The Ballad of Gay Tony: This Ain’t Checkers Walkthrough

The Ballad of Gay Tony walkthrough · Luis Lopez

Beat Mori in a race that switches from parachuting to boats and cars. Smooth transitions are as important as speed on the road.

Mission contact
Mori Kibbutz
Starting location
Brucie's Executive Lifestyle Autos, BOABO
Luis and Brucie meet before Mori’s race
This Ain't Checkers — The Ballad of Gay Tony

Mission walkthrough

  1. Reach the race start

    Drive to the heliport and follow the setup. After the helicopter stage, jump and guide the parachute toward one of the waiting boats.

  2. Land directly in a boat

    Line up early, reduce forward movement on approach and touch down on the boat rather than in the water. This saves swimming time and satisfies the landing objective.

  3. Win the water section

    Accelerate through the checkpoints and turn early enough to avoid missing them. Reach the vehicle-change point ahead of the other racers.

  4. Finish the road race

    Get into a waiting car and follow the checkpoint course. Brake before sharp corners and use open straights to maintain the lead. Finish first to settle Mori’s wager.

Key point

For Always First, lead the transitions and finish each racing stage ahead of the opponents. A direct boat landing gives you the best start; a clean run also protects the zero-damage target.

100% score requirements

  • Finish within 7 minutes 35 seconds.
  • Luis takes no damage.
  • Land directly in a boat after the parachute jump.
  • Earn Always First by leading the race stages and finishing first.

Use mission replay after finishing the story to improve individual requirements across separate attempts. Start each scoring run from the beginning; avoid checkpoint retries, taxis, cheats, death and arrest. Check the results screen after each run.