Bandit Never Been Apprehended mission
When the street crime mission is to bust the criminal "Bandit Never Been Apprehended" be ready to fire. Every time he pretends to surrender, he will fire. Note: If you do not want the Good Cop rating to go down, take out your guns and wait for him to pretend to give up and fire at you once, so that you have a reason to kill him.
Dojo Attacker mission: Get to the EOD faster
Get in your car and turn around. Take a left on to Third Street, and go past Hill Street. Then, take Broadway Street and drive up to EOD.
Driving Test mission: Repeated dialogue
On the Con Girls episode, in the normal introduction of mission four "The Driving Test", as Nick enters "The Spot", he walks by one of the goons that vandalizes his brother's dojo. The punk's speech is exactly the same as when he is talking to Nick in the Vandal Wrath mission.
Prevent the West Side ripper from getting out of jail
The first time you have to get the West Side Ripper, he will be trying to kill a woman. Get his knife and throw it at his head. You will not have to worry about him any more.
Driving maneuvers
The following maneuvers only work after they have been unlocked.
Peel out: Hold [A] + [B], then release [B].
Rapid stop: Press [Left], [Right], or [Down] + [B]x2, then hold [B].
P.I.T. maneuver: Ram the rear corner of the car.
Downshift: Press [Down] + [A]x2.
90 degree turn: Press [Left] or [Right] + [A] + [X].
Back switchblade: Press [Left] or [Right] + [X]x2.
Forward switchblade: Press [Left] or [Right] + [X]x2.
Two wheels: Press [Left], [Right], [Left], [A]x2.
Nitro boost: Press [Up] + [A]x3.
Fighting moves
The following moves only work after they have been unlocked.
Running attacks: Press "Run" + [B], [A], [Y].
Ground attacks: Press [B], [A], or [Y].
Combo tiger Sweep: Press [B], [Y], [B] (when opponent is stunned).
Combo Tiger Claw: Press [A], [B], [Y] (when opponent is stunned).
Combo Leaping Tiger: Press [Y], [A], [B] (when opponent is stunned).
Combo Dragon Kick: Press [B], [Y], [B], [Y] (when opponent is stunned).
Combo Dragon Fist: Press [A], [B], [Y], [A] (when opponent is stunned).
Combo Flying Dragon: Press [Y], [A], [B], [Y] (when opponent is stunned).
Monkey Paw: Press [B]x2, [A] (when opponent is stunned).
Whirlwind Throw Grapple: Press [X], [A], [Y].
Arm Buster Grapple: Press [X], [A], [B].
Dirty Boxer Grapple: Press [X], [B], [A].
Tiger Claw Uppercut: Press [B], [X], [Y] (when opponent is stunned).
Whirlwind Throw: Press [X], [B], [Y] (when opponent is stunned).
Arm Breaker Throw: Press [X], [B], [A] (when opponent is stunned).
Miscellaneous moves
Shoot warning shot in air: Press [R] + [Z].
Show badge: Press [A] + [Z].
Mid-air car tricks
180 degree turn: Press [Left] or [Right], [B]x2.
Mid-air road block: Press [Left] or [Right], [X]x2.
Ultra stop: Press [Back], [X]x2.
Reverse donut hydraulics
This works best in a taxi. You need to peel out for this. Once you do, shoot both back tires and peel out but do not release [B], then hold [Left] or [Right].
Boost
Hold [Up] and press [A]x3 while driving.
