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

After trying many times to win fairly on Classic Difficulty, I decided to try something different. I picked the tight chicane turn and tried to cause a mass pile up, which end up breaking the AI and I could easily complete the rest of the race with no competition. It took all three laps but eventually all the other racers got stuck or blown up. Sweet victory!
#mafiadefinitiveedition #ps5 #race #fairplay #mafia

[@Sin4Me]

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.

[@sturmx96]

It’s quite easy to beat once you learn how to use the ram button, it helps you to make more rapid turns and fasten your car. You just have to ram through everybody on the 1st two turns and take the lead so the latter part is a walk in a park since your opponents, I think, don’t actually rubber band like in nfs games.

[@martenduit4054]

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

[@michaelphelps6893]

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!

[@M3PTIRAH]

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.

[@davidcervantes7961]

Every time I try this, I’ll get them stuck, and I’ll wait like 2-3 minutes to see if they move and when they don’t I’ll start doing my laps, but once I start driving to do my laps they get unstuck. Any advice or tips? Update, I finally got it. And it took almost 2 weeks to do this! But I’m glad the hard part is over and I finally got this game platinum 🙌

[@ineedmoreflavour1955]

Yeah you’re right. This method does still work (I did it last night), it is easily one of the most poorly designed missions I’ve ever seen in a game and it will take several attempts.

[@frantisekkolisko246]

​@@davidcervantes7961 i have platinum throphy on this game and i did this race legit on like 12th try and now iam doing it for my brother this way

[@B_connell3178]

Every time I get to the final lap like literally before I’m about to finish one car always gets loose and beats me it’s driving me insane

[@92Suffering]

It is obvious you have never platinumed any Souls Game… 😂

[@user-on7sz5wk7e]

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!

[@-RunninNGunnin-]

You can also change the difficulty of the game before a mission starts. I played this game on like normal or hard but when I couldn't finish this mission in about 2 days of trying, I changed the difficulty to easy 😂 I know it's very lame but oh my God my rage during those 2 days...

[@georgebenjamin]

After completing half lap or more there is a short cut to victory line it is the easiest way to win . Search in KZbin

[@noahperlmutter6103]

Hahahaha memories... So how'd you do in the parking garage?

[@emenesu]

What

[@Thrillex4523]

Its hard to win even on easy

[@xcharlesbronsonx]

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

[@firsttry2]

I do it i'm not a cheater or a loser like you :)

[@ineedmoreflavour1955]

Yeah I did it last night and you need to do it exactly as this comment says, build the pile up, don’t worry if some cars go by, test test and test again to make sure nothing will move once you drive off then get going. I simply can’t imagine anybody ever beating this legit - I tried nearly 200 times and failed. Anybody that says this is easy either has never played it on classic difficulty or is lying frankly.

[@JacobRothchild3]

​@@firsttry2its a video game so it doesn't matter :)

[@wessident.o]

I did and now I have to on pc :(

[@SpitFiresMods]

@@ineedmoreflavour1955 i have to watch tutorial of how to win the race. A few tips: slow down on turns, use shortcuts by driving on a grass, press the ram button when turning, it took me 3-4 attempts.

[@promaleyeager3195]

6969 IQ move

[@BoldAMATUER]

I thought about trying it. But I didn’t think I would have enough laps to total everyone out.

[@RipVan.Winkel]

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

[@dim0n1]

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😜)

[@muhammadharisbinmunir5379]

I agree, Most people who complained were mostly NFS(arcade) racers. This game was realistic and so was 1930s super car driving.

[@thestonedwitch]

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

[@ineedmoreflavour1955]

Yeah this comment is bang on. As somebody that won the race on classic difficulty last night using this method I can 100% confirm this is what you should be aiming for. Try and get a couple of cars to flip over or land on their sides, then block off the rest of the road with your car, the AI won’t ever be able to move. P.S. don’t worry if you end up letting several cars through to achieve this. As long as you build your pile up properly it doesn’t matter.

[@joaorobertocampos3140]

I love you

[@DiplomatOfDirt]

roach dawg

[@zanfear]

@@joaorobertocampos3140”I know”.

[@JamieDouthit]

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

[@Macie-Jay77]

shit, lol, how’d you manage it, doesn’t seem to be working for me

[@JamieDouthit]

@@Macie-Jay77 Line your car up in the middle of the sharp turn, next to the dirt mound that makes you fly if you hit it at full speed. It'll take a couple attempts, but you need to make one or two of the cars wreck so bad they flip over. That'll cause the buildup to form and after 4 or 5 minutes, you can begin to drive the 3 laps. Just go super, super slow as you pass the pileup as to not "free" any of the trapped cars. You can tell that the top 3 drivers are stuck in the pileup if the yellow, black, and white icons are on the map as you pass the traffic jam. It took me maybe 4 or 5 attempts, but it was worth it because I spent 4 hours trying to win legit and failed every time.

