Tunnel Fork: Right before you reach the first tunnel, there is a split in the road. Take the road to the right to beat out a car or two.
Beach Break: Soon after the second tunnel, the guard rail on the right ends, enabling racers to cut across the beach. Stay in the middle and head toward the opening on the other side. This is an excellent short cut, and even though you slow in the sand, you beat out opponents easily,
Over the Hills and through the field: Just after the beach break shortcut, watch for an opening on the left side. Once found, you'll drive across a wide grassy pasture. Keep near the left fence to reach the opening on the other side.
Tunnel: At the very beginning of the race, make a sharp right after the initial turn. You'll see a tunnel which cuts through to the main course. If you make the turn into it (by slowing down a little), you'll shave off as many as 5-10 seconds.
Field of Green: After an S-shaped curve, take a short cut across the fields. The embankments are on each side lower down, which resemble ramps. Stay close the jungle, but don't try to go through the jungle (as far as we know there isn't any short-cut through it) There is a similar, shorter-cut right after it but a giant rock makes this second route trickier at high speeds.
Back Yard Breaker: In the beginning of the race, you will enter and then leave a city area. Just after departing, you'll see a house on the right. turn before it, and a foot trail will lead you back to the road. This is a major short cut that should be practiced a lot.
Fork: Near the track's end, the road forks in twain. Go left, or rather, stay on the main road (it's safer and faster than taking the right road, which is narrower, riskier and not any faster.)
Dirt Path: After passing the lake and a few more curves, a small yellow road sign followed by a small dirt should appear. Drive down the dirt path quickly, slowing down near the ramp at the end, and pick up the road at the end.
In the Championship Mode, players are rewarded with new seasons and variations of tracks. There are five courses, four seasons, day/night, and mirror tracks. The Tracks are Coastline, Desert, Jungle, Mountain, and Stripmine. Jungle, Mountain, and Stripmine open up after you beat certain courses. The Mirror courses open up after achieving the proper point total in Championship, and beating all of the seasons.
Stripmine To get to the Strip Mine, achieve first place on all of the races in the last season (Season 6). You can also get a mirror version of the Stripmine, too! Open these up and re-learn these courses all over again. Good luck.
A version of the credits is accessible any time in the options menu. But there are different credits, with the Strip Mine shown in the background, that are a little more interesting: Go to Options, click on the Credits icon, then press left (on the D-pad), down C, right (on the D-pad), down (on the D-pad), and Z.
Finish the third year (all six seasons, including Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Expert and Professional), and you will receive the Cupra Car. Essentially, this is an ice cube floating on top of four wheels. It doesn't have any special odomoter or features, but it handles nicely and drives as fast as only an ice cube could.
If you beat the Expert Mode on the second season you will get the helmet car and the mirror of the Strip Mine. The helmet car is super grippy, fast, and has stiff steering (but the Porsche is still faster)
New cars are awarded each time you beat a season. There are as many as eight bonus cars. You start of with: 1. Type-LD (Lancia Delta) 2. Type-ES (Escort Cosworth) In subsequent seasons, you are rewarded with these cars: Second Season 3. Type-CE (Toyota Celica) 4. Type-IP (Isuzu P) Third Season 5. Type-M3 (BMW M3) 6. Type-SP (Toyota Supra) Fourth Season 7. Type-NS (Nissan GTIR) 8. Type-RS (Ford RS 200) Fifth Season 9. Type-PS (Porsche) Mirror Season 10. The amazing Milk Truck 11. The Helmet Car The Porsche's top speed and acceleration are at full tilt. You gotta believe this car is fast.
After beating the first season, you are rewarded with the ultimate in off-road racers...The Milk Truck. This vehicle, once it gets started, will really book. The in-the-car camera is highly recommeded.