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A full 8 stage cycling tour of San Andreas.

 

There are other options for those who don't fancy cycling.

Each stage works on it's own as a simple point-to-point. No need to do them all in one go or in order. I just liked doing them as a cycling tour in consecutive stages each one starting close to where the previous finished..

Default setting is cycles with the 3 race bikes as the only options.

Alternatives are off-road, locked to the Sanchez, or motorcycles with all models and customs available.

 

All profiles below very approximate (done by making rough air-race versions of each to get elevation).

 

Stage 1. Paleto Bay to Hookies

http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/jobs/job/qUxEDP5HwkS5aKp45S6a1g

route

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profile

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Stage  2 to Zancundo to Kortz Center

http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/jobs/job/FeYLhEfINEO33Epq4_13kA

route

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profile

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Stage 3 to ULSA to LSIA

http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/jobs/job/vfKpfpgN9kqO8IuO7znKrw

route

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profile

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Stage 4 to Elysian Island to Palameno Highlands

http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/jobs/job/rCbRYZnXiUSU-XpA8juOWQ

route

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profile

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Stage 5  Tataviam Mountains to McKenzie Airfield

http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/jobs/job/xv__pF94bEuBdOAhSeUnGw

route

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profile

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Stage 6  Time Trail, Sandy Shores

http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/jobs/job/x_XqXQ8V5kutJLYTV-PO1w

route

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profile

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Stage 7 Harmony to The Observatory

http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/jobs/job/zWa0k7PJWU-CdG5lcWppZg

route

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profile

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Stage 8 Lake Vinewood to Legion Square

http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/jobs/job/WDgWRbk-3k60qSl83hJDSg

route

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profile

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Last 3 stages are same as was used for Crew Challenge 45.

Records for those are

 

Stage 6, cycles, Banks 2:29.400

Satge 7, cycles, Snacks, 5:29.956

Stage 8, cycles, Banks, 4:56.640

 

Please let me know of any others and updates.

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Some cycling tips.

 

This was done as crew challenge and when the times from other people started to come in I realised that I clearly did not know how to cycle in GTA. So I set about learning the game mechanics of cycling and this is what I found. It may not all be totally correct. It is just what seemed to be the case as I tested various things.

 

The basics, you steer with the left stick, L2 and R2 are your brakes, hold X to accelerate, tap X to go even faster.

 

Tapping X, I had just assumed straight line speed was all about how fast you could tap X. But that appears not to be the case. After some tests on a short straight course I think that tapping X at a rate of about 2 taps per second is as fast as you can go. I paced myself at 3 and 4 taps per second and they were no faster than 2. But 2 was certainly faster than 1 tap per second.

 

Leaning forward. You can lean forward by pushing the left stick up. This makes you faster in turns. But does not make you faster in a straight line. I found that if I tried to race with the left stick pushed forward all the time I soon lost control of the bike. So I think you just want to do this for sharp turns only.

 

Crouching down.  If you press R1 you crouch down, as a professional cyclist would in a time trial, and go faster. This for me made the biggest difference to my times.

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