Easy points:

To get easy points when you go round a corner hold e-brake and you should get something saying powerslide and just watch the points rack up.
Sent in by: Mighthemike

Start the game. Before you enter any of the following codes you must go to the main menu, then to statistics, then go back to the main menu by hitting delete. You can then enter any of these codes:

gimmesomecircuits - Unlock Circuits
gimmesomesprints - Unlock Sprint Circuits
gimmesomedrag - Unlock Drag Circuits
gimmeppablo - Unlock Petey Pablo
gotcharobzombie - Unlock Rob Zombie
havyamystikal - Unlock Mystikal
needmylostprophets - Unlock Lost Prophets
119focus - Unlock Car
893neon - Un1ock Car
899eclipse - Unlock Car
371impreza - Unlock Car
222lancer - Unlock Car
922sentra - Unlock Car
667tiburon - Unlock Car
334mygolf - Unlock Car
77peugeot - Unlock Car
777rx7 - Unlock Car
350350z - Unlock Car
111skyline - Unlock Car
221miata - Unlock Car
2000s2000 - Unlock Car
889civic - Unlock Car
228supra - Unlock Car
240240sx - Unlock Car
342integra - Unlock Car
239celica - Un1ock Car
973rsx777 - Unlock Car
allmylvloneparts - Level 1 performance upgrades
allmylvl2parts - Level 2 performance upgrades
seemylvl2parts - Level 2 visual upgrades; no vinyls
driftdriftbaby - All Drift tracks
slidingwithstyle - ?
givemenismo - ?

Easy drift points - Simply stay behind a car and watch the points rack up.

Easy style points - After you unlock the oval drift track, go into "Quick Race" and choose that track. Then, race around it using the handbrake to powerslide into the corners. Depending on how good you are, you will unlock rewards every time you fill your meter, which does not take too long.

Go to quick race mode and choose any circuit. Set it to five laps with maximum cars on. Then, just get near misses in a row to get a large amount of points. Once your reputation goes up you can make 20,000 points in one go around.

Press [Nitrous] at the start of a race to purge your nitrous for 150 style points.

Shoot smoke from nitrous - To make nitrous shoot out smoke, put your car in neutral, or at the beginning of the race press [Nitrous].

1988 Nissan Skyline GTR34 - Select underground mode and complete at least the first 80 missions. A recommended car to use is the Acura RSX. You will then challenge Samantha. Defeat her under the medium difficulty setting and win the next drag race to unlock the 1998 Nissan Skyline GTR34.

Eddie's: Nissan Skyline - To unlock Eddie's car in the end, keep winning style points. Note: It is faster to win them in drift. When your style meter maxes out, a message stating that you have won Eddie's Nissan Skyline will appear.

Shortcuts - Look for alternate routes on your in-game map while driving. These can get you ahead of an opponent easily og shave off seconds on your timer. They will look like another road on the map, but sometimes are narrower. Most of the time these shortcuts will be hard to see or take, and can be extremely risky. At the beginning of the races that take place in front of the prison Samantha told you to race to for at reward, when the race starts, crash in the gate of the prison: It is an underground shortcut. Note: This only works after the race in which Samantha tells you to race to the prison in time for a

Upgrades:

All drift tracks: driftdriftbaby
Level 1 performance upgrades: allmylvloneparts
Level 2 performance upgrades: allmylvl2parts
Level 2 visual upgrades,no vinyls: seemylvl2parts

Unlock All Visual Upgrades: To unlock all visual upgrades for single and multiplayer mode, simply complete Underground mode.

All Accessories - Complete Underground mode.
All Body Parts - Complete Underground mode.
All Decals - Complete Underground mode.
All Paint Colors - Complete Underground mode.
All Rims - Complete Underground mode.
All Vinyl - Complete Underground mode.

Unlock Drifting Physics in All Modes - On the main menu, type in: Slidingwithstyle

Points for 360 in Drift - When you are in drift mode you can get some extra points for doing doughnuts. Hold one direction and the handbrake and gas and let go of the handbrake after a second. You'll just sit there and do doughnuts. This won't get you massive points but it's something.

