GTA Vice City V.I.P. Mission Walkthrough

A V.I.P. on Starfish Island has asked for a Kaufman cab to the airport, but a driver from the rival Vice City Cabs gets there too. You get to the island in time, wreck the rival cab to win the passenger, then drive him to Escobar International Airport.

Before you start

You have only about a minute to reach Starfish Island, so go straight there.

Bring a weapon you can use from a moving car, such as an SMG, for the drive-by.

Objectives

Pick up the V.I.P. on Starfish Island.
Sound the horn.
Get the V.I.P. back! Take the other car out!
Take the V.I.P. to the airport!

V.I.P. walkthrough

The call

Get into the Kaufman cab in the depot and listen to Doris on the radio. She says a high class fare on Starfish Island needs picking up. Take the job and drive to the island straight away, because the time limit is short and a rival driver is after the same customer.

Two Kaufman cabs parked in the depot as the mission starts

Tommy's taxi pulling out of the depot past pedestrians

Driving the cab through Little Haiti toward Starfish Island

Sound the horn

Cross to Starfish Island and stop at the marker outside the V.I.P.‘s mansion. Sound the horn and he walks down to your cab. Before he can get in, a driver from Vice City Cabs races up, tells you to back off and drives away with him.

A Vice City Cabs taxi stopping in front of Tommy's cab

Tommy's Kaufman cab on Starfish Island at night

Take him back

Chase the rival cab and shoot it or ram it from behind. Keep alongside and hit it from the side when you can. Do not kill the passenger. When the cab is smoking badly, the V.I.P. jumps out and runs to your car, begging you not to hurt him. If the rival reaches the airport first, you fail.

Tommy chasing the rival cab down a street at night

The V.I.P. jumping into Tommy's cab after the rival is damaged

Driving the cab down a road with the V.I.P. aboard

To the airport

With the V.I.P. in the back, drive to Escobar International Airport on the east side of the mainland. Take the straightest route and avoid collisions, because he is easily frightened and your cab is still damaged from the fight. Stop at the entrance marker to drop him off.