Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition

For anybody wondering, this is a lot easier than the GTA III Paramedic Level 12

Hope this is easier than gta 3, thats impoosible with the gangs attacking you.

Levels easier than gta 3, did this on my first try

So much effin easier than gta 3, drive slow'ish i just tapped on an off the RT button, never try to go full throttle an RB always to break.

Nice guide as far as location goes. I saw some other video using a different hospital and he was running all over the beach on hills with that tipsy ambulance, I didn't like that option.

^ Look who's there at it again. Being salty as always, what a surprise. Obviously it depends from time to time if you get the 1% added or not, in my playthrough I got 1% added each time after completing a vehicle mission. 1% or +/- 1%, I guess you are the only person making a big deal about it and giving a thumbs down. Great job.

Lol are you still upset over that negative feedback, because by the looks of it you are as it didn't even take you 10 mins to comment.

And if you had any real knowledge of how much % adds up, you wouldn't base your beliefs from cheap Stats screen lol

You really had to reach to find a negative there. Complaining about a few decimals. Rounding up the percentage is preferable for most anyway.

Hasn't popped for me.

Mine also didn't unlock

It looks like there is current issues on XBL regarding achievements unlocking or not. People have been unlocking this recently, it might be delayed unlocks.

Man fuck this chievo! Tried yesterday was in 12th level but the patient ran right in front of my ambulance and i ran over him (even tho i was pretty slow). I was like damn, ok i will try today again and guess what!!??? The same thing happened again on level 12,im exhausted i need to go to see my psychologist…..

The real challenge here is to keep your ambulance in one piece. Drive slow and also avoid running over cops.

Great Guide, although my percentage didn’t go up. I did this even before going to the safe house for the first time. And it was still at 0% after completing. I just hope I didn’t do them to early 😅
Still a thumbs up from me 👍🏼

First time I got to level 9 and a random car pulled in front of me and ripped the ambulance 2nd time I’ve done it and it finally got there but didn’t add 1% to my stats but I’m still early in the game lost on the pizza one earlier on the last pizza level 10 by about 4 seconds 😩😭

I sure do love it when an entire military team opens fire on my ambulance for literally no reason other than the fact that this is such a well-made and fair achievement! I love having my tires shot out by a random gang! What a well-made and balanced game!

Got to the end of level 10 and pressed up on the d-pad by accident. Give me strength.

I sure do love it when an entire military team opens fire on my ambulance for literally no reason other than the fact that this is such a well-made and fair achievement! I love having my tires shot out by a random gang! What a well-made and balanced game!

I didn't have any problems when i did the Ambulance missions in original but I've having a really hard time doing this right now. I failed at level 11 twice (by accidentally running over people) once at level 12 (Ambulance blew up) once during level 4 (military team open fire without any reason) and by accidentally pressing up on d-pad

Got it first try. If you’ve done paramedic missions in GTA 3, then you’ll find it easier imo, bc first: nobody is shooting you (2nd island thing in GTA 3), and second: vehicle handling is better. Again, use RB when taking the corner, put siren on an you should be good. I’ve often ended with few spare minutes, maybe not so much as in 3, but still I had more time than I needed. And 12th level is straightforward, patients are places in such vicinity that it was a no-brainer for me. Never had a need to drop 2 patients just bc of patients placement. Good luck

Great guide and some good tips that are worth reading before starting, got this first try. The ambulance does take A LOT of small dents, I wasn't all too careful when doing this. Although can't say for any serious car smashes...

they need to fix this as ill be driving and a car will do 100000mph at me and tip me over

Absolute piece of piss. My first achievement in this release! Just take it steady - I was finishing some levels with over 4 minutes on the clock.

PROGRESS: 1% added towards the total game completion percentage

^This is incorrect. Every mission completion is worth 0.65% of the completion percentage. This is like to say there's only 100 total missions in the game each awarding a 1% but if you was to complete say Firefighter next after Paramedic, you wouldn't be at 2%... you would still be at 1% or 1.30% to be exact

I sure do love it when an entire military team opens fire on my ambulance for literally no reason other than the fact that this is such a well-made and fair achievement! I love having my tires shot out by a random gang! What a well-made and balanced game!

If you do this early on (I did it after maybe 2 missions) I'd say this is about the same difficulty as GTA 3 early in the 2nd island minus the fact you have to avoid the construction area in GTA 3 to avoid gangs. A few tips that helped me in both games:

1) This is a marathon, not a sprint. Pace yourself and don't rush.

2) I spent almost all of my time at half speed and only gunned it on straight aways with no cars. Going slower gives you time to wait for cars to react to your siren and if you do hit something, you don't careen out of control. It will also help you avoid killing pedestrians when the sidewalk is the only viable option. (Cops didn't seem to mind if I crippled someone, but death was a no-no)

3) From level 4 and on it's best to pull up the map and plan how you can do things in "groups of three" so your route is as efficient as possible. Save the more spread-out options for later when you have your time more built up. (Sometimes weaving for a group of 3 is best, sometimes going for 3 spread out along the same road is better; trust your judgement)

4) The beginning of each level was the most stressful for me as I only had 60-90 seconds to get my first pickup. I usually went for the closest group to build up some time so I could safely get the further groups. I think I usually ended each level with 2-4 minutes to spare.

5) Once the victim "touches" your ambulance (begins to open a door, starts to hop in a doorless side) they are essentially glued to you and you can move on without them falling out. It's not easy to describe but it's very easy to understand once you see it in effect.

6) I don't know if actually makes a difference, but I feel like jamming the regular and handbrake made me stop faster than either one individually. This let me stop on pretty short distance when going up to victims and stopped them from running to me too early. If anything, an NPC would face plant on my backend because I stopped too fast but that was ultra rare and more an error on me braking too early.

Hopefully this helps someone out. I was definitely dreading this in 3 and Vice City but it truly wasn't all that bad once you realize taking your time is most important! You may lose some seconds from going slower but the time it saves avoiding catastrophic crashes or an exploding ambulance is invaluable.