Midnight Club: Los Angeles

Here is a complete list so you can see if you have all of them unlocked before you start.

Ordered Races (38)
--Hollywood Area--
-Around Hollywood
-Central LA Showdown
-Century City Jumps
-Fairfax and Sunset
-Hollywood Drifts
-Laurel Canyon Run
-MacArthur Cut
-Old Hollywood Shortcuts
-Sunset and Vine
-Sunset River Run
-Valley Freeways
-Welcome To Hollywood
-West LA Challenge
-Wilshire Blvd.
-Wilshire Sprint
--Santa Monica Area--
-Beaches and Beverly Run
-Ocean to LA River
-Old Route 66
-Sand and Surf
-University Cut
-Westside Ride
-Westwood and Brentwood
--Downtown Area--
-4th Street Meet
-Civic Center Race
-Crossblocks
-Downtown to Pier
-Downtown Tour
-Downtown Vistas
-Figueroa and Grand
-Rags to Riches
--Hills Area--
-Hollywood, Valley and Beaches
-Mulholland and Beverly
-Mulholland Drive East
-Mulholland Drive West
-River Valley
-Up and Over Coldwater
-Ventura Finish
-Ventura Loop
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Circuit Races (18)
--Hollywood Area--
-Century Mall
-Hollywood and Downtown
-Laurel Canyon Loop
-Promenade
-Theater Circuit
-University Loop
-Westwood
--Santa Monica Area--
-California Incline Loop
-Santa Monica Loop
-Under the 405
--Downtown Area--
-6th St.
-Downtown Freeway Loop
-LA River Run
-Midtown
-Railyard
--Hills Area--
-Coldwater Canyon
-Mulholland
-Studio Hills

Unordered Races (6)
--Hollywood Area--
-Hollywood Shuffle
-Studio Shuffle
--Santa Monica Area--
-Beach Blitz
--Downtown Area--
-Downtown Freeway Frenzy
--Hills Area--
-Drift and Conquer
-Ventura Shuffle

Landmark Races (12)
--Hollywood Area--
-Hollywood to the Pier
-Hustle to the City
-Sunset to the Hills
-Sunset to the Promenade
--Santa Monica Area--
-Beach to the Hills
-Incline to the Cathedral
-Pier to the Chateau Marmont
--Downtown Area--
-6th St. to the Hills
-Downtown to Sunset Music
-Wilshire to the Georgian
--Hills Area--
-Hills to Century City
-Sepulveda to 4th Street

Goal Attacks

This is from my Midnight Club: Los Angeles walkthrough.


I have included marked maps for the best route to take in each Unordered and Landmark race. has kindly created some videos for the Landmark and Unordered races

Goal attacks are located by the following route:
> Press
> Press
> Scroll down to the second option, Xbox Live
> Press

The races are split in to 4 sub-menus: Ordered Race, Circuit Race, Unordered Race and Landmark Race.

You can not complete all of the races if you not have beaten the story as you need to race on every track. Once you race Andrew for a second time, you will unlock the final track.

Each Goal Attack has four pieces of criteria:

> Win the race
> Finish the race with less than 25% damage
> Beat the time limit
> Achieve all goals in the same race

There are a total of 74 races.

Note: If you have the South Central DLC, you should also see races in the same list that are not listed below. They are not needed for this achievement but there is another achievement for completion of them. They are easily identified as the DLC by the 'SC' icon next to the name of the race. The icon also shows at the beginning of each race from the DLC.

The best vehicle to use is a fully tuned Ninja. Use the weight transfer to help when turning corners. It can be tricky to master this vehicle but once you do, this should be a breeze. With the Ordered and Circuit races, you should need no help. If you have beaten the game, they will be a stroll in the park 99%. You have more than enough time to do each of the Ordered and Circuit races.