Dog bone locations
1. Hollywood, near Sunset and Highland , behind gray fence open area
2. Hollywood, Melrose and Spaulding, behind fence
3. Beverly Hills, La Cienega Blvd. and 3rd St. in parking lot near parking garage
4. Beverly Hills, La Peer Dr. and Wilshire Blvd., parking lot
5. Century City, Pico Blvd. and Canfield Ave., corner
6. Hancock Park, Rimpau Blvd. and Olympic Blvd.
7. Hancock Park, 1st St. and Larchmont Blvd.
8. Between Hancock Park and Jefferson Park near I10, Washington Blvd. and Mansfield Ave.
9. Between Culver City and Jefferson Park near I10, Apple and Fairfax
10. Culver City, Washington Blvd. and Landmark St.
11. Jefferson Park, Jefferson Blvd. and Redondo
12. Jefferson park, jefferson blvd. and 4th in front of club
13. Korea Town, Washington and Budlong in front of liquor
14. Downtown, 15th and Central
15. Between Downtown and Chinatown, Hill St.
16. China Town, Alvarado and Court
17. Korea Town, 8th St. and Rampart Blvd.
18. Los Felix, Fletcher Blvd. and Silver Ridge Ave.
19. Los Fenix, Lily Crest and Kenmore
20. Century city, Club and Shelby
21. Century city, holmby and Pandora
22. Between I405 and I10, Sepulveda and Clover
23. Near Venice, Airport and Dewey
24. Venice, Lincoln and Marco Pl.
25. Venice, Panay St., near sailboats
26. Venice, Lincoln and Pine
27. Santa Monica, 7th St. and Wilshire Blvd.
28. Santa Monica, San Vicente Blvd. and 19th St.
29. Santa Monica, Olympic and Cloverfield
30. Santa Monica, Santa Monica and Amherst
Find at least one dog bone. Then, go to the city map and you will see all the dog bone location. Note: It is recommended that you save the game after finding one dog bone. Go to a parking garage "P" on the radar or an upgrade (green or blue on radar).
Escaping car pursuits
When you are supposed to flee from other cars shooting at you, look for big open spaces like the Staples Center parking lot and drive through them. The people chasing you will stay on the road and go all the way around, giving you a good chance to escape.
To escape easily while in pursuit, drive to the nearest highway. Try to get a good lead from the enemies before you do this. Drive up the branch of the highway, and keep straight. Do not leave the highway. Enemies are not able to get on the highway when you do this. They stick to the main road. Keep straight and eventually you will gain your points and end the mission.
When trying to escape from an enemy in a Rush mission, take out the cars that are chasing you and they will not follow. This takes about thirty seconds.
To escape a chase, find a parking lot or a park and go into the middle of it. Once there, enable the "bullet time" mode and shoot out the tires of your opponents car. For a quick escape, wait until they turn around and shoot their licensee plate to blow them up.
When you start, drive normally until the car chasing you is almost bumper to bumper but next to you. Then, stop as soon as it seems it is past your back wheels. Go into first person view in the car. Aim for the tires and blow them out. When your ''bullet time'' runs out, start aiming at the back of the car or shoot the engine. When the car seems completely on fire, make your getaway.
On a mission where you have to get away from a certain person, turn your car around and start shooting at the person who is chasing you. If you blow them up, they cannot chase you anymore Note: Use precision aim to shoot out their tires. Note: This will not work for all getaway missions.
When you are being chased by fast cars, go on a straight away and floor it. When you get reasonably far away, press the Analog-stick [Left] and press [X]. This should turn you around. Then, press [B] and drive in reverse. By now the cars should be close to you. Shoot the cars in any way desired. When you are done shooting them, turn around again and go forward. Run away to complete the mission.
Hint-Blow up cars easily
Drive up behind a car and hold [R] to go into "bullet time". Then, aim at the license plate and fire. Most of the time it will take a single shot. For cargo trucks, aim under the passenger side and slightly to the back and fire. This makes stopping street racers and other people easy.
To explode a car in one hit, go into aim mode and wait until your aiming crosshair appears. Then, shoot when it turns red. If it does not turn red, then just shoot around the license plate until the car explodes.
To blow up vehicles up in one shot aim at the following locations. For cars, aim at the back at license plate. For pickup trucks, aim at either side behind the doors. For trucks, aim for the gas tank behind both doors.
Stop street racers
While following a speeding car or truck, aim directly beneath the back bumper so that your bullet hits the bottom of the car. Do this repeatedly and the car will explode. Note: Do not do this if you are trying to get a Good Cop rating.
Stop carjackings
When your enemy is escaping by stealing a getaway car, kick them when they are pulling out the victim to stop them.
Slide across hoods
To do this, you must be running at a medium speed (if running at full speed, nick will jump over the car). Run until your are right next to the car then press [Jump]. Nick will slide across the hood. This works on any vehicle.
Getting enemies to surrender
When you are doing a crime patrol involving people with guns, fire a warning shot and slowly walk up to them. If they are still holding their gun, either walk up to them and wait until they shoot you, or do a neutralized shot.
Drive around impound lot
In the impound lot where you can choose from the four cars you unlock, honk the horn a few times, then go in reverse before you hit the gas and you can around the lot.
Drive automatically
When you are on a mission where you need to drive on the world map, do not press any buttons. Nick will start driving like the other cars until you take over.
Bashing through walls
There is a way to bash through the walls that crumble when you attack them. Simply drive at them at a very high speed so that your car drives straight through before the crumbling of the wall is over. This is useful when being chased by gangsters, cops, etc., as they cannot get through.
Flying cars
Flip a car by a bridge and it will fly into the air and give you a score for highest air, etc.
Big air
Pop all the tires on your car and start to peel. You will then start to bounce. When you start to bounce high, release [B] and you should shoot up in the air.