[@samuelraica3542]

@@JamieDouthit it's driving me crazy...max 1 car tops down and they never stay stuck for long...I drive away while no one can get out and as soon as I arrive at the pile...the most of them are gone

[@justwatch7091]

​​​@@samuelraica3542 Same, trying for an hour already. Once, I had someone flip over and cause a pile up but by the time I did a lap, all the cars, except for the flipped one, were gone. Edit: This happened 3 times now.

[@samuelraica3542]

@@justwatch7091 I'm playing on console...maybe the AI reacts different here...I don't know

[@TheAlphaDingo]

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 😂

[@cryogeneric]

Me, too. I love racing games and I love the original Mafia (I haven't played the remake). I always felt the race track was very well designed and perfectly fit the era of the game. I beat the race on my first try and it wasn't until much later I realized many people had problems with it.

[@antonibugaj4465]

Me 2 man. It was 2009 when i told my friend bout it he didnt belvie so i went to his house just to beat this mission on his pc for him. After that he said "well i could exepct that from maniac who plays racing games at lest 3h a day"haha. Great times.

[@prontoklasik]

Right? One of my fav mission turns out to be the pain in the ass for everyone else. So weird. Same story goes with 'Driver' and the underground parking at the beginning of the game. Never understood why so many people didn't get through it

[@aegyo9272]

I beat it after enermous amount of tries because it played at 5 fps or so. Oh my potato laptop back in 2003 😂😂. People really had patient for low fps back then.

[@muhammadharisbinmunir5379]

This mission does not deserve the hate it got. It added to the realism of Mafia games, I had problem with this on OG Mafia also. But i was also used to NFS driving. When remake came, I had practiced on more pro racing games so cleared it I guess on my 3rd try.

[@ThePunisherdesign]

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

[@philipposziakas5058]

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! 🎉

[@robertmartinez9607]

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

[@ineedmoreflavour1955]

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.

[@randomstranger7139]

best comment I've ever seen. thanks :)

[@qasimalblooshi5470]

PS There are two things that you should pay attention to: first, you should ruin more than 3 cars if you don't want the wall to disappear; second, you should destroy them by going back and ramming them from back until you destroy more than 3 cars and stop when you have black smoke coming from their engine and spark and stop when your car has black smoke coming from the engine, and then you will win. If you ruin only three cars, you will lose the wall. You should avoid destroying (collusion) your car as you are driving.

[@guestoner7730]

I just finished it after like 30 tries, totally spent 4 hours today doing it, and I am far from superb racer. Just gotta use F in turns, slow down before the really hard ones and be ready for pre-scripted accidents - that's how I finished first, coz in last round the one car before you just goes kamikaze in last turn.

[@monwoo10]

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

[@DollaMichael]

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

[@123dodo4]

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

[@denastsu0234]

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

[@Anadil2001]

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

[@darksam644]

Did it first try, THANKYOU SO MUCH!

[@BanditRider86]

This mission made me regret buying this

[@AoDSAVAGEWOLF]

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

[@faithinchrist100]

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

[@randomhernicontentcz1523]

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

[@I.honestlydontknow]

OMG YOU DONT EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU FOR THIS, this mission took me 2 hours yesterday and about 2 hours today until i found this video. I js got the perfect stack and i js need to get the 3 and a half laps done now ill give an update if it works Edit: It didn't but the next day I did it in 15 minutes on like the 15th try tysm

[@solidusste2202]

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

[@surmatise]

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.

[@f3d0n4k0z]

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

[@michelerambo4268]

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

[@kedein20]

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.

[@EditzByPipoz]

Bro I was so close but I accidentally bumped into them on last lap 😢

[@kedein20]

@@EditzByPipoz OOF I'm sorry for you bro but still trying this again will surely take less time than doing it legit on classic difficulty. In my try I was also very lucky because the best driver actually escaped, did his laps but for some reason didn't pass the finish line. Guess he glitched somewhere on the race track because I saw him on the map a few meters in front of the finish line. This really is some random ass mission.

