Street Races

Start	The pink cylinder in the lower level of the Sunshine Autos showroom, Little Havana
Opens after	Buying the Sunshine Autos car showroom
Needed for 100%	Win all six races: Terminal Velocity, Ocean Drive, Border Run, Capital Cruise, Tour! and V.C. Endurance
Rewards	Four times the entry fee for each win, from $400 up to $40,000

Once Tommy owns the Sunshine Autos showroom, a street racing board opens up below it. Six races are on offer, each longer and more expensive than the last, and all six count toward 100%. The prize is paid by your rivals: every race returns four times what you paid to enter, so a win is always a profit and a loss costs you only the fee.

The Vice Street Racer board with its map of the six courses

Tommy climbing into a racing car below the showroom

How it works

Walk into the pink cylinder in the lower part of the showroom to open the board, then pick a race. You need enough cash for the entrance fee,. Each race has its own entry fee.

Be first to the end of the track and you collect the winnings from your rivals.

The race board showing Border Run with a $1000 entrance fee

The race board showing Capital Cruise with a $2000 entrance fee

Tommy beside his car in the showroom garage before the next race

Fees and prizes

The board lists the six races in order. Pay the fee, win the race, and you collect four times the fee.

#	Race	Where it runs	Length	Entry fee	Prize
1	Terminal Velocity	Around Escobar International Airport	1.086 miles	$100	$400
2	Ocean Drive	Along Ocean Drive and the road just west of it	1.652 miles	$500	$2,000
3	Border Run	Little Haiti and Little Havana	1.926 miles	$1,000	$4,000
4	Capital Cruise	Ocean Beach, Washington Beach and Vice Point	2.438 miles	$2,000	$8,000
5	Tour!	Washington Beach and Vice Point	2.860 miles	$5,000	$20,000
6	V.C. Endurance	Every district of Vice City except Fort Baxter Air Base and Leaf Links	6.040 miles	$10,000	$40,000

Racing a yellow car along a wide road toward the next marker

A red convertible approaching a yellow checkpoint dome on a sunny street

The three short races

Terminal Velocity is the shortest course and the cheapest to enter, so start here. It loops around the airport. Ocean Drive runs along Ocean Drive and the road just west of it. Border Run runs around Little Haiti and Little Havana.

A blue racing car driving under an overpass on the first race

Taking a bend on the airport course with the next yellow dome ahead

Driving toward a large yellow checkpoint dome on Ocean Drive

The "you have won" notice after finishing Ocean Drive

A dark red muscle car racing through Little Haiti at dusk

The three long races

Capital Cruise runs around Ocean Beach, Washington Beach and Vice Point. Tour! runs around Washington Beach and Vice Point and is longer. V.C. Endurance is the big one: at more than six miles it takes in every district except Fort Baxter Air Base and Leaf Links, so a wrong turn on a corner you have not driven before can cost you the race. The entry fees climb to $10,000, so keep enough cash in hand before you walk in.

A yellow sports car driving through a palm-lined street on Capital Cruise

The "you have won" notice for Capital Cruise

A red convertible racing along the road with a rival car ahead

Racing along the coast road on the V.C. Endurance course

A red car passing through a junction on the long city course

The red finish dome ahead at the end of V.C. Endurance

Tips for winning every race

Pick a fast car before you pay. The lower fees mean you can lose a couple of early races while you learn each route, and the prize money from the cheaper races helps cover the more expensive fees later.

Look ahead to the next checkpoint while you steer for the current one. If a rival is blocking a narrow street, hold back and pass on the next straight rather than trading paint.

Passing a parked blue car as the next checkpoint dome comes up

Driving down a city street with a rival yellow car alongside