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Mafia 1 Remake: Definitive Edition Trophy Guide & Roadmap

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Mafia 1 Remake: Definitive Edition Trophy Roadmap

  • Estimated trophy difficulty: 6.5/10
  • Approximate amount of time to platinum: 30-40 Hours
  • Offline Trophies: 44 (1trophy, 3trophy, 7trophy, 33trophy)
  • Online Trophies: 0
  • Number of missable trophies: 0 (nothing missable, can get everything via Chapter Select & Free Roam)
  • Glitched trophies: 0
  • Does difficulty affect trophies?: Yes, must beat the game on Classic Difficulty
  • Hardest Trophies: trophy Made Man
  • Most Time-Consuming Trophies: trophy Made Man
  • Minimum Playthroughs: 1 (but 2 highly recommended)
  • Do difficulty trophies stack?: Yes, beating game on Classic difficulty also unlocks the trophy for Easy/Normal/Hard
  • Free-Roam / Level Select after Story?: Yes, there is Chapter Select in the Title Screen and also a Free Roam mode (called “Free Ride” in Title Screen).
  • Release Date: September 25, 2020

Introduction

Welcome to the Mafia 1 Remake / Remaster Definitive Edition Trophy Guide! With the new release of Mafia I on PS4, Xbox One and PC, the game has for the first time received its own trophy set. The trophies are relatively straightforward. Each story chapter (20 total) unlocks a trophy just for completing it. The rest of the trophies comes mostly from Collectibles. There are a handful of miscellaneous trophies, too. The only challenging thing is beating the game on Classic difficulty. Especially the Chapter 5 Race and several chase/driving sequences are very challenging on Classic. It’s not recommended to choose Classic for the first playthrough.

Step 1: Story on Easy & Story-related Collectibles

For the first playthrough, Easy difficulty is recommended. You can expect this to take 8-10 hours. In theory, one Classic playthrough would be enough (it also unlocks the trophy for beating game on Easy/Normal/Hard) but it’s quite challenging for the first playthrough. If you want to make things a bit easier on yourself, do two playthroughs.

On your first run you’ll want to grab all the story-related Collectibles. The Collectibles are split into two categories: Story & Free Roam. Most Collectibles can be found in Free Roam but some are exclusive to the Story.

None of the Collectibles in Mafia 1 Remake are missable. You can still grab everything via Chapter Select after the Story. So don’t worry if you missed one, just make a note of it and replay the chapter after the story. The Collectibles can be tracked in the Collection Menu and you can sort them by their in-game number with a press of :square: . This way it’s easy to figure out which one you’re missing. This guide includes the in-game number and name of the Collectible so you can easily reference your missing ones.

Click through the links below and it will take you right to the next Collectible in chronological order (no scrolling necessary). That’s the only task you have for your first playthrough, just clicking through the links and grabbing all of these.

Semi-Missable Story Exclusive Collectibles:

Note: If you come across additional Collectibles, those are actually Free Roam Collectibles (some Collectibles can spawn in both modes “Story” and “Free Roam”). Ignore those for now. For the purpose of this guide, only what’s strictly Story-Exclusive (what cannot spawn in Free Roam) is listed here, and we’ll grab everything else during Step 2 with the Free Roam Collectibles.

Step 2: Open World Collectibles (Free Roam)

For trophy The Whole Story, you must find all Collectibles in the game. With the Story Collectibles done, you’ll only have Open World Collectibles left. Refer to the Mafia 1 Remake Collectibles Guide and complete all Collectible Types. If you have any miscellaneous trophies left do them now, too.

Step 3: Classic Difficulty Playthrough

The only trophy you should have left now is for beating Classic Difficulty. The reason for the 6.5/10 difficulty rating is the race in Chapter 5 on Classic. The combat sections aren’t too troublesome, it’s this one race that is the most difficult part. The Classic playthrough will take around 20 hours. Refer to trophy Made Man for tips.

Useful Tips, Tricks and Guides:

