Mafia: Definitive Edition — Achievement Walkthrough

This race (the remake of the infamous original) is a difficulty spike. Tips: the standard 'arcade' handling mode is far more forgiving than simulation — use it if you're not forced into simulation. Take racing lines smoothly, brake BEFORE corners (the cars have period-accurate weak brakes), and don't over-accelerate out of turns or you'll spin. Avoid rubbing walls and rivals — collisions cost huge time. Stay mid-pack early, drive clean, and make your move on the later laps as the AI makes mistakes. Memorising the track over a few attempts is the key.

Commit crimes (run people over, shoot, wreck cars) until your wanted level climbs to five stars, then lose the cops. To escape: get a fast car, break line of sight, leave the search radius, and change vehicles if you can. Driving out toward the countryside where there's less police density makes shaking a five-star chase easier. Once the meter clears, it unlocks.

Approach a parked, locked car and use the lockpick prompt (rather than smashing the window). Do this on 5 different cars. Lockpicking is quieter than breaking in and avoids police attention. Just pick five locked cars around the city — quick to knock out early.

The Bolt Ace is the slow, beat-up starter car (the original game's joke about its terrible top speed). Getting it to 50 mph requires a long downhill or a long straight to build momentum. Find a downhill stretch, point the Bolt Ace down it, and let gravity push you past 50 mph.

Classic is the hardest mode — tougher enemies, real damage, limited aim assist, and the notorious 'Fair Play' race runs at full simulation. Play carefully: use cover religiously, aim for headshots to conserve ammo, and don't rush gunfights. You can select Classic from a fresh save or change difficulty in the menu before missions. The two real walls are the gunfight-heavy late missions and the race (see Supercharged) — practice the race on a lower difficulty first if needed, but the race itself must be beaten on Classic for this. Patience over aggression.

Hidden cars are special vehicles parked in out-of-the-way spots (back alleys, garages, rural areas outside the city). Each found hidden car also helps your garage collection achievements. Use a map of hidden-car locations, drive to each, get in to register it, and ideally drive it to your garage to also build toward 'Motor Museum'. Sweep the countryside as well as the city — several are outside Lost Heaven proper.

Get a motorcycle, accelerate on a straight flat road, and pull back to lift the front wheel, holding the wheelie for 3 continuous seconds. A long straight road (or the highway/countryside) gives you room. Balance the throttle so you don't flip backward; keep the front wheel up for the full three seconds.

Your garage stores vehicles you drive into it. To reach 30 distinct cars, drive different vehicles home throughout the story and Free Ride — every new model you garage counts. Combine this with hidden-car hunting (each hidden car is a unique model) and just grab a different car whenever you travel. Park 30 unique vehicles to get this (and 15 for 'Quite the Collection').

The cigarette cards are small collectibles tucked around the city (ledges, shop counters, hidden corners). Like the magazines, use a collectible map and sweep each district in Free Ride. They're small so look carefully near the marked spots. Collect the full set for this and it feeds The Whole Story.

Pulp Magazines are scattered across the city, usually on benches, in alleys, at landmarks, and inside accessible buildings. They're easiest to sweep in Free Ride with a collectible map open. Drive district by district and grab each one; they glint/highlight when you're close. Knock them all out in one methodical loop of the map.

This is the umbrella achievement for finding every collectible type: all Pulp Magazines, all Gangsters Monthly comics, all 'Gangsters of the United States' cigarette cards, all hidden cars, and all Mystery Foxes. Most are gathered in Free Ride mode after finishing the story, using the city map. Work through one collectible type at a time with a map reference, region by region. Completing every set unlocks this plus each set's individual achievement.

Mystery Foxes are little hidden fox statuettes placed around the world as an Easter-egg collectible. They tend to be in tucked-away, easy-to-miss spots. Use a Mystery Fox location map and visit each; they're the most 'hidden' of the collectibles, so a guide map saves a lot of time. Grab them all for this and The Whole Story.