Publicity Tour

Location
V-Rock Recording Studio, Downtown, Vice City Mainland
Reward
$8,000

Requires Hog Tied, Psycho Killer

Unlocks The Love Fist limo as a vehicle

The psycho is alive and has rigged the Love Fist limo with a bomb that goes off if it slows down. You keep the limo moving at speed while the band finds and defuses the bomb, then drive them to the venue.

Before you start

It rains during this mission, so the roads are slick. A long straight road with little traffic is best for keeping your speed up.

Objectives

  1. Drive Love Fist to the venue.
  2. Keep the limo moving to keep the detonation bar low.
  3. Drive Love Fist to the venue.

Publicity Tour walkthrough

Back in the limo

The band tells you the psycho is still after them, and Jezz wants someone they trust at the wheel. Tommy takes the limo with all of them aboard. Early on they stop for a drink and put on a tape that turns out to be the psycho’s message.

Love Fist's singer telling Tommy the psycho is back
Tommy promising the band he will handle it
The Love Fist limo setting off through Downtown

The bomb

The tape says the limo will blow if it slows down, and a detonation bar appears on screen. The faster you drive, the lower the bar goes. Find a long, clear road and keep the accelerator pressed. Early on, the band grabs a drink and puts on a tape that turns out to be a recording by the psycho himself. The limo is rigged to blow if it goes slow, so do not brake for corners.

The limo driving with the detonation bar on screen
Tommy driving the limo fast along a Downtown road
The limo cutting across the grass beside the road

Keep driving

The band finds the bomb in the drinks cabinet, a pile of boomshine wired to blow if the limo slows down. They argue about which wire to cut and Percy jokes that Willy could just drink the boomshine through a straw. Tommy tells them to cut the green one, though Dick hesitates. Meanwhile keep up the speed and avoid collisions. Overtake slower traffic and avoid anything that stops you dead.

The band panicking in the limo as the bomb is found
The limo overtaking a taxi and a car
Driving on while the band argues about which wire to cut

Defuse and deliver

When Dick finally cuts the wire, the bomb is defused, and the band celebrates by drinking the boomshine with V-Rock blasting on the radio. After that you can slow down. Drive the band to the venue in Downtown and park at the marker. Take it gently, because the limo still has to arrive in one piece.

The limo moving along after the bomb has been defused
The limo reaching a junction on the way to the venue
Love Fist's stage with the skull sign at the venue

What fails this mission

Besides dying or being arrested, the mission ends if any of these happen:

  • The Love Fist limo is destroyed
  • A member of Love Fist dies

After the mission

You receive $8,000. The Love Fist limo can now be found as a vehicle in the game.

The mission passed screen with $8000