Mafia 1 Remake: Definitive Edition Trophy Guide

The Original Gangster
Obtained all Mafia: Definitive Edition Trophies
Earn all other trophies in Mafia 1 Remake: Definitive Edition to unlock platinum. The other 2 games of the Mafia Trilogy don’t need to be played for this.
A Chase through the Night
Completed “An Offer You Can’t Refuse”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 1st Chapter.
The Back Streets of Little Italy
Completed “Running Man”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 2nd Chapter.
The Way this City Works
Completed “Molotov Party”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 3rd Chapter.
Gangs of Lost Heaven
Completed “Ordinary Routine”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 4th Chapter.
Neighborhood Hero
Completed “Fair Play”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 5th Chapter.
Good Night for a Walk Anyways
Completed “Sarah”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 6th Chapter.
Storm Cloud over Chinatown
Completed “Better Get Used to It”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 7th Chapter.
Murder in the House of God
Completed “The Saint and the Sinner”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 8th Chapter.
Your Canuck Cousins
Completed “A Trip to the Country”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 9th Chapter.
Rat in the House
Completed “Omerta”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 10th Chapter.
Blood on Beech Hill
Completed “Visiting Rich People”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 11th Chapter.
Best Laid Plans
Completed “Great Deal”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 12th Chapter.
The Day the War Began
Completed “Bon Appétit”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 13th Chapter.
Death on the Water
Completed “Happy Birthday”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 14th Chapter.
When God Stops Smiling
Completed “You Lucky …”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 15th Chapter.
The Day the War Ended
Completed “Crème de la Crème”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 16th Chapter.
A View from the Top
Completed “Election Campaign”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 17th Chapter.
Into the Lion’s Den
Completed “Just For Relaxation”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 18th Chapter.
That Last Big Score
Completed “Moonlighting”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 19th Chapter.
Friends and Family
Completed “The Death of Art”
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. For completing the 20th Chapter.
A Life of Crime
Completed the game on Easy, Medium, or Hard difficulty
In the Title Screen select Story > New Game > pick Easy, Medium, or Hard difficulty (not Classic). Now finish the game on easy of these difficulties. Easy is recommended for the first playthrough. In the gameplay options set “Police Response” to “Regular” to make it easier (police difficulty is reduced).

Note: Beating the game in Classic also unlocks “A Life of Crime” for beating it on Easy/Normal/Hard.
Made Man
Completed the game on Classic difficulty
In the Title Screen select Story > New Game > pick Classic difficulty. In this mode, enemies deal far more damage (you die in 3-4 hits), med kits don’t heal as much, enemies can sustain double the damage before dying, Police will chase you on minor traffic offenses and stay on your tail for longer, ammo left in the clip will be lost on reload. The damage you receive is dependent on the distance to the enemies (the closer they are, the more damage you receive). Being further away means you can withstand more hits.

Classic is very challenging and NOT recommended for the first playthrough. It’s downright infuriating and imbalanced during car/race/chase/defense sections. Luckily, you have Checkpoints like on any other difficulty.

Enemies also still drop ammo, but you’ll want to avoid reloading your weapon manually (doing so loses the ammo left in the clip). Because enemies can take double the hits on Classic you’ll want to use every bullet wisely. Go for headshots where possible, but not if many enemies are shooting at you (too risky). Instead of pressing :x: to lean against cover, it’s often better to stand behind cover, press :l2: to aim and :l3: to switch shoulder. This way you can “aim around the corner”. Blind-fire out of cover (only pressing :r2: to fire, without aiming) can be useful when you have a shotgun and enemies are getting very close to you, but with other weapons at long distance it’s too inaccurate. When there’s only one enemy left in a room and nobody else can shoot you, consider finishing them off with Melee as to not waste any ammo. Melee is surprisingly strong, even with bare hands it only takes 8 strikes to kill an enemy. When you die and respawn with low health, medkits you already picked up can be used again to restore health.

It’s recommeded to turn on Skip Drive (Game Options > Skip Drive = On). During some driving sections you can press :down: to skip the drive and save time (doesn’t work in timed events and chases where your driving performance matters).

The combat sections are the least of all problems though. The most difficult section is the Chapter 5 Race. In order to advance the story you have to win this race. Even though enemies have the same car as you, they will drive significantly faster. This race will be the platinum blocker for most players. On the final stretch before the finish line, be sure to look behind you and drive in front of opponents to block their path so that they can’t overtake you last second. When driving around corners, press (don’t hold) :x: (Ram Button) to get a speed boost and stabilize your car. This move takes some practice but can make the race much easier when used correctly. Also tap :x: when driving in a straight line for a speed boost (but in this case don’t steer as it can make your car ram left/right). If you get spun around or fall too far behind opponents, pause the game and restart checkpoint immediately (no point in continuing as you won’t catch up anymore). If you make any mistake it’s best to restart the race. Below is a video of this race on Classic difficulty:

Note: Changing the difficulty from Easy to Classic in the last Chapter does not work to cheat the trophy. You have to do a full playthrough on Classic from start to end without changing difficulties. Also, the difficulty trophies stack. Meaning that beating the game on Classic also unlocks “A Life of Crime” for beating it on Easy/Normal/Hard. Lowering the difficulty at any point will void this trophy. You have to beat Classic in one continuous run without changing difficulties. You can not get this via Chapter Select. You have to select “New Game” from the Title Screen or else it won’t count. There seem to be some uninformed suggestions going around the internet to lower the difficulty during the Chapter 5 race, but this will make you miss out on the Classic difficulty so don’t do this!
Supercharged
Won the race

The race takes place automatically in Chapter 5: Fair Play. It’s a mandatory part of the story. There are 16 contestants in a 3-lap race. You must place 1st to advance the story, making this an automatic story-related trophy.