Use rims that normally will not fit - Certain cars can only fit so big of a rim. For example, the Miata can only fit 17s, but if you get a car like the Skyline put 20s on it and trade it in for the Miata. The Miata will now have the 20s that the Skyline had in it. Do not try to install any other rims on your new car because the rims will go back to the maximum sized allowed.
Sent in by Mark Portman

Get easy money:

Go onto the map and click off all the races exept one of your choice and tune it to that race win all them and so on.
Sent in by: tom jones'

Unlockables:

1/111: Choice of first car
3/111: Drift Track 1
4/111: 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer ES; 14th and Vine Drag Track Reverse
5/111: Olympic Square Circuit Track Reverse
6/111: Performance Upgrade Level 1 Engine/Exhaust Packages; Performance Upgrade Level 1 Drivetrain Packages; Performance Upgrade

Level 1 Tire Packages

7/111: TJ's Unique Reward: Engine/Exhaust Package Drivetrain Packages, Tires; Liberty Gardens Sprint Track Reverse, Option Magazine
8/111: 2003 Ford Focus ZX3; Atlantica Circuit Track
9/111: Performance Upgrade Level 1 E.C.U. and Fuel System; Performance Upgrade Level 1 Turbo Packages; Performance Upgrade Level 1

Brake Kits; 14th and Vine Construction Drag Track Reverse

11/111: Highway 1 Drag Track
12/111: Broadway Sprint Track, Visual Upgrade Level 2 Decals
14/111: Performance Upgrade Level 1 Weight Reduction Kits; Performance Upgrade Level 1 Suspension Packages; Performance Upgrade

Level 1 Nitrous Oxide; Stadium Circuit Track; Atlantica Circuit Track Reverse

15/111: Autopress Magazine, Unique Hood from Samantha; G-Force, Formula-Style CF, Speed CF
16/111: Inner City Circuit Track Reverse
17/111: Hyundai Tiburon GT V6
18/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Neon
19/111: Market Street Circuit Track; Modified Mag; Rank 10 Circuit
20/111: 14th and Vine Construction Drag Track; Main Street Drag Track
21/111: Rank 10 Drag
22/111: 2003 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS; Broadway Sprint Track Reverse; Rank 10 Sprint
23/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Paint; Lock Up Sprint Track
24/111: 5Zigen Vinyl; 2004 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V
25/111: Drift Track 3; Rank 10 Drift; Chrome and Flammen Magazine
26/111: 9th and Frey Sprint Track; TJ's Unique Reward: Brake Kits, Drivetrain Packages, Tires; Turbo Package, E.C.U. and Fuel System
27/111: Bedard Bridge Sprint Track; Rank 9 Sprint; Sport Compact Car Magazine
28/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Muffler Tips; Drift Track 4
29/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Window Tint
30/111: Performance Upgrade Level 2 Engine/Exhaust Packages; Performance Upgrade Level 2 Drivetrain Packages; Performance Upgrade

Level 2 Tire Packages; National Rail Circuit Track

31/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Roof Scoops
33/111: 1992 Nissan 240SX SE; Rank 9 Drift
34/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Rims; 9th and Frey Sprint Track Reverse
35/111: Rank 9 Circuit
36/111: Rank 9 Drag
37/111: Rank 8 Circuit; Import Racer Magazine
38/111: Performance Upgrade Level 2 E.C.U. and Fuel System; Performance Upgrade Level 2 Turbo Packages; Performance Upgrade Level 2 Brake Kits; Drift Track 5
39/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Side Skirts
40/111: Rank 8 Drift; Import TUner Magazine
41/111: 2002 Toyota Celica GT-S; Rank 8 Sprint
42/111: Rank 8 Drag
43/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Hoods; Lock Up Sprint Track Reverse
44/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Front Bumpers
45/111: Visual Upgrade Level 2 Spoilers; National Rail Circuit Track Reverse
46/111: 2003 Acura RSX Type S
47/111: Samantha\'s Unique Reward: ; Enkei Silverstar 18, Enkei Arashi 18, Momo Vantage 18, O.Z. Superleggera 18, Livia 18
48/111: Performance Upgrade Level 2 Weight Reduction Kits; Performance Upgrade Level 2 Suspension Upgrades; Performance Upgrade

