Stowaway mission made easy, a How-to guide Options

[Zoomzoom]

I’m creating this post because there are still requests in the Mission Help section to complete this mission, and I’m sure that many people would prefer to do the mission on their own.

I know that this is an old topic, but I did work out all the nuances to make it as easy as possible to understand.

Here is the easiest way to complete the mission for PC:
Pressing UP, which is the default key for Steer Forward / Down (lean forward), is what makes you go faster.

However, you must press that key rapidly while accelerating to get your speed up more quickly. It'll give you more than enough acceleration to catch the plane, provided your computer's processor is fast enough.
Simply holding the key down is not enough; you must tap it rapidly to get the full effect.

The difference between that and just standard acceleration is undeniable.

If your computer has a slower processor, then you won’t be able to reach the plane; no matter hard you try; that’s a well-known fact.

Here is another important thing to remember:
Higher Bike Skill only decreases the chances of falling off, nothing more.
It does nothing to increase speed, handling, or drivability whatsoever; that is a common misconception.

There is an alternate way to complete the mission without cheats:

OrionSR, rubregg, and others came up with the basic strategy for this, I'm giving them proper credit. Most of the rest was worked out by me by just playing the mission over and over.

You can destroy the plane before it takes off.
Get a minigun; 200 rounds should be more than enough.

After the cut-scene with Toreno is over, the actual mission begins, and you’re sitting on the motorcycle.

Get off of the motorcycle and use the minigun to destroy the plane as it’s taking off, the plane will stop on the runway, and you will not fail the mission for doing that.


Then simply ride up to the ramp at the back of the plane. You can take your time and ride at whatever speed you want; that plane’s not going anywhere.


This is where it gets weird:
Once you get onto the ramp, the screen goes dark and you'll find yourself at the point in the mission where you must dodge the barrels.
The small cut-scene before that (with you dodging the barrels and losing the motorcycle) is skipped altogether.
The plane is not destroyed anymore, and you are now inside the plane, which is somehow flying in the air.
Important: You must be on the motorcycle (or a vehicle of somekind) to trigger the rest of the mission, simply walking up to the ramp does nothing.


Here’s a brief 30-second video showing you how to do it.
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The rest of the mission plays out the same as it normally would.

Another weird aspect is, after destroying the plane with the minigun, you can go away for as long as you like, and come back and complete the mission whenever you want, because there’s no time limit.

However, if you go away long enough the plane will disappear, but you can still complete the mission as long as you know where the ramp was when the plane came to a stop after it was destroyed by the minigun.
There’s an invisible spot left on the runway that will still trigger the cut-scene with C.J. dodging the barrels, and the mission continues normally after that.

This post has been edited by Zoomzoom: Nov 27 2007, 08:00 PM