It’s important to note that the race is much easier on the Easy difficulty setting. On Classic difficulty it’s the hardest thing in the game by far and what will keep most players from earning this platinum (that’s because you must win to advance the story).

It can take a while to get used to the controls, your car can break out and spin around easily if you steer too sharply. One trick to gain a speed boost is to tap (not hold) :x: . This is actually the “ram” button. When driving around corners, tap :x: repeatedly to stabilize the car and gain a speed boost. This takes some practice but once you’ve learned this move it can help a lot. Also press :x: when driving in a straight line to get a speed boost (but in this case don’t steer as it can make your car ram left/right). Avoid getting spun around as this can cost you a lot of time. On easy difficulty you can ram into the opponents to wreck their cars, but on Classic this is not recommended. On Classic you will have to drive all 3 laps perfectly. On the final stretch, look behind you to make sure no opponent will overtake you in the last seconds (drive in front of them to block their path).
Lined Pockets
Paid a fine to the Lost Heaven Police Department
This works only during a one star police chase. An easy way to trigger a one star chase is to slowly ram a police car, or to discharge your firearm in public, or by starting a fistfight with a civilian. Stay where you are when the chase starts. Get out of your car and stand still, don’t press any buttons and wait for the police to walk up to you. You will then automatically pay the fine to them and they’ll let you go.
Not Taken In
Resisted arrest by the Lost Heaven Police Department
This works only during a two star police chase. You can trigger a two star chase by stealing or lockpicking a car. When the police arrive, stop your vehicle and let them come to you. Step out of the car when they ask you to (or let them pull you out). Now they will try to arrest you but for a brief period there’s a green :triangle: prompt on the police officer. Press :triangle: when this prompt is shown. You will strike the guy to resist arrest and the trophy unlocks instantly.
Heat from the Cops
Lost the cops after accruing a five star police chase

The easiest way to get this is in Chapter 17: Election Campaign.

At the end of this chapter you will automatically trigger a 5 star police chase and must escape to advance the story. This is easily done by jumping over one of the barricades marked by a white icon on the minimap (it will crash some cop cars and break their line of sight). Once you’re out of their line of sight, drive to the docks and hide where no police cars can go. Get out of your car and just hide behind some crates. If you are unable to break the police’s line of sight, you can try killing off all cops in a secluded location (again, docks are great) and then just hiding behind cover after they’re all dead.
Car Enthusiast
Lockpicked 5 cars on the streets of Lost Heaven and environs
You can earn this very quickly in Free Ride (select Free Ride from Title Screen). Simply run up to cars parked on the side of streets and press :left: to lockpick their doors. Repeat a total of 5 times. If you are seen lockpicking, people will call the cops on you. Try to drive away a little bit so you’re out of sight when they arrive. Rinse and repeat.
That Motor can Move
Reached 50mph while driving the Bolt Ace

From the Title Screen select “Free Ride” (available after first story chapter), go to the garage at Salieri’s Bar in Little Italy and select the Bolt Ace. This vehicle is available from the start. 50mph is this vehicle’s top speed.

Drive to “Giuliani Bridge”, the big red bridge connecting Central Island to Downtown. Drive over it and keep tapping :x: repeatedly (press, don’t hold the button) and don’t steer left/right while doing this. Pressing :x: makes you “ram” forward which gives you a speed boost. The bridge has a decline on the other end, it’s like driving downhill and will put you above the 50mph speed limit.
Stunt Rider
Performed a wheelie for 3 seconds

This can only be done using a motorcycle – and there’s only a single type in the game. It’s called “Haverley Tomahawk”. Load up Free Ride (Free Roam) from the Title Screen and open your garage at Salieri’s Bar (where you spawn). Check if it’s already in your garage. If not, drive around until you find a motorcycle, they are very common (once you drive it for the first time it gets added to your garage automatically).

The trick is to hold :circle: for the handbrake while holding :r2: to rev up the engine. Let go of the handbrake (continue to hold :r2: however) and you will do a 3 second wheelie. Be sure to do this on a flat street, not uphill/downhill.
Quite the Collection
Collected 15 vehicles in the Garage
See trophy “Motor Museum”.
Motor Museum
Collected 30 vehicles in the Garage
» Mafia 1 Remake – All 36 Vehicles List, Showcase & Spawn Areas

There are 36 vehicles in the game. You can view how many you’ve found by selecting “Free Ride” from the Title Screen, then opening the Garage at Salieri’s Bar in Little Italy.Note: Do not confuse this with the Carcyclopedia (which lists 49 vehicles in Title Screen), it has nothing to do with this trophy. Only the actual selectable Free Ride garage counts towards this!The way you add new vehicles to the garage is by simply entering them once. Just steal them off the streets. About 15 of  the vehicles come automatically from beating the story.