Level 2 Nitrous Oxide

49/111: Super Street Magazine; Visual Upgrade Level 2 Rear Bumpers
50/111: Rank 7 Drift
51/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Decals
52/111: Rank 7 Circuit
53/111: 2000 Acura Integra Type R
54/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Muffler Tips
55/111: Main Street Drag Track Reverse; Rank 7 Drag; Turbo and High-Tech Performance Magazine
56/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Window Tint
57/111: Bedard Bridge Sprint Track Reverse; Rank 7 Sprint
58/111: 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
59/111: Stadium Circuit Track Reverse; Rank 6 Circuit; Super Street Magazine
60/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Head Lights
61/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Tail Lights
62/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Neon
63/111: Rank 6 Drag
64/111: 1998 Toyota Supra; Rank 6 Drift
65/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Paint; Drift Track 6
66/111: Performance Upgrade Level 3 Engine/Exhaust Packages; Performance Upgrade Level 3 Drivetrain Packages; Performance Upgrade

Level 3 Tire Packages

67/111: Rank 6 Sprint; Sport Compact Car Magazine
68/111: Samantha\'s Unique Reward: ; Samantha Custom 1-10
69/111: 2003 Honda S2000
70/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Hood Scoops; Main Street Construction Drag Track
71/111: Terminal Circuit Track; Rank 5 Circuit
73/111: 1995 Mazda RX-7; Rank 5 Drift
74/111: Spillway Sprint Track; Rank 5 Sprint
75/111: 2003 Nissan 350Z
76/111: Rank 5 Drag
77/111: Spillway Sprint Track Reverse; Samantha's Unique Reward: Dual GT, Duotek, Katana
78/111: 1st Ave. Truck Stop Sprint Track
79/111: 1999 Nissan Skyline R34 GTR
80/111: Performance Upgrade Level 3 E.C.U. and Fuel System; Performance Upgrade Level 3 Turbo Packages; Performance Upgrade Level 3

Brake Kits; Main Street Construction Drag Track Reverse

81/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Rims
82/111: Rank 4 Sprint
83/111: Commercial Drag Track; Rank 4 Drag
84/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Side Skirts; Market Street Circuit Track Reverse
85/111: Rank 4 Drift; Import Tuner Magazine
86/111: Terminal Circuit Track Reverse; Rank 4 Circuit
87/111: Rank 3 Drag
88/111: Rank 3 Circuit
89/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Hoods; Drift Track 7
90/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Front Bumpers; Port Royal Circuit Track
91/111: Performance Upgrade Level 3 Weight Reduction Kits; Performance Upgrade Level 3 Suspension Packages; Performance Upgrade

Level 3 Nitrous Oxide; Port Royal Circuit Track Reverse

92/111: Maxi Tuning Magazine; Rank 3 Drift
93/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Spoilers; 7th and Sparling Sprint Track
94/111: 1st Ave. Truck Stop Sprint Track Reverse; Rank 3 Sprint
97/111: TJ's Unique Reward: Weight Reduction Kits, Brake Kits, Drivetrain Package, Tires, Suspension Package, E.C.U. Fuel System, Nitrous
98/111: Rank 2 Drag; Commercial Drag Track Reverse
99/111: Rank 2 Circuit
100/111: Rank 2 Sprint
101/111: Visual Upgrade Level 3 Rear Bumpers
102/111: Hot 4's Magazine
105/111: Drift Track 8; Rank 2 Drift
107/111: Rank 1 Circuit
108/111: Highway 1 Drag Reverse; Rank 1 Drag
109/111: Rank 1 Drift
110/111: 7th and Sparling Spring Track Reverse; Rank 1 Sprint
111/111: Samantha Unique Reward: Choice of Widebody Kits; Vapor, Mantis
112/111: Stuff Magazine

Defeating Eddie:  An easy way to defeat Eddie is to run into the back of his car and continue to stay there. The CPU does not know what to do in this situation, and spins out at the first turn.

Choose a Nissan Skyline and you should start out in the lead. Try to maintain it, because you cannot easily get the lead back. Also, you may not get the lead in the beginning with other cars (the same with Melissa).

Defeating Melissa:  When you try to defeat Melissa to be the ultimate street racer, use the RX7 (all level 3 performance mods). She is more difficult than Eddy. Try to use shortcuts as much as possible. Avoid the tram past the second corner of the track. If you are next to her, ram her into the wall. She takes much longer to recover from a crash than you. Note: Save your nitrous until the end.