Ordered Races

Hollywood

Around Hollywood
Central LA Showdown
Century City Jumps
Fairfax and Sunset
Hollywood Drifts
Laurel Canyon Run
MacArthur Cut
Old Hollywood Shortcuts
Sunset and Vine
Sunset River Run
Valley Freeways
Welcome To Hollywood
West LA Challenge
Wilshire Blvd.
Wilshire Sprint

Santa Monica

Beaches and Beverly Run
Ocean to LA River
Old Route 66
Sand and Surf
University Cut
Westside Ride
Westwood and Brentwood

Downtown Area

4th Street Meet
Civic Center Race
Crossblocks
Downtown to Pier
Downtown Tour
Downtown Vistas
Figueroa and Grand
Rags to Riches

Hills

Hollywood, Valley and Beaches
Mulholland and Beverly
Mulholland Drive East
Mulholland Drive West
River Valley
Up and Over Coldwater
Ventura Finish
Ventura Loop

Circuit Races

Hollywood

Century Mall
Hollywood and Downtown
Laurel Canyon Loop
Promenade
Theater Circuit
University Loop
Westwood

Santa Monica

California Incline Loop
Santa Monica Loop
Under the 405

Downtown

6th St.
Downtown Freeway Loop
LA River Run
Midtown
Railyard

Hills

Coldwater Canyon
Mulholland
Studio Hills

Unordered Races

I have made maps for each one. I apologise for my basic paint work but there was not any videos for these at the original time of publication. I also do not have a capture card. However, DaChiefOfOwnage has created some videos and they will be shown below.

For the maps, I have kept the same legend as the game. The arrows will guide you around the track. Start at the GREEN arrow and follow the orange arrows around.
To keep the page shorter, I have put the map and video for each race in a spoiler tab so you can open the race you need. That makes scrolling a lot easier.

Hollywood

Hollywood Shuffle



Studio Shuffle



Santa Monica

Beach Blitz



Downtown

Freeway Frenzy




Hills

Drift and Conquer




Ventura Shuffle



Landmark Races

Hollywood

Hollywood to the Pier



Hustle to the City



Sunset to the Hills



Sunset to the Promenade



Santa Monica

Beach to the Hills



Incline to the Cathedral



Pier to the Chateau Marmont



Downtown

6th St. to the Hills



Downtown to Sunset Music



Wilshire to the Georgian



Hills

Hills to Century City



Sepulveda to 4th Street

This is best done after the game and you have gotten 100% finished with the game.
If you don't have 100% most likely you haven't raced Andrew a second time.
Once you have 100%, it's best to do this on the Ninja and fully upgrade the bike.
If you don't already know, it helps a lot on a few of the turns to hit nitro as you are finishing some sharper turns. this helps you corner better. No idea why that is, seems like it should be the opposite.
Also you have to be very careful, cause you can't get more than 25% damage.
If you have more damage, just restart the race. You can see by looking at the speedometer. There is a yellow line that shows how much is 25%.
And at the end, make sure you got all of it at the same time including the time limit, if not you must start over.

After a few days of going ballistic, I've finally mastered the Ninja.
Like the guides above, wait til you complete the game so you can unlock the races for goal attack.
The races that tend to gave me the biggest headaches were the unordered races. So i tackled them first, then the longest races next.

The easiest way to do all the goal attacks, is to use the Ninja motorbike, and to become very familiar with the weight transfer button. It helps if you have a general idea of the city layout.....

To turn even sharper, or to avoid a costly slide / crash, as you turn, let go of the accelerator, tap handbrake and weight transfer simultaneously into the direction you want to go, then reapply accelerator. If you're still sliding, hit a nitro.

Using this method, I was very confident in my ability to win every time - not counting the damned pedestrians. In fact I just downloaded south central an hour ago, and have only 6 more races to do :)

Not so much a guide but I do feel it should be on the main page as well not everyone reads the comments but even though this achievement isn't flagged for buggy I was up since 1am today the 21/2/2015 done all the goal attacks and the dlc ones and had to go back to unlock a few races unlocked them. Done them and now the game is telling me I'm missing objectives even though when you finish the race it says 4 stars or 3 which ever one is fully completing it now I've read it up online that the only way to fix it is to delete your save :(

Before doing any Goal Attack, you may want to back up your save game (if you are on Xbox 360; as Xbox One/Series X uses the Cloud Save Games) in case you run into a glitch where goal attack objectives may permanently stop registering as completed.

Therefore, it is recommended to do all 74 regular goal attacks first before completing the South Central Goal Attacks.

