Vehicle Missions Dropping Like Flies

Last night I decided to continue the vehicle-based missions. I figured they only provide good things when you crush them, as well as provide excellent driving skill bonuses for all the time you spend racing around the city.

The firefighter missions rawked! I had a LOT of trouble with these on the PS2 version of the game, but this time I nailed all twelve levels on the first attempt. Either I've gotten a lot better at steering and driving huge vehicles, or this is the first example of cleaner mechanics in the XBOX port. Either way, I'm now fire-proof, which should prove most helpful since I'm carrying a mess-load of molotov cocktails everywhere I go. I particularly loved the bits where I had to extinguish people after I put out their car. Nothing better than knocking people thirty feet with a huge stream of water. Rawk.

Slightly harder than the firefighter missions were the ambulance missions. I failed twice (once for time, once for killing a patient) before I crushed it. The rules of surviving the ambulance missions are: USE THE SIREN, drive fast but careful, avoid cops at all costs (you don't have time to shed stars), avoid damaging the ambulance as it is a LONG series of missions, try to pull as close to the patients as possible without killing them (especially the SLOW old ladies), as soon as the patient has a foot in the vehicle start driving to your next destination (the extra few seconds really add up over time). Also, use the map to plan the most direct route. The ambulance mission REALLY forces you to learn the city since they are so skimpy with the time they give you.

So now I have 150% health and armor and I'm fire-proof. Next comes the pimping and taxi missions, so that hookers will pay me for sex and all taxis will have nitrous. Then...we'll just have to look at the 100% checklist and pick something.