befor you start whn your at the press start bit press.......up,up,down,down,left,right,up,down to un-lock a junkman engin in the one stop shop (the yellow shop)...when you beat taz choose the furthest un-nkown maker to your right it shuld be a pink slip...for me it was!!!!...if your in a pursut and you wana get outtry get on the high way and keep whiching lans then look for the nearest exit and hit the nitros button (if installed) and and take 3-4 different turns if possibe or hide in long shortcuts it helps to watch and listen to ur radar (at the top of your screen in the middle.......[top 3 tips]:#1 make your cars as fast as possible then when you have spare cash make them look good....#2 when you select 2 markers from rivals -12-11-10-9-8..pic 1 performance maker and save all all your money un-til you beat jewls then buy that yellow car with the ufo sign then you spend all your money that you saved up (wich should over $100,000 (it was for me also put all the performance parts from the one stop shop to make a killer maxed out car you it to race razorwhen your racing razor pause it and pull out the memory card and at the end if your in a good lead and seconds away form winning and no were near crashing pause the games and put the memory card back in......thats all from karl aka dexx blacklist rival #1