Cone Crazy is a side-mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and a cut mission from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Mission[]
The mission is activated by entering a parked Stallion on top of Washington Avenue Parking Lot behind the Ocean View Hotel, located in Ocean Beach, Vice City.
The objective of the mission is to collect all five checkpoints without breaking any traffic cones. Collecting the first checkpoint will start the countdown timer. The time each checkpoint adds to the countdown timer is 12 seconds at first, and for each consecutive record set, is reduced by 1 second until hitting the minimum of 6 seconds per checkpoint (in the original PS2 version, the time each checkpoint gives is always 12 seconds).
Rewards[]
The reward for completing the mission for the first time is $200 and brings the player a step closer to 100% Completion. For every successive completion of the mission, the reward is double the previous reward for each new record.
This side-mission is the quickest way to make money in the game as the monetary reward exponentially increases – players will start seeing significant payouts from the seventh win onwards – but there's a limit to how many times the player can complete it; realistically, the maximum money one can earn from one run in Cone Crazy is up to $838,860,600 (the 23rd successful win), for a total of $1,677,721,400 (displayed on the HUD as $999,999,999).
| # of wins | Reward | Total | Time increment per checkpoint (seconds) | Recommended completion time | Time necessary left on the timer at completion to complete at recommended time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200 | $200 | 12 | 0:47 | 0:00 |
| 2 | $400 | $600 | 11 | 0:43 | 0:00 |
| 3 | $800 | $1,400 | 10 | 0:39 | 0:00 |
| 4 | $1,600 | $3,000 | 9 | 0:35 | 0:00 |
| 5 | $3,200 | $6,200 | 8 | 0:31 | 0:00 |
| 6 | $6,400 | $12,600 | 7 | 0:27 | 0:00 |
| 7 | $12,800 | $25,400 | 6 | 0:23 | 0:00 |
| 8 | $25,600 | $51,000 | 6 | 0:22 | 0:01 |
| 9 | $51,200 | $102,200 | 6 | 0:21 | 0:02 |
| 10 | $102,400 | $204,600 | 6 | 0:20 | 0:03 |
| 11 | $204,800 | $409,400 | 6 | 0:19 | 0:04 |
| 12 | $409,600 | $819,000 | 6 | 0:18 | 0:05 |
| 13 | $819,200 | $1,638,200 | 6 | 0:17 | 0:06 |
| 14 | $1,638,400 | $3,276,600 | 6 | 0:16 | 0:07 |
| 15 | $3,276,800 | $6,553,400 | 6 | 0:15 | 0:08 |
| 16 | $6,553,600 | $13,107,000 | 6 | 0:14 | 0:09 |
| 17 | $13,107,200 | $26,214,200 | 6 | 0:13 | 0:10 |
| 18 | $26,214,400 | $52,428,600 | 6 | 0:12 | 0:11 |
| 19 | $52,428,800 | $104,857,400 | 6 | 0:11 | 0:12 |
| 20 | $104,857,600 | $209,715,000 | 6 | 0:10 | 0:13 |
| 21 | $209,715,200 | $419,430,200 | 6 | 0:09 | 0:14 |
| 22 | $419,430,400 | $838,860,600 | 6 | 0:08 | 0:15 |
| 23 | $838,860,800 | $1,677,721,400 | 6 | 0:07 | 0:16 |
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