Kitty Civic:  After completing the game, get your style points up and you will win the second Kitty Civic.

Kurt's Killa Ride:  Use a Stock Mazda RX-7 and keep trying until you win.

Use the following trick to win Race 95 (Kurt's Killa Ride) and Race 103. During these two races, the CPU will have the same top speed as you, but can get to it a lot faster. To overcome this problem, do the following. Trade in your car for the Honda Integra Type R. Use the following performance upgrades. You must tune your car so that you have the highest possible acceleration, but the lowest possible top speed. By doing this, because the CPU will have the same top speed, he will not be going very fast, and you can take the corners faster because of your acceleration. You will not need to worry about handling, but the higher it is the better. The easiest way to do this is to get the Honda Integra Type R and tune it with the following parts:

Engine/Exhaust: Extreme Performance
Drive-Train: Street Performance
Tires: Extreme Performance
ECU: Stock (do not tune this part)
Turbo: Pro Performance
Brakes: Extreme Performance
Weight Reduction: Extreme Performance
Suspension: Extreme Performance
Nitrous Oxide: Extreme Performance
Visual Upgrades-As desired, but your car must have a reputation rating over 4 stars.

With all this done, both races will be a lot easier to complete. After you have won the races you can trade back to your original car and put all the desired upgrades back on.

Junkman's Honda Civic:  Get 2,250,000 style points in quick race mode.

Melissa's Nissan 350Z:  Get 2,500,000 style points in quick race mode.

Quick start:  For somewhat of a faster start, hold the emergency brake and press the accelerator. Note: You will be behind the other racers, but you will catch up. Also, this may take some time to get used to.

Always land on wheels:  The Dodge Neon tuned to the extreme will almost all of the time land on its tires. This makes it useful for heavy traffic. Note you will lose some speed.

When a Miata is fully tuned, after hitting a car it will land back on the ground and you will start to lose control. Because the miata has so much power it will do a semi-cat walk.

Barrel roll:  Get any car and tune it to extreme but do not install the suspension. Then, go to the Drag track 14th And Vine. Go as fast as you can, and just before you hit the jump at the end turn to the left so that only one side of your tires touches the ramp. Note This will require a few attempts.

Turn off the stability control by going into options and selecting "Car". This will make the car drift easier.

As you progress through the levels, the score required to win the drift competitions get higher, especially when you have upgraded your car's handling. Before you enter the drift competitions, go into "Customize Car" and "Setup". For example, go to the engine upgrade section and refit stock tires to your chosen wheels. This will make drifting much easier. As you approach a bend with a bit of speed, back off the throttle, turn into it, and return to full throttle. With practice you can earn 50,000 style points on the figure of eight style track. Note: Do not forget to refit the better tires before entering a street race.

To get more points in drag and drift races, use named cars(Petey Pablo, Rob Zombie and Lost Prophets).

Use the Mazda Miata. Keep it in second gear. To achieve an easier drift, switch between first and second gears.

Unlock the first drift track, then tune the RX-7 to extreme. To do an Insane drift for 50,000 points, when you go around corners, drive into the bonus zone at the inside and outside of the track. Do not tap the hand brake. When on the straight away, swerve slightly to keep the combo going. About two or three laps drifting is required to get it.

Whenever your RPMs go down from hitting something or sliding out, hold the emergency brake until they get very high. Release the emergency brake, then tap it again. Your RPMs will go up. giving you easier points.

When drifting, drive fast and slide the corner. When you are coming out, tap the handbrake. Turn the car twowards where you are sliding, then turn it in the opposite direction and tap the handbrake. Repeat this until it fades.

Press [Nitrous] at the start of a race to purge your nitrous for 150 style points.

Unlock the Toyota Celica in split screen/quick race mode and successfully complete the first tournament in underground mode. Go to "Customize Ride" at the main menu and select the Toyota Celica. Select the "Performance" option and equip your new engine, tires and drivetrain. It does not matter what brand package you choose for them. Return to the menu where you choose from "Visual", "Performance", etc. Choose "Visual", then equip your vehicle with parts from all of these options (though putting decals, painting, and placing vinyl on the vehicle is not necessary). Do not use any default parts. If your vehicle does not have a two star reputation rating or more, then you may have forgotten an option. Note: In the body section, the last option may be locked; it is not necessary for this trick. Return to the main menu and select "Quick Race", then "Drift Race". Select your Celica. Select the square track (should already be highlighted), and set the difficulty to medium and lap number to 10. You should be able to easily get "Great Drifts", and if you are good enough, you can get "Superb Drift" and "Colossal Drift" ratings occasionally. You will get a lot of style points for doing these drifts. This is an easy way to get style points early in the game. Also try to do drifts around corners in the bonus zone areas rather then doing drifts throughout the track.

