| Bonus messages | Gouranga, Gratuitous Violence, Psycho Bastard, Bad Loser, Insane Stunt |
|---|---|
| Paid as | Points, multiplied by your current score multiplier |
| Related | Crane bonuses, Kill Frenzies, points and multipliers |
Besides mission pay, the original Grand Theft Auto hands out a handful of named bonuses. Each one flashes a message on screen when you pull it off: Gouranga for wiping out a line of monks, Psycho Bastard for a fast chain of kills, Gratuitous Violence for a burst of carnage, Insane Stunt for a big jump and Bad Loser for a sore-loser kill in one mission. None of them is required, and the game gives no prize for collecting all of them, so treat them as extra points.
Quick reference
| Bonus | How you trigger it | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Gouranga | Kill a whole line-up of robed monks quickly, by running them over or with the Machine Gun | Out on the streets |
| Psycho Bastard | Kill a group of targets in quick succession | Rasta Blasta: Rasta Blasta: Phone 4 and Rasta Blasta: Phone 8 |
| Gratuitous Violence | A fast run of kills with no pause between them | Anywhere |
| Insane Stunt | Launch a vehicle off a ramp and land it | Ramps around each city |
| Bad Loser | Kill the man who just won the contest in Mandarin Mayhem: Phone 6: Mission 1 | Mandarin Mayhem |
The bonus value appears on screen with the message and is added to your score at once. Like everything else, it is multiplied by your current multiplier, so the same bonus is worth far more late in a chapter than at the start.
Gouranga
Look for a line of robed monks standing together. Kill the entire group quickly, either by driving through them or by cutting them down with the Machine Gun, and the Gouranga message appears. Expect the police to react: the stunt also gives you a full wanted level, so have an escape route or a Cop Bribe in mind before you try it. See wanted level for how to shake four police heads.
Psycho Bastard and Gratuitous Violence
These two reward speed of killing. In Rasta Blasta: Phone 8 you clear ten Vice Squad agents gathered at a graveyard in south Little Bogota, and in Rasta Blasta: Phone 4 you hunt another group of agents. In both, killing the targets in quick succession earns a Psycho Bastard bonus on top of the mission pay. Use a rapid-fire weapon and move straight from one target to the next instead of stopping between them.
Gratuitous Violence follows the same idea: a quick chain of kills that arrives without a break. A Machine Gun or Flamethrower makes the chain easiest to keep going.
Insane Stunt
Ramps are scattered around the cities. Hit one at speed in a car, jump it, and land safely to earn an Insane Stunt bonus. A longer jump with more height pays more. Pick a fast car from the vehicle list and approach the ramp straight on.
Bad Loser
This one only appears if you fail on purpose. In Mandarin Mayhem: Phone 6: Mission 1, Uncle Fu’s man wins a contest by killing a prisoner. If you then kill that man, a Bad Loser bonus is awarded even though the mission is lost.
Other bonuses
Two other payouts have their own pages: crane bonuses for dumping vehicles at the docks, and the reward for finishing a Kill Frenzy.