The best method to get to 30 is to first beat the story, then find the 5 Hidden Cars in Free Roam, now search for all Free Roam Collectibles and enter any new car you see. It’s worth noting that every city district has its own roster of cars that can spawn. You’ll find high-end sports cars in Beech Hill, Oakwood, Downtown. Middle-class vehicles around Central Island, Little Italy, Chinatown. Trucks and transport vehicles spawn most frequently in Works Quarter and the Countryside. Just steal anything new you see. If you’re still a few vehicles short after getting the Collectibles, do the Phone Booth Side Quests.

For a list of all 36 vehicles with images of what they look like and how to get them, refer to the guide below:

» Mafia 1 Remake – All 36 Vehicles List, Showcase & Spawn Areas
Pulp Fiction
Found a Pulp Magazine
See trophy “Lending Library”.
Lending Library
Found all Pulp Magazines
There are 4 types of Pulp Magazines, 20 of each type (80 total). None of them are missable. Refer to the guides below for their locations:

» Mafia 1 Remake – All 20 Dime Detective Locations
» Mafia 1 Remake – All 20 Black Mask Locations
» Mafia 1 Remake – All 20 Super Science Stories Locations
» Mafia 1 Remake – All 20 Terror Tales Locations
Comic Violence
Found a copy of Gangsters Monthly
» Mafia 1 Remake – All 10 Gangsters Monthly Locations
Picture Book Connoisseur
Found all copies of Gangsters Monthly
» Mafia 1 Remake – All 10 Gangsters Monthly Locations
Family History
Found a ‘Gangsters of the United States’ cigarette card
» Mafia 1 Remake – All 22 Cigarette Card Locations
Full Set
Found all ‘Gangsters of the United States’ cigarette cards
» Mafia 1 Remake – All 22 Cigarette Card Locations
On the Trail
Found a hidden car
» Mafia 1 Remake – All 5 Hidden Car Locations
Car Thief Number One
Found all of the hidden cars
» Mafia 1 Remake – All 5 Hidden Car Locations
Mystery Fox Discovered
Found a Mystery Fox
» Mafia 1 Remake – All 50 Mystery Fox Locations
Mystery Fox Domination
Found all Mystery Foxes
» Mafia 1 Remake – All 50 Mystery Fox Locations
The Whole Story
Completed the Collection
» Mafia 1 Remake Collectibles Guide

For this you need 100% Collectible Progress, which you can view in the Collection Menu at any time. Nothing is missable, you can still get everything via Chapter Select and Free Roam after the story. Refer to the link above for all the required Collectible Types and their locations.
Not Classy
Took Paulie to a Place of Disrepute

This trophy takes place in Chapter 5: Fair Play. If you miss this trophy you can still get it via chapter select.

After winning the race you’re supposed to drive Paulie home. Do NOT bring him to his home where the yellow mission marker is. Instead, drive him to Central Island to the location circled red below. It’s a brothel and going there leads to an alternate mission ending. If you were to drive him to the yellow mission marker it would advance to the next chapter. If in doubt, make a manual save game backup after winning the 16-person car race (PS4 Settings > Application Saved Data Management > Copy to USB/PS+ Cloud).

 

 Special Thanks / Credits 

Massive thanks to the following people for their help with the creation of this guide:

dalailama1989, FranciRoosters

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    • Game crashes when finnishing the bike checkpoint race, my save file was corrupter and had to start the game all over. Love your walkthroughs.

  2. Greetings from Croatia and great guide as always Powerpyx. Just one question… Do difficulty trophies stack? Is it possible to beat classic difficulty to unlock lower difficulty trophies?

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  3. Great Guide! I will play the first run then on normal on blind. Preordered the Triology for 45€ yesterday. A good price. 🙂

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  4. Thank you for this guide PP. As always, your hard work never goes unnoticed and we’re all grateful (nor that of the rest of the team). Glad you enjoyed, too.

    I love Mafia but candidly never played the original Mafia 1 – can you tell us how long the race is per attempt? Imagine this being a full day of trying again…and again…and again. I can see a video attached, but I presume it isn’t live yet due to embargo/listing reasons. I have Mafia II: Definitive Edition & Mafia III with 100% achievement completion (Xbox) so I’ll be going for the completion in this one… race be damned

    I’m kind of happy this is a more challenging completion as aside from some DLC this is my last full game completion planned before next-gen.

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    • That Chapter 5 race is a funny one… who would’ve thought that in a third person mobster shooter, the challenge to plat would be a championship race! :D

      A perfect full run of the race takes 5 minutes, but most tries don’t last that long. If you’re not in Top 4 by the end of first lap you might as well restart checkpoint right away. If you get spun around or off-track you can also restart the race right away, no point in continuing.

      The problem is that the opponents drive so much faster than you despite everyone having the same car. And on top of that, the handling is super awkward, when you steer a little too much you spin around all of the sudden. Worst car in the game in terms of handling.

