident, easy 5/16)
6. Hit brake before the climb ends, swerve carefully and go right lane when going down
7. Hit brake before entering swerve and follow the road by releasing gas. (accident, easy 4/16)
8. Take left lane before entering big-swerve, tap brake and release gas if needed, ram drift if necessary. Follow the road with ram drift, no need to go right lane.
9. Keep on the middle during the sprint, use Ram to boost and defend your position. No need to Ram other cars as 1 or 2 will overtake you. Keep calm and ignore them. (6/16)
10. Repeat

[SchimmelAdler]

Well, if you give up after 15 minutes already, you don't deserve it.
Annoying how people give up so quick nowadays.

[exojjl2]

Originally posted by Stan:

Quitter.

Look for usefull hints or cheat.

I beat the game including the original race as a teenager back in 199x whatever and although it was somewhat difficult it was not impossible for some dumbass kid such as myself.
If you cannot beat original race then I guess you are dumber than teenage dummy like me. Maybe you should go waste 250k on a poor investment like a college education or learn how to drive in real life perhaps? Trust me learning how to drive will not only save you more money in the long run than a college education, it will keep you and your family safer. You can literally find trade union jobs that require no college education that will pay not only far better wages than most college education jobs, they will have much better health benefits, pensions, and 401k retirement plans. College really is a joke in America anymore.

[Tryyton]

Originally posted by exojjl2:

released 2002...