Game: Tony Hawk 2
Console: Sony Playstation
Contained in FAQ: Secrets and Hidden Stuff
Version: 1.2
Author: Christoff (Christof55@aol.com)

Contents:
1) A bit about me
2) Version History
3) Hidden Cash Icons of Heat Levels
4) *Updated* Hidden and Hard To Find Gaps
5) *Updated* Hidden Areas
6) *Updated* Hidden Characters
7) *Updated* Other Really Cool Secrets
8) *NEW* Bugs 'n Stuff
9) Closing


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1) A Bit About Me
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Hey, this is my first FAQ. And you'll probably be seeing more of my FAQs around
for only the greatest games for the Playstation and Dreamcast. So I figure how
about a little information about me to break the ice?

I've always been the guy at the arcades explaining how to do stuff. How to turn
on the score counter in House of the Dead 2, how to find the bad guy faster
then he can find you in Silent Scope, And how the hell your supposed to use Dan
in Marvel VS. Capcom 2. So after I ran across Tony Hawk 2, noticed there wasnt
one FAQ on GameFAQs for it, I decided to write one.
I love video games. The only thing I love more then video games are their
secrets and cheats (Im not talking GameShark here. Im taking IN GAME
secrets). So dont expect walkthroughs from me. Expect the hidden stuff, the
secrets, and the things in the game you can only find at 3:00AM after playing a
game for 14 hours straight. I might throw in a strategy or cool bugs every once
in a while too, but none of the basic stuff. No move lists, no walkthroughs,
nothing like that. But enough about me, lets get to the important stuff, the
stuff you came here for!

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2) Version History:
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1.2 - Added things people told me to add. Email me a question and Ill put the
answer in the next FAQ, as well as email it to you. Also expanded on stuff I
already have. This was a big update

1.1 - Added Hidden and Hard To Find Gaps, Hidden Areas, Hidden Characters and
Other Really Cool Secrets

1.0 - Its 1.0! Whata think? Im just putting this here so I dont forget when I
update it. AND I WILL UPDATE IT.


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3) Hidden Cash Icons of Heat Levels
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After realising you need 100% on EVERYTHING to get the cool secrets (more info
next update) of Tony Hawk 2, I had to go back to the heat levels and find all
the damn cash icons. Well, I found 'em, so here they are for all you people who
just arent as cool as me ;-). The best way to do this is to collect all the
cash icons you can in the first heat, then 1 second before the heat ends, pause
and select "Restart Competition". You keep all the cash icons you already got
(this goes for all levels). After getting them all, restart one more them then
really play the Competition. This method will take up less time and it will
raise the amount of money you get.


Marseille, France:
2 Cash Icons in plain view
6 Hidden Cash Icons

See the area with the grass and the trees, and that big blue T in the middle?
Thats your target. Head over there. Go right behind the blue T, there should
be a little piece of wood holding it up. Sake right over it. Wait a few seconds
after the wood breaks, and the T will crash down into the wall, opening up a
secret. Down there are the secret cash icons. They are all in plain view,
EXCEPT one. That one is behind you when you first enter the secret area. NOTE:
if you try to get that one, you will go back to the start of the level (you
will get it though. but you'll have to knock down the T again), so be sure to
get all the other cash icons down there first.


Skatestreet, Ventura:
6 Cash Icons in plain view
2 Hidden Cash Icons

Unlike Marseille, the Hidden cash icons are in 2 different parts of the level.
When you first start, these 2 areas are locked off, and entree is imposable.
But, a law of video games is if there is a door, there is a way to open it. And
this level is no exception. Kinda strange though, because to open these gates
you need to get 2 keys. A key in a skateboarding game...all right, whatever.
The keys are invisible; in fact they are actually gaps. Im not sure if you
need to get both keys, one key might open up BOTH gates, but Ill put them both
here just in case.

