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• Access All Cars

To access all cars, highlight Arcade Mode and press A, Left, Left, C-Down, A, Right, Z.

• Access All Tracks

To access all tracks, highlight Arcade Mode and press A, Left, Left, Right, Down, Z.

• Change paint job

At the Decal screen, hold L, R, and Left C, Right C, or Top C. As you hold, press Up and Down to lighten and darken the paint job. The color depends on which C button your holding.

• Chrome Plating

Finish the fifth year (all six seasons, including Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Expert and Professional), and a new "easter egg" will allow you to change your car textures to "mirror." Simply click the lower C-Button when on the car selection screen, and you can race as a chromed car. Looks best in replays.

• Coastline Shortcut

At the first corner take the right hand road, NOT THE TUNNEL. The road is a much easier and hence faster turn. After the first natural tunnel you go through you'll find a break in the guardrail on your right. Go though this break and continue straight across a beach (along the water) for this shortcut. After you re-enter from the beach, turn left, right, left and before you finish the next right you'll notice a break in the stone wall on your left (you should be able to see a lighthouse in front of you). Turn through the break and stay to the left on the grass so that you are running beside a stone wall. This will lead you to the end of the short cut.

• Desert Shortcut

After you leave the city you'll see a house on the right hand side of the road. SLOW DOWN and turn onto the grass before the house and follow the tire marks. They'll lead you through the short cut. This is a difficult short cut. You might want to skip this one until you've learned to control the carsbetter. After travelling through a valley, you'll have a choice between a high and low road. Take the low road to your left and put the petal to the floor. The high road has some sharp turns in it, but the load road is one long sweeping left handers.

• Earning the Bonus Cars

To access the bonus cars you need to all six seasons (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Expert and Professional) for the years shown. Finishing the first year grants you the MILK TRUCK. After the second year you'll be the proud owner of a HELMET CAR. In the third year you earn the CUPRA CAR glowing bow on wheels. And last but not least, in the fourth year you gain the BEACHBALL CAR.

• Easter Egg

Start the game and hold down all four C-Buttons, and a date will appear on the title screen. This is the official completion date for Top Gear Rally. How to Get Unstuck If you get stuck, hold the B button and press UP and DOWN continuously on the analog stick.

• Hug the Rail

Your car doesn't slow down while rubbing fences. You can sucessfully zoom around most turns at top speed by carefully running the car up to the wall, keep going straight and flooring the accelerator. This works the best at the Coastline track.

• Jungle Shortcut

After you start the race, stay to the right hand side of the road. During the first turn you'll see a hut on the right. Just after the hut is a hidden short cut. Hit the brakes and turn right. After this shortcut you'll notice a left turn sign, followed by a right turn sign. You'll then enter a long left hand turn that has many left turn arrows and has a stone wall on the right. When you are almost finished this turn
you'll notice some grass covering part of the wall, drive up this onto a grassy hill. After you pass the point of tree on the hill, turn right and continue on the grass, otherwise you'll jump straight off the hill and into a wall on the other side of the track!

• Level Select

If you wish to warp go to practice. Start playing the Mirror jungle and press A, B, B, A, B, A, Z, A. Now choose what level to go to!

• Mountain Shortcut

Eventually you'll come to a dirt road. After about 4-5 sharp turns you'll notice a sign high on the right hand side of your screen that shows you that a "Y" intersection is coming up. Turn right, and slow down. Take the a left at the "Y" and go down the "Jacked up Road." Careful! If you go to fast you'll definately be in trouble!

• Play as a Beach Ball

To access the Beach Ball car, press B, B, A, Left, Left, C-Down, A, Right at the Championship select screen. ** YOU WILL ENTER AND LEAVE MENUS WHILE ENTERING THIS CODE. ** After you have entered the code, you'll find the Beach Ball on the Car Select screen.

• Play as the Cupra

To get the oddly shaped Cupra car without beating the game, simply enter the following code at the Arcade screen: C-Down, Up, B, Right, A, C-Down, A, Right. ** YOU WILL ENTER AND LEAVE MENUS WHILE ENTERING THIS CODE. **After you've entered the code you'll find the Cupra on the Car Select menu.

• Play as the Helmet Car

Go to Arcade (mode selection screen) and press Up, Up, Z, B, A, Left, Left. ** YOU WILL ENTER AND LEAVE MENUS WHILE ENTERING THIS CODE. ** Afterentering this code you'll find the Helmet Car on the Car Select menu.

• Play as the Milk Truck

To drive the milk truck press DOWN, A, RIGHT, Z, RIGHT, UP, DOWN C at the menu screens before the race.

• Playstation Mode

While playing, press B, Left, Right, Up, Left, Z, Right. This removes bi-linear filtering, giving the game a pixelated look similar to that of PlayStation games.

• Rainbow Mode

While playing, press C-down, Z, B, Up, Up, Right. Make sure you have plenty of aspirin on hand.

• Strip Mine Shortcut

Soon after you start the race there will be a fork in the road, go to the right and head straight, soon you will see an open mine shaft, go in it and hug the right wall, there will be a ramp that you can jump off and onto a higher mine shaft. When you are about halfway through the strip mine course, you will se a house with a dirt parking lot, stay to the right and you will go upon a narrow dirt road with a jump on it, go off the ramp and stay as far to the right as you can, you will be on a road that would have been blocked off if you didn't jump over it. by taking those short cuts, you can almost garuntee 1st or 2nd place.

• Strip Mine Track

To get the Strip Mine Track, place first in every race for the whole year (1st season to 6th season.)

• Ugly Textures

This turns the bilinear filtering on and off. The textures will appear coarse. During a race, press B, Left, Right, Up, Left, Z, Right. Repeat this code to return to normal.

• View the Real Credits

To see the real credits, go to the Options screen, then click on the Credits icon and press Left (on the D-pad), C-Down, Right (on the D-pad), Down (on the D-pad), Z.