Cheat the AI! How to win the race in Mafia on classic by breaking the AI 

I was enjoying being a mafioso until this race ruined my experience, was about to quit the game forever until I found your video. Thanks for thinking out of the box, this really helps those of us who are not good at racing games.

Stopped playing this game a year ago because of this race. Went to try again and after watching this video, beat it on my second try! Thank you!

This method indeed works, but its not as easy as it looks. Took me a few tries to get cars in one pile crashed. And then raced 3 laps and on final lap I was 1st. Many times I got the pile but the cars just didnt stay, still easier than to win legit. This is hands down the worst mission in videogame history.

This works as of December 2023 - took about 30 tries though - luck is a factor. Thanks for the author for the tip - now for the plat!

6969 IQ move

Thank you so much it worked like a charm. Don't get discouraged if a few keep passing you. The key is to create a jam with the cars coming in hot to damage the ones in the front. Preferably flipped over or smoking that's a sign they aren't moving If you have half the cars jammed up, keep staying until they all are. Only leave after testing the waters to see if any move I can't imagine anyone beating this fair and square on classic

April 2024, still works. Some quick tips that took me a few tries to understand: 1. watch for cars that roll over, but more importantly, cars that ‘break down’ apparently due to the crash. This breaking down is indicated by black-ish smoke (not the lighter grey though). Also, they wont be moving, another indication they’re broken. You want both flipped cars and broken down cars in the front and sideways. Help them a little if you need to. Let the rest of them go and pile up behind the flipped and broken down cars. 2. if a few cars do make it out after you, do not worry. You can let two of them crash in automated sequences in the 3rd corner in the back (first lap you drive ‘together’) and the last banked corner (second lap you drive ‘together’. Do make sure they are in front and in sight of you though! Lastly, I have the disk version ps4 and did not install any patches before trying this. Good luck, you’ll get this done eventually

This was the best help I could have asked for. Thanks

I never had problems with the race. Even in the original game. All you need to do is be gentle with braking and throttling. It's better to coast towards the corner rather than hard braking. The harder you want to win on the first lap the more mistakes you'll do. Consistency is key. It'll go a long way.

For anybody still attempting to win the race on classic difficulty, I can only recommend that THIS IS the best way to do it. I (no exaggeration) tried and failed to win the race on classic difficulty legit probably 200 times, I rage quit and uninstalled the game, but tried again with this method last night and it DOES work. Took me about 25 attempts but it worked! I have a few tips that this video doesn’t show however, these are invaluable - 1 - I wouldn’t do as the guy in this video does and position your car to the side, as the cars will just drive around you. It’s far better to ram the first car you see head on in the same spot as this video shows. 2 - Don’t worry if some cars go past you and don’t make it into the first pile up, as this video shows they will smash into the back of it later. 3 - You must make sure that you have at least 4 or 5 cars in your initial pile up. If you only get one or two and the rest drive past you just need to restart. 4 - Cars on their sides and flipped over are GOD tier for this method and are your best friends. The other cars will NEVER drive through them, so think of flipped over vehicles as brick walls. 5 - Block off the rest of the road that isn’t covered by the flipped over cars. So say if you have one or two cars flipped over / on their sides on the left hand side of the road, you need to block the right hand side with your car. You need to basically create a wall of cars that none of them can go through. You don’t need to push your car into flipped over cars as they aren’t going anywhere, just block off what is left of the road. 6 - DO NOT be afraid to let some cars go through to help make the pile up more nasty. You should keep an eye on which cars have done several laps so you don’t accidentally let any of them win, but once you have your pile up and are blocking one side of the road, don’t be afraid to let some cars through who are constantly moving to get around the crash. Let them pass and add themselves to the pile up at the back once they’ve done a lap. 7 - Once everything stops moving and the pile up seems to be achieved for the love of God TEST it. Do not just drive off and assume it’ll work out. Drive onto the nearby grass and create a space for any car that could move to go through, then wait for a few minutes. If nothing moves, you’re good to go. If a few cars move past you and out of the pile up just get back into position, wait for them to do their lap and wait for them to crash into the back of the pile up. 8 - Once you’re sure it’s all safe and nobody is going anywhere, GET GOING. Do not be slow, don’t risk that, still drive like it’s a race. 9 - Don’t be alarmed if when you do your lap and reach the pile up a few cars have gone. They will either smash into the back of the pile up once they come back around or will crash in one of the three scripted car crashes in the race. 10 - If when you do your first lap, you get to the pile up and most of the cars have gone, it meant you’ve failed and you need to restart. 11 - Keep track of laps is your friend here, it’s fine to let a few cars go around the track once or twice but as soon as you’re suspicious that a car might win if it makes it through you need to consider restarting. 12 - Good luck and remember that some awful individual at Hangar 13 approved this garbage. Curse them and their utter incompetence and ability to make a decent game forever.

