Easily win the Mafia 1 race - 100% Works

[@SonOfExcess]

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.

[@frantisekkolisko246]

The cars go past me please help

[@doge7676]

I ain't reading all'at

[@faridumar1219]

dont forget to use ram instead of break, its like 100x times better than break

[@sgtbignuggs]

The only thing getting me through this is the hope I have that whoever is behind this will one day realize that they don't have long to live and suddenly everyone's wasting their time until they're gone.

[@InsomniaFiend1]

First attempt worked. Thank you so much bro. I was lucky enough to only let 1 go through. And I waited 15 minutes till everyone’s engine gave out💀

[@robertbooth7832]

i was stuck on this trash for so long that i forgot i was playing a mafia game

[@zkameraprzezswiat5934]

Lol same here 😂

[@trabeluswhitfield128]

That's hilarious!!! I'm stuck on this crap now....

[@joaodasilva4174]

Did you know than mafia 1 is a racing game?

[@Attacker456]

I forgot how to play the game

[@21N_01]

If it was an actual mafia game they would have taken out all the racers and let me won

[@Rayblade45]

I bet you feel good winning like this don't you? Well you should this race is pure frustration so take the win sir or madam you have earned it.

[@SonOfExcess]

Yeah after (no exaggeration) hundreds of attempts to win this torture of a race on classic difficulty legit, I finally won using this method last night because I decided the devs didn’t put time into doing this fairly so why should I? I would HIGHLY recommend that this is how everybody else tries to win the race on classic if you’re having trouble. It’s nearly impossible to win it legit if you’re on console.

[@Hgfd-c5g]

wanna know the funniest part? in the remake, the race was made easier. even if you use the classic difficulty you'll still have an easier time than you would be having on the og game. this race is literal HELL.

[@filippetrula1234]

@@SonOfExcess what about lowering the difficulty if you suck at the game instead of trying to cheat ?

[@filippetrula1234]

@@Hgfd-c5g not rly, i replayed both games month ago. original race is only hard cos its 5 laps and you ll most likely skrew up somewhere but in original you are in 1st place after 1st turn

[@ajeti92]

@@filippetrula1234you won’t get the achievement

[@eziom4058]

Thank you for this cheese method. Had been softlock at this for hours. I had to try it several times to work. The best is when they clumped together, try to ramp and wreck any car that are stuck but are trying to get out or wreck as much as you can. But you have to make sure that the clump is big enough,if they escape, they'll gonna end up at the back of the pile anyway.

[@RizzySkibidiAmongus]

If I can’t beat the race using this method I will cry

[@florf619]

Lol believe in yourself!!! It comes down to chance, but if you can manage to flip one or two of the other cars, it'll be more likely that the remaining cars will crash and stop. Don't worry about catching all the cars on the first lap, they'll come around again and pile up :) Good luck!!!

[@SeriousDragonify]

@@florf619 No one cares.

[@liambotes1091]

​@@SeriousDragonifywhat was the point of your comment?

[@SeriousDragonify]

@@liambotes1091 Pasted his dum dum response to me back to him from my comment.

[@primemb6298]

Get a life​@@SeriousDragonify

[@Saith516]

God. How did this make it past QA? This would have been a perfect joke homage to the original game in the form of a cute easter egg minigame that you can unlock during your adventures. The mandatory race should be moderately difficult at best. Why? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE FILTERED OUT OF MY MAFIA-THEMED ACTION ADVENTURE BECAUS OF A RACING SEGMENT. I shudder to think how much money they lost on refunds because they pissed so many people off with this race. 💀💀💀

[@hgh1727]

Just tried this today, and it still works. Probably finally got it on my 5th try. Getting a flipped car is a tremendous advantage.

[@NoCommentaryGamer1]

I hate i even had to come to youtube for help but the driving mechanics in this game are horrible

[@minneeagle]

“We can’t fuck with the racer himself, they’ll cry foul. Let’s fuck with his car.” “What about blocking all of the racers during the race until they total out and I can just complete the race by myself?” (…) “You are a GODDAMN GENIUS, TOMMY!”