Hidden Cash #1 - at the start of the level, instead of going down the ramp,
turn around. You will see a fence to the left, and a half pipe to the right. I
dont think its very easy to turn around if your turning is set to "tight". I
like to always keep it on "loose". Look at the halfpipe. Seams normal, except
for that bar running the left end to the right end with a cash icon in the
middle. Hop on and grind starting a little bit before the bar starts. Go all
the way around, get the cash icon (DONT JUMP or try to combo this one, or else
you wont get the gap) when you reach the other side of the halfpipe (its not a
long grind) you'll get the gap called "Van Secret Key Area". This will open up
the gate to the far left of the halfpipe you got the gap on. Go into that area,
you'll be on a mini skatepark outside. Turn right, and there's a $100 cash icon
on top of a van, just waiting to be snatched.
Hidden Cash #2 - The second key you'll probably end of getting it by accident
getting the Cash Icons you can already see. To get it, go down the ramp you
start on to the BIG quarter pipe in front of you. Grind on the left side of the
lump in the middle, then when you reach the end jump off onto the bar. Unless
you hold down left or right or you forget to jump, you'll land on it perfectly.
Thats the "Real Secret Key Area" Gap, and it'll open up the gate to the right
of where you land. Go into that area. Another mini skatepark. There is a $250
cash icon between the two quarterpipes. Build up speed on one then transfer
from one to the other. If you go high enough and get your transfer right you'll
grab the last cash icon.
Note: If you did it right, you should land on the other quarterpipe after you
get the cash icon. Smooth.


The Bullring, Mexico:
6 Cash Icons in....well you can SEE them
4 Hidden Cash Icons

Set aside some time for this one, its not very easy, but then again, all the
Cash Icons are worth $250, and there are 10 of 'em. Im gonna have to explain
how to get all the cash icons.

Cash Icon #1 & #2 - Probably the first you'll get. Start on the halfpipe; just
go back and forth until you grind on the black rope above you. Once on it,
you'll start grinding away from the halfpipe. Grind until you pick up the cash
icon. Do the same with the other side of the rope (which side of the halfpipe
you get to the rope determines which cash icon you'll get. You wont be able to
turn around, so make sure that you get it on one side of the halfpipe, and the
other side of the halfpipe).

Cash Icon #3 & #4 - A little harder. Head left or right of the halfpipe you
start on. Transfer (hold up) to the stands when you reach the end of the arena.
You'll get up to the stands. Now, there are 2 ways to proceed. You can either
go up the quarterpipe and try to land on the rope that way (Note that if you go
to the left or the right of the quarterpipe, you'll be sent back to the start
of the level. very annoying) or you can skate off the ramp and jump onto the
wire. Skating off the ramp is a better idea, unless you forgot to raise your
character's Ollie and Air. Once on the wire, grind and jump when you reach the
cash icon. Keep grinding and there's the second cash icon. Jump when you reach
it, its not sitting on the rope, ya gotta jump.

Cash Icon #5 & #6 - not very easy. You can't get both of these at the same time
like Cash Icons #3&#4. Head to the left or right (there's one Cash Icon on each
side) of where you start and hit the small halfpipe. Youll go high. Hopefully
you can catch a glimpse of the flaggy, ornament thingy up high in the air.
Youll know what Im talking about. Work up speed, hit the halfpipe, and grind
on that flaggy thing. If anyone knows what that is called, please tell me. I
fell pretty stupid calling it a
"Flaggy ornament thingy". There are 2 of those, and each one has a cash icon.
You need to JUMP to get it, and time your jump because they are pretty high off
of that. You should get 1 a heat, you can get both if you dont mess up.

Hidden Cash Icons #7, #8, #9, &#10 - These took me a while, but yet another
video game law proves to be in effect in this game. Danger = Prizes. Figured it
out? Its in the area around the arena (just after and below the halfpipe where
you had to use to get Cash Icons #5 & #6.) where the bull is. Guess where its
hidden? Yeah, those big green blobs of bullcrap. Run over the ones that are
lighter green, they hold the Cash Icons. After running over one, turn around
and jump to get it (after you run over one, the Cash Icon pops into the air).
If you have good timing, you can jump right when you hit the crap to get the
Cash Icon. This saves alot of time. Pick up all 4 in that area and your done!



