Gonzalez

Home’s on the Range

Gonzalez wants to see how you play golf--he considers a guy’s golf game a good gauge for his abilities. Channel Tiger Woods and use the "X" button to set the shot’s power and again to set the aim. Hit the button when the meter reaches the green section to earn Gonzalez’s trust. Striking a perfect shot hits the buoy and completes the task and nets a $1,000 reward. You can return to the driving range at any time to improve your swing.

Purple Haze

Meet up with Gonzalez at his new location. He wants you to pick up some product in Ocean Beach and take it to a deal in Washington. Grab a car and proceed to Gonzalez’s lockup. At the lockup, switch into the van carrying the product. Drive to the marked location where the deal will take place. It’s an ambush--a semi slams into your van and the drivers steal the product.

Gonzalez is concerned and you’re dazed--well, actually you’ve been breathing it in. Get to the nearby phone. You’re on a time table. You must find the gang and recover the drugs by the allotted time. Take the nearby bike over to Starfish Island and crash a party.

Eliminate the gang members. Use the corner of the building as cover. After terminating the guards, get back into the van. Given your wanted level, the cops will be after you--and you’re certainly in no condition to drive. Don’t get stopped by the police. Keep driving forward (although a little on the wobbly side) and get back to the lockup. The mission ends as soon as you reach the marked location. Collect your $1,000 reward.

Farewell to Arms

Using a helicopter, you must escort Gonzalez’s truck to the airport. You are manning the helicopter’s machinegun. Watch the mini-map to spot incoming enemies--they’re in red and white trucks. Shoot at any trucks that are within firing range of Gonzalez’s truck. At one point, Gonzalez’s truck stalls. Defend it against nearby trucks. Destroy the roadblock blocking the path to the airport. This section ends once Gonzalez’s truck survives the trip to the airport.

Defend Gonzalez’s men protecting the airport entrance. The chopper will fly back and forth between two entrances. Mow down the enemy vehicles and men that approach the entrances.

Defend Gonzalez’s plane. This is the toughest of the three segments. As soon as you spot Sharks’ trucks, fire on the first one within your gun’s range. When you reach the runway, begin firing on the trucks that approach the plane. Target the vehicles closest to the plane. The mission ends once the plane takes off. You receive $2,500 in reward money and the mini-gun arrives in stock at the Amm-u-Nation at the Vice Point mall.

Ricardo Diaz

Steal the Deal

Diaz wants you to find some of Gonzalez’s product that has been hidden offshore. Your first order of business is to stakeout a strip club. Find the club on the southern edge of the eastern island. You spot one of Gonzalez’s men exiting the club. Follow the car--close but not too--until he stops near the Ferris Wheel. He takes a water route. Drive the nearby JetSki and continue following him. Once again, don’t get too far behind but don’t get too close.

Gonzalez’s henchman eventually arrives at a dock. There’s an unmanned boat that must hold the product. Watch the sentries patrolling the outskirts of the dock. Approach after the sentry passes. Keep to the left side and get into the boat. You must bring the boat safely back to Diaz--that means not blowing it to smithereens!

If you drive the JetSki around the back of the docks, you can drive or swim up a ramp. Once on the dock you can eliminate the guards using long-range weaponry (rocket launcher always useful against the boats!). With the guards out of the way, driving the boat back is a breeze. Drive it to Diaz at the marked dock to complete the mission and earn $1,500.

The Exchange

Diaz has orchestrated a classic "drugs for guns" deal and you’re going to help him get it done. Get into the van and drive it to the marked location in downtown. Snipers strike the meeting point! Grab the nearby sniper rifle and take out the snipers before the DEA agents arrive--check the onscreen timer. Remain zoomed in and rotate around in a circle. Check the arrows onscreen to find the next closest sniper location.

Drive the truck holding the guns back to Diaz’s location. This is a difficult section because the truck isn’t the strongest vehicle in the game. You will be attacked by gang members in vehicles and the truck can’t withstand much damage. You also have to watch your wanted level--you don’t want a wanted level of two or more and get the police involved.

Get into the truck and drive it to the edge of the parking lot near the street (watch that ramp; you don’t want to roll the truck!). Stop before the street and listen for Diaz’s cue about the incoming attack. With the truck still in the alley, exit and eliminate the two gang member vehicles that arrive.

Return to the truck. You can now drive left or right--left is a shorter route to Diaz’s house but it’s a bit more dangerous. The right route takes longer (as it goes through the eastern island) but it seems safer. Basically you can either drive and attempt to avoid the gang members by swerving and keeping the enemy cars away from the truck (make sure Diaz has a good shot at them) or you can get out when you see an enemy vehicle approaching and take out the gang members with your weaponry. Reach his house, pull the car into the garage, and exit to complete the task and earn $1,750.