[@Ju-jt8gc]

The Don was pleased indeed!

[@mixster_rules]

4 years. That's how long it's been since I played this game because of this stupid fucking mission. I decided to download it yesterday because I couldn't remember finishing it and I love the series, lo and behold I get to this mission. The horrible memories came back to me and I immediately hit the web and this was the first video I found. Cannot thank you enough, thank you so much friend.

[@vikinglegacy5188]

Thank you so much for this video, i thought it was going to take me atleast 15 tries to get it done but i got it on my second attempt. If it wasn't for this trick i would have given up ngl

[@jofig3892]

Oh my gosh thank you!!! Finally able to pass it after a year!

[@florf619]

Glad it worked for you!!

[@aaronofra]

It took a number of attemps to get the cars to crash in the correct way, but FINALLY I got passed this BS mission.

[@florf619]

Woooo well done!

[@Mr.Sir2yall]

​@@florf619 😂😂😂 bet because they was smoking my butt preciate ya

[@hyperplaygaming6863]

Can confirm that this works as of 2023 and this strategy does take some luck but not as much as the race what I found worked well is just to get a nice flipped or a car on its side in the middle of the turn and you should be good

[@Polakyeah74]

Thank you so much man I was looking how to complete this race by actually driving in it but I saw this method and I did it first try and won

[@Eyes-Scream0213]

Thank you so much! I actually tried the legit race for 3 hours and decided to check for an easy win. Tried this for at least 15 times and it works. Just a tip guys even if you failed multiple times just don't give up. I actually got 3 cars only on my 13th try and just drop my controller. Suddenly I noticed most of them piled up and starts crushing. It's not important if you got only 3 cars at first as long as you are in the middle of the road everyone will start crushing.

[@florf619]

Glad it worked for you bro!

[@Spectre10139]

​@florf619 I'd just like to thank you for your informative video it has helped me now I'm on my way to platinum thanks again!:D

[@hadhad129]

I've tried so many times they keep leaving 😪 😢😭

[@sajjadaldarraji6834]

Could you do it?​@@hadhad129

[@ISSYidk]

W vid bro thank u so much jus got the plat trophy cus you goat fr

[@thisoneguy8688]

This worked for me, I know there’s a lot of people attempting this race and spending weeks on it like myself but do the pile up method it works just keep trying and don’t give up. I’ve been doing the race for maybe a week or 2 now when I have time I get on, but I was getting 4th, 3rd, and sometimes 2nd on the race and it was draining. There’s another pile up method video but this one shows a better placement of your car to start the pile up, thank you so much for uploading this.

[@florf619]

No problem dude!! I'm glad it has worked for you and it'll hopefully save a lot of others from frustration;)

[@nickthompson1248]

I've been on the race for months I hope it works for me

[@nickthompson1248]

​@@florf619still hasn't worked for me still on the race

[@SonOfExcess]

Yeah can confirm, I did this last night and won the race on classic difficulty. I would HIGHLY recommend that this is the way you do it if you’re having trouble. Don’t give up as the top comment says, just keep trying and you’ll eventually get it.

[@skhkwk]

I cant believe this actually worked, you are my hero! thanks!

[@Felix-ov9xy]

This is what it happens when you combine trolling with genius XD Masterpiece

[@dmitrydrozdov77]

Worked for PS5 in September 2024. Thank you very much for the guide.

[@robertopayne6115]

Damn i hope it works for me too,

[@alissonpinheiro4937]

I tried to win 5 times by competing in the race, but I couldn't. I decided to look for a help video and ended up finding this one. I swear to god I managed to pass on the first try with this method and the tips in the fixed comment. Thank you very much and sorry for my bad English.

[@florf619]

Awesome! Glad it worked for you! And your English is perfect!!

