Well, there is more to Free Ride! It all has to do with a weird bonus mode included in the original. In addition to Free Ride, the first game also had a mode called Free Ride Extreme. This weird mode was filled with weird missions, weird vehicles, and completely silly content. And while there is no Free Ride Extreme, there are missions that are reminiscent of the spirit of this silly extra feature.
There is a secret set of missions in Free Ride, accessible by reading notes in Bar Salieri. Go to the bar and you'll get a note with a hint slot. Navigate to the location on the map, listen to a ringing payphone, and you can get started.
These missions are all extremely weird and some of them have crazy rewards. You can earn an alternate mechanic, boxer, or even dog head costume, but some of the weirdest are about clowns and UFOs. Tommy Angelo can fight aliens and killer klowns (not from space) and earn silly costumes.
How to unlock Free Ride Extreme missions:
There are 12 FRE missions in Free Ride. To activate them, go to the Salieri bar and pick up a note. There are notes all over the building - some notes only appear at night. Use the paints to change the time to night and search the area again.
- The first note is in the bar. Collect it and set off for the edge of Little Italy. Pick up the ringing phone and start the mission - the first mission is a tough time trial. Once the first mission is completed, 10 more will be unlocked.
Complete the first mission with the Crazy horse and 10 other notes will appear in Bar Salieri. You can start them all by collecting the Scattered Notes. Completing these 10 missions will unlock 1 final Free Ride Extreme mission.
How to get new costumes:
Some Free Ride Extreme missions will unlock new costumes. One of those missions involves hunting a UFO - and another involves a killer clown like Pennywise. Here are the missions that give you new costumes.
- Unlockable Easter Egg Mission Costumes:
- Dog head costume: Complete the "Curse of the Baskervilles" mission. The note appears on Salieri's desk.
- Costume Alien Tommy: Complete the mission "Alien Infiltration". This mission is only available at night - take the note and go to the phone booth west of the "Workers' Quarter" map marker.
- Evil Clown Costume: Complete the "Pennies From Hell" mission. The note can be found in the Salieri bar.
- Boxer costume: Complete the mission "Explosive Situation". Another mission of Bar Salieri.
- Mechanic costume: Complete the “Moderate Speed” mission. The ticket is in the Salieri bar and the phone booth is in the northwest of China Town.
There are more costumes you can unlock in Free Ride just by collecting them, but there isn't really a goal - you won't get 100% completion, these are just for fun. Some of these missions are extremely difficult.
The UFO mission in particular requires you to basically memorize where the UFO is moving so that you can reach it in time. You might even run out of gas! It's a lot of effort, but then you can play the rest of your game with a big green alien head. It's worth it in my book.
