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                        WORLD'S SCARIEST POLICE CHASES
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Written by Rmi Fontaine, aka Steve Smith on Gamefaqs message boards.
January 20, 2002
remifontaine@sympatico.ca  <---This is my email adress.  Every contribution    
                           or message is welcome.
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Version 3.0
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Copyrights:  Everybody has the permission to post my faq on their site.  Don't
ask me please.


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Table of contents

I : Version history
II : Controls
III : Cheat codes
IV : Walkthrough
V : Commendations
VI : Contributions

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I : Version history

Version 1.0, January 20 2002 : original version

Version 1.1, January 21 2002 : I added a small notice that says that everybody
can post this faq on their site.

Version 2.0, February 24 2002 : Added info about how to get commendations in
the "Questions" section.  Created section V : "Contributions"

Version 3.0, April 10 2002 : Created the section "Controls".  Created the
section "Commendations".  Removed the section "Questions".  Redone the grammar
for the whole faq.

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II : Controls

L2 + R2 : Look behind the car.

All the other controls are shown in the options.  If you want to know the
controls, go check in the options.

Q: What is the use of the hand brake?
A: I don't know.  I never used it.  J. Gaunt told me that it allows you to turn
corners a lot more sharply than normal.


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III : Cheat codes

All bonuses:

Press Left, Right, L1, R1, Circle, Square, R2, L2 at the main menu. A sound
will confirm correct code entry. All weapons in free patrol mode and all bonus
item menu options will be unlocked.  You can access all vehicles and some weird
options.  You can use them in patrol mode.  The options are:

Van
APC
Bus
Taxi
Tank
Bomb Van
News Van
Pizza Truck
Ambulance
Silly Speech (the character say silly things like : "Wow, look at all these    
         polygons!")
Low Gravity (You can literally fly over buildings with this option.  If the    
         vehicle fall in an inaccessible area, its game over.
Slow-Motion Jumps
Rear Wheel Steering
Flower Power Theme (The pedestrian are transformed into hippies, there are     
              flowers in the landscape, etc...)
Halloween Theme (The pedestrian are transformed into skeletons, there are
pumpkins, ghost and spider's net in the landscape, etc...)
Aqua Theme (There are fishes and aquariums in the landscape, etc...)

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Level select:

Press Down, Up, Left, Right, X, Triangle, Circle, Square at the main menu. A
sound will confirm correct code entry.  The 20 missions are unlocked.

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All starting locations in patrol mode:

Press Down, Up, L2, L1, X, Triangle, R2, R1 at the main menu. A sound will
confirm correct code entry.  These locations are unlocked:

Headquarters
Beach
Harbor
Industrial Area
Airport
Suburbs
Academy
China Town
Stadium
Donut Plaza
Church
Gas Station
Random (chooses a random location)


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IV : Walkthrough

Mission 1 : Pursuit Course (shooting prohibited)

Just race two laps without leaving the track in the given time and your done.
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Mission 2 : Basic Pursuit (shooting prohibited)

Chase the car until you are next to it.  Ram into the sides of the car until
his red bar is full.
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Mission 3 : Advanced Pursuit

Wait for the permission to shoot before firing.  If you shoot before, you fail
the mission.  Once you are authorized to shoot, do so until the car crashes. 
Make a U-turn and retrieve the evidence before time runs out.
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Mission 4 : Expert Pursuit

Don't touch any cone or you fail the mission.  Drive until the big sign and
brake.  Beware to slow down enough for not ramming into the sign.  Wait 3
seconds.  Back up a little and turn in the same time.  Move forward and
backward until you have made a U-Turn.  Aim each target with the shotgun and
drive until the finish lane.
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Mission 5 : DUI Dummy (shooting prohibited)

Quickly make a U-Turn right at the beginning.  Follow the directions until you
see the drunk driver.  It is very tempting to pick your gun and shoot but don't
do so, because guns are prohibited in this mission.  Ram the drunk driver by
the sides or try to move in front of his car.  The drunk driver will ram into
your car and damages himself.  Be careful to not get more damage than the drunk
driver.
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Mission 6 : The Crazed Car Thief (shooting prohibited)

This level is hard.  In the beginning of the stage, you can follow the arrows
for a safe but longer route.  Or you can turn left in the first junction and
turn left again through the cones.  This route is faster but more dangerous.
Once you chase the suspect, try to always be right behind him but not ram in
him.  You can't shoot.  Don't try do make his car crash because you'll crash
your own car.  Chase him until his stress bar is full.  It takes time.
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Mission 7 : Gangbanger Deathmatch

Drive to the suspect's location and pursue him.  Don't miss the car when you
shoot it or else you might run out of ammo.  You can try to ram the car too. 
Once the car is stopped, make a U-Turn and retrieve the evidence.
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Mission 8 : Bus Driver Gone Bad (shooting prohibited)

Follow the bus.  Be careful because sometimes the bus suddenly stops and go in
reverse.  Use your sirens;  this will make the bus stress bar fill faster. 
Chase the bus until it stops.
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Mission 9 : Drug Smuggling Scum

You must follow a suspect car without being spotted.  Follow the car from a
safe distance and don't shoot.  Once the suspect car meet the limousine, he
will start shooting you.

