Downtown #1 Tony Hawk's AW Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Knock the fire escape down
You can to Downtown through the subway from Hollywood. Find Dave near the underground parking. Hold the left side of a car, let go close to a ramp and do 3 liptricks on fire stairs.
Find Joey B. get to the manhole
Joey B. is standing at the corner of the street in Chinatown. You have to do various grabs and bank drop at the same time. First is melon ("left"+ "O"), then benihana [S D + KP6 ("left down slant" + "O")] and at the end sacktap [S D + KP6 KP6 ("left down slant" + "O" "O")]
Kick off the Bell
Approach Murphy to begin this task. He's near the fountain. Twist Bell by doing the natas spin on it, then yelled variations, then kick off it with wall plant.
Loosem the Pyramid!
Find Master Zen between the red buildings. Get on the roof with Lauder and do various types of natas spins on one of the pyramids. Now get up again and hit the pyramid two times you're your board.
Smash the Chinatown Tower!
Master Zen stands on the roof in Chainatown. Your task is to destroy the big tower. Grind on edge of the quarterpipe until you reach the tower. Then do the same as before but with ollie and hit with head of tower's roof.
Learn the Bard Stall
Talk to Master Zen near the freeway. Do few grind stalls on ledge or rail. To do this jump and hold [KP + KP8 ("R2" + "triangle")]. To impress Chinaman do stall on sign above freeway. First launch from the ramp then do stall on mark.
Learn special and focus
Slantinged guy stands close to the garbage cans. He will teach you 2 new skills, special and focus. Make special bar full doing grind all over the ledge. Then jump again, engage focus mode [KPenter ("L3)] and hold it for few seconds. Now fill the special bar and do the tailblock slide [A, S + KP8 ("left, down" + "triangle")] on the ledge. At the end apply focus and make 360 hardflip [W A + KP4 ("left up slant" + "square" "square")] over a garbage can.