Alloy Wheels of Steel

Location
The Greasy Chopper, Downtown, Vice City Mainland
Reward
$1,000

Kent Paul wants security for a Love Fist gig, and Mitch Baker only helps his own. You prove you can ride by winning a short bike race through Downtown against two of his bikers.

Before you start

A bike is waiting outside. Do not shoot the bikers, because killing one fails the mission.

Objectives

  1. Get a Freeway or an Angel and get to the starting grid.
  2. Win the race.

Alloy Wheels of Steel walkthrough

Ask for Baker

Walk into the Greasy Chopper and ask the bartender for Big Mitch Baker. He points you at the pool table. Baker lets you talk once he sees you are not the law, and he laughs at Kent Paul, but he says you must ride with the club first.

Tommy at the pool table in the Greasy Chopper
Tommy and Mitch Baker talking over the pool table
Baker asking whether Tommy can handle a bike

The starting grid

Baker tells two of his bikers, Cougar and Zeppelin, to set up a race and see whether you can really handle a chopper. Outside, take one of the parked bikes, either a Freeway or an Angel, and ride to the pink marker on the street where the others wait. Stop on the marker to begin, and keep the engine running.

Baker sending Cougar and Zeppelin to test Tommy's riding
Tommy and the two bikers lined up on their bikes at the start

The race

Follow the pink markers through the streets of Downtown. The bikers’ Angels are quicker than yours, so you must take the corners cleanly and stay off the pavements. Keep to the road and do not crash into the parked cars or traffic. Take every marker, and use the straights to catch up.

The race under way, Tommy chasing the first marker
Tommy riding toward a checkpoint with a taxi ahead
Tommy taking a corner on the Downtown streets

The finish

The last stretch runs along a straight road to the line. Keep your speed up and finish in front of both riders. Their Angels grip and accelerate better than a stock one, so if you knock a rider off, you can take his bike for a big advantage, though it returns to normal once you store it in a garage.

Tommy racing toward the next marker near the finish
Tommy crossing the last marker on the bike

What fails this mission

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

  • You lose the race
  • You kill a biker

After the mission

You receive $1,000. Baker now treats you as a friend and has more work for you.

The mission passed screen with $1000 as Tommy rides on