Quickly chase him or you fail the mission.  Pick the Shotgun and approach the
car.  The Shotgun is useless from a far distance.  Try to approach him from a
very short distance and shoot.  You must absolutly destroy him fast if you want
enough time to retrieve the evidence.  If it takes too much time, it will be
impossible to retrieve the evidence.
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Mission 10 : Race Against Death (shooting prohibited)

First you need to reach the accident scene.  At the very beginning, ignore the
shortcut through the building because it takes too much time.  Instead, stay on
the street.  Follow the directions until you reach the accident scene.  After
that, the ambulance will follow you.  If you are too far ahead of the
ambulance, brake a little.  Always check if the ambulance is following you. 
Follow the directions and you will arrive at the hospital.

Alternate way (from Gamewinners.com)
"Do not head towards the flashing dot in the southwest of the city. Instead,
look at the city map for the other hospital on the central eastern side of the
city. You should make it there with about a minute to spare."
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Mission 11 : Sentence of Fire (shooting prohibited)

This mission is VERY hard.  The vehicle is tough to handle.  Disarm the bombs
from left to right on the map.  For disarming a bomb, the back of your vehicle
must face the bomb.  The first two bombs are not really difficult.

The third bomb is in a park.  There are two blocked passages and you must get
around them.  Once you find the third passage, go inside the park and disarm
the bomb.  After that, you must jump down to the street.  Try to not ram into
the wall because you must not waste a single second.

The last bomb is extremely difficult.  You must find a way to disarm it very
quickly.  A good technique is to slow down when you approach the bomb and pass
it from a very close distance, almost to the point of touching it.  Totally
brake on the other side of the bomb so the back of the vehicle will be directly
in front of the bomb.
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Mission 12 : Nosey News Van

In the first part of the stage, you must escape from the journalist van that is
pursuing you.  Don't shoot it, or else you fail the mission.  Drive the fastest
speed possible and try to go in reverse traffic.  The van will ram into a car
sooner or later.  Continue driving until the van is lost.  Now return to the
starting point of the stage.

Now you must arrest a criminal car by shooting at it.  Be sure to not shoot any
civilian car.  The best weapons are the Heavy Handgun (better than a normal
Hand Gun) and the Machine Gun.  Use them until the criminal is arrested. 
Beware, there is a very narrow street full of cars in one place.  While you are
there, concentrate on driving without any accident.
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Mission 13 : The Stool Pigeon

You are pursued by two cars and they have firearms.  They will ram you and
shoot you.  Follow the exact route indicated by arrows.  Don't try to fight
them.  They are faster than your car so they will ram you.  When it happens,
try to stay on the road and keep control.  You can try to drive in the reverse
traffic;  this way the bad guys will have more chances of having accidents. 
Eventually, you'll make it to the end of the stage, with almost no life left.
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Mission 14 : Tank Rush

Drive to the location of the first tank.  Follow the tank and shoot it with
your Machine Gun from a safe distance.  If you are too close, the tank will
fire at you.  The small amount of damage you do with the Machine Gun help
later.

Once the tank is near the stadium, you receive a message that gives you the
permission to use the Rocket Launcher.  Approach the tank from a close distance
and quickly shoot it with the Rocket Launcher before it reaches the stadium. 
Don't approach too close because you will receive damage from your own rockets.
 Also don't miss the tank a single time because you have a very limited supply
of rockets.

Once the tank is destroyed, drive to the flashing red dot.  You will change
vehicle.  Instead of a police car, it is an armored vehicle.  Drive to the
location of the second tank.  Follow it from a safe distance (to receive less
shots) and lock on it.  Shoot until the tank explodes.
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Mission 15 : Nothing is Ever Routine

Chase the suspect.  You'll soon arrive at an embuscade.  There are two cars
waiting for their friend.  Make a quick U-Turn and escape.  The two cars are
now chasing you and they shoot you.

