Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition

Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition

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By a Mile

By a Mile

Complete the "Turismo" race in under 180 seconds.

30 XP

11.0%

How to unlock the By a Mile achievement in Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition - Definitive Guide

The Turismo mission is started via pay phone by El Burro.

I’d recommend using the Banshee, it can be found at “Capital Autos” behind the breakable glass. The lot is right next to 8-Ball’s bomb shop, top right region of the original map.

If you get to the spot and no Banshee sports car is behind the glass, leave the area and come back and it should spawn in.

Photo below is from the original GTA III, but it’ll be there. I had around 20 seconds to spare in the race using the Banshee.

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12 Nov 2021 02:26

19 Comments
And don't panic if you crash or drive like shit. I had a lousy race, won it easily anyhow and with almost 10 seconds left on the clock.
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By elefantenmensch on 12 Nov 2021 08:31
Nice to see guides posting so early on. Good stuff.
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By I ASK NO ONE on 12 Nov 2021 14:07
Driving tip for the banshee, don't brake, just release the accelerator and take a wide line around the sharper corners. Also if you want to skip the 3 2 1 go countdown, gently tap or drive by the other cars as you speed past them. Giving you a small head start but helps to avoid the first corner melee!🤣
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By ChemicalEmotion on 12 Nov 2021 16:26
When you complete the El Burro questline, the phone will keep ringing (but without the blue mission circle), giving you the chance to play Turismo again, so if you fail in beating 180 seconds initially you can always go back, for example after unlocking better cars (even though the Banshee is more than capable).
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By This is David on 12 Nov 2021 20:05
And if you’re getting unlucky with the rain like I was, load your last save, drive around the block a few times, and save again. You can’t do this in the rain. Got mine in like 162 after that. And remembering the course after all those tries always helps ha. Banshee of course.
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By KillaC716 on 13 Nov 2021 08:02
How the f*** are people doing this. The mafia gang is literally one shotting my car as I drive through their territory.

I have completed the story.
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By Im Just Maccor on 13 Nov 2021 22:12
@Im Just Maccor, some stuff is nearly impossible to do once you agro the gangs. It is highly recommended you do this early in the game before you anger them.
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By AHGreg on 13 Nov 2021 22:15
Cheers AHGreg, I will restart.. I didn’t do much research before hand, my fault but I just wanted to play freely and mop up at the end. Obviously not possible in this game. Also doing paramedic seems a lot easier before a new Island unlocks and calm gangs.
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By Im Just Maccor on 13 Nov 2021 23:01
people who do this race the rubbish ai will make it 100x harder the original has better ai then the remaster
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By Horizon Thor on 25 Nov 2021 01:56
Thank you for the banshee location. This race was still a pain with all of the cars that just pull in front of you and then stop, plus every small bump sends your car spinning. For those of you cussing out the game, just play the race over and over, learning the route, you will eventually get it. A few shots of whiskey to calm the nerves helped me as well ;-)
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By MasterHook99 on 26 Nov 2021 03:01
Worst achievement ever with the broken AI and worst driving experience ever
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By FluxB0x on 22 Dec 2021 23:06
Instead of stopping in the blue zone, you can sideswipe one of the racers (or get out in front and reverse into). This will automatically trigger the race, so you don't have to start at the back.
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By Blissed Away on 02 Jan 2022 02:52
If you are too far into the game already and the gangs start shooting you during the race you can also use the bulletproof Patriot you get as a reward later in the game.
I finished the race with 175 seconds with the Patriot and even crashed a couple of times
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By No Parasite on 20 Jan 2022 07:52
Used a Mafia Sentinel and finished at 166 seconds.
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By Martini4Trump on 23 Mar 2022 12:20
Definitely the Mafia sentinel. Handles so well. After 3rd checkpoint the other cars were to busy crashing to be a problem. Finished in 162 with it first time
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By Yurgi Windu on 21 Sep 2022 21:46
If you're too far into the game... bulletproof patriot worked a treat. Couple of attempts to get the racing line correct, 3rd attempt did it in around 170.
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By MattQuin89 on 17 Oct 2022 07:00
There are no cars in capital
Autos
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By HARKESS91 on 11 Nov 2022 00:00
@Harkess91 you can try to spawn it by driving a few blocks away and then come back, or reloading a save.