The DLC Goal Attacks are marked with SC in the race selection screen, and those 26 races are not needed for this achievement, and are used for another achievement instead.

To enter Goal Attack, do the said procedure below:
1. Press to enter the pause menu
2. Press
3. Scroll down to the second option, Goal Attack
4. Press

There are a total of 74 races in the main game, and each Goal Attack has the same objectives listed below that have to be fulfilled in order to successfully pass the challenge.

In order to complete a Goal Attack, you must do all of the three objectives below in the same race to get a gold star on it.
-Finish in 1st place
-Finish the race under the specified time limit
-Finish the race with less than 25% damage on your vehicle (A yellow bar indicates how much damage you can take before exceeding the limit)

Special abilities (Zone, Agro, Roar, EMP) are disabled for the Goal Attack races, making this grind more challenging.

The best vehicle to use is either a fully upgraded Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, Lamborghini Murciélago Roadster (both the regular and DUB Edition) or Audi R8 (if you unlocked it through the Social Club), due to their all-wheel drive drivetrain, which makes them less prone to spinning out aside from their all-rounded acceleration, speed and handling.

The sport bikes, especially the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14 or Ducati 1098R can also clear these easily due to their extremely fast acceleration and responsive handling, which is merely a trade-off of how tricky it is to get used to handling them, as well as being more vulnerable to damage, so be careful when using bikes for Goal Attacks.

In circuit races, make sure to use all nitrous before the second lap as this will just refill the used up nitrous. You can also draft behind opponents if you can, however, you can only draft cars, so you have to be careful if you race against two motorcycle opponents.

Each race must be unlocked through the main story missions, with the final race (Studio Hills) being unlocked after you defeat Andrew on a motorcycle. To earn this achievement, you must win each of the following 74 races in first place, with less than 25% damage, and must beat the time listed below for each race.

ORDERED RACES (38):
Hollywood Area
-Around Hollywood (2:10:00)
-Central LA Showdown (3:14:00)
-Century City Jumps (2:18:00)
-Fairfax and Sunset (2:03:00)
-Hollywood Drifts (2:20:00)
-Laurel Canyon Run (2:17:00)
-MacArthur Cut (2:16:00)
-Old Hollywood Shortcuts (3:04:00)
-Sunset and Vine (0:58:00)
-Sunset River Run (2:55:00)
-Valley Freeways (3:36:00)
-Welcome To Hollywood (0:48:00)
-West LA Challenge (2:51:00)
-Wilshire Blvd. (2:10:00)
-Wilshire Sprint (1:35:00)
Santa Monica Area
-Beaches and Beverly Run (2:18:00)
-Ocean to LA River (2:31:00)
-Old Route 66 (2:21:00)
-Sand and Surf (2:38:00)
-University Cut (2:03:00)
-Westside Ride (2:12:00)
-Westwood and Brentwood (1:53:00)
Downtown Area
-4th Street Meet (2:12:00)
-Civic Center Race (2:12:00)
-Crossblocks (2:48:00)
-Downtown to Pier (2:01:00)
-Downtown Tour (2:45:00)
-Downtown Vistas (2:06:00)
-Figueroa and Grand (2:22:00)
-Rags to Riches (3:41:00)
Hills Area
-Hollywood, Valley and Beaches (4:02:00)
-Mulholland and Beverly (2:05:00)
-Mulholland Drive East (2:17:00)
-Mulholland Drive West (2:02:00)
-River Valley (2:37:00)
-Up and Over Coldwater (2:36:00)
-Ventura Finish (2:25:00)
-Ventura Loop (2:11:00)

CIRCUIT RACES (18):
Hollywood Area
-Century Mall (3:27:00)
-Hollywood and Downtown (3:18:00)
-Laurel Canyon Loop (4:11:00)
-Promenade (2:35:00)
-Theater Circuit (3:18:00)
-University Loop (2:21:00)
-Westwood (1:46:00)
Santa Monica Area
-California Incline Loop (2:31:00)
-Santa Monica Loop (3:03:00)
-Under the 405 (3:51:00)
Downtown Area
-6th St. (3:38:00)
-Downtown Freeway Loop (2:48:00)
-LA River Run (2:45:00)
-Midtown (3:26:00)
-Railyard (2:17:00)
Hills Area
-Coldwater Canyon (2:16:00)
-Mulholland (4:50:00)
-Studio Hills (3:51:00)