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4) Hidden and Hard to Find Gaps
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Here it is. A full gap list. Im PROBABLY not gonna explain the easy to find
transfers. But maybe Ill get bored and write out a whole list and where they
are. This is not finished yet, and if anyone knows any hidden or hard to find
gap locations, email me (Christof55@aol.com).
* = Hard to find
~ = In a hidden area
@ = Often overlooked

The Hanger:

*Rail Guided Missile: Definitely not the easiest gap to find. Can be pretty
irritating too. Skate from the tail of that plane onto the mid section of it.
Then Ollie and grind the rail separating the two sides of the level. If you hit
it, you'll get this gap. Moon Physics help, you don't even have to Ollie if you
have that cheat turned on.


School II:

@Bendy's Curb/*Poll Stomp/*Rail 2 Brix: Hit all 3 of these gaps together. Go by
the Roll Call: Gonz Rail gap. Grind the area thats off the ground a little bit
(where a bell is). Thats the Bendy's Curb gap. GO STRAIGHT after you get off
it. Crash right into that poll. It'll fall down. NOW, go back and do Bendy's
Curb again, then jump to the poll for Poll Stomp! Then jump to brick area after
it to get Pole 2 Brix!. There ya go! 2 Hidden gaps and an often overlooked gap,
all in one big shot.

Any gaps youre having problems with? email me and Ill tell ya how to get 'em,
as well as include them in my next version!
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5) Hidden Areas
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As of now, I dont know if every level has a hidden area. As I update this FAQ
Ill list every secret area I can find. And if someone out there knows of an
area not listed here, tell me about it! These are only areas that I KNOW OF.

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The Hanger:
Hidden Areas - 1
Somewhat Hidden Areas - 1
Hidden Areas Required for 100% - 2
Total Hidden Areas - 2

Somewhat Hidden Area: This isnt too hard to get to. You need it for the secret
tape in this level. Grind the blade of the chopper. The only real point that
you MUST grind on is the last white tip. So basically, hit the kicker, grind
across the blade, and just dont jump off. This will open up a part of the wall
revealing an area outside. The wall is just left of where the chopper just took
off (away from where you started the level)

Hidden Area: This isnt hard to get, but its not the most obvious one either.
After you start the level and go down the ramp, turn toward the right. Hit the
right wall. Too much speed here will mess you up. Now, go toward the halfpipe
in front of you, staying close to the wall. Dont ollie here, instead once you
get off the group GRIND. You should grind on a little propeller attached to the
wall. Grind TO THE END OF IT, DONT jump off, and if you did everything right
(not like its a hard task; Grind and fall) the wall where the propeller is will
blow up, revealing a secret area with some cash icons.
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School II:
Hidden Areas - 1
Somewhat Hidden Areas - 1
Hidden Areas Required for 100% - 1
Total Hidden Areas - 2

Somewhat Hidden Area: Really simple if you take a good at the situation BEFORE
to attempt it. At the start of the level, take a right and go down the ramp.
Head up and hit the quarter pipe. Do a trick or something for some extra air
and speed. Now speed down that area, and STAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE of it. Although
its tempting, DONT skate down the middle. At the end, you'll head down a wood
plank then hit a little ramp. Ollie when ya hit it to go up onto that wall. Hit
the ramp in front of you, then grind on one of the flags. Get the secret tape,
then go off that wall. This small area has a gap or two to get and 2 cash icons

Hidden Area: The Gym. Damnit, I did this at first by accident. It took me
FOREVER to figure out how to get it to work. But I finally figured it out. You
have to make it down to the Opunsezmee Roll Call Rail unless then 20 seconds.
While the second schoolbell is ringing (Timer will be around 1:41) Start
grinding the rail. When you reach the bottom, the doors to the Gym will open
up. The Gym is the set of doors after the LunchTable gap. It shouldnt be hard
to find. The Doors will stay open forever after that point (unless you play
carrier mode with a different character). The Gym has a bunch of gaps, and easy
ways to rack up points, but no cash icons or anything required to get 100%
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Marseille:
Hidden Areas - 1
Somewhat Hidden Areas - 0
Hidden Areas Required for 100% - 1
Total Hidden Areas - 1

See section 3: Hidden Cash Icons of Heat Levels
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NY City:
Hidden Areas - 0
Somewhat Hidden Areas - 1
Hidden Areas Required for 100% - 1
Total Hidden Areas - 1