Sometimes when I wanted the banshee it wouldn’t spawn right away for me either.
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By AHGreg on 11 Nov 2022 00:32
I used the mafia car from cipriani's chauffeur and did it easily. The other cars are never a factor cos you're much quicker off the line than them
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By TheGreatKoala on 17 Jul 2022 19:56
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If you have already done the "Turismo" mission and missed the achievement then don't worry as you can replay this race.

Upon finishing the phone missions in Hepburn Heights (Which there are 4, including the race) the phone marker disappears from the map but if you pass the phone you will hear it ring but see no marker. Walk near the phone and you can replay the "Turismo" race.
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22 Dec 2021 12:38

The Turismo race is the first mission from the Hepburn Heights payphone. The best car you can always get for this is the Banshee, which can spawn in the showroom of the car dealer in Harwood.

You should do the race before you finish the main mission on the first island or you will probably get your car destroyed from enemies in the st. marks area.

If you want to make your life a little easier than using the Banshee, you can get a Cheetah before leaving the first island. The Cheetah handles a lot better but is usually not avaibale on the first island, but you can get one as part of a mission. You want to play until you get the Chaperone mission from Salvatore Leone. You have to drive a woman to her drug dealer and from there to a party at Atlantic Quays. Drive there but do not enter the mission circle. Instead, park close to it and you notice three cars parking to the right, close to the mission circle, the middle one being the Cheetah. Get out of the limo, take the cheetah, park it in your garage at the hideout and drive back to complete the mission.

You can use the Cheetah now for the race and also for the monster stunts on the first island. If you want to get a little advantage at the start, don't park in your starting spot but drive past one of the other racers while touching the side of their car. The race starts and you are already driving.
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22 Nov 2021 12:34

The easiest way is on Banshe. If you don’t get it the first time, you can always return to your phone at any time and go through this mission again.
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13 Nov 2021 02:53

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I highly recommend getting the trophy before you open the 2nd island. If you leave it until later, when the Italians are hostile towards you, this race will turn into something incredibly difficult and annoying, because... mafiosi destroy the car in 2 shots from a shotgun. And there are 2 sections of the highway that pass through the Italians’ area.

If you have already missed this moment, then I recommend not wasting time, like I did, on countless attempts to complete the race at the end of the game, but immediately start a new game in a separate slot and in half an hour reach the mission with the race and quickly complete it, without any problems
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By Akademix on 17 Dec 2021 16:26
Another option is if you go through the entire story and only then start going through telephone missions, there is one option for how to complete this mission. For her, I used an armored hummer that was given to us by a dude from the Central Park missions. and even drove in 178 seconds, thereby not only completing the mission, but even receiving a trophy. But the most important thing for you is just to come first, as they wrote above, you can then start a new game and replay this race.
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By watso on 12 Jan 2022 18:39
The race turned out to be quite easy, after so many attempts to complete missions as a medic. The main thing is to get around your opponents at the first turn, and then actively use the trick with turning away the camera, several times I even got turned around, but I still managed to get there in 159 seconds and they didn’t overtake me even once.

After taking on a mission, a car called Stallino Devils always drove nearby, it was quite enough to hang up your opponents at the start, the main thing is not to press too hard against them, because sometimes it would turn out just like that.

I took place after the mission The Last Request , during which I ended up on the second island, then immediately returned to the first and went through this race. They shot, but the car didn’t even start smoking, so everything is real, you just need to work with the camera.
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By Mikhail_Smile on 20 Jan 2022 15:50
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Go as soon as possible. Otherwise, gangs will shoot up the car later. It is best to go in a police car to stop traffic with a siren. Plus the car is quite playful.
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03 May 2023 23:44