Simpsons Hit And Run Flaming Tires
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Flaming Tires is the bonus mission for Level 7. In it, Homer must help Smithers gather Mr. Burns' items. Completing this mission unlocks Mr. Homer finds Mr. Smithers outside the Kwik-E-Mart. Homer pleads for his help, but Smithers doesn't comply, citing Burns' demand for the delivery of his personal items, while Smithers himself has a brunch date. Homer decides to help out. To drive a flaming car you first have to choose the car you want. Then crash it until the smoke coming out of your car is black. Then go to a phone and select the car you chose. It should say 'damaged: 100 percent.' ' If not crash a bit more. If it does say 100 percent, choose the car.
This page details bugs of The Simpsons: Hit & Run.
Blind Big Brother Crash
In the mission Blind Big Brother, the player is required to destroy all of the Power Couplings. However, the player can crash the game by unloading them: drive as far as Springfield Elementary with a fast car. When you drive back to the Power Plant, the Power Couplings will be gone. If you then attempt to go close to where they were, the game will crash, looping the last few seconds of music on some versions.
This is confirmed to work on all versions.
Lamppost Launch
This glitch practically works like the infamous 'Swingset Glitch' from Grand Theft Auto IV, except the player has to park their car on the lamppost rather than a swingset. This is known to work in all levels and all versions.
Zapped Driver
In this glitch, the player must have a car with an intractable driver like Homer or Apu from the phone and one of the Wasp Cameras must be left alive. The player must park the car next to the Wasp Camera and sometimes, the Wasp Camera may zap the driver, causing the driver to be zapped out of the car. Ironically, the car will still act if it has a driver with them.
Replay Flaming Tires in Level 7
In early copies of the PlayStation 2 and GameCube editions, the Level 7 bonus mission, Flaming Tires, can be replayed at any time. To start the mission, go and talk to Smithers at the Kwik-E-Mart. While the red exclamation mark will not appear, the blue shadow indicating a mission will. Strangely, this will cause two Smithers to appear if the player drives to the location using Mr. Burns' Limo.
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Inside the game files, there are a number of models that go unused for unknown reasons.
| Internal Name | Image | Description |
|---|---|---|
| franke_m | Unused model for a male child pedestrian intended to spawn in Level 7. He shares his quotes with male children found in Level 1 to Level 6. | |
| askinn_m | Unused 3D model of Agnes Skinner. Possibly meant to be a passenger in Skinner's Sedan (replacing the low-poly model of her present in the vehicle) however more likely meant as a pedestrian, as she has unique quotes for being hit, avoiding a car, and being kicked. |
Using a cheat code, the player can cycle through every character model to allow them to play as any character in any level.
In the PC version, hold F1 and press Down Arrow, Down Arrow, Down Arrow, Left Arrow in the options menu.
In the US GameCube version, enter the below Gecko code then press B during gameplay:
- 4Console Exclusive Files
gaghomer
A model similar in appearance to Homer's Road Rage model, with a few subtle changes (no hair at the back of his head, a tongue and some teeth) intended for use on the title screen, as seen in early screenshots. This model is also found amongst the Main Menu models, which evidences this.
Podium
A podium, presumably intended for the bonus game.
Pedestal
An early version of the pedestal featured in the game.
Console Exclusive Files
Certain unused files can only be found inside the console versions of the game, as opposed to the PC version.
carbox.p3d
A box, presumably for holding cars. The use of this box is unknown, however it is placed inside Level 6's files. Interestingly although it is inside the console versions it uses the file format of the PC version.
Placing it in game shows it to be incomplete. It has no animations on it at all. Other than that it works fine.
Simpsons Hit And Run Flaming Tires 2017
chaps.p3d
A pair of chaps, meant for use in the Level 7 bonus mission Flaming Tires. It does not seem to match Burns' character but does fit Smithers' character, so the mission may have originally involved collecting items for Smithers as well.
bbook.p3d
A phone book, again meant for use in Flaming Tires.
chat.p3d
A miner's helmet, again meant for use in Flaming Tires. Like chaps.p3d it doesn't match Burns' character.