UNORDERED RACES (6):
Hollywood Area
-Hollywood Shuffle (2:41:00)
-Studio Shuffle (1:32:00)
Santa Monica Area
-Beach Blitz (1:00:00)
Downtown Area
-Downtown Freeway Frenzy (1:54:00)
Hills Area
-Drift and Conquer (2:11:00)
-Ventura Shuffle (1:51:00)

LANDMARK RACES (12):
Hollywood Area
-Hollywood to the Pier (1:04:00)
-Hustle to the City (0:49:00)
-Sunset to the Hills (1:00:00)
-Sunset to the Promenade (0:54:00)
Santa Monica Area
-Beach to the Hills (1:11:00)
-Incline to the Cathedral (1:19:00)
-Pier to the Chateau Marmont (1:06:00)
Downtown Area
-6th St. to the Hills (1:30:00)
-Downtown to Sunset Music (0:44:00)
-Wilshire to the Georgian (1:17:00)
Hills Area
-Hills to Century City (1:16:00)
-Sepulveda to 4th Street (1:20:00)

After coming back to this game after starting it 15 years ago, I found a few tips and have some general advice for those looking at this. I'll attempt to not repeat anything, as there's already a bunch of guides saying the same thing. Use the other guides for routes, and note how every single guide says to not complete any of the South Central goals until you unlock this achievement.

First off, this achievement is NOT that hard. I initially wasn't going to even attempt this achievement because of the nearly 8 ratio, as I figured it was difficult since it was an old game. It isn't hard AT ALL, and don't be afraid to go for this.

Before starting, make sure you use the above/below solutions to confirm you have all races unlocked. I was at 100% completion in the game and was missing 3 Landmark Races. Landmark races are unlocked by finding, and beating, the Red Light Racers. Check your map and confirm you have 4 available(5 if you have DLC). I was going a bit crazy thinking I may have to go through the entire game again if I wanted this achievement but found the below info on a 15-year-old forum post on a PlayStation trophies site.

Just ensure to find the 4 red light racers; you will get a screen notification when you find each one. If you have South Central DLC, add 1 racer more.
You just need to find them in the required areas:
Downtown: It usually spawns on Flower St or North Figueroa.
Hollywood: Can be found driving by Sunset Boulevard.
Hills: Easy to find, just keep coming between Ventura Boulevard and 101 Freeway.
Beeches: Ocean Ave or 3rd/4th St.
South Central: Crenshaw Boulevard.

Ordered races should all be easy, and once you get going you will get the majority of them done first try. Landmark and Unordered are a bit more difficult, but once you find the path(use other guides), they're all fairly easy. Circuit races were the most difficult for me because they were longer, which made the 25% damage requirement a bit tough. I used the Ninja bike, and things like fences and posts all added a decent chunk of damage. Take your time on these, as the time requirement is very very forgiving on most of these.

With damage though, you do not have to be perfect. There were times when I fully crashed, and had to wait for the respawn, and I still completed all the requirements.

If you're going for the 5k miles achievement, you might as well do these, as it adds around 1k miles. I finished the game with goal attacks and am only at 3k miles, with the lengthier online achievements left which will hopefully bring me closer.

Again, this achievement is NOT as difficult as the ratio suggests.

Before attempting any of the goal attacks I would recommend backing up your save, to my knowledge you can only back it up on the 360 console. If you're playing this on Xbox One or Series X it uses the cloud save. To back it up go onto a 360 console and copy the save from the cloud to the hard drive or memory unit of the console.

When launching the game you will want to select the cloud as your save option if you're on 360 console.

You will want to do this because there's a glitch with the Complete Edition disc where sometimes it will not register the objectives as completed when you look at all the Goal Attack Races in the pause menu, despite saying you've done them all when you finish the race.

I recommend that you do all the base game goal attacks first, then revert to your backed up save and copy it to the cloud. I had this glitch on me twice.

If you're having trouble with a certain race, feel free to use my video as a reference.


Hope this helped, thanks again.