Get a very fast car and drive to the four-way intersection of I-110 and I-10 (the yellow roads). By any means, get your car directly below that intersection. The easiest way to do is to pop your car on two wheels and hit the guardrail. Once you are at the bottom, drive to the brown building that is standing by itself. Peel out on the west corner. There should be a low wall with windows located here. Peel out until your car pops up. When it pops up, accelerate. This should send your car hurling above the city. You can also try to exit your car in mid-air to make Nick freefall.
Spotting illegal drugs
To avoid wasting time frisking innocents, look for people that walk differently.
Frisk people who do not look at you when they walk past.
More damage
When an opponent is dazed, you can hit them hard into the wall with a finisher to do even more damage.
Deadly knife throw
In some situations when a enemy drops a knife, you can pick it and throw it. If thrown correctly, it will impale their forehead, killing them.
Impale enemies
Use the following trick to impale someone with a blade, syringe, etc. First, get your opponents health down to the point where it is flashing. Then, pick up a melee weapon that can impale someone and throw it directly at them. Look at your opponent, and they will have a melee weapon stuck in there head.
Restore health
Learn where the impound garages are located. When you get low on health, just visit the garage. You will not only get a fresh car, your health will be full again.
Easy arrests
When in a police car, press [Right] to turn on the lights. Drive to get some speed, but do not go too fast. Press [L] to jump out of the care and the lights will stay on . Perps who are guilty will sometimes surrender when they see the lights and hear the siren.
Easy knock out
When chasing an opponent, shoot them with a weak gun a few times until they are almost dead. Put away your guns and fight when you catch up to them. This makes it easier to defeat an enemy.
Increasing Cop rank
Go around checking everyone for drugs and weapons to get +1 Good Cop.
Go to the Hancock Park area in the middle of the map. On a street corner at 2nd and Citrus Ave., you can frisk just about anyone close to or moving to the intersection and almost always finds drugs or weapons on them.
Go to Ozone Ave. in Venice. Just about every person there will have weapons or drugs.
Go to 4th and Hill. Just about everyone there has drugs or guns.
To increase your Good or Bad Cop rank easily, replay a stealth mission and choose your attack accordingly.
To increase your Good Cop rank, walk on any street near from somebody. If they look at you, it means that they are clean for drugs or weapons. If they do not look, they have illegal things like guns or drugs. Arrest them and you will hear a sound of good cop. Note: Do not try this with people who are talking by a phone.
There is a street where almost all of the people you arrest will either be carrying drugs or weapons. To get there, take Highway 10 east or until you get to where Highway 10 and Highway 405 cross over. It will be near the east side of the map. Take Highway 405 south. When you merge with Highway 405, take the very first road off Highway 405. It will be backwards, but it should lead to National Blvd. When you get off Highway 405, you should turn left. After you pass Sawtelle Blvd., go down until you are about slightly halfway past Sawtelle Blvd. Get out of your car and frisk someone. They should have drugs or weapons.
Play a stealth mission with a lot of people and use only stun attacks, then complete the stage. Wait until the auto save is finished. Then, exit to the main menu and resume the game. Play the stealth mission again. Repeat until you get the desired good cop rank.
In the Hancock Park area on Highland Blvd. between 3rd and 2nd Street, mostly everyone has illegal drugs or weapons. The street is located just above the "O: in Hancock Park on the map.
In Hancock Park on Highland Blvd., between the white picket fence and the green shrubs, most people you stop will have illegal drugs and guns, even those on their cell phones.
On Second Street between Irving Bvld. and Lorraine Blvd., most everyone you stop will have drugs or guns.
Start a fight with a pedestrian, and when you stun them, knock them over with a special move. Before they get up, take out your guns. Once they are standing, they will surrender and you can go in for the arrest. Note: this will not work if the pedestrian is carrying a gun; frisk them before you start fighting.
If you are in Venice, immediately start driving towards the apartments by the ocean (refer to the map). These streets are somewhat small, so they may be easy to miss. Drive around and you will find a street called Dudley. Everybody there is carrying drugs or weapons. Note: Dudley is by Ozone.
Everyone along Ocean View in Venice, at the far southwest on the map, is carrying drugs or weapons. You can go up each street along Ocean View up to one block and everyone there will have something illegal on them. Also, armed muggers do not fight back on those streets. Just draw your gun and they will drop their weapon.
After you finish a Street Crime on foot, frisk the civilians on the street that the crime was on. Most of your suspects will have something.