[@Around-The-Verse]

I remember when it came out first time like in 2000s or something. This race is the only memory from this game. I was busting my balls so hard until I finally won it

[@LukeFury1988]

Thanks, you have the right idea with the positioning & one of your commenters (SonOfExcess) helped me get over the finish line in 1st place. I tried all 3 methods I could find on KZbin (yours, CraigA & A Welcome Distaction) none of which seemed to work for me in 50+ attempts. After reading that comment I somehow someway got it on my FIRST attempt. It's most similar to your method in terms of positioning but instead of blocking the first car I rammed it head on. The result was that car broke down & luckily one flipped beside it. Then I just blocked off the road with the broken down & flipped cards, waited until about 6:30 mins & did the laps cutting across the grass each time to avoid pile up.

[@Hristiyan1991]

I swear this was one of the hardest levels from all the games I played. The other one is to put down the heli on the boat for a time from Far Cry.

[@YaboyUlrich]

Thank you so much my friend! I was really struggling with the racing and was wondering if there was a way to cheat. Glad there is. Now to the platinum!

[@sch0453]

Thank you so much. I finally won the race and it was fun feeling evil 😈

[@alexanderstrebkov7838]

Thank you so much. Still works today, took like 20 tries until cars got properly piled up. It is really annoying to get stuck on poorly implemented race in mafia game.

[@terrick1984]

IT WORKS! Got it on the first try!!

[@Neuquruca]

Thanks to this video I never have to do this evil challenge ever again! Thanks!!!

[@WhoIsLxser]

I appreciate it, REALLY. It took me 2 hours to complete this mission, I tried the trick many times but it didn't work, until luckily the cars arranged themselves in such a way that it got It jammed most vehicles. Thank you very much really!

[@koskerlim]

I got lucky and did this in first try tysm❤ (classic difficulty btw for my trophy hunters wondering)

[@xMoonlala]

I was skeptical at first when I saw this because it was posted on April fools but at 1:27am 7/2/23, I finally fucking beat this race 😩. This method 100% works! 😁

[@PppHxtd]

YOURE REALLY BEST MAN IN THIS WORLD I REALLY HATE THIS DAMN MISSION

[@ValerioMagli]

took me attempts at least, but thanks to you i can now finish the game!

[@danielmarchisilva5028]

bro, thanks a lot, i was almos installing some cheat engine on PC to beat this mission, i hope there no more missions like this

[@AloNavas8]

THANKS FROM SPAIN, all the spanish videos are about how to wik the race legally, but then This video put a smile on my face. I had to give a few tries but i got it. Some cars that were fliped came back up when i got near the pile of cars, but they crash again in the next lap. So no worries. THANKS!!

[@hectordvc4942]

Tío no consigo que ningún coche vuelque y se queden todos apiñados en la curva, que rabia me está dando

[@AloNavas8]

@@hectordvc4942 sigue intentandolo, la verdad yo estuve su hora para que salga...

[@erperejildo]

Mierda de misión de los cojones

[@syasyaaziman]

someone help me through gameshare pls edit: i won! my tips is when u already pile all the cars, press r2 n l2 at the same time. it will stop the car from moving. dont press only r2 bcs u will push the car back and they will hv space to run. it took me 1hr to figure this out ✨

[@Chrxs.]

bro thank you so much, took like 15 tries but with this it took three, this seriously helped.

[@NikolicS54]

Still works July 2024, very useful vid for completing the game on classic!