Go to quick race, then select "Drift" and use the little square track. Keep doing this to win vinyls, cars like Eddie's Skyline, the Mystikal car, and more.

Once you have unlocked the orange Acura Type R in Underground mode, use it in regular quick race and win. Doing this will multiply your style points by five because this Acura has five reputation stars. Your style points gauge will fill up quicker, allowing you to unlock other things faster.

Turn on ramps in drag mode for extra style points.

Get the 1991 Mitsubishi Eclipse in underground mode. Do any race except for drag and drift. You will get 100 points for a head start.

Enable the gimmesomecircuits code. Then, go to Market Street and keep going off the ramp. Note: This will take a long time.

Easy vinyls:  Go to "Quick Race" and get over 300,000 on a drift track to unlock a lot of vinyls.

All parts:  To unlock all of the parts, complete Underground mode.

Sick Spoiler:  To get this spoiler, you can have any car with the Duotek unique spoiler with any visual upgrades. Trade your car for the VW Golf then trade back to the car you had before. You should have a spoiler that is not part of your options, even after you have unlocked the level 3 spoilers.

Easy wins:  If you are having trouble winning circuit, sprint, or lap knockout races, take off all of your engine performance mods. Note: This works for every car, is most useful for the Nissan Skyline. You do not need to take off the handling mods.

If you are stuck on underground mode races 80 to 90, trade in your car for the Mazda Mx5. Use all L3 performance upgrades except for the last three. This version of the Mazda has excellent acceleration, a good top speed, and brilliant handling. You can customize it in any way desired.

Easier drag wins:  While drag racing, once you get into fourth gear use your nitrous. Your meter will shoot up into the red zone. Then, switch gears and get a perfect shift. You will get more speed when you do this. You can do this as long as you have nitrous.

Keep tapping [Nitrous] at the start of the race.

At the beginning of a drag race, hold the gas. Your engine will not blow. When the race starts, you will get a head start. However, you will need to shift immediately after the race starts.

When you are about to start the drag race, hold [Accelerate] and you should see the speedometer go all the way up. When the race begins it will over rev. Do not worry about it, you should be in first place.

When you have all level three performances and unique upgrades, choose the Mazda RX-7. Play a quick race at 14th and Vine, and have only perfect shifts and use nitrous since third. You can get a time less than 21 seconds.

Get a car and install nitros (level 3 recommended). In a drag race, go behind a car in the same lane. Go up to it. When you are about 2, hit the car's bumper. Then, hit the nitros and keep holding them. If done correctly, you will eventually flip the car in front of you out of your way.

Before you start a race, do not press down on the accelerator all the way. Hold it so that a green (better) or blue circle appears at the top part of the screen, and the stick on the beginning of the red part. When you start, it should say "Perfect" (green) or "Good" (blue). Note: When you start the race, hold down the accelerator all the way.

Trick out your car and made sure it has nitrous. Depending on the car, the timing will be different. For example, the Nissan Skyline is very quick when starting. Hold the gas out full then shift into second. As soon as you get into it, let all your nitrous out. For this to work you will need good shifts. If someone gets ahead of you, drive behind them. You can gain speed and pass them. Sometimes when you pass them, you will get a extra nitrous supply.

Easier cornering:  To turn corners easier, turn off the stability control at the options menu.

Easy money:  In Underground mode, take a VW Golf and upgrade it performance-wise as much as possible. Trade it in for a Nissan Skyline (or the best car unlocked so far), then downgrade the new car to stock. Trade it in for a Golf and you should make a profit (about $6,000 each time). You can use the money to buy more upgrade for regular mode if you want to play with the parts or are stuck in Underground mode.

Start with the Nissan Skyline. Then, strip you car down to stock (performance) and trade it for the VW Golf GTI. From there, put all of the performance upgrades back onto your car. Trade your car for the Mazda RX7. You should make about $6,000 to $10,000, depending on what level performance upgrades you have. With that money, you can make a great looking car.