      Depening on how skilled you are at racing games, maybe 40 tries if you’re a pro. A lot more tries if you don’t like driving.

    • Brilliant, thank you. I heard the race was also super challenging in OG so it can’t be a surprise.

      I love racing games (mainly Forza) so I am happy to keep going with this one. Feels cheap, though, so Ch. 5 could be more frustrating than fun!

    • The race is about five minutes if you do the whole thing, but you would be resetting from checkpoint after 2 or 3 minutes.

      For me it took 7 hours to beat on classic.

    • Powerpyx said that the race could take 40 tries if you’re a pro? I mean, I’ve played my share of driving games and am decent at them but was never at the highest pro tier in Gran Turismo or anything. I don’t even own a driver’s license. And the race took me like a few tries and that was that. You really just gotta make sure you brake well in advance of the big turns, especially before the very first turn as you gain a lot of speed before it. Another part I remember being a bit stressful was the little jump if you cut one of the corners, be careful with that too as the car can flip and there’s no way to recover.

      Other than that, it’s really not that bad. Most difficult part for me were some of the shooting parts, like the one where you have to shoot out of the truck. Don’t recall that causing much trouble in the original, but the margin for error is extremely small on Classic difficulty.

  6. What if I start on Normal but drop to easy for the car race then bump it back to Normal? Will that affect anything?

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    • That will be fine, you can do that 🙂
      Doesn’t void any trophy. I can also confirm that changing from easy to classic will still give you the trophy for beating the game on Easy/Normal/Hard (but not the one for beating it on classic).

  7. Aaaah…sweet memories. I remember the struggle with the race in the original game. I guess I have to do it again 18 years later.

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  8. I’m a car enthusiastic myself and I was wondering that you can drive 36 vehicles in the game, but still Carcyclopedia says there is 49 vehicles. So my question is that can you still drive those vehicles that are not listed here like Bolt Truck or Bolt Ace Pickup?

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  9. On TA, someone mentioned that the race is easy in Classic Mode if
    You take the shortcut? I haven’t played the game yet but was wondering if you have found a short cut in the race?

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    • I mention the “shortcut” in this guide (it’s a little hill jump), but the problem is 50% of the time you will get spun around on landing and it’s hard to control. More luck than skill imo, because you have to do this perfectly 3 laps in a row the odds of that happening are low. Also if you get rammed by someone on landing it’s a try wasted. It’s better to slow down 10-15% before the “shortcut” and taking the proper road, thus eliminating the risk of messing up on the jumps. It’s definitely worth trying both methods to see what works better for you. For me, the jumps did not work out too good.

    • There is no shortcut in the game. The shortcut you’re thinking about is probably flying off the hill on the right side of the chicane at a high speed.

      Doing that is pretty much guaranteed to spin you out. Your best bet is to slow down at the chicane and stick to the left.

  10. New game when choosing classic difficulty，If I turn my auxiliary aiming high, will it affect the classic difficulty trophy？

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  11. If I start the game on classical difficulty, but change it to normal difficulty in chapter 5 racing, and then change it back to classical, can I win the classical difficulty trophy?

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    • I started the game on classic then went free ride for a little then back to race and didn’t realize it was on easy do I have to redo whole story or just redo the chapter select

    • I don’t think playing Free Ride in between would affect the Classic trophy (as long as you don’t change difficulty within the story mode it should be okay). Haven’t tested that scenario and can’t say with 100% certainty, but my guess is that what you described is fine for the trophy.

    • Is there an confirmation on changing difficulty only in free ride then changing it back to classic before exiting and still getting the Made Man trophy or does that mean a whole start over?

  14. Just finished story on medium difficulty can I go now for Classic playtrough without loosing any collectibles ? Or should I wait for those 2 missing collectibles?

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    • All collectibles carry over. You can do classic now. I don’t think the missing 2 collectibles are in the story anyway, and even if they are you can grab them through chapter select later.

  15. Can you beat chapters on classic in any order? I’ve played on classic, then i turned down to normal on the race chapter, then back to classic. So could I go back later and do the race chapter on classic and get the trophy? Or does it need to be in 1 go?

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    • Has to be in one go (tried and tested). If you change difficulty you lose your chance at the classic trophy. You have to start over from the beginning.

  16. Anyone knows how exactly does the “classic difficulty tracker” work for the game? I can’t find anything like “completed in xxx difficulty” in the chapter select menu.
    If I accidentally changed the difficulty during a chapter (with or without resuming the game), do I need a whole new playthrough or just replay this certain chapter?

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    • PowerPyx answered this just above and unfortunately, changing the difficulty at any point will void the trophy 🙁

  17. That Motor can Move trophy broken on me. I reached 50 mph but trophy not unlocked. I over read there Xbox One version had same issue.

