Battlefield 2: Modern Combat - Challenge - Races

Humvee

Available: From the start

The Humvee challenge is similar to a game of Crazy Taxi. Your role is to collect soldiers for extraction and return them to the start. It is a straightforward task that rewards you with more points for returning the soldiers faster.

Each time you collect a new soldier and drop them off, your time will be extended. This means that if you collect several quickly in succession, you can build up a nice cushion of time so that if you make a mistake, you still have time. Take the Humvee off-road. Just be sure you do not get lost or drive into a corner. Remember, you can drive through bushes, but not fences, signs, or trees. Be careful about damaging your vehicle too much. If you constantly run into things, it will explode and you have to restart. The placement and order of the soldiers is random, so you really do need to learn the lay of the land.

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Light Patrol Boat

Available: Corporal

This is a simple race course that puts you on a river and asks you to maneuver your way to the end of the track. Along the way, you have to hit a series of checkpoints which show up as white circles on your map that are easily recognizable on the river. Each time you cross a checkpoint, your timer will be extended.

Additionally, you are rewarded points based on how much time is left on the clock when you cross the checkpoint. Obviously, moving through this course quickly is the key to winning the challenge. The Light Patrol Boat is a fast vehicle with questionable steering. It does not take corners very well and tends to drift out around them. This means that you need to start your turns early and drift into them to maximize your speed.

There are yellow markers that are bonus rings that will give you 5000 points for riding over them. If you find yourself missing one, there is no need to alter your direction drastically to get the 5000 points. Making it to the next checkpoint should always be your priority.

Two things can trip you up in this race. The first is floating mines. If you touch one of these bad boys you explode and have to start over. Not good. The other obstacle is the shoreline itself. If you bump into it, it has a tendency to swing your boat around causing you to beach yourself. If you find yourself run up on the land, it is probably the best idea to restart and try again. Even if you manage to back up into the water again, the time you lost will cause you to end up having an unsuccessful race. Just make sure you keep your boat from touching the shore.

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Eagle Military Tactical Vehicle

Available: Master Sergeant

This is, perhaps, the easiest challenge. The setup is similar to the Light Patrol Boat, only this time you are on land and your handling is better. Drive your way through the course and get to the checkpoints before the timer runs out. The course is fairly short, but you have to make three laps of it to finish. Just like the Light Patrol Boat, you can find yellow bonus markers that will reward you with an additional 5000 points.

As long as you do not slam into a building or drive way off the track, you can easily get three stars on this course after a few tries.

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BK 1990 Mobile Artillery

Available: Warrant Officer

This race adds the element of enemy patrol vehicles as targets. Now, you can score points by making it to the next checkpoint, passing through bonus markers, and blasting jeeps, boats, and helicopters into oblivion. Each bonus marker you pass through gives you 5000 points and each other vehicle you destroy also gives you 5000 points.

The score for 3 stars is a hefty 310,000. Driving through the course is not enough, you have to do it quickly. Hit all of the bonus markers and shoot down the majority of the moving targets. Remember, your BK 1990 may be amphibious, but it moves much faster on land than in the water. Avoid going into the river at all costs (except for the one marker that requires you to do so). When you do hit the water, do it at the last moment possible and get out as soon as you can.

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Apache Attack Helicopter

Available: 1st Lieutenant

This challenge is going to take some practice. Controlling a helicopter is not an easy task. Press up on your left analog stick to tilt your nose down and move forward. Pull down to raise your nose and slow down or move backward. If you want to move up or down or aim your gun, you have to use the right analog stick. Play around with this challenge a lot until you are comfortable flying a helicopter through canyons.

Your goal is to fly through the spheres. Yellow ones give you a 5000 point reward. The white ones are checkpoints and will give you points based on how fast you get to them. There will be targets for you to shoot out on the ground as you fly around. The jeeps are worth 5000 points. The tanks are harder to kill, but give you a massive 10000 points for each one you destroy. At the end, shoot the helicopter down before crossing the finish line to get a huge point boost.

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Fast Attack Vehicle

Available: Lieutenant Colonel

For this race, you are up against other fast attack vehicles. They start ahead of you and do not travel very quickly. They are more of an obstacle than an actual competitor in the race, so you can mostly ignore them.

Just like the other races, you have to make it to the next checkpoint before the timer expires. Additionally, you are rewarded a bigger bonus for getting to the checkpoint with a lot of time left on the clock. Speed is of the essence. There are many 10000 point bonus markers on the course, but you have to be skilled to get them all. They are always placed in precarious places. Most are either between two explosive barrels or between two metal posts. It is not a good idea to hit either of these, so practice your precision driving if you want to succeed here. Finishing the course should net you one star, but to get all three you have to do it quickly and hit almost all of the bonus markers.

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