Somewhat Hidden Area: This area is where the secret tape is, as well as some
cash icons. There are two ways to get into this area. It is behind the brick
wall thats straight ahead of you when you start the level. One way to get in
is to knock down the streetlight in front of the area (Im not quite sure HOW,
it was just always already knocked down for me. if you know how tell me, or
just look down for how to get it the second method). The second way, which I
think is smarter (takes a bit more time though) is to go up the escalator to
the above group subway tracks. Hop on the tracks on the LEFT (the trains come
right at you on the right, so only go there if you wanna get runover) and just
grind all the way down. You'll get the Grind The Tracks tape. Once you get the
tape (the Gap "Railroad Tracks" jump off into the somewhat hidden area. You can
take it from here.
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Venice Beach:
No Known Hidden Areas :-(
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SkateStreet:
Hidden Areas - 0
Somewhat Hidden Areas - 2
Hidden Areas Required for 100% - 2
Total Hidden Areas - 2

See section 3: Hidden Cash Icons of Heat Levels
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Philadelphia:
Hidden Areas - 0
Somewhat Hidden Areas - 2
Hidden Areas Required for 100% - 2
Total Hidden Areas - 2

Somewhat Hidden Area #1 (Skatepark) - not hard to get to at all. Cash icons and
a level requirement reside in this cool little area, as well as some gaps you
cant get anywhere else. Go to the visitors center (its to the left of the
fountain. It has a ramp going up and blue rails on each side. Hard to miss).
See that Cash Icon just hanging out on the wire? Grind up that wire and grab
it. Once you do, the wire will snap, and the telephone polls will come crashing
down onto the fence blocking the skatepark. There ya go. Just go right in and
have fun. This is the best area to get points in this level too.

Somewhat Hidden Area #2 (balcony) - This area isnt really hidden, its just a
total pain to get too. There are two ways to get to it. Method #1-grind that
weird banner like thing in front of you when you start the level. Hit the "Most
Obvious Gap", grind down the rails, then Ollie when you get to the little bump
(where the pavement ends and the grass begins). You MIGHT be able to make it,
but it can be pretty hard. Method #2-Work up some speed before you do this,
it'll help. See the wire that goes over the fountain? The one the secret tape
is on? Well find where it starts (on a ledge to the left of the fountain) and
grind it. Grind and jump, grind and jump. Keep up the speed. When you reach the
balcony, DO NOT try to jump to it. Instead keep grinding. Make sure that you
dont jump off the end. When the wire ends, instead of you falling to the
ground your grind will transfer to the edge of the roof. NOW you jump off. Fall
down to the balcony below to shut off the fountain, and if you jump from the
balcony to the OTHER wire (not the one you came in on) you can get a $250 cash
icon as well as the "Telephone Company Gap".
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The Bullring:
Hidden Areas - 0
Somewhat Hidden Areas - 1
Hidden Areas Required for 100% - 1
Total Hidden Areas - 1

See section 3: Hidden Cash Icons of Heat Levels
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6) Hidden Characters
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Officer Dick - Beat the game with 100% on every level with any character
BESIDES Tony Hawk or a skater you made.

Spiderman - Beat the game with 100% on every level with a skater you created.
Spiderman is cool.

Carrera - hit all the gaps in the game (ouch)

McSqueeb - Beat every level 100% with Tony Hawk. McSqueeb is Tony from the
80's, his Style 3. He has different moves, pretty cool.
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7) Other Really Cool Secrets
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This is where everything else goes in my FAQ. All the cool stuff that doesnt
fit anywhere else.

INSANE AMMOUNT OF POINTS!!!! (Mucho Pointas!)
I found this cheat. ME ME ME ME! No one else! Haha! It was the first cool buggy
thing I found.
On the BullRing level, go on the backside of the loop-de-loop. The side away
from the halfpipe. Stand on the wood part (before the loop starts) and hold
downleft or downright. Youll go around in circles. Just do that until you have
around 7 seconds left on your timer, then stop spinning and go directly into
the loop. After you stop spinning, but sure to press and hold X for more speed.
Heh, do this trick in Freeskate. On the 1-minute heat I was able to get a 9260
Way To Go, Gringo! That was around half a million points!
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Secret Levels: YES! Its True! Hidden levels, 2 of 'em! Heres how you get to 'em
Chopper Drop, Hawaii: Get a gold medal in every competition with every
character except Carrera
Skate Heaven: Get 100% in every level with every character except Carrera

Easy enough right?
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Button Cheats: YEAH! Button cheats! Just like THPS1! WOOHOO! To use these,
pause the game, hold down L1, then enter the button combination.

