Zeroing In

Location
Doherty Garage, Doherty, San Fierro
Reward
$5,000, Respect, Uranus appears in the Wang Cars showroom, Wheel Arch Angels opens

Requires Yay Ka-Boom-Boom and Back to School, and buying the Wang Cars showroom

Unlocks Test Drive, and the Wheel Arch Angels mod shop

Zero has built a gadget that tracks a mobile phone signal, and CJ uses it to follow a woman in a Uranus the garage wants. You keep close enough to track her without losing the signal, then spin the car out and take it back to the garage.

Before you start

You need to have done Back to School and bought Wang Cars before this mission shows up.

A fast car does not matter, because you are handed the tracking car at the start.

Objectives

  1. Don’t let her trail go cold.
  2. Steal the car.
  3. Drive back to the garage in San Fierro.

Zeroing In walkthrough

Cards in the garage

At Doherty Garage, CJ, Cesar, Jethro and Dwaine are playing cards. Kendl comes in and questions the garage business. Zero then drops in to show off a new gadget that can track phone signals, and he lends CJ a car fitted with it. The signal updates with each call, so you have to stay close to the target to keep the trail.

CJ, Cesar and the crew playing cards at the garage table
Kendl and the group at the table in the garage
Zero explaining his new device to the group

Following the trail

Get into the car and watch the tracker. The target is a woman in a Uranus, and a marker on the radar shows her position. Drive after her at a safe distance and keep her in range. If you fall too far behind, the trail goes cold and the mission fails. Use the main roads and follow her through the streets of San Fierro.

The target's car with the tracking message on screen
CJ driving the tracking car along the road
The tracking car following through a quiet street
The tracking car crossing a park to keep up

Spin her out

When the woman slows down, pull up close behind and clip the back corner of her car. This spins the Uranus out. She jumps out and runs, so climb into the Uranus yourself. If you hit it too hard, you will damage it, so ease into the contact.

The tracking car closing in on the target with a subtitle on screen
The target car driving through a junction
The stolen pink Uranus driving along a street

Back to the garage

Take the Uranus back to the garage in San Fierro. Avoid collisions on the way, because the car goes on sale in the Wang Cars showroom. The game also tells you that you can now modify street racers at the Wheel Arch Angels mod shop in Ocean Flats.

A patch of road as the Uranus nears Doherty
The Wheel Arch Angels mod shop sign with a help message
The mission passed screen with CJ standing on the street

What fails this mission

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

  • The Uranus is destroyed or escapes
  • The Alpha is destroyed before the Uranus is intercepted
  • You lose the signal and the trail goes cold

After the mission

You earn $5,000 and Respect. The Uranus is available in the Wang Cars showroom, and Test Drive opens next.