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  19. I had more cars than you mention in your guide, for example I have 2 motorbikes, I have Lincoln Clays car from Mafia 3 etc and I can confirm these count for the trophy. I believe it might be pre order DLC.

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    • I now have 39/40 vehicles including the Black Cat motorbike and Vito/Lincoln’s DLC vehicles.

      I just wish that I knew what I was missing so I can keep an eye out for it.

  20. Hey PowerPyx 🙂

    One more guide and one more masterchief, thank you again for your awesome work ?

    I come to share my feedback on the race of chapter 5. I just finished it on hard difficulty on fourth try. All your advices really helped me, and your video too to finish 1st in 4’50, with some errors.

    But I found a tip that could really help many others players. In any case, it really helped me when I tested this on my last try : In sharp turns, I press the X key, and the car goes back to the inside of the corner with no loss of speed and no drift to control 🙂

    However, I did not test this technique in classic difficulty but on my “hard” run I set the car’s behavior to “simulation”.

    I think that the reactions of the car should not differ between the two modes 🙂
    I hope this will help some people ?

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  23. If I beat the whole game on Classic, but lowered the difficulty for one mission in the middle, will I be able to just replay that one mission on Classic to get the trophy?

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    • No you will not.
      It locks you out completely.
      It is needed to be done in one playthrough, and not in bits.

  24. Amazing guide as always PP! — The 6.5 feels a bit high after my play through though, between 4 and 5 would be more justified. The race is a tough one but definitely not impossible. For everyone who is anxious about the difficulty, no worries.

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  25. I did not get the “Heat from the Cops” trophy by auto in chapter 17 because my game crashed during that mission then I reloaded my save and I got only 4 star police there… So technically it can be missed.

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    • That sounds more like a bug from a game crash, though. Even when you reload checkpoint, as soon as you enter the car and drive off it goes to 5 stars.

    • Amazing guide, but this is technically not “unmissable” in Ch. 17. It is by playing normally, so 90% of players would get it (as did I), but a workaround for Mission 17 that helps a lot with Classic is to go back on yourself after the prison to break line of sight (after you’ve cleared it of cops). If you wait a few minutes your wanted level clears and in this instance getting into the car doesn’t get you a 5* wanted level. For people who did this you won’t get the trophy/achievement in Ch. 17.

  27. I started the game on classic then went free ride and changed it to easy for a little then exited without changing it back and started race and didn’t realize it was on easy when I won do I have to redo whole story or just redo the chapter select

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    • I’m afraid you need to re-start. Entire story must be done front to back on Classic without changing difficulty.

  28. Thanks for the great guide PP! Got the plat!

    Great game. I was a fan of the original and it’s nice to relive this story again.

    The race is really not that hard, if you keep in mind that the car remains much more stable if you brake in short bursts instead of one hard continuous break. That really helps with the cornering.

    One more piece of advise: back up your save regularly. My game crashed at the end of chapter 15 and the save file got corrupted. All the collectibles I had up to that point, including the cars I had driven, gone…
    Luckily the playthrough save was apparently seperate, and I did not lose 15 chapters of progress in my classic run.

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  29. Some more tips for Chapter 5 race on classic difficulty:

    – Know your car
    Your car is RWD so you must contersteer and release throttle when sliding to stabilise your car. Also if you’ve been hit in rear you will likely spin if not release throttle.

    -Know your track
    This track is fairly simple, there are only two turns where you have to break hard to make it. You can cut through grass on another two or three turns, your car will not lose much speed. But don’t ever think of cutting chicane with jump! This is too dangerous and not giving you noticable benefit.
    Also there are three scripted events appearing if you are not at first place. First one: car crashing on wall of first lap, this will probably not disturb you. Second one: car trying to take a shotcut on chicane and crash during 2nd lap. It will block left side of road after chicane so avoid it! And finally, on 3rd lap there will be some firefighters working on crashed car on same place, avoid it too, it can ruin you race.

    -Know how to race
    Basic racing theory is enough to win this race without too much effort. Start turning from outer circle through the curner’s apex and returning to outer circle, break before the apex and accelerate after. Drive carefully, like you’re in Gran Turismo, not in NFS, and you will win this one in no time.

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  30. Hey everyone i just completed the story and i wonder if i choose new game on classic will the collectibles i already found carry over?

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  31. Thank you very much! One last thing if i turn aim assist on driving on regular skip drive etc will it void the made man trophy?

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    • Hey, I just got the platinum this morning. Trip skip, and aim assist are 100% fine to use on classic difficulty.

  32. Hey everyone. I can’t pick up magazine in “visiting rich people” chapter. The “square” button does not appear and also there is no mark on the map. If I reload checkpoint – magazine dissapers and only by reloading chapter from the start i can see it again but still not able to collect it. Rebooting the game and the console didn’t help.

