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 to Carl Johnson by Big Smoke at Big Smoke's house in Idlewood, Los Santos.
Summary
Tenpenny and Pulaski are seen leaving Big Smoke's house from the garage. CJ finds the two and Smoke tells him that they have to go to Unity Station.
When you arrive, 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 objectives
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
Tips
- Jump on the Sanchez provided 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 uselessly 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, CJ 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, CJ can also shoot at the gang members, assuming he has a drive-by weapon.
Trivia
- In the beta version, another objective would have been to retrieve a package from the dead Vagos, but this was cut before release.
- Wrong Side of the Tracks is the first missions to take CJ out of Los Santos; for players playing strictly mission to mission, this will be their first exposure to the rural area.
- Oddly, in Local Liquor Store, CJ complains about Catalina shooting so close to his ear, but he doesn't do it with Smoke, presumably as he is closer to Smoke and the fact that Smoke generally aims the gun higher and to the side, limiting the noise, wheras Catalina is shooting directly forward.
- In the game Minecraft, there is a splash screen showing "Follow the train, CJ!" which is a reference to Wrong Side of the Tracks.
- Whatever vehicle you used to bring Smoke home will be replaced by the Sanchez you used to chase the Vagos.
Gallery
See also
- Wong Side of the Tracks- a side-mission in GTA: Liberty City Stories with a similar name
Video walkthroughs
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