[@tanishqjain-m9u]

Love you broooooo I was trying from last 1 week❤❤❤❤❤

[@Reneaybar]

Thank you! I was thinking about stop playing the game

[@QuinnLytleFilms]

This is hilarious 😂😂. I'm gonna have to try this to beat it on classic. Great Video 👍

[@kshitijbadachi5754]

As an f1 player i see this as an win

[@johnnyvargas5450]

Playing this race over and over again makes you wonder how Tommy canonically won it

[@thelampman7529]

I beat it in normal mode by the skin of my teeth but I'm stuck cause classic mode is some bs

[@darksam644]

Got it first try. WORKS

[@georgechrisovelides]

@@Detroit-M313same do the crashed cars just despawn for you

[@optimusprimal4500]

Go to hell liar

[@jek970]

Just downloaded this on Game Pass today and this actually works! I had one guy that didn’t get caught in the pileup, but I was able to run him into some of the square bales of hay and won the race with ease.

[@rasmushansen8598]

This worked for me aften like 10 tries. Thank you so much

[@OutubraRosa]

Thank u a lot about this tutor, i've been during more ten hours trying to pass this part.

[@ShaShoOoK]

Thanks bro, September 2024 Still work on Xbox nd PC

[@iNTERS22]

F123 lobby be like: Also, here's a drinking game - every time he says "Jesus", take a shot

[@Tincolton]

My god, finally... But even this method ain't easy. I'll take this over doing the race legit any fucking day.

[@ogpk3]

Bro holy shit thank you so much I works still as of October 20 2024

[@LondonTransport466]

This is a certified "Dinoco is all mine!" Moment.

[@Shrek-iu3do]

Thank you bro i was trying that mission for 5 hours

[@florf619]

Glad it worked for you!

[@maiq5228]

Thank you. You let me enjoy the game again

[@lelouchvibritannia384]

Thank you so much, First try in Classic difficulty

[@Ryder....]

Thank You So Much Man I Was Stuck In That Level

[@Slayersofnight]

Thank you after my 8 try i finally got it.

[@gaminggent]

Bro i love u thankkss alot did it fourth try❤❤

[@sandrinedefaux3290]

Say Beetljuice 3 times; summon him Say Jesus thousand times; win a race

[@EnZoSkIlLZz]

Still works got on first try as well thank you!

[@AnnoyingMyself]

Still works as of October 20th 2024. Good tutorial just keep trying I did it at the 24 minute mark so yeah. Took me a little over an hour

[@user-yv6vw9sb2k]

I made it the second time but before I reached the finish line my car exploded and I couldn't do it anymore.

[@maxls3581]

Thanks u so much I sat there for the entire day!!!

[@JohnJoseph26]

Mwaaa! The best 👌

[@Bloodklot]

I should of stayed in art school LOL!!! I mean, this is the way a mafia person would win

[@bnftrt1]

It fucking still works!!! Lord!! In the Bag!! Thanks guy!

[@louisschabell3117]

Thank god i found this video 🙏🏻 the worst mission ever

[@HarrisonMiley]

I love u so much ive been stuck for hours and ive done it 😊😊😊

[@andrew10862]

I just want to say one thing.. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS.. now i can hunt my platinum 😂😂

[@loquendero-vi5sp]

I be feeling like a Hanna Barbera villain doing this

[@randybobandy6998]

The fact that you’re not even allowed one mistake and it takes a whole minute with the cutscenes to restart the race make it beyond difficult. It’s a design flaw in the game

[@ssjturkboy]

Can Confirm This Works 20th November 2024 tried the honest route but screw that 🤣

[@ebruebruser]

I'll pray for you at Thanksgiving.

[@arias9303]

After tons of tries I managed to leave a turnt car blocking the whole pile of cars, just to do a lap and find out that the turnt car was running normally and somehow flipped and continued the race, about to quit the platinum journey

[@spillinout]

Hey, i can help via shareplay if you really can’t do it, don’t need anything in return, just trying to help

[@spillinout]

Psn spellenboy

[@kidpesto]

@@spillinout thanks for the help :)

[@surfnetarmada]

@@spillinout i would appreciate some help 🥲

[@devv1291]

​@@spillinout if ur still up to helping u think u okay with helping me?