Note: You must have at least $4,000 to do this trick. In Underground mode, buy the Skyline. Keep the engine stock, the drivetrain stock, the fuel system, stock the turbo, then trade it for the WV Golf. Put everything that you took off on it, then trade it back for the Skyline. You will have made a $15,000 profit and end up with the Skyline.

Use rims that normally will not fit:  Certain cars can only fit so big of a rim. For example, the Miata can only fit 17s, but if you get a car like the Skyline put 20s on it and trade it in for the Miata. The Miata will now have the 20s that the Skyline had in it. Do not try to install any other rims on your new car because the rims will go back to the maximum sized allowed.

Chrome rims:  Choose a rim style of your choice. Then, when you paint them, choose the color in the first row, third from the left. It should look like a chrome color.

Purge nitrous:  To purge your nitrous and appear to shoot out smoke, either put your car in neutral, or at the beginning of the race press [Nitrous].

No Way Jose race:  Jose will start strong, but then will sometime make the mistake of trying to take a short-cut during the race. He drives off track and will allow you to take the lead. He may kick your tail in the first lap, but this "shortcut" causes his downfall. During your race, do not crash and you should defeat Jose.

Shortcuts:  Look for alternate routes on your in-game map while driving. These can get you ahead of an opponent easily or shave off seconds on your timer. They will look like another road on the map, but sometimes are narrower. Most of the time these shortcuts will be hard to see or take, and can be extremely risky.

At the beginning of the races that take place in front of the prison Samantha told you to race to for a reward, when the race starts, crash in the gate of the prison. It is an underground shortcut. Note: This only works after the race in which Samantha tells you to race to the prison in time for a reward.

Recommended cars:  The stats on the performance bars are not all that count. The Mazda RX-7 is extremely responsive. Quick movements and the ability to get yourself out of tight jams is what wins the race. The Mazda RX-7 responds very quickly and can help you out a lot with dodging cars and making it through quick S turns. The RX-7 may not have as good of a turning radius as the Skyline, but this can be compensated by holding the gas and pressing the brake at the same time while in a turn. This may bring your speed down a bit, but it also tightens your turning radius. Use this tactic when speeding through one of the tunnels with poles in the middle. Do not be discouraged by the poor start of the RX-7. This car will make up for it with its phenomenal top speed and ability to turn quickly. Objects always appear at a set distance ahead of you. At high speeds this will only give you a small instant for you to react and for your car to respond to your commands. The RX-7 responds faster than the Skyline, and therefore gives you a definite advantage at high speeds. It also turns more tightly at low speeds. It is also a good tool to use in Drift challenges because it is a light rear wheel drive. When you go sideways, the tires will just keep spinning as you drift. There is no need to use the handbrake with this car in drift mode except to slow yourself down -- you will continue to accelerate a lot with this car in drifts. Because drifting does not slow the car down (as long as you hold the gas), it is easy to go into a wall. There is no other car that can make it all the way around the 3/4 circle in a perfect 3/4 circle without losing speed. Do not use stock tires with the fully souped up RX-7 in drift mode, as the car is extremely slick on the ground (light rear wheel drive).

The best car to start with is the Mazda MX5. It has a great top speed, moderate acceleration and awesome handling. The car is also one of the best cars to continue the game with. Only the Mazda RX7 and Nissan Skyline are better.

For the drag part, use a Honda S2000. If you have the perfect shift and the extreme performances, you will be about three or more seconds ahead of everyone. For drifting, try a Mazda RX-7 because its a good rear wheel drive car. For the rest, try using a Civic, Skyline, Eclipse, and the Acuras. They have quick response, but not to the point where you will hit the wall and sometimes spin out.

The best handling car is the Mazda MX-5. The best car in acceleration is the Acura RSX. The best top speed car is the Nissan Skyline R34J. The Volkswagon Golf GTi or the Mitsubishi Lancer are not recommended starters in Underground mode.

The best car to select when starting a new game is probably the Neon (until you get farther into the game, some tracks get very difficult).

When you start, use a Neon. It is not as good as the Miata, but it does not slide out of control as easily. Later, change to a Subaru Impreza. It revs hard at the start of a drag race and it has good control.