Drifting Performance
Description: The Mazda RX-7 is the best car for drifting. Below is a list of the best options to put into this car for a drift setup:

Engine/Exhuast	Level 3	Extreme
Drivetrain	Level 3	Extreme
Tires	Level 3	Extreme
E.C.U. & Fuel System	Level 2	Pro
Turbo	Level 1	Street
Brakes	Level 2	Pro
Weight Reduction	Level 2	Pro
Suspension	Level 2	Pro
Nitrous	Stock

Points for 360 in Drift
When you are in drift mode you can get some extra points for doing doughnuts. Hold one direction and the handbrake and gas and let go of the handbrake after a second. You'll just sit there and do doughnuts. This won't get you massive points but it's something.

All drift tracks
Press Left(4), Right, R2, R1, L2 at the main menu.

Easy style points
After you unlock the oval drift track, go into "Quick Race" and choose that track. Now, race around it using the handbrake to powerslide into the corners. Depending on how good you are, you will unlock rewards every time you fill your meter, which does not take too long.

Go to quick race mode and choose any circuit. Set it to five laps with maximum cars on. Now, just get near misses in a row to get a large amount of points. Once your reputation goes up you can make 20,000 points in one go around.

Press Nitrous at the start of a race to purge your nitrous for 150 style points.

Unlock the Toyota Celica in split screen/quick race mode and successfully complete the 1st tournament in underground mode. Go to "Customize Ride" at the MAIN MENU and select the Toyota Celica. Select the "Performance" option and equip your new engine, tires and drivetrain. It does not matter what brand package you choose for them.

Return to the menu where you choose from "Visual", "Performance", etc. Choose "Visual", then equip your vehicle with parts from all of these options (though putting decals, painting, and placing vinyl on the vehicle is not necessary). Do not use any default parts. If your vehicle does not have a 2 star reputation rating or more, then you may have forgotten an option. *** In the body section, the last option may be locked; it is not necessary for this trick.

Return to the MAIN MENU and select "Quick Race", then "Drift Race". Select your Celica. Select the square track (should already be highlighted), and set the difficulty to medium and lap number to 10. You should be able to easily get "Great Drifts", and if you are good enough, you can get "Superb Drift" and "Colossal Drift" ratings occasionally. You will get a lot of style points for doing these drifts. This is an easy way to get style points early in the game. Also try to do drifts around corners in the bonus zone areas rather then doing drifts throughout the track.

Go to quick race, then select "Drift" and use the little square track. Keep doing this to win vinyls, cars like Eddie's Skyline, the Mystikal car, and more.

Once you have unlocked the orange Acura Type R in Underground mode, use it in regular quick race and win. Doing this will multiply your style points by five because this Acura has five reputation stars. Your style points gauge will fill up quicker, allowing you to unlock other things faster.

Extra Speed by Purging Nitrous
Purge your N20 (Nitrous) at the start of a drag race and get a extra speed burst in getting to the fourth-sixth gears. One of the best cars to do this with is a souped up S2000 or a Skyline.

All drag tracks
Press Right, Square, Left, R1, Square, L1, L2, R2 at the main menu.

Easy style points
After you unlock the oval drift track, go into "Quick Race" and choose that track. Now, race around it using the handbrake to powerslide into the corners. Depending on how good you are, you will unlock rewards every time you fill your meter, which does not take too long. Also, go to quick race mode and choose any circuit. Set it to five laps with maximum cars on. Now, just get near misses in a row to get a large amount of points. Once your reputation goes up you can make 20,000 points in one go around.

All sprint tracks
Press Up, R2(3), R1, Down(3) at the main menu.

Easier drag wins
To get to higher gears quicker in drag races, tap L1 repeatedly as needed to increase the RPM to the appropriate level to switch the gear. This also lessens the full force of the nitrous to lower the chance of burning the engine out.

While drag racing, once you get into fourth gear use your nitrous. Your meter will shoot up into the red zone. Now, switch gears and get a perfect shift. You will get more speed when you do this. You can do this as long as you have
nitrous.

Keep tapping the nitrous button at start of the race.

Use rims that normally don't fit
Certain cars can only fit so big of a rim. For example, the Miata can only fit 17s, but if you get a car like the Skyline put 20s on it and trade it in for the Miata. The Miata will now have the 20s that the Skyline had in it. Do not try to install any other rims on your new car because the rims will go back to the maximum sized allowed.