[@nightshade3100]

January 2024 its still works! LFG 😭😭😭😭😭🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Tonysdh47]

I'm stuck at this point in classic difficulty I'm going to try now 😂 difficult to get them in accidents on classic

[@Tonysdh47]

As soon as one car flipped in middle I ran and won lol took me an hour to get it right thank u for video

[@Tonysdh47]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5KvYoCpjrR5grssi=ksYSTC9FgAYMvW_1 time it took me to complete it 😂

[@jakcarn4184]

Wow i am going to try this i got so frustrated i gave up the game. I remember a similar method with gta games

[@estebanpalomo57]

This definitely works just have to be patient took me over 15 try’s

[@greyygrayy84]

Took a few tries but this method worked for me

[@ziongalvan6546]

It’s 2023 dose this still work I’m gonna have a heart attack if it doesn’t!!!

[@florf619]

Yep, still works bro!

[@ziongalvan6546]

@@florf619 I tried for like three hours. I can’t get the positioning right or something. I’m gonna keep trying later today, but God damn thanks for the reply

[@florf619]

​@ziongalvan6546 no worries bro, hope it works for you! Post again if you get it!!

[@BahamutBreaker]

I just managed to get it to work in 2024. However, unlike the title of this video claims, it’s not “100%” successful. There’s a hefty amount of randomness in how the cars get piled up, and the number of cars that you trap on the initial crash also seems to be fairly random. I’d say it works more like “10%” of the time. Some people will get a huge multi-car smash-up on the first try. Others will be less fortunate, requiring ten or even twenty attempts. Regardless, I feel like this cheese is more reliable and less stressful than trying to “get good” with Mafia’s driving mechanics.

[@florf619]

​@BahamutBreaker it's 100% successfull 50% of the time.

[@enel9516]

can confirm it's still working, after a few tries i was able to confuse the ai 😭💀 thanks bro

[@florf619]

Woo hoo!! Well done!!! :)

[@SonOfExcess]

Yeah can also confirm this still works, I won on classic difficulty last night. Check my comment on this video for a full breakdown of how to do this.

[@Itzdafreakinbat]

​@@SonOfExcessplease help , it ain't working for me

[@LegendaryDante]

Trying this rn. This is better than the actual race😂.

[@CuddersWay]

This works. It's all luck, but if two flip you should be good. Appreciate the video.

[@jacklynemt6561]

I feel so relieved this really worked was about to delete the whole game

[@تقدمليلي]

These NPCs: " F*U developers!"

[@stilljacky9514]

Not the art school one 💀

[@patrickdejesus97]

Took me like 10 times but got it done thanks dude! November 2023 still works 🎉

[@alexandermirkov970]

This method is soo funny hahha. I only got this game last month and did this mission. (I was playing on classic mode) Took me about 1 hour too win the race hahaha and now honestly win it once in every 3 or 4 times. It seriously isnt hard too win legit if u know what ur doing. But im sure in gonna revisit this mission just too try this method 😂😂

[@vernon249]

It worked as of July 30th 2024.🎉

[@humansbreathe8706]

Please tell me this is the only racing mission in this game

[@david.0v1]

Jesus Christ, i was about to delete the mothafkn game till i stumbled upon ur video, i won that sh¡t using this, Thank u (kisses on ur forehead)

[@gobzi-topzi568]

Спасибо огромное за идею теперь я её точно пройду

[@hakujiin9761]

Thx ❤ still work november 8th 2023 👌 but need lot of luck

[@florf619]

Thanks for commenting bro! Glad it worked for you!

[@Cordam.]

After 5 tries i got it thank you i love you ❤

[@dclem40]

The fact that it takes all this to pass this mission is bs poor level design I'd say

[@i_want_my_mtv]

Brilliant lmao best video i watched all day

[@ShadySinisters]

Playing this on Gamepass... ALMOST got it to work. I came in 2nd 😫

[@E.P_2489]

I dont know what tf their logic was cab driver=racer???