If you check the map, you notice that there is a street that seems to be
directly leading to your destination.  The green arrow don't tell you to go
there.  The reason is simple : there is a insurmountable barricade in this
street.  Don't go there and follow the green arrow.  When you arrive at the
park, you can try a huge jump.  Drive until you arrive at the red dot and the
mission is done.
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Mission 16 : Jacked Up Jailbird

Nothing special in this mission.  You must chase a suspect and arrest him.  Use
the Machine Gun.
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Mission 17 : Lou Ferris Returns

Race to the flashing red dot location.  When you arrive, you have very little
time to guess where is the bomb before it explodes.

There are four possible locations, and you see them as "?" signs on the screen.
 The bomb is the rightmost "?" sign, the one directly next to the building. 
Approach it and the bomb will be disarmed.

After that, chase the terrorist and destroy his car by shooting at him with the
Heavy Handgun.
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Mission 18 : Brazen Bank Bandits

When the mission starts, don't go forward.  There is a bed of nails in the
street whose purpose is to burst tires.  If you drive over it, the mission is
failed.

You must chase the red sport car first.  If you go for the van first, the red
sport car will escape and the mission will be failed.  Go north and join the
red sport car.  Use the Machine Gun and take him down.

After that, quickly find the van before time runs out.  Chase the van and
arrest it as soon as possible with the Machine Gun.  If you take too much time,
you won't be able to retrieve the evidence.  Once the van is arrested, make a
U-Turn and retrieve the evidence.  Be careful to not miss the street that leads
to the evidence.
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Mission 19 : 30 Minutes or Less

This stage is VERY TOUGH.  In this stage, your car is a pizza delivery car and
it is tough to handle.  You must chase the suspect and arrest him.  Your only
weapon is the Heavy Handgun and you don't even have enough ammo to finish the
mission.

In a certain part of the stage, the suspect will throw a weapon.  This is the
evidence.  The location where the suspect throws the weapon seems to be
completely random.  If you are very lucky, then he'll wait a long time before
throwing it, so you'll have more time to retrieve the evidence after arresting
him.  If you are unlucky, the suspect will throw the weapon right in the
beginning and you won't have enough time.

When you have shot all your ammunition, the suspect's red bar should be at
least 3/4 red.  After that, you must ram his van.  The suspect's van can
sustain a lot of damage.  A good strategy is to attack his back wheels by the
sides and try to push his car in the same time.  When you ram the suspect, you
take a lot of damage too, so be careful.

After the suspect is arrested, make a U-Turn and go get the evidence before
time runs out.
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Mission 20 : Final Showdown

Find the madman and chase him.  Pick the Machine Gun and shoot him until the
limo is arrested.  He will shoots you too, but his damage bar will fill a
little faster than yours so you'll win in the end.

Congratulation, you just beat World Scariest Police Chases!


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V : Commendations

Commendations are special prizes that you get for being really good in a
mission.  Please note that I never got any commendation myself and I am doing
this section from various contributions.

I think that each mission has different requirements for getting a
commendation.  It can be by finishing a level with a very fast time or a very
good accuracy or very low property damage (don't hit anything) or something
else.  It seems that each commendation unlocks something that can be used in
patrol mode.

Mission 2 = Rear wheel steering
Mission 4 = Shotgun
Mission 7 = Low gravity
Mission 8 = Taxi


Here are the Commendations requirements for mission 7 (from WaldoWuzHere):

"Mission 7 - Gangbangers at the Hotel.

I couldn't get the comm. no matter how fast I was or how great my accuracy was,
either. That's when I was fortunate enough to find the trick to getting this
one.

From the start, you must move as fast as possible on your way to the hotel.
Follow the green arrow route until you are near the hotel (big red dot). Slow
down before you make the huge turn to the left to the hotel and look carefully
on your left. You'll notice an entryway into the hotel parking lot that brings
you in BEHIND the gangbanga's. Take that left entryway quickly, and if you're
quick enough, you'll hear the unit one cop say something about how they saved
any bloodshed. Control says "Good work" or something like that, and by then
you'll be behind the gangbangers in pursuit. Keep shooting them/crashing into
'em until they stop. Go back and get the evidence. Yer done.

It would appear that you HAVE TO reach the hotel and come in through the BACK
ENTRY I described in order to be eligible for the commendation here. Also, you
have to reach the hotel through this back entry before you hear the message
from the hotel cops about a man being down."

(Id really like to finish this section.  Contribution is welcome.)


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VI : Contributions

Jimi : Info on how to get a commendation.

John Carriere : The unlocked prizes from the commendations of mission 2, 4 and
8.

WaldoWuzHere : For posting stuff on the Gamefaqs message board that deals with
commendations.  He wrote the whole Mission 7 story.

J. Gaunt : Small comment on the hand brake.
