Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
34 Achievements
36-44h
Running Rampant
Complete Vigilante Mission level 12.
5.5%
How to unlock the Running Rampant achievement in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Definitive Guide
Vigilante missions involve tracking down criminals that are driving around the city and killing them. The mission can only be triggered when inside a law enforcement vehicle, such as a cop car or tank, by pressing . You will then have a time limit to track down the criminal represented by the blip on the minimap and kill them. You can either ram them until they flee their vehicle or you can perform a drive-by with a Sub-Machine Gun to destroy their vehicle.
Each level gets a little more difficult than the previous with more criminals that need to be killed. If you get killed the mission will fail and you will need to start from the beginning of level one. There are multiple ways in which you can obtain this trophy, with some of the methods described below:-
Method #1: Cop car
The hardest method to obtain this trophy is to use a cop car. You can either ram or shoot the criminal vehicles to destroy them. This can take quite some time and you are likely to run out of time or destroy your own vehicle in the process. This can be made easier with the use of the health cheat which will completely restore your car health. The weapon cheat will give you more ammunition for your Sub-Machine Gun as well. Police cars are very common in the game so you shouldn't have a problem acquiring one.
Method #2: Tank
The tank can be acquired either through cheats (although this lowers your criminal rating score) or from the Fort Baxter Air Base once you have collected 90 hidden package. All you need to do is blow the criminals car up either by shooting it or driving over it. The tank can be quite slow so be careful about running out of time.
Method #3: Hunter
The Hunter is a military helicopter unlocked upon collecting all 100 hidden packages. It will then spawn at the helipad of the southern most house on the first island, which is Lance Vance's apartment. It is equipped with rockets and a machine gun which make it extremely easy to quickly dispose of each criminal. Time won't be a problem if using the Hunter, because you can travel between each target very quickly without having to contend with traffic.
To avoid having to suffer with these missions for a long time, you need to:
1. Get the Rhino tank;
2. Place any car with open doors near Pay N' Spray (so that it does not disappear);
3. Remember the location of a couple of bribes and changing places.
Now we get into the tank and begin the mission. All that remains is to get to the desired car and shoot (at first it seems that the tank is very slow and there will be a catastrophic lack of time, but in fact, after completing several missions there will be plenty of time). Immediately after they gave us two stars, we rush at full speed to the changing room (the best option), or to Pay N' Spray, or, well, or to a bribe (to somehow defuse the situation when things are really bad). If you have enough patience, then it is better to do this procedure without waiting for two stars, but after the explosion of 2-3 cars. After completing 12 levels you get 150 units of armor.
The speed will be such that cheetahs and diablos will envy. We kill criminals simply by crashing into their cars.
In short, I took the tank, as advised here. And in order to simplify the first few missions before they started, I drove a tank to the Airport (fortunately the military base is nearby), climbed to the farthest (southwestern) corner, and there I pressed the vigilante mission button. The advantage of this business is that there is a lot of space and little traffic, so you won’t run into anyone in vain and you won’t get any stars. The second plus is that in these first stages you can accumulate a lot of bonus time, which will come in handy in the future.
At higher levels, the number of cars with criminals increases to three, and stars begin to be given on a regular basis. And all this already goes beyond the territory of the Airport.
Using the accumulated time, we remove the stars through changing clothes, taking a bribe or repainting. The criminals' cars are driving in single file - we try to come from behind and... shoot everyone at once.
So yes, it’s better - on a tank!!!
Everyone - have a good time tanking and lynching!!!