Key
U = Up (D-Pad)
D = Down (D-Pad)
R = Right (D-Pad)
L = Left (D-Pad)
C = Circle
T = Triangle
S = Square
X = X

USTUD - When your special bar becomes active (turns yellow) all your stats will
be raised to max, or maybe higher. We're not quite sure... (Thanks to
tanakasan)
XTCSTUD - Raises stats to 10 each.
RUST - Turns blood on or off.
XXXXLXXXXLXXXXL - Increases Weight of skater. Enter as many times as you want
for a heaver skater. (Try doing this one alot. then take a look at your skater,
even though he's hard to miss)
XXXXSXXXXSXXXXS - Reduces Weight of skater. Enter as many times as you want for
a lighter skater (try doing this one alot. then take a look at your skater, if
you can find him, that is.)
XTCCULTS - Infinite special bar.
DSTRUCDSTRUC - Makes the game move faster. Pretty cool.
SCULLSRUL - Gives your character a big head (thanks to JonnyWeedSeed)

Know any more? Email me 'em!

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9) Bugs 'n Stuff
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Yeah, bugs kick ass. Here are some I (and others) have found, and how to get
them. I came up with these names :-)

The Blind Man's Video-
Weird. This only works in free skate. You may have noticed a few times if you
hit your desk or where you PSX it, after the song the game is on it just stops.
Strange, and annoying. But if you wait for a good 10 or so minutes, eventually
the game will have to call on SOME audio, so it pulls the audio out of all the
video clips. Starting with the Neversoft opening video, then bails, and so on.
Pretty cool, but not really useful.

Hoverboard-
This is a weird one. On the school II level, if you land dead center (doesnt
always work) of the awning over the Gym, you'll get stuck! What does this mean?
Well you can do all the tricks you want, all the spins you want, and everything
else you can dream of! Rack up the points! Only problem is, the only way to get
out of it is have someone run over you (2 player mode). You wont bail; you'll
just fall to the ground, racking up tons of points! Thanks to Drew Squire for
this one.

Show Me What You've Got! -
This is really weird. On School II, by the leap of faith instead of jumping
off, grind on that small side area. Normally, this is where you would get a
Cash Icon, but if you miss where it would be, and fall AND LAND in the corner
between the 2 walls (wall of the level, and the part of the wall that comes a
bit out, the corner. You'll understand it when you see it) if you hit that
corner and land a REGULAR MANUAL, your character will do all their specials,
without leaving the ground! This'll rack up some nice points, and the best
thing is you can Ollie then do manual again to link it with other moves!

A Little Too Excided-
This is a cool, but strange one. Apparently it can only happen in the Hanger
and Bullring. Outa nowhere, your character will just start jumping. SO? Your
character Ollies over and over, WITHOUT HITTING THE GROUND! Yay! Multipliers!
Do all the tricks you can, hell, do all the tricks you know! When youre
finished with this one, just grind to stop it. In bullring, to activate this,
wallride on the outside of the stands. A bit tricky. This bug works alot more
often if you have gameshark codes on, unlimited special and unlimited stat
points seam to aggravate the game the most, and cause the most bugs. Thanks to
Drew Squire for this one.



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9) Closing
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Finished 1.2. Getting bigger and better, 'eh? You'll find this FAQ on a few
more websites now. If you have a website and want to use this FAQ, send me an
email. Christof55@aol.com. I'll update this some more if I get more feedback
from everyone. If i dont, well, i wont update it anymore! got any ideas of
stuff i should add? Email me! Just email me, im sick of just gettign junk mail
and work. Alright, guess thats it for this version. 1.3 coming soon! (maybe)









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