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Wrong Side of the Tracks

MISSION Wrong Side of the Tracks
Carl Johnson and Big Smoke talking about the meeting between the Los Santos Vagos and the San Fierro Rifa at Unity Station
Game:	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
For:	Big Smoke
Location:	Idlewood, Los Santos
Target:	San Fierro Rifa gang members, Los Santos Vagos gang members
Reward:	Respect
Unlocks:	Just Business
Unlocked by:	Running Dog

Not to be confused with Wong Side of the Tracks

Wrong Side of the Tracks is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas given by Big Smoke.

1 Summary
2 Mission objectives
3 Tips
4 Trivia
5 Gallery
6 See also
7 Video walkthroughs

SummaryEdit

Frank Tenpenny and Eddie Pulaski are seen leaving Big Smoke's house from the garage. Carl Johnson finds the two and Smoke tells him that they have to go to the train at Unity Station.

When you arrive, Big Smoke tells you his plan of crashing a meeting between the Los Santos Vagos and the San Fierro Rifa. However, it is an ambush and the Vagos try to escape via train. CJ and Smoke use a Sanchez to chase down the head of the train to kill all four Vagos, all the while avoiding obstacles such as oncoming car blocks and incoming trains. If successful, CJ and Smoke will have eliminated all Vagos before the train reaches the bridge connecting Los Santos and Las Venturas. Smoke tells CJ to head back to his home before the police come, and drive back to Smoke's house.

Mission objectivesEdit

In order to complete the mission the player must:

Drive to Unity Station
Get on the motorbike with Big Smoke, chase down the Vagos gang members and take them out
Keep up with the front carriage of the train so Big Smoke can shoot the Vagos gang members
Take Big Smoke back to his house

TipsEdit

Jump on the Sanchez provided for you by pressing the "enter vehicle" button immediately after the cutscene ends.
Do not waste bullets trying to shoot the gang members as the train is too high.

Stay on the far right side. Staying too close to the train will give Smoke a bad angle and he will shoot the train instead.
While still near Unity Station and before the train makes a curved left turn, one Vago (the one who is behind the rest) will be killed when he fails to duck under a metal bar. Since it is pointless to aim for him, Carl can drive faster to focus on other gang members.
Just above the storm drain that the train passes, there is a ramp that is level with the train, and can be used to drive the bike on top of it. Not only does this give Smoke an easy shot at the Vagos, the player can also shoot at the gang members, assuming that they have a drive-by weapon.

TriviaEdit

In the beta version, another objective would have been to retrieve a package from the dead Vagos, but this was cut before release.
This is one of the first missions to take Carl out of Los Santos and into Red County; for players playing strictly mission to mission this will be their first exposure to the rural area, too.
Oddly, in the mission Local Liquor Store Carl complains about Catalina shooting so close to his ear, but he doesn't do it with Big Smoke, presumably as he is closer to Big Smoke and the fact that Smoke generally aims the gun higher and to the side, limiting the noise, wheras Catalina is shooting directly forward.
There is a Minecraft splash screen writing "Follow the train, CJ!" which is a reference to this mission.
Whatever vehicle you used to bring Smoke home will be replaced by the Sanchez you used to chase the Vagos.