Basics | Paradise City
About Paradise City
Paradise City has the area of 26 square miles and 218 miles of roads. It is divided in 5 districts: 3 urban (Harbor Town, Downtown Paradise and Palm Bay Heights) and 2 rural (Silver Lake and White Mountain). The traffic depends on actual time of day and the weather changes dynamically - e.g. from sunny to foggy.
Licenses
The better the driver is in Paradise City, the higher license he obtains. To advance to higher levels, you need to win in various events:
License type | Availability |
Learner's Permit | At start. |
Class D | After winning 2 events. |
Class C | After winning 7 events. |
Class B | After winning 15 events. |
Class A | After winning 26 events. |
Burnout | After winning 40 events. |
Elite | After winning 120 events. |
Achieving higher license type resets all events, except Burning Routes. The bikers can get two types of licenses:
License type | Availability |
Learner's Permit | At start. |
Rider | After winning 10% of events. |
Basic maneuvers
Every driver and biker in Paradise City should master following maneuvers:
- Drift - driving into corner and braking in the same time, controlling the driving angle with accelerating/braking.
- Flat Spin - taking off (i.e. from a ramp), using emergency brake and turning in the same time.
- Barrel Roll - taking off (i.e. from a ramp) when the car is leaned left or right, resulting in an airborne corkscrew.
- Power Park - using emergency brake to stop between two already parked cars.
- Wheelie - leaning back when riding on a bike.
- Aerodynamic riding - leaning forward when riding on a bike.
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