[@EditzByPipoz]

@@kedein20 ye but I actually did it but like as an actual race so now ima complete the rest of the story

[@kedein20]

@@EditzByPipoz Happy for you man. The story is definitely worth not giving up on this mission

[@nibiru5525]

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

[@KingVick801]

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

[@grappa1849]

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

[@Z3t487]

I won it fair and square as well on automatic transmission: it was hard enough with mouse and keyboard already, no chance in hell i would have bothered about switching gears too, lol.

[@juancardoza6918]

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

[@invinoveritas7628]

It works,thank you man!!!

[@kristerocky2k]

Thanks man. Saved my life

[@lordyeetus5413]

How did u get it to work

[@b1orogue]

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

[@user-sv3rb9wm3n]

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.

[@mianoinfinity9191]

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

[@dumitrudeacov8593]

Thank you, this helped a lot

[@joelheikkala1292]

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

[@danielwhitman2255]

Finally did it thank you so much

[@darkwinter-lll]

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

[@legoghetto2689]

Worked on the first try LOL. Thanks.

[@gusnagusna8364]

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

[@zgwynbleiddz]

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.

[@matthewmontgomery7764]

I won it by a big margin racing normal I mean you lose a competitor ahead of you each lap so on the first straight cut tight on that inside line pass like 7 cars and then wait for that first crash cut in on that corner as well really just easy af tbh the missions on feet are a pain for me playing on the hardest difficulty

[@bencrawford1376]

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

[@silvervisage5096]

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.

[@coldmexican288]

Same here. Didn't know so many people had issues with it.

[@matzfamous370]

Classic mode. ​@@coldmexican288

[@pseudopapiezmontiniakapawe2353]

🤓☝️"It is not as hard as it look. You need to be gentle". Dude this mission is hardest shit in video game. Impossible in realistic mode.

[@VienDuHoang]

Mee too. After a lot of tries.

[@jBurn_]

​@@pseudopapiezmontiniakapawe2353he said "even in the original game". In original Mafia the mission was that bad that they made a patch to make it easier. And still I played the original as a kid and managed to beat it. Stay out of collisions and be gentle with the brakes. Don't risk anything.

[@fabiorossi9452]

You saved me man i love you!

[@milicapavic6611]

Thank you, it's worked for me on ps5

[@maxvdb8385]

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

[@michaltrnka1125]

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

[@josealbertoramirezdelvalle387]

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.

[@thetotaltard]

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

[@samfuller4227]

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

[@1nduced891]

Cheers, finally got it.

[@arteckgrg3300]

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

[@LordStencil]

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.

[@stevedavis2473]

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

[@mrjason0290able]

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!! 🏆

[@tamara1996_]

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

[@tonyc2081]

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

[@ashiqiraqi]

I end the race with 1st place but it say mission failed What's wrong?

[@konko4]

Worked for me too!! LEGEND

[@ripvanwinkle5968]

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

[@Drew_D]

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

[@FKB_]

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

[@sunnydayempire6964]

This works. Thanks to people getting around stupid difficulty spikes.

[@greyphoenix24601]

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

[@lamar8828]

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.

[@diefilmgurke2273]

Thank you so much bro

[@fiorentinocontrada7835]

Thank you man

[@FaizWuzHere]

Ayy it works thanks man

[@joesmoothee]

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

[@benchurchill9735]

5 sec penalty to Ocon

[@nikitaledagorov3680]

you very very best man. oh god. Thank you

[@Rodasrico]

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

[@CaterpillarOGM]

Stupid kid

[@brandon9689]

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.

[@thiagoborges5179]

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

[@Rayblade45]

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

[@grantgallman7726]

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

[@gitadax4557]

Thank you so much!!❤❤❤

[@nehshawhitehouse733]

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

[@poundstrecher2000]

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

[@user-ed3js9nv5n]

My hero

[@GirthGang-2]

ty cuh, finally got ts

[@cristiansosa1512]

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

[@laulisandrem884]

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

[@windy-ricky]

Genius... might've quit playing this game because I want the Made Man trophy if it wasn't for this.

[@justwatch7091]

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

[@remositum]

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

[@emenesu]

4 HOURS?!

[@ahmedalgargeet9252]

Thanks man so much 🙏🏿

[@djcs]

I will try this soon. I hope it works!

[@enel9516]

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

[@PMCook]

Apri 2024 - Still works. Brilliant.

[@Pakos-Terimos]

You can be proud my friend. 😆

[@AlfredAmeneyro21]

Where was this when I needed it the most? It took my like 30 races to complete....

[@CrazyPlatinum92]

freaking great thats just great lol thanks for the cheat