It does no good to have every member of a team tailing the same guy. When playing as a team, approach from different directions.Try to fully block the stash, and have one part of your car touching the checkpoint. If playing as a team, you might want to have two cars camped at the stash point-one facing in either direction.Then all you have to do is drive into them as they approach and score the points yourself. You can camp near the stash, if you think you know where the gold-holder is going to come from.You don't have to stick to the streets, unless going offroad will slow you down considerably.Take the most direct route possible without giving up the dough. The faster you stash the loot, the more it's worth.Get the sack of gold, and stash it in your hideout before someone else snatches it! The player of the team with the most gold stashed away is the winner. but make sure it doesn't take you out of the race in the process. Don't be afraid to topple some cars to leave a wake of carnage behind you.If someone else has found a cool shortcut or way through the points, follow them and steal it. Don't bother going in any particular order.Human opponents are often even better than the CPU.Use shortcuts, open it up on the straightaways and corner well. Much like any other Checkpoint race you've come across.Beat your competition to the finish line. See who can do the most spectacular jumps while everybody else watches.On Xbox Live, you can use this as a screening are or chat room of sorts to see who you want to play against in other modes.Use this mode to get acquainted with the maps, if you aren't already.
No time limits, no damaging out, just you and the city While it's impossible to account for every scenario in a guide such as this, we've included a few tips per mode to help you get started:
Therefore, you'll have to adjust to many things on the fly. No matter what you choose to play, the multiplayer experience is different than the single player missions, simply because the human element makes it unpredictable. However, regular Split Screen only allows for two modes: Cruise and Checkpoint. Of course, you can play with just one Xbox as well. While you can similar game modes with system link, nothing beats the Live experience. MM3's multiplayer game is one of the best in years, and it's even better when experienced on Xbox Live.