Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Announced

Just install NITRO on your lowrider and use it whenever you can!

I also can't play pool anymore. Everytime I go into the Green Bottle, everyone puts their hands up or squats on the ground because I've whupped their asses one too many times, I guess.

some of us just aren't that skilled with the lowrider cars. plus, there are different cars that qualify as lowriders, and some are just way easier to handle than others. the voodoo car made the race seem like a joke, but the other car I was using was horrible.

list of stuff that ISN'T needed to get 100% (i bought teh guide ha ha :( ):

2-player stuff
the arcade games
anything to do with the barbers, clothing shops, restaurants, tattooing, basketball, the RC missions, dancing, territory wars, gambling, girlfriends, mod garages, and the triathlons. OH, and unique jumps. thank fuck. I tried a few yesterday, and it took me like an hour to do five of them. i think that's everything

Radio stations have play lists rather than play orders (they're on shuffle play). And there are optional into/outros from the DJs for each song.

Being able to drive over small fences (but not smallish ones). Also swimming.

Just .. atmosphere. I yesterday realised that I've adjusted to the point that if I hear small-arms fire, I don't even assume it's about me until I get hit.

Changes I don't like:

Fat/muscle stuff. I understand now how it works, and how to make it work for me how to stop it working against me, so I know that you want to get really fat before eg the taxi missions, or really thin before a mission with a lot of swimming/running, but I don't see what good it does me. Why have I paid money to have a layer of stuff put between me and fun? See also:

Skill levels. Particularly the fact that they're not (as far as I can tell) actually skill as much as experience, and not interesting experience, just hours logged.

the fat stuff never bothered me but i havent played the taxi missions really.

does anyone know who "katie" is? on the "achievements" page apparently i've made 10% progress with her!!?? (but she doesn't even appear on the radar nor do i have recollections about meeting her? maybe i was drunk when i met her...............)

the skills stuff isn't so great, i agree. mostly because i can't discern any actual difference between low and high skill levels, except in the case of the bikes. and the akimbo guns.

i think what aggravates me more than anything is THEY ONLY PLAY HALF OF FREEBIRD WHAT THE HELL. they cut off half the songs at their most awesome moments!!! the fat muscle stuff is stupid too, sounds good in theory but the constant maintenance is akin to a war sim or something.

anyone beaten the los santos arena yet? IT'S REALLY, REALLY AGGRAVATING. it doesn't really help that i'm apparently an awful driver, as i can't make any turns without piledriving into a wall.

I'm a bit surprised that you don't have to do the unique jumps to get 100%! I suppose finding all the hidden objects will be hard enough.

Why do you need to be fat to do the taxi missions?

Yeah I don't like the arena games in this one, I can't get near first position on the los santos race and my car just becomes a wreck after a few laps. The bowl is stupid why have they adopted guns, it doesnt make any sense. the dirt track wasn't too bad but I did prefer it in vice city when you could take your time.

The car in the Los Santos arena is very floaty, you have to turn by easing off on the acceleration rather than braking. Or so I'm told.

the nitrous in the car makes it go a little doolally

i finished the los santos arena today... the trick is to just bully yourself to the front in the first lap, use the PIT maneuver to push the other cars aside. after you get to first place you can pretty much take it easy, make sure you're careful w/every turn, be slow if you need to since it just takes a few nicks to make yr car explode.

yeah, sometimes I end up going faster than the game itself (?), with the world loading after i pass over it. it really pushes the ps2.

Ooh and I now have the 'Turismo' car in my import garage.

there are other mod garages indicated by a red spanner head on your map, these take normal cars.

xpost obv

Okay, so it's just lowriders, I should have probably guessed that. Ta.

And I think Katie was hanging around the tennis court in San Fierro when you first meet her.

"Katie is a nurse who lives in San Fierro. She can be found at the edge of the
avispa country club in San Fierro. To find her, go to the northeast corner of
the avispa country club (by the gym). Here, you should be able to see her
standing on a little grass hill by some bushes."

Grassy bits in a city, I must have mixed it up with the tennis courts.