I beat this race on the original Mafia on PC and tbh, it was one of my fave missions (but I'm a car racing fan). This is pretty hilarious though - love Tommy's cheeky smile and salute to the crowd after 'winning' the race 😂

Thank you so much! Took me a few times but huge THANKS! I am giving a like and subscribe

Just did it on 10 April 2023. Took 3 or 4 attempts, but it worked & I finally won. Thanks man!

Bro you are a mastermind! It does work! It took me a couple of tries, but it does work! Platinum trophie here I come!

Thank God it finally worked! Tried this shit mission for the past couple hours the normal way on classic but this crap is way too random. Thanks for your guide man, i was losing my mind. Did this with your video on my first try even though it still took quite a bit because i waited 16 minutes for all the cars to pile up and break down but in the end it was definitely worth it. Goddamn mission almost ruined the whole game for me.

Thank you bro, got it done the first try now I can move on from this mission!!

I almost forgot, how difficult it was back in those times of original Mafia, I think maybe 10, 15 attempts, but after many races in grant turismo on PS1, I tried that race again and did it on second attempt :). Now when I tried this race in Mafia definitive edition, it was same easy like many years before 😁 (after gt😜)

This took a few attempts (maybe 20) as getting the cars stuck can be a little random but I can confirm it works! It bloody works! 🎉

Thanks bro it worked like charm i was strugling on classic difficulty cause i want all the trophies got this Bug on like 2nd try thanks

Dammm!! Thank You Man After Crying So many Times Finally You're My hero.

Did it first try, THANKYOU SO MUCH!

I have to admit, it works!! You just got to have some time, patience, and a little precision. Thank you so much!! Now off the road of the race tracks and on the road towards that platinum trophy!! 🏆

Oh my gosh! Thank you very much for this trick!

The trick is getting one of the cars to flip over then use it to help you make a roadblock on the next lap. Some of the ai completely bug out and stop driving too it’s kinda just keep trying till you get it

Took about 12 tries but it finally ended up working out! Thanks! That car is assssss.

Bro thank you so much i've finally made it through

Works as of October 2023. It doesn’t happen as fast as the video shows. Once I had the cars piled up I waited until the ones in front stopped moving. I even let the loose cars circle back to do additional damage to the ones I had stocked up. Eventually they get so tangled they can’t move and their engines start dying

Thank you so much!!! Can confirm this works as of Nov 2023 and only took me like 2 attempts…

Thank you! Still works!!!! 5/27/24. Had to try many times, but eventually, it worked.

This video happened to show up on my recommended when I just ran that race yesterday. Had the game a while but just started playing it.

Legend. Just did this and it worked first time!!! this platinum is mine.

Feels like if "stop oil" movement had travel back in time

Amazin i did it after 3 years !!!!!! Thank you so much

Big thankyou for this video over 500 attempts I finally gave up and kept trying this it finally worked you are a legend 😎

I tried this and i got it on classic difficulty on third attemp. Thanks for sharing this tip! Good luck others who still trying

not working for me, any tips? the cars just keep fixing themselves and driving off

Thank you so much bro, i get it first try, i try to do it normally it took me nearly 4 hours

It works,thank you man!!!

I’ve tried this for about 2 hours now and still no look the cars just won’t get stuck or start moving after I have set off to complete the race

Thanks man. Saved my life

thanks this could help me i hated that tried fairly win👌

Im going to have to try this 😂 what a legend 👏

O fuck3n love ya, mate!!! You’re the best! Haha, I actually it’s more credible and adds more to the story winning by such a gig like this one rather than just tryna do the (nearly) impossible mission.

