GTA Vice City Stories The Exchange Walkthrough

Diaz is trading cocaine to the DEA for weapons and sends you to deliver it. The handover goes wrong, so you have to clear out snipers and bring the guns back to the mansion.

Before you start

Do not bring a wanted level. The van is slow and heavy and the clock is running, so work out the route beforehand.

Objectives

Get into the van.
Take the drugs to the meeting point.
That sniper rifle might be useful.
Take out the snipers before the DEA arrive.
Get into the truck.
Take the truck back to Diaz’s.
Drive into the garage.
Exit the truck and leave the garage.

The Exchange walkthrough

Diaz’s lab

Enter the mansion and watch Diaz cutting the cocaine. He explains that he is playing both sides, handing 200 kilos to the DEA in return for serious weapons. He tells one of his goons to pack the drugs into a truck for you. When the scene ends, the van is waiting outside.

Diaz in a yellow-patterned shirt greeting Vic in the mansion

Diaz in front of a window explaining the plan

Taking the drugs across town

Get into the van and drive to the meeting point. One of Diaz’s goons rides along with you, and a timer is running. Brake early for corners and avoid collisions, since the mission fails if the van is destroyed. Watch the radar marker.

The van with the Take the drugs to the meeting point message

The green van driving along a palm-lined road

The green van stopped beside a maroon SUV on a city street

The meeting and the snipers

Park at the meeting point, where Diaz’s men are waiting for the DEA. A sniper rifle lies nearby and the game suggests you pick it up. Snipers open fire from the surrounding rooftops. Use the rifle to scan the buildings, aim at the figures in the windows and take them out before the DEA arrive. Take cover behind the vehicles between shots.

Diaz's men waiting in the car park for the DEA

Looking through the sniper scope with the rifle hint on screen

Scanning the rooftops through the scope for gunmen

Collecting the guns

Once the snipers are down, the exchange can finish. Get into the truck that the DEA delivered. Diaz’s man warns that the danger is not over and Gonzalez’s men are closing in, so do not hang around. Get in and go straight away.

Diaz's men standing around the vehicles after the shooting

Back to the mansion

Drive the truck back to Diaz’s mansion. Gonzalez’s men chase you with cars and guns, so keep moving rather than fighting. Take wide corners and use the radar to find a clear route. Do not stop until you reach Starfish Island.