To get +99 Good Cop, go to the coastline of Santa Monica to a street named Dudley Avenue. Every person on the lower half of the street will have drugs or weapons. Keep arresting everyone and you will have +99 Good Cop.
Everyone in the Ocean View will have drugs or some kind of illegal weapons.
Go to Dudley Avenue. Everyone there will have drugs or weapons.
Decreasing Cop rank
Simply start killing people. When you kill about thirty people, the S.W.A.T. team comes after you.
Stay in parking garage
When you are in the parking garage and about to get a car, instead of pressing the gas, press reverse. You can stay in the garage with your car instead of leaving to the street. You can do whatever you want to in the garage.
Reckless driving
To drive very recklessly, enter a vehicle with hard power (bus, truck etc.). Drive around and crash many cars. When you crash about twenty-five cars, you will soon jump and crash. Get out of your vehicle and shoot it in the back. You will nowhave a reckless driving and killing rating; get many bad cop ratings; or get killed very easily and loose about two shields.
Reverse hydraulics
Shoot out both back tires of the selected vehicle and reverse.
Hint-S.W.A.T. team
To get the S.W.A.T. team on you, kill a number of civilians (about thirty). The S.W.A.T. team will come after you in black vans.
Hint-Break fence
If you are stuck behind a fence that can be broken but do not have a car to break it with, Run at it and press [X]. This will cause you to dive through the fence, breaking it and freeing yourself.
Get past fence
When in a blocked off place with a fence on the other side, go up to it and face it. Do not press any buttons. The game will put you back on the other side within five seconds. It is easier to do this than hit the fence and not get through.
Defeating General Kim
To defeat General Kim on the building rooftop, start the fight by running up to him. Either clothesline or slide kick him. He may block it, but there may a chance to hit him. After this, start kicking or punching him. He will block most of your attacks, but you will eventually throw a successful punch or kick. Then, keep attacking with that same attack until he gets dazed or starts blocking. If he blocks, switch attacks (for example, from punches to kicks or vice versa). Keep attacking and doing the same thing. When he gets dazed, you can either grapple him or do a finishing move. He may start to attack when you start a new combo or may attack you when you switch between attacks; be ready to block when he does this. It is unlikely that he will land a successful attack in the middle of your combo, as you will have struck first. Take advantage of this. If you want to do a finishing move, make sure that you do it near the walls so that it inflicts more damage. When he is on the floor, try stomping on him. You may miss most of the time but you may land a successful stomp in. It is also ideal to have a Good Cop rating when fighting him.
To defeat General Kim on the airport runway, you must have the highest Good Cop rating. After getting this, you can fight in a similar way as you did on the building rooftop. Your goal is to get him as dizzy as possible. When you start the fight, look around the area for an iron pipe. When you find one, try attacking him with it while trying to defend yourself. When he gets dizzy, do the move where Nick swings the pipe over the head. It may do some extra damage, although you may not see the difference. Keep repeating this until the fight is over.
Use the following trick if you are having trouble defeating General Kim at the airport strip. First, start by beating him a little, then grab a pipe found near the edge of the fire. Throw it at him. He will be stunned for a moment. Press [X] to bring him down. This drops his heath a very good amount, considering how difficult he is to defeat. Repeat these steps two more times. It will not be enough to kill him, but it lowers his heath a lot.
Defeating ancient Wu's concubine
The easiest way to defeat ancient Wu's concubine is to run to the ropes and do a running attack. The rope will break. Go back and fight the concubine. Force them to fight where you broke the ropes and you can hit them off.
Defeating Wu's dragon
When the dragon is about to use his fire attack, use you manual aim to shoot it in the mouth, thus avoiding its fire and tail attacks.
To kill Wu's dragon while he is swimming in lava, switch to manual-aim. Aim for the dragon's eye. This will hurt him.
Defeating zombie during Wu's mission
After beating up the chefs, a zombie will appear. Go near a stove and kick it. Hopefully, you have not destroyed it while fighting the chefs. The stove will explode and both of you will catch fire. The zombie will get greater damage than you. Repeat this with the second stove. If the zombie is still alive, knock him into the fire. Note: It is not possible to kill the zombie with physical attacks.
Damage multiple enemies
When fighting multiple enemies, kicking will damage more then one when you get the chance. Also, you can send enemies flying at other ones. This will damage the one who just got another person thrown at them.
Jetting Away mission: Easy completion
When chasing the plane with Rocky, get behind it and go into "precision targeting". Shoot the engines until they explode, then the whole plane will blow up.
Slaughterhouse mission: Cannibals
While walking around this mission, you will eventually see human bodies on the conveyor belt. If you shoot a body, all extra ice will be blown away.
