Challenges

In Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, the player can access several side-mission challenges.

GTA Liberty City Stories Challenges

Challenges: Bumps and Grinds

Location: Harwood Dirt Track in Harwood

How to Start: Mount a Sanchez parked near a tree on the western side of the course.

Rewards: 100$ for each course completed. A Manchez is awarded for integral completion.

There are 10 courses to complete in Bumps and Grinds. Each course has a different time requirement and awards 100$ to the player. After completion of all 10 courses, the player receives a Manchez motorcycle and progress towards 100% completion of the game.

Course Time Requirements

Course 1: 0:58 (1:03 on mobile)
Course 2: 1:15 (1:20 on mobile)
Course 3: 1:14 (1:19 on mobile)
Course 4: 1:13 (1:18 on mobile)
Course 5: 1:30 (1:35 on mobile)
Course 6: 1:32 (1:37 on mobile)
Course 7: 1:30 (1:35 on mobile)
Course 8: 1:51 (1:56 on mobile)
Course 9: 1:23 (1:28 on mobile)
Course 10: 1:19 (1:25 on mobile)

Challenges: Avenging Angels

How to start: Approach an Avenging Angel member wearing Avenging Angel Fatigues, in any of the three islands.

Rewards: Different rewards on each island

The mission is similar to the Vigilante side mission, requiring the player to take down a number of criminals within a time limit. Reaching level 15 in the mission is required for completion, and is when the player receives rewards:

Portland Island: $1500, and an Avenger motorcycle parked in front of Toni's safehouse in Saint Mark's (appears only once)
Staunton Island: $1500, the player stops losing money when Busted
Shoreside Vale: $1500, and the Hero Garb outfit delivered to all of the player's safehouses.

Challenges: Go Go Faggio

How to start: Get on the Faggio under the overpass in Newport.

Rewards: $1,000

This challenge requires the player to collect twenty-five checkpoints scattered around the area in under one minute and fifty seconds, while riding the Faggio scooter. After completing the challenge, the player can re-attempt to beat their best time and earn another $1,000.

Challenges: Karmageddon

How to start: Enter the leftmost Firetruck at the Fire Station in Belleville Park, Staunton Island

Unlocked After: Karmageddon

Rewards: Various amounts of money

The mission requires Toni, just as the Karmageddon story mission does, to create as much havoc as possible by destroying property throughout Liberty City while driving a Fire Truck. The havoc generated is measured on a points meter, and the mission is considered finalized when the meter is filled.

The player can cause damage through several actions, such as:

Running over pedestrians
Hitting bikers
Flipping cars
Spinning cars
Destroying vehicles
Sending vehicles into the air
Pushing vehicles into water

As a reward, the player gains a sum of money equal to the minimum between $1500 and 20$ times the remaining time in seconds. Additionally, the player may now also find Molotov Cocktails in the alleyway behind the Belleville Park Fire Station.

Challenges: Scrapyard Challenge

Scrapyard Challenge GTA LCS side mission

How to start: Get on the Sanchez parked near the gray building at the Harwood Autocrusher and Junkyard

Rewards: Extra rewards for crushing vehicles

The goal of the challenge is to gather more than 20 points by collecting colored coronas scattered around the junkyard while riding the Sanchez. Green coronas award one point, yellow coronas are harder to collect and award 2 points, while the red ones are the hardest to collect and award 3 points.

Collecting 20 coronas awards the player with 4x money on any car crushed in the future. Additionally, collecting 31 coronas awards the player with 8x money on any car crushed in the future.

Challenges: See the sight before your flight

See The Sight Before Your Flight GTA LCS side mission

How to start: Go to the memorial near the entrance of the Francis International Airport in Shoreside Vale.

Rewards: Money, Bulletproof Landstalker

The mission consists of 12 different levels, and requires the player to drive tourists through Liberty City, take them to landmarks, take photographs of them and take them back to the airport.

The photos taken by the player can award extra money, depending on the quality of the picture taken, the rewards ranging from no bonus to an extra $500.

Sight 1: Cochrane Dam, Shoreside Vale ($250)
Sight 2: Liberty City Memorial Stadium, Aspatria, Staunton Island ($500)
Sight 3: Chinatown Plaza, Portland Island ($1,000)
Sight 4: Liberty City Cathedral, Bedford Point, Staunton Island ($500)
Sight 5: Callahan Bridge, Portland Island ($1,000)
Sight 6: Liberty City War Memorial, Belleville Park, Staunton Island ($500)
Sight 7: Sex Club Seven, Red Light District, Portland Island ($1,000)
Sight 8: Liberty City Museum, Staunton Island ($500)
Sight 9: Big Shot Casino, Torrington, Staunton Island ($500)
Sight 10: House of Black Lightman, Cedar Grove, Shoreside Vale ($250)
Sight 11: City Hall, Belleville Park, Staunton Island ($500)
Sight 12: Portland Rock ($1,000)

Completing all 12 sights awards the player an extra $2,500. Additionally, the player receives a unique bulletproof Landstalker outside of the Shoreside Vale safehouse. The vehicle only appears once and must be saved in a garage to reappear.

Challenges: Slash TV

How to start: Go to the hull of the ship in Portland Docks, wearing the Overalls Outfit between 18:00 and 05:00

Unlocked After: The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade

Rewards: Money, Cox Mascot Outfit

The mission requires Toni, just as the Portland Chainsaw Masquerade story mission does, to take out waves of enemies by using a Chainsaw. The mission consists of 5 levels, each awarding a different amount of cash ($100, $300, $500, $700 and $1500). The first time the mission is played, Toni has to fight homeless people. The second time the mission is attempted, enemies wearing the Cox Mascot Outfit will instead target Toni, who will receive the outfit in his wardrobe after successful completion of the mission.

Challenges: Wong Side of the Tracks

Wong Side of the Tracks GTA LCS side mission

How to start: Baillie Station of the Portland El, Saint Mark's, Portland Island

Rewards: $1,500

The mission requires the player to flee the Wong Brothers by riding a Sanchez through checkpoints placed on a train track. The player must finish the mission in a time limit, and every checkpoint passed adds 15 seconds to the timer. The reward for completing the mission is $1,500 and completion marks towards 100% game completion.