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  33. Race Tips:

    If you spin out at any point just restart as PowerPyx says. Also, apart from safer turns (see below), I didn’t find the speed boost from using ram (X/A) really helped me very much.

    Lap 1
    You basically win or lose this in Lap 1. As long as you don’t panic, Laps 2 – 3 are actually not that hard@ If after the 4th turn you are not 3rd – 4th you may as well restart.

    – 1st turn (Hairpin) – brake (L2/LT) and ram (X/A). Be hyper-aggressive here, it’ll either work or won’t and you can just restart.
    – 2nd turn – off gas turn (let go of R2/RT) rather than brake and cut corner using grass
    – 3rd turn – off gas turn (let go of R2/RT) rather than brake and cut corner using grass. This is the most critical turn. You can go from 9th to 3rd if you cut the corner effectively, as you lose virtually no speed!
    – 4th turn – brake (L2/LT) and ram (X/A). If you aren’t about 4th-5th at this precise point then just restart.
    – 5th turn – brake (L2/LT) and ram (X/A).– be conservative on this turn in particular.
    – Mini “S” Chicane – reduce speed to 70mph and take it without accelerating, following the natural turn as much as possible. Don’t even bother doing the jump as PowerPyx says. It either spins you out or doesn’t make a lick of difference.
    – 6th turn – LIGHTLY brake (L2/LT) and stay on the road. Don’t try cut this corner as you’ll most often spin out.
    – 7th turn – off gas turn (let go of R2/RT) rather than brake
    – 8th turn (Bowl) – Approach mid-right and hold LS left until you’re on the final straight. No need to brake.
    – Straight (end of lap) – accelerate full force (RT) and hold RS to look behind you the entire time you’re on the straight until the finish line (shouldn’t lose course). Make sure no one over takes you (yes, even on Lap 1).

    Laps 2 – 3
    This time, with corners 1 and 5 just exercise EXTREME caution. Brake very early and go around slowly, even if you temporarily give up a spot (can easily make it up usually in turns 2 or 3). Don’t try and go around too fast, it’s not worth it even if you’re not in 1st just yet. Caution, caution, caution on turns 1 and 5!

    With the 1st hairpin, break extremely early and only start turning once you’re very slow. Use ram intermittently if you think you’re still going to over shoot. 5th turn just play it cautious and enter slow, again, better to be slightly slower than you’d like than spin. I failed 2 attempts on Lap 3 whilst in 1st because I spun out of turn 5!

    Finally, and I can’t stress this enough, as soon as you’ve finish the bowl turn and are on the home straight just look behind you the entire time and block other racers’ paths. As long as your course is straight and central, you don’t need to worry about hitting the barrier. Others can (and will) overtake you out of nowhere right at the other end otherwise, on any difficulty. Really cheap.

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  34. Thank you as always for the guide and especially for such at early stage! You’re a legend! I finished everything except classical difficulty. Fingers crossed!

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  35. Hi Powerpyx, there’s a comment on Youtube that said “on the race you can switch to Easy and when you’re about to win, switch it back to Classic, I’ve got the trophy”. Can you confirm if this works?

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    • No, will lose out on the Classic difficulty trophy. This is mentioned multiple times in the guide as well.
      That person maybe meant the trophy for winning the race (which is an automatic story trophy), not the trophy for beating the entire game on classic. If you change difficulty at any point you won’t get the classic trophy in the end.

  37. I can confirm that the chapter replay won’t work for defficulty trophy. I didn’t know that. i selected CLASSIC in menus and then started to replay every chapter on classic and after that i didn’t get the trophy ?

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  38. is it possible to catch up on the race at the end of the game in classic mode to unlock the trophy / achievement “Made Man”?

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  39. There’s no need to do 2 playthrough really. One is enough. Classic mode is not that hard except for the race. If you do 2 playthrough you still have to race anyway.

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    • Yes, took me 22 hours to get the plat.

      I played blind on Classic first, used chapter select to cleanup couple missing collectibles and then went for Free Ride trophies.

  40. If Im doing a classic playthrough bug webt to free ride; changed difficulty then changed it back to classic before exiting then continued story mode, does that void it? I just got done on the race part for classic and i dont wanna have to waste time playing to the end if its already voided

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    • There are only 2 options.
      1) You are lucky enough to have a manual backup save before picking up the last fox. Check your PS+ cloud saves, you might be in luck! Back up your current save to a USB device before copying back the cloud save to console. If your save is before the last fox, just collect it again to see if the trophy pops this time.
      2) If you’re not lucky with option 1, the only option is to uninstall & reinstall the game, delete ALL Mafia 1 Remake saves (PS4 Settings > Application Saved Data Management). Then start from scratch. Luckily, 45 foxes you can get right away in free roam pretty quickly. But unfortunately, 5 of them require replaying most of the story (can rush through it on easy difficulty though). But this time, make a manual USB backup save before picking up the last fox. In case the trophy doesn’t pop you can copy it back and retry collecting the last fox.