Spa Infiltration mission: Ten good deeds
Good judo chop (Good Cop) everybody on the level. At the boiler room, go in the middle and chop the man in the chair. Go around the boiler and chop the guard. At the end of the level, go to your right and chop the man in the chair, then go to the left and chop that man, being careful not to hit any buckets. Then, end the level and repeat.
Drift location
The Staples Center parking lot is the perfect place to drift. It is very big and open.
Get into the airport landing strip
One of the car parks at Airport Ave. has a little gap at the far left side. Go through the gap and you will be in the airport landing strip.
Vigilante 8 reference
During one of the street crimes, the woman in the radio says that a stunt car has been stolen during the shooting of Vigilante 8: The Movie. Vigilante 8 was a game done by Activision for the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation.
Movie reference
In the game, there is a billboard that reads "True Crime: Streets Of L.A.: The Movie, Fall 2005" on 21st street.
Cheat references
In several parts of the city, there is graffiti on the walls, usually spelling people's "tags". When you find one, start a new game and enter it as a license plate to unlock an alternate character in that game.
Under one of the highway overpasses, you can see your partner's name, Rosa, in graffiti on the wall.
When playing, look at area businesses or condemned areas of housing for graffiti. They reveal names to enter on the license plate. (for example, "Rosa", "J1MM", "B00B", "B1G1" etc. Most have already been given in the cheats but some have not. It is easiest to do this with Snoop Dogg, since you can pick a location to start from.
Rockstar spoof
There is a billboard similar to the one announcing the 2005 movie. However, this one has a J with a star similar to the logo for Rockstar games. The billboard also says "Jockstrap" in a similar font to that of the Rockstar logo. The picture on the billboard that is of a pink jockstrap.
Business spoofs
Some places throughout the game are spoofs of real businesses. For example "OK Price" and "Burger&Fries" are spoofs of "Best Buy" and "Burger King".
National Security reference
When you drive near highways, you will see a white (sometimes black) Ford Crown Victoria (with triangle back-lights). Look closely at the license plate. You will sometimes see the plate reading 2CQN654. This was a license plate from the movie National Security at the ending, when the cop asks for the license plate number.
Glitch: Standing on tractor trailer
If you stand on out the back of a tractor trailer, it will be as if you are on the ground. The tractor trailer will drive off, but you have to move or you will fall off.
Glitch: Maximum air time
Note: This trick is easier with a limo or Ford Explorer, but you can try other cars. You also need the Two Wheels driving upgrade. When in your car, go to a big parking, such as the one at the Staples Center or any wide open area away from roads. When you get there, go in the center of the lot. Do not drive and instead do two wheels rapidly, while changing sides. Eventually your car will flip on its top. Do not do anything. The game will count this as air time until you get out.
Glitch: No name town
There is no particular way to do this, but sometimes when you are chasing a running criminal while in a car he will mysteriously disappear into the sidewalk. When this happens there will still be an aimer pointing at where he was if you were shooting at him. If you get out of your car, you will sink into the ground and into a black screen. A message will appear saying "Welcome to <no name>". You can not do anything except punch, which you will only hear the sound of.
Glitch: Sink into ground
Go to the end of the 405 Freeway. Go towards Bel Air and Brentwood on the 405. When you get to the very end of it, there will be a split in the road. Go to the right. This will take you towards Sepulveda. On the smaller map screen, you will see where the yellow road that indicates a freeway ends and a gray road begins. Right on the edge of the yellow and gray is where the glitch occurs. To the left of the edge (about the third lane) and you will sink into the ground. Drive a car slowly over it, and you will sink into the road and be thrown flipping in the air. If you stand on it, you will also sink down and usually die. However, when you come back you will be greeted with " Welcome To <NoName>". The no name glitch will not occur if you are in a car. Also, whenever there is a Street Crime while you are at this area, it will usually occur on the other side of the split in the road. The criminal will also be affected by this glitch. If you stand and watch, you will see the suspect vehicle sink into the ground and fly back out, flipping in the air.
Glitch: Jump through wall
Go to West Hollywood, then go to Phyllis Avenue and go to Wetherly Drive. Look for some apartments that are tan colored and have stairs at the front of them. Go to the last apartment near the end of the street that is beside a fence. Run up the stairs. Change the view so that you are looking from behind the building. Make sure you are in gun mode with guns in hand. Keep press [X] + [Y] and running and jumping towards the house. Eventually, you will get inside the house. This can be useful when you kill too many people and the S.W.A.T. team is chasing you. No one can shoot through the building; you are perfectly safe inside. Keep moving so that you do not vanish back to the outside of the apartments.