Easy drift points
Stay behind a car to get lots of drift points.

Easy Reputation Stars
Make this set up for the S2000 Headlights:

Voltage Tailights Chrome: Neon (you can leave that stock if you like) Muffler Rocket Roof Scoop Dually Wide Body Kit Mantis Rims Split Tint (Any) Color black or any dark color will be fine. Mods EXTREME Spoiler Dual GT (GT=Gran Turismo) or CarbonX or Warhawk. Muffler Color Chrome Rims Chrome. Follow this and you should have five rep stars.

All circuit tracks
Press Down, R1(3), R2(3), Square at the main menu.

2Fast2Furious
Description: Use the following customizations to reproduce the Nissan Skyline from 2Fast2Furious:
Front Bumper: Storm
Rear Bumper: Renegade
Side Skirts: Ace
Spoiler: Carbon-X
Hood: Stock
Roof Scoop: Stock
Rims: Enkei RT6
Neon: Blue Neon
Headlights: Stock
Taillights: Stock
Muffler Tip: Thunderbolt
Window Tinting: Stock
Paint Base: Gloss, bottom section, bottom row, 2nd from right; silver
Paint Rim: Stock or White
Spoiler: Gloss, 2nd section, top row, 3rd from the left; light blue
Engine: Gloss, 2nd section, top row, 3rd from the left; light blue
Brake Calipers: Gloss, 2nd section, top row, 3rd from the left; light blue
Vinyl First Layer: Modern 34-
Vinyl First Color: Top section, top row, 2nd from the right; silver.
Vinyl Second Color: Second section, top row, 3rd from the left; light blue.
Vinyl Third Color: Same as "Second Color."

Extra 150 Style Points
At the beginning of a race, tap your NOS button (if you have any equipped) to do a NOS purge, and you will get an extra 150 style points.

Extra Style Points in Drift
During any Drift competition, pause t he game at the moment you impact a wall. Unpause the game and you will be rewarded with free style points.

Glitch: Street Glow
When you have Street Glow on your car, if your car flips over so where you can see the bottom of the car, the glow is gone. When you finally land back down, you can see it on the street.

When your car jumps over another car, the street glow will not appear on the car that you are over. When your car flips to its side and is on a wall, the street glow will not appear on that wall.

Change color of vinyl
Choose any vinyl except for uniquem then select the layer you changed on the layers menu. Press Square and the color change menu will appear.

Glitch: No blur with nitrous
When you hit a jump the makes the camera move in front and slows down the game, press L1 (nitrous) immediately before you land. If done correctly, your view should all be clear and you should still see the flames shoot out of your
muffler.

Easy drift points
Simply stay behind a car and watch the points rack up.

Turn off the stability control by going into options and selecting "Car". This will make the car drift easier.

As you progress through the levels, the score required to win the drift competitions get higher, especially when you have upgraded your car's handling.

Before you enter the drift competitions, go into "Customize Car" and "Setup".
For example, go to the engine upgrade section and refit stock tires to your chosen wheels. This will make drifting much easier. As you approach a bend with a bit of speed, back off the throttle, turn into it, and return to full throttle.

With practice you can earn 50,000 style points on the figure of 8 style track.

*** Do not forget to refit the better tires before entering a street race.

Purge nitrous
To purge your nitrous and appear to shoot out smoke, either put your car in neutral, or at the beginning of the race press Nitrous.

Shortcuts
Look for alternate routes on your in-game map while driving. These can get you ahead of an opponent easily or shave off seconds on your timer. They will look like another road on the map, but sometimes are narrower. Most of the time these shortcuts will be hard to see or take, and can be extremely risky.

At the beginning of the races that take place in front of the prison Samantha told you to race to for a reward, when the race starts, crash in the gate of the prison. It is an underground shortcut. *** This only works after the race in which Samantha tells you to race to the prison in time for a reward.

Shortcuts
Look for alternate routes on your in-game map while driving. These can get you ahead of an opponent easily or shave off seconds on your timer. They will look like another road on the map, but sometimes are narrower. Most of the time these shortcuts will be hard to see or take, and can be extremely risky.

Glitch: 9999 style points
When in drift mode, if you hit a wall, immediately pause the game the resume.
Quick look where you style points appear. It will read "+9999 Style Points", but you will not actually be awarded with that amount.

Drift physics for all cars
Press R1, Up(3), Down(3), L1 at the main menu.