Thank you, this helped a lot

Finally did it thank you so much

This is the way. Just spent 3 hours on this damn race. Will be trying this next.

Worked on the first try LOL. Thanks.

I couldn't get first place even after 3 days of work, but after watching this video, I got it in one shot, thank you so much.

You saved my life bruv, thank you so much. You have a new subscriber.

Amazing video. 3 tries in and I won the fucking race. Just gotta push a few on their back, as soon as you have a few piled up. Just go and race normally after, AI will fuck up the rest of the few cars that pass

Your doing gods work! ❤ Still works May 8th 2023

Thank you, it's worked for me on ps5

I found my steering wheel and peddles worked back in the day. A straightforward win with those.

11th of May 2023, still works. Thank you so much

Maybe I got lucky but this worked first time I tried it! Thank you so much. This race on classic difficulty was driving me mad lol

Seeing you drive at the end i have no questions why you had trouble with the Race 😅

Your a legend! You saved me so much time f this race

Cheers, finally got it.

Thank you man

Thank you so much bro

I did it, thank you for saving me from going crazy❤

You saved me man i love you!

Thanks brother, 1st try and it worked as of april 6th 2024

I beat the game fair back in the original, I was stuck for days!

Worked for me too!! LEGEND

You son of a gun, it worked! Cheers mates.

Finally got it had to sit there for 20 minutes waiting for them to get stuck, flip or just stop moving. Thanks alot.

I agree, with this kind of driving with crashes even without competitors it's only way to win the race. Just try to be careful and patient - slow down before corners, accelerate after them and all be ok.

My hero

still working, after a few tries i was able to confuse the ai lmao. thanks!!

ty cuh, finally got ts

Thanks a lot !!!!

Thank you so much!!❤❤❤

Thank you, it worked here for me, I'm teaching my Brazilian friends lol

You're a life savior.I got it at first try. Thank you!

Thanks man so much 🙏🏿

I gave up on this game like a month ago right after buying it, and thankfully to reading the comments the key is to get one flip and use it to block the path of the racers to pile them up.

So funny! 5:23 I do understand now why you had to cheat to win hehe.

I wish that I had known about this strategy a few years back. 😔

I beat this fair and square on classic but after changing to automatic transmission It was still so god damn frustrating it's unreal

you very very best man. oh god. Thank you

Bro, after 2 hours of trying, I fucking did it. Thanks.

I remember playing the original PC release back in 2002-2003 with Wasd controls. To this day it's the longest I've ever been stuck in a video game.

freaking great thats just great lol thanks for the cheat

After like a hundred tries I got it 🤣, the biggest key I learned was when you do get a pile up even if it’s just two cars try not to move much. Only move if one of the cars looks like it’s actually going to get away and all you have to do is move forward a little bit of back a little bit then it’ll stop. The other cars will come and crash but still try to stay still. So the biggest key was not moving much, then when they stop moving towards you you’re good and if they keep moving toward you but stop before they touch you take off.

Can I get gold trophy for game finish classic if I did it in the race?

2:28 Garcia DOES struggle on the bend alright!

It took awhile but I only needed it to work once. 4/23/ 2023

after 4 hours of trying that damn race and placing 2. 23 times I did it 1. try because of you... thank you

Ayy it works thanks man

I just did this method and it worked 2nd try.. LMAO this is great

You can be proud my friend. 😆

3 hours of trying but it worked!!!!!! thank you! PS5 april 2024 if any one it wondering if it still works!

I remember getting the game and I was in love with it but couldn't pass this mission and it was so frustrating I tried and tried as a teenager over 20 years ago

I'm going to try this. I stopped playing this game because of this damn race.

Almost had it first try but a couple of them squeezed through and beat me XD

Thanks bro

unfortunately the way on February 15, 2024 doesn't work, when I go far the vehicles start moving again (I had a good traffic jam)

I will have to try this tactic as i am really struggling to do this race on classic and its the only one i need to do, so it will give the last trophy amd the platinum

😊 Thanks!