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|                                San Fierro Races                    (000T0) |
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The races are triggered by completing driving school, you'll get a phone call 
about races and from that point there are checkered flag icons on the map.
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|  _ --------o-------\                    Dirtbike Danger                    |
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The vehicle you are given for this mission is a Sanchez.  As an introductory 
mission to the San Fierro races it's not too difficult, since it takes place 
out in the country there are a lot of chances to cut corners and take 
shortcuts, not to mention the fact that you're given a very capable offroad 
vehicle.  Forget the linear path the computer players take, if you see a 
chance to save even a bit off time go for it, as the race goes further and 
further assuming you haven't fallen off you should find your opponents beyond 
the scope of your vision when looking behind you.  There are no surprises here 
except for a couple of sharp turns, but you shouldn't lose too much time even 
if you miss them just cutting across the grass.  Eventually the race comes to 
an end when you reach the builds across the main highway.

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|  _ --------o-------\                    Bandito County                     |
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The vehicle you are given for this mission is a Bandito.  These things are 
rather nasty in terms of how much dirt they throw up from the ground, but 
after you get past the initial shoulder to shoulder bumping it should be okay.  
There are a couple of good places in this race for you to cut between the 
trees and save time, keep an eye out for them on your map.  The dangers come 
in two similar areas, the first is when crossing the area of water with the 
cop bribe, when coming out of there make sure you stick left otherwise you 
risk completely flipping yourself out.  That part however is nothing compared 
to what comes quite awhile later.  You'll find yourself going down the path to 
a point where you must cross the water, DO NOT STRAY FROM THE PATH at this 
point, you must absolutely 100% remain where the map leads you on the path, 
even the slightest offset will have you in water to the point where you 
vehicle cannot be recovered and the race is over, not pleasant at all.

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|  _ --------o-------\                     GO-GO Karting                     |
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The vehicle you are given for this mission is a Go Kart.  You'll need to drive 
around the city in your funny little vehicle making sure to stay ahead of the 
competition.  One thing to keep in mind for the entire race is the size of 
your wheels, with little things like that even the curb can make for a bumpy 
ride so your best bet is to remain on the road at all times (except when the 
choice is between the curb and an oncoming car of course.)  After the first 
coupleof hill up don't be confused the the marker with the left arrow, it 
means the next road coming up not the alley beside it, I made that mistake I'm 
sad to admit.  Fortunately the Go Karts have incredible turning abilities 
because there are a couple of times when some surprise turns come up, even if 
you are keeping up with the arrows in the checkpoints, you'll need to keep a 
close eye on your map as well to know exactly where to head next.

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|  _ --------o-------\                  San Fierro Fastlane                  |
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The vehicle you are given for this mission is an Alpha.  The hilly terrain and 
relatively short distance make for a quick but dangerous race.  It's nothing 
but hills out there, the course was designed to take you through the biggest 
ones around which means you need to keep your eyes open in terms of traffic, 
when flying over the top of the hill there's no way to tell what's ahead of 
you so try to stick with the right lane and avoid launching yourself wherever 
possible.  There's no shortcuts to take so the best way to maintain your speed 
and get ahead is to reduce the number of crashes, avoid traffic at all costs 
and avoid being pushed around by the enemy AI, if you're feeling a bit violent 
it may actually benefit you to get aggressive and push back a little.

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|  _ --------o-------\                   San Fierro Hills                    |
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The vehicle you are given for this mission is a Phoenix.  I find this to be a 
rather pleasant race, although there are a couple of hitches near the start 
the majority of the race is pretty reasonable.  The hitches at the start are 
pretty much the same hitches you dealth with in the last race, jus the luck 
involved in hoping no one comes up from the hills at the same time that you 
do, but from the time you get onto the main highway seems will just click from 
that point on.  The main thing you need to watch out for in this race comes 
after you've been driving out in the country for awhile, there comes a part 
where the road just swings back and forth from side to side, it's not hard to 
drive assuming you take the necessary precautions and slow down before these 
turns, because if you go over the edge you're absolutely screwed.  It's not 
uncommon to see a couple of cars ahead of you at the bottom even if you are in 
first place, don't worry, they just fell over the edge and have absolutely no 
chance of winning.  When you get back on the highway you must make absolutely 
sure you get into the right lane, with all that traffic coming at you there's 
very little way to avoid it all, and the centre divider is solid almost the 
entire way.  The race finally ends just North of the docks.

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|  _ --------o-------\                    Country Endurance                  |
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The vehicle you are given for this mission is a Bullet.  Get ready for the 
longest race in the entire game, the Bullet is made for speed and not 
endurance so what you need to do is focus more on accident avoidance that 
actually staying at top speed (which is a recipe for disaster by the way.)  
Basically they're taunting you with this fast car saying to put the pedal to 
the metal and I'm telling you to hold back, I may seem like the bad guy but 
seriously if you actually enjoy not being a flaming heap you're going to have 
to reduce the speed a lot.  This cannot be stressed enough.  To be honest I 
don't think there's anything in the world I could have read that would allow 
me to go into this race and just win my first try, those with patience will be 
the ones who benefit here because your most powerful tool is practice, get 
used to the roads out there and know when to turn.  NEVER try to cut across a 
section of grass, the only thing out there that isn't bumpy is the road so 
stay on it.  A flat car like the bullet, combined with incredible speed 
combined with even the tiniest bump, you'll think the flying car cheat is on.