Glitch: No mirror
Sometimes when you are racing in circuit or sprint mode, your driver side mirror will not be there for a lap or two.

Recommended cars
The stats on the performance bars are not all that count. The Mazda RX-7 is extremely responsive. Quick movements and the ability to get yourself out of tight jams is what wins the race. The Mazda RX-7 responds very quickly and can help you out a lot with dodging cars and making it through quick S turns. The RX-7 may not have as good of a turning radius as the Skyline, but this can be compensated by holding the gas and pressing the brake at the same time while in a turn. This may bring your speed down a bit, but it also tightens your turning
radius. Use this tactic when speeding through one of the tunnels with poles in the middle. Do not be discouraged by the poor start of the RX-7. This car will make up for it with its phenomenal top speed and ability to turn quickly.
Objects always appear at a set distance ahead of you. At high speeds this will only give you a small instant for you to react and for your car to respond to your commands. The RX-7 responds faster than the Skyline, and therefore gives
you a definite advantage at high speeds. It also turns more tightly at low speeds. It is also a good tool to use in Drift challenges because it is a light rear wheel drive. When you go sideways, the tires will just keep spinning as you drift. There is no need to use the handbrake with this car in drift mode except to slow yourself down -- you will continue to accelerate a lot with this car in drifts. Because drifting does not slow the car down (as long as you hold the gas), it is easy to go into a wall. There is no other car that can make it all the way around the 3/4 circle in a perfect 3/4 circle without losing speed. Do not use stock tires with the fully souped up RX-7 in drift mode, as the car is extremely slick on the ground (light rear wheel drive).

Easy wins
If you are having trouble winning circuit, sprint, or lap knockout races, take off all of your engine performance mods. *** This works for every car, is most useful for the Nissan Skyline. You do not need to take off the handling mods.

See where you are landing in slow motion
Pause game play while you are in the air and the game is in slow motion. Resume the game and you can see where you are landing.

All Drag Tracks
Press Right, Square, Left, R1, Square, L1, L2, R2

Use rims that normally will not fit
Certain cars can only fit so big of a rim. For example, the Miata can only fit 17s, but if you get a car like the Skyline put 20s on it and trade it in for the Miata. The Miata will now have the 20s that the Skyline had in it. Do not try to install any other rims on your new car because the rims will go back to the
maximum sized allowed.

Money Mayhem
Play through Underground Mode , unlocking a several cars and performance parts. This is just your initial investment for the trick.

Save the game. Now buy & modify the VW Golf to the max and trade it in for the Honda S2000 for a gain of about $1500. Take the Honda to the garage and demodify it (strip the parts) and trade the Honda for a Skyline (and a loss of about $3000). With the Skyline, you can now trade for the VW Golf for a gain of about $10,000. You can repeat this car laundering until you have enough cash for your dream machine.

Unlockable Cheat List
Description: On the MAIN MENU, enter the following:

Unlock All Drag Tracks	RIGHT, SQUARE, LEFT, R1, SQUARE, L1, L2, R2
Unlock All Drift Tracks	LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, R2, R1, L2
Unlock All Circuit Tracks	DOWN, R1, R1, R1, R2, R2, R2, SQUARE
Unlock All Sprint Tracks	UP, R2, R2, R2, R1, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN
Unlock Drift Physics in All Modes	R1, UP, UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, L1

Shoot smoke from nitrous
To make nitrous shoot out smoke, put your car in neutral, or at the beginning of the race press Nitrous.

Eddie's: Nissan Skyline
To unlock Eddie's car in the end, keep winning style points. *** It is faster to win them in drift. When your style meter maxes out, a message stating that you have won Eddie's Nissan Skyline will appear.

Kurt's Killa Ride
Use a Stock Mazda RX-7 and keep trying until you win.

Money $$$ Money
In Underground mode, take a VW Golf and upgrade it performance-wise as much as possible. Trade it in for a Nissan Skyline (or the best car unlocked so far), then downgrade the new car to stock. Trade it in for a Golf and you should make a profit (about $6,000 each time). You can use the money to buy more upgrade for regular mode if you want to play with the parts or are stuck in Underground mode.