      Isolated bugs like this can technically happen with any trophy. The reason is that something goes wrong with trophy set installation when the game is being installed to your PS4. I’ve had this happen myself in different games over the years. As far as I can tell this trophy isn’t bugged for anyone else and it’s just an unfortunate isolated issue in this case.

      I know neither option is ideal, but hope that helps.

  42. Thank you a lot! Unfortunately I have to start from begining, but anyway your message encourage me to do it! And thank you for all job you do here!

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  43. After reading a lot of comments and posts on different forums about the race on classic difficulty, i was a little worried that it may be very challenging. But in all honesty it was really easy! I honestly don’t know how so many people are struggling with it. I restarted the race a bunch of times at the start and twice at the end of lap one because i spun out. But it was a breeze. Took me 15 minutes at most. The key is definitely use the ram button (X). That makes going round corners way easier.

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  44. Also, i really don’t think it takes 40 hours to platinum. Even if you do two playthroughs. I did two playthroughs and i estimate i got the platinum in just over 20 hours. 10 hours first playthrough on easy with collectibles, 5 hours free roam collectibles and misc trophies and 10 hours for classic playthrough.

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    • 20 hours seems quicker than 99% of players will be able to do it. I think I’ll change it to a span of 30-40 hours.
      Most people who sent me their estimates took ~20h to beat classic difficulty. An easy playthrough lasts 10h for most people (with cutscenes), and free roam around 5h seems right (slightly depending on your luck with vehicle spawns). Congrats on doing it in 20h, you’re one of the fastest!

    • My classic playthrough was actually a lot quicker than my easy playthrough lol. I guess i knew what to do. I did skip the cutscenes mind you. I mean unless you are sight seeing, i don’t now how it takes 20 hours for a second classic playthrough lol.

  46. It took me about 2 1/2 hours to get the race done on Classic. Believe me, if I can do it, you can do it! I have no racing game experience at all. The tips I have: If you spin out, restart. If you get a bad position, continue playing so you learn the track and focus on nailing all the turns. You can do it!

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    • If you changed the difficulty at any point or played via Chapter Select it voided the trophy (it cannot unlock if you did either of those things).

      If you did Classic in “New Game” without ever changing difficulty, it means the trophy bugged out on you. If you have a save from before finishing the story, restore it and beat the last part again to see if the trophy pops (reinstalling the game can help). If you’re on PS4 check your Cloud Saves if you happen to have an old backup before story ending. If you have no backup saves, the only option is to replay the game from scratch. In that case I’d highly recommend deleting ALL Mafia 1 save games and reinstalling the whole game. Something could’ve gone wrong during trophy set installation which resulted in this bug. Reinstalling the game & starting on fresh save will help fix that.

  48. For anyone who’s struggling with the race, keep trying and you will make it! I’m a BAD gamer and it took me 3 days (2 hours each day) to finally beat it. If I can do it, anyone can, even my grandma!.

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  51. I would like to thank the entire PowerPyx team. With your instructions, the platinum trophy was quite simple … I would like to ask. Is it possible to get even more in the game then 3 gold weapons, 36 cars in the garage and 24 costumes (all without DLC)? Thank you to answer, O.

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  52. Funny thing, I beat the race in Classic within 45 minutes, but I’m having serious problems with the action sections.

    I also had a lot of fun with the race. I’m thinking of getting into racing games actually!

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  53. What if I want to complete the game on classic, but I drop down to normal during a free roam session in between the story. Will i still het the trophy ‘Made Man’?

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  54. I got killed by the last hidden car’s owner.
    Now the garage is closed. Even though the car is now avaiable in my garage, the trophy didnt show up.
    Any suggest?

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  55. Hello. I have a problem. two postcards are missing in the car repair shop. that’s why I can’t get two hidden cars. what to do?

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  56. I was on classic run.in chapter 5,I deleted the game data which was updated version.i reinstalled again and continue without updating the game.
    I finished the story but the trophy never popped up!
    I download and install the update and the trophy did not showed up.
    Why is that?because of deleting the game and reinstall?
    I didn’t delete the save files.just the game data.
    Could it be the reason?

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  57. I’ve gone past Chapter 5 race misson (finished 1st on classic) on like ch 10 now. question i can’t recall if i switched to normal on one of my attempts. would that void the classic trophy even tho i didnt trigger a checkpoint save? i know ppl are saying switching at any point does but if you didnt hit a checkpoint would the game know? ( i just reloaded race and was set to classic automatically).

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  58. Thank you for this great and very detailed and useful content shared with us. I am sure that most of us does not have enought patience to find everything by his own.
    Great work.

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  60. There’s a glitch on Race on chapter 5 if you’re stuck. You can find some videos on Youtube, put “Easily win the Mafia 1 race – 100% Works” on search. I could get this in second try.

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