To earn a profit of about $5,500 or more (depending on how far you are in Underground mode), follow these steps. Go to Underground mode and enter the "Customize Ride" menu. Now, select the "Trade" option and trade your car for a Mazda RX-7. If you already have it as your car, skip this step. Downgrade all of your performance upgrades to stock. Now, go back to the "Trade" option and trade your car for a Volkswagen Golf GTI. Now, put all of your performance upgrades back onto the Golf GTI and trade your car for the Mazda RX-7. If done
correctly, you should gain a profit of at least $5,500. Repeat those steps as many times as desired. In a short time you should have at least $30,000.

Cheat List

Acura Integra	R2, R2, R1, R2, L2, L1, DOWN, UP
Acura RSX	R1, R2, DOWN, LEFT, UP, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT
Ford Focus	LEFT, RIGHT, Up, R1, R2, R1, R2, Up
Honda S2000	UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, UP, LEFT, SQUARE, R2
Hyundai Tiburon	LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, Right, Up, DOWN, Up, DOWN
Level 1 Performance Parts	R2, R2, R1, R1, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT
Level 2 Performance Parts	R1, R1, R1, R1, R2, R2, Left, RIGHT
Level 2 Visual Parts	DOWN, LEFT, UP, DOWN, R1, R2, R2, SQUARE
Lost Prophets Car	UP, UP, UP, RIGHT, DOWN, DOWN, Up, RIGHT
Mitsubishi Lancer	LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, R1, R1, R2, R2, L2
Mystikal Car	UP, RIGHT, Up, Up, DOWN, RIGHT, Up, RIGHT
Nismo Car	UP, DOWN, Up, LEFT, DOWN, DOWN, Up, RIGHT
Nissan 240SX	UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, SQUARE, R1, L2, R1
Nissan 350Z	RIGHT, RIGHT, DOWN, Up, SQUARE, L1, R1, L2
Nissan Sentra	RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT, L2, L2, R2, R2, UP
Nissan Skyline	DOWN, DOWN, L1, L2, L1, L2, L1, DOWN
Petey Pablo Car	UP, UP, UP, UP, DOWN, UP, UP, RIGHT
Rob Zombie Car	UP, LEFT, UP, UP, DOWN, LEFT, UP, RIGHT
Subaru Impreza	UP, DOWN, DOWN, UP, L2, UP, L2, DOWN
Toyota Supra	R1, R1, R2, R1, R2, R1, L2, L1

Faster speed
Hold R2 for greater speed. *** This does not work in drags.

1988 Nissan Skyline GTR34
Select underground mode and complete at least the 1st 80 missions. A recommended car to use is the Acura RSX. You will then challenge Samantha.Defeat her under the medium difficulty setting and win the next drag race to unlock the 1998 Nissan Skyline GTR34.

Samantha's car
Keep getting style points until you get all the vinyls, then fill up the next meter.

Unlimited Nitro cheat
Press X, Circle, Triangle, Triangle, X, Circle.

Cars to use through the game
Well at first I used the nissan 2406 wich helped me up to stage 3! I then used the hyundai coupe until I got the toyota supra. The toyota supra is one of the best cars in the game.
I used that and had 124,000 cash to spend when I got my skyline. I did it up to the max and won the game with ease.

another good way for gaining NOS is reversing then swinging the front end around doing
a J-turn which gives you 500points.

To win the game you must be patient as some races are really irritating...(when this happens I take 15min break after 3trys)

One more thing, to win outruns easy I either spin them out by clipping their back end then full NOS it or slam them into a wall where they will get stuck or a car.

Ahh well I hope this helped you and goodluck! :)

The most useful car for drifting
Mazda mx-5 is the best among the rest....

just be sure the you tune it up nicely....

any level parts will do....

it is because of the maximum handling....

i don't prefer nissan skyline as a drift car....

Unlockable Track Cheats! Why do racers have bucket seats if they don't drift?
Unlockable Track Cheats! Why do racers have bucket seats if they don't drift?
Cheat List
On the Main Menu, enter:

Unlock all Circuit Tracks
Press: Down, R1, R1, R1, R2, R2, R2, Square.

Unlock all Drag Tracks
Press: Right, Square, Left, R1, Square, L1, L2, R2.

Unlock all Drift Tracks
Press: Left, Left, Left, Left, Right, R2, R1, L2.

Unlock all Sprint Tracks
Press: Up, R2, R2, R2, R1, Down, Down, Down.

Performance level 2
Press R1 R1 R1 R1 R2 R2LEFT RIGHT

Performance level 1
Press R2 R2 R1 R1 LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT

NFSU
Buy